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  1. I can't lie, the really fake strings did bother me a bit :? Once you got into the thick of the mix and they were a bit more covered up it felt okay, but even if you weren't going for realism that part of the song didn't jive with me.

    I didn't get the impression that they were supposed to sound real at all. If anything, they sounded a lot like the actual SNES strings from the Secret of Mana game. Everything but the drums has that chilled out synthetic feel too it. Even the guitar, which is obviously real, had enough effects to fit the electronic aesthetic.

    I don't know why, but I really like the drums in this song. They've got a simple organic vibe to them, and the just kinda keep chugging along... especially in the first half of the song... kinda gives a 70s disco feel to the whole thing.

  2. Yeah, I really want to come up with a decent new username just so I don't have to correct people whenever they mispronounce it :-P

    Plus it's a really stupid name anyway, lol

    No it's not. It's like an Emu from the future sent to kill John Connor. That's awesome.

    Sinewav is a stupid name. everyone pronounces it like "sinewave"

    it's supposed to be pronounced "wooooooooooooo"

    Like a sinewave....

    ...

    ...Get it?

    *crickets*

  3. Feels like just yesterday Darkesword and GrayLightning were just appointed as mods and judges. Happy birthday, OCR, and thanks for everything you've done Dave!

    I miss GrayLightning. :-(

    Also, I'll actually be able to be here for the OCADeys. My manager decided to send me home from work due to the store being over hours. I know you're all relieved.

  4. I love this place. No doubt it's had an influence on my life.

    For something like this to bring me to tears, grabbing my emotion, you know it is deeply heartfelt when I say thank you to everyone involved who made this place what it is!

    Amen to that. If you're not moved at all by the Dragon Song, you probably have no soul.

  5. There was an episode yesterday? o.O

    I wasn't nominating it based on what it had accomplished, only based on what it is now... as far as podcasts go, it's not better than OCAD or RadioTheSauceLiveFM so that's how I came to the conclusion... I didn't think it had even recorded a new episode in months, so the podcast without casting would auto-lose. :x

    Sinewav once again forgets that sarcasm doesn't translate well onto internet forums.

    That was kinda the point... they haven't done a new VGDJ since the beginning of forever. The statement which remarked on "yesterday's" fictitious podcast was meant to satirically highlight the of the lack of recent episodes.

    Jokes are kinda like frogs. You can dissect them, examine them, and figure out what makes them tick, but chances are they'll be dead when you're done with them.

  6. Wow... I just realize, I was only about 13 or 14 when I started coming here. This place has been so influential in the person that I've become... I doubt I would have even put much thought into learning music if not for the awesome arrangements here.

    For the first few years, I just kinda lurked around, had a few chuckles with a song about groins. Then, I heard this. Changed my outlook on music completely, and made me want to play Chrono Trigger, which... well, yeah, if you've played it, then you know, and if you haven't, drop what you're doing right now and get on that.

    I remember crying the first time I heard Journey's End. I remember so many times when people were ill and the community banded around them. I remember when Rueben Kee died... I never even talked to the guy, but I felt like I had lost a friend. I guess you could say I knew him through his music. It made me realize how much art (especially music) is part of a person's soul... and not just a hobby or a career path some people take.

    On a lighter note, one of my favorite memories was years back when it seemed like every other thread was someone complaining about the evil Electronic Arts empire, and how they were going to take over the whole world by buying out every other company in existence. (Okay that's an exaggeration, but it was pretty bad.) Then on April 1st, DJP and crew revealed the new "EA Remix"!... and half the site panicked. And then it seemed just as everyone was finally figuring out that it was a joke, we received a "Cease and Desist Order" from Neil L. Shapiro, attorouney for EA!... and even the people who were in on the first half of the joke got worried because only a handful of people knew that the C&D order was fake too. People were freaking out trying to figure out if it was real.

    So I changed my screen name to Neil L. Shapiro (back when such things were more acceptable) and confirmed it. Then everyone started dicking around and the whole site turned into an Unmoddian nightmare for a day. Not something that I would enjoy all the time, but it was pretty hilarious that one time. Easily my favorite April Fools prank ever, and pretty much the most fun I've ever had on the internet.

  7. Hot damn. I want a copy of this on vinyl.

    Personally, I'm really digging the low quality handheld recorder stuff and the chatter in the background, though I'm surprised that it got posted. Judges here really surprise me sometimes (in a good way)

    Also...

    HOLY SHIT.

    That is all. I can honestly say that, after the first listen, this became one of my jazz standards. That bari player should get a prize, the Buddy Rich drum solo action ate babies, nice shouting with the trumpets. I feel like anything I say actually doesn't do this justice. Well done...outta curiousity, does anyone know if this is gonna be played at a jazz club anytime? I'll make the trip - I've got some money saved up, so I'll seriously come from Ottawa to Toronto to hear this band. Congrats - apologies for cursing, but...wow. Just...Wow.

    Everything this guy said.

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