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I'm really struggling to find available time to work on my song this week, I've been working on school-related work for the last 5 days straight and haven't had more than half an hour of free time to even think about how I'm gonna approach my song. I still think I'll be able to get something done, but I may have to default to piano solo mode to get a finished product in. Hope I don't disappoint everybody here

Oh wow, yeah. I'm right with you there, this sounds SO much better. Punchier drums, more changeups, a much more cohesive bassline and soundscape... I dig this. That just further confirms my suspicion that this mix had the unfortunate luck of being submitted right when dubstep was a budding genre that probably had not been explored by anyone on the site... but then during the year or so that it was in limbo waiting to be posted, the genre evolved at such a rapid pace that the mix ended up sounding WAY more dated than it would have at the time it was created. I still don't feel like it's a strong mix even with that taken into consideration, but I'd definitely like to hear another submission in this style from Teagan that sounds more like the Fire Emblem mix that CC Ricers linked. I think it would go over a lot better. It's nice to know that Teagan's got it in him to make something a little bit more in line with the kind of quality expected from modern dubstep.

I can confirm on behalf of Ben (and I'm serious here, not just grubbing for team votes ) that the sample is from the Doobie Brothers (chipmunkified) saying "Snake Man's on my t®ail!"

I'm honestly so glad I ended up with this theme because that MM2 Wily theme and Bubble Man are the only two themes from any Megaman game that I know how to play. Lucked out here, haha

looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllll I totally lost it when the chicken voices started harmonizing. I thought I heard some Zeppelin in there, though that's probably just my imagination. Either way... winner!

You shut your whore mouth. Mario Kart 64 was awesome. Also, I'll be laying down some serious sound for the Hard Men this week.

Great job on the successful Japanese translation ProtoDome, thanks for making it! (I love this album so much, it's probably the most unique dubstep material I've heard in ages. Way to singlehandedly evolve a stagnant genre bro )

This is how you dubstep One of the most tasteful excursions into the genre that I've ever heard, period, and probably the best dubstep song on OCR. Like all of zircon's music, what makes it so enjoyable is not simply the genre adaptation and the great production, but how it goes so far off-the-rails and doesn't fall in line with the kinds of tropes that you'd expect from whatever genre he's tackling. Also, as is the case with all of his other mixes, this one gets better and better as it goes along, Andy doesn't use all of his tricks right off the bat, which I immensely appreciate. A lot of electronic music is structured in a way that you can fast forward through the first minute of the song and cut it short after the first chorus and you don't feel like you've missed anything of worth. That's not the case here. Creative, detailed, and expertly-crafted. That's what I like to hear

Yeah, I've listened to your covers a lot and I really like your voice, I too would love to see you on a remix in some form. Definitely need to get better at vocal arranging... you're the first person I'll call when that day comes Great to see there's some new blood coming into a community that's so desperately short of talented vocalists.

Fishy never disappoints, even when he's doing off-the-wall stuff like this. You can always tell he's had his hand it in it from the wacky melodies and unconventional instrument choices mixed seamlessly with prog rock shenanigans. Wasn't much of a fan of the source but this mix hit home

This has to take the cake for Best Mix of 2011, man. It perfectly nails a downright-beautiful combination of melancholy and nostalgia, an emotion that few songs ever truly touch on. I can see myself coming back to this mix a million times over simply because it's a perfect piece for coping with the kind of situation that led you to make the song in the first place. We've all got crappy days or months or years, but music like this is a huge help. The acoustic section about 4 minutes in particularly tugs at the heartstrings Thanks for making and submitting this Jordan, it's a very cathartic piece for me as a listener, and a downright brilliant piece of music on its own!

To be honest, the production and effects sound really nice here, but the sounds you're working with are just too vanilla, even with the cool reverse-synth treatments you've got going on I don't think this'd pass OCR for that reason alone. You've done a great job touching you an old WIP and it's clear you've improved your sound design a LOT since this was made, but unless you switch up the sound palette almost entirely I don't think this would really get by. But yeah, as far as getting a clean EQ and great production, then bravo You did great there, this is sounding much improved from your past work man, so you should be proud of that!

