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! I want your sound-design chops. Amazing. I made the mistake of listening to the first half at a low volume. Don't be an ectogemia.

If you have decent fundamentals, I agree with this. Books are no fun; writing music is much fun. Do what is motivating. Copy others who DO know their fundamentals and beyond, and try to understand what they're doing as you transcribe and try to imitate their instruments/synths. You'll learn more from a "do first, ask questions later" method than from reading out of a book first without ever having formed any concept of what you're reading. Music is a little unique in that regard because it's so incredibly abstract. If you play an instrument, do on the fly composition: improvise. Improvisation took me from 0 musical ability to like... some musical ability, and it didn't take too long.

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UPDAT'D link By popular demand (and because it was a really, really good idea), I've incorporated the Song of Healing into this wip. How had I forgotten about that song??! I heard it on youtube after one of you mentioned it, then I started playing it on piano and soloed over it for like... forever. Such a god damn good melody. But I digest. I added a very bittersweet string part with the descending melodic line of the Song of Healing. There's plenty of dissonance to go around, and I'm working on glitching the drums a lot more. Remember, the Great Fairy's life is falling apart. Her purpose has dissipated now that red potions are selling for the price of Deku nuts. Awwww Whatcha think??

I vote Barret.

I'm sure we can swing a Nobel prize in your direction somehow. I mean, if Obama got one...

I feel your pain, brother. That's... that's... a really damn good idea. And I wish I could show you what my 12-year-old face looked like the first and only time I got the 7777 fever. Hint: I didn't know that it existed til it happened. So much brick-shitting.

This is amazing, perhaps the best ambience I've ever heard. A lot of pieces have given me chills. A lot have brought tears to my eyes. This is the first to have done both.

Ahhh, maybe. But someone earlier in the thread mentioned that VGM these days is mostly "epic" tripe (sorry, just my opinion). I can see that becoming mainstream a la film music, but my favorite themes from the past will probably remain under the radar. Oooooohhhhhhhhhnnnmvbm!!!!!!!! 10 rupees.

Then may I refer you, sir, to . My god.Relevance: a friend of mine and I beat the speed-bike thing of Battletoads ON 2 PLAYER. Yep, that means 2 people had to simultaneously not eat shit throughout that whole insane sequence. Our goal was to beat the game on 2 player, but oh god... no.

I told a guy at school that my favorite music is VGM and that I like to remix it. He told me (and prefaced it with "I'm kinda embarrassed to admit it, but...") that he and his sister bought the DKC1 soundtrack as kids and listened to it all the time. AND I WAS LIKE DUDE, THAT IS NOTHING TO BE EMBARRASSED ABOUT!!! It's kinda sad that so many things associated with video games, especially retro games, are immediately minimized in significance just because most players rarely care to experience the medium beyond the gameplay. Bleh. As soon as this guy heard the first notes of one of my Zelda remixes, he smiled. That's the magic of VGM -- unparalleled nostalgia.

Hooray! Boo!

I applaud even that much progress.

I love this mix, man. It's in my top 10 for sure.

Seconded. Waste of time. Why play a pay-to-play MMO when something like Diablo II has all those same addiction mechanics you crave, but takes like 0.00005% to get your fix of loot and levels? Also, throughout undergrad, I had this obsession with beating NES games without dying. It sucked all the fun out of the games, but god damn, I honed my NES chops something fierce. Never again. I'd like my nostalgia to be pleasant from now on.

Probably for the best to avoid any confusion, especially on my end. KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AWESOME.

Yeah, um, so as a pretty accomplished DDR player myself, I have to admit this is like a hair shy of porn to me, and I'm not afraid to admit it. ... I know what you're thinking, you judgmental bastards...

Send directly to ectogemia. Thank you!

Someone is a Koji Kondo hater. Die, heretic. JACKIECHANMEME JACKIECHANMEME!! You teach me much, Benjamin Briggz.

Pieces with memorable melodies that are very modular are best for remixes, things that just beg to have something new built around them. Pieces with memorable melodies that would sound odd when taken out of context aren't so hot for remixing. This is why there aren't really any FFT remixes to speak of. Such a mind-blowing soundtrack, but man, how do you even approach those sources? If there's a source that I love-ve-ve-ve so very much, I won't touch it. I'm afraid I'll mess it up This is why I can't bring myself to remix Earthbound.

Well, hoo-ray!!! I just got my compy all fixed, too! The panic attacks I had every time it did its little stutter thing while it was bugged made me realize how dependent every fiber of my being is on the proper functioning of my computer. Cool! As always, man, if you've got any wips that need some love, send em my way.

Yes, they should. Especially if the story is reallreallyreally inane like mine. Also, how the hell are you, man?

So what you're saying is that in the meantime, one should stick with FL9. Got it.