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    OCR02614 - Mega Man 2 "Light Your Way"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

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    Pleasant acoustic-like start and finish. :) Also, refreshing instrumentation for an often mixed ocr melody.

     

    With the way it started, I almost didn't expect the familiar refrain at 1:23. Not complaining... ^_^ just thought it was going in a different direction.

     

    The merge into Flash Man was so smooth I almost didn't notice how it switched without a hitch.

    ReMix Reviews - Lack thereof?

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    1: Why, if applicable, don't you comment on new mixposts on OCR?

    I used to leave feedback as much as Crulex some days... Then I ended up working nearly every day for almost a year and disappeared from here. I'd put my reason in the 'over time you will lose people for no fault of your own' pile.

     

    As for the workshop forum, I tried posting for a while in there. I had a back and forth with one mixer over a piece, giving feedback as best I could, but eventually I said I couldn't give them the technical feedback they needed -- they'd need a musician's reply instead because I didn't know how to help more. After that, I felt too embarrassed to post anything else there. I may do again, though, after reading MindWanderer's comment here. (I could point out which parts don't work or merge together well.)

     

     

    2: How do you suggest the number of reviews is brought back up again?

    A lot of good suggestions so far. As a non-musician, I give mostly 'I liked it! -- especially this bit and that sound!' feedback on pieces I like. But that's not what some musicians want, which is review from peers.

     

    That said, I wouldn't use a stick to encourage people who don't review to review. I actually like the review count and badges idea. Of my 350 posts, probably 80% are feedback comments, and I'm proud of that. (To some artists, nothing is more maddening than utter silence, and even if only half my comments perk up someone's day, that's a lot more than if I never posted at all.) It's also encouraging as a reviewer to see a remixer post thank you the week after a mix has been posted. ^_^

     

    What else can be suggested? Giving people forum titles can be encouraging in that they feel more connected to this place. Like, if someone is in the workshop giving feedback a lot, brainstorm names to give those people even if they're not moderators. (Workshop Helper, Assistant, Tinkerer,... or something less lame. :P) On the Shadowrun forums, I remember some of the active people, who often greeted new members, were given the title of "Face" (in game terms, they'd be the social or business face of the party).

     

    You need some active people to attract others to post more often, even if the most active people take breaks every so often.

     

     

    Also, I keep a VG music thread on another forum, but so far I've been pointing to the youtube page and not ocr's page. I'll start posting the ocr page link with DJP's write-up alongside the youtube video link.

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