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About My Remixes:Remixing other people's music is something that I sporadically do because it's fun, and I tend to favor stuff from the '80s and '90s since there's a lot of really cool as well as interesting music from those specific decades - especially video game music, but also themes and other music from TV series and movies. I always provide the original artist's name and, if available, a link to where the original music can be found, so if you've got the time and don't mind older style music then I highly recommend giving the originals a listen. Copyright of the remixed music belong to the original composers.
Do I incorporate original music clips or instrument loops from the source in my remixes?The short and simple answer is: No, I don't. All of my remixes of other people's music are complete reinterpretations with individual instruments that may or may not have been matched or made to resemble the original. I haven't used any kind of loops so far, and I don't intend to ever incorporate any original music material in my remixes since that would take the fun out of the remixing process. The only exception when it comes to using stuff from the source are things like sound effects and speech. My remix of the "Main Table" music from the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game Devil Crash MD (also known as Dragon's Fury) is a good example of a remix where most instruments were made to match the originals as closely as possible but not necessarily to an identical degree, whereas other instruments were deliberately assigned to the drums and main melody in order to accentuate the heavy metal style of the original music.
Remix, Extended Remix, Vandahlia Special Remix: What do the different remix tags mean?The reason why I use different remix tags is because not all of my remixes are plain reinterpretations. The "Remix" tag is used to denote a straight reinterpretation that is faithful to the melodies as well as the overall style of the original music. Thus, not counting the reinterpretation/remix process itself which in the case of mono chiptunes and similarly simple-sounding music usually involve "upscaling" things a bit, a plain remix means that there aren't any big differences between the original and my remix since nothing major was altered or added. My remix of the "Cybuster Theme" from the GBA game Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation is a good example of a plain remix since it's fairly close-sounding to the original and doesn't contain any additions.
The "Extended Remix" tag is used to denote a straight reinterpretation that is faithful to the melodies as well as the overall style of the original music, with the minor exception that some part or parts were used to extend things in order to produce a track that doesn't have an abrupt end and is at least 3 minutes long. However, the latter is more of a personal preference than anything else since I normally don't make tracks that are under 3 minutes. My remix of the music from the C64 demo "Boom Boom" is a good example of an extended remix since it contains a couple of segments that were repeated because the original music is only about 2:30 minutes long.
The "Vandahlia Special Remix" tag is used to denote a less exact reinterpretation where a faithfulness to the original melodies were either added to or accompanied by noticeable alterations as a certain amount of creative liberty was taken during the remixing process, such as producing a style that differs from the original, or the addition of a lesser melody or a segment that isn't a part of the original music and was added in order to extend and/or to add variation to a short track. My remix of the "Main Theme" from the C64 game Robocop 3 is a good example of a less exact reinterpretation since it contain minor bits of added music and also features an overall style that is more mellow than the original chiptune which is more peppy.
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