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Oh, that sounds interesting. Well, let's see what happens - at the end of the day this ISN'T an OCR submission, so if you can justify your stuff then you might be able to get away with it. I just know what has qualified before, so there ya go.

Well if it helps contextualize this a bit, take a listen to some of the past competitions on here (like 2010 & 2011), and check out how they integrated the sources. Also, while not strictly called for, a good rule of thumb on handling the sources would be to pretend you're writing it for OCR - that is, make sure either of the sources are recognizeable for at least 50% of the track (either in the background or front & center). In 2011, for example, I did a funky arrangement where I pulled from plenty of alternative sources (including Schala, for shits and giggles) - but I made sure the sources I needed to include were there for at least 50% of the track. I'm certain if you want to do some more original writing you'd be alright as long as there's about half of your arrangement where people can recognize the sources somewhere. Aside from that, go nuts - whether the source is in the background over something more original or if the sources are more front and center, as long as they're there. Just realize that this is being voted on by regular people and not necessarily judges, for better or worse, so I suggest not being TOO subtle with your sources. If people feel like you're not really arranging the sources and instead going on your own rail that could impact the vote (even if you can prove that you're subtly using the sources). Of course, time stamping in here wouldn't hurt your chances if you feel it's pretty subtle, so hey. Hope that helps a bit!

I'm done..

came up with some decent ideas but they're for there individual tracks, trying to combine them and not sound forced. I'm pretty sure this is common for everyone tho, the grind continues.

Am I the only one who thinks of this question primarily in terms of # of songs and not duration? I'm happier with a 12-song, 40-minute album where each song is unique than I am with an 8-song, 60-minute album, generally speaking... more about the number of ideas than their length

For me, it's 40-50 minutes. I've got plenty of CDs that fall in the 30-35 minute range that I enjoy, but 40-50 minutes feels like the right amount of time for an album when played from start to finish. It's also the time range that some of my favorite albums fall into, so maybe that's why.

I was going to post on this a while ago but I got sidetracked by work and a lack of sleep, so I'll do it now before I forget: This is an awesome looking new game for the NES that's basically a horror version of Punch-Out!! It's not a rom hack (I'm pretty sure it's not at least), it's just built to really look and act like Punch-Out!! but with the horror gimmick to it. There's only 11 fighters, according to a review of it, but it doesn't progress the same way Punch-Out!! does. It looks like you get to choose your fighters similar to Mega Man and they all have several different fighting scripts each to flesh out the experience in a different way. I'm not involved with the development of this game in any way, I just thought it's one of the most interesting homebrew games I've seen in a while and wanted to share it.

I haven't had a chance to sit down and do some art design for the compo yet. Once that's locked down I'll see about putting some sigs together.

OK, I know this album is at least two years old at this point, but this is my first time hearing it. (I have a really long backlog of remixes and albums I'm trying to get through. So we're doing this now.) Now, for all of the good things I can say about this album, the one I feel the overwhelming need to say is: "YUNGTOWN! Yeah! Sub2Yungtown!" Seriously, though. Thank you for starting this off with the person who is probably the only rapper in the world that I actually like. As for everything else in here, I assume nobody is exactly waiting for an in-depth review on a two-year-old album, so I'm only going to say, stellar job to you all. There wasn't a song in here that I disliked, and I found myself head bopping along with these. Granted, that could be because I'm sleep-deprived and feel like doing that more than normal, but still. Great jorb, everybody.