Joshua Morse

Thanks for the comments so far, guys!

Joshua Morse & Anthony Lofton present Hybridism: a Ragnarok Online Arrangment Album. You can download the album over at http://roh.jmflava.com/. This project has been a good 5 months in the making so I'm glad it's finally out and ready to be downloaded. Hope everyone out there enjoys it!

Agreed. However, this project is going to take forever to go anywhere if I'm the only one tagging mixes! So if any of you support this idea, don't hesitate to start tagging!

I've been in the process of developing some stuff that meets you halfway on this. I previously had the thought of changing the name to OCR Tags, which I plan on doing in the near future. As of right now, I'm going to keep the genres, however, I've implemented an 'additional elements' feature with tag options like 'live guitar', 'live vocals', etc. On a side note, I've given users who've registered the ability to tag remixes themselves.

Hit the nail on the head! No. I don't feel a rating system would be beneficial or even work in this community. I feel that it would promote cliques and elitism. I also feel that people's personal feelings would get in the way of a majority of the ratings (I.E. I don't like this remixer as a person therefore I don't like this remixer's arrangements so I'll give them all a low rating). Understandable. As a musician, if I voiced my discontent about my arrangements being used in a project I didn't agree with or support, I would expect the person running the project to respect my wishes. So I can exclude your remixes from the site if you don't want them to be included. The same goes for any other remixer who feels this way.

As long as the whining is constructive and well-founded, there shouldn't be any problems.

Hey all, Lately I've been immersing myself in a number of web development projects. One of said projects includes something called OCR Genres. In short, I plan for it to be a supplemental website to OCR, providing a new way of searching for mixes: via genre. I've seen some demand for people wanting remixes to be categorized by genre, so here's your chance! I need your help! To explain, OCR Tags allows for users to tag their favorite remixes via genre and elements. I still have a quite a bit to work on, but you can check out the site right here. Users can register and start tagging immediately. I'd also like to welcome any questions / comments anyone has as I'm trying to build up an FAQ for the website. So let me have it!

Really amazing playing, Sam. 2:40 is off the chain. I've always been a fan of bzam from FX1; I'd love to see what you would do with that one, if you were up to it, of course!

A while back I had a Final Fantasy 7 project I wanted to pursue. Unfortunately, the project never made it. I was able to find some of the tracks (5 of them) from it in the attic and dust them off. I've released the collection over at my website. Feel free to leave any feedback you might have at on the site. Thanks!

Very impressive stuff. 'Girl Trouble' is easily my favorite track on the collection, right in front of 'Bank Holiday'. Great work, Shael.

After some technical difficulties, I'm now releasing Waveform to anyone and everyone! For those not in the know, Waveform is an FM Chipdisc I put together fairly recently. For more information / to download, head over to the offical Waveform website.

Souliarc, maybe you could learn a thing or two from Dale? I could be wrong, but I see no evidence of substantial credibility to back up your statements regarding Dale's "auto-tuning". As for the arrangement...I almost remixed this in hopes of having Joe Cam sing over it, though I entertained the idea for maybe two minutes. Dale managed to make the track sound great despite putting it together at the 'last minute'. It made a great closer for Bound Together as well.

Yeah, he should probably just start using Kompakt presets for every track he does from here on out. Ha! Clearly, he might as well just threaten to pull all of his mixes off the site due to the criticism. While he's at it, he could start shoveling out critiques based on a subject he knows virtually nothing about!

Yeah, he should probably just start using Kompakt presets for every track he does from here on out.

Because you are MORE than qualified to make that call!!!!!!!

It's not meant to be "DOOM", it's a remix. And on that note, not everyone is going to agree with you on what "DOOM" is. Not meant to be DOOM? So much for tribute, I guess.

I enjoyed this track a lot. Always enjoy a good arrangement from Starfox. Nice work.

Hype: Loud advertising and promotion. Example: 1) The new movie by Steven Spielberg is getting a lot of hype. 2) Don't believe the hype! also check out, Hype:Extreme promotion of a person, idea, or product. You also didn't consider (due to your extreme ignorance) the fact that the IM's and message board posts contained phrases like "You gotta check this track out" & "If you haven't heard this, what are you waiting for?" Thanks, hope you stick to your words kid.

lol yep. people sure are making a huge deal over this track. i find it to be a good track, not a great track. i understand what harmony is going for here but some of the elements aren't executed well enough for this track to live up to the hype everyone's been giving it. No one is giving it "hype". It's PRAISE. I hope you get your english right the next time round, or do you just love being one of those off-beat cynic judges? Actually plenty of people are giving this "hype". Seeing as how there's links to it on other message boards and that I've gotten IM's about it. I believe that would qualify as hype. But you're the english major here. I hope you'll decide not to open your mouth about stupid shit like that next time round, though you probably won't.

lol yep. people sure are making a huge deal over this track. i find it to be a good track, not a great track. i understand what harmony is going for here but some of the elements aren't executed well enough for this track to live up to the hype everyone's been giving it. first off, the vocals are blurry. for two reasons, #1 being the lack of highs but also in combination with #2, being the volume. the lead vocals aren't loud enough and are being smothered by the instruments. so the lyrics are pretty hard to make out. the 1:58 dropout of the percussion is sudden and does not work. the 2:33 works because you're changing the mood of the track, and you also used the bells/cymbal to help smooth out the transition. a boost in your bass and kick would be nice for some low end. the mix seems a little light because of this but not by a lot, just a small bit. the time change from 5/4 to 3/4 at 2:31 was slick. aside from that nothing made me say 'wow' in the least. also, does anyone else think harmony sounds incredibly white when he sings?

#1. That's not skipping. If you would take the time to listen to it carefully, you would see that it's percussive, since it's on-tempo. #2. Since when is a rating of 7 / 10 great?? Last I checked 7/10 was average. If I was 'very pleased' with the creative flow of a song, and thought that mixes like this were 'great', I'd be dishing out a 9/10 or 10/10. Give Daniel some credit, man.

Just super.

Unipulator, I wouldn't worry about half the people in here hating on you. How often do you hear distorted piano? RARELY! Can we try and embrace creativity in music? Unipulator, what you did is different. Not only do I like the arrangment, but I think you did a good job.

Nice work on this!

I enjoy the work you did here!