Internet Superstar's Martin Sargent interviews djpretzel!

[Liontamer]

Hey guys, Martin Sargent (The Screen Savers, Unscrewed with Martin Sargent) just released the latest episode of Internet Superstar (http://revision3.com/internetsuperstar/), episode #60 (http://revision3.com/internetsuperstar/2008-09-18ocremix/), interviewing djpretzel (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/djpretzel/).

Martin & djp discussed:

OC ReMix's promotion of game music as an art form;
Whether game music stacks up to other forms of music in entertainment;
The many styles of ReMixes available at OCR;
Game composers submitting music to the site; and
OC ReMixers entering the industry as professional composers and sound designers.The show's only about 10 minutes long and a great intro to OCR for anyone who likes video game music, so pass it along. Thanks!

http://revision3.com/internetsuperstar/2008-09-18ocremix/

-Larry

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Thanks to Martin for his ReMix selections and captions within the episode. Here's a breakdown of what was played, as well as the folks djpretzel mentioned within the episode:

ReMixes:

BenCousins (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/bencousins/) - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 'Animal Village Greenwich Village' (http://AnimalVillageGreenwichVillage%27)
Olarin (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/olarin/) - Final Fantasy VI 'Searching the Woods' (http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01752/)
Neskvartetten (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/neskvartetten/) - The Legend of Zelda 'Link Goes to New Orleans' (http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00989/)
Kabukibear (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/kabukibear/) - Final Fantasy XI Online 'While San d'Oria Sleeps' (http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01748/)
djpretzel (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/djpretzel/) - Bubble Bobble 'Hillbilly Rodeo' (http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00015/)
djpretzel (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/djpretzel/) - Doom II: Hell on Earth 'Red Waltz' (http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01740/)
Jeremy (http://www.ocremix.org/composer/id/51/jeremy-soule/)Soule (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/jeremysoule/) - Final Fantasy VI 'Squaresoft Variation' (http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01130/)
The (http://www.ocremix.org/composer/id/68/george-alistair-sanger/)Fat Man (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/thefatman/), Dave (http://www.ocremix.org/composer/id/226/dave-govett/) Govett (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/davegovett/), Joe (http://www.ocremix.org/composer/id/171/joe-mcdermott/) McDermott (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/joemcdermott/), K. Weston Phelan (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/kwestonphelan/) - Wing Commander 'Wing Theme Surf' (http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01296/)
Harmony (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/harmony/) - Secret of Mana 'Dragon Song' (http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01404/)Industry pimps:

Yuzo Koshiro (http://www.ocremix.org/composer/id/1/yuzo-koshiro/) - The Revenge of Shinobi (http://www.ocremix.org/game/revenge-of-shinobi-gen/)
Shael Riley (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/shaelriley/), Capcom (http://www.ocremix.org/organization/id/4/) & OverClocked ReMix - Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Beatdrop (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/beatdrop/) - Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2
Steffan Andrews (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/steffanandrews/) - FaceBreaker
bustatunez (http://www.ocremix.org/remixer/bustatunez/) - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

[kitty]

Is it just me or is the audio and the video not synced...by a lot?

[D-Lux]

They're synced, but low quality recording cuts out a lot of frames. Regardless, it's good to see the site getting more attention.

I bet he's wearing pink bunny slippers during this recording.

[SwordBreaker]

Nice. Enjoyed that interview. Capcom's titles for SF are getting extra long indeed, Dave.

[Chiwalker]

Awesome interview, great job!

djpretzel - awesome job, you are so much cooler than I thought! (which was already really cool.)

[HalcyonSpirit]

Great interview. I just felt some of the example remixes (oops, I mean ReMixes) weren't the best ones to use when exposing the site those that are unfamiliar with this place.

I mean, seriously, no rockin' Sixto example? For shame. :-P

[MrBogus]

Nice pad, DJP. Can't say the same for Martin's digs. Looks like he lives in an isolated log cabin built in 1970 in the mountains.

Oh yeah, good interview too. Preaching to the choir for the regulars here, but definitely a good primer for people new to this stuff.

[-RK-]

Well hello handsome.;)

Creepy.

[linkspast]

So thats what became of him since the G4 take over...

huh....

This place is getting a lot of attention lately. It wont be too long before EA consumes it and all the remixers...

[Asaudan]

This is the first time I've seen what DJ Pretzel looks like, and he looks so precisely like this corporal I knew in the army that it's scary. Shape of head, eyebrows, hairline, shape of eyes. Facial hair is trimmed in comparison, but everything else is just right.

