Any advice for getting back in the game?

[Random Hero]

Has anyone got any advice for getting back into the remix game after a 15 year absence? 😂

https://ocremix.org/artist/4705/random-hero

For the first time ever, (my old computer was horribly underpowered 15 years ago, let alone now) I have a computer powerful enough to properly run my music software. But it’s been over a decade! Does that muscle even exist anymore? At times, it felt like those 5 years or so when I was active on this site were like me catching lightening in a bottle. Can I do it again, with new, more user friendly tools?  I’m gonna find out!

So to shake off some of the creative rust, I made this. I guess you could call it  ‘The Angels of Hell: 15th Anniversary Re-Remix’
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14bPcavUvStgJAfFU_TtcKjWRj1_i1Qzd/view?usp=drive_link
 

I used the sample pack from the original. Compared to what’s out there now, it might show its age a little (like me) It’s the same song structurally with a few additions, subtractions, alterations and substitutions with a way better mix. 

Wish me luck!

RH (Ryan)

Edited 2 hours ago by Random Hero

[m68030]

Just jumping in and writing is probably the best way. Work on the broad strokes of composition without focusing on details, making stuff you don't intend to polish to a 'finished product' to keep yourself familiar with tools, and possibly trying out ideas or techniques you are not as familiar with to stretch yourself. If you end up with something you particularly like the direction of, then maybe circle back to work more on it.

[Master Mi]

I can literally smell a human sinner here.

For this incredibly grave sin, you should regularly repent and synth hard!

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Dude, 15 years?
Were you in a creative coma as a musician, snoring away comfortably like a huge Flemish Giant flopped into the cozy meadow, or were you somehow on the run from the Mafia or something?

I mean, hey.
I'm also kind of a pro at picking up an old remix from over 10 years ago and completely remixing it or rewriting the composition (simply because I've just started getting into music, composition, mixing and mastering around this time).

But if you haven't done anything musically in all these years, you've really let yourself go and metaphorically left your passion in your bum bag.

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Nevertheless, welcome back to the club. ))