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Another way you can really help out is by helping promote the album - tell your friends, ask them to tell their friends, and make sure you digg it at: http://digg.com/music/Final_Fantasy_VII_Voices_of_the_Lifestream

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FF7 Project NEEDS SEEDERS. Like, badly

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OverClocked ReMix Releases Free Fan Tribute Album, Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream For Immediate Release September 14, 2007 Contact: David W. Lloyd, dlloyd@ocremix.org FAIRFAX, VA--Today, OverClocked ReMix released its ninth album, Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream. The album, made by fans for fans, honors the recent 10-year anniversary of the Square Enix PlayStation video game Final Fantasy VII with 45 arrangements of composer Nobuo Uematsu's original score. Available for free download at http://ff7.ocremix.org, Voices of the Lifestream is not affiliated with or endorsed by Square Enix. More than 40 artists from the OverClocked ReMix community contributed more than three hours of music to the album, with interpretations covering a variety of genres and styles from jazz to electronica to rock to symphonic. Voices of the Lifestream has already generated advance media and industry buzz. Music 4 Games (www.music4games.net) reviewer Jayson Napolitano called the album "one of the most impressive and encompassing listening experiences in the world of video game music." Tommy Tallarico, video game composer and co-creator of Video Games Live (www.videogameslive.com), said of the album: "OC ReMix has done it again! I'm always impressed with the amazing talent that comes from the OCR community. This album is a further testament to that quality and passion. It's an honor for video game composers around the world to have their material be a part of the OCR community. This album rocks!" A year and a half long effort that spanned six countries, Voices of the Lifestream is the largest creative project ever undertaken by OverClocked ReMix. "We're really proud of Voices of the Lifestream and I'm personally very grateful for the tremendous spirit of collaboration and dedication shown by the participating artists," said album creator and director Andrew "zircon" Aversa. "Voices of the Lifestream really represents the heart of what OverClocked ReMix is all about: community and great music." OverClocked ReMix founder and president David "djpretzel" Lloyd agrees, adding that the project "...marks a high point in OverClocked ReMix's history thus far, and stands as a powerful testament to video game music, Nobuo Uematsu's enduring score, and the talent and dedication of fan ReMixers." OverClocked ReMix is an organization dedicated to the appreciation, preservation, and interpretation of video game music. Hundreds of free game music arrangements and a thriving community of game music fans can be found at OverClocked ReMix's Web site, www.ocremix.org. ###

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http://www.destructoid.com/final-fantasy-vii-voices-of-the-lifestream-album-advance-review-43547.phtml Coverage at Destructoid (thank you, Mr. North)

Music 4 Games Posts Exclusive Advance Review of OC ReMix FFVII Album For Immediate Release September 10th, 2007 Contact: David W. Lloyd, dlloyd@ocremix.org Today Music 4 Games (http://www.music4games.net), the premier resource for news and reviews about Video Game Music, posted an exclusive advance review of the upcoming OverClocked ReMix album, Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream. The review is available at http://www.music4games.net/Review_Display.aspx?id=97. This review marks the first time a freely available, fan-made album of game arrangements has been evaluated alongside commercial video game soundtracks on the site. Reviewer Jayson Napolitano writes that it "doesn’t get much better than this when it comes to arrangement albums," calling Voices of the Lifestream "one of the most impressive and encompassing listening experiences in the world of video game music." More information about the album, which will be released freely online this Friday, September 14th, can be found at http://ff7.ocremix.org. Hundreds of free game music arrangements and a thriving community of game music fans can be found at OverClocked ReMix's Web site, www.ocremix.org.

In general, once one has established any sort of following, changing one's handle is not advised: It's bad for searchability/recognizability/reachability through existing channels, especially online. It gives the impression that the artist feels something isn't working for them, and that the reason is their name, which can come off as naive/optimistic/self-conscious very easily, even if it's not. That being said, if I for some reason started off as DJ CheeseButz McPHATBEATS LOL!!111, I could justify the change... but sephfire seems unique, memorable, and not intolerable, so I'd strongly recommend keeping it.

I'm willing to do vocals for anyone that'll have me, if it's a style I can swing. I've progressed significantly from SingingPretzel, imo, not that that would take much, and I love rock operas... ... though (blasphemy) in my mind Jesus Christ Superstar trounces Tommy times ten. Cool concept, hope it pans out!

Congratulations, you win the "Computer Naming Setup Most Similar to DJP's" award. Cash value: $0.00 ALL my boxes are Eva refs, and I've got enough so that I'm actually running out of ideas... I've got a Melchior and a Balthasar, GEOFRONT, Tokyo-3, Eva, Angel, Asuka, Rei... a few more too. Sad but true.

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I tend to agree with Mattias; I see MOST of the appeal being for ReMixers. I'm gonna link up the blogs with ReMixer detail pages so that, right alongside all the other info available for a mixer, you can see what they're up to. It'd be a great promotional tool for mixers who want to keep their audience informed, imo. For non-mixers, it might not be as valuable, but those coordinating competitions, running projects, or otherwise deeply involved in the site who happen to not be mixers would probably find value.

Used Yamaha Motif 6 would be will under $1000 - that's what I use, I like it, and it fits most if not all of your qualifications...

One time cost for users. There'd be a recurring cost for the site in renewing tech support and updates, but new accounts could help cover that.

Well, it does incur a CPU/memory hit that's harder to quantify in terms of $$$, but regarding the price being below an impulse buy... couldn't that be a bad thing? I'm honestly more concerned with blogs being started and abandoned, or started and abused (requiring more work for moderators) than I am about outright cost... $15 to me says that you wanna use the thing and will use the thing. BTW, if we do this and I have my own blog, I'll contribute $15 to the site as well, for whatever that's worth. OverCoat's 100% correct that there are free blogs elsewhere, many of which have more features and are technically superior. The advantage here is purely and simply integration with www.ocremix.org - if that's of little or no value, I can't imagine wanting one either. If, however, that's of some value, or perhaps even a great deal, then it seems like it'd be worth it... At any rate, I'm definitely interested in more feedback and votes, so if you know some mixers/visitors you think might be interested, send 'em this way. We also wanna hear from those who think the idea just plain sucks, but hopefully their vote would be accompanied by an explanation as to why.

vBulletin, the forum software we use, recently release a blog addon. You can see what it looks like at http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blog.php. The blog software itself costs $50 for the entire site. I'm thinking it could be useful for at least two sets of users: ReMixers who want to keep users abreast of WIPs, original works, etc. Regular visitors who would prefer a blog hosted here as opposed to the numerous free options (blogspot, etc.) because they'd be focusing on game mixes, game music, etc. However, I really don't know just HOW much interest there'd be, and we definitely don't want to give everyone a blog, as the performance and moderation impact would be severe. One option I was considering was making this a paid upgrade - for $15 you get an OC ReMix blog, and if you're also a ReMixer, it gets linked to your ReMixer profile page, most of which show up pretty high in google, etc. If at least four people signed up, it'd pay for itself. I'm running this public poll to get a sense of whether this is worth pursuing now or at some point in the future. I could see it being awesome, if a core group of mixers and users really started using it effectively, or I could see it totally sucking, if few people signed up and no one updated regularly. Let me know what you think!