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Hahah! I was like "where is he going with this?" until I read the last sentence.. of course it'd be official, it's a Rozovian production! Hah I'm just teasing you. @prophetik: I wasn't stepping on any toes, I was just making a point! I once asked permission if I could update a song heading for the panel that had been enroute for several months and was about a panel's week away from being judged. I asked a judge if it had hit the panel yet, he said no and gave me the green light to update the track before it hits, since I host all my remixes on my own web server and can update the files. I'm not saying people SHOULD submit an unfinished song and then finish it within a few months... just saying it's possible... and you should ask permission to do so, of course. It's not something I would do because I usually call a song done and I maybe spend 5 hours per song, but then I learn something new and want to go back and improve their production. I think a remix album would only truly be a good idea if: - You have like 30 remixes to post, too much trouble to do it individually, go for the album and wait it out - You're working on it on the side and submit a song every few weeks... not sure if releasing the album would be faster if all the tracks pass, in fact I should ask, I bet they'd deny it and be all like "Wry? Songs already on the site, why make album, lol ur silly" or something

I found a chest full of diamonds actually, all those spots filled with 64 without enough time to have found a thousand diamonds yet

Technically you could submit something and then work on it for like 6 months depending on the speed of the panel. :3

Dear Jooj's, Are you really strict about the 3 week rule between submissions. If I submitted say, every 2 weeks, or maybe whenever I feel a song is done (which could be every few days lol j/k) would you guys really punish me for that by cancelling the ones submitted at the wrong time?

I didn't know you had a new house, I meant the one from the past server. Well congrats on having a house already, haha...

lol prophet's house got blowed up cause the server got re-rolled i am sorry for your loss my dear man i shall give you all the support i can offer to rebuild

When I saw the title, I was worried something remotely important might have been cancelled. Sorry to hear about your pirate game.

The things I really want nobody could give me, like world peace, or a lifetime supply of eggnog, so I'm not completely sure what to ask for yet. But I will figure out something later.

I am quite saddened by Emunator's recent lack of over-the-top hyperactivity for this project that he has had since December. He has been very distant and quiet since finishing Dexter season 4

I like the new dashboard look.. It's a little too simplified, which kinda pisses me off in the way that Youtube and IMDB et all piss me off, but it's cleaner so meh. Wish it could have loaded faster as a result but wah.

I knew you guys had started duping again as soon as I saw the first tower. That really ruins the game for everybody. x_x After a re-roll I would have thought that kind of behavior would be done with. Also the /spawn and /list type commands would be nice to have back. :3

Uhh, thanks dude! blackguitar grabbed up Gurgu Volcano, and with a 2:30 WIP already. I'm still hoping for Josh Whelchel to do Town, he said he'd do it in October though and now it is November 1st. Most of the songs are near completion with a couple problem chidruns with early WIPs yet. Hopefully they'll come around and finish stuff up soon. If you wanted to claim something from the GBA OST, that's open territory except for Church which is being done by chthonic.

I honestly don't know WHY they cancelled 1 vs. 100 but it's been a while since they did. They only ever had Sprint as a sponsor and they were giving away a lot of free stuff. Maybe they decided it wasn't financially worth it anymore.

I said console, not platform. I didn't say anything about "real gamers" either. Since when is being a real or fake gamer some kind of achievement? It's not out yet

Well all the I do too too too's and nonsense instead of actually talking about the Dash update or Kinect, it's not really on topic. But on the topic of gaming wirelessly, how many of you actually play FPS regularly? That's the kind of game that would need a wired connection. :3 And since we're on the topic of Xbox360 I think that's a valid statement, since it's really the main FPS console.

I think you guys aren't realizing this is Community, not off topic.

We get what, one major dashboard update per year. I thought this was spongeworthy. The update is for Kinect, but since most of us won't have that / won't be getting it until we find out it's legit, I'll just focus on the other stuff for now. (But please, feel free to post once you've got Kinect or about your plans -- no flaming, keep it adult in here. ) Here's some of the stuff we're looking towards: - Netflix search update - ESPN - Zune Music - Avatar update - Friggin pages aren't 3D no more now they're 2D flat tabs lol - (above) Kinect Support - Improved voice quality / codec - Revamped on-screen keyboard yay - Easier Marketplace browsing apparently - You can sign out other controllers now with your main one, I think There's a few other things but they seemed less interesting to mention, like that it is easier to get on a wireless network... who games wirelessly? I got a line going through the basement to hook up my stuff via ethernet. So when this thang drops tomorrow, we can discuss it further. I think Kinect drops on November 4th, so we've a few days yet until we can really discuss that if anyone is planning on getting it.

