VOCR: Vocal Remixing Compo- WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

[Jillian Aversa]

AND WE HAVE OUR WINNERS!

I am amazed at how close this competition was- and no, that's not some "stock comment" I've been saving up for the results stage. Believe it or not, the 1st and 2nd place-winning entries were only TWO POINTS AWAY. It was practically a tie, and the 3rd place-winning entries were a tie. Pretty amazing, huh? 26 people voted total (and yes, I did get all the counts verified). Not bad, guys! Thanks to all who participated. :D

1st place: #3- Seduction, by pixietricks (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/03_Seduction.mp3)
2nd place: #9- Smooth Steel, by Malcos (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/09_Smooth_Steel.mp3)
3rd place: #1- Now or Never, by bladiator (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/01_Now_or_Never.mp3) AND #5- Movin', by 2P a.k.a Ch|oroPhi| (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/05_Movin.mp3)

Because my entry won 1st place, and 3rd place resulted in a tie, the prize distribution will be slightly altered. Malcos will receive an OCR t-shirt or hoodie and a $10 iTunes gift certificate (what was originally intended as the 1st place prize), and both 2P and bladiator will receive a $20 iTunes gift certificate (what was originally intended as the 2nd place prize)!!! Malcos: I'll need your mailing address and t-shirt/hoodie size preference. You'll all receive your iTunes gift certificates electronically.
^-^

Honorable Mentions: #6- Quicksilver Lies, by DragonAvenger (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/06_Quicksilver_Lies.mp3) and #7- Smooth Metal (C), by zyko (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/07_Smooth_Metal_C.mp3)
These guys tied in 4th place, and were not far behind the 3rd place winners! So congrats to you both as well. It was very close.

Entries:

1- Now or Never, by bladiator (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/01_Now_or_Never.mp3)
2- Smooth Metal (A), by Flik (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/02_Smooth_Metal_A.mp3)
3- Seduction, by pixietricks (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/03_Seduction.mp3)
4- Smooth Metal (B), by Kitsuta (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/04_Smooth_Metal_B.mp3)
5- Movin', by 2P a.k.a Ch|oroPhi| (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/05_Movin.mp3)
6- Quicksilver Lies, by DragonAvenger (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/06_Quicksilver_Lies.mp3)
7- Smooth Metal (C), by zyko (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/07_Smooth_Metal_C.mp3)
8- Smooth Metal (D), by DjSammyG (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/08_Smooth_Metal_D.mp3)
9- Smooth Steel, by Malcos (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/09_Smooth_Steel.mp3)
10- Without You, by Ghetto Lee Lewis (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/10_Without_You.mp3)
11- Smooth Metal (E), by DarkChocobo and Zolborn (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/11_Smooth_Metal_E.mp3)

Lyrics: Not everyone wrote lyrics, but here are the ones that did. Numbers correspond to mix numbers.

1 (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/01.rtf), 3 (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/03.rtf), 5 (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/05.rtf), 6 (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/06.rtf), 7 (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/07.rtf), 8 (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/08.rtf), 9 (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/09.rtf), 10 (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/10.rtf), 11 (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/11.rtf)

And just for fun, here is a kickass mashup that The Mac Attack made!
Smooth Reputation (mashup) (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/Smooth_Reputation_mashup.mp3)

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VOCR: Vocal Remixing Competition... Not an acronym! :lol:

Hello, and welcome to ocremix's first vocal remixing competition! Much thanks to genghisdani for coming up with the idea, and all those who offered their suggestions in the thread. I'll try to keep things open-ended for this first round, to get an idea of what direction we're headed with this thing.

To start things off, I thought we could try a comprise between the "vocal arranging" and "karaoke" approaches— partially because I think making this a vocal and instrumental remixing competition would discourage some more inexperienced people from getting involved from the start, and partially because I think it would making the voting process easier and more objective if everyone sang over the same track. If the end result is too boring, we can change the format for next round; nothing is set in stone! I'm giving everybody a lot of creative freedom, though, so hopefully there will be a great deal of variety.

Round 1: Mega Man 2 "Smooth Metal" by zircon (http://www.jilliangoldin.com/vocr/round1/Source_smoothmetal.mp3)

zircon has graciously lent us his latest remix— unreleased!— for the basis of this first round. The track remixes the source "Metal Man," from Mega Man 2. It is the hotness! Anyway, here are the basic premises for this round:
You must use zircon's instrumental track for the background. The track may not be changed— only added upon with your vocals and effects, or spliced if you're going for an a cappella section.
You may choose to sing the source melody as it already stands. Original melodies and harmonies are applauded, however. Don't be afraid to take some chances!
You can write original lyrics or sing without words; it's up to you! Additionally, if you'd like to sing with lyrics but can't think of any, you may collaborate with someone else so long as you give them credit. No borrowing from other sources unless you run it by me first.
Texts for songs with lyrics must be included in the email to me. And if your song is in a foreign language, an English translation is required.
Effects are more than welcome, but the main vocals may not be vocoded.
Auto-pitch correction will be allowed for the time being; nobody's perfect, and we don't want this compo to focus too much on raw singing talent, when there are plenty of other factors that contribute to a good vocal mix.Entries: All entries are due by 9:00 pm EST on Saturday, December 23rd. That's three weeks, everybody!

MP3 submissions should be tagged and sent to mail@jilliangoldin.com, and may be hosted online or included as an attachment. If you send me your track well before the deadline and then decide you wanna make some changes, that's totally cool. It's never too late to send again before the round closes. Do not post your track in this thread, however! We don't want anyone to "draw inspiration" from your original ideas, and plus... more suspense. :D At the end of the three weeks, I will host all of the tracks on my website and edit the first post for everyone to see.

Voting: Once the competition closes and the tracks have been hosted, voting shall commence! All entrants must participate as well, in the spirit of comradery, and cannot vote on their own mix (duh). :wink: Everyone will choose their top three entries, listing them in order from most favorite to least favorite, and PM their votes to me. #1 choices will receive three points, #2 choices two, and #3 choices one. Make sense? We won't actually be rating the mixes on each of the following criteria, but I ask that you keep these things in mind while you vote: Creativity (personal flair, interesting harmonies, original lyrics, etc)
Vocal execution (pitch, rhythm, confidence, etc)
Production (bad/hissy recordings, dry mixing, etc)We want to reward people for getting out there, even if they think their singing could use some improvement. So don't just vote for your favorite vocalist, kay? Everybody deserves a chance!

Prizes: I'm totally copying zircon with his FF7 compo prizes, but...
1st place will receive an OCR t-shirt or hoodie and a $10 iTunes gift certificate.
2nd place will receive a $20 iTunes gift certificate.
3rd place will receive a $10 iTunes gift certificate.Have fun, everybody! And don't hestitate to ask people for advice/critique along the way... just no posting of tracks in here. Feel free to use the WIP forums instead. :wink:

Participants so far:
DjSammyG
rpggamer180
TaVeRnErO_RuDd
suzumebachi
DragonAvenger
Daniel_Rydell
2P a.k.a Ch|oroPhi|
The Prophet of Mephisto
Zolborn & Dark Chocobo
Gimgak
EazyP
Kitsuta
Mewtation
Abadoss
genghisdani
Ghetto Lee Lewis
Malcos
Great_Deku
Leon K.
Hemophiliac
Unknown
bladiator
Chavous
pixietricks
majeliss
flyingninja 911
zyko

[Foxhull]

PRIZES?!!? OOOH...Pretty.
This wouldn't happen to be from the Flowbasket would it?
Oh well. Off to the microphone!

[DjSammyG]

I decided to do the track with a yiddish polka/irish drinking song feel. Are "Heidy-diedy-diedydiedy-diedydiedy die" considered original lyrics?

[TaVeRnErO_RuDd]

wow! someone actually started this thing.....i had a feeling it would be pixietricks

a chance to showcase my beautiful voice...and get that OCR shirt thats otherwise impossible for me to buy

[Jillian Aversa]

Haha, yes, it's from the Flow Basket! (That's zircon's remixing tutorial on VGDJ, for anyone who missed the reference.)

And DjSammyG: sure, your lyrics can be whatever you want! Just remember that the instrumental background cannot be changed— only added upon with vocals and effects. ^_~

[DjSammyG]

Damn, that means I can't add an accordion and a jug blower. *sigh* Back to the drawing board...

EDIT: By the way, if anyone actually DOES a Yiddish polka/Irish drinking song, you have a spot in my top 3.

[suzumebachi]

I can't sing, and the only mic I currently have at my disposal is an $8 sony piece of crap with beer spilled all over it. But I'll do something. :twisted:

[Jillian Aversa]

That's the spirit. XD

[DragonAvenger]

Kwee, in!

[Kitsuta]

Hmm.. prizes. Greed or embarrassment? WHICH WILL WIN!?!?!

