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I don't know how to work a .tg file? I mean. Host a MP3. Then we'll talk.

The gremlins song is making my head hurt trying to figure it out Q.Q

Only I gave love and a critique? Q.Q

Anything to know about entering this other than the 'fine print' section? Like, Am I trying to use both sources or is it either/or? What's expected of the winner/s? ...pleasenothisagain http://www.doulifee.com/prc/PrcSong/PRCcommercial.wmv

I started a new thread, I think I got yoinked, which is okay. I think. Oimconfuzzled.

I was going/have been trying to brush up on some theory. But I guess I just really need to learn 4 chords.

Q.Q I had 5 fails for this one. I has to start with an idea and work it until something 'pops' and I didn't get that in as many tries. It didn't help that I got called into work and that I had a day of family events to keep mees destrackted. Will try harder (or at least sooner) next time.

I'm having a rough tiem with tis one. I'll try to get something hammered out, but I'm doing stuff today and I work tomorrow, so 30 hours to find some time.

This - only + Zircon, Malacos, Radiowar, AmIEvil, Rozovian, BigGiantCircles, Sixto too many to name... The bar is frighteningly high, but it gives you something to shoot for, and something to listen to at the same time. I call it a double win. There are examples all over OCR of what you can do. I started out drumming and mostly ignoring things like 'notes' and 'pitches' because... Well you know... That stuff is for losers and you can't hit it with a stick. I did have to learn enough bells and xylophone to know my notes and scales, and I spent 2 years in high school jazz band in addition to normal band stuffs. But not much in the way of theory, which is my fault for not paying nuff attention. I've been remixing unsuccessfully since that little joined on date up there ^ says I have. I get my stuff to a point where it can't go any farther, then I put it on a shelf with the threat that I'll finish it someday. So far an empty threat.

Eh, The lady gaga one is pretty good. I haven't watched all of them. EDIT-link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEx-JW49mNg RE-EDIT-found Christopher Walken doing it:

My dark work is complete. The other thing that I get trapped in is this on repeat:

*hits play on YT again* mmhmm

Sometimes, you run into something you just gotta share. This is mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=CueUkx7HRj0

'leven somethin. I've got lots of sounds I like now, just no idea what to do with them structurally...

So, 11/8 sounds like 6/8 then 5/8 and key D? Fun stuff!

Hm. My midi is messed up. It plays okay till about halfway, then just holds a pad forever. I'll open it in the editor and check it out. PS: Yes, I have a man with the machine gun song in the works. Iz not ready, iz just an introduction.

Making this my ring tone and computer start up theme.

Breaking the previously long standing tradition of nameless sources...

Make us something grand now, something fantastic.

I always vote when I enter... Means that I vote for someone not myself, then if there's 2 entries I vote the other as first and not for myself. So, just leave the second place option empty. OFC if I could get more of you to enter the damn contest, this wouldn't be a problem

Fine fine. I'll start naming things... Don't you think it's more exciting this way! You get to make your own name! FUN! no?

Well, finish this one... Then, I did promise Gario a Laguna mix if you want to hammer out the details of trying to collab that. Could be pain... Could be cake. I know we use different DAWs. We'll see.

