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NON-TRANCE DANCE • Adventure Island 'Tribal Warfare' by Ubik http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01203 • Adventures of Bayou Billy 'El Lagarto' by Evil Horde http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01793 • Armored Core: Nexus 'Hyper Monkey Likes the Dancefloor' by Mattias Häggström Gerdt & DragonAvenger http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02160 • Battletoads 'Ice Cave Dynamo' by Joshua Morse http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02423 • Castlevania 'Electro Killer 6000' by zircon http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02767 • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 'Nothing but a Pile of Dance Moves!' by NoppZ http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01576 • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 'Wandering Latinas' by Joshua Morse http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02045 • Cauldron II 'It's Binary, Baby! Album Mix' by Makke http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01536 • Castlevania II 'Tears of Blood' by Joshua Morse http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02770 • Chrono Cross 'People Seized with Trance' by ambient http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01520 • Cobra Triangle 'bra reloCaTing' by Justin Tense http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02442 • Command & Conquer: Red Alert 'Transistor' by Beatdrop http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02875 • Contra 'Snow Field' by tefnek http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01355 • Deus Ex 'Human Soldier' by halc http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02656 • Deus Ex 'Sadevakio' by Eino Keskitalo http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02955 NOTE: Dance tempo from :39-3:41. • Donkey Kong Country 3 'Permafrost' by Draconiator & Flexstyle http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02660 • Donkey Kong Country 3 'Thump Brothers' by Flexstyle http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02543 • Donkey Kong Country 3 'mojo gogo' by prophetik http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02569 • Dr. Mario 'Burning Up' by Dj Redlight http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01547 • Ecco: The Tides of Time 'Fury of Medusa' by Sadorf http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01389 • Final Fantasy IV 'Fallen Dragoon' by AeroZ http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01877 • Final Fantasy V 'Vessel of the Void' by zircon http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02093 • Final Fantasy VII 'Death, Rebirth, Life - 1986' by Anti-Syne http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02499 • Final Fantasy X 'Al Bhed Ec Faent' by Theory of N http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02837 • Final Fantasy Mystic Quest 'Mystical Mist' by RJ remixes http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02953 • Impulse 'Strange Rock in the Heavens' by Neblix http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02511 • King of Fighters XIII 'One-Hit KO (Bye Esaka Mix)' by WillRock http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02581 • Kirby's Dream Land 'Dream Land Dance Party' by Argle http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02849 • Legend of Zelda 'I Do It for the Faeries' by The OneUps http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02670 • Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 'A Link to Zelda' by T1lTED http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02873 • Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 'Waking the Fish' by WillRock http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01940 • Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 'Inverting the Tower Temple' by GSlicer http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01577 • Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 'G.E.R.U.D.O.' by Tepid http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02043 • Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 'Hyrule Party Mix' by NoppZ http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01529 • Machinarium 'Smashinarium' by DarkSim http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02322 • Mega Man 'Electrolytic Man' by ambient, MaJIN_SaN & tomatsu http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01399 • Mega Man 2 'Acid Flashbacks' by Elrinth, PsyNES http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02666 • Mega Man 2 'Laser Quick' by TheGuitahHeroe http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02417 • Mega Man 2 'Wily's Bubble Bath' by TheGuitahHeroe http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02646 • Mega Man 3 'Hot Pursuit in the Lost City of Wily' by Disco Dan http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02500 • Mega Man 3 'Ravaging Reptile' by AeroZ http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01937 • Mega Man 3 'Top This' by Flexstyle http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02778 • Mega Man 7 'Slash Claw' by Joshua Morse http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02209 • Mega Man 9 'Cement Extacy' by Flexstyle http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02303 • Mega Man 9 'TornadosaurusRex' by PrototypeRaptor http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02888 • Mega Man 10 'Solarcoil' by Draconiator http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02530 • Mega Man X 'Vile Needs to Galvanize' by bLiNd http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02400 • Mega Man X4 'Race the Phoenix' by Gario http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02890 • MiG-29 'Power Glove (It's So Bad)' by Dj CUTMAN & Benjamin Briggs http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02822 • NiGHTS into dreams... 'Dreams Dreams (Disco NiGHTS Mix)' by AkumajoBelmont & Level 99 http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02259 • NiGHTS into dreams... 'New Jack Mantle' by Tryezz & DiGi Valentine http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02260 • NiGHTS into dreams... 'The NiGHT Has Just Begun...' by PROTO·DOME http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02264 • Pokémon Gold Version 'BITE' by Benjamin Briggs http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02942 • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team 'Beneath the Blaze' by TheGuitahHeroe http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02665 • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team 'The Sky Will Be Your Limit' by TheGuitahHeroe http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02485 • Ragnarök Online 'Samurai Discotheque' by Joshua Morse http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01768 • Reset Generation 'TRIX' by Tepid http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01897 • Shantae: Risky's Revenge 'Baal Bhaagna' by virt http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02112 • Sonic Adventure 'Chaos Nightmares' by PrototypeRaptor http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02367 • Sonic CD (JP) 'Two Futures' by Portanexus http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02788 • Sonic CD (US) 'Road Trip' by KingTiger http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02874 • Sonic the Hedgehog ''Childhood (Act 2)' by Paul John http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02878 • Sonic the Hedgehog 'Cryptic Marble' by DistantJ http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01416 • Sonic the Hedgehog 'Final Progression' by Jewbei http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02240 • Sonic the Hedgehog 'Shifting Islands' by halc, Miearth & PROTO·DOME http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02269 • Sonic the Hedgehog 'Sonicstep' by Boyinaband, None Like Joshua http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02877 • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 'Dat Disjointed Chemical' by Air3s http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02713 • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 'Oil Ocean (WT-40 Mix)' by PlanetSkill http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01600 • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 'Sonik Elektronik' by Rayza http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01181 • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 'What We Left Behind' by Aviators http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02813 • Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble 'A New Ray of Light' by Sadorf & Sir_NutS http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01269 • Street Fighter Alpha 2 'The Strongest!' by That Andy Guy http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02886 • Street Fighter II 'Blanka Braziliamix' by McVaffe http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00151 • Street Fighter II 'Femmes Fatales' by OA http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02755 • Streets of Rage 'Groove On' by ambient http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02251 • Streets of Rage 'Streets of Rave' by Amphibious http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02957 • Super Castlevania IV 'Curse Curse Revolution' by NoppZ http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01554 • Super Mario 64 'Grab the Blue Coin!' by Sole Signal http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02908 • Super Meat Boy 'Spoiled R0TT3N' by Benjamin Briggs http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02158 • Tetris 'Crimea River' by Sir_NutS http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02948 • Turrican II 'The Desert Rocks vs. Concerto for Laser and Enemies' by Awesome-A http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01326 • VVVVVV 'Clubbed Baby VVVVVVeal' by Danny Baranowsky http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02205 • Wild Arms 'Optimist Prime' by Flexstyle http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02848 • Yoshi Touch & Go 'Cloudhopping' by Chimpazilla & timaeus222 http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02859

