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I just obtained a fretless gourd banjo. Holy shit. Music just pours out of this thing. There is now a remix of Goron City in progress, which I will ostensibly claim credit for, but make no mistake: I did not write this arrangement, the banjo wrote it for me.

Also I'll bring up this acknowledgement by djp in the writeup of that latest (Pyscho Pinball) arrangement: ..which I feel like fits really well in OCR way of treating VGM rearrangement.

Damn. Wish I didn't kill my social media. I don't rly hang out in the OCR discord either...reasons. Well, I do appreciate TheVideoGamer's participation and the MIDI tracks he writes if there isn't a viable one at hand. I wasn't aware that Bundeslang had barely any time to promote, he's so punctual with updates! Must be very efficient with his time lol...unlike me. Haven't felt inspired by the last few entries. But maybe next round I can do something up. And good point DJ Mokram, OHC is a booming community...idk why that doesn't translate over here. I should be using the ThaSauce Discord more often for MnP too... (edits) And also, Kevin (may I call you that?), I really appreciate the time and effort you put into PRC. 410 rounds is nothing to sniff at and there is a rich history in PRC. I also really appreciate your occasional cross-pollination into MnP. And also, sorry for that stupid comment I made about your track when someone was having a bit of a contentious disagreement and I decided to take sides when I really shouldn't have. (And made a rude comment about the quality of your remix, that was totally my fuck up there). Also, I'd like to add that dry-spells have been common place for the last few years, but we do have some rounds that have huge turnout. That's what keeps me going, anyhow. Maybe I don't take this gig nearly as seriously as you though and I kinda ride off your coattails. I'll stand by whatever decision you make and hope for the best!

Hi guys, another remix from me. This time I'm trying to mix surf-rock guitar from "Steam Gardens" in dnb-style. Original track: Feedbacks are welcome! Thanks and have a nice day!

About the remix: This is a remix of "Quiet and Falling" from Celeste. It's the song from the Mirror Temple. I had a lot of fun doing this one! The original is pretty cold and surreal, the B-side is downright funky, so I decided to take this in a direction different to the songs in the game. I also brought back an old pseudonym for the remix. FL Studio 20 was used for both the song and the visualization on YouTube (via ZGameEditor Visualizer.) I incorporated a lot of "found sounds" - metal sheets, keys on a desk, all sorts of fun improvised percussion. The synthwork is Sytrus and Vanguard. The orchestral sounds came from Nexus. Direct links: FLAC: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AysvIq409_CPTiiP8BrEcn6Io5fi9Jyw/view?usp=sharing MP3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UeBfcCpzPecahj0LIApEkq6M6lOCt65b/view?usp=sharing Social links: I considered submitting this to OCR, and I'd like to know what y'all think. Is it a good candidate? Thanks for listening~

First, just wanna say I've got mad respect for you (and @Rexy as well) for holding the torch all those years, providing a training ground that fostered musicianship and helped so many of us develop their skills through friendly competition, all the while paying tribute to lesser known game music, which is a mission we have in common. Every time I fell off the llifeboat and tried to claw my way back into remixing, this compo was always there to help me find the north again. So believe me, I do not wish to see it gone anytime soon. As for promotion, while I'm nowhere near popular or prolific enough to be giving PRC the props it deserves, I'm willing to do what I can on social media. You could also get in touch with starla for advice, because the OHC has got a thriving community and overwhelming participation every week, so she's bound to know the magic formula. Lastly, I believe community Discord servers (OCR, ThaSauce) would be a great place to advertise the beginning of each round, cause I betcha a lot of new remixers bypass the forums to go there. In all fairness you can't be expected to keep the compo alive all by yourself. That's admirable, but also defeats the whole purpose of a 'community' event.

TheVideoGamer wins by default and may pick another source, for PRC411. Dj Mokram is right about this contest. It needs more promotion (outside Ocremix) to get more people participating. More is happening outside forums and the forums here are nowadays visited less. I hardly have the time to keep the contest up, so I'm unable to do some promotion of this contest which is necessary to get more life in the contest. I can keep this contest up, but that's all I can do. If anyone wants to help by promoting this contest he or she is encouraged (I'm also willing to mention this in the first post). For now, I'll just continue (and start PRC410 (round 17-08) as normal and that will also be the first rounds after that). I'm thinking about the future of this contest as well for a while, perhaps the time has come to finish the contest at some point. If anyone has any ideas, he/she is encouraged to post them in this thread. One thing is for sure, if I decide to finish and stop the contest, there will be a 'last round' (and maybe some special rounds) which will be announced at least two rounds before it will take place (meaning that I don't stop this contest in the next three months already so don't worry about that ).