I checked it out, a bit of "In His Hands". Pretty sweet. Good drum sound, would you actually be able to record drums of this quality? Can you perform and expand on a pre-written programmed drums? And vocals were nice. If you'd be up for that Space Quest remix, that might be really awesome. You could even do vocals!

http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31839 Have any samples of your work?

Dragons!!!

Rock Band is solid on HDTVs but it does have lag during free-fill sections... Guitar Hero series on the other hand is unplayable on HDTVs. That's why I gave all of mine to my sister. She plays on medium. I played on Expert+ drums. Yeah...

You could spend hundreds of dollars on that rock band 3 bundle or you could, you know, get a kickass real guitar... You could spend $80 on the fake keyboard or get a much better, computer-functional midi keyboard... you see where I'm going with this? Anyway I'm sure the game is great fun, but it's not something I'll be able to afford any time soon. When your game peripherals start to rival the prices of their real-life counter-parts.... I dunno man....

Oh.....? Welp I can send you both artworks to your email or whatnot. I actually just made the other two pages for the Rainwound one specifically for the hopes of printing some up here. Your thermal thing sounds better though. Sure, you could print your own pages and disc.

Well it's not really sad, it's a fact.. I can never replicate what I was going through when I wrote these albums, in 2006 I think. They're some of the greatest songs I've ever made and I probably couldn't top them if I tried. So it's happy in a way that I've turned my life around but yeah, sad... can't make music like that anymore. About printing them up.. I was considering having some printed through CreateSpace after I set them up in that system. Then it costs $5 per professionally printed album for ME to buy them. Or I could print them myself with stuff I've got here, like paper, a printer, and lightscribe discs. Not nearly as glossy. What do you think?

