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http://www.tindeck.com/audio/my/qfol/Natsuban-no-Hikari I suck at production, really. All criticisms are welcome.

I love Chick Corea and Return to Forever. Spain is an amazing song; I actually got to play it with our high school jazz band. I like a lot of Japanese Fusion artists, they're really responsible for turning me onto fusion in the first place. You should take it upon yourself to check out Casiopea (Twilight Solitude, Once In A Blue Moon), and T-Square (Sailing the Ocean, Nab that Chap). I'm not sure if you could cite Tetsuya Shibata as "fusion," but it's definitely jazz and he did the music for Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Such a grooving soundtrack.

More than Cave Story, this gives me a serious "Link's Awakening" vibe. Absolutely great stuff- it's always a welcome pleasure to find artists who have the capacity to create original compositions on OCRemix, especially good ones.

Well that's not so surprising, given that Herman Li cites 90s videogame music as a huge musical influence.

This wasn't really a win- everyone wrote really original material and it seems like my win was a fluke more than anything else. So, great job to everyone! On a side note, a lot if not most of these "critiques" just seem like empty suggestions.. i.e "I like this, I like that, but I can't tell you why" etc. Blue.Nocturne's critique was IMO the most helpful, and that really only extended to production. "Anime" or "game" music is such an ignorant Western blanket term for music with Oriental intervals in melody or harmony. I guess the critique isn't even obligatory anyway, so, meh. I was hoping to see more insightful commentary though. Are there any guidelines or restrictions on how broad or specific my theme can be? Does it have to be something universal? P.S.: Blue.Nocturne, the style of your melody at 1.02 sounded really familiar from the start- it's right out of the Trigun OST by Tsuneo Imahori! Great stuff.

Did you get my entry, Abadoss?

Blue.Nocturne i friggin' love you man In a strictly brotherly manner, of course..

Thanks a lot Liontamer, you're almost always the one trying to restore order in my chaotic threads. Albeit.. they're chaotic because of me, lol. Sorry Zircon. You had some good points to be made.

I'm not a drummer. The drums that I programmed in are probably extremely amateur to experienced drummers like DrumUltimA, so I'd like to get more criticism like his.

First off, forgive me for my harshness but it's stupid to try and interpret this piece when it's not even halfway complete. Second, WiP isn't about interpreting the expression behind a song. A lot if not most of the stuff on here is already largely if not entirely composed, so WiP is to help with production. I'm lacking in drums, and DrumUltimA has extremely valid points to make (he might not like me calling him this) because his forte is in percussion. And after I fix that up and finish up the song, then we can get around to production.

Wrong. http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=16475

Yeah, hence the use of like. He thinks all interpretation is just as valid as the composer's and that understanding the composer's point of view in regards to the song is rather trivial in appreciating his music.. rofl. I think it's essential. This is digressing though.

You don't even know the half of it, much less basing ignorant opinions with what you can try to infer from this thread. Eh.. you're right. From the "Context" thread I started, it's pretty clear that Zircon clashes with me to the point where I can't respect his opinions. It's like a baroque purist trying to critique Miles Davis from an entirely classicist standpoint; the criticism isn't really applicable. So Tweek, it's not so much that is was harsh (it really wasn't, Snappleman's critiqued my guitar playing before while sitting on his silver throne). I couldn't care less about that. I'M not pretentious enough to change a piece and try to argue that my interpretation is just as valid as the composer's.

Zircon's feedback. Stop taking sentences out of context

No, that's not what I meant. Nobody cares whether you put two weeks or two months into a song and had to do intensive research on Jazz chords to write the chorus. The song stands alone.

Moon Rhapsody, Light in the Fortress, Clockwork, and Walk on Water largely, if not completely keep the melodies and harmonies of the respective songs intact. I mean, really now.. Do you think I'm writing this piece to submit it to OC ReMix? I'm doing it for myself- and may as well submit it to OC ReMix when I'm done. This is a good place to get criticism regarding videogame music and its production, which is why I'm using the WiP forums. You are really unaware of how little I care about your opinion; judge, moderator, project director or not.

