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Trenthian

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  1. What is "alternative orchestra"? Is that a music term? No, I'm not being sarcastic.

    An alternative orchestra is an enseble that resembles a pops orchestra, with a modern attachment.

    The style of music greatly ranges from pops, symphony, and modern symphonic styles (electronic, rock, funk, jazz)

    A key ingredient to alternative orchestra is the blending of the modern elements to come across with a very smooth and natural flavor so the Guitars/synths and what have you's do not sound forced or stand outish.

    The elements are there, but utilized in a manner that does not scream "HEY I AM GUITAR + ORCHESTRA" rather eloquently states " Here is some really chill music, yo"

    Less a synth rock band, more a baroque chamber ensemble.

  2. I personally would be buying 3, if possible.

    an Xxl for me, an XL for me in 1 month, and an XXXL for my female counterpart's loaner pajamas. (shrouding a S/M sized girl in an XXXL shirt, and panties and nothing else... OMG HAWT even better if it looks like her Breasts are wearing headphones.)

  3. at first I was like:

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    Then 1:25 happened. Then I was like

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    for about 5 seconds...

    then I was like

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    then 1:57 happened! and I was like

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    again.

    When this song rocks, this song rocks.

    There needs to be better vocal placement before I will even pretend the lyrics sound good.

    Whatever exciter they put the audio through its not working, and is making everything sound very hollow.

    There is a very indy quality about this song and while the actual music is pretty sweet, it certainly lacked

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  4. ::listens:: expect an edit in a sec.

    But yeah that intro beats my ass... (in a good way)

    Edit1: wow... This is one of the only OCR's in the last 10 or so posts that i've liked.

    Edit2: OMG. This is a work of art.

    Edit3:

    ENDING!? WTF NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

    KEEEEEEEEP GOOOOOOOOOOOOOING.

    Man i was sad when thast crap stopped.

    Okay, so yeah. Awesome awesome attention to everything that is just good musicality.

    The rhythm destroys all manner of worlds.

    The Basses are appropriate at asll times. The tone and voicing is flawless to near perfect all the time. There are lots of creative risks taken that work really well.

    The remixer takes advantage of the good points of his rather less than steller strings, and as a result makes them sound amazing.

    Overall there is some excellent sequencing going on at all times. How much of the rhythm was actually sequenced, or simply sampled I cannot know but it sounds great regardless of the methods employed. Im not one to typically enjoy stuff with such bell-like leads, but this is for whatever reason wholly the best choice I could fathom hearing. I love when this piece starts to Growl, I love everything about this one... really

    EXCEPT! the ending. this piece needs to be about 10 minutes longer and just keep making me want to make bad decisions in the dark with multiple women.

    -trenthian

  5. I think from a mixing standpoint, this is a crystal clearand lovely example of how piano and vocals should be placed.

    As far as the material itself goes, the piano and singin is top drawer, as anyone who has followed Pixietricks' and Ruebens music before.

    Technique: there are a few parts in the arrangment where the rhythm and vocals do not work as well, but it is to be expected on an arrangement like this, where it isnt actually performed in the same room.

    Compy Fox, you did a wonderful job mixing this,

    Reuben, Great Piano and arranging, and Pixie, some really great singing.

    If there was any worry that Chrono trigger as source material was a dead subject, this mix Superbly demonstrates that, as a certain flamboyant vampire once said, "there's life in these old Bones yet!"

  6. Shael 4 Judge!

    Quoted for emphasis.

    So for all those wondering what it was that I got for Valentine's Day. Here is how it all happened.

    5:00pm: Larry shows up at my house, with an air freshener ("because you liked it so much last year"), this time kiwi scented. "Not the most romantic thing, I know, but very practical." Ever the debonaire gentleman, Larry installs the freshener himself, handing me a Coke bottle that had rolled under the seat.

    6:00pm Arrive at grocery store for dinner. "Instead of Campbells, I thought we could try something different for a change. I was thinking....Hungry Man, since, you know, I'm a Hungry Man for you!"

    6:32pm: Hungry Man Salisbury Steak with mashed potatoes and green beans and Hungry Man Classic Fried Chicken Dinner with corn and mashed potatoes with Franzia's White Zinfandel.

    6:50pm. With dinner completed, Larry had yet another suprise for me: Under Seige 2: Dark Territory. He asked if I would have preferred Freddie Got Fingered, as he almost chose that one at Blockbuster, but I assured him, US2 was a better, ahem, choice.

    8:29pm. With US2 over, Larry informs me that he has to update the Currently in the Judging Process announcement.

    9:05pm. Larry is still looking for gamer-oriented sprites to put on the announcement. I eat some of the chocolate I got him and go to bed.

    10:55pm. With Larry finally done searching for Valentine's Day oriented sprites, he wakes me up and wants to show me his cute Final Fantasy icons. I tell him he can go play with his icons on his own.

    10:58pm. Larry wakes me up again, because Red Sonja is on tv. I throw him a piece of my lingerie and say "here pretend i'm with you, i'm going back to sleep."

    12:02am. Larry arrives in bed with his laptop, playing Lunar Singing Pretzel OC ReMix. Obviously this means the male lion is in heat. Needless to say, I pretended I was asleep through Lunar Singing Pretzel, Larry's Toyota Disco-Gran Turismo OL ReMix, Vigilante's "Funky Monkey Love-Valentine's Day Edit," and Daknit's Bard of Tarot-"Final Fantasy 7 CoolCatSithe OC ReMix".

    I'd have put out. How could you resist the singing pretzel?!

  7. This remix sounds like a PSX adaptation with slightly better samples. Its all very Midi, all very stiff.

    The crotales need to not happen ever again in musical history the way they happen in this mix.

    The mix overall especially in the ending section is cluttered with new age nonsense that has nothing to do with the source material.

    A lot of the ideas between different themes could have been more relavent to the original source as well.

    Largely this mix suffers in the listenability due in part to the sample desicions, the disregard to arranging FOR said samples.

    If I were to ask for specific changes, I'd see the Bell part played on classical guitar instead or second piano,

    There are characters to some of the chord choices and progression throughtout the mix that give the entire piece a sound that feels like Abadoss is simply rambling along not actually focused on a specific sound or Idea. Thats not a good thing.

    I'd ask that the harp part be retooled completely so as not to clash with the rest of the mood.

    I'd ask for more fluid transitions between themes instead of a near end of movement feeling.

    Aside from the flute in the early parts of this mix, the samples are pretty nasty.

    So while in my opinion this mix has some strong points, it has far many more issues that need to be dealt with or retooled.

    NO.

  8. hello everyone, pehaps one of you would know.

    I want to get a midi drum controller, such as the trigger finger by m-audio.

    But I would like to have a pedal pad.

    basically, I'd like a simple drum trigger with a kick pad.

    Any of you folks know a simple setup for this?

    otherwise down the road Im either gonna have to get a real drumkit, or a middleweight electric set.

    Given my current space limitations, the latter would be disasterous.

  9. Alright, I just got a new performance synth, so Im currently available to play keyboard (Jazz/Funk/Rock/Electronica)

    I can play by ear, and I can more than adequately record the performance.

    For reference the synth is a Yamaha S90 ES

    Its got some GREAT keyboard capabilities (Clavi, Wurlitzer, EP, Piano, Rhodes), and some of the most believable piano I have ever heard out of a performance stage keyboard.

    Added to that is some very thick heavy bass and lots of way wierd SFX and Melodic SFX and electronica patches.

    If you have an arrangment in mind, Ill talk to you about it and see if we can work something out together.

    But I would LOVE to get some dedicated playing time on this towards some sort of end result.

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