Liontamer

You haters all have weak constitutions. McRIB!

Noting that I also need spoken word lyrics for http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00719/

Part 7 of the submission agreement applies only to submitting artists doing other distribution or licensing. Section B of terms of use applies those who are not the submitting artist that want to use the music for other purposes.

The story of K.B.'s life is not noticing my hard work.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/02/mcdonalds-mcrib-sandwich_n_777786.html http://www.kleincast.com/maps/mcrib.php Hooray! It's back for another 6 weeks. Damn straight. It's also the return of my favorite OCR thread title ever. Gonna go buy one after work & after voting (for LIBS). I'm sold, son. McRIB!

Oh ho ho! Look at this!

Done. Not a big deal. In the case of both, the site will update in a few hours. On the database side, it's fixed.

Done. Not a big deal.

ReMix with this title, do want. Game doesn't matter as long as it has at least 1 of the 3.

Just clarifying that I'm listening to the latest version. The guitar synth isn't a terrible one. Obviously, we've heard Mazedude use it to great effect. But I agreed it wasn't used well enough here; it really needed more body to it, it was too loud compared to the other quiet instrumentation, and the articulations sounded awkward. Again, no hate on the sound itself, but I've heard that instrument used well, so I know it can sound much better. 1:49-2:24 sounded dissonant and didn't sound cohesive. The low pad was off-key and threw everything off. Otherwise, I thought the orchestration and other subtle instrumentation was generally well handled. With the electronic/synthy stuff, there ended up being a huge quality disparity. The other NOs were right in where this needs to be tightened up, with your weakest sounds less exposed, and better dynamic contrast through proper production, EQing & balance. Don't get discouraged though. You definitely have the potential to get something passed at this rate, so keep at it. NO (resubmit)

I'm not super hot on the overall textures. I thought the breakbeats were pretty basic and repetitive. The beats of the intro were repetitive, but at least there were different filter and effects changes to try to morph the sound a bit. The worse offender was the beatwork at 1:28, which sounded pasted underneath the track and generally bland. The more progressive stutters & breaks (e.g. 2:10-2:13) added a bit of spice to the beats. That kind of crazy stuff should have been used more without going overboard. If there was a way to tweak the mixing so the beats didn't sound so separate in the soundscape from everything else, they wouldn't have seemed so out of place. The voice also brought in at 1:28 was just kind of...there. I realize it was a stylistic choice to place it off-beat, but it was another element that just seemed awkwardly placed. That said, was an element that helped fill out the texture a bit. Not sure what the complaints about arrangement & source usage are. The main bell motif was there throughout almost the first 90 seconds, the verses sprinkled the chorus melody there, and the sax used the chorus as well. The most conservative source usage I can break down is: :00-1:26, 1:30-1:33, 1:35-1:38, 1:41-1:44, 1:46-1:49, 1:52-1:55, 1:58-2:01, 2:03-2:06, 2:09-2:12, 2:14-2:23, 2:26-2:30, 2:38-2:52, 2:57-3:41 That's 181 seconds or 69.62%. It's not "close to 50%," it's significantly over 50%. It used the source material in a pretty straightforward, overt way basically until 3:41. Even factoring in concerns about placement and prominence, I don't see how this doesn't pass that sniff test. Pretty competent, even if it wasn't my cup of tea. I thought there was potential here that wasn't fully unlocked, but what was in place gets by. It was more a matter of the beats being bland and the elements not fully locking together that made this a touch sell, not the arrangement concepts. YES (borderline)

http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2360 http://ocremix.org/info/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Why_aren.27t_the_ReMixes_ranked_by_popularity_or_numerical_ratings.3F Whatever you like best, post in each song's review thread and give some props there. But we don't aggregate favorites or do favorites/list discussions, sorry.

This mix is FIRE!

Since the time I took over tagging the mixes, which I THINK was around #1800 or so, the full submission comments have been included in the comments tag of the MP3, which you've obviously never looked at. Ever. When we eventually re-release the mixes with better tags, everything I could find submissions comments for are included in the comments field, so at least a few older tracks will have that information.

I wouldn't say "they" with a broad brushstroke, but some people there did, yeah.

Happy Belated! Keep ticklin' those ivories & sinewaves.

No, that wasn't it, though you could say the same thing. To me, that was basically a fun joke track and didn't affect the decision.

It wasn't consistently high quality. Besides the 3 completed tracks subbed to OCR (yours, Shariq's, Rozo's), the other tracks generally were rough WIPs that weren't fleshed out or polished. I also recall 1 track being too liberal.

http://soundcloud.com/groups/ocremix - We have an official group. You might as well bahleet your group, since it's not official.

http://www.sonicstadium.org/news/2010/10/sega-removing-poor-and-average-sonic-titles-from-retail/ I have to say, this was an interesting announcement. Any thoughts on what should stay on store shelves?

The game attribution for a ReMix is based on the specific game the source track is from, not where the original version of the song was first used. The version of MotC this mix was based on was the "A-spec mix" version, per checking with Stevo. Another example was http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01036/ - it was specifically based on the Super Turbo version of Boxer's theme, not the World Warrior version.

No, that would be wrong. http://www.google.com/search?&ie=UTF-8&q="Into+the+Golden+Sunset"+Zelda The official soundtrack for A Link to the Past is here http://vgmdb.net/album/885 - Susie's arrangement arranges the staff roll portion of "Ending". It's a conservative but interpretive & personalized arrangement for piano. Susie included a MIDI on her site, and 3 others have performed covers of her arrangement, thus why you can find other YouTube performances of "Into the Golden Sun."

Well, the rumor mill on another popular VGM account is apparently that Go Ichinose issued takedowns for the Pokémon Black/White music. No idea how valid that is, including if SilvaGunner had posted that music, but AFAIK it wasn't a takedown issued by Nintendo. Again, speculation at this point.

Since I started this first response and threadsplit, I wanna clarify that we can argue about rap itself forever. We're a music community, so that's fine. Aaron or anyone else can say that, and he shouldn't be encouraged NOT to say that. It's personally needling Joe Cam and the Crackaz at every turn that's not cool. I remember years ago the diss track "<3 Jesus" I played on VG Frequency, so their fighting actually goes way back. But Aaron, you still can't come here and keep jabbing Joe Cam when the discussion somehow involves rap. He obviously couldn't do the same to you. I also don't mind about the review thread being clogged up with non-sequitur discussion on the current state of rap; that's why the mods can split threads, it took me a couple seconds to do and move over to Community discussion where it belongs, and it's not a big deal. He's saying Joe Cam should take a cue from the clean lyrics of the MM4 mix.

I e-<3 u for these lyrics. Thanks!