Hey dude. Awesome as usual.
I'm not usually hangin on your balls, nor do I directly address other comments, but gotta this time.
Thought the below critique was a little brash;
The transition was in time. What do you want.
The drums had fills every 8 bars. There was no need for a filltactic drum solo.
The solo is badass; for a person asking for variation, you should know a modal shift when you hear it.
I have to say, the most obvious part of the solo is that it's a 7note scale, not 5, so it's not even pentatonic.
Just as well, the 7 note scale has the 5 pentatonic notes in it, so I'm not really sure what you are critiqueing.
Without grabbing an instrument, I hear phyrigian and aeolian scale modes.
Again, not hatin. Just speaking in frustration!
UPTX
Wow, you're multi-talented, I must say!
However, the transition from 0:50-0:51 isn't superb, where did the string ensemble go? It should continue to be there, I reckon.
Also, the drums could be more varied (ie. more drum fills), but I know that's hard, since I assume you're using software instruments.
Furthermore, the solo at 2:35 seems misplaced, are you sure using a pentatonic scale is the best guess here?
Anyway, just my initial thoughts.