"Defenders of Totem"

Very nice arrangement, Dave.  It's well paced and leaves me wanting more.  Was that a flugelhorn sample in places?
This could be good background materiel for a film or video.  Nice one.

Fun - I could see this in an anime movie. It felt like a hero theme. Mix wise it sounded pretty darn together. I appreciated your horn section harmony part. 
 
cheers,
-Tom

Lynn, thank you for listening! but I'm curious- where did you hear the flugel? Maybe it was a high trombone?
 
SongCraft, as you can see, I'm no guitarist  I sort of do just fumble around on the strings and I felt a solo would fit well there. I probably should've edited it to perfection. Glad you like it though!
 
Thanks for listening, Tom, that's just what I was going for. The 'brass soli' was actually my attempt to draw from my strong big band/swing influences, and it came off pretty decent, I think.
 
Glad you checked it out, Wookiee, and strangely I think the kick became a "set and forget" parameter that was packaged in the drumkit I chose  It served its purpose for me though- not boomy or heavy, but light to give the accents. Thanks to you.
 
Thanks all you guys! I come here to improve my recording/producing skills as well as to share my stuff with a community of guys who know good music (edit: that is, those who will be able to help me get to making good music)! I hope I can give back to the community a lot more in the future.