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Well, you can find the mixes this way: http://ocremix.org/quicksearch/remix/?qs_query=brinstar But I suppose if you were looking for a song without any mixes, for whatever reason, that wouldn't be good enough...

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They're here to help out w/ workshop moderation & feedback PLUS album evaluation, and they've already been doing a great job contributing to the community for a long time, so give 'em a warm welcome. And by that I mean kind & supportive, not pyrotechnic

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I really love & am motivated by all the (earnest) answers provided so far. Most of the same reasons apply for me as well; I'll add that, because I'm the admin & owner and what not, I of course know what's in my heart & mind with regard to the site - I know that I intend to keep improving it, will never abandon it outright, and will work to ensure all approved & posted mixes are available on it, forever. That sense of not only permanence - insofar as anything mortal can be permanent - but also continued improvement of the overall context, motivates me quite a bit. I don't necessarily expect it to motivate others, since they can't see inside my head and know for certain what my intentions are, but hopefully 11+ years of perseverance, presence, and incremental improvements are persuasive.

I am now playing this game, which marks the first time in years that I'm actively playing a CURRENT RPG. Level 7 Wood Elf atm, so yeah, not far at all, but having a lot of fun. Hopefully mixpost++ will not decline as a result

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We hadn't thought as much about solo albums because it's been less of an issue; I guess we could put it to a vote, but it sounds like most are more or less okay with solo album games/series not being announced/tracked publicly, since there's less impact on artist availability, and said albums are usually smaller...

Yes, assuming both passed album evaluation. We would prefer not to release them back to back, but we'd work with both directors and try to make everyone happy. Like Honest Abe said, you can't please all of the people, all of the time, but that doesn't stop us from trying.

For the two projects in question that were started without knowledge of existing projects, it's not really a huge downer - both FF6 and Banjo can easily support two albums, in my opinion, if that's the ultimate direction those projects want to take. Directors that want to run private projects, hand-pick artists, set standards, set tone, set the art direction, restrict genre, or assert any number of other aspects of control should be free to do so. I think those freedoms BELONG at the project director level, as they are the individuals who are committing themselves to doing the coordination work and making the album happen in the first place. Ideologically, you could discus the merits of public vs. private approaches, and perhaps you strongly favor one over the other, and that's fine, but as long as you agree that it should be up to the director & respect his/her decision and their ability to make it, I think we're all good. When you start complaining about elitism, the implication is that we should outlaw private projects or otherwise interfere with how directors want to run things, and to me that's more elitist & presumptuous than what you're trying to "fix". Ultimately: It's not about who makes the FIRST album for a given game on OCR It's not about who makes the BEST album for a given game (highly subjective) It's simply about making a great album that honors the game and its music If you disagree with the first or second points, I'd personally question your motivations & fitness to direct a project; the third point is all that matters.

Brief announcement: We've had private album projects in the past, and for the last few months we've had two, and there's an issue that comes up where someone else in the community unknowingly starts their OWN project of the same game. To be 110% clear, we don't officially prohibit this, but we'd also prefer to not post two albums from the same game back-to-back, so it CAN affect release cycles. We've recently decided (duh) that it's not fair to the community to have these private projects be COMPLETELY private - at the very least, we're going to announce the names of games being worked on, so would-be directors can decide for themselves whether to start their own projects from the same games. Again, to be clear, these are private albums being run by directors who prefer to do things that way, which IS an option that we respect & allow, so we're not going to release any additional information about these projects OTHER than the game name, and we ask that everyone respect the wishes of the director(s) who choose to run their projects this way. By the same token, though, we decided that keeping the actual names of the games private was problematic & not transparent. The names of the games will be maintained at the thread @ http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25764 The two current private projects already in process are Final Fantasy 6 & Banjo Kazooie. There is a third private project that we were going to announce the game for, but it's going to become public in about a week, so the director is waiting to make that announcement. Questions, just let us know, and we apologize for any confusion that has resulted from keeping these or other projects' games private in the past.

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GUYS CAN WE CAN GET SOME DEATH ADDER UP IN THIS BUSINESS PLEASE? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u__PBJp0yaE

Looking at this from another angle, VGM itself has been known, on occasion, to steal from mainstream music So perhaps this is just payback, or things coming full circle. I'm not JUST talking about Doom, there are plenty of other examples; of course, there's a difference, in my mind at least, between compositional "borrowing" and actual sampling, but the endpoint is that all music steals from other music, in a sense. In a way, I'm almost happy that it often goes uncredited, because I'm not 110% sure I want Chrono Trigger to be forever associated with Wiz Khalilfa, in the public's view. I guess that's a whole different conversation, though...

I remember you being the dude who played impossible Guitar Hero songs on expert with the guitar behind your back. Sound about right? Welcome back!

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Awesome summary that hits many of the highlights & milestones, with contextual links = you've done our work for us, and we appreciate it!

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Confirmed for V6 of the site, which was supposed to happen in 2011 but is instead gonna be Q1 2012. If it's not out by April, kill me.

You've lost a lot of meaning in your "compacting." It's completely unhelpful - and bad writing - to say "I didn't like the tempo change" without explaining WHY. If you don't like my writeups, don't read them, skip to the user comments. If you want a soundbite culture where nothing is considered at length, contemplation is labeled "crap" and summarized inaccurately, and everything is compressed into literary "McNuggets" for your expedited & convenient digestion - you've come to the right century, but the wrong website.

Well, I called it "jazz/dnb" in my writeup, but let's approach this from a different angle - I've seen Mustin get upset over The OneUps being called a jazz band on Twitter, etc., but if you don't give people a better alternative, they're going to persist, and I don't remember any suggestions, nor am I hearing any now. This is the problem with genres - they sometimes require the "least worst" selection, because nothing else intuitively presents itself as being more accurate.