I'm posting this club/dance OC ReMix recommendation list I made for our fan Jordan. I've gone through all of the community's individual mixes and highlighted anything I thought could potentially work. EDIT: Updated as of OC ReMix #2969. I tried to split things up into some rough categories, but just keep in mind that your mileage may vary, and I don't pretend to be the authority on what's "club" music. Also, if you use more than 1 piece of music, keep in mind that the mixes have different volume levels. You may need someone to take a listen and make sure the levels don't jump around too much from track to track. Lastly, many of these tracks don't use extended intros and outros, so for DJs looking to beat-match and create extended transitions from track to track, you need to do your own legwork/editing. I recommend the free program BPM Analyzer to help steer you in the right direction as far as tempo. It's not super-ZOMG accurate, and it automatically tags your MP3s with the BPM it determines (DO NOT WANT!). That said, it DOES give some meaningful insight as to the tempo for tracks with steady tempos. ------------------------------------------------------------ CLUB/TRANCE STYLE • Batman 'Music of Funk' OC ReMix by Stephen Kennedy http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00222 • BlazBlue 'Tao Is Taokaka' by 3R2 http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02173 • Castlevania 'I Am Dracula (Club Mix)' by bLiNd http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02769 • Chrono Trigger 'Pipe Dream Mystics' by bLiNd http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02067 • Conker's Bad Fur Day 'Bulls 'N Beers' by Guifrog http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02844 • Corpse Party 'Heavenly Horrors' by DigiE http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02809 • Dark Cloud 2 'Before Everything Happened' by Flexstyle http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01996 • Deflektor 'Laser Dance' OC ReMix by Chuck Dodgers http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00132 • Donkey Kong Country 2 'Dance of the Zinger' by virt http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02005 • EarthBound 'SnowBound' by bLiNd http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01423 • Final Fantasy IV 'Bridge to Eternity' by bLiNd http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02034 • Final Fantasy IV 'Golbez'n Goblins' by bLiNd http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01876 • Final Fantasy IV 'Path of Deception' by bLiNd http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02238 • Final Fantasy VI 'Purity' by ABG http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01798 • Final Fantasy VII 'JENOVA Celestial' by bLiNd http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01636 • Final Fantasy VIII 'Realization' by Heath Morris http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01680 • Final Fantasy X 'Endless Skies' by PrototypeRaptor http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01731 • Final Fantasy X 'White Skies (Club Mix)' by bLiNd http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01441 • Final Fantasy XIII 'Blue Skies' by Ashleigh Coryell, bLiNd http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02242 • Ghosts'n Goblins 'Trance Version' OC ReMix by Instant Remedy http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00004 • Guardian Legend 'Ace of Space' by Beatdrop http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01437 • Guilty Gear X 'Alpha Blade' by Beatdrop http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01664 • Hedgewars 'Hogs of War' by DarkSim http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02600 • Laser Squad 'Mission Recalled' by Mark Vera (has an extended intro) http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01217 • Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 'Labyrinth of Dance Floors' by some1namedjeff http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02333 • Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 'Awakening the Giant' by Mrmilkcarton http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02011 • Marvel vs. Capcom 'Chun-Li (Nemesis Mix)' by Eric Jadi http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01981 • Mega Man 2 'Metal Man Goes Clubbing' by Disco Dan http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00848 • Mega Man 4 'Foiling Dr. Wily' by DR.WELI http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02638 • Mega Man 8 'Above the Clouds' by Jewbei http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02257 • Mega Man 9 'Pitched in Suspense' by bLiNd http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02292 • Mega Man X3 'Anoplophora' by Jewbei http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02489 • Metroid 'Kraidzy Dance' by Dirty Delay http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02708 • Ninja Gaiden II 'Ashtar's Desires' by Sir_NutS http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01321 • One Must Fall 2097 'One Must Rise 2011' by DigiE http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02299 • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 'Trance Turnabout!' by DigiE http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01974 • Reset Generation 'Kid Malicious' by Rayza http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01891 • Reset Generation 'Steriloids' by Juha Vilmi http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02168 • Shadowrun 'Running the Cyberpunks' by FFmusic Dj http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02490 • Sonic Adventure 'LightSpeed' by Sir_NutS http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01160 • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 'Chemixtrixx' by PrototypeRaptor http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02064 • Street Fighter II 'Club del Toro' by Rayza http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01254 • Streets of Rage 'Elevation [groovepump mix]' by ambient & DragonAvenger http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01757 • Super Double Dragon 'No. 5 (Snapdragon)' by ParagonX9 http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01472 • Super Metroid 'Jade Catacombs' by bLiNd http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01800 • Super Street Fighter IV 'Time to Oil Up' by zircon & Jillian Aversa http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02028 • Tales of Destiny 'Pretension' by Jewbei http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01789 • Team Fortress 2 'Electrodispenser' by zircon http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02018 • Tetris 'Thirty-Plus Mix' by R3FORGED http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01499 • Top Gear 2 'Dance Nation' by bLiNd http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01835 • Top Gear 2 'Rolling Start' by Rayza http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01633 • Top Gear 2 'Velocity Shift' by Sir_NutS http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02856 • Trenches 'Burning Vigil' by bLiNd http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02076 • Vectorman 'Overflow' by Beatdrop http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01900 • Wild Arms 'Desirous Sacrifice' by Jewbei http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02355 • Wild Arms 'Telepath Tower' by Mike Saint-Jules http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02357 • Xenogears 'Torn Apart' by Xaleph & Ryan8bit http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01630 • X-Out 'LiquidX' by Binster http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01264 • Zelda II 'Temple Trance' by bLiNd http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00632

