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The People's Remix Competition 466 PRCv20-07 Hello everyone and Welcome to the People's Remix Competition! PRC464 was for APZX, leaving TheVideoGamer behind with the wooden spoon. The source is picked for PRC466 This round is located at: https://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/PRC466 Source: Advance Wars: Dual Strike (NDS) - [Entire OST] Midi list from different sources: Andy's Theme, Black Hole CO Power, Courage, Drake's Theme, Jake's Theme, Javier's Theme, Kindle's Theme, Sasha's Theme, Tag Power, Von Bolt's Theme, and the Yellow Comet Theme. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Wars:_Dual_Strike https://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/PRC466 The deadline is Monday June 5th 2023 at 10:59 am ThaSauce time (18:00 UTC, 19:00 GMT), check the link https://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/PRC466 for the exact time left. Make sure that the song is uploaded to ThaSauce or that there’s a download link posted in this thread. You may enter as many mixes as you like and work with as many people as you like on each mix. You are free to create a second ThaSauce account for that if you use ThaSauce, it's needed to be able to upload a second remix if you use ThaSauce. Of course you can also upload it somewhere else and put a download link in this thread. Do not make qualitative comments on an entry until the results of the vote have been posted in this thread. Mixers cannot vote for themselves but if they vote they receive a free first place vote added onto their score. The winner of this round may select the source for PRC468. Everyone can enter. No votes are doubled or making a different in a case of a tie. You can find the full rules list at this page as well. GOOD LUCK! PRC Home Page

Uhh, this is INCREDIBLE. I admittedly haven't kept up with Jorito's full catalog as of late, but this feels like a substantial level up specifically in terms of production. The percussion has so much impact and fluidity, and there's an incredible level of warmth to the organic instrumentation that gels together flawlessly, despite the massive array of instruments involved. Truly stellar work to everyone involved!

After this reconsideration, we've clearly concluded that we're not accepting this submission. In the thread thus far, prophetik said he agreed with MindWanderer that this didn't meet 4.3 of the Submissions Standards. DarkeSword was saying 4.3 didn't apply here, but DarkeSword & Gario said it failed 4.1. We then talked extensively in #judges about how to address this and came to a consensus. I'll do my best to summarize the conversation here with key excerpts (edited for clarity). Regarding section 4.1, we concluded that the format of story narration or audio book isn't accepted as a "genre of music" due to the focus of the experience not being its music: Regarding Section 4.3, and its purpose, “dominant” refers to the expectation that the arranged VGM is the “most important, powerful, or influential” component of the presentation; this would apply whether it's contrasting 1) the amount of arranged VGM vs. non-VGM composition or, in this case, 2) the arranged VGM vs. the non-musical story narration as the primary focus of the audio. With this piece, djp felt the approach did conflict with both mentioned parts of the existing arrangement standards -- primarily 4.1, and then 4.3 to a lesser extent -- then suggested added clarification to the Standards to address this: DarkeSword emphasized that the Standards issue here had nothing to do with acceptable source material (Section 3) but rather whether this arrangement format was permitted (Section 4): DarkeSword proposed an added clarification point excluding narration/voiceover-focused content by name as part of section 4.1, which djp and I edited. As this submission conflicted with two aspects of the current arrangement standards, this added point isn't a new exclusion, but now codifies the reasoning behind not accepting this type of presentation. I also added "rap" into 4.1's examples list of acceptable genres to make very clear that it remains an accepted music style. Usage of lyrics with rhythms and/or musicality (e.g. beat poetry) that integrate with the music is (and has always been) allowed. We then had the panel weigh in on the final wording, which was accepted by the entire group: The revision of section 4.1 is now live in the Submission Standards: 4. Arrangement 1. Arrangements in any genre of music (e.g. techno, jazz, rap, rock, classical) are acceptable, so long as the genre itself does not conflict with any other arrangement criteria. Submissions must have a primary focus on musical elements; this excludes extensive focus on narration/voiceover (e.g. audio drama, audio books).

@APZX you still may pick a source for PRC466. That round will start at the end of this week.

Hleet wins by default. His song is the only one. Hleet, you are the winner. You may pick a source for PRC467. Send the new source to me (with a MID/MP3 file, otherwise send a second source with a MID file) by PM, other options are PM me @ ThaSauce or by e-mailing to bambombim@gmail.com (I prefer a PM @Ocremix). Send your source before next Wednesday (31 May 2023), 11:00 AM ThaSauce time (18:00 UTC, 19:00 GMT). You may select any source from any game. From now on, it can also be a source with one or more OverClocked remix(es) or a source which has been used in PRC before. Only sources which are used in PRC season 19 (PRC439 or more recent) are not allowed. An overview of the past PRC's can be found in the following links (I will update this list soon): http://sites.google.com/site/bambombim/prc A list is also available at https://compo.thasauce.net/compos/view/PRC http://bambombim.googlepages.com/PRCRemixList.doc (also downloadable via the link above). https://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/PRC465 for the votes (voting is open to leave comments) and comments.

Concerning where this album is at, I'll likely only be looking at roughly finished products that require minor touch-ups at best. I always have plans to resubmit the album within a two month frame, so to be safe I would assume that's how much time you have, though it does tend to get delayed for various reasons. The front page is where you can find the tracks that are available, and I look forward to seeing what you have in mind.