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Contact info: That Andy Guy Andrew (Andy) Masson soundcloud.com/that-andy-guy 51383 Game: R4 Ridge Racer Type 4 (PS1) Arrangement name: "Garage-ception" Original track: "Garage Talk" by Asuka Sakai I made this remix in Reason with quite possibly one of the silliest ideas I've ever had. "This tune has the word garage in it, so why not a garage/2-step remix?" I think it worked pretty well. Also, this is my favorite Ridge Racer tune of all time, so I had to do a remix of it. -----------------------------------------------------

We've removed 2 tracks that are currently still in the 1-1000 torrent. OCR00138 - ToeJam & Earl 'James Brown in Space' Reason: Inspired by game. Not from any identifiable in-game music. OCR00672 - Kid Icarus 'Icarus Orchestrated' Reason: Removed by request We'll be removing those tracks from the torrent when we do the next update.

Onto the negatives first, especially on arrangement. 3:10 sounded a lot like 1:07's section, followed by 4:18's chorus being the same as 2:21's, so there's some copy-pasta action going on that made the arrangement feel less substantial. That said, I thought the overall treatment WAS interpretive enough, and showed creativity in deconstructing the source to certain parts and periodically focusing on each one. Even though there was that repetition (and I would have liked more dynamic contrast past the halfway point), the arrangement approach was still interpretive enough to bear the repetition and the energy of the piece was solid. And while I'm not a fan of directly sampling the original audio, it was usually layered with other original instrumentation playing the source as well, so the sampling wasn't leaned on like a crutch to provide the connections to the source material with no interpretation. I don't know if the other Js will dig this like I did, but I definitely respect the approach taken here and think we should roll with it. Nice ideas here, Aymeric! YES

Hey I'm a french producer/Composer of music electronic. I contact you because i would like have my last remix on OC remix. It's a remix of Donkey Kong Country 3 (snes) For the moment my remix is private because i wait your answer tell me if you are interested . Enjoy Aymeric Velozzo Ps : This is the original version But all people (1988 minimum) know this track ---------------------------

After a muddy, but otherwise strong opening, the organ part from :19-:26 sounded off-key for some reason. From :59-1:15, there were spots where the key of the melody seemingly didn't quite match with the background chugs. I got more used to it, but it still doesn't quite click all the way. More importantly, the mixing was on the muddy side throughout the whole piece. While I enjoyed the power that was here, the soundscape could use some cleaning up. I'm down with gritty, but it sounds like there's practically no high-end clarity, so this sounded too distant and lossy-sounding. It's not hugely far from being passable, IMO, but the seemingly out of key segments and especially the muddy production quality dragged this down. This is a well-personalized cover, but when you have a 2-minute piece that's supposed to be short and sweet, it's VERY important that everything is performed and presented at its very best. The problem areas need to be tightened up. Sorry if I'm being a grandpa, Mak, but we'll see how the other Js feel, as it's a pretty promising arrangement. NO (resubmit)

ReMixer name - Mak Eightman real name- Max V. Kravchenko email address- c userid: 32137 Submission Information: Title - "Oblivion" link to remix - attached Name of game arranged - Rosenkreuzstilette System: Have no idea xD Name of individual song arranged - Boss Fight, AM3(?) Link to the original soundtrack - BadAss Vol 2 project. Director: The Joker Hello! Actually I didn't want to submit this one because of issues(guitar tuning, drums stuff, etc). Dunno why i'm doing this) This mix was intendet to RKS project but I lost interst due to some circumstances. So I posted it to WIP forum and... Thanks to this mix I received an invitation to BA2. Game.... I have no idea wtf is this game)) Sorry. Mix.. Lot of new stuf to me)) First time I used organ!!! This makes me happy) First time(and last time i suppose) cool leads!! I can't repeat something like this again(( Thats why some tuning problems presents. I love this work because of all this new and cool stuff i MADE!!! sorry for fake bass.. Next time I'll do everything right! SFME!!! Best of all! And LOT of thanks to guys from BA2 forum!!! For feedback, comments, help, everything! --------------------------------------

This is right. These days, a company will ask for references if (and only if) you've made it several steps and you're down to the final few people and potentially in the running for an offer.

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What about sending the copy to admin@ocremix.org? The problem's too vague without the example of the broken copy.

djp bootlegged a fix several months ago by just extending the height, but maybe we'll hit up Wes about his solution the next time it's an issue. Locking due to fix.

New Extra Remix featuring djpretzel! http://youtu.be/cUKoU82iSMM (Also... McRIB!!!!! http://youtu.be/CXaxexfWlkA)

Don't worry, it's no big deal. As you were!

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Yep. If you ask at the SMS Power forums, someone should know. http://www.smspower.org/forums/

It could need a lot more people stating they use it before it gets added to the actual list, but duly noted.

