<remix> Nightmare Night (and a question.. or rather a story)

[Yoka the Changeling]

Hi everyone. As you can see, I did a remix. But I'm somewhat conflicted about it and I don't know how to put my mind at ease. I'll try to make my point quick.

So, I don't know if I like this remix... no, that's not it. Of course I like it. It's like my child.
What I actually mean is: I don't know if I should like this remix.

It sounds weird but hear me out.

So, I started to work on this remix awhile ago but than I got sidetracked and than life, and blah blah blah. The point is, I was working on it throughout 3 month and all that time I wasn't listening to the original, so I could chase my own vision. And than I finished it. And than I went and listened to the original. And I felt like it putted me to a shame. And not because my remix is bad or I didn't succeeded in what I wanted to do with it, but because I completely forgot how complicated the melody was and it feels like I dumbed it down too much.

Though, I think that just sound quality -wise it's really good, a composer in me feels like it's almost disrespectful to do it this way. And the funny part is, that I had so much trouble actually composing it, and if I just had listened to the original and just copied some lines or got some inspiration from it, it would have been so much faster and easier, and I wouldn't have this disrespectfulness problem.

So, yeah. I'm a derp. Live and learn.

But the question still remains. Is this remix disrespectful?
The idea behind it was, as you can hear, to make it a sort of Limp Bizkit-ish. So in some parts I simplified it on purpose, because simplier melodies are more engaging in that type of music. But I did it way too much and in parts where it's actually not required. It's pretty much a wasted opportunity to make a better remix. Not that I hate it the way it is... just... yeah.

What do you think?

[colortwelve]

Is this remix disrespectful?

This song is good and you should feel good.

Honestly my only gripe is that the vocals in general are a little quiet, and Mic's voice sounds a bit off, but I assume that's more his recording than your mixing.

Congratulations, you've produced the only Nightmare Night remix I can sit all the way through and not feel like I just wasted three minutes of my life :3