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My office mate isn't here today, so I am excited that I can listen to OCRadio at work without anyone complaining that it's not top 40.

Ick, no! I want them to give me the controller and let ME play Zelda, or put a game on that we can both play. If I went to hang out with a friend and they picked up a single-player game, I'd leave! Unless maybe they were like "dude I can't get this part, help me out". But that's me.

(Moved from another thread to avoid hijacking) I'm actually just curious, since I've been seeing the links to LPs a lot while looking for source tunes on YouTube...what the hell is the point? Not to criticise what anyone does with their time, but I'm confused as to where the enjoyment is in watching someone else play a video game. I've never watched one of them - is there goofy commentary, or something, or anything that deepens your experience, or is there a strange enjoyment in watching Cecil tackle another imp through someone else's control? I just don't get it.

Edit: I think this could be considered hijacking your thread, sorry. I'll move this discussion elsewhere.

Totally just got the head nod to The Divine Wings of Tragedy. Well played, sir. Well played. Also, these are the dumbest reasons I've ever heard for not liking a remix, especially one as awesome as this one.

You get nothing. You should have thought of that before you moved. Live is full of choices!

Dude. That's cool as shit. It's a shame that if this were to be posted it would be without the video, as the video is awesome. Well done. I'm not a cellist so I can't give you any technical feedback. Maybe if you could make the mix itself sound a little closer and fill out, that would be nice. Everything's smack dab in the middle right now. BUT with that performance, who cares? Great job! Edit: Totally just recognized you as the guy that used to pop up on my Last.FM before I knew that OCRemix existed. Ha. Your stuff is awesome.

Hey this is cool, chills me out. Gotta bring that female vocal back into the mix, particularly at the beginning; try reducing the level and maybe adding some reverb that gives it some distance. Don't make it go away too much. I really like that. It's like a lullaby. Just gotta blend better. The double guitar solo around 1:20-1:30 is a little jarring because I never find the beat for a while there. Only other thing I can recommend is for the synthetic strings, try to use some automation to make them swell more rather than abruptly enter and exit. Once this is polished with some nice production this is going to be really awesome. Great first post. I'm sure some of the more experienced folks will have better comments than me.

ugh, this. I'm hoping the course stays open for a long time so I can view the videos as I have time.

I haven't, flex, but I'm looking at it now. Have you used it with any success? Sometimes I find sites like these bury potential clients with submissions, but that's the real world I guess

Hey guys, I've only been here for about a year, but it's totally lit a new fire for music for me. It's been an amazing experience, and I wanted to say I love you all. Aside from that, as I want to continue improving, that typically means I need to invest in software and equipment. I don't want to do this for a living, but it would be nice for it to be a self-sustaining hobby. I get a little money guilt when I buy music stuff. I've started working as a voiceover artist and I'm pulling in...well, $100 so far. My question is this: I know it's possible to hire oneself out as a studio musician to lay down tracks over distances using your home studio. I have kind of a unique set of instruments here, and I want to know the best way to get my name out there or audition for parts. Does anyone know a good way for me to do that? For voiceovers, Voice.Com or Elance.com work, but I don't see any studio musician gigs on Elance. Any advice is good advice. Thanks! X

Cash and Change is a better person than me

There's a certain satisfaction that comes with the righteous anger one can display on thieves' sites.

How much to make my baby awesome!?

Just for some background, I'm in pretty good shape, but there are so many people around me that swear by Crossfit (I'm military) and those folks are generally in tip-top shape. I've just never had a chance to try it. Yeah, it looks goofy (the pull ups are just weird), and if you do it improperly (like the idiot dead lifting 500 pounds or whatever with a giant curled back) you're going to hurt yourself. But I've actually never met anyone that injured themself doing crossfit. Not that I doubt you, ecto, but have you (or anyone else here) actually ever tried it? There are too many people that I know that swear by it for me to just write it off quite that quickly. I'm also joining a free-running gym at the end of the month. Imma break myself.

Any of you guys do Crossfit? I've always kind of wanted to try, but I'm not really sure I get it. Do you JUST do crossfit? Working out for 10 minutes a day, while I know it can be exhausting, seems way too little for anyone that wants to get in shape. Yet I know crossfit people are some of the craziest beasts in the world. Anyway, I'd like to give it a shot, but I don't want to pay 400/month to go to one of those gyms. I'd rather do the WOD on my own.

*does a barrel roll*

I was in the gym a few days ago letting my OCR playlist roll, which has the torrents in them at random. For the first time, I heard Hymn of Aveh, and I literally stopped in the middle of the gym and just stood there, listening. Fantastic, fantastic work. I

Thanks DarkSim! I've had to put this one aside for a bit due to other projects, but once I get back to it (hopefully soon) feedback like that is great for helping me really fine-tune the mix.

Imma try and do Cid's. I've got an idea but just returned from being away from my DAW for 4 days and life is poised to destroy me again. We'll see how fast I can do it. Gimme a week, maybe, for a solid WIP.

This stuff is so cool! When I can justify spending money on any more T-Shirts, I am totally getting one or more of these. You should make a baby onesie so my incoming child can enter this world rocking.

I think THIS is the most overlooked piece of the puzzle.

Not that I know of? Was it yours? Next thing you know I'll be posting everyones OCR tracks to my soundcloud and claiming that I wrote them!