OCR01789 - Tales of Destiny 'Pretension'

[djpretzel]

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

[Liontamer]

Feeling the groove bias! Solid work!

[bLiNd]

Congrats Jewbei! I know you have come such a long way, and I have witnessed your growth as a producer. This is the fruition of your hard work. Great remix bro, keep it up!

[Jewbei]

Congrats Jewbei! I know you have come such a long way, and I have witnessed your growth as a producer. This is the fruition of your hard work. Great remix bro, keep it up!

haha thanks for the kind words bLiNd after all you are one of my main inspirations for my music :tomatoface:. id never thought i would become an ocremixer this is like winning an oscar but yeah a big thanks to the judges for realizing my strengths and weaknesses it really helped me out alot. yeah its true i have came a oong way worked hard (im stil working hard) and im mad happy i finally got a track on this site. so yeah expect to hear more from me!

[HitoriJaNai]

This was perhaps the best way for me to jump into the holiday season, since school is finally off for now.

GO, JEWBEI!!! THIS SONG IS TEH EPICNESS!!!!!11!1!!!one!

[zircon]

Congratulations on a great mix getting posted! I'm glad you tweaked this after the initial sub; the end result really shines for it.

[halc]

i can say all the same things you've said for me. i have watched you grow phenominally as a musician since the old vgmix2 days, and now, hell, we're both overclocked.

uber congrats.

this mix is hot. build beginning at 2:19 and the big epic chorus that carries through after the build is just awwwesome. 3:19-4:50 is my favorite part, its just so big and powerful and great.

again, congrats, and keep it coming brotha

[ziwtra]

I had this turned on way too low on my first listen.

Beautiful work, felt like a solid combination of tried and true trance and some very haunting and sometimes surprisingly warming melodies.

[Nario]

I'm so proud of you, James. :) At the rate you were improving, I figured you'd have what it takes to reach OCR's level, and you've done it! Great job, man.

[BejiitasWife]

Jewbei sent me this song as he was developing it and the result is perfection. Every song he makes is an amazing mix of emotion and imagination, all wrapped up in an mp3 that goes on repeat for hours and hours. Pretension is no exception.

Congratulations, J!! It's about time OCR realized how amazing you are.

[SkullFire]

Its about time this awesomeness made it to OCR :3 But I do question one thing on the Big Bosses' review... "for this frigid weekend morning we've got more toasty n00b action" I has been watchin' the Jewbster for many a while, he is no longer a n00b. XD PS: Jewbei this song is still on my current playlist :D

[Kidd Jredd]

Hey man, I knew it was only a matter of time before I'd see you up here. One of your lead synths sounds pretty close to the distorted leads I like to use. I've always loved sounds like that and it works beautifully here.

This mix takes a bit to get started, but that's how trance music seems to be. With it's builds and breakdowns, this song does a lot to keep the listeners attention. The mixing is also well balanced.

I've also seen you come a long way from VG mix 2. Now we both have posted mixes on OCR. I'd say you are about at the point where production wise you have things down quite well, your arrangement skills have made huge jumps in improvement too.

My guess is that you'll continue to improve and have many songs on here in the future. I also see a collaboration between us sometime :). We'll have to see what happens. Excellent work man!

-Jredd

[evktalo]

Good job with this track. I enjoyed it!

--Eino

[avaris]

Yo dude glad to see you on here! You've worked your ass off the past couple of years and always taken to criticism EXTREMELY WELL.

One of the coolest things about the track is that the source tune is very simple. You really took the best parts of it and made an entire cohesive song out of it. Not always easy to do but can make for some kick ass remixes. Love the searing leads at the end.

Now go make some more muziks dude! :)

[Liontamer]

But I do question one thing on the Big Bosses' review... "for this frigid weekend morning we've got more toasty n00b action" I has been watchin' the Jewbster for many a while, he is no longer a n00b. XD

"n00b", as in, this is his first OC ReMix. He's a n00b to being posted here.

[Siamey]

congrats dude!

I'm really digging this. It really shows how hard you worked on this.

[BlackPanther]

I'm not familiar with the music from Tales of Destiny but after listenin to this I really don't care because this track is bangin lol nice work sir.

[spacepony]

Congrats, Jewbei. You're one of the most dedicated guys I've had the pleasure of knowing. Its great to see you up there, I'm sure it won't be the last time.

[Jewbei]

Congrats, Jewbei. You're one of the most dedicated guys I've had the pleasure of knowing. Its great to see you up there, I'm sure it won't be the last time.

wow spacepony its been AGES. how the hell are you man?? and thanks man!

