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Jimmy Hinson got the video! I will post when I get it.

Everyone does it differently, unfortunately. I know people that put the melody down first, and I know people that put the drumbeat down first, and I know people that put the bassline down first. I know people that write 100% of one part, then 100% of another part, and then I know people that fill out the "A" section before they even start working on the "B" section. My advice is to just START WRITING. Listen to lots of music and analyze it. There are also plenty of youtube videos out there of people building songs from the ground up - you can see what their workflow is, that way, and you can adapt from there.

I actually have two, but neither is really a shining example of how to be a successful blogger (I suffer from not following the advice I gave you). I have one that I do all myself in wordpress for my writing career and one that functions on wordpress but was professionally designed. IMHO, I actually think I like the free one better, but I kind of got hosed on the development side, which is a different story.

This might be a bit tangential, but one of the things that I found to be the most helpful to drawing readers was guest blogging. Find some people who are already successful in the industry you are trying to write for and then pitch articles to them. It helps them because it gives them a different POV, and you will definitely draw readers. Speaking from experience, building a platform from scratch is really, really hard, so it helps to "stand on the shoulders of giants" if you can. EDIT: The other small bits I can offer are: Tag your posts appropriately and write regularly (once a week if you can). The more content on the blog, the better your search engine results (and the more loyal your readers will be). Best of luck!

I'm challenging Darkesword to a beatbox-off next MAGFest. If I win, he has to take the extra 'e' out of his name. If he wins, I have to put the vowels in mine.

Garp, these are are awesome, thanks. Do you, by any chance, have video of me and DaMonz jamming on the Super Mario Brother 2 theme? I was on guitar and whistling and he was on melodeon. EDIT Or Melodica, or Melonin, or whatever the hell that awesome thing was

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www.bodeefit.com is free and bodyweight only you won't bulk up, but you WILL kick your own ass in 20 minutes or less.

Dude I got suuuuuch a kick out of playing that mario theme and having you accompany on melodeon. That was so epically perfect!

Well, rather than do that...and this may be a ridiculously stupid suggestion...could we possibly rent out a conference room or banquet hall at the Gaylord itself?

That's a fantastic idea and I fully support this. It's like an OCR Banquet.

Thanks - but like Rozo said, if you're just looking to pimp your music and say "here's my album!" then it's cool to post albums with the Album/Other tag, I think and see if anyone wants to talk about the music. But if you're looking for critical reviews with help in your mixing and arranging, then one song per thread will help you get there - just don't go overboard and post a ton of songs at once, since that's essentially the same thing. That's the critical difference that I neglected to post in my first response, I think.

MAG was fantastic. Much love to everyone. I was stoked I got to stay a couple nights this year instead of just popping in and out.

I get that; I was just offering some advice as I see lots of people throw down "Listen to all of my stuff!" posts and they never get anything back. But I see the difference between a released album and WIPs, now.

Hey there, Welcome to the OCR workshop forums. You'll be much more successful in getting feedback if you follow the forum guidelines. This also includes posting one song per thread, which is another sticky you should read at the top of the remixing forum. People generally don't want to listen to an hour of music critically and give feedback. Good luck!

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Happy Birthday!

It did! I was away for the holidays and came home to it. Thanks, it was perfect. And amazingly it wasn't one of the games I bought in my Vita spree, but still looks awesome. Thanks!

Ooh, I'm tempted Meteo. I have a tin whistle that I play but getting one in every key is like a $200 commitment or more for a decent set.

This is what I would recommend: don't just practice, but practice with goals in mind. I always used to tell my students "practice makes habits - perfect practice makes perfect." If you practice being bad at something, you'll be really awesome at being bad. I learned this the hard way with piano; my practice habits were bad, so I basically learned how to do things poorly and I am still spending time un-fornicating my technique.

ZOMG How did you even find this?! Of course Everyone could benefit from a little Strader wisdom.

All: If you have not received a MOD REVIEW and your thread has been marked as such, please BUMP your thread in these forums and I will get to it ASAP. I'm trying to start clearing out the old ones and make sure they're returned to "finished" when the modreview is complete. If I don't see a bump in your modreview thread within the next week or so, I'm going to return all threads to "finished" states so that the queue is fresh. If, after that, you still haven't gotten a modreview, change it back to "modreview" and bump and we'll take care of it. Thanks for helping us clear the backlog. rozo edit: Shortcut for recent mod review marked tracks. Because it seemed like a new thing to some of you. No names. Link now updated for the new forum version.

KH remix 1.5 HD for $20 on amazon lightning deal http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BKWQA2Y/ref=gb1h_tit_t-3_8462_59a45513?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_s=top-3&pf_rd_r=0ZP9CSAMRBCS744CXHJ9&pf_rd_i=30&pf_rd_p=1670588462

This turned out a lot better than my studio building project, I think, which ultimately resulted in a desk that reflects sound all over the place come build my studio

but THIS IS THE DENTIST