Tepid

I have a lot to thank Nobuo Uematsu for, both as a great composer and a man with a fantastic personality. I had absolutely no hesitation in clicking the 'like' button on his pages.

Happy birthday Jordan, you da man! Keep pumpin out those sweet tunes.

Hey folks, it's been a while since I've posted on here but I'm glad to say that I've still been making music. I credit OCR for inspiring me musically over the years, and I still am big into video game music and the remixes from this great website (love the new FFXIII soundtrack and the DKC2 project). For those who are perturbed I have been gone from the community, I have not abandoned you, I'm just busy at college and I've been doing competition remixes and even a little freelance scoring for some money for bills. I still keep in touch with a bunch of awesome remixers from OCR outside of the threads, and still I love everyone here (within moderation). Also, I have a Zelda OCReMix I posted last summer that's been tentatively sitting in the TO BE POSTED section of the judges decisions thread since last year, so I'm hoping that will hit the home page eventually. Anyway, I thought I'd fill you guys in on my recent doings. I switched from mellow (or otherwise 'tepid') guitar ballads to more electronicly orientated stuff. I try to add some video game elements to my tracks when I can too. I generally give away my music for free, except my new single Paris on iTunes, which I did with a Japanese label (19Box Records) but they've been weird and wont pay me anything anyway, so it doesn't matter. Ask me nicely and I'll send you the single for free Here's all the different websites I've posted my junk on. Recently, I decided to go for some more mainstream remixes, so my latest remix is and electronic take Taylor Swift's Love Story. Controversial, but don't dismiss it until you take a listen. Please feel free to add/friend me, steal/listen/enjoy my free mp3's and I'd love to hear from you Youtube Channel Soundcloud Twitter Myspace Page Facebook (Personal...no stalkers plz) Facebook (fan page) Enjoy! Phil/Tepid/Blue Satellite

I absolutely love this website, and owe much of my enthusiasm for music to it. I don't think I would have got into producing music and still be doing it to this day if OCReMix had not been around. Thank you djp and all of the people who work hard to keep this website running. Long live OCReMix!

glad to see you on OCR, Nase. I'm a fan of your stuff on OLR and I could tell you were good enough to post stuff anywhere. A great arrangement.

Hey hey, lets keep this on topic folks ha. Jade: I appreciate your comment, but I can't really contend with people you're in a pre-existing relationship with. Thanks for all the nice feedback, I enjoyed making the track. I actually had 95% of the track finished within 2 days of the competition starting, and came back to add some touches before submitting it. I did spend a large part of both days working on the track though. Wish I had done a vocal edit, but it's still possible (for fun) if anyone wants to lay some down over the track. Also, I got my 8-Bit shirt in the mail and it's awesome. Thanks!

correct. I must be dylsexic or something

Well, I'm not cool for starting a new thread for this, but I wanted to get an early advantage in the competition, and some extra support from anyone who's interested. Indaba Music is a great resource for finding mainstream remixes: they provide free stems and you can use the one site software to remix songs or you can use your own (superior) software. I would recommend anyone from OCR to join, and come compete for stuff. Since I already mentioned it earlier, if anyone likes my music and wants to help me out, you can register at Indaba and listen to and vote for my remix of The Crystal Method - Come Back Clean here. Here's the remix mp3 for anyone who likes electronic/funk: The Crystal Method - Come Back Clean (Blue Satellite Remix) Thanks.

great, and make haste if you're entering, there's 4 days left! There's a lot of duff mixes but some real gold in the competition. Thanks for the vote, I appreciate it man.

my remix is up (under the alias 'Blue Satellite')! Please sign up and vote for me on Sep 15th http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/9214

I decided to get it on this. Looks like fun! (Already have a WIP, but I'm keeping it a secret till it's finished).

It's true, thanks man. It was good incentive to keep adding little touches (a couple of which you specified) to the song to make it more interesting. I'm pleased with the results too, and enjoyed Rayza's mix. Looking forward to hearing the rest of them too.

kudos to Rayza, with a well deserved first place. Anything that has creative sidechaining is an instant win for me. The transposed vocal samples are pretty awesome. Great job!

it's still in repairs unfortunately, I'm visiting a friend's house now and using their desktop. I hope to see it in the next couple days so I can finish my album this summer.

I hope everyone who entered is checking their email. Good news, everyone!

aw man, has anything happened with this? Looking forward to hearing the entries.

Subbed! Hope you like it, it was a blast to make. I'm pretty much deaf from mixing it with crappy ear buds though, but it was a labor of love. I'm not gunna have steady internet, so I'll check in a couple days for the results unless someone wants to email them to me at phswan@gmail.com Thanks.

thankfully zircon will be too busy, I asked him and he's getting himself married right now ha. But it is possible one of the aforementioned remixers will win. I'm getting signed to an indie electronic label for my electronic stuff (not that it makes my music any better), and I still plan on entering for fun. What I'm saying is that it looks like a normal remix competition; remember OCR did a remix competition for first time mixers? This time it's a competition for everyone. It's only fair. I won't speak for Larry though, so he's the authority in regards to your question.

I have one additional question regarding my own mix: I've created a full arrangement of Tricky Game, but I wanted to filter the original song into my track. So maybe a no more than 10 seconds of the original, and put through a (FM radio/telephone) filter to fade into my completely remix. They're in the same key, so it would work and you could see the similarities immediately.

psssh steady. So you don't sequence for 8 hours straight and forget to eat?

Well, I'm making good progress on my remix. Jeez, still got about a month left so I guess I'll have to do a vocal edit to have another entry. Man the prizes are fantastic, this is gunna be tough. Joe Swanson from Family Guy voice* LET'S DO THIS!

Sounds cool so far man, reminds me of Metal Gear. It's a creative use of the source. The only thing I can suggest at this point is that you have something else going on in the center of the mix. I'm saying this because the robotic FX are panned hard left, glitchy loop hard right, and the center sounds like just the kick drum/loop, which are pretty low end (I love the bass pulses of course). I was gunna post my 8 Bit Weapon mix on the WIP forums, but I'm not sure I will since it's part of the competition, and I'm sure the people giving feedback will not want your mix to become too great ha.