Garpocalypse

Looped the album all day today! Still a few hours left so it's going to keep on looping!

just made my week roz! All of the tracks are perfectly listenable and I think, if i'm hearing it right, Sbeast has quite the sense of humor. Quick tease of a chemical plant remix and a metropolis zone remix, which both could use far more attention from OCRemixers, before landing in well traveled territory with Ice Cap Zone.

Hey everyone, i'll going off the grid for a week starting tomorrow as I head out for vacation. If you have a WIP that you want to send in go ahead and send it but I won't be able to respond to it until the first week of january. Have a great holiday!

Currently listening to them at work. So far sounds like a fantastic album! Edit: Just had a family walk by while I was listening to this album on another computer. The mother wanted to know where she could buy the album. I gave her the url instead.

Subbed. 5 minutes ago or 'round thereabouts.

Forgot to thank you guys for giving the Streets of Rage community remix album a bump on the show last night!

Currently working on a temporary website for the album. I don't have much in the way of HTML skills... so i'm copping out and using blogspot. http://streetsofrageremixalbum.blogspot.com/ I've been sending out a bunch of invites but the doors are open to everyone who wants in on the album!

One of the best ways to develop your ear is to play the music you listen to on an instrument of some sort. The simplest, easiest and cheapest way would be to do it on a midi keyboard with simple left hand harmonies and right hand melodies. As far as theory goes there are a bunch of videos on youtube but you really don't need to know a ton of it to make music. Just as you don't need to know the grammar of the language you speak in order to speak it. It just makes getting the desired results much much easier. What you should know without any doubts are Key Signatures, Time Signatures, the differences between Compound and Duple meters, TRIADS(!!!)Scales (Major, Minor, and Pentatonic at the minimum)and Modes. Once you know those you can look up some sheet music and start doing proper analyses of them. ...or you could just do 99% of all modern dance music and never leave the tonic chord. ever.

-Sonic Special Stageand -Toejam N' Earl Theme.

Try sending out a bunch of invites to OCR members, Get it mentioned on an OCR talkback, and make some posts on the indie studio's forums for the games being selected and encourage people to sign up. You may also want to consider making a .blogspot page to make the competition look more official to non-ocr forum members. Someplace to host the remixes and competition info alongside using the Competition subforum. Just some thoughts... good luck recruiting for this!

Thanks for staying committed! You are right though, this project was started quite some time ago. To be honest, I was hoping to announce a Streets of Rage community album once I got posted on OCR. Seeing as how long that takes now I've decided to just jump in on this one and get on with it. Since this is something i've wanted to do for years this is not something i'm taking lightly and will do the best I can with it! While I am hoping to be a part of everything that's Streets of Rage on OCR this is going to be a big first for me and it's getting all of my attention to make sure it happens. SOR2 and SOR3 albums are out of my mind for now. My first major album experience was working with SuperiorX on Temporal Duality. That album flowed very smoothly from signups to release and I hope to mirror that with this one. Agreed 100% BTW thanks Chernabogue for the guide!

News I’ll be stepping up as project director because I feel an OCR album tributed to Streets of Rage NEEDS to happen. The first official check in is currently FEB 8 2015 at 11:59 pm. I know a bunch of us will be blasting a weekend at MAG so this should give those that need it some extra time. The Vision In 1999, OverClocked ReMix was born out of a desire to acknowledge video game music as an art form through interpretive arrangement. To that end, the community has expanded into the single-best music-centric community on the Internet, and host to some of the greatest independent musical talent the Internet has to offer. Streets of Rage quickly developed a rabid fan base when it was released in 1991 and was one of the early must have games on the Sega Genesis. The music composed by Yuzo Koshiro stood out in the early days of the Genesis and was very likely responsible for the success the game had. With the music being easily half of the experience of Streets of Rage an OCR tribute album to the game is something that should have happened years ago! Since a number of remixers have a good chunk of work already done I am aiming for a late summer/early fall 2015 release of this first album. However this may end up changing as currently half of the album still needs to be remixed. Genre and Music Guidelines There aren't really any genre restrictions per se, but the project is a nod to both the music of 90s and the OC ReMix community. With that in mind, remixes should contain elements of 90s or late-80s music. If you're having trouble coming up with a suitable 90s genre, checkthis Wikipedia article for some examples. To clarify, you do not need perfectly mirror 90’s production standards. Incorporating a 90’s element could be as simple as using a 90’s vintage synth in your remix (such as a Korg M-1). Be creative and have fun experimenting! This is intended to be an official OC ReMix album. You'll be expected to deliver a remix that meets OverClocked ReMix's quality standards. Be prepared to continuously work on your remix until it meets that standard. Previously-released tracks are ineligible. Remixes that you have finished or almost finished but haven't put out there yet are fair game. What We Need ReMixers- Currently we have three tracks left that are up for grabs. If you want to claim a track send in those WIPS! . Talent evaluators. People who are up for helping me out with feedback delivery. One head isn't as good as... more than one head. OCR staff preferred. Visual artist. Preferably one that can stick around for the whole three years and do art for all three albums. Resources pu_freak can contribute piano bits. Orangedragan is a male baritone vocalist willing to collaborate. Damashii!! is down for "horn/brass hits, funk guitar and/or vocal one shots, and anything else in the field of funk 'garnish' or 'sprinkles' to add to your arrangements, if needed at all." Chenabogue is offering orchestra and drum programming. BrothaDom is offering backup and rap vocals. Lady Wildfire is able to contribute vocals to anyone who needs them. Claiming a Track Everyone who got back to me will be able to keep the track they claimed. Everyone else will have their tracks re-opened to the community. Anyone who wants to claim a track must submit a minute long WIP that showcases solid production skills and the general idea of your remix BEFORE you will be listed as having claimed the track. This is to ensure that the remixer who makes a claim has a genuine interest in making the source tune into a great remix! Tracklist Black: Unclaimed Red: Claimed Green: WIP Blue: Finished WAV Bold Blue: Consent form signed and track notes/artist links submitted 1. The Street of Rage - DJPretzel/XPRTNovice 2. Player Select -Zone Runners 3. Fighting in the Street -Brandon Strader 4. Attack the Barbarian ( ) 5. Dilapidated Town ( ) 6. Moon Beach -Lady Wildfire 7. Keep the groovin' - Garpocalypse 8. Beatnik on the Ship (http://youtu.be/nSyc7gXMnAM) 9. Stealthy Steps - 10. Violent Breathing -Iceferno 11. The Last Soul - Mak Eightman 12. Big Boss -The Coop 13. My little baby (good ending) - Tuberz McGee 14. You Became the Bad Guy! - Detective Tuesday

Massive props for including Freedom Planet! I'm in!

Happy Birthday!

Been sort of wondering what the state of the album is currently. I wouldn't mind taking on a directing or assistant directing role if it would help get this thing completed!

Gettin' to work! Have a piece of VGM i've been meaning to remix for awhile now.

ditto.

Not really an original but just finished up a quick cover of Sabaton's 7734 off of their Heroes album.

Wait a minute. It's WHAT MONTH?! awwwww crap.

i'm intrigued though the play through on the steam community page didn't seem to be that big of a deal. Interesting take on horror though.

I'll be there!