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    (Round 4 Mixing) OCR SINGING IDOL!!!!! The OCR Singing Competition

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    either answer my question or tell me that you don't have an answer, please. it's impolite to skip over.

    The next round starts when the voting ends.

    My entry says bonus track on it. I'm assuming that means nobody can vote for me, right? Is this because I entered late during the 3rd round? If so, then that's unfortunate. Would've been nice if I could actually participate officially.

    Yeah, we said before hand that anyone who didn't sign up can't be voted for. That was the point. Can't really go back on our word now, its not fair on the other contestants i'm afraid :(

    (Round 4 Mixing) OCR SINGING IDOL!!!!! The OCR Singing Competition

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    VOTING!

    Join the Social Group here

    You can download the mixes here:

    Head to the round 3 entries thread and download the mixes there.

    You must post your 3 favourite artists in order like so:

    1: Mojo Jojo

    2: Him

    3: Fuzzy Lumpkins

    You may leave comments under your 3 votes but KEEP THEM SEPARATE.

    1st place votes will get 3 points, 2nd place 2 points, and 3rd place 1 point.

    Whoever gets the most votes wins the round, and your scores will tally over to the next round. That way, the person who does the most consistantly good entries will win the compo and the fabulous prizes within.

    You have till Sunday 18th May 5pm EST. Get voting! :D

    Albums - Are they worth it?

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted · Edited by WillRock

    Music is ultimately subjective and it speaks to different people in different ways. If something seems "half-assed" to you, even if you wrote it, other people may love it. There are a LOT of instances of famous bands not liking their most famous songs. Robert Plant apparently hates Stairway to Heaven. Freddie Mercury said in an interview he felt that Somebody to Love was a more complete and better composition than Bohemian Rhapsody. Jon Bon Jovi even fought to have Livin' On A Prayer as an unreleased song entirely, because he didn't think it was that good, but the rest of the band told him it was a hit single. Thats my favourite song :tomatoface:

    Def Leppard had a personal decision to never throw away an idea, even if they didn't like it, because they knew someone else might. The point is you can't know what other people will like so its worth releasing everything, at least for a test drive. In my experience people have come back and told me that my best remixes are ones I now hate with a passion, even ones that I feel I've "half-assed" . Its all a matter of opinion in the end of the day.

    As for releasing albums. It depends. You don't only need a goal for your album, you need to know how to promote it. A masterpiece of music creation will not get anyone listening if you don't promote it well. My plan was to get known for game remixes and gradually work my way into doing original music, so i'd have a fanbase when I started - but even that isn't enough I've found, you usually need to find sort of label to promote your music for you. Ubiktune worked for me.

    So... artistically, working on an album is worth it. However, if you want to earn some money, spend some time on promoting it, and do some research. You'll ultimately come out the better for it.

    (Round 4 Mixing) OCR SINGING IDOL!!!!! The OCR Singing Competition

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    *ROUND 3 BEGIN*

    The Touch by Stan Bush

    Here is the link to the backing track (Key Signature: D Major)

    You have till Saturday 3rd May 5pm EST to submit your track.

    Please check the first post for rules, and do not hesitate to ask if you have any questions! :D

    And last but not least - LYRICS:

    You got the touch

    You got the power

    After all is said and done

    You've never walked, you've never run,

    You're a winner

    You got the moves, you know the streets

    Break the rules, take the heat

    You're nobody's fool

    You're at your best when when the goin' gets rough

    You've been put to the test, but it's never enough

    You got the touch

    You got the power

    When all hell's breakin' loose

    You'll be riding the eye of the storm

    You got the heart

    You got the motion

    You know that when things get too tough

    You got the touch

    You never bend, you never break

    You seem to know just what it takes

    You're a fighter

    It's in the blood, it's in the will

    It's in the mighty hands of steel

    When you're standin' your ground

    And you never get hit when your back's to the wall

    Gonna fight to the end and you're takin' it all

    You got the touch

    You got the power

    When all hell's breakin' loose

    You'll be riding the eye of the storm

    You got the heart

    You got the motion

    You know that when things get too tough

    You got the touch

    You're fightin' fire with fire

    You know you got the touch

    You're at your best when when the road gets rough

    You've been put to the test, but it's never enough

    You got the touch

    You got the power

    You got the touch

    You got the power

    Mixing for TV/Consoles

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Ok, so I was talking to Pete Lepley about mixing for a Project M theme track he's doing. He's been told by the devs that "mixing on a console is awkward" and he has to mix it in a certain way otherwise it will sound weird when they mix it into the game. They have not said what causes this, I can only think they must change the sample rate or something similar to that.

