Electriclime, I was just doing that before I read this, and that's definitely helped. I did that my second game, and ended up winning. My score went up about 1000 points even though I missed a TON of fireworks, especially in the last two levels, because I just got flawless over and over.
This game I got over 4400 points, which gave me the Fireworks Remixed Silver Pin, and 481 credits. Still wish I got more credits, but the game isn't as hard as I thought it was my first time through.
VirtuallyMe, I'm pretty sure I just played you. I'm CassThePirate on VMK.