I think further study on the matter should be conducted by someone.

[SoloGamer]

This is the first time I've seen what DJ Pretzel looks like

lurk more

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8742/dothedjp3nnsh8.gif

[Joshua Morse]

OCR Staff: It'd be great if you gave us the option to unsubscribe from your announcement mailing list, especially when we never subscribed to it in the first place. Thanks!

Regarding the interview:


To separate out the "best" mixes, even by a majority vote, would sway any new visitors towards those mixes and away from pieces that they might otherwise have enjoyed.
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However, we truly encourage experimentation, curiosity, and an open mind. We don't believe a rating system, or segregating out the "good" mixes by an arbitrary or democratic factor, would support that ideal.


Yet djp decides to dub "Dragon Song" as the "finest" remix on the site...Contradiction much?

Otherwise, a fantastic interview!

[Kulaman]

zomg, yor famus nao!

[bladiator]

Yet djp decides to dub "Dragon Song" as the "finest" remix on the site...Contradiction much?[/QUOTE]

Only because it's true. I can't believe I watched that whole interview stone faced, and then when he said that I was like, "WOOOO!" involuntarily.

[Dafydd]

Low technical barrier? Yeah, except most people (including myself) aren't good enough at mixing/mastering/whatever to get their ReMix accepted, even if the arrangement is good enough. I guess, technically, though, that's not a technical barrier.

Anyway, I can't say I liked the interviewer, but it was kinda cool to see DJP in action. He doesn't look anything like I'd imagined, even though I've seen pics of him before.

[Sobou]

He did the djp in the first couple of minutes there.

Am I the only one that noticed that?

[Elex Synn]

Djp... Really doesn't look like what I expected. I was expecting more of a anime bad ass look :).

Seriously though, nice going Mr. Pretzel with the recognition.

[Ray Falling]

It's really cool that ocremix is getting more and more attention and recognition. I didn't really think that this little place I go to on an almost daily basis would be so big :)

Incidentily: was there a preview to this thing a little while back on the site? Because I got a major case of deja vu there and I'm starting to wonder if I took my pills or not 0_0;

Anyway, good job :)

[VerSus22]

Great Interview DJ Pretzel, I enjoyed it very much! :-P

[The Legendary Zoltan]

Low technical barrier? Yeah, except most people (including myself) aren't good enough at mixing/mastering/whatever to get their ReMix accepted, even if the arrangement is good enough. I guess, technically, though, that's not a technical barrier.
Yeah. Like you said, that's not a technical barrier but a productical one.

Yet djp decides to dub "Dragon Song" as the "finest" remix on the site...Contradiction much?Come on man, he doesn't do it on the site, but since he was asked directly in a recorded interview, of course he wanted to give them an answer.

I have several miscellaneous comments about this. What were they all...?

-DJP's house looks REALLY freaking comfortable. I'd like to go there one day.
-I too thought DJP would look totally different despite having seen pictures.
-THAAAANK YOUUUUU! For mentioning my mix of all the ones you could've mentioned. That kicked my ass and made my entire month of September! Now I feel all inspired to make another remix.
-That clip within the video was my first time to hear the Shinobi soundtrack and it sounded cool.
-I like Dragon Song, too.
-I have no idea who these Internet Superstar interviewers are, but I do know who DJP is and I'm stoked that he got chosen. Seeing stuff like this gets me all excited and makes me start having fantasies about what's gonna happen to OCR in the future. I'm pretty sure it's gonna be something like Zircon collabing with Uematsu, Pixietricks being the soprano vocalist for the PS3 remake of Brave Fencer Musashi, DJP becomes known as The Father of VG Music ReMixing for pushing the emphasis on arrangement, OCR has a full Japanese release of the site and becomes one of those ridiculous booms that every single Japanese person will try to access at the same time and mistake Monobrow for a man and I'll get to make Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile metal remixes with Motoi Sakuraba. My god, it will be beautiful.

[Dhsu]

He did the djp in the first couple of minutes there.

Am I the only one that noticed that?
Would it be the djp if djp didn't actually do it constantly? :)

[Geoffrey Taucer]

He did the djp in the first couple of minutes there.

Am I the only one that noticed that?

Haha, I was considering commenting on that myself.