I'll have to think some more about entering, but I can't wait to hear the other contestants. :)

[Nicole Adams]

Yay, I can't wait to hear the submissions. :)

[analoq]

it was exciting to see this advertised as a vocal 'remixing' compo and then disappointing to discover that the 'remixing' has already been done for you. :?
this is a fine idea too, but i feel mislead by the name. :(

[Daniel Rydell]

I'll enter. Why not? Can't kill me to try.

Edit: What programs are good for overlaying audio onto audio?

[Jillian Aversa]

analoq: Vocal remixing is remixing, too!

Anyway, as I said in the first post, the format for this competition is always subject to change. I just thought for the first time around, we'd attract more people if we didn't make them do the instrumentals themselves.

[andyjayne]

Just to reiterate for those who can't afford pitch correction software. There is a free alternative that you can learn to use called GSnap (http://www.gvst.co.uk/gsnap.htm). Just thought I'd point it out again so that you're not too disadvantaged.

[Arek the Absolute]

it was exciting to see this advertised as a vocal 'remixing' compo and then disappointing to discover that the 'remixing' has already been done for you. :?
this is a fine idea too, but i feel mislead by the name. :(
word :/
I can possibly whip up some lyrics, but by no chance am I singing them.

[Nineko]

Edit: What programs are good for overlaying audio onto audio?This is how I usually proceed: play the instrumental version in any reasonable player (Winamp, Media Player Classic), and listen to it by using headphones.
Then, run your favorite recording tool (Goldwave, Nero Wave Editor, and lots of others), using your mic as source. In this way you won't re-record the background music.
Then, use the same wave editor to mix everything.

[ChloroPhil]

Hey question. Can I assume that since its called Vocal Remix that submissions with rappin work? I read most of the other thread and from what I saw it was brought up but only in hypotheticals. Although singing and rap certainly have their differences, delivery & character, not to mention creativity is very important in rap so I feel like in that sense there could be room for it in this comp. Obviously some intrumentals won't lend themselves to rap (or certain styles of singing for that matter), but this one from Zircon sounds like it could work. This sort of thing could help me tweak my style and do some creative stuff.

So uh, is it cool?

[Mustin]

Cool.

Nice presentation.

I'll be keeping an eye on this and watching for a compo for arranging w/ vox.

Rock.

[prophetik music]

i'm in.

EDIT: i know we talked about doing acapella stuff in the bast as well in the old thread. are we going to be able to do barbershop-style stuff or whatever now? or do we HAVE to do stuff with zircon's background?

[Antelucan]

it was exciting to see this advertised as a vocal 'remixing' compo and then disappointing to discover that the 'remixing' has already been done for you. :?
this is a fine idea too, but i feel mislead by the name. :(
Future tracks for this competition will have to come from somewhere. What will be the process for selecting them? Perhaps another competition? :lol:

[Jillian Aversa]

2P: Rap is welcome! Give it what you got.

Mephisto: If you wanna add in an a capella section, I think it's fine if you splice zircon's track. Might be tricky, but could be done. Still, the track has to be the primary basis for this round.

[Karth]

VOCR FTW.

Starting on lyrics now. :D

[kamoh]

I decided to do the track with a yiddish polka/irish drinking song feel. Are "Heidy-diedy-diedydiedy-diedydiedy die" considered original lyrics?Only if you sing Minnie the Moocher.

[Vig]

i think this idea woudl work a lot better if remixing were allowed. a voice is not an independant entity in a song; the instrumental music has a tremendous influence on the effectiveness of the voice.

for instance: Neil Diamond (or name any of countless pop singers) might have a "good voice," with good control, projection, intonation, etc, but what does it matter; he sings shit. there's no emotion being conveyed.

i could make an easy argument that larrytamer has a better voice, because while he doesnt even sing, DAMN does he get funky when he gets down, and when he gets down, he gets the ladies melting in their ladypants.

afk.

[Dark Chocobo]

So Zolborn and I are working on this together. Can we, or do we need to work on separate entries?

[Vig]

Yes you can collab.

By which I mean, i have no authority in this competition, and you probably shouldnt listen to me.

[Gimgak]

I know I'm not the greatest singer, but it's worth a try. Count me in.

[TaVeRnErO_RuDd]

just a question...whats acapella?

[Nineko]

just a question...whats acapella?http://olremix.org/remixes/65

and fyi, its proper italian spelling is "a cappella"

[Jillian Aversa]

Yup, collabs are fine, as long as you don't mind splitting the prize if ye win.

TaVeRnErO: "a cappella" is the voice (or multiple voices) alone— singing without accompaniment. Again, it's fine if anyone wants to include an a cappella section in their entry, but zircon's instrumental must be used.

[Liontamer]

I'd enter, but I don't wanna ruin if for y'all, completely winning it and everything.

[suzumebachi]

Damn, I'm drivin' over the mountains and shit. Yeah! YEAH! DRIVIN' A TOYOOOTAAA. VROOM VROOM BABY!

[ILLiterate]

Damn, I'm drivin' over the mountains and shit. Yeah! YEAH! DRIVIN' A TOYOOOTAAA. VROOM VROOM BABY!
When I was taking my driving lessons we where driving around some mountains. I looked down at my steering wheel and sure enough, I was driving a Toyota. I started laughing and my teacher looked at me like "what's so funny?" So I yelled "DAYUM I'M DRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIVIN' DA DA MOUNTAINS N SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET." She didn't do anything but tell me how to drive after that :)

Back onto subject, oh wow am I going to have some fun doing this. This might be worse than that DDR track I did for OLR ("This Is The New Sound")

I'm in

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Damn, I'm drivin' over the mountains and shit. Yeah! YEAH! DRIVIN' A TOYOOOTAAA. VROOM VROOM BABY!
When I was taking my driving lessons we where driving around some mountains. I looked down at my steering wheel and sure enough, I was driving a Toyota. I started laughing and my teacher looked at me like "what's so funny?" So I yelled "DAYUM I'M DRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIVIN' DA DA MOUNTAINS N SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET." She didn't do anything but tell me how to drive after that :)

That's awesome. I lol'd

[Kitsuta]

I'm in.

[Mewtation]

I'll join in.

[Arek the Absolute]

2P: Rap is welcome! Give it what you got.

ho snap
i smell a myf/arek collab commin along

[FiremanJoe]

2P: Rap is welcome! Give it what you got.

ho snap
i smell a myf/arek collab commin along

I'm interested in entering too... and lately I've been listening to a fair bit of hiphop/rap... perhaps I'll give it a go too! :P ...but I'm not entirely sure where to start with it. Plus I've only got a borrowed SingStar mic. :P
PM me if you've got any advice or wanna do a collab with me.

[Abadoss]

Three weeks? I can do that. I'm in.


Maybe another prize could be having the mix posted as an OCR mix...

[Jillian Aversa]

]Maybe another prize could be having the mix posted as an OCR mix...
I've thought about that, but...

a) Just like any compo, I don't really have the right to guarantee the winning mix will be posted. Everyone has to go through the same system, I'm afraid.

b) It's still zircon's mix to begin with, and if he doesn't like anything that comes out of this round enough, we can't make him officially collab. Hopefully he'll want to, though, in which case the winner would flesh things out some more with him.

[Red Shadow]

If I keep bugging my friend Sarah I think she'll do this.

[genghisdani]

I'm SO in! I loved this when I heard it on Flow Basket, and I'm already getting some ideas together. I have a question though: do the lyrics have to be in English?

Hopefully my mic won't be too crappy, and my computer won't slaughter the quality (the laptop on which I'm working doesn't really have a separate soundcard, it's built into the modem.)

Lastly, can we have a section available for joke mixes - not to be judged, merely to provide humor? I might take Sammy up on the Klezmer/Yiddish Polka thing, just for laughs (if I have time.)

[Ghetto Lee Lewis]

This compo came down reallly fast. I just noticed the other thread this morning (with the vocal compo idea).

Put me down as a contestant. I will TRY to get something down by the deadline, if I can work time around finals exams, work, girlfriend; and if I feel like I can work with Zircon's tune that I haven't listened to yet.

I think three weeks really isn't that long for a performance contest (as opposed to creating sequenced music). People need time to train and prepare for these things. It's going to be tough just coming up with complete lyrics by the deadline, let alone practicing and recording it. I have pretty low expectations of what people will be able to do in that short amount of time. Talent is really going to come into play here.

Good luck people

[bladiator]

Maybe I'm a really crappy reader, but do we HAVE to be on the list of participants to enter, or can we just send you something if we decide to?

[DjSammyG]

If you didn't already- Put me down as a participant. I'm still throwing crap around in my head, but I think I have a general idea of what I wanna do. I'm psyched.

[G_D]

I'd like to enter, if I have time. Hopefully 1 week after exams will be long enough.