Ack! My pride! *dies* Anyway. I'm hoping halc comes back and explains my explanation here, of his, erhm, suggestion. I don't mean to sound simplistic, but I think when he's saying to change ever other or ever 4th bar he means simple changes to the melody that happen over and over again. If the melody is a 2 bar section, and you change every 4th bar, you actually have a new melody section that's 4 bars long. And the changes don't have to be the same each time. What it feels like has happened to yours is you add more, quicker. Which in my mind is the same strategy of adding more sounds that you were doing, but it's still the exact same thing as far as notes and progression. This last update may be a step in the wrong direction to be honest, because when you were progressing slower, new things seemed more interesting than they really were. This feels like the same progression scheme repeated more, which actually ADDS repetition. Best example of this is the piano chords you added around 0:43. I think the sound great TBH... But when they show up early, then show up again, then show up again... They lose the effect they had in V7 of being all new and interesting... The little things like that aren't as noticeable. (not saying it can't work, just that I don't think it's what he meant. really want him to weigh in on this though and explain) While I'm clarifying junk, my last suggestion about the bass sound wasn't to change anything you had in the bass section, but add another bass part entirely. I was actually thinking of a pad playing low notes to fill in the sound subtlety. Sort of like when you listen to rock or metal, you have to really listen to hear a bass part (most of the time, it plays pretty close the the guitar) but when it's not there, you notice the missing lows. (psst! Someone else should weigh in on this opinion. hint hint wink wink) I'm going to shamelessly point to my example here http://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/ORC127 where I took the basic melody and raised the last few notes of the second repetition. (on a side note, go enter these competitions! Great practice!) Another fine example of a changing melody is in the song metamorphic rock here on OCR, it's sixto and darkesword, so the bar is set kinda high. But it's sonic 1 marble zone theme, which is a short repetitive source and a good example of what he does to keep it from being too repetitive. @SoulinEther: My system I use for visually explaining things is usually reserved for drum stuff... But it's to put the entire count out (usually in 16th notes) and then X where I think stuff is and goes) 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a x----------x-------x----x------x-----x-- And <3 more opinions! Now I don't feel like I'm monopolizing HoboKa for fun and profit. Though I still plague him with my walls of texts posteses... (part of my master plan was to suggest that he do my taxes for me at some point...)

Gettin to a point where I'm running out of things to say Can't say that's a bad thing with the head nodding continuing, and I caught myself humming this earlier... First thing I notice is the break/echo part is gone. I'll be honest with you, while I did like the part, I do not miss it in the new version. Kudos there. The snare changes to the squeaks at 2:22, sounds good, and mixes things up there nicely. The drums quiet a few places around 2:42, works nicely to sort of bring things down since the old quiet break/echo part is gone in about the same spot in the song. At 0:59-1:15 the mix might be missing some low end noise. We have that nice big thick lead sound, then it's lost. The piano really helps losing low sounds not be noticeable in places when it's playing lows itself, but in other places where there's no piano or lead it kinda sticks out as thin. A subtle bass part might help even out the mix some frequency wise where you don't really want a booming bass sound of your lead but still want that fullness. That's really all I got, that one bass thing. Running outta crits, so I think it's getting close. As Nathan Explosion would say 'It's gettin nice and heavy' Just gotta shamelessly bump this thread to get someone else to give some input... Where's Gario when you need him?

The echo thing I think has improved, but now it's the same thing basically 6 times in a row. I'd move the second one up one octave, and then you have creative freedom to do whatever with the 3rd one, or just leave the 3rd one off to really bring in the empty. I like the new end, my only complaint is that the snare squeak there isn't used anywhere else in the song. For the sake of togetherness, you may want to splash it somewheres else or change it in the end. Mmhmm, it's starting to get there, I can tell cause I'm nodding my head a lot. So, methinks it may be time to address some flow and development issues. I love the idea of the slow halftime bits as contrast, but to me they should be considerably sorter than the main theme bits. This is always the hard bit for me cause I tend to like everything. I think you can just add some repetition in some places and be fine, but structure isn't my strong suit. The bass lead comes in at 0:42 heavy, I'd like to hear that repeated one more time with the heavy lead before moving on. Especially since it feels like the piece brings in instruments every 2 repetitions. This feels cut short to me. 1:01-1:07 The low bit on the piano is great because it reminds me of the bass at the beginning, and you're just about to go into a nice quiet part. I'd like to hear it expanded a bit, but I'm not sure how that'd affect the flow. 1:57-2:12 is your gold! Everything comes together. I'd like to hear it a bit longer before moving on. Same thing at 2:30. Not a lot more mind you, but a little bit. I could see these additions pushing the song to around 4-4:30 depending. I'm hoping I'm giving advice so as to take out the choppy feeling. Anyways, hope this helps.