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You can help us accomplish this goal by getting me your damn track writeup for the Plaid Muffins song and getting in touch with Hemo to get the same from him Things are really coming along behind the scenes, I don't see any reason we won't be able to wrap this up by the end of the month if everybody cooperates. I'll be sending out another wave of PM's ASAP for those of you still missing stuff!

I'm going to laugh if I can convince any of you suckers to actually agree to evaluating the WHOLE project. I'm guessing we'll probably split it up into two, although I'll still be doing a full writeup for each track... at that rate I could probably vote on about 3/4ths of the submissions on the judges panel currently in that same amount of time Video preview will be coming soon, I promise. And it will be absolutely worth the wait. I promise. I spliced it together from custom-recorded footage recorded by Cody, and synced it with over 11 minutes of remixes. I believe we touched on 20 songs in the preview. Drew Gourley's going to rock out something flashy and awesome once he gets his new production rig, so just be patient and we'll hopefully have the preview out before the end of the month. Love you all <3

Hahaha, I've only listened to the most recent 53 second loop but this is so cool!! Please do share when you've got a full-length version up and I'll be more than happy to give a full critique, if the whole song is this strong this should be good to go. This is pretty hard-hitting and enjoyable, I know a lot of people who'd appreciate this kind of mix

Fun stuff, I dig it Not sure how well the piano tone fits IMO, but this is a neato cover. Thanks for sharing!

Yeah, Monobrow's nailed it. I don't agree that this is quite ready for submission, at the very least, you could tune up your drum writing and production so it fits nicer in the soundscape. The drums feel quite robotic and you could definitely do some work on the velocities so that they don't feel so distracting, especially during the ambient parts where the drums are most exposed, such as the intro. In addition, Katie pointed out a lot of useful, in-depth EQ tips that should hopefully help you get everything sitting right in the song and keep your soundscape from getting too cluttered or too muddy. I couldn't agree more with her feedback here. You've got lots of creative ideas flowing but I still feel like there's a ways to go before this is really ready for submission. But keep at it though, I love your creative sound choices and fun arrangement, this totally has the potential to work.

Yeah, I just want to chime in and say that this sounds good-to-go on the production side of things. Fantastic take on a theme I've really come to love. Some minor crits - after the intro, the very simple synth line that's playing feels like it could use a different synth choice or some automation/filtering to give it a bit more personality. The piano sample is just fine. That said, I am pretty concerned that this might be viewed as too liberal. Your remix nicely follows the chord progression of the original so it FEELS like an Astral Observatory mix. You keep quoting the original often but it's heavily mixed with original writing. I can't really objectively say whether or not that the source usage is substantial enough to put it over the OCR bar in this case, I think it's going to come down to a judgment call. I like it a lot though so I say, submit and give it a shot, see what happens I definitely think this has a strong shot at passing. Either way, it's a keeper for me. Good stuff!

Glad this one survived the purge, it's an absolutely pristine and beautiful mix that keeps me engaged the entire time. Would have been a shame if this one never got to be heard.

Uhhhh... I'm metaphorically indebted. yeaaaaahhhhh...

Hahaha, well, you probably weren't wrong in thinking that I mean, when I started this up I was some random n00b off the forums with no street cred who'd been involved in the community for maybe 2-3 months, tops, and I had no proven (or even professed ) musical talents. My codirector kinda falls under the same category, more or less, so I wouldn't blame anyone for being skeptical. However, we both had our hearts in it 100% and we both also had a ridiculous amount of free time this last year and a half, so I think it worked out well. We had a lot of help from some very dedicated musicians who helped make it all happen, too, and we're eternally indebted to all of you We're doing everything we can to make sure the wait is quick, so just hang tight for a bit until then!

I mean this in the straightest, most non-gay way possible - this song makes me want to have sex with ProtoDome. Y'know... sexually.

