Fishy

I use a laptop for music, but only because i shelled out £1400 for it (~$2800). You're gonna be paying out your ass for something up to date in laptop form. Get a desktop for music and a cheapass laptop..

I don't doubt him at all, I just wanted to make a nerdy funny. I'm really looking forward to this. Bioshock was incredibly cinematic as it was, even if I didn't enjoy the actual gameplay. Tbh I'll probably prefer it as a movie.

Make a video game movie that is good, would you kindly.

I agree actually, the soundtrack is groovy, as are most genesis tunes. Remux.

There is no "ideal" bit rate for an mp3. Generally speaking, the higher the bit rate, the better quality. But it also means the filesize will be bigger. A good middle ground is about 192kbps, which gives a good quality, but has a relatively small size.

Week 1: I cleverly got dropped off at my friends house instead of the climbing center, and before I realised he'd already left, my dad was gone with the car, so I ran to the sports center, in an unexpected cardiac exercise. Climbed for 3 hours, trying to stay on the wall and moving for as much as I could, I can really feel the burn from it, so I know I'm having an effect. On the food side, I'm trying to prepare more of my own food, and every time I feel myself wanting to reach for a chocolate bar, I slap my hand and go for an apple instead.

Glorious. The way he said "review" had me rofl'in.

I wanted to try making an acoustic version of one of them aswell maybe. Let me know if you ever decide to make a mix pack.

Its cool that you want to get our permission, but we've already given permission by agreeing to the ocremix agreement when we submit. As long as you credit it, go for it. If you insist though, I'm fine for black wing on my part. Steffan Andrews did a large amount of the track, with the others contributing lil' bits here and there, so you really want his permission above all.

fixed + lol

cool, you can play my stuff: http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01655/

Goat has lots of rock.

GOAL I used to be able to climb a V2, possibly even a V3 on a good day, and although I weigh the same as I did, it used to be all muscle, now it ain't muscle at all. Goal is to be climbing V4 by the time limit, which is when I go to Uni where they have a massive climbing wall I can get ultra fit with. Basically its preparation for the serious shit (and the ladies of course). THE PLAN I bought myself some new climbing shoes yesterday, some nice velcro Boreal Jokers, so we're ballin'. Diet: Imma cut my chocolates and bad sugars from my lunches and dinners and replace them with fruit, probably apples/pears. I eat "ok" apart from the chocolate, not amazingly but not in a damaging way. Exercise: Get up dem walls? My friends have started going twice a week, Tuesday and Friday, of which I'm doing only the latter, mainly for transport reasons. Once I pass my driving test in June, I'll go twice, maybe even three times once i get back into it. Each time we go is generally about 3 hours of on off climbing and messing around. Its a very intensive sport that powers you up amazingly, so I'm optimistic that I will be back to my former sexy self. I don't know if I want to post the before picture until I have the after picture as well. I'll take one, I just don't know id I'm comfortable posting it.

Phill Lamarr is a legend. Also the guy who plays Basch also plays Bloo, so he also attains legend status, though I forget his name.

OCR wins at the internet. Congrats mr super green... ....X!!!

*sigh* I think I just got another spam bot sign up.

They still signed up. I get about 5/10 emails a day asking me to authorize random accounts. That what the guy was getting pissed off at.

hurrrrr Those greys are a little intense?

Despite the inactivity, I do at the very least check the forum every day just in case someone has updated, it does happen occasionally.

Apparently we had too many spambots, so some dude shut us down until we stop them signing up, which is fair enough i guess. Coops made a funnies :3.

Slight forum issue has occured. Does anyone like... know where they are? My filehouse is still working fine so its not like escariots whole thing has gone down.