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ROFL. Well, I've been on the judges panel for 10 years as of next July, and I can tell you this would have been fine. We stay very open-minded on what genres we allow, i.e. we don't let knee-jerk haters of dubstep, rap, metal, vocals or ANY genre determine what we post. "Too crazy, too weird, it's loud, I'm not comfortable" can't just automatically disqualify an arrangement. A fan posted this great video on the merits of dubstep by PBS Idea Channel on our Facebook page: http://youtu.be/3l_hy33-1Yw Dubstep's not for me personally, but that doesn't cloud my judgement. You certainly don't have to like it, but don't tell us that we've drastically dropped our standards or that this was no-effort MIDI transcription. Anyone saying the quality standards here have loosened over the past 10 years hasn't been listening to everything posted in the last 10 years. The sweeping generalization of the site over disliking one track is brain-numbingly hyperbolic.

No hate, but I need to debunk this now, because you're wrong about it and I don't want people thinking it's good advice. Nowadays, including a list of references or "references available upon request" is a kiss of death for a lot of people. I agree that it wouldn't be the kiss of death if I saw it, and it's a rather odd trigger. But in most cases, it's now unnecessary and needless to include it on a résumé. These days, if a company wants references, they'll usually ask for them either during the online application process OR after you've made it through a few steps like the initial résumé screening and/or interview. And if you know someone from the inside who will go to bat for you, that person usually vouches for you directly with their bosses or their HR department to help your stuff get through. It's either presumptuous or redundant to have references on the actual resume these days. Unless someone specifically asks for references directly on a self-created résumé, you shouldn't include them. You should use the space to elaborate on your experience.

Prefer, but it's not required. We've posted mixes that were longer, they're just tougher to evaluate, that's all.

Can't say I was feeling the initial synths opening things up, and the texture was all sorts of odd, but I'm always willing to see where things go. The dropoff at :30 had me awaiting a build, which finally led to things starting up at :39. The textures here were kind of thin and the drum work in particular sounded pretty plain and flat. Sections like 1:17 and 1:29, where things were supposed to get denser, didn't sound fully fleshed out. The lead synth from 1:29-1:44 handling the melody seemed to mud together with the countermelody and the drumkit continued to sound too flimsy. Aside from the drumkit I liked the textures from 1:44-2:14; the lead was too bright and indeed mudded together with the arp like Chimpa mentioned, yet I felt the instrumentation clicked the best there, issues aside. The final section at 2:56 was pretty lo-fi-sounding, and a nice, subtle finish. The arrangement's definitely creative, and it would pass for me if that was the only qualifier. However, the textures were never fully cohesive or filled out (despite the effects used to thicken up the sounds). The drumkit was a weak link. Another J can better articulate the production issues here, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to get some people agreeing that something's not quite working on that level. NO

The intro directly sampled the original track, and switched over into actual arrangement at :14. Nice nod to the original. The soundscape was loud & cluttered during the densest portions, but not bad enough to drag this down to NO. There was a dropoff at 1:24, followed by driving beats coming back at 1:36 with some instruments dropping out, followed by another drop and rebuild at 1:50 all with beat changeups, then going back to the beats of the verse with the guitar soloing over it at 2:13 and having the guitar over the chorus at 2:37 all the way until 3:23. 2:14 segued into some original soloing with occasional pieces of the melody followed by the chorus melody. Again during the densest parts here, the parts could have been EQed a bit for some better separation, but it wasn't a huge deal by any means. Then there's another drop at 3:35 until 4:01's copy-pasta raised the intensity back up. Really liked the chiptune-ish stuff from 3:35-4:01. Pretty good use of textural dropoffs and buildups to provide variation with the treatment of the source melody. The arrangement felt recycled at 4:01, but it was only for about 40 seconds or so, and the final minute was a good conclusion. I didn't hear the first version that didn't make it, but this definitely had things firing on all cylinders now. Really great energy here, and a very memorable take on the source tune; I definitely hope we hear more from you! Welcome aboard, Juhana! YES

Yeah, some of the timing of the bowed string notes sounded behind, and it would have been better to smooth out the timing, but it ended up not being a big enough deal to reject on. The last minute ended up doing its own thing outside of the source material, so there was some original writing added to complement the arrangement of the source, and it fit together pretty comfortably. Would have loved some more polish on the timing, and a bit on the mixing, but this got there. YES

The steady beat plodded during the busiest sections, i.e. the main verses, but otherwise everything was on point, and the arrangement worked well in changing the rhythm of the source tune. Great dropoff at 1:25, followed by the rebuilding at 1:39; I really thought the textures clicked there well, followed by the plucked strings at 1:53, and the piano at 2:00. The instrumentation variation was strong, and that kept me engaged throughout. Nothing much else to say but I thought it was a solid effort. Let's go. YES

YOUR MUSIC'S A JOKE! I didn't want it on there anyway. I'll read Justin's jokery ^^ in the future.