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This is a romanticized concept of composing and a ridiculous statement in general. There's a reason that composition classes exist. As a matter of fact, I have heard many, many Mitsuda copycats. It's not very hard for a composer to emulate another's style with some effort. Also, it's odd that you seem so eager to put composers on a level higher than performers when many performers are composers and vice versa. Would you say that their worth goes up or down depending on what they're doing at the moment? The way I see it, there are vastly different levels of skill in EVERYTHING. It takes no skill to be a bad composer who plops down generic schlock on paper, but a great performer will be remembered for a long time. Similarly, it takes no skill to be a bad performer who merely plays a score note for note without any feeling of his own, but great composers are memorialized for centuries to come. But to put one above the other is pointless and only succeeds in sowing dissension where none is needed.

I'm gonna quote this because it got lost on the last page, and elaborate a little on it by saying that actors are not undeserving of this attention, because what they do is NOT just "monkey see monkey do." Also something interesting to consider is that one of the marks of a good composer is that he understands how to write for specific instruments...knowing how to write within a specific range and in a specific way that is practical to play. In other words, he is catering to the performer. I think that really highlights the importance of both roles...a composer must respect his performers and vice versa in order for truly good music to be created.

I think this is significant, because movie actors often receive publicity on a level MUCH higher than the people who actually wrote and directed the movies do.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_Clavicembalisticum If you say that performing this work is easier than composing it was, then you are wrong.

Taucer and Mazedude are the only ones I know of that would even come close.

Sorry if you took offense at my posts, I was just trying to be helpful.

Well, would you rather have me let you keep wandering around mistakenly using the wrong words? I'm all for getting back on topic, I just wanted to finish clearing that up.

It's listed as a "related" form (see here for a straight definition from Webster's). The other adverb listed, "deceivingly," is much more appropriate. "Deceitfully" is not as a good a choice, as it has the connotation of malicious intent.

According to whom?? That's cool, it seems like you've recognized our points and are making efforts to improve. That's pretty much all I wanted to achieve here.

Yes, but "deceivable" means "able to be deceived." So did you *really* mean that it is easy to deceive a supposition's veracity? Such a meaning would, of course, be nonsense. This was MUCH more clear than your original paragraph. Keep it up! Formality is not the issue here. Even though you use big words, your writing comes off as messy and amateur. That said, I would definitely err on the side of informality in this situation, for the sake of our collective sanity...

Yes, in this case it is *how* you're conveying your message that is being criticized here. I think the fact that so many people are misinterpreting you is evidence of how your obfuscated writing results in misunderstanding. For example, "deceivably" doesn't even make sense in this context...you might have meant "deceptively." Using big words is fine, but they should be used judiciously, or at least correctly. And why say "the beliefs of what most people cling to" when you most likely mean "the beliefs that most people cling to"? The two sentences have completely different meanings. Like Fishy said, one could take pretty much any paragraph you've written thus far and point out similar flaws that obscure and/or distort what you're trying to get across. Regardless of whether you think your style of writing is justified, it is extremely cumbersome to decipher, and you end up coming across as someone who went overboard with their thesaurus. In an age of "tl;dr", people are likely to ignore what you say entirely. In the end, just keep in mind the advice of Strunk & White: "Omit needless words."

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I fixed your post.

To be honest, I think OCRAPS was/is a bad idea, assuming that's what you're talking about. Usually the best thing to do is just ask him nicely to take it down, and if that doesn't happen, keep going higher up until someone makes him. No need for juvenile flaming and spam tactics.

It kind of is, but that didn't stop 3 different people from making pretty decent mixes of it.

Great performances on everyone's part. Good job with the track, JJT, and happy birthday!

Does Baba Yetu count?

DarkeSword would probably know this, as he's used it in his Metroid Prime mixes. Try sending him a PM.

I learned today that I'm a terrible spy. But they're so coool. :[

He wants the arranged version though.

I'm not using your referral link because you have terrible taste in games. (Also I'm already signed up. :3)

It's not a meme if you were the only person making the pictures.

I'm gonna echo djp's sentiments here - this might just be piano and drums, but it doesn't feel like it. Nothing feels empty or out of place. Kudos, Sam, and here's hoping for more from LSD (hopefully with all of the members next time ).

Hopefully they will use their advantage to make EXTRA AWESOME.

I'll take "swords" for 200, Trebek.