Marathon - LEela

[DJ ++]

Hey, who didn't love Marathon?

I've had this one on the back burner for like a year and finally decided to put it together.

Im still pretty new at this so all critiques are appreciated.

http://zacksmithart.com/tunes/leelamix.mp3

[Hausdog]

Wow. I like it. The samples are convincing and the industrial sounds are awesome. I'm not sure I like the fact that that one sound gets repeated every measure in the middle of the song though, but that's my only complaint.

[Rozovian]

Yeah, I'm with da Haus on samples, they're really atmospheric and you use them well.

I'm not too fond of the bass drum, it's a little too soft in more than one way. See if you cna find a more aggressive one. It fits in better when there' enough other stuff going on, but that's not always.

It's quite repetitive. Lose the section from 0:28-0:35, or even the 0:35-0:49, except the piano that you throw in in the section before 0:28. Shortens the remix and kills lots of the repetition. 0:49-1:32 is pretty much the same throughout, and with the break that follows shortly, it should have way more energy... and be shorter.

2:08 - nice. 2:22 - even nicer. 2:36 - okay, getting boring, despite that it's a pretty piano. The texture is too much the same. 2:58 - okay, we know you can take breaks, and this one is pretty boring, tho the ending almost makes up for it. Not because the ending isn't good, but because there's a lot breaks in this remix. Plus, this one is too long.

3:12, yeah, that's right, more energy. But... it needs _more_ energy still. And it needs to lose some repetition. Much of this remix sounds like it's an attempt at making a long remix instead of making a good one. It's not bad, but it gets boring quickly.

The soundscape is really great, what this needs is just more variation, and about a minute or so cut away from the repeated sections. Gonna be interesting to see how much you agree with and how much betetr it'll get from a few fixes, so come back with the next version soon!