[Malcos]

Yeah! Count me in! :D

[Ghetto Lee Lewis]

I just listened to the song we're working with on this one. It definitely sounds interesting enough to work with. I was worried it was going be like a 5 minute song, but 2:30 definitely sounds like something I'd have time for.

This sounds like something that would be fun to mix also. Expect a lot 80's style reverb and delay effects. :P

[Jillian Aversa]

bladiator: No, you don't have to be on the list of participants to enter. If you decide to do something last-minute, that's totally cool. I'm just keeping a list for the sake of everyone else, in case they're curious to see who's doing stuff or want to collab.

genghisdani: Lyrics in a foreign language are sweet! No reason not to allow that. Also, yes, joke mixes are always fun. Just be sure to include "Joke entry" in the title when you email it to me, so I know to put it in a separate category.

Ghetto Lee Lewis: I know three weeks isn't a lot of time, but most compos around here seem to run on a two-week basis, so I think should be just enough for everyone. If I made the deadline 4 weeks or more, I think people would lose some momentum, y'know?

This is awesome, guys! I'm glad there has been so much interest so far.

[Leon K.]

I want to be in, did I miss the entry date? I want in! I don't want to miss this!

[Jillian Aversa]

Silly Leon, read above! ^-^ There is no entry date, only the deadline for submissions... which isn't until December 23rd. So I'll put you down, ja?

[Leon K.]

*goes off to work on lyrics*

[Hemophiliac]

would it be possible to get a midi of the track we're using?

[Tyler Heath]

I'm going to enter this, I think. should be fun times!

[Jillian Aversa]

would it be possible to get a midi of the track we're using?
Hmmm, why would you need that? You're not remixing the remix, just adding vocals. Lemme know, though, and I'll ask zircon if you can't find it online.

[The Mac Attack]

would it be possible to get a midi of the track we're using?
Hmmm, why would you need that? You're not remixing the remix, just adding vocals. Lemme know, though, and I'll ask zircon if you can't find it online.

It's useful for working out the exact tempo and harmony.

[Mewtation]

Question: does it matter if they're original lyrics or inspired lyrics? Because, usually I do well writing inspired lyrics, but I'm struggling with such for this. Now, I can write some mean original lyrics, but since this is for a VG song, would it matter?

[Daniel Rydell]

I don't know if this is the right place to ask for it, but I'm having difficulty writing lyrics, but I can sing. Anyone who's been watching this have lyrical ability and would be willing to collab?

[TaVeRnErO_RuDd]

I don't know if this is the right place to ask for it, but I'm having difficulty writing lyrics, but I can sing. Anyone who's been watching this have lyrical ability and would be willing to collab?

maybe i can help....i'll PM you if i'm able to write something ok?

[Crazyonr1]

Wait... if joke remixes are in a different catagory, does that mean that it would also get.... prizes?

Don't count me in just yet, but I might throw something down come Dec 23... think of it as a really terrible early xmas present

Edit: w00! first post on a new page!

[Red Shadow]

so I got that girl I was talking about to register an account here.

Let's see how long it takes for her to post.

[Daniel Rydell]

I don't know if this is the right place to ask for it, but I'm having difficulty writing lyrics, but I can sing. Anyone who's been watching this have lyrical ability and would be willing to collab?

maybe i can help....i'll PM you if i'm able to write something ok?

Sounds good. Thanks. :)

[The Mac Attack]

I'm indirectly participating - my entry won't really be one you can vote on. :wink:

[Jillian Aversa]

Question: does it matter if they're original lyrics or inspired lyrics? Because, usually I do well writing inspired lyrics, but I'm struggling with such for this. Now, I can write some mean original lyrics, but since this is for a VG song, would it matter?
If you're going to do lyrics, they should be written with this competition in mind—not taken from somewhere else. But explain what you mean by "inspired lyrics." If they are taken from a really popular song, changed dramatically, and credited... that should be okay. Feel free to PM me what you had in mind.

EDIT:
Yo crazyonr1, sorry I didn't see your question until just now. Let me make a distinction: you can make a "funny" entry and still have it count in the competition, if you want to go for the prizes. But people who mark their songs as "joke entries" will just be in it for the fun.

[bladiator]

Does anyone else think that this thing lends itself to rap quite handily?

And is anyone else chronically white like me?

[Mustin]

Hmm...

[Mustin]

Yes.

and

Yes (but not me).

Watiress? I'll have a large order of a_rival, please?

[Jillian Aversa]

Does anyone else think that this thing lends itself to rap quite handily?

And is anyone else chronically white like me?
Haha, yes and yes. Still waiting for D-Lux to show up; this style would be perfect for him.

Um... So, guys? Would anybody object to my entering the compo after all? I don't know if I can keep my hands off this track; it's too darn sexy! If I did submit, all votes would be PM'ed to someone else, obviously.

EDIT:
OMG, Mustin, jinx!

[zircon]

Yes.

and

Yes (but not me).

Watiress? I'll have a large order of a_rival, please?

OH SHIT!!!!

[ChloroPhil]

Does anyone else think that this thing lends itself to rap quite handily?

And is anyone else chronically white like me?
Haha, yes and yes. Still waiting for D-Lux to show up; this style would be perfect for him.

Um... So, guys? Would anybody object to my entering the compo after all? I don't know if I can keep my hands off this track; it's too darn sexy! If I did submit, all votes would be PM'ed to someone else, obviously.

EDIT:
OMG, Mustin, jinx!

Go ahead if you wanna lose that bad.

jus kiddin' I don't care

[D-Lux]

Haha, yes and yes. Still waiting for D-Lux to show up; this style would be perfect for him.

Sup? ;)

[bladiator]

This is going to be a serious load of white rap.

Also, I don't even know why you'd have to have someone else check the votes. I mean, this is OCR, not the presidential elections, if you're going to cheat to win a compo like this ... well, I'd just have to call you "gay as hell".

I already bought my own shirt anyway.

[Jillian Aversa]

Well, of course I wouldn't cheat, but I couldn't blame anyone for feeling uncomfortable if I were counting the votes. It wouldn't be hard to have someone else do it instead. zircon, maybe? He's involved indirectly, after all.

(Also, if I made it to the top three, I wouldn't take one of my own prizes; dat'd be dumb. I'd just include a 4th winner.)

[Nineko]

Well, of course I wouldn't cheat, but I couldn't blame anyone for feeling uncomfortable if I were counting the votes.Don't forget that Rexy often enters the PRC contest, and no one ever had to discuss her counts.
And I used to both run and join PsRC on OLR, still with no problems.

[Chavous]

Hey, is it too late to join this? I hate my singing voice, but other people seem to kinda like it, so i can probably make something.

[Nineko]

Hey, is it too late to join this?The only real deadline for this is in like three weeks, you don't even need to join by posting in this thread, just submit your entry to Pixietricks if you want to join secretly, like I'm going to do.

Ohwait.

[DragonAvenger]

Time to get the competition worried.

Lyrics = done
Melody = 75% done in my head

[bladiator]

Time to get the competition worried.

Lyrics = done
Melody = 75% done in my head

I've finished PRC entries in the first 3 hours. From scratch. And won.

But most times they were crap. Bring it on.

[Foxhull]

well, i've worked out a melody(sort of) by i have no talent for lyrics

my question: would someone write lyrics for me?

[DragonAvenger]

Time to get the competition worried.

Lyrics = done
Melody = 75% done in my head

I've finished PRC entries in the first 3 hours. From scratch. And won.

But most times they were crap. Bring it on.

Just stirring up the competition a bit, I'm ready. 8)

[Ghetto Lee Lewis]

Time to get the competition worried.

Lyrics = done
Melody = 75% done in my head

Good luck executing it.

You may be finished, but if you can't sing, it's still going to be garbage.

Hey, I'm just being hypothetical. I'm sure you got a good chance at this compo.

I haven't even started the lyrics, so I'll probably be rushing this thing a bit towards the end of the three weeks.

[Mewtation]

Question: does it matter if they're original lyrics or inspired lyrics? Because, usually I do well writing inspired lyrics, but I'm struggling with such for this. Now, I can write some mean original lyrics, but since this is for a VG song, would it matter?
If you're going to do lyrics, they should be written with this competition in mind—not taken from somewhere else. But explain what you mean by "inspired lyrics." If they are taken from a really popular song, changed dramatically, and credited... that should be okay. Feel free to PM me what you had in mind.
What I mean by "inspired lyrics" is lyrics that were inspired by the game, lyrics that actually tie in with the game.

[DragonAvenger]

^There's probably not much going for you in terms of inspiration to take from. When I write for RPG tracks, sure, there's a point in the story where the track first appears, or whatnot. This...not so much.

Hey, if you want to go that route, good luck!

