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He was also a great villain in The Naked Gun. Awesome guy.

I'm hurt, Doc. Join the Nintendo Power Fanclub today, Mac!

because a fool and his money are easily parted?

This reminds me of Vurez's old Port of Barbado remix. 0-:38'= This jumps into the flute too quickly. Extend the first 3-4 seconds of intro material by another 4-5 seconds. Then you can jump into the flute. In fact, you may want to ditch the drums and introduce them later as sort of a build-up approach. Let the flute slowly take form before you hit full stride. :39-1:06'= This slight shift in the song is too flute heavy; let it be complimented by some nice string backing. Don't be afraid to let the other effects dominate or take over for a few stretches before recalling the flute. 1:07: Extend this transition. Triple it's length before getting back to the original tune. 1:43'= Let the synths come to the forefront here. Otherwise the flute will continue to dominate. 2:11'= I'm not really digging the new effect here. It doesn't seem to match the smooth almost oceanic quality of the earlier material. Try a light chorus instead. In fact, I think a light choral element would really highlight the work you've done. Well, I recommend letting the flute guide the song without overwhelming it. Throw in a chorus towards the mid/end, this should really be a nice and smooth effort. Hope this helps (even a little).

This has potential. It's very difficult for me to judge because you admit to not focusing on mixing or sound selection. I'll just assume you're going to substitute some sounds and effects later on. I'll breakdown my reaction to each segment of the composition as I see/hear it: 0-:54'= Well, you have a basic rhythm here that is building. The tone that first jumps in here is a nice new layer. However, you jump to the heavy material around :23' too quickly. I'd recommend adding a few more instruments/synths before breaking into this explosive material. 25 seconds or so is too soon. This explosion shouldn't occur until the one-minute mark. The chorus heavy effects are quite engrossing, however. Make sure you keep that energy when/if you revise this piece. :55-1:39'= Again, this is hard to judge because of the sound issues. The organ-like effect gives this a bit of a Castlevania feel. I'm thinking the extra bridge like sequence at 1:17' seems overkill. Do we need a second transition here? Stick with the first. You can always use the cut transition later if necessary. 1:40-2:11= Nice return to the "guts" of the composition. I like the addition of the new overlying synth. Double the length of this section before moving into the classier material next. 2:12- 2:28'=Awesome. Extend this if possible. 2:29-3:06'= This reminds me of an annoying song back from one of my C64 era games. Ditch that siren like backing that starts here and moves throughout the song at points. 3:07-3:36'= I'm digging the new take via the single strike xylophone-esque effects. Assuming you enhance it a bit and clean it up, this section of the composition seems fine to me. 3:37-4:09'= The low and heavy bass here is necessary and smooth. Keep this segment's rhythm because it serves as a perfect bridge to the upcoming buildup. 4:10-end: Cool. You bring back the climax aspect of the song and combine earlier effects to make this seem like a final combination of the song's sequences. Nicely done.I assume the final product won't end with a fadeout. If you do choose a fade, set it up first. I'm interested in seeing this as a revised/more final product. Keep at it.

The second is solid advice, but it should not be necessary. To require this out of "joe" consumer is bullshit. Thank God we don't need CD keys for books or eating cereal. The burden should be on the producer, not the consumer. When you side with the producer, as you have done, that's elitism. Why not sympathize with the guy and tell him it sucks? He paid to play the game, and because of copyright protection that may or may not have even been aimed at him, he's getting punished. You say it's his fault and too bad. Elitism. Side with the consumer for a change. Now before I start to sound too much like Karl Marx, I'll bail out of this thread. You've never struck me as a jerk or anything Coop, but that "blame the buyer for x" attitude struck a nerve. By the way, you still don't strike me as a jerk.

Because there shouldn't have been a CD key to begin with. That's being "screwed by the company" because they all use/used this form of protection. The irony is that the true pirates will just break it anyway. The little guy always gets screwed, but you're too elitist to see that.

The CD key actually faded after five years on one of my games. Not my fault. Totally unexpected. Having to keep track of some secret code should not be the responsibility of Joe Citizen. In this case, the guy threw them away. He still owns the game.You're ignoring the principle that he payed for the game, so he should have access to it. Period. Therefore, you're wrong, and the little guy gets screwed as always. The lengths you people go through to defend this crap is incredible...

Pretty much. Just another way anti-piracy screws the little guy. I've done the same thing in the past.

My comments were more self-centered on my age. Hell, I never owned a Playstation I or II. I pretty much skipped those systems and the games that went with them because I stuck with Nintendo. So the last laugh is on me.

Alundra is/was for the playstation? That is now considered oldschool?

Incorrect. Professor discretion. However, they are fully encouraged to forward it to the judicial council. Unbelievable though it may seem, there's always a handful of students that are unaware of the plagiarism problem.

I was referring to the fact that up until fairly recently, the only way to get a song you liked was to pay for a whole album. As a result, you might like 2-3 songs on an entire album if you were lucky. This was a major screw job for the consumers, 8-track, vinyl or otherwise. It is only in the last ten years or so that most folks could finally break out of that rigid system.

The Running Man Captain Freedom's workout theme is worth the price of the soundtrack.

which may or may not be better than the old days of the consumer getting screwed.

Although some of the other effects are a bit iffy, that smooth female chorus makes this a winner. I guess I'm a simple man. Very nice.

That's not the same thing. These are remixes and are freely offered from the start.

How judgmental.

William Perry would be proud.

The toyland/toy store music always struck me as neat.