...because your answer wasn't actually accurate as to why we hadn't gotten to that track. Had to explicitly say that, just to be clear that THAT's why we ask peeps not to answer for us if they're not on the (evil) panel.

I plan on hitting Barnes & Noble to see if they carry it; they usually have UK and AUS mags on a month delay, so it's possible they may carry it at the end of February. Will have to check my local one to see if they carry Hyper.

No it doesn't. http://ocremix.org/info/Press

So smooth. Love this piece! Also never thought I'd ever enjoy Top Man's theme this much in any context.

LIIIIIIVE!!!

No, just do that on your Twitter account. For the forums, it's serious business only, i.e. I'm not changing handles back and forth for gags because reasons.

Purrfect for Deia ...

OC ReMix launches OverClocked Records, the Game Music Community Record Label January 22, 2014 Contact: press@ocremix.org FAIRFAX, VA - Video game arrangement website OverClocked ReMix announced today the launch of OverClocked Records (http://overclockedrecords.com), a record label focusing on original video game soundtracks and albums by game music composers, arrangers, and ReMixers. As a sister site to OC ReMix, OC Records offers a curated collection of music by diverse artists such as Big Giant Circles, Disasterpeace, Beatdrop, halc, Shannon Mason, Flexstyle, Sean Beeson, HyperDuck SoundWorks, Blake Robinson, and many more. Featuring over 70 albums in its launch catalog, OverClocked Records showcases a diverse range of musical styles, from chiptune, trance, and orchestral, to funk, jazz, and rock. All albums are available in lossless digital format for $10 or less, with no digital rights management (DRM) and 80% of every sale going directly to the artists. A portion of each sale also goes to the continuing operations of OverClocked ReMix, LLC. "For years, we've been looking for a way to spotlight and support all the amazing original music being created by the game music community," said Larry "Liontamer" Oji, co-founder of the label. "With OC Records, we're hoping to bring that music and these artists to the widest audience possible." Larry is joined by co-founders David "djpretzel" Lloyd, creator and founder of OC ReMix, and game composer Andrew "zircon" Aversa. To celebrate the launch of the label, OverClocked Records has assembled a free, downloadable album sampler featuring 20 tracks from the launch catalog. The sampler is available at the label website, as well as their official SoundCloud (http://soundcloud.com/overclocked-records). OverClocked Records will expand throughout 2014 to include many more hand-picked artists and albums in a plethora of styles, as well as features such as artist interviews, behind-the-scenes features, and podcasts/webshows. For more information on OverClocked Records, visit http://overclockedrecords.com. For the FREE album sampler, visit http://overclockedrecords.com/release/ocrc-launch-sampler. For more information on OverClocked ReMix and the community's complete catalog of interpretive video game music arrangements, visit ocremix.org, like OCR at Facebook.com/ocremix, and follow OCR on Twitter at @ocremix. ###

No mention of Shnabubula yet. For shame. http://shnabubula.bandcamp.com http://soundcloud.com/shnabubula

Bingo. Solid enough sounds, and good treatment, but it definitely felt like the patterns got run down over time. The underlying elements were repetitive and it led to the arrangement dragging out and lacking dynamic contrast (at least until 3:00 added some more elements in the final section). Some other criticisms: I also thought the mixing was on the muddy/indistinct side and lacked high-end clarity, which became an issue from 1:46-onward. Also, while most of the parts sounded fine for the style you went for, some of the sequencing felt too rigid, particularly the brass at 1:32 during the chorus. Those weren't dealbreaker issues alone, but along with the issues Palpable had, they were enough to hold off on this for the moment. That said, it's well in the right direction if you're willing to refine this a bit further, Benjamín. Always hear a lot of potential in your work, do definitely do not be discouraged if this doesn't make it; keep at it! NO (resubmit)

