Originally Posted by Completely copy-pastad from another thread
Please put more effort into actually remixing a piece.
Frankly I'm going to put this as bluntly as possible, this piece needs not exist.
Why? Because well anyone could've done this, just about anyone can download synthfont, download the soundfonts, download the midi and put the 3 together to get this result, I'm quite sure there's probably many others who have already done this. Frankly, there's absolutely no reason to listen to this - it's just the original track with different instruments, if anything it's a cover.
Okay, now that the harsh part is out of the way I have to say:
1) I'm sorry for being so harsh, I just don't feel people will understand if I don't tell them off straight
2) There is hope, you can definitely be a good remixer IF you work at improving
So what exactly entails a good remix?
Well think, it's a game track, something people often listen to in nostalgia - but think, if nostalgia is what someone wants they might as well listen to the original track. As a remixer you should not try to recreate the original track but more so make it your own. How to do this? Well to make it recognizable you should at least reference the original melody, but other then that it's all game - re-write it, come up with some way to make the piece legitimately yours, don't be afraid to change stuff around, the percussion track is often a good place to start with rewriting a piece, some remixers pretty much run off putting the normal midi to a drum track (I find this incredibly lazy too, but it's better then just sticking it through soundfonts and saying "done"). Reinvent it, redefine it.
Basically when listening to a remix I should be able to:
a) Tell what the original track is
b) Hear the defined style of the remixer who remade the piece
Without A it's an original piece, without B it's not a remix.
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