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Benjamin Briggs

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  1. vocals are mixed too quietly overall, and lyrics are often obscured completely by other instruments

    lots of rhythmic issues in the vocal performance that could have easily been re-recorded or even quantized with a small amount of sample editing

    heavily-religious lyrics left me with no memorable impression

    album artwork is a 30-second MSPaint job

    $10

    ...really? and you wonder why there's been no response? quite frankly, the product doesn't measure up to the promise (or the price), and the whole presentation looks like a soulless, egotistical cash-grab.

    I recommend showing your audience some humility and respect by trusting them to name their own price.

    Edit: my intention is not to tear down your album needlessly or hurt your feelings. All complaints aside, I appreciated the catchy beats and overall musicality, and I was bobbing my head along for most of the album.

    my point is: if you're truly concerned about generating buzz or growing your fanbase, don't put a big ugly price-tag on your music.

  2. Bab_2_tile-1.jpg

    http://groupees.com/bab2

    hey everyone, myself and a couple of the GameChops.com guys (halc, Pixel8r) have lent our music as a free reward for a charity fundraiser called Build-A-Bundle 2, where you pick a bunch of games, pay what you want (with a minimum I believe), and our music is included as a free prize for reaching the $12,500 goal

    so, check it out, if you see some games you want or need, hopefully it's a good deal for you! :D

  3. Game Boy Advance support should be added sooner rather than later, in my opinion

    not a very "obscure" system :)

    also,

    Good news: I looked into the software library that handles the DS music. It should be pretty straightforward to get channel toggling working there and I will try to include that in a future player version.

    It looks like the DS supports 16 channels. I guess I should display the voices in 2 columns of 8.

    ooh my god yes oh my god yes oh my god yes oh my yes god my oh god yes god

  4. this is fantastic! is this functional outside of your website, like if I click on a .gbs file will it automatically play? if not, that feature would be divine

    thanks to your "random game" button I've already discovered an awesome soundtrack I've never heard before, and it's super convenient not having to download or install anything but an automatic app

    everything seems to work fine so far, love it

  5. I feel like this topic has been brought up 3 or 4 times in the last couple of weeks

    I know there was just recently a thread that ended up turning to this sort of discussion...

    http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19331

    I had plenty to say there, and it's still "where I stand"

    sampling, remixing, arranging, midi-ripping, mash-upping... all of it in my opinion is fair game. if someone puts effort into something and someone else wants to buy it, I don't see any moral issue there at all. like I said, developers and composers set the climate for music piracy, and it really doesn't seem like they see remixing for profit as a form of piracy. I don't see it that way either; there are only 12 notes to choose from in music after all ;D

    now if someone is literally selling/re-selling the exact same songs with no alterations whatsoever, I can agree that it's morally, uh, bad.

    edit: by the way, I bought Zelda Step

    :P

  6. yes, I would have no problem writing music as my "full-time job"

    for me it's about time management and deadlines. I've proven to myself over and over again that I can meet deadlines, so I don't see any reason to fear taking on a lot of them if I don't have to waste 40 hours a week at some crappy day job

    but these gigs aren't exactly flooding in, so I haven't quit my day job yet.

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