[Mewtation]

^There's probably not much going for you in terms of inspiration to take from. When I write for RPG tracks, sure, there's a point in the story where the track first appears, or whatnot. This...not so much.

Hey, if you want to go that route, good luck!
Yeah, see, that's what I mean. There's not much to take from here.

[zircon]

I'm pretty sure the lyrics don't have to directly tie in with the game, much like lyrics for OCReMixes don't have to.

[Mewtation]

Well, that's a major obstruction off my back. Thanks.

[Jillian Aversa]

Oh wow, I totally misunderstood your question, Mewtation. Yeah, by no means do the lyrics have to tie in with the game! I thought you were asking if you could copy lyrics from a pop song or something, hehe.

Ghetto Lee Lewis: Play nice. This is a friendly compo. :P

[bladiator]

Not that you've gotten this far yet, but for the voting stage, do you think you could rename everything to something without the remixer's name? That way we can have less votes based on who actually did the remix. (Even though with vocals, there will be more chance to actually know whose is whose.)

[Hemophiliac]

Not that you've gotten this far yet, but for the voting stage, do you think you could rename everything to something without the remixer's name? That way we can have less votes based on who actually did the remix. (Even though with vocals, there will be more chance to actually know whose is whose.)

i second this idea :)

[Mustin]

bet

[zyko]

hahaha
already some shittalkin' goin on

nice

[Mewtation]

Not that you've gotten this far yet, but for the voting stage, do you think you could rename everything to something without the remixer's name? That way we can have less votes based on who actually did the remix. (Even though with vocals, there will be more chance to actually know whose is whose.)

i second this idea :)
I also like this idea. Maybe assign everyone a number and number the songs, and then vote? Otherwise, people will vote for the big names.

[bladiator]

Not that you've gotten this far yet, but for the voting stage, do you think you could rename everything to something without the remixer's name? That way we can have less votes based on who actually did the remix. (Even though with vocals, there will be more chance to actually know whose is whose.)

i second this idea :)
I also like this idea. Maybe assign everyone a number and number the songs, and then vote? Otherwise, people will vote for the big names.

Yeah, even using the name of the song might be a problem, because I know mine's going to be called "Bad Ass Collab by Mustin/pixietricks/zircon/other-people-with-badassedness"

[Ghetto Lee Lewis]

I think the file name should be whatever the heck you want as long as there is a proper id3 tag (keep the filename within reason and not 13413243 characters long and start it off with the singer/songwriter name).

example:

gll_awesome_singing_compo_thingy_1_Iamgonnawinthis thinghahahaeverybodyaresuckormaybenot.mp3

The id3 tag will simply be: artist: zircon ft. gll; title: probably something to do with the lyrics, put in comments the name of the original song "smooth Metal" or whatever.

If it's like a mega-collab (singer, songwriter, backup vocals, etc.) then write in the comment section of the id3 so we can figure out who made the song.


I also like this idea. Maybe assign everyone a number and number the songs, and then vote? Otherwise, people will vote for the big names.

good idea; that way everyone won't vote for me because they know my awesomeness (or vote against me because no one really likes me anyway).

hahaha
already some shittalkin' goin on

nice

I don't need to talk shit. I just back it up. :P

[Jillian Aversa]

Not that you've gotten this far yet, but for the voting stage, do you think you could rename everything to something without the remixer's name? That way we can have less votes based on who actually did the remix. (Even though with vocals, there will be more chance to actually know whose is whose.)
I'm not sure why that's necessary, considering that the "big name" people will be recognizable anyway, if they're so popular. But I suppose if it would make you guys feel more comfortable, we can do it that way. We want to be sure that the voters have actually listened to all the tracks, after all. Just remember: All submissions should be properly tagged with song titles and artist names when they're sent to me. I'll assign numbers for anonymity when I host everything for the voting stage. ^_~

[bladiator]

Not that you've gotten this far yet, but for the voting stage, do you think you could rename everything to something without the remixer's name? That way we can have less votes based on who actually did the remix. (Even though with vocals, there will be more chance to actually know whose is whose.)
I'm not sure why that's necessary, considering that the "big name" people will be recognizable anyway, if they're so popular. But I suppose if it would make you guys feel more comfortable, we can do it that way. We want to be sure that the voters have actually listened to all the tracks, after all. Just remember: All submissions should be properly tagged with song titles and artist names when they're sent to me. I'll assign numbers for anonymity when I host everything for the voting stage. ^_~

Some people might be recognizable, but some people (like myself) never use vocals anyway, so I'm hoping that you can't tell who I am.

[Jillian Aversa]

Not that you've gotten this far yet, but for the voting stage, do you think you could rename everything to something without the remixer's name? That way we can have less votes based on who actually did the remix. (Even though with vocals, there will be more chance to actually know whose is whose.)
I'm not sure why that's necessary, considering that the "big name" people will be recognizable anyway, if they're so popular. But I suppose if it would make you guys feel more comfortable, we can do it that way. We want to be sure that the voters have actually listened to all the tracks, after all. Just remember: All submissions should be properly tagged with song titles and artist names when they're sent to me. I'll assign numbers for anonymity when I host everything for the voting stage. ^_~

Some people might be recognizable, but some people (like myself) never use vocals anyway, so I'm hoping that you can't tell who I am.
Well, *I* have to tell who you are to run this compo, but the voters don't. :D

[bladiator]

Not that you've gotten this far yet, but for the voting stage, do you think you could rename everything to something without the remixer's name? That way we can have less votes based on who actually did the remix. (Even though with vocals, there will be more chance to actually know whose is whose.)
I'm not sure why that's necessary, considering that the "big name" people will be recognizable anyway, if they're so popular. But I suppose if it would make you guys feel more comfortable, we can do it that way. We want to be sure that the voters have actually listened to all the tracks, after all. Just remember: All submissions should be properly tagged with song titles and artist names when they're sent to me. I'll assign numbers for anonymity when I host everything for the voting stage. ^_~

Some people might be recognizable, but some people (like myself) never use vocals anyway, so I'm hoping that you can't tell who I am.
Well, *I* have to tell who you are to run this compo, but the voters don't. :D

But I'm embarassed. :oops: lol

[Leon K.]

Heh, I'm going to try and win this with a one two punch.

Rapping AND singing. Who's ready?

Imma tear up all these kids who think they got what it takes to spit.

[Hale-Bopp]

What's the tempo of the song?

It would be helpful to know for the sake of being able to apply various production techniques when laying down vocal tracks.

Also, I may partake.

[The Mac Attack]

What's the tempo of the song?

107 bpm

[Hale-Bopp]

thanks!

[majeliss]

Merry meet,

So much energy.

I can't wait to produce something.

Expect an entry from me! ^__^


Blessed be

[zyko]

Heh, I'm going to try and win this with a one two punch.

Rapping AND singing. Who's ready?

Imma tear up all these kids who think they got what it takes to spit.

don't stir still waters...

[Jillian Aversa]

Heh, I'm going to try and win this with a one two punch.

Rapping AND singing. Who's ready?

Imma tear up all these kids who think they got what it takes to spit.

don't stir still waters...
Don't worry, Leon's never serious. I've met him! He's probably the silliest person ever. :D

[DjSammyG]

I finished writing lyrics. This might be epic. Really epic. On the other hand, it might suck.

[flying ninja 911]

I am interested.
I hope join.
if Spanish text goes ok.

[Jillian Aversa]

Sure, spanish is cool!

I should say this for everyone:
If you plan on doing submissions with lyrics, your text must be included in the email to me. Also, foreign language texts require translations. ^-^

[DragonAvenger]

By text to you mean a .txt file or in the submission email somewhere? Does it matter?

[bladiator]

Sure, spanish is cool!

I should say this for everyone:
If you plan on doing submissions with lyrics, your text must be included in the email to me. Also, foreign language texts require translations. ^-^

What if you want to sing lyrics of words that are nonsense? Or just string to together beautiful foreign words that have no context when actually translated?

[Jillian Aversa]

Sure, spanish is cool!

I should say this for everyone:
If you plan on doing submissions with lyrics, your text must be included in the email to me. Also, foreign language texts require translations. ^-^

What if you want to sing lyrics of words that are nonsense? Or just string to together beautiful foreign words that have no context when actually translated?
Still gotta include the text. :P

And no, they don't have to literally be .txt files.

[Flik]

I MIGHT try and get in on this. Maybe it'll be my comeback into actually doing something with music.

[Abadoss]

This ought to be interesting. There seem to be a lot of people willing to participate. Cool.

[genghisdani]

I may or may not be able to do this.

As of right now, I don't really have anything completed; on top of that, I am going in the army on Sunday, so I may or may not have time to do anything on this.

I am not withdrawing, per se... I'm just letting you know that I might not actually submit anything (this round).

