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The Nirvana riff in your track was basically what made me sit up and take notice of it in the first place.

I absolutely love how this compo is bringing some of the lurkers out of the woodwork. C'mon, the rest of you! Join in! We don't bite...much. Seriously though, I'm really stoked at the quality of music coming out of here both from my team (whom I am very proud of so far) and from everyone else (y'all are making this stuff INTENSE!), and I'm sure everyone can say the same.

'Fraid I gotta side with the Orlouge here. Dunno what kinds of music you'd usually listen to on your local elevators, but any time I hear the words "elevator music" I think "canned Bossa Nova," A.K.A. some of the most boring music on earth.

Wow. A lot of REALLY nice entries this week. The guitar-driven ones seemed to be especially strong. Here's my top three, plus runner-up: ONE: AMT's song really hit me with a dose of "that hit the spot," especially with the Nirvana stylings partway through. You know how sometimes you hear a song and you're like, "Screw reason, this song ROCKS and I love it!"? Yeah. That. This is the kind of song I'd stick in my car, roll down the windows, and blast at full volume. TWO: Of course, I couldn't leave out the lo-tempo halc track with a Willrock solo. So delicious. An argument could probably be made that this is, indeed, dubstep. Well-executed and I love it. THREE: Rexy and Strader, that was some of the best VGM metal with Caribbean undertones I've ever heard. Agree with some others that the vocals were a bit too loud in spots, but clean that stuff up and sub this and you might well have a front-page winner. RUNNER UP: Lidawg, had you cleaned up that solo towards the end, you might well have crept into the third-place spot in my vote. Really dug your entry, and honestly the guitar tones were part of what made it for me. I'm a fan of lo-fi "garage/livingroom" rock music and yours had a lot of that vibe to it.

Mouse soloists are where it's at. Represent!

I have several of these gems already (and Impostor Nostalgia and the RAR! soundtrack are in heavy rotation), but I paid $10.01 anyways because teh epics are totally worth it.

Downloading as I type this. Based on the comments, I suspect I may enjoy this!

What, precisely, do you mean by static? I'm not hearing anything that resembles static to me on any systems I've listened on. There are some white noise sweeps that I used heavily during the piece, but those are exactly where they should be. Just curious.

Shhh, nobody's supposed to notice that! I'll definitely polish up the ending before I sub this one.

Seriously. Anyone who's involved in the competition who doesn't vote is really hurting themselves and their team. My team has all voted, so we've already got 3 extra first place votes. That gives us a big advantage. Doesn't everyone else want to even the playing field?

This. Exactly. Plus, the song might not be in the same key, or at the same tempo, or (heck) even in the same time signature. Doesn't make it any less of a valid remix.

Would you like a source breakdown? Half the song is Wily.

Actually, it's only a year old...here in the States in the minds of the collective consciousness. For the rest of the world, dubstep is about 10 years old now, if you count some of the early stuff that evolved from the UK Garage and Grime scenes.

Glad someone posted about this game, cos I was going to very shortly anyways. I got wind of it a few days before its release, and I can highly recommend it to any and all people!

I taught myself how to play rhythm guitar for my entry this week. Be very afraid.

Aw snap, I didn't realize the Joob was in this round, too. This really is gonna be an epic week!

I'm super-happy with how my mix is turning out right now. Y'all better be scared.

Yeah man, those musical scales...just have no respect, y'know? One time I saw this one guy use one and I heard this.... *opera voice* You're faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat! Tra la la, la dee da, you're OBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE!

After listening this round, I gotta say that my first-place vote was a bit of a toss-up between Nutritious and Amphibious. Ended up going for Nutritious's song on the strength of more sonic variation (plus WillRock is t3h 50l0 m45t3r), but both were incredibly enjoyable.

I like to compress reverb. Makes for awesome effects. Granted, you gotta know how to use it properly before you then go and do very improper things with it.

Liked! I hope you win!

Ah, see, I'm just voting for whichever songs I like best, based on production quality/musicality/musicianship and arrangement (in that order). I guess maybe I'm just not taking this as seriously as some people? EDIT: I should also mention that I think the voting is going to be almost entirely subjective no mater how we end up scoring it, so I'm not bothering to be terribly scientific about it at all.

I want to know why people are getting their panties in a knot over a competition that doesn't have any prize other than bragging rights. I'm having a blast--and I'm only here to sharpen my ReMixing skills. Just participate, have fun, and enjoy the music!

I downlol'd it for $2 and it was pleasing to my ears.

I'd definitely recommend Logic if you've already been using Garageband for quite a while. Cost is about the same (as I recall), and you get SO MUCH for $500. Logic is one of the single most powerful tools you can have as a producer, and if you can wrap your head around it, it'll stand you in good stead.