theshaggyfreak

Yes, please. 

I should be good to go. 

Heads up @Kanthos and @theshaggyfreak, your gifts will be arriving late.

Which one of my awesome Canadian friends did this?!
Cause you're awesome! Thank you!!!

I'll be there. I decided to get a room a night early since parking space is kind of limited at the hotel and it'll help me escape some of the Friday morning traffic. 

I forgot what that one was called too and in fact looked for it but couldn't find it, haha. But yeah, I definitely want to see Breezy covered and some of the others, it's all up to remixers choosing to want to do those. 
You're welcome! I'm looking forward to your mixes. I think we have the unique opportunity with this project to not do too much double, triple, quadruple-dipping with single artists because there seems to be a lot of people who want to remix stuff. 
I've heard your work in the past and know what a big figure you are at OCR so you can give it a go, I won't even ask for an audition, and I trust that you'd be cool and open to feedback if it comes up
It was there a second ago, now it's gone! Looking forward to it  

I'd love to pick up Blue Sky if that's possible.

I say just vote for yourself. That's what I did. I don't really feel it hurts anything by doing so.

Hah! Just took a quick listen to Aleix's and I'm fairly sure I lost this one. I really had this nifty idea that I was working on with all ukulele stuff but it just wouldn't have been possible to finish it in time. Good show, Aleix!

I'm also having a problem with voting. Mine isn't going through because I don't see the numbers change after I vote. 

Mostly true, but I must defend my honor on one note, my good sir *sips tea* =p
0:50 - 1:05 uses the organ melody from Crystal Tears (1:31 - 1:52).  So I didn't entirely slap 'em <EDIT> back to back till the last minute.  Just...mostly.  T_T

Hah! Just took a quick listen to Aleix's and I'm fairly sure I lost this one. I really had this nifty idea that I was working on with all ukulele stuff but it just wouldn't have been possible to finish it in time. Good show, Aleix!

Bowie has always been one of my biggest musical inspirations. I saw Labyrinth as a kid and immediately dived into all of his stuff. Sadly, I never got to see him live.

Yay! Thanks OA! You are rock! I've been wanting to read these! They're actually written by a friend of mine.   I'll have to think hard about how I want to use that coupon too!

Ahh! Glad you like it!

Sure, I'm in. It's been a long time since I've done one of these. 

Iris really is great for manipulating recorded audio. You really can get some crazy sounds out of it quite quickly. 

Otherwise, I suggest starting to build your own library of field recordings. Doing this sort of thing will give you access to unique sounds that others might not have. Another avenue to explore is to build some basic analog synth circuits and sample them. Start off by building an Atari Punk Console or any other simple project. 

Throwing my hat into the mix, if no one else has suggested it, purchase/download a book that details orchestration techniques and practice. Half of getting orchestral music on a DAW to sound realistic is the knowledge of what an instrument can do, or how instruments are used idiomatically. The best sample libraries, for example, won't tell you when a downstroke will typically be performed in a string section, or how the woodwinds will breathe with a particular phrase, but they WILL supply you with better tools to emulate these techniques and sounds, when you do know. Snappleman is definitely right in the regard that proper use of the samples is key, and learning orchestration technique helps dramatically in that regard.

Rimsky-Korsakov's "Principles of Orchestration" is a well known classic, in this regard, if you want a place to start.

A bunch of pics from the show are here https://picasaweb.google.com/116294723695410258054/MAGfestClassic2015?authuser=0&feat=directlink

A bunch of pics from the show are here https://picasaweb.google.com/116294723695410258054/MAGfestClassic2015?authuser=0&feat=directlink

http://modularsamples.com
 
This guy multi-sampled a bunch of classic (and some newer) synths and unloaded them to the public for free. He's even set them up in various sample player formats as well. While a lot of these synths are already done via VST, it may still appeal to some of you. 

http://modularsamples.com
 
This guy multi-sampled a bunch of classic (and some newer) synths and unloaded them to the public for free. He's even set them up in various sample player formats as well. While a lot of these synths are already done via VST, it may still appeal to some of you.