[Jillian Aversa]

Hey guys! Just a reminder that the entries are due in my email inbox a week from today:
Saturday, December 23rd @ 9:00 pm EST! :D

[Kitsuta]

Hey guys! Just a reminder that the entries are due in my email inbox a week from today:
Saturday, December 23rd @ 9:00 pm EST! :D

*panic*

DERN YOU FINALS. I want two weeks of my life back!

Thanks for the reminder!

[bladiator]

I hope the voting round is dutifully long, seeing as how I'll be out of town until the 26th.

[Jillian Aversa]

I hope the voting round is dutifully long, seeing as how I'll be out of town until the 26th.
The voting period will last one week (once I've hosted everything). That's enough time, right? I know people might get busy around the holidays, so in order to make sure all the entrants remember to vote (a rule I stated in my first post), those who do not will be disqualified. ^_~

/me cracks da whip

Gotten a couple entries so far, and they're sounding good! Can't wait to hear what everyone else comes up with.

[Abadoss]

I hope the voting round is dutifully long, seeing as how I'll be out of town until the 26th.
The voting period will last one week (once I've hosted everything). That's enough time, right? I know people might get busy around the holidays, so in order to make sure all the entrants remember to vote (a rule I stated in my first post), those who do not will be disqualified. ^_~

/me cracks da whip

Gotten a couple entries so far, and they're sounding good! Can't wait to hear what everyone else comes up with.

One week is best, since people tend to procrastinate if given two.

[bladiator]

I hope the voting round is dutifully long, seeing as how I'll be out of town until the 26th.
The voting period will last one week (once I've hosted everything). That's enough time, right? I know people might get busy around the holidays, so in order to make sure all the entrants remember to vote (a rule I stated in my first post), those who do not will be disqualified. ^_~

/me cracks da whip

Gotten a couple entries so far, and they're sounding good! Can't wait to hear what everyone else comes up with.

One week is best, since people tend to procrastinate if given two.

My name is bladiator, and I approve of this message.

[DjSammyG]

Ugh. I picked up a throat bug, and I'm not sure how much more I'll be able to work on my track. It's really a shame because I just got some feedback on my piece and I have everything planned out- I may just have to send in what I have now. Unfortunately, I got some negative feedback on it, but we'll see.

[G_D]

Turns out I'm not gonna be able to enter. The timing just wasn't good. Maybe I'll try for the next one, though. Good luck everyone!

[Red Shadow]

so apparently the girl that i made sign up here was FEELING LAZY and isnt going to participate in this round

[Arek the Absolute]

Hemo and I are droppin this round.
He is feeling sick, and I find this song horrible to sing to without making it sound like crap. Too much of a challenge for the opening first round.
Anyhow, good luck to the rest of you.

[Hemophiliac]

i seem to have fallen into the same category as sammyG

:(

[Chavous]

i seem to have fallen into the same category as sammyG

:(

I've had a sore throat for about week now...sorry, I can't enter.

[Flik]

I dropped a manhole cover on my hand and am in a bit of pain, so maybe I'll just try and belt out a random humming / oooh'ing / aaah'ing thing tonight for fun. I could care less if it placed or if anyone liked it. Gotta do something to take my mind off the throbbing pain.

[Kitsuta]

I've finally done the main recording for the song. Listening to the last part, I'll probably redo it though.. anyway, all that's really left is tuning up. Lots and lots of tuning up.

[zyko]

is it just me or are entrants droppin like flies?

[Kitsuta]

Is it just me or are there still plenty of entrants who didn't get sick? ;)

[Foxhull]

there is a possibility that i won't enter, but if i can, it will be melodic oohs and ahs, due to time

[DjSammyG]

Dude, I'm totally still entering. I'm doing final recording tomorrow, and sending in a finished product. Hooray for throat betterment!

[DragonAvenger]

I have a recording that was a first run through, but due to having a cough might be the final thing. Anyone want to help a not-know-how-to-add-reverb person out? PM me!

[Nineko]

I really wanted to enter this, but I couldn't write lyrics :(

Hey, maybe someone who isn't entering because of voice issues has some lyrics to lend me?

Just asking.

[The Mac Attack]

Well, I submitted my non-voting entry around 10 days ago so there's at least one thing to listen to.

[Jillian Aversa]

I really wanted to enter this, but I couldn't write lyrics :(

Hey, maybe someone who isn't entering because of voice issues has some lyrics to lend me?

Just asking.
You don't have to have lyrics, good sir.

[Malcos]

Damn it, I just won't be able to record, I just haven't got the time or energy to do it!

[Jillian Aversa]

Aw, that's too bad. Two days, people!

(Well, technically one, if you don't count today since it's Friday...)

[Flik]

Heheheh...I don't know what I'm thinking when I do stuff like this. A bunch of out of tune Ooo'ing and Ah'ing, mixed with some pseudo beatboxing and playing of the strumstick (I just can't help myself!). Playing a string instrument with a gimp finger was fun too!

I actually don't like how it sounds, mainly since I haven't worked on music in many many months. I also just completely winged everything with no planning or practice, but hey, this is all in good fun right? After some more minor level adjustments I'll PM you the MP3 link.

[Jillian Aversa]

I'll PM you the MP3 link.
Everybody read the first post! I expect submissions to be emailed to me directly, according to the guidelines.

Just as a heads up... I'm considering possibly extending the deadline a few days. So many people have commented that they got sick, and I just woke up this morning with terribly swollen tonsils (was gonna spend all day recording), so it might not hurt to give people a little leeway.

If you're not sick, though, please plan on getting your stuff to me by the original deadline! I haven't decided yet whether or not it would be worth it to extend the process.

[DjSammyG]

I think I'm done. Man, I can't wait to hear and vote on alla these!

[Leon K.]

I get access to my recording stuff to-night. So I'm going to get it all done, if everything goes according to plan.

Btw Gears of War = Win

[prophetik music]

no chance of me putting something together between now and tomorrow. i thought the date was the 27th =(

i can't wait to hear what comes from this! good luck to all the mixers!

[Kitsuta]

I managed to finish my entry, but unfortunately it fails. Hard. :lol:

That track was very difficult to sing to.. it didn't help that I couldn't sing WHILE it was playing because my recording set up consists of a pair of speakers and a crappy headset. Hopefully next time I'll find a way around that.

[Flik]

Dude, don't worry about it. Doesn't matter how much your stuff sucks or even if you don't think you're that good. This is all in good fun.

Plus, can't gain experience without trying, you know?

[Kitsuta]

Dude, don't worry about it. Doesn't matter how much your stuff sucks or even if you don't think you're that good. This is all in good fun.

Plus, can't gain experience without trying, you know?

I'm not upset. I just have to figure out a way to record while it's playing without recording the song itself again. :?

[avaris]

Dude, don't worry about it. Doesn't matter how much your stuff sucks or even if you don't think you're that good. This is all in good fun.

Plus, can't gain experience without trying, you know?

I'm not upset. I just have to figure out a way to record while it's playing without recording the song itself again. :?

record the background music to a cd, or sync it to a mp3 player. The listen to it on headphones on a low volume, and record and sing off the mike?

[DjSammyG]

Issue with that is that then you have to re-sync the vocal track with the tune, which is very hard to do, at least if you're me. :D

[Nineko]

Issue with that is that then you have to re-sync the vocal track with the tune, which is very hard to do, at least if you're me. :DCome on, I always do that when I add vocals to a song.
Just use a software like Goldwave and keep on use the undo thing.

[Kitsuta]

Dude, don't worry about it. Doesn't matter how much your stuff sucks or even if you don't think you're that good. This is all in good fun.

Plus, can't gain experience without trying, you know?

I'm not upset. I just have to figure out a way to record while it's playing without recording the song itself again. :?

record the background music to a cd, or sync it to a mp3 player. The listen to it on headphones on a low volume, and record and sing off the mike?

I actually used my headset to record(lawlz I have no real mic), so I tried this already. It doesn't work. In fact, the music is recorded louder this way. :o

[Dark Chocobo]

I myself am not sick, but the other two people I';m singing with have gotten the death flu of suckiness.

So, the extended deadline would be really (PSI) rockin'.

[G_D]

Dude, don't worry about it. Doesn't matter how much your stuff sucks or even if you don't think you're that good. This is all in good fun.

Plus, can't gain experience without trying, you know?

I'm not upset. I just have to figure out a way to record while it's playing without recording the song itself again. :?

record the background music to a cd, or sync it to a mp3 player. The listen to it on headphones on a low volume, and record and sing off the mike?

I actually used my headset to record(lawlz I have no real mic), so I tried this already. It doesn't work. In fact, the music is recorded louder this way. :o

I know that can work, because I've done recording that way before. Maybe a headset would mess it up, though.

[Nineko]

Dude, don't worry about it. Doesn't matter how much your stuff sucks or even if you don't think you're that good. This is all in good fun.

