Dhsu

You're playing both vocal songs? Sweet. If you woulda told me you had room for two, I woulda sent you the Pray version of the Prelude instead. It's a lot less obnoxious than the one in Love Will Grow.

Holy. FREAK. This is gonna be Jeremy Soule all over again. (Must remix more EWJ2).

Actually, he reminds me more of the "Come on down!" person from The Price is Right.

I never knew Jeremy Soule sounded like the announcer dude.

Uhhh...no. It takes a lot more than you think to get into Juilliard.

FToP > j00

I request Final Fantasy: Pray - Toki no Hourousha (aka "Wanderer of Time).

Yeah, there are two official Final Fantasy vocal collections: "Pray" and "Love Will Grow," both phenomenal albums. "Long Distance" is the first track on "Love Will Grow" and it's an arrangement of the same original song as this remix, so that's why they sound so similar.

You said you'd play my Cowboy Bebop mix after the originals show, Larry. ;_; I think it'd be especially appropriate this week, with the grand re-opening of Anime Remix and all...

This mix has a very cool feel, even though it doesn't offer a whole lot in the arrangement department. Very nice synth programming. Worth the download.

I'm gonna have to agree with zircon here...this mix doesn't really offer a lot besides a little cool sitar work near the end. This is forgivable though, since it's one of the earlier mixes on the site. I've come to expect much more unique and interesting things from Mazedude. He's learned to take a lot more risks than he did with this mix.

I think this qualifies as a case of "too little, too late." Like others have mentioned, the actual arrangement doesn't even come in until around 1:50. Unfortunately, at this point the piece is already more than half over, and the remaining time isn't enough to allow the arrangement to fully develop. On the other hand, I'm not sure I understand where this controversial "dissonance" is that everyone's talking about. Do you guys mean the pedalpoint at the beginning? I don't see how people can even be arguing about that. And I do have to commend you on your performance technique...very clean and articulate. Those countless hours in the studio were not spent in vain! Well played, and congratulations on your first OCR posting!

This was the 19th mix to ever be posted. Give the guys some slack here.

It would've been nice if this mix had dynamics. ;_; Still, very good arrangement, XenoCross. Congratulations on your first posted remix on OCR!

Actually...that wasn't Suteki da Ne from FFX. That was some completely different Japanese song, probably with the same name. I still thought it was decent, though. :/

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/tokyo_breakfast.php Watching this will forever make you immune to the "n-word." (If those don't work, try http://www.pinwire.com/downloads-file-18.html )

Haha...looks like you didn't miss much, nem.

Hm....I never noticed that he didn't actually use the entire theme. No wonder it was so short. Anyway...no offense, but your dixieland-waltz-salsa suggestion doesn't seem to be too practical. Just because the song is short doesn't mean he has to leapfrog between half a dozen styles. I think Jeremy's done an excellent job of expanding on the theme each time he repeats it without becoming repetitive or monotonous, and he ends it at exactly the right time in order to avoid making it so. Just because he's consistent doesn't mean he's boring.

Ha...sounds like someone's a little jealous. But I do admit this might be getting more hype than it deserves. Celebrity or fame shouldn't be the only reason for praise...in fact, I think it tends to attract a lot of criticism. Still, I think Jeremy did us all a great service with this wonderful arrangement. My hat goes off to him.

So when're you gonna submit the companion song, Brothaz 4 Life?

Could someone provide a link to the recording/transcript of the Feb. 7 show? I seem to have missed it...

PA'd!!!

Actually...the meaning of the word "eros" is more akin to the "lust," referring to the physical or sexual aspect of attraction. I believe "phileo" is closer to the romantic connotation of love. But...whatever works.

Actually, Dhsu = first initial + last name. Pretty boring, actually. Although I kinda like what you came up with. Anyway, glad you liked the song. I will be doing more as soon as I get a chance.

If this sounds even slightly abstract to you...you really need to expand your musical tastes past the 18th century. Or listen to something besides John Tesh and Yanni once in a while.