[JaDE ARaN HaRuNo]

Hey Jewbei! Just want to say congrats on your first submission to OCR! :) Keep up the wonderful work! Expecting to see a lot more from you in the future.

Sorry I haven't spoken to you on AIM for a while. Been so busy. After MAGFEST, I'm sure things will ease down and Jordan can get back to his music.

[windkirby]

There was a lot of great stuff in this mix. I think it could have used a breakdown somewhere and a more climactic finish, and I felt the ending was a bit repetitive, but those are my only complaints. Overall, it was a pretty good listen. Very layered and enthralling. Good work :]

[SkullFire]

"n00b", as in, this is his first OC ReMix. He's a n00b to being posted here.

Well he's been here a while, posted a song (though it didn't make the cut)... so he's not a n00b. plus... n00b sounds lame and Jewbei ain't lame XD

Maybe "New Challanger"

[Liontamer]

Well he's been here a while, posted a song (though it didn't make the cut)... so he's not a n00b. plus... n00b sounds lame and Jewbei ain't lame XD

Maybe "New Challanger"
Anyone who has a first mix here is a "newcomer" or "n00b"; it doesn't mean they're new to music. In other words, shaddapz! :tomatoface:

[abg]

This is a really cool track. I like how you don't rely on the same sounds and patterns the whole mix, every moment feels like it has some sort of fresh new element driving things forward. This track has a very natural flow that is very important for trance music. Great work Jewbei!

[Jewbei]

wow abg you came out of nowhere! we have alot of catching up to do. and thanks for the kind words man.

[SkullFire]

Anyone who has a first mix here is a "newcomer" or "n00b"; it doesn't mean they're new to music. In other words, shaddapz! :tomatoface:

Then use "Newcomer", gawd 8-O Just tryin' to stick up fer my brutha legend here

[BejiitasWife]

Then use "Newcomer", gawd 8-O Just tryin' to stick up fer my brutha legend here

No one said Jewbei was a n00b to music. If people believed that, he wouldn't be on OCR. OCR is famous enough for people to know only the best usually get accepted. Newcomer, n00b, newb, newbie... Who cares how they say it. He's a new artist to OCR. They're not trying to belittle him. Besides, you shouldn't challenge a judge like that, especially when it's a stupid argument.

Can we stop changing the subject now? I enjoy reading all the positive feedback this song is getting without the off topic nonsense. Thanks.

[SkullFire]

No one said Jewbei was a n00b to music. If people believed that, he wouldn't be on OCR. OCR is famous enough for people to know only the best usually get accepted. Newcomer, n00b, newb, newbie... Who cares how they say it. He's a new artist to OCR. They're not trying to belittle him. Besides, you shouldn't challenge a judge like that, especially when it's a stupid argument.

Can we stop changing the subject now? I enjoy reading all the positive feedback this song is getting without the off topic nonsense. Thanks.

You know what, I could drag this on, because I don't say things without reason. But meh, I was just trying to reserve a more epic title for him *shrug*. "Toasty n00b" isn't my idea of epic...:puppyeyes:

[relyanCe]

pretty conservative imo, but still a really nice mix. good job!

WHAT?!? :tomatoface:

Oh, don't get me wrong, the builds are sick, but they always come back to a rather subdued (at least imo) pace. Nothing wrong with that at all, I just like lots of noise :-P

[Liontamer]

pretty conservative imo

WHAT?!? :tomatoface:

[FinalTrigger85]

I loved Tales of Destiny. Nice to see a remix from that game. I've been an avid Tales fan since Tales of Destiny. Keep it up.

[LuigiFan]

Solid.

Once the melody came in I thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't know too much about this style, but I do know that the way you've meshed together certain sounds works really well, and it keeps me interested all the way through, it's never boring. My only beef is that the beginning up until the melody seems a tad too long for my tastes, but again, that's probably just me. Excellent work.

[42]

This is a great mix and worth checking out, but, imo, this mix set up a great foundation just to go crazy and do all kinds of creative tricks, but it didn't. It just stays "low and slow".

It really is a good mix as it is, but the potential to do much more here is obvious.

[MechaFone]

Whoops! I meant to review this song ten listens ago. Guess I got lost in it.
I've been nodding my head for the last ten minutes and I couldn't figure out why until I realized I was listening to this song. Fantastic trance.

[OA]

Nice builds. :nicework:

Seriously, this is a pretty great genre adaptation, and it has enough personality to sound distinct. Some nice original stuff mixed in with source makes this a good arrangement in my mind. I dig it. :-)

[Belisarios]

don't like that music style. But i love Tales. good job