    I've not heard of this before and doesn't really make much sense based on my own experiences with writing music for game/film where people have not asked me for anything out of the ordinary mixing wise. Also, it seems very strange to ask for a specific type of mixing because it will sound different (worse) when they put it in the game. How can you even know what to do to it to make it sound as good as possible? Should it even be your problem if you're not the one mixing the track into the game itself? It all seems very odd to me. Does anyone else in the know have any insight on this topic?

    (Round 4 Mixing) OCR SINGING IDOL!!!!! The OCR Singing Competition

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    Posted

    I'll admit I've been running on assumptions and previous experience w/PRC and MnP, which discourage self-voting but gives you a voting bonus of a 1st place vote added to your own submission simply for voting. If I had known that it was allowed I wouldn't have said anything. Of course I wouldn't have voted for myself [this round] because I really don't like my submission, but I would have been ok with it.

    Maybe WillRock should put a self-voting policy in the first post to mitigate confusion, because I'm certainly confused at this point.

    Self Voting policy is that its allowed.

    (Round 4 Mixing) OCR SINGING IDOL!!!!! The OCR Singing Competition

    in Competitions

    Posted · Edited by WillRock

    For what it's worth both chimpazilla and willrock told me I should have voted for myself in round 1.

    Er... yeah we didn't. Brandon.

    I hadn't even thought anyone would do it full stop, I assumed that since no one else was doing it, people wouldn't be shameless enough to actually vote for themselves. That said, I don't REALLY see why it shouldn't be allowed, other compos have done it and no one else complained then...

    (Round 4 Mixing) OCR SINGING IDOL!!!!! The OCR Singing Competition

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    Posted

    VOTING!

    Join the Social Group here

    Head to the round 2 entries thread and download the mixes there.

    You must post your 3 favourite artists in order like so:

    1: Mojo Jojo

    2: Him

    3: Fuzzy Lumpkins

    You may leave comments under your 3 votes but KEEP THEM SEPARATE.

    1st place votes will get 3 points, 2nd place 2 points, and 3rd place 1 point.

    Whoever gets the most votes wins the round, and your scores will tally over to the next round. That way, the person who does the most consistantly good entries will win the compo and the fabulous prizes within.

    Legacy: Game Boy 25th Anniversary - History

    in Projects

    Posted

    Ok guys heres the deal.

    Damned has basically quit the project, he's too busy.

    i'm also working on other projects right now, I'm willing to help out but not as a co-director duty.

    Anyone who is willing to take over this project, shoot me a PM.

    If not, I'll be forced to close this out :(

    (Round 4 Mixing) OCR SINGING IDOL!!!!! The OCR Singing Competition

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    Posted

    *ROUND 2 BEGIN*

    Hard Times by The Jetzons

    Here is the link to the backing track (Key Signature: C Minor)

    You have till Wednesday 16th April 5pm EST to submit your track.

    Please check the first post for rules, and do not hesitate to ask if you have any questions! :D

    And last but not least - LYRICS:

    Verse 1

    If I could have all the women in the world I would take this time to leave

    The pressures on and and i'm not some kind of strong man so take this thing from me

    Don't give it a second thought

    I can see you've got better things to do so just take your things and leave

    Chorus

    Hard times

    Happiest days of our lives

    Hard times are mine

    Hard times

    Happiest days of our lives

    Hard times are mine

    Verse 2

    Late at night with the darkness all around me i'm drinking all alone

    Nothing here but my menace in the darkness since i've been on my own

    Well have you forgotten now

    Memories that continue to amaze me are all but over now

    Chorus till end

    (you are encouraged to make up new lyrics for this song, cause according to chimpy these ones suck, and I don't argue with women.)

    (Round 4 Mixing) OCR SINGING IDOL!!!!! The OCR Singing Competition

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    Posted · Edited by WillRock

    Voting is closed!

    First place votes gained 3 points.

    Second place votes gained 2 points.

    Third Place votes gained 1 point.

    Tallies are as follows:

    Brandon Strader - - 34

    anterroir - - 15

    Trism - - 10

    CN - - 9

    Amayirot Akago - - 6

    Xarnax42 - - 3

    Mindwanderer - - 1

    I have updated the first post which will now show the full score tallies of everyone in the competition.

    Well done to everyone who has participated this round, you all did a fantastic job - I will be updating everyone with the 2nd round details shortly!

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