Plus, can't gain experience without trying, you know?

I'm not upset. I just have to figure out a way to record while it's playing without recording the song itself again. :?

record the background music to a cd, or sync it to a mp3 player. The listen to it on headphones on a low volume, and record and sing off the mike?

I actually used my headset to record(lawlz I have no real mic), so I tried this already. It doesn't work. In fact, the music is recorded louder this way. :o

I know that can work, because I've done recording that way before. Maybe a headset would mess it up, though.No it doesn't, I just think he's doing it wrong.

[Kitsuta]

Dude, don't worry about it. Doesn't matter how much your stuff sucks or even if you don't think you're that good. This is all in good fun.

Plus, can't gain experience without trying, you know?

I'm not upset. I just have to figure out a way to record while it's playing without recording the song itself again. :?

record the background music to a cd, or sync it to a mp3 player. The listen to it on headphones on a low volume, and record and sing off the mike?

I actually used my headset to record(lawlz I have no real mic), so I tried this already. It doesn't work. In fact, the music is recorded louder this way. :o

I know that can work, because I've done recording that way before. Maybe a headset would mess it up, though.No it doesn't, I just think he's doing it wrong.

It's actually probably my headset, because it's a really, really cheap headset. I got it from BJs in a set of three for about $20. It's got no noise cancellation and you can hear the music coming out of the headphones when you're sitting halfway across the room. :lol:

[Abadoss]

Hmm... well, that's a shame. I don't think I'll be able to get anything in this round. Sad.

[genghisdani]

I'm not submitting anything this round, nor probably any round until the beginning of May 2008. This army stuff is tougher than it sounds, and I while I do have weekends off, that's not enough time to do anything, because in Israel, weekends are only Saturday.

I'm glad that this has taken off well, and people are having fun. Once I'm out of the army, expect an entry from me.

[Jillian Aversa]

:?

Well, I've decided not to extend the deadline. It would be unrealistic, because I could only push it back a day or two, and I doubt that would make a difference for all the sickies. It's a crappy time of year for a vocal competition, but I'm still surprised at how many people have dropped out so far. I have a feeling we're gonna get less than half the original list... and that's pretty disappointing.

12 hours left!

[ChloroPhil]

heh heh I ALWAYS wait til the last minute unfortunately. I basically just gotta record tho so its gonna happen.

[DjSammyG]

It's a shame that so many people have dropped, but keep in mind, this is only the first incarnation of VOCR. The upside is that next time, when (hopefully) everyone's healthy again, VOCR v2 will be bigger and better. In addition, I'm sure there's a lot of talent in VOCR v1. This isn't gonna be a bust by any standards, I don't think.

[Jillian Aversa]

I don't know if I'll be able to offer prizes next time, though. Hopefully people will still want to partcipate, even if there isn't material incentive.

[Hemophiliac]

I don't know if I'll be able to offer prizes next time, though. Hopefully people will still want to partcipate, even if there isn't material incentive.

i know i'll definitely want to give it a shot, i'm auditioning for choir next semester so i want to improve a bit...this will be good for me :)

[Dark Chocobo]

I think stuff just didn't work out this time, Pixie. It was just bad luck. People want to participate, they just can't. It isn't a lack of interest, that's for sure.

[DjSammyG]

:D

[Geoffrey Taucer]

I definitely plan on entering this sometime, whether there are prizes or not.

[Jillian Aversa]

1.5 hours to go!

Just as a warning, I'm rather sick at the moment, so I may not feel up to organizing, re-tagging, and hosting all the entries tonight. If I don't, though, I promise they'll be up tomorrow.

[Leon K.]

I couldn't get the recording apparatus to work ;_____;

[Nineko]

If it wasn't almost 3am in the morning here I would join by singing something very quickly.

[Jillian Aversa]

Well, from the original list of 28, we got a whopping 7 entries... one of them being my own. :? Weak. There's really no point in giving out three great prizes when the competition's so slim. Soooooo...

I'M EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOUR MORE DAYS, TILL 9 PM EST, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 27TH!

A lot of you claimed to have technical problems, illness, or not enough time, so here's your chance. Please PM me ASAP if you plan on entering. I'm counting on you guys!

P.S. Current contestants are welcome to revise and resubmit!

[zircon]

HEY GUYS!

I'm looking forward to hearing all the entries y'all have sent in - and hopefully, have yet to send in! This mix is gonna be the hotness. I predict an easy 4Y or direct post, based on some of the vocal talents I'm seeing post here. Gonna be a killer collab with one (or more) of ya... how's that for music to your ears? ;)

[ChloroPhil]

Oh, man I'm sorry for not havin my stuff done yet, I'm very happy to see the extension though. Procastination of this sort on my part has to end. This last semester I just finished up was my worst ever...

I WILL finish it by Wednesday, and that's word to all y'all mommas.

[Jillian Aversa]

Good good, who else?

[DragonAvenger]

Here's to hoping a get a chance to rerecord. I'm definately not really all that happy with my entry before, but I wanted to get something in. I'll definatly try to refine/resubmit!

[Jillian Aversa]

Here's to hoping a get a chance to rerecord. I'm definately not really all that happy with my entry before, but I wanted to get something in. I'll definatly try to refine/resubmit!
Awesome!

[Ghetto Lee Lewis]

I couldn't finish the lyrics until about Thursday night (with help from a friend) due to getting sick constantly, a full time job, and college final exams. Two days was just not enough time to practice and record this, especially when I have visiting family from out of town for the holidays and working at my job.


I'm excited and thinking I should be able to finish something by the new deadline. Count me in!

:D


Zircon, is this going to be the final arrangement for the song you're submitting to OC Remix, or are you going to make a longer version or change it a bit? The problem I have is that I have three verses written, but your arrangment is rather short, only long enough for two verses.

Just to be safe you had better get the winner's permission before submitting to the site, and perhaps working with them to make sure they have a complete song (not that I'm actually expecting to win this thing :P)

[Jillian Aversa]

Zircon, is this going to be the final arrangement for the song you're submitting to OC Remix, or are you going to make a longer version or change it a bit? The problem I have is that I have three verses written, but your arrangment is rather short, only long enough for two verses.

Just to be safe you had better get the winner's permission before submitting to the site, and perhaps working with them to make sure they have a complete song (not that I'm actually expecting to win this thing :P)
Don't worry, it's definitely not a finished version, and I know he plans on working with the winner(s) extensively before submitting.

[Malcos]

Yes, that deadline extension was much needed! I can get it done! :D

[Jillian Aversa]

Hooray! I can't wait to hear another jdgfgt sing! :D

[Nineko]

Yes, that deadline extension was much needed! I can get it done! :DGood, I'm looking forward to listen to your track.

[DjSammyG]

In terms of actual OCR submitting and stuff, I hope that this competition works, in addition to having zirc work with the winner, as a vein for existing sequencers and remixers to find vocal talent. I hope that this thread isn't just a thread vocalists look at, because I know that I've wanted to collab with someone for a while... speaking of which, I need to start working on Rexy's Dirge for the Follin track again...

[Kitsuta]

Nice deadline extension, but unfortunately I can't spare the time to refine my submission. I have a lot to do to prepare for Magfest.

[Malcos]

Whew, that extension was much needed! :D Done.

[Jillian Aversa]

Woo hoooooooo! This is fun. Still looking forward to a couple more entries by tomorrow night. ^-^

[Geoffrey Taucer]

I hope to enter the next edition of this.

Also, Jill, lemme know if you need background tracks for future comps; I'll be happy to try my hand at those as well.

[Jillian Aversa]

That'd be very helpful, Jeremy. :D

In terms of actual OCR submitting and stuff, I hope that this competition works, in addition to having zirc work with the winner, as a vein for existing sequencers and remixers to find vocal talent. I hope that this thread isn't just a thread vocalists look at, because I know that I've wanted to collab with someone for a while...
Agreed. I'm really hoping we'll get a bunch of remixers interested in offering up their tracks for the compo as well. The more styles the better!

[Flik]

After listening to my vox again I realized I may want to TRY and redo them if possible. Good god do I sound like me...

[Gimgak]

Thanks for the extension! I got caught up and Christmas stuff and forgot to finish my entry up. I'll be sure to have it in by tomorrow.

[ChloroPhil]

Just submitted mine. Its gonna be fun and interesting seein what everyone else did with the track. :P

[Jillian Aversa]

Woo hoo! Got another two submissions this morning, and they're sounding good. I'll post everything after the compo closes tonight.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

That'd be very helpful, Jeremy. :D

Jus' lemme know what you need and when you need it. (I already have a couple of tracks in mind which would make for good vocal songs, I think.