Hi. I've taken a short hiatus while I'm not really able to work on music, but I have finally released these two albums on the internet where they can be listened to or purchased, like, digitally. I'm not sure if people typically write about memories of each song but I'd like to. These writings have nothing to do with the concept of the songs (they're both concept albums) but I think the individual pdfs of the stories are on each site. If not I'll try to get them up there, and maybe link them here later. I'm making such a "big deal" out of these postings because I will NEVER BE ABLE TO MAKE MUSIC THIS GOOD EVER AGAIN. So please enjoy. I'm very excited to present to you.... click the pictures / titles Rainwound - The Ivory Chapel Progressive Death Metal with a lot of prog rock influence This CD took like 3 years to finish, finally I just said I'm done tweaking this... if I re-record it again, I'm going to go insane. 1. November 23 - Originally made this song as part of what was going to be a collab between me and a friend from Texas. We had similar interests but he was lazy and didn't really put down ideas like I was dropping them, I think he might even be playing pop rock now. What is the significance of the date you ask? Hmmm... November is a fairly traumatic month, and the number 23 is full of mystery. Just kidding, I don't really know. Seemed like a good random date to celebrate though as an anniversary of sorts. 2. Her Silvery Vision - Like the first Rainwound CD, this is the obligatory second track of dark / atmospheric mood. I thought it'd be funny to do the same thing on the second album. 3. Memories - This one was a ton of fun. All acoustic song, very pretty. Auto-tune is used pretty heavily near the middle of the song for that ridiculous pop sound, but the CD as a whole really doesn't use auto-tune. I was vehemently against it at the time. 4. The Ivory Chapel - The title track.. I was extremely happy with this one! I think the piano break with the layered vocals and guitar solos came out really awesome. Then the heavy section directly after this is, in my opinion, the highlight of the album. Not to toot my own horn but like I said, it HAS been a few years and I make music I like to listen to, so I'm allowed to enjoy it, even now.. :3 5. To Measure One's Worth - Another all acoustic song. This was one of those weird situations where a song just comes together perfectly. I was playing with some non-fitting chords, and then they just fit together and I was like o_o And when something like that happens, it really gets me in a good writing mood.. then the rest of the song was born. 6. A Knight's Vengeance - The all-heavy piece... Oh wait, there's an acoustic ending. This was a ton of fun. I'd re-recorded the vocals for the whole CD a few times when I learned how to growl better. Before they were horrible, grating screams. This song has a bit of a higher range of growl to it mostly because I forgot it was supposed to be lower. But still not as high as previously recorded. 7. Holy Light - This is another song that was going to be a collab but I ended up writing and recording it all myself. It's all instrumental. It's also going to be on Rock Band soon I think made by that inimatible[?] fellow who charts stuff around here. 8. Assault on the Kingdom - I remember when I hit this section of the CD lyrically, that I was severely out of room for how I wanted to end it. I think I even re-wrote the ending as a result of improper planning. I'm super happy with how it ended though. The original idea was pretty cheesy. 9. Spiritual Hallucinations - The second big prog epic outside of the title track, this one is mostly acoustic but has an awesome instrumental heavy break. The prog break around 3:12 is one of my favorite moments. So there was my more-than-you-needed-or-wanted-to-know director's comments on this album. I hope you listen to it and enjoy it, and if you want to buy it.... well that's just great too. Want a physical copy, ask and I'll try to print up a DIY jewel case and bring it to MAGfest. That is, if you're going to MAGfest. Seriously. Go. In Staid Grace - Revelations Sorry about the inconsistent cover sizes. Progressive black metal I recorded this one in the middle of recording for The Ivory Chapel. I had a "version" of that one that I ended up being dissatisfied with and re-recording, but I took that break to work on this, the heavier material. 1. Malevolent Induction - Remade with EWQL SO! Yay! Much more expanded than the simple Cakewalk Studio strings version, but.. not too expanded still. 2. Soulscythe - The first actual song, so I had a lot to prove with this one... especially after the first CD. The goal is to always take it up a notch. This song has MAJOR CHORDS in it, what the....? I was trying to be heavy and intricate but also push the point that I'm my own dude. I'll make black metal with major chords in it... 3. Fall of Civilization - I had a guest vocalist for this song. Amalgamoth from Ophidian Forest. He also wrote the lyrics. Really outstanding performance and words. The song itself, I freaking love the chorus. I always thought it was so heavy. It's just powerchords. The steel slide lead covered in echo is much <3 as well. 4. Dying Visions - This is a big song for a lot of reasons. One, I left some of the original vocals from the first recording in there -- before I learned how to growl. So if you listen around 1:24, you can hear the older, ridiculously high-pitched, scratchy vocals layered on top. The badass part at 3:35 might be the closest thing to ska as I had made at that point, and now I love reggae. It's also the first song I recorded a profanity on. At 4:48. 5. Feast on the Weak - If there had ever been a music video... ... If there had been a second music video, it would have been this song. It's about vampires, and it's epic and mystical in ways I can't even comprehend anymore. The clean vocals are weak though. I can do heavy vocals now. :-\6. In Staid Grace - Yeh... I wanted to make a song I could play all the way through without stopping. This is that song. And I played it a lot live. And I made a ridiculous music video of it. Yeaaah, I recorded all the vocals in 1 take which was a dumb move because there's some pops in there or whatnot, but it was good for the video. 7. Malignant Rising - This song pre-dates this album by a couple years. I had made it for a game project that needed a wilderness battle theme. This is the WILDERNESS BATTLE THEME SONG. Now with growly vocals. I like the totally metal lead guitars and the piano overture or whatnot, hahah... so wacky. 8. Centurion Conflict (Pt. I) - You know it's good cause it has a roman numeral. This was supposed to be the political thrash song. I didn't know how to do thrash vocals though. It opens with a ridiculous falsetto scream which I'm so happy I was finally able to get on a song. The acoustic break at 2:30 is freaking sweet. You rarely get acoustic breaks on this kind of album. Lots of minor chords. 9. Lifestream - The title is not influenced by Final Fantasy VII at all. Just kidding, it totally is. The song itself is inspired by Jesu but I forget which song of theirs. The slow tempo made the recording of this an endurance test. There's a clean vocal part with auto tune well into the song that I love, so on a whim I deleted all of the instruments from behind it except for the acoustic guitar. Then it explodes back in, haha.. get ready for that. 10. Rigor Mortis - Pure insanity starts with a ROAR! And guest guitar solo by Zaragil from Ophidian Forest. It's really chaotic and cool. This is the "radio song" -- it's ideal radio length, and is catchy hehe. Nice melodic harmonies. There's a line in there with possibly my first recorded F-bomb, I think you should all listen and give heed to that line at 1:40. 11. Centurion Conflict (Pt. II) - Eh, it's just an outro. Really. I had the guitar part by itself, and struggled to work it into something I could record, and bla bla here it is. Dripping wet with reverbs. I was told I used 12 images so far and can only use 10... so... you'll have to deal with having ugly emoticons from here out. >=| Luckily, I'm done though. I hope you listen to both of these CDs and enjoy them. Maybe even buy one, or both! That's a loooooot of music! I need to update the websites. I haven't touched them for like a year... If you're going to comment on how muddy the songs are or anything... that ain't cool dawg... Sure my skills in audio production have improved a lot since I worked on those albums, but they're like, set in stone and timeless.. hehe. Plus I consider them to be a lot heavier, for me at least, with all of that low-end kept intact. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this look into these 2 albums and the music. Thanks. edit: P.S. Even if you just listen to it, please hit the "like" button to share it on Facebook. Would really appreciate that!