Loops are often very useful. However, they rarely capture the full emotion of a song because they're meant to go on forever, when the feeling they are conveying isn't. IMHO, the most ideal format for any song I use in my games is a 3-part song:

1. Intro,
2. Loop,
3. Outro.

Playing each part once in sequence makes a complete non-looping song start-to-finish. However, I also have the option of playing an infinitely extended version of the song for as long as my game needs. If the boss battle is lasting longer than one iteration of the song, I can keep adding loop segments dynamically: Intro + loop + loop + loop + loop + outro. Once the battle is wrapping up, I stop adding loops and play the outro to conclude the song.

Either that, or two tracks:

• One is a start-to-finish song. The version of the song you as the author intend it to be; "director's cut" version.
• The other is a looping version. I can fade the loop in and out as needed, but otherwise loop it for as long as the game requires.

Either of those options makes any song far more useful than just a non-looping song or just a looping segment by themselves. Admittedly it's more work for you, and I won't complain if an artist chooses to just give me one instead of the 2-track or 3-part versions, but it does make songs more game-useful. :)

wait... when I was talking about "loops" I meant a seamlessly loopable segment of audio. I was not giving any sort of feedback on "Apple Loops" the product or its output.

Yes. :)

...if you feel so inclined.

Interesting. I had never heard of Apple Loops. I was confused at first too. Kind of poor choice of software name for their product. 1) Sounds like it's affiliated with Apple. 2) An audio "loop" is a file that transisions from beginning to end seamlessly, so as not to detect when the sound restarts. "I made a looping loop with Apple Loop". ;)

Seems to be nice software though. Since you know how to use it & can create some nice works, keep using it. :)

I think MedicineStorm thought that your intention was to make a looping music file, so the recommendation was based on that.

I think MedicineStorm thought that your intention was to make a looping music file, so the recommendation was based on that.

Yes, that's it. I feel silly for giving such wordy feedback when it wasn't even what was being asked. Sorry for all the confusion. :/ 

I think your songs sound good, so keep doing what you're doing if it's easy and enjoyable. :)

it sounds nice! :) I would recommend to use loops only as sort of inspiration and then create something new out of it. This way your music/sound may be more uniqe.