[flying ninja 911]

lot of thank for extension

file:///a:/música/rolacruz/vorc.mp3

[Geoffrey Taucer]

lot of thank for extension

file:///a:/música/rolacruz/vorc.mp3

Este es en tu computador. No podemos download lo (no se como se dice "download" en espanol)

Necesitas ponerlo en el red.

Tambien, no lo das a todomundo; solamente a pixietricks. Puedes darlo a pixietricks por e-mail.

(lo siento, no he practicado mi espanol mucho)

[ILLiterate]

Normally this would be the time where I'd write the most homo erotic joke song lyrics possible (see/hear this (http://olremix.org/remixes/257)), but sadly I am sick today, so no song from me D:

[Ghetto Lee Lewis]

Woo hoo! Got another two submissions this morning, and they're sounding good. I'll post everything after the compo closes tonight.

Sounds like the last-minute ill-prepared thing I submitted early this morning was at least halfway decent. At least I know how to use Audacity and FL Studio to clean the vocals up a bit (although not enough free time to do a great job with them). It helps having a somewhat clean recording setup also (I used a Samson CO1U USB condensor mic and a pair of closed-type airline headphones, probably about the best someone can do for under $100 :P ).


Normally this would be the time where I'd write the most homo erotic joke song lyrics possible (see/hear this (http://olremix.org/remixes/257)), but sadly I am sick today, so no song from me D:

Sadly, I think I've heard your remix before.... -_-


I've been wanting to do something to satirize all the boy bands and RnB that's been made during the last 15 years or so. If only most of that music wasn't so blatantly homo-erotic already.... (and a lot of artists have come out of the closet already; we're still waiting for a few more).

:lol:



In terms of actual OCR submitting and stuff, I hope that this competition works, in addition to having zirc work with the winner, as a vein for existing sequencers and remixers to find vocal talent. I hope that this thread isn't just a thread vocalists look at, because I know that I've wanted to collab with someone for a while... speaking of which, I need to start working on Rexy's Dirge for the Follin track again...

I see this competition as an invaluable resource for getting remixers and performers together, since we'll have so many vocal samples to work with. On that note, I think each round of this contest should have a varied genre in order to attract different types of singers. I know I wasn't really that comfortable with the style of background music. With all the variety of music on this site, it shouldn't be difficult to get different types of arrangements for this compo.

Also, I think we should have a different guest remixer make music for each compo (not that I necessarily dislike Zircon's music, but variety is usually a good thing). A good way to find a remixer could be whoever had really good production quality in their submission, or else people that show interest in this thread, or whatever. If it becomes controversial there can be a way to decide who will arrange the next song; maybe voting or another competition, or whatever.

Overall, I think there are far too few OC Remixes containing quality vocals. Hopefully this competition can change that in the future.


I don't really know how future rounds of VOCR will be, but I think the rules need to be changed a bit from time to time. I think what effects are allowed depends on the genre, but should be restricted, i.e. autotune allowed for techno, not allowed for classical, etc. I think the winner of each round should get to have a say in how the next round will be different also. Cool prizes are nice and all, but the point of this competition should be to have fun and actually make some decent music.

lol, I'm ranting way too much; I'm just getting extremely bored at work. :P

[Jillian Aversa]

GLL:
In terms of actual OCR submitting and stuff, I hope that this competition works, in addition to having zirc work with the winner, as a vein for existing sequencers and remixers to find vocal talent. I hope that this thread isn't just a thread vocalists look at, because I know that I've wanted to collab with someone for a while...
Agreed. I'm really hoping we'll get a bunch of remixers interested in offering up their tracks for the compo as well. The more styles the better!
Beat ya to it. ^_~

[DjSammyG]

Heh, deadline is approaching, and I'm getting nervous. Good luck to everyone and stuff. I really can't wait to hear what you all laid down on zirc's track. Yeah. Woo singing.

[Jillian Aversa]

And the voting commences! Don't forget to read the rules in my first post. (Plus, dat's where the mix links are. :P)

EDIT:
Oops! I forgot to host the lyrics. Working on the right now; they should be up in a couple minutes.

[Kitsuta]

Jeez, I'm nervous. Why am I nervous? I already know that mine won't win. :lol:

Oh, I'm required to vote? Oki-day. Off I go!

EDIT: Lots of really great songs in here. Before I send my votes in though, do we send it ALL our rankings or just the top three?

[Jarvi]

Sounded like top 3 to me when I was reading it, that's what I sent in

[Kitsuta]

Sounded like top 3 to me when I was reading it, that's what I sent in

Oh yeah, you're right. Silly me. Thanks!

[Flik]

awwwWWW ASSPOTATOS! I totally spaced on the new deadline and didn't redo my vox. fuuuudge.

My apologies to whoever hears mine.

[DragonAvenger]

Just to let you know, the files (at least for me) for 6, 7 and 10 are a little screwy. Definately still readable, but just some "f0" things and "U8239" or something before some lines.

Definately some pretty good submissions, but I think I have my choices.

I wish I could have gotten a rerecord with this, but alas, no alone time, and still kinda sick anyways. Oh well, I'm still somewhat satisfied with mine.

[Nineko]

All the tracks have been tagged anonymously!Not really. Several of them still have comments intact.

SPOILERS BELOW
I especially love the one that says "Background music is a remix of Metalman's Theme from the NES game Mega Man 2; This arrangement is titled "Smooth Metal" by Zircon; original lyrics by Ghetto Lee Lewis and Reece Regino, performed by Ghetto Lee Lewis, final production and mastering by Ghetto Lee Lewis" :lol:

Yours is recognizable too, as well as Flik's and 2p's.

You should edit the tags better :(

[G_D]

I can't tell from the rules: are non-contestants allowed to vote?

[Ghetto Lee Lewis]

All the tracks have been tagged anonymously!Not really. Several of them still have comments intact.

SPOILERS BELOW
I especially love the one that says "Background music is a remix of Metalman's Theme from the NES game Mega Man 2; This arrangement is titled "Smooth Metal" by Zircon; original lyrics by Ghetto Lee Lewis and Reece Regino, performed by Ghetto Lee Lewis, final production and mastering by Ghetto Lee Lewis" :lol:

Yours is recognizable too, as well as Flik's and 2p's.

You should edit the tags better :(



lol, just don't read the tags. It's not like I'm going to win this anyway. We got a lot better entries than I expected (I was expecting computer nerds from the internet who can't hold a note who own $5 mics or headsets).

Also, this compo gave me a lot of ideas. I'm definitely going to try a different style next time.

[Dark Chocobo]

All the tracks have been tagged anonymously!Not really. Several of them still have comments intact.

SPOILERS BELOW
I especially love the one that says "Background music is a remix of Metalman's Theme from the NES game Mega Man 2; This arrangement is titled "Smooth Metal" by Zircon; original lyrics by Ghetto Lee Lewis and Reece Regino, performed by Ghetto Lee Lewis, final production and mastering by Ghetto Lee Lewis" :lol:

Yours is recognizable too, as well as Flik's and 2p's.

You should edit the tags better :(



lol, just don't read the tags. It's not like I'm going to win this anyway. We got a lot better entries than I expected (I was expecting computer nerds from the internet who can't hold a note who own $5 mics or headsets).

Also, this compo gave me a lot of ideas. I'm definitely going to try a different style next time.

That would be me, but fortunately, Zolborn has a much better quality mic than I do, so if he hadn't been able to record us, you would have gotten that $5 recording you expected.

[bladiator]

I'm so sick of this background track now. :P

On the bright side, I'm roffling excessively. Also, I'm really impressed by the people that sang a melody not involving the tinkly piano. That's tough.

[Jillian Aversa]

Well, sorry I didn't bother to check the comments tags. I didn't think people would put any clues in there (and my computer puts "Jilly" in the composer category automatically)! Oh well, just don't read them, as Dark Chocobo said.

[Hale-Bopp]

#3 is simply awesome.

I'm still listening to more entries though, but had to chime in anyways and mention that.

Unfortunately for me, I couldn't really participate on this comp due to recent, faulty hardware preventing me from monitoring my mixes. Once I get that taken care of, then hopefully I can join in on the fun one of these rounds.

It's funny, how when listening to some of these entries, I hear certain vocal parts that sound like something I might have done as well with this track. It feels like I caught the same vibe as other vocalists. Pretty cool.

[avaris]

Some great stuff here guys n gals, really. Had some hard decisions to make. Overall there are gonna lots of solid entries that won't make it into the top 3, damn nice compo.

[Kitsuta]

We got a lot better entries than I expected (I was expecting computer nerds from the internet who can't hold a note who own $5 mics or headsets).

Stop describing me accurately! :cry:

I'm surprised at how many people decided to rap this song. I kinda wish there was more variety, but I think that's the "fault" of the vocalists, not the background track. I definitely think we should make everyone sing to the same track, it's much cooler that way.