How difficult a song was to make is irrelevant to the quality of the song itself. The end product is the only thing that matters, the process itself is meaningless. My favorite and among the very few remixes that I actually like on this site that are those of DrumUltima and HousetheGrate. Personal flair > bastardization Seeing as how you're heavily inclined towards electronica and indirectly towards new age, I couldn't blame you. Grooving drums really aren't staples of either.

Yeah that's kinda/sorta the difference, lol

On a different note, are you being serious? All that drum syncopation when "Lost Woods" comes in has no energy? I can't blame you for missing that one though, it was on the second page. I'll try using an electric piano, and see how it sounds. I actually like that loungey-jazz piano sound in junction with an R&Bish groove. The original version DID use a kit that had a clap and a phat bass drum, but I don't like the low energy sound of it all. It just boils down to production anyway.. I mean, I'm not trying to bastardize the melody or chord progression or anything, and correct me if I'm wrong here, but I completely changed the styles of Wind Scene and Lost Woods into something original (definitely not R&B or Jazz), which was basically the genesis of remixing aka arrangement,was it not?

Haha.. are we posting to satiate Chiwalker's genuine interest or to brag.. For me, Violin: 5 years then quit Trombone: 5 years then quit Piano: 2 years Guitar: 4 years Bass: I don't have one so I can't really assign a number here, but I can play one due to some people's posts I feel like I can get away with saying this Recorder Tambourine Guiro Maracas Vibraphone Xylophone Harpsichord Acoustic Guitar (rofl) Classical Guitar etc. etc. Dude at the very least MomUltimA freakin owns and takes names http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01524/

Did you check out version 2? It starts to get really syncopated once "Lost Woods" comes in. Thanks a lot. LOL, I'm using all stock Reason patches.. maybe that's why. The bass is eq'ed already, albeit extremely amateurly done. Any samples (free possibly ) you'd recommend? If you want to see/help, I can send you the Reason file. Thanks for the great tip. This is something I end up doing a lot subconsciously. Just sorta makes sense regarding drum functions. 0:37, 1:04 - Piano, bass, and drums lock in for the minor 6th chord progression 0:41 - The bass mirrors the piano 0:58, 1:05, 1:19 - Drum crashes to accent the start of the hook of the Lost Woods melody 1:01 - Stop-time drum fill (snare, bass + open hi-hat x2) to accent the syncopated left hand piano rhythm 1:15 - Stop-time drum fill to accent the bass run 1:20 - Bass rhythmically locks in with the bass drum to accent the syncopated/groovy rhythm and shares a similar rhythm to mirror the syncopated/groovy piano line I feel as if the groove created by what you've just stated is a minimalist approach and definitely a staple of R&B. And I've definitely done that at points in this song (although the bass isn't close to simplicity found in most R&B songs, lol). Thanks a lot for the critique!

I'm not gonna lie. This is tight. Edit: I'm downloading this and putting it on my iPod.

Thanks man! You have any cool ideas you think would fit? Yeah, I was trying it for a little. The only sounds I was using were clap, hi-hat, and bass; which of those are better than the sounds now?

I've fixed the bassline under Cmaj7 and C7 and I've completely revamped the drums. It sounds a bit more lounge jazz now with an R&B flair (in the bass drum).. not that that's a bad thing. Drum criticism, please. I suck at writing drum music, lol. http://www.tindeck.com/audio/my/zase/600-A.D. Note: RadicalDreamer, sorry if I offended you. Muzak to me is synonymous with the various Wii channel music, not this D: I appreciate your feedback!

HELL YES, I'll second Golden Boy. You might enjoy some of Kyoto Animation's (the studio behind Melancholy) other animes, like Lucky Star. If you haven't checked out "Grave of the Fireflies," it's another movie by Studio Ghibli (albeit, no Miyazaki involvement) and it's fantastic. Not nearly enough light has been shed on that movie. "Bastard!". It's short, and I really can't summarize it in a sentence. You should just watch it. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad. Mobile Suit: Zeta Gundam (This one's pretty long though.. so I guess it doesn't meet your criteria).