[Rikigoya20]

first i dont know if there a thread like this so...

i just wanted to say that after i watched the internet superstar interveiw of DJpretzel, i am so happy and amazed on how much this site has changed/improved and is still growing i have been coming to this site for years checking out the new music that everyone submits here of all my favorite games and i tell everyone about this site if they like video game music. i am a BIG FAN! of video game music i would listen to midi files of video game songs on random websites but when i found this site it all changed and then it came out with chip tunes and i would listen to songs in its original sound cause they remind me of when i was kid, remembering all the melodies that would get stuck in your head from playing the same game for hours on end. if im not doing that i have like 1000 songs on random in my playlist on my computer of just ocReMix's and try to guess what game it is from, to me its fun and relaxing. im so glad i found this site randomly one day years ago.


thank you for making this site! and i thank everyone who contributes to it :) if i had music skillz i would ReMix some songs

P.S. i wonder if there are other people out there that like video game music like i do, drop a line and say hi.

[elementc]

Man, I just can't believe none of you ever watched Unscrewed. Just so you know, the set Martin Sergeant is using is green screened. He is not actually filming from a shed.

I'm kind of surprised that djpretzel was chosen in the first place though. Normally he used to only pick really weird/crazy people to interview. This one actually went pretty smoothly without him making fun of djpretzel or the site all that much.

[TheSnowStorm]

Wow . . .DJP is one handsome man I mean, so that's how DJ looks, huh? Nice house. This is a good interview and yeah, I can see why DJP is so passionate about making video game music an art form.

And it's good to see Martin back doing his thing. Haven't seen him since the fall of Tech TV.

[Pixel]

Man, that guy is annoying. I hate that obnoxious style of presenting. Anyway, great interview... well, great interviewee :D

[Dhsu]

Wow . . .DJP is one handsome man I mean, so that's how DJ looks, huh?
He could kill a man with those eyebrows.

[djpretzel]

He could kill a man with those eyebrows.

What makes you think I haven't? :-|

[DarkeSword]

What makes you think I haven't? :-|
I thought we agreed to never discuss that. :?

[Dafydd]

What makes you think I haven't? :-|

And I will have my vengeance, in this life, or the next.

[Ramaniscence]

I thought we agreed to never discuss that. :?

Poor Binnie :(

[Synchronicity]

Ol' Martin looks like he put on a couple pounds... or is it just me

[TheSnowStorm]

Ol' Martin looks like he put on a couple pounds... or is it just me

He appears that he had done so.

[Murmeli Walan]

So that's why djp's so musically prolific...

http://www.universo-nintendo.com/files/Imagenes/KK_Slider.gif

[Kadosho]

That was a humbling surprise, given Martin's history (and quite a bit of fun interviews). Plus getting a reprise of how OCR's involvement as an indie project, and within the industry. Who knows, maybe even more talents may get positive recognition. ^_^

[Sole Signal]

Cool interview. Fairly intelligent questions too by the interviewer, covered most of the bases. Well spoken, djp. :nicework:

...I pronounce Chrono Trigger as rhyming with "Oh no!" though.

[Harmony]

Nice interview djp :)

Even though I don't get to hang around nearly as much as I'd like to, seeing stuff like this that highlights how awesome and renowned OCR is becoming makes me incredibly happy to have been in any small way a part of that. Man, I love this place.

[djpretzel]

Cool interview. Fairly intelligent questions too by the interviewer, covered most of the bases. Well spoken, djp. :nicework:

...I pronounce Chrono Trigger as rhyming with "Oh no!" though.

So does everyone else, apparently... that's just never made any sense to me, because I say "chronological" with an "ahn" not an "ohhn" sound... I think it's yet another instance (see Evangelion, Pokemon) of the Japanese taking an English word, using it in a proper noun with a somewhat inaccurate pronounciation due to the way the Japanese language works, and then the English speaking world insisting on mispronouncing it the same way... which has never made much sense to me...

[atmuh]

So does everyone else, apparently... that's just never made any sense to me, because I say "chronological" with an "ahn" not an "ohhn" sound... I think it's yet another instance (see Evangelion, Pokemon) of the Japanese taking an English word, using it in a proper noun with a somewhat inaccurate pronounciation due to the way the Japanese language works, and then the English speaking world insisting on mispronouncing it the same way... which has never made much sense to me...

i think i pronounce it that way because of the way some guy named chronos on an old cartoon (i forget which one) screamed I AM CHRONOS, MASTER OF ALL TIME

[SoloGamer]

i think i pronounce it that way because of the way some guy named chronos on an old cartoon (i forget which one) screamed I AM CHRONOS, MASTER OF ALL TIME
Johnny Bravo
I remember that episode