[CE]

Voted.

[DjSammyG]

I meant to post this last night, but oh well. Hey Jill, would you mind updating the list of participants so that I at least have a list of who entered? I'm just curious to see who ended up sending in a track.

[Mustin]

Aren't we all going to find out when the voting ends anyway?

[bladiator]

I agree with Mustin. Besides, I was able to pick out about 3 of them right away, and a 4th one was mine, so it's probably not a good idea during the voting phase to let that kind of thing out. I'm also paranoid and a picses.

[zyko]

We got a lot better entries than I expected (I was expecting computer nerds from the internet who can't hold a note who own $5 mics or headsets).

Stop describing me accurately! :cry:

I'm surprised at how many people decided to rap this song. I kinda wish there was more variety, but I think that's the "fault" of the vocalists, not the background track. I definitely think we should make everyone sing to the same track, it's much cooler that way.

really? fault?

are you sure that "singing" intrinsically exhausts more talent and effort?

oh, you're one of those!
haha

[CE]

Oh man, I'm turning in an AWESOME one next compo.

[Kitsuta]

We got a lot better entries than I expected (I was expecting computer nerds from the internet who can't hold a note who own $5 mics or headsets).

Stop describing me accurately! :cry:

I'm surprised at how many people decided to rap this song. I kinda wish there was more variety, but I think that's the "fault" of the vocalists, not the background track. I definitely think we should make everyone sing to the same track, it's much cooler that way.

really? fault?

are you sure that "singing" intrinsically exhausts more talent and effort?

oh, you're one of those!
haha

Uhm... wow.

Okay, to clarify, I was talking about the mention in the first post of how we may let people use different tracks in future comps. What I was saying was I think using one track is a good idea, even though this comp didn't have a whole lot of variety(as in, it was mostly people rapping). I don't think that's because we're using just one track so much as the vocalists chose to rap. Thus, I don't think having one track per comp limits the variety of music per se, even though that kind of happened here.

[DjSammyG]

bladiator
PostPosted: Thu 12-28-06 5:52 pm Post subject:
I agree with Mustin. Besides, I was able to pick out about 3 of them right away, and a 4th one was mine, so it's probably not a good idea during the voting phase to let that kind of thing out. I'm also paranoid and a picses.
Yeah, I guess. I was just curious, y'know? Not a big deal, though, so if people don't care enough or just don't want their paranoia exacerbated, I'll drop it. :D

[zyko]

haha, just screwin with you kitsuka - i understood exactly what you were saying and you're right

just havin' a little fun

[flying ninja 911]

lot of thank for extension

file:///a:/música/rolacruz/vorc.mp3

Este es en tu computador. No podemos download lo (no se como se dice "download" en espanol)

Necesitas ponerlo en el red.

Tambien, no lo das a todomundo; solamente a pixietricks. Puedes darlo a pixietricks por e-mail.

(lo siento, no he practicado mi espanol mucho)i tried imageshakc but it no work
so use rapdishare
http://rapidshare.com/files/9342818/rodrigo.rar.html

[Jillian Aversa]

Sammy: I made a conscious decision not to post a list of who actually entered, because I don't wanna encourage people to try to mix and match, or "figure it out," per se. No worries, all will be announced in the end!

EDIT:
Hey guys, please remember to include a couple sentences explaining each of your top three choices! I can't count your votes until you do.

[CE]

Sammy: I made a conscious decision not to post a list of who actually entered, because I don't wanna encourage people to try to mix and match, or "figure it out," per se. No worries, all will be announced in the end!

EDIT:
Hey guys, please remember to include a couple sentences explaining each of your top three choices! I can't count your votes until you do.

:3

[zyko]

track 5
you're a fuckin beast.

[Karth]

Voted. I think Track 3 is the clear winner, but we'll see what happens.

[Jillian Aversa]

I'm really happy a few more people were able to get in their tracks with the deadline extension. So much talent in this competition! So far, the votes have been very close.

Great jeeeoooorrrb, everybody!

[Leon K.]

./regretnotentering


Ah man, we need to get another one started immediately!


>.<

I wanted to do this so bad, And I figured out was wrong with m recording apparatus ;_;

[Doulifée]

/vote

[bladiator]

Voted. I think Track 3 is the clear winner, but we'll see what happens.

Wha wha!?? I'm not going to say who I think should win, but it's clearly one of the entries.

[DragonAvenger]

Voted. I think Track 3 is the clear winner, but we'll see what happens.

Wha wha!?? I'm not going to say who I think should win, but it's clearly one of the entries.

As opposed to?

Anyways, I agreed with Zolborn at first, but changed my mind. I'm really digging track #* now.

EDIT: Removed number...silly me.

[zyko]

VOCR IS THE SHIZZ
;)

[esperz]

Voted. I think Track 3 is the clear winner, but we'll see what happens.

What the hell... Seriously, vote for the best one, not because of celebrity status. I am glad that pixietricks enacted the rules as she did, but now I am questioning if it mattered.

I know you probably honestly think #3 is the best, but here's the deadfalls.

:37-:45, 1:01-1:18 was basically sultry speech. Good attempt, but even then it seemed rushed with empahsis on the quality of voice and not on the layout of the lyrics. The actual singing that starts :45-1:59, with the exception of the repeat of the line at 1:01-1:18 consisted of two lines.

This is kind of what I was hinting at earlier. Do not empahsize the quality of voice (which is what I assumed you were basing your 'clear' winner on) at the cost of the quality of the song.

#9 would be a good example of the same kind of thing that #3 was trying to accomplishes most things better, with the possibilty of voice quality (and at that, its only in the slightest).

As I said before, vote for the best one, not because of a possible author's celebrity status or his/her previous works.

Zyko: We're in agreement. :o

[CE]

Guys, #1 is where it's at.

[Karth]

esperz: I didn't even know that track 3 was pixie's. I didn't vote for it because of her celeb status, I really thought that was the best track.

9 was a close second, though. ^_^

[avaris]

9 is the shizz

i couldn't agree more

[zyko]

haha
y'all trippin

what about my celeb status? where's the luv?
:)

[Malcos]

Voted! Some heartwrenching falsetto from track 7, I thought I was going to cry, until the rapping came in, and I had time to compose myself. 8O

[Jillian Aversa]

Uhhhh, guys? Please refrain from expressing your opinions about the entries in here, if you're referring to specific numbers. You could be influencing other peoples' votes. Even if it's praise, that could have negative repurcussions on the fairness of the system.

I'm not going to literally ask you to edit your posts, but you may choose to do so if you want. Either way, no more of this talk.

[zyko]

ooops 8O

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Voted.

Dayum, some of these are fucking awesome.

[Dark Chocobo]

I fully agree, I never though OCR had a lot of vocal talent, since there's few vocal remixes compared to standard ones. I've voted, and I gotta say, I don't think there's a chance Zolborn and I will win this one, too much good talent to compete against. Better luck next time!

Maybe I can learn to sing by then....>_>

[DragonAvenger]

ooops 8O
agreed

[SwordBreaker]

Awww....damn...I wish I noticed this thread earlier. I hate it when I'm late for stuff like this. I really wanted to join a vocal-related compo. :(

Oh well...good luck to everyone here. I'll download those enteries in a bit and see what's going on...

[Jarvi]

you probably should have included the 2-3 sentance thing in the
Voting: Once the competition closes and the tracks have been hosted, voting shall commence! All entrants must participate as well, in the spirit of comradery, and cannot vote on their own mix (duh). Wink Everyone will choose their top three entries, listing them in order from most favorite to least favorite, and PM their votes to me. #1 choices will receive three points, #2 choices two, and #3 choices one. Make sense? We won't actually be rating the mixes on each of the following criteria, but I ask that you keep these things in mind while you vote:

* Creativity (personal flair, interesting harmonies, original lyrics, etc)
* Vocal execution (pitch, rhythm, confidence, etc)
* Production (bad/hissy recordings, dry mixing, etc)

We want to reward people for getting out there, even if they think their singing could use some improvement. So don't just vote for your favorite vocalist, kay? Everybody deserves a chance!
part, that's why I didn't see it the first time :roll:

[Jillian Aversa]

Bumpidy bump!

EDIT:
Just so you know, all the entrants have now voted! Nobody will have to be disqualified, thank God.

[Dark Chocobo]

Bumpidy bump!

EDIT:
Just so you know, all the entrants have now voted! Nobody will have to be disqualified, thank God.


Wiiiiii!

And stuff. >_>

Man, I can't wait until Wednesday.

[Jillian Aversa]

I know, some of the entries are really neck and neck right now. So exciting!

[DjSammyG]

2 days until voting ends! Also bump.

[zircon]

lol coudl u guys vote on my song thanx

owait they're all my song

[andyjayne]

I voted for you 3 times zircon, don't worry.