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I want to note, that this is open to everyone. And, by proxy, it's open to all forms of music making, not just instrument playing musicians. Doesn't matter if you use defaults in FL Studio, or rock the guitar or mandolin or anything in between. You are most definitely welcome!

Didn't even know about NINJAM. Sounds like an interesting concept. Something that could worked in somehow. I'm opened to any avenue that promotes the collective creativity of all involved, and helps everyone learn more than they previously knew going into the group. That said, I'm going to wait until Friday. On Friday, I'm going to create a Facebook group for the purpose of collective learning. Between now and then, I hope that I get more input from the community. And by the way, this isn't open to just established members of the community, ReMixers, musicians in general. It's open to the larger community; listeners, hobbyists, etc... My hope is that it grows beyond the scope of what it's intended to be and takes on a life of it's own. But hey, I'm just thinking big.

I have mirrored round 4 for your pleasure: http://www.williammichael.net/grmb/ocr-grmrb-round-4.zip <-- go here to retrieve.

You could just listen in with Skype and use Skype chat to instant message responses. And if you have Facebook, assuming I get enough support for this idea, there will be a group.

I just edited the first post of the thread. I really like where this is going and can be going. I added my own little thought on gatherings like MAGFest, Otakon, and even meet ups (though I didn't specify meet ups specifically). I'm going to create a Facebook group some time this evening, but I need a name for it. Maybe something like "The Unofficial OCR Musicians Group" or something like that. To be fair, it doesn't have to be necessarily related to OCR, as it's just a group to help everyone anyway, it can be all encompassing.

I've been thinking about starting a group dedicated to the advancement of musicians of all levels from beginning to professional. In this group, I'd like to include a variety of instruments from guitar to piano to stringed instruments and more. That being said, I was hopeful to either ask about creating a group here on the OCR Forums, or creating a group on Facebook. What I'm trying to achieve is the following: -- a weekly meeting of musicians to discuss practice ideas, goals, accomplishments and what not -- provide help for struggling musicians who are at the beginning/novice level and need help taking their art to a new level -- form a foundation to help new musicians work towards their goal of creating original music, remixes/rearrangements and more -- create new friendships and networking through music I think those are some pretty good goals for the group, and I think a lot of folks will agree with them. Now, obviously there's the viability of such a group on Facebook, but I still think it's worth it to explore at first, and then once we are established, take it further. So, I would like to get everyone's thoughts on said group before I go and create an actual group on Facebook. I'm hopeful for a lot of feedback, so don't disappoint! Thanks everyone! Notes, Ideas, and Suggestions -- Weekly Meetings -- Definitely something for IRC or skype, weekly meetings to discuss where folks are at in their playing and where they want to go. Mainly by specifying objectives and goals a week, a month, three to six months and a year out, to help achieve our goals as musicians. The meetings help reinforce this through motivation, which in turn keeps everyone practicing and improving. The biggest and most important part of this process is creativity of course, and what better place to do that than by participating in One Hour Compo over at ThaSauce. -- Discussions -- Outside of weekly meetings, with a Facebook group, we can have different discussions on a variety of topics, as well as create new discussions as needed. -- Live Gatherings -- These kinds of things are reserved for things like MAGFest, Otakon, etc. Where anyone can come out, have a good time, maybe even show off a little, or a lot. This kind of interaction is mainly for full immersion. That works like trying to learn a language, it's easier to learn if you've fully immerse yourself in it, ie: by going to another country (if you're a student, or you're moving there permanently) and you want to learn the language. It's one thing to learn from a book, but since people tend to learn more easily by actually doing something, this is a really great way to learn more by engaging more senses. -- Decisive Goal Setting -- Nothing too fancy here, but I want to apply some of the techniques I've learned recently from books I've been reading to help enhance the experience for all involved. The biggest and most important part of this is goal setting and objectives. Setting goals, and creating objectives, no matter how small, to be completed on a weekly, or monthly basis. As well as using a three to six month time table for progress. We could even use Google Docs to track our progress. There are plenty of ideas to go around, and I'm constantly thinking of ways to improve this. -- Suggestions from this Thread -- I'll add suggestions as they come in, and we can then discuss them in this thread until we have a bonified group page via Facebook or what not. -- My Own Personal Goals -- My own personal goals are fairly simple. I want to learn to play guitar so I can perform at JamSpace. Plain and simple. I see so many people have so much fun doing that, and I want a piece of the action and the ability to say, "I did that, I rocked it." That's what I'm about. I also want to remix, and create my own original music as well. I think everyone has goals they want to achieve, and I feel that if we all work together, we can motivate each other, and bring out a massive amount of talent from ourselves. -- Important Links -- The following are important links to information, the group proper, as well as other items of interest that we find a long the way. -- Digital Musicians (on Facebook): http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=510496788#!/group.php?gid=329781937468&ref=mf