Huge improvement here from what I remember hearing, though I still don't think it's quite ready to go back. The piano you've got in here is REALLY dry and blocky on the sequencing, and the sample itself is really detracting from the overall quality of the piece. The same thing can be said for the electronic kit at the end of the song, it just isn't jiving with me. As for the arrangement overall, it feels like it's a little bit too short and has too many drastic changes in style, and therefore never really concludes or properly expands on any of the ideas that are presented. Part of this is the transition, which still doesn't feel like it's quite there yet... it's close, but I think the blocky sequencing/performance on the piano needs to be cleaned up a little bit. I'm also really disappointed that the really amazing guitar that's going on in the intro never makes a return, I felt like that was by far the strongest aspect of the track. If you need a hand with the piano sample itself, just say the word. I can't work any sequencing miracles but if you get to the point where you're happy with that, I can certainly render parts for you. I do like a lot of the ideas you've presented here but the arrangement needs to be a bit more cohesive and flowing to take full advantage of those shifts in style. I'd also recommend revisiting some of the classical guitar ideas you introduced early on later in the song. Great work though, this is an improvement but there's still a lot of work that can be done.

I've listened to your remix and can't possibly put it better than Avaris did. He's got some great feedback, I'd try and incorporate as much of that as you can and really experiment with creating a more dynamic arrangement with more peaks and valleys, and see what you can come up with You've got some cool melodies and ideas going on here, and a great adaptation of the source, but it needs something a little bit more to pass as a remix. Shoot me a message when you get around to updating this, I actually really like the vibe of your arrangement and your solos sound really nice, let's see how far you can take this one

Finally able to get around to mod reviews now that I've got headphones, but... your link is broken! What's up?

Yeah, I second the notion that the piano needs to be a little bit less forward/bright in the mix. Throw some verb on that bitch! Past that, this is really really good. I feel like you could do a little bit more with your drum fills/transitions to better match the level of energy of the rest of the track. For example, your snare is super-muffled which works sometimes, but for the more dramatic parts it just comes off as weak. I'm really digging the vibe, this is one of your most epic, glorious arrangements to date, it did start to drag just a little bit toward the end when the overall song didn't increase in energy. As-is, this would probably still be a pass, but it could definitely stand to have a little bit more dynamics as far as the energy level goes. Make what you will of that, I still really enjoyed this! The Gerudo Valley sections particularly sounded great

He's had this concept in the works long before the final deadline. However, given that he's already done 4 songs for the project, I figured it would be fair to let him have a bit of extra time to finish up the other two that he'd already gotten a solid start on.

Just wanna remind everyone that this project hasn't gone stale yet We have nothing for you guys right now but that video preview is still going to happen... I swear. Feel free to lob all complaints at me in the meantime. And welcome Fishy, who's helping finish off Theophany's ending track. I think. That track's gonna be boss, foreal. I also got a 30 second Wip for Enchanted version 5, that's pretty cool So... I hope we haven't lost all you guys. We're still here, just waiting for the OCR queue to sort itself out and these last few tracks to reach fruition. Any questions we can answer for you guys in the meantime?

Please do stuff like this more often There's not nearly enough classy futuristic-sounding jazz on the site, or in the world in general. This song really helps fill a void in my musical world!

Because of some forums glitch I literally cannot change my avatar. If anyone wants to help me out with that (like Darkesword, if you can change my avatar directly from the admin CP or something) then I can be cool, but otherwise y'all just gotta deal. Sorry team

Right on, thanks Rexy

Wow, #00FFCC is actually a real color. Cool

If my sig isn't exactly #00FFCC then I will raise all manner of holy hell upon you, Rexy, and this entire competition too. Just you wait.