Yay, thats awesome, just what I was thinking of as I listened to the origins version.

kill u

SUPER MEGA REVIEW (CD Baby is down or something atm for me) Hajime: There’s a reason this track was the top track on Ourstage in March, and its simply because it’s a great listening experience. It starts out slowly with everything gradually building up on the layers of the catchy motif, until the climactic key change at 2:45 that is really the point where you realise you’re in for something special with this album. I’m sure this will be a favourite. Red July: This piece has a lot of mystery and intrigue about it. The ostinato continues throughout the song, while Jill’s voice soares around it. The chorus on this one is epic. It’s a little melancholy with lots of sombre pan flute and rain effects that really suite the soundscape. The image of a bright red thunderstorm fills my mind while listening to this. The Winds of Change: The key difference on this track is the obvious electronic music influences, I wonder where she got them from? Seriously though, Andy did a great job of merging his electronic tendencies with the new age style of the rest of the album, it doesn’t feel out of place at all. I would say this track is one of the less memorable on the album, but its by no means weak. The Secret Guards of Kale: This track was really the high point of the album for me. The chord progression is fantastic, and the melody plays of it in the best way possible. The lyrical themes on this really make me smile, the little story is simple, but it has a lot of charm. Makes me want to go to Kale. Great chorus feel, with the layered voices and clapping. I’ll go out on a limb and call it my favourite. Wildland: This was great until I realised how short it was, then it was a disappointment. If this had been a full ethnic instrumental, it would have been great, but oh well, can’t have it all. Twilight Chaser: I wasn’t really feeling this particular track at first, but in the later sections after 2:51 it takes off. Suddenly it becomes a lot more engaging for some reason. You can really hear a lot of urgency and passion in the vocals as well, which is very rare these days. To The Forgotten Temple & Breathe and Dive: Again, these two tracks stood out to me so much. This pair was one of the most refreshing listening experiences I’ve had in ages. The introduction really made me smile, I love the tribal mystic feeling of the vocals, and the way the effects add up to set up the next track. Then when it played, I was really taken to another place. The use of dissonance in this track is astounding. I actually had to ask Jill if that was her singing the backing vocals, because it was just that spooky and hypnotic, I couldn’t believe it. This track has a fantastic energy in the weird chords and drips, and the vocal cameos from the previous track help set all the imagery up. What really impressed me about this sound was how I could see myself in the temple, rain dripping down through the ceiling tracks around me, while these temple voices sung me their mysterious message. I feel like a crazy describing that. Basically I love it! Avalon: This track reminded me of music from Eve Online, very atmospheric, with huge swirly synth pads. Very peaceful, drifting feeling. I can see myself floating through space as we speak. Not much to say about this track other then it’s a great feel good chill. Shadows: Andy strikes. Bring on the electro influence again. This could have broken out into proper dance music at any point and I would gladly have donned my glowsticks. It tends to stick to the album feel though, which actually disappointed me a little bit really. I would’ve quite enjoyed a proper dance track. Deliverance of the Heart: I already reviewed this as one of my favourite tracks from VotL. Anxious Hearts has always been a favourite track of mine, and these two really brought it to life. Very impressive and a great way to end the album. OVERALL: As whole, the album is coherent, impressive and refreshing. Its unlike any other vocal album I’ve heard before. It is more honest, and I hear almost no attempt at trying to “popular” for the sake of getting more listens. There is some great story telling going on, and it takes you to some great places in your head, conjuring lots of imagery. At times I wasn’t feeling some of the tracks. I felt tracks like Wildland, Shadows and Twilight Chaser could have gone a bit further, but they were enjoyable none the less. At the other end of the rainbow, The Secret Gaurds and Breathe and Dive will be eternal favourites for me. They are everything that is good about the album as a whole magnified by 10 to me. Jill’s voice is without a doubt impressive, and it really shows here. You could justify buying the album just to listen to the way it blends so well with the tracks (props to andy on the mastering side of things). But what I really wasn’t expecting was the depth of the writing and the story telling, which is a lot more important in this case. Jill could easily sing about nothing and get by on her voice, but despite this she puts everything into creating these worlds, and the effect for me was brilliant. Buy it if you need some easy listening music, or if you want to hear something interesting and with depth instead of the usually crap we get from the mainstream music industry. I don’t even like new agey stuff all that much, but I loved this.