Okay, first issue I'm noticing here is that the piano, while very well written, is pretty mechanical. It's right in the middle of the spectrum between realistically performed, and treated so that it's not even MEANT to sound realistic. You could either try and ramp up the effects on it and maybe achieve some success getting it to sound super-dreamy, OR you could try and give your velocities and sequencing a complete overhaul in an attempt to get your piano sounding a bit more realistic. I think the latter route, while it would take a lot of work, would yield some great results and make this sound a lot better. The production overall is really wet and causing a lot of muddiness throughout the whole song. Not to discourage you, but if you're looking to pass the panel this will need a major overhaul on the mixing. Tone down on the reverb, and tone down that really high, piercing whistle sound and that should get you started down the right path. I love the feel of this arrangement but the production and sequencing is definitely holding it back. Definitely salvageable but it'll take a lot of hard work if you're up for it

Ahhh, cool. Hit me up sometime and we'll touch base, just to take inventory and see who's doing what. Glad to see you're still around and willing to help though

Heh, kinda funny how the only two people who've entered all 3 GRMRB/GRMB competitions finally got a battle this round. Just one more reason why this is probably my favorite battle of any of the compos so far

We've got final WAVs for pretty much everything, but a lot of them are unmastered so we need some help there. I had a few people on board helping but I'm not really sure if any of them are gonna come through anytime soon, so I may be looking around for more help. We've also got a few executive decisions that need to be made about which tracks to cut that still aren't finished, and what to do with the GRMB songs that haven't seen any updates since the competition. So, tl;dr - we've got all the pieces there to make a finished product but we're lacking the dedicated people that we need to make the rest of it happen though :\

Holy sweet lord both of these songs are soooooo good. I think I'll probably be voting at the last possible minute here Great work to both you guys!!

Just throwing this out there, I'm still absolutely on board to assist with this whenever I can. I haven't heard from you in a while, Jade, but if you can make me useful somehow I'm still here

Thanks for the offer, but my computer borked this morning and the hard drive is completely fried. Looks like I'll have to put this one to rest Sorry guys. Thanks for all the really nice feedback though! This won't be my last foray with ethnic music and it won't be my last time touching the DK64 soundtrack, so be prepared!

You guys have any new due dates/deadlines at the moment?

Updated. Not a lot of new official projects to add on, but a LOT got taken off. Shows we're making progress overall Most of these projects don't have more than 1 or 2 open tracks anyway... maybe it's time to get some new projects star-- *shot* EDIT: hahahaha did I just get ninja sniped by halc by ONE MINUTE? Well, my edit supercedes yours, so suck on that!

Wow, this is one strange remix. I'm not sure if my usual approach to evaluating would apply here, I've gotta say I've never listened to anything quite like this. That said, I'm still gonna try and give this an objective production/arrangement evaluation by OCR standards. The writing is unquestionably energetic and fun to listen to, I really like the over-the-top glitches and breakdown sections. They're very engaging, and the synths and sounds are all pretty nicely chosen. The arrangement itself is pretty great and doesn't grow stale at all. Basically, my critiques here will probably just amount to small little instances where I think certain effects don't work as well as they could, or other small fixes, because this seems pretty solid as-is. At :58, I'm not sure how I feel about that plucked bass synth, it gets a little bit crowded in the low end when it's competing with the other bass sound. You might have to make some concessions with one sound or the other. The transition at 1:35 feels noticeably weak, and the drum breakdown section immediately after with a huge hole in the bass frequencies (even after the bass drops in, you've only got it playing in one ear which sounds very weird) is also a bit awkward. I'd suggest focusing your attention most on that section, because I'm also feeling like the drums aren't nearly as cohesive, timing-wise, as they could be there. Basically, look at that entire section and see what you can do to polish it up. Past that? This is surprisingly solid given how many risks you took with the style, and I'm having a hard time pulling up more critiques to lob at you. The transiion at 3:18 could probably serve better right before the most intense section of the song, since I feel like it's your strongest transition and would most naturally lead into something a lot more intense. This was really enjoyable, hit me up when you've got a submission-ready version cause I'll definitely want to keep this Cheers, sorry it took so long to get to you!