Interesting stuff, Niki. Like OA, I think Chimpa covered the issues well, because I ended up agreeing with everything she said. The sound choice are cool, but the balance is very off, so a lot of parts are too loud, and (at least until 1:51) most of the parts are mixed too dryly. The additive ear candy brought in at 2:30 is glaringly too loud and kind of stomps out the melodic lead. There's got to be a way things could be EQed so that these sounds aren't competing with each other in the same frequency range. Small issue, but the final cymbal crash decayed too quickly. But yeah, take this to the Workshop forums and get some more advice on how you could tighten this up. This has some promise, but the production needs a ton of refinement to realize the potential of the arrangement. NO

I didn't agree with OA about the synths being a poor fit, but didn't have a problem with his comments; ultimately, I thought the sounds clicked well enough for me. I also thought the copy-pasta of the last section was a bit anticlimatic and could have used some variation there to keep things fresh for the finish. Still, I had no problem with the dropoff ending That said... I really enjoyed the arrangement, but this is a second case today of that part generally being on point, but the mixing ends up sounding too cluttered, and OA was right about the reverb trails obscuring other parts. The worst offenders were probably 1:44-2:13 and the full 3:10-3:48 ending. The ending section was a copy-pasta of :47-1:06's section only with MOAR PADS, so it ended up sounding even muddier for the finish. It's not approaching awful or anything like that, but it is too muddy; I could have lived with :47's mixing quality, but the finish definitely was too muddy. Arrangement-wise for the finish, I'd just say consider more substantial variation for the final section from 3:10-3:48, since it's basically just 2 copy-pastas of stuff we heard before (except 3:29 with the most minor of minor melodic variation). I felt the resolution at the finish was perfectly fine, and didn't mind the dropoff. Also of note, I thought the dropoff section from 2:13- was a pretty nice change of pace followed by the super minimal section at 2:31, which added some very nice tension and contrast before heading back into the rebuild at 3:00. Really smart writing there, Ibrahim. So yeah, cleaning up the mixing during the densest sections would help this, plus adding some more substantial variation to the final section at 3:10. You don't necessarily need to vary the melody, but changing the instrumentation could help give this a different sound to keep things interesting for the close. Really promising stuff so far. Definitely don't be discouraged if this doesn't pass, as you have a great arrangement concept here and a lot of potential. Hopefully, you'll consider touching up and resubmitting this one, and I hope we hear more from you in the future for sure. NO (resubmit)

Thanks to Palp for leaving that note about the intentional lossy sound. It didn't affect my vote in that I could still have NOed it on sounding TOO lossy, and I still felt it was a negative here, but I felt the mixing was serviceable and that purposeful lossiness was more than compensated for by the amazing arrangement. I wish it did have more clarity so the instrumental textures could be better appreciated, but on balance, it's an obvious keeper. Keeping it short, but Nick does it again! YES

Yeah, I'm with you all the way. Good stuff except for the thin, plodding drums. Wasn't feeling the really vanilla-sounding cookie-cutter clap groove from 4:06-5:00 either. I'm holding my nose juuuust a little ( ), but I'm not making the perfect the enemy of the good. What's here mostly works, even if I would have liked to have heard it take some different directions. YES (borderline)

All that, plus the synth timing is too rigid. Can't really break it down much more than OA already did. I'll admit, I smiled when I read "pretend" drumkit, because I thought the exact same thing was going to happen, i.e. that weak stuff would get replaced by a beefy kit when the track ratcheted up. Texturally, this has more holes than cheese of the Swiss variety due the background not being filled in, the rhythm guitars had 0 punch (good example: :59-1:19), the drumkit was flimsy/bland/fake-sounding. It's too bad, because the arrangement concept and some of the writing ideas were pretty sweet, but there's nowhere near enough musical glue to make things sound cohesive. Y'all have potential, so I don't want to make this feel like my opinion's nothing but "[WHAP!] This is weak!", but it's unfortunately a ways off the mark, and it can't make it without a pretty extensive overhaul. That said, if I were you, I'd legitimately explore just how much you could improve this and see what you learn. NO (resubmit)

