Radiowar

http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11085 got 3 no's D: but the comments were pretty positive, they pretty much said the same thing you did I already resubmitted, hopefully it'll pass this time

Yeah I guess you were right about the balancing thing That'll be easy to fix though. I'm just offended that they're all making fun of my name

If you're looking for good bass grooves definitely go with something like Jamiroquai.

I like the lofi sound (about as lofi as you can get on OCR), good use of tabla as well. Very good.

Yeah the drums aren't great...could use some bass as well. I wouldn't leave the drums out entirely at the part around 0:58. Other than that it's pretty cool so far.

I get that message when I plug in my iPod to my windows laptop but it still shows up on iTunes and My Computer so it isn't really a problem for me...I don't really know what causes it but it only really started happening for me when the iPod's battery died while it was plugged in.

I gotta disagree with chickenwarlord about the repeating chord hits, I like them. Very Aphex Twin. Were you recording the melody live as well? Doesn't seem to be in time. But yeah aside from it being really loopish (esp. the drums), I think it's pretty good so far.

yeah there is pretty much no way this is your first song it's too good

pretty nice cover. the bad plus do some awesome arrangements, they do a really good version of 'karma police' too. i really like this.

the arrangement sounds like it is good but it's really hard to tell when you're using Finale...a lot of your ideas might not be getting across as it sounds really static as far as timing and dynamics. As far as I know Finale uses a GM library for its sounds, but I'm not sure if you can change them...I think the best you could do would be to export a midi and then use a different sequencer (like FL) that has more control over the samples.

This is pretty cool, I really like the latin feel here. I feel like this could really have a lot more before you go into the quiet bit. I'm really feelin a bass solo on this. It could really use more latin percussion too, can't go wrong with rad timbale licks. And the drums could do a lot more, I think. I think at the part where you add the ride in it might not be a bad idea to go double time or something. Also your ride part isn't the best, I think it might be better to be playing quarter notes instead of just on 2 and 4. Or even try this rhythm: |x-x-x-xx-x-xx-x-| which is a pretty basic ride rhythm in latin music. Also in the end maybe incorporate some brushes on the drums, because in that section the drums particularly are a bit too mechanical. Anyways those are just suggestions but basically my main comment here is that it's good but there is definitely more that could be done with it.

The kick drum clips pretty much throughout, especially at the beginning and the part with the bass and kick around 0:41. It just sort of messes with the clarity of the drums and the guitars throughout, makes it sound overly distorted.

The link goes to your DKC2 lava song...

Aside from some sound quality things, this sounds pretty cool so far.

I like the sound, reminds me of 'Song For The Boys' by Pat Metheny. The arrangement doesn't do much with the original though.

i'm sorry you feel that way :\ i know it's quiet and slow but i did try to incorporate buildup (and build down?) as much as possible (the second part especially, with the flute/clarinet/oboe playing that ascending two-note pattern), and i definitely didn't intend it to be ambient.

This EP is a small collection of songs, 2 of which I cut from an album I'm working on, and 1 really old song I made that I thought would fit in between. The genre would be something like a combination of noise, ambient, and sound collage. you can hear/download it on my last.fm page: http://www.last.fm/music/Hollowtone/op8

I think they are saying that Pokemon Red/Blue should be considered a single game, not that the mix should be listed separately under Red and Blue. Or maybe I am misunderstanding.

I never said it lent itself only to trance...folk metal doesn't sound like a bad idea either.

I think you may have picked a bad source tune for breaking away from trance...sounds like the kind of thing that really lends itself to trance. anyways... It doesn't sound like you've done much with the source to make it fit into the industrial genre, it's pretty much identical in mood/atmosphere to the original. I think the biggest problem is the drums. They sound really generic and they don't work if you're going for an industrial sound; I'd try using more electronic/glitch drums. Overall the arrangement just sounds like little more than a sound upgrade of the original.

For an early WIP this is pretty good, has potential I think. Keep working on it.

oh cool congrats on getting posted Skrypnyk. I am jealous of your drum skills ): Props to both of you

yeah I sorta did too but I think this version is pretty good on its own. I'll submit this sometime, it's just I already have 2 mixes in what is already a huge queue and I probably shouldn't be adding more to it

The piano sample is a Steinway from the EWQL Symphonic Orchestra with a little reverb.

I definitely would but I can't find a good bass sound anywhere...I know a guy who plays bass though so maybe I can get him to record something.