I don't think I've read the regular thread. Thanks for the update and correction.

And Bahamut is still the director if I'm not mistaken. This will end up well, methinks.

Seems to me like this will be easier to navigate. We shall see. Will definitely have to get used to it though like anything else that's new.

http://www.capcom-unity.com/s-kill/blog/2010/02/16/street_fighter_iv_iphone__yes_its_real_and_its_spectacular Yes, you read the thread title correctly. Street Fighter IV is coming to the iPhone. Complete with ultra combos and controls that, according to the article, work. Whether they work well, who knows? But we'll see it come March.

High Five... Hundred - with a picture of a smiling E. Honda Omnislash - a big buster sword required for this one.

I heard about this awhile ago, but I'm glad someone posted it as well. I can't wait to get this album.

I'm once again helping out by mirroring round three. If you don't have it, you can find it here: http://www.williammichael.net/grmb/ocr-grmrb-round-3.zip And please, remember to go vote! It's vital to the progress!

I fully support this effort. I'm posting it where it can be seen by all, both on my own Facebook account as well as ThaSauce Network's fan page, which you can find here: http://www.facebook.com/thasauce.net?ref=mf Honestly, with the kind of talent that's right here on OCR and throughout the community, I don't see any reason that it shouldn't be tapped more often. I think it's a testament to the fact that video game music is not just the ambient beats behind the games themselves, but also its own unique genre composed of all types of music, whether it's country, rock, metal, blues, r&b and everything in between.

Yeah, it should be changed... oops.

Hey all, it's Friday night, February 5th, and that means a brand spankin' new Radio ThaSauce show! So listen, tonight I've bringin' the phat beats with a track or two off of the Chrono Mix Tape, new OCReMixes, community news, events and other awesome stuff! So keep it locked here: http://www.thasauce.net/media, tonight at 8PM EST!!!

Yeah boss sauce, totally talking about Brushfire. Me, I love FFVII, the first FF game I ever played to completion.

This from the guy who hates FFVII. I listened to it this morning, kind of a bad idea on my part, so I didn't get to really appreciate it as I could have. I'll get back to you because really, the jury is still in deliberation on this one.

Super epic bump of justiiiiiiice!!! Go!

C'mon guys, let's get this party started! Seriously awesome bump!

Hey, I know there are a lot of tracks on that track list in the first post, but I've taken notice, there are no Mega Man X7 tracks. I would honestly appreciate some serious representation for X7, even if you didn't like the game itself, X7 still had some great tracks. And I know that X8 needs more loving right now. So please, anyone that can pick up a track from X7 and X8, I'm asking for you to do so. I'd like to see more representation for those two soundtracks, they deserve it!

I would love to attend PAX East. But in all seriousness, I don't think I'll have the money. At least, not for the hotel. If I knew which day the OCR panel would be, I'd just take a train up to Boston for that one day, just to get a taste of PAX. We'll see.

I'm a bit surprised that no one has picked up on this. However, I'm bumping the thread for all to see. Seriously though, we need you guys to get on this. It's hella cool, and worth your while.