Ha! Nice! That was unexpected. It's short and sweet, but Jesse definitely came through with something cool; never thought I'd hear "Aquatic Ambiance" as a tense, potentially heroic cinematic cue. Nice work. I wish the ending didn't just cut off. I'll remember to ask about that. YES

Strong performance, and a badass take on "Sloprano." However, this recording's lossy-sounding and way too distorted. If there were raw recordings that could be worked with and salvaged, that would be awesome, but unfortunately I doubt it. Great arrangement done in by really compromised production/recording quality. Tough break, bros, this was otherwise really awesome. NO

The name's not creative at all ["Source Tune (Artist Mix)" = meh], but we'll get something else if it actually passed. I definitely agree with this, and it's a great criticism. Me personally, I didn't think it was enough to hold this otherwise-strong arrangement back, so I'm tipping in favor of it. Like OA mentioned, there's some headroom, but things layered up well enough that it wasn't a huge deal and the track sounded pretty full regardless. To me, it's just a bit overlong, but overall this arrangement clicked really well and had great energy and creativity. Definitely interesting to hear this given a club kind of twist. Nice job, Brian! YES

Hey, cool stuff. The piano being so similar to the original song was a minor negative, but you did personalize the arrangement with the seamless addition of the string writing. With the piano, it might not be a bad idea to do something else interpretive with the melody in a few places, but this wasn't a dealbreaker issue. If I hadn't heard the original, I could have easily assumed this piece was an original composition from some obscure Japanese RPG, since the sample quality and articulations sound just like some of those pro soundtracks. They're a bit of an acquired taste sonically, because (just like those soundtracks) your instrumentation sounds pretty fake. It's not that we require ultra-realistic samples, but the piano note articulations are noticeably mechanical and the timing is too rigid, with the worst offender being :50-1:21's extended section with the piano alone and exposed. Also, as you transitioned to :50, the strings abruptly cut out, which again is just unrealistic. Some of the note changes/attacks by the backing strings are also very problematic, because it doesn't sound like a bow sliding, with the worst offending section being 1:41-2:13. 2:15-2:30 being a copy-pasta of the intro rather than a variation was a bit of a letdown, but it wasn't a dealbreaker. If you can smooth out some of the timing issues, you could be good to go, as the arrangement itself was pretty sweet. Hopefully the musician Js can give some specific tips there to help you better realize the potential of this otherwise sweet arrangement. Good job so far, and definitely thank your friends for encouraging you to submit this! It's not THAT scary. NO (resubmit)

The mix is encoded at 160kbps. Don't forget to go 192kbps CBR or VBR1 for the encoding; we require higher quality encodings now. First off, have to say I love the source tune choice. Shinji Hosoe is a boss, as always, so thanks for putting this track or my radar. The overall sound of :56's section also took a turn that reminded me of the energy of some of Phantasy Star Online's soundtrack, which was pretty's cool. Also has a little bit of a Deus Ex "UNATCO" vibe too thanks to the progression at :33. On the arrangement side, the tempo stayed pretty fixed, and there were some moments I wouldn't have minded a brief change in the tempo or rhythm, but there was a lot of evolution of ideas within that framework. The arrangement itself was excellent and well over the line, IMO. If 999 had a professional arrangement album, this would arrangement fit right in. While the arrangement side is awesome (don't change anything) and I definitely want this on the site in some form, unfortunately OA's got the production issued pegged: Dayum, BrOA really nailed it here; certainly more precisely than I ever could. There's a lot of mud and clutter in the piece that undermines the quality of the track. The way it's mixed almost sounds like someone encoded this at 96kbps, which isn't an effect you want. Take this to the Workshop or run it by people who have an ear for achieving crispness and clarity in their mixing. Once you EQ everything properly and give your instrumentation the proper breathing room and balance, this would pass with flying colors. Awesome piece, Michael, now just make sure you touch up the production so that everything here's clicking on all cylinders. Definitely don't be a stranger, I like your style, man. NO (refine/resubmit)

I think she'd be more honored if you knew she was female.

Not that I know of.

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