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I think the best idea to go about this is to track down any Mario specialists. Mind you, what kind of genre do you have in mind for your arrangement; is it rock? Is it trance? Is it salsa? (actually scratch that last suggestion ) It would also help if you are able to get out there and promote the project a little more. Being stuck in the Requests forums is tough, and I learnt the hard way with the Dragon Warrior project in its first month or so. From project experience, I would advise you to PM anyone and everyone about it; if you have thoughts of any specific artists covering specific songs (like you did when contacting me to do Cortex), ask them. If that falls through, go through your next choices in line and so on and so on. I am really sure this will help things out. On top of that I will be able to arrive at the Liverpool campus on Sunday, and once I do I will be able to start work on my arrangement. Odds are I may need to find a guitarist myself to help cover some ground, but we'll see what happens

That's true, but why did you censor it? You know that anyone reading this will soon stumble across the playlist for that show.

Apparently VGF84 is out and ready for the public. Do you suppose ********* has been given public exposure too?

Well I'm just about to head back to the University campus next week. Sign me on for Credits

Apparently, Compyfox is under the impression that as long as he's banned he can't do squat. I would suggest that you try to get in contact with him about it. I've tried numerous attempts but he can't stop talking about his problems with OCR. Either way, let me snag the MP3. It's been a while

I know you're without a way to host on the Emory servers unless you pass them to Paige (does she have email btw?), though odds are Herograw would somehow come in here and give you a hand on that. Or if not, you can call him.

I think The Coop had some Thunder Force coverage hosted on VGMix, though I can't even remember if it's the game you implied. Either way, I can provide you a couple of links on this matter. "Dual Storm" (BrainCells & CarboHydroM) A metal collab between two of my fave guitarists in the community. It won the Dwelling of Duels Space Shooters theme in February 2005. SIDE NOTE: BrainCells made a Thunder Force 3 mix and subbed it to the panel, though it got rejected on grounds of minimal arrangement. I don't know if I can find it unless VGMix comes back online in the next five minutes. "Waves of Adrenaline" (goat) Just scroll down the page and you'll see it; his direct links have too many spaces to make a proper link in this post. But anyway, this is another metal-ish track, though this time it's his take on The Grubby Blue Dark. I actually am impressed with his level of arrangement in this one in comparison to some of his other works

I just saw your first votes, guys. And I know for sure I'm seeing a great chunk of potential on you both. Reminders of Harmony and GrayLightning respectively come to mind for the way you present your votes and whatnot (not saying that you guys are replacing them or anything but I just wanted to point that out), which isn't much of a bad thing at all. Nice work

First and foremost, I was not attacking Jill, neither do I have hard feelings for her. I was just being a little analytical in what she's provided music-wise, that's all. Though, I've come to understand your words on that her test batch writeups were impressive so I hope I'll see her providing some good public writeups too. Once again, I want to wish both her and Jimmy the best of luck on their time serving on the panel. Hopefully they'll serve the site well

Aw man, Compyfox is so gonna be pissed. I congratulate you both however. I may be skeptical on Jill however given that I've yet to see her use anything other than her voice (no links to Prayer plz), but I'm sure she'll provide a good sugar coating to the panel with her feminine charm. And I also love BGC's music too; amazing what he can do to help add some life to the otherwise lifeless Slayer, right? Now get to work

I tell you what, for the big collab at the end, if you would prefer to have dhsu on the keys, will it be ok if I still contribute with a recorder or something?

No matter what I still have to wait until 5 in the morning, so I'd still be dozing while the release comes through. Interesting move, mind you.

I think I did that in zyko's reappointment thread, but I think I'll say it again here for references' sake. Gray was among one of the nicest people I came to know in the community, and it shows to his communication with others. I found him one of the more informative people when telling me something's been going on inside the "walls", so to speak. I found him one of the most comforting people that I managed to speak to whenever things go wrong. I found him to be a very fine example of communication while seeing drama at a minimum. And on top of that, as shown by his musical aids for multiple artists (dhsu, Bladiator and myself among others), he was also shown to be a great assist to remixers alike. I don't even know if I'll get to speak to him again down the line, but whatever happens, I hope he does well in his new career.

Man, someone needs to photoedit that gif and have Mario chasing Bowser instead.

Pocketman, it's one thing to keep genres the same as the original, but to be frank, Bowser's many boss themes have been taken through different genres. I'd say SMB1's boss was pretty "classical" (I'm imagining this on some organ), his boss theme in Yoshi's Island was metal, his music in NSMB sounded more "pop-like" to be frank (though that's probably limitations of the hardware), and his theme as used in Super Mario RPG seems to sound more like it's better set for pitched orchestration. I'd say the genre adaption for Bowser himself is pretty diverse. Though, whatif some character themes seem to be a little mild? Looking at the multiple Cortex sources though, most of these sound more like they would come straight out of a secret agent movie given the motifs and whatnot, thus counteracting the orchestral/rock/trance aspect of the project. I see this as the more interesting direction to work with, as with what there is in the source tune I could be able to take it into a more free direction. Again, no matter what, I say it's up to the user to create what kind of adaptation they want. It's not about what genre they pick; it's the way that they do it

No, you actually speak it well moreso than most other foreigners around here I'm not saying that "Crescendo to Catastrophe" is a rough title; I'm saying that there needs to be some more punch somewhere. (an odd choice of words, but it'll do.)

What I mean is, the title of "Crescendo to Catastrophe" can be quite a mouthful for some people, so I would say look around for some other words to fit the description.

I can see where you're coming from with the two "chaoses", though I would probably opt for a shorter word for the foreigners in mind. **pokes Nineko**

I don't want to rub off and sound like a jerk, but I actually like SFC's artwork. I know that it was given a more "realistically-situated" look, but that shouldn't be the reason on why people seem to keep hating on it. It's just art, people.

DJP said in the chat last night that 1500 will arrive before the end of the month. I'm sure we're getting closer with every passing hour

Nah, I would figure that OCR1500 would be another djp song, probably his material for the Tales project. But only time would tell, that's for sure o_O

For much of the time I approve, but if you're linking games that are already covered on the site, you forgot Sonics 2 and 3 for one thing Other than that, yeah. I know I've been out of the loop for a while, but I still am happy to see this nearing completion and whatnot.

That answers our question, Mike Thanks for the clarification Proph.