Eino Keskitalo Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 When will the "Currently.." thread be updated? Also, if The Pixies submitted ( , I believe it uses about the first minute of that), what would your decision be? Some pretty badass music in that game btw.. Quote
ad.mixx Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 Is there any way that I could pull a track from being put on the judges panel on OCR? It hasn't shown up yet but I don't even think it's close to something being good for the site, which I didn't really think about when subbing it. : / The song's "Drowning in a Sea of Bass".. I'd rather redo it later than have it go through the panel feeling it won't pass.. Quote
Anorax Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 Is there any way that I could pull a track from being put on the judges panel on OCR? It hasn't shown up yet but I don't even think it's close to something being good for the site, which I didn't really think about when subbing it. : /The song's "Drowning in a Sea of Bass".. I'd rather redo it later than have it go through the panel feeling it won't pass.. But even if it doesn't pass, you can still get some feedback from the judges panel on what you need to improve in your track Quote
MindWanderer Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 But even if it doesn't pass, you can still get some feedback from the judges panel on what you need to improve in your trackAlso, resubs get fast-tracked. Quote
Eino Keskitalo Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 Do resubs need to follow the "three weeks between submissions" rule? I don't think I saw that they needn't on the submit/FAQ; but somewhere I have gotten this idea in the back of the mind. Probably making it up, but thought I'd check. Quote
Liontamer ⚖️ Posted June 24, 2014 Author Posted June 24, 2014 Do resubs need to follow the "three weeks between submissions" rule?I don't think I saw that they needn't on the submit/FAQ; but somewhere I have gotten this idea in the back of the mind. Probably making it up, but thought I'd check. No. Send them whenever. Quote
supercoobie64 Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 I didn't make this song, but I'm planning on doing something similar in terms of arrangement and ratio between the original song/new composition. It's also literally one of the best songs I have ever heard. Here is the original song for reference: Quote
DarkeSword 🎮 Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 If you want to find out if we'd accept something, you have to make the mix and submit it. We're not going to say "YES, we will accept something like this" because that's ultimately a pretty meaningless statement. We judge remixes, not ideas for remixes. In any case, there's nothing special about that remix you posted that would preclude it from being judged just like any other electronic remix. Quote
Brandon Strader Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 Actually, Sakura is a Japanese folk song... so, they probably wouldn't allow that and have historically rejected a song that mixed it. Quote
timaeus222 Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 If a ReMix was approved for an album but then later rejected for a site mixpost, does an approved resub become an "alternative site version" or does the album version get replaced too? Or something else? Quote
Liontamer ⚖️ Posted June 26, 2014 Author Posted June 26, 2014 If a ReMix was approved for an album but then later rejected for a site mixpost, does an approved resub become an "alternative site version" or does the album version get replaced too? Or something else? If an album's already released, the album version is what it is. Albums are from a moment in time, just like a passed ReMixes. We don't do replacements after an album's released. Quote
supercoobie64 Posted June 26, 2014 Posted June 26, 2014 If you want to find out if we'd accept something, you have to make the mix and submit it. We're not going to say "YES, we will accept something like this" because that's ultimately a pretty meaningless statement. We judge remixes, not ideas for remixes.In any case, there's nothing special about that remix you posted that would preclude it from being judged just like any other electronic remix. Oh, ok. I didn't know if it met the requirements since it uses only a small part of the original. Thanks! Quote
Liontamer ⚖️ Posted June 26, 2014 Author Posted June 26, 2014 Oh, ok. I didn't know if it met the requirements since it uses only a small part of the original. Thanks! As long as it uses the original song for the majority of the track, that's cool. It DOESN'T matter if you refer to just one portion of the source tune most of or the entire time, as long as the arrangement itself is sufficiently creative and developed. Notice, I rejected it for not using more of the source tune back then. We all make mistakes. Quote
RiverSound Posted June 27, 2014 Posted June 27, 2014 About the Djp writeups, does he tend to quote the artist from the submission email or artist notes written for the album website? It can get a bit confusing when you write stuff about your song to at least two different places. Quote
Liontamer ⚖️ Posted June 27, 2014 Author Posted June 27, 2014 About the Djp writeups, does he tend to quote the artist from the submission email or artist notes written for the album website? It can get a bit confusing when you write stuff about your song to at least two different places. If there are comments from different places, I usually end up synthesizing them anyway into the album notes, so I wouldn't worry about it either way. Quote
Brandon Strader Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 Is this Castle on a Cloud from Les Miserables or just stylistically similar? Quote
timaeus222 Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 Seems like the last few notes of the leitmotif are a little different, but the rest is exactly the same notes and rhythm, as far as I can tell. One of my friends sang that as a solo in high school. Quote
sambarugh Posted July 2, 2014 Posted July 2, 2014 I have a question. Hopefully this is the right place for it. How does this site legitimately think that 7-12 months is a realistic time frame to offer feedback on a submission? I can't even comprehend if a piece got rejected for resubmission - a potential 2 year turn around for one piece of music?!?! I mean I appreciate that this site exists to service the community but the process needs to be drastically revamped, because if you think that time frame is acceptable then I would be speechless. Thanks Quote
Chimpazilla ⚖️ Posted July 2, 2014 Posted July 2, 2014 I have a question. Hopefully this is the right place for it.How does this site legitimately think that 7-12 months is a realistic time frame to offer feedback on a submission? I can't even comprehend if a piece got rejected for resubmission - a potential 2 year turn around for one piece of music?!?! I mean I appreciate that this site exists to service the community but the process needs to be drastically revamped, because if you think that time frame is acceptable then I would be speechless. Thanks You are right, it isn't acceptable. The process is too long, but we are actively working on this issue. Resubmissions do not wait in the inbox like new submissions, they go right back into the judging queue. Quote
Liontamer ⚖️ Posted July 2, 2014 Author Posted July 2, 2014 Clearly, we LOVE the wait time being that long. We're working on two different things to improve the wait time. Also, any resubmitted piece gets added back to the queue when it's sent in, it bypasses the normal queue. Quote
timaeus222 Posted July 2, 2014 Posted July 2, 2014 I have a question. Hopefully this is the right place for it.How does this site legitimately think that 7-12 months is a realistic time frame to offer feedback on a submission? I can't even comprehend if a piece got rejected for resubmission - a potential 2 year turn around for one piece of music?!?! I mean I appreciate that this site exists to service the community but the process needs to be drastically revamped, because if you think that time frame is acceptable then I would be speechless. Thanks There's a huge amount of remixes in the queue, so the judges kiiiinda need to get through the ones sent in earliest (usually) before getting to the one(s) you sent in. Quote
sambarugh Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 There's a huge amount of remixes in the queue, so the judges kiiiinda need to get through the ones sent in earliest (usually) before getting to the one(s) you sent in. I understand, and I'm not trying to be a jerk here. I guess I'm just curious if you thought the process was working or if you thought it deserved attention. Surely there has to be a better way regardless of quantity. Different tiers of judging for example. I would be glad to help out with any ongoing discussions in an open forum. Quote
Liontamer ⚖️ Posted July 3, 2014 Author Posted July 3, 2014 We're definitely not doing extra tiers of judging. That said, I'm not worried about catching things up. We'll pick it up soon. Quote
sambarugh Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 We're definitely not doing extra tiers of judging. That said, I'm not worried about catching things up. We'll pick it up soon. You have pieces from March 2013 in the 'to be judged' section and that doesn't worry you? Quote
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