Zedd (feat. Foxes) - Clarity (Assertive Remix)

[Frank Munoz]

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Honestly I think yours really is the best remix out of the ones I've listened to.

[Xiz]

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Just remember us small folk

[StoneMcKnuckle]

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haha this is awesome :>

[Frank Munoz]

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Not trying to steal your thread or anything
but check out this unmastered sht i made <3
https://soundcloud.com/frank-munoz/zedd-feat-foxes-clarity-fm

[MinaciousGrace]

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this is actually some pretty sick shit goddamn

[Fluvs]

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very nice

[infinity.]

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yeah this is miles better than kors k's

[bmah]

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Bravo. ;w;

[Nick Skyline]

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i didn't know dubstep could be so fuckin intense

This makes my remix of this song look...passable.

In all seriousness, I can tell that either you or Kors K is going to win this. Although I wouldn't be surprised at all if Kors K won; at least you can say that you entered. And I'm not entering this competition because even though I'm pretty good at this remix thing, I know I'm not good enough to compete with you or Kors K yet. Also, the compilation my remix is going on is released after this contest's deadline, I think.

P.S. i voted for both of your guy's remixes if you're wondering

[gold stinger]

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all those comments on the soundcloud

congratulations megamon you are officially MAINSTREAM

[megamon88]

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Update time!

Thanks to everyone who voted! I didn’t win, but my track got a whole lot of exposure and it’s all because of you guys. So from the bottom of my heart, you deserve all my thanks.

Youtube video with download link in description:

[Jonlovesddr]

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it's pretty good
kind of bland tho

[justin_ator]

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Quality of the winning submission is awesome but the remix itself kinda left me bored. You still get my vote d:

[FissionMailed1]

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Agreed. The remix that won felt like it just dragged on forever, and it didn't really add anything to the song. The mastering quality is the only thing I can say is good about it, TBH.

[Nick Skyline]

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Well, I knew it wouldn't win. And I also knew the winner would be someone I've never heard of and I won't care about for a long time (That tends to be a running pattern with contests hosted by A-List Musicians and Music Producers, doesn't it? Correct me if I'm wrong).

The remix that won felt like it just dragged on forever,

Probably because the original song is 4 and a half minutes long. Tom Budin (the winner in question)'s remix is twice as long.

and it didn't really add anything to the song.

Now that I think about it, this was less of a contest to see who could make the best remix of a song, and more of a contest to see who could make the best low-to-mid tempo House remix of a song (I think that was the genre Zedd was looking for, but I'm not sure). Also, why am I hearing waves in the first 2 minutes of the song? And why this song sounds like a certain someone else...to quote someone else on the song...

I swear to god I thought this was deadmau5 when before I looked.

I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference. It doesn't even sound like Deadmau5...well, it would if it didn't last for nine fucking minutes and wasn't this repetitive. Then again, some of Josh's tracks tend to go on for longer than that.

Now to answer another person's question.

So how the fuck did this win?

My only guess is that Zedd really liked it over all the other competitors. Despite that it's boring, even for a house remix, it's pacing is a bit slow, it's not very energetic compared to the remixes of Assertive and Kors K, among others...it still won and I guess a lot of people are going to be listening to it when Zedd's new release comes out. Remember that a remix is supposed to add to the song, not take away...which I felt this remix did a lot of, in stretching it out to the length of your average Dream Theater song.

The mastering quality is the only thing I can say is good about it, TBH.

I wouldn't even say it's that good, tbh. But at least I can say it's mastered better than about a third of the pop music you hear on the radio.

I give the winning song a 3/10. For a remix of Clarity, it ends up being a surprisingly generic and overly long house song. The synths aren't that impressive, it's slowly paced, it doesn't seem to build up to anything at all, and for taking the acapella and putting it in...it was put in with no edits to it at all. And I was able to tell, by listening to when the vocals were coming in and going out...it perfectly matches the original song. Here's a tip, if you're going to put in an acapella, don't try to match up the production with the acapella...try and make your song like so, then put in a part of the acapella that you think would best suit that part of the song (it doesn't have to be the first thing you hear in the acapella, it could be a phrase from the chorus or from the bridge). In Assertive's and Kors K's remixes, I heard plenty of edits in the Acapella (and in Kors K's case, taking a small sample and pitch shifting it up an entire octave). Absolute necessity when making a remix of a song. This song doesn't have much energy to it, it sounds too much like something Deadmau5 would make on one of his days off, and it never builds up to anything good. The only positive I can bring up (hi Fission) is that the Mastering quality is decent. It's not great, mind you. Just passable.

Tom...when people are saying that your remix of a song is inferior to the original (which, by the way, is my opinion on your remix of Clarity), that's when you're able to tell it needs a makeover...unless you think your remix is somehow superior to all other remixes because you won a contest hosted by Zedd. For me, that doesn't count.

Alex...even though you didn't win, if I was Zedd, I would have felt like it should have won. You should seek a record label.

EDIT: I hate to say this, but Tom's remix is inferior to mine.