Liontamer Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Hey guys, Paul "nervous_testpilot" Taylor, friend of Binster, richBRF and A Scholar & A Physician, mailed for some support on this Mirror's Edge remix contest: Still Alive by Lisa Miskovsky - Mirror's Edge Contest Entry I don't normally enter remix contests but I was really taken with Lisa Miskovsky's "Still Alive" from Mirror's Edge, so I decided to give this one a shot. The track is free to download. It's available under a Creative Commons 2.0 Attribution license. I really want to get my music some wider attention - the top 25 mixes get in this contest get in front of a panel of EA audio people, and I would love to be in that group. Because my aim is to get my music out there, rather than win the contest for the sake of it, I've decided that, if I win the prize, I'll donate it to Child's Play. I would love it if you could vote for me. You have to go through a slightly annoying process to do so, but it won't take very long: 1. Sign up for a Jamglue account here. 2. Log in to your account. 3. Go to my mix, "Persistence", and make it a Favourite. The Favourite button is just above the player. Then you'll have voted for me. 4. Tell all your friends to do the same. I would really appreciate five minutes of your time to help me get into that group of 25, and promote my music to the games industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nervous_testpilot Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Cheers for this, Liontamer! Just want to add that things are going well in the compo so far - I'm in 8th place and I only need to make it into the top 25 to go into the round which is judged by EA. Your votes are greatly, greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global-Trance Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I am THIS close to playlisting you in a future mix set. WE'LL SEE. Best of luck though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Less Ashamed Of Self Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I actually will. And I never do this... and you know why? As it fucking happens I fucking love Nervous Testpilot too. I nearly played synthlabo in my set last Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FR Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 wow I've been hearing this song a lot on DI.fm...or at least I think it's this song. I'm pretty sure it is. Either way I didn't know it was from Mirror's Edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binster Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 This is indeed a bad ass mix. ACE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wingless Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I'm guessing EA employees cannot enter the contest, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hy Bound Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 This is actually a really great mix with some very outstanding production to boot. Consider yourself a "FAVOURITE!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 As the risk of looking like a lazy judgefgt, this has been the only song I've been listening to in the past 24 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Freakin' tight stuff. Any chance of an OCR edit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 Freakin' tight stuff. Any chance of an OCR edit? Already mentioned to Paul that it's outside of the submission standards. He'd have to make the music arrange the source (which it generally doesn't). Right now the only connection to the source tune is the vocals directly sampled from the original, which is also a no-go. Great remix, just not a ReMix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nervous_testpilot Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Thanks *so much* for all the nice comments, guys! Didn't know there were people around here who know my really old stuff, that's amazing. I'll definitely keep everyone here posted when I do new stuff. I know "favouriting" the mix is a bit annoying (thanks Jamglue) but I really need to keep the votes coming. I'm 7 votes behind the guy in front, so if you like the mix and you have some time free to support me, please get your mates to register on Jamglue and drop me a favourite. Big thanks to everyone who has done this already. I was considering doing a more DJ-able edit of the Still Alive mix, probably two versions, one with a beat intro, and an "Intro Mix" with just a beat outro. Any takers? I posted a link to this on Lisa Miskovsky's own site - she's brilliant with her fans and reads pretty much every forum post, but for some reason she couldn't get my link to work, apparently - gah! Anyway, I will keep harassing her as getting her to endorse the remix would be awesome. If anyone has any ideas for promoting the mix also, that'd be cool. I have a Youtoooob video here which I'm trying to get more views on - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UcZME06Msww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-pa Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Thanks *so much* for all the nice comments, guys! Didn't know there were people around here who know my really old stuff, that's amazing. I'll definitely keep everyone here posted when I do new stuff. I remember finding your song "Hello Daddy" by chance like 5 years ago and I still love it I'm sorry to say I haven't heard anything else until now, but it's cool to hear your various styles. I was considering doing a more DJ-able edit of the Still Alive mix, probably two versions, one with a beat intro, and an "Intro Mix" with just a beat outro. Any takers? Yes'm! If anyone has any ideas for promoting the mix also, that'd be cool. I have a Youtoooob video here which I'm trying to get more views on - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UcZME06Msww twitter maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global-Trance Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I was considering doing a more DJ-able edit of the Still Alive mix, probably two versions, one with a beat intro, and an "Intro Mix" with just a beat outro. Any takers? Yes'm! After much debate with myself, I am actually leaning towards not playlisting this. Club mixes that have that intense "soundtrack" break with the strings that you'd typically hear in some generic action movie trailer are a huge turn off for me. Everything else is pretty good... I just can't find myself to play this in a set just yet. I hope you win though. (Yea, I'm a jerk when it comes to electronic dance music) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Already mentioned to Paul that it's outside of the submission standards. He'd have to make the music arrange the source (which it generally doesn't). Right now the only connection to the source tune is the vocals directly sampled from the original, which is also a no-go. Great remix, just not a ReMix. I thought that was to avoid legal problems? If the a capella is made publicly available that shouldn't be an issue. As for a connection, I'd say that the chord progression, structure, and rhythms are pretty tailored to this particular song...it wouldn't fit just any random techno melody with the same chords. It's got the same components as any other liberal arrangement, i.e. practically original background with altered but recognizable lead melody. Also there have been cases on the opposite end of the spectrum - relatively conservative arrangements with mostly unconnected vocals (e.g. some of StarBlast's tracks) - so if using original vocals qualifies as arrangement I don't see why the same can't be applied to original backgrounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 I thought that was to avoid legal problems? If the a capella is made publicly available that shouldn't be an issue. As for a connection, I'd say that the chord progression, structure, and rhythms are pretty tailored to this particular song...it wouldn't fit just any random techno melody with the same chords. It's got the same components as any other liberal arrangement, i.e. practically original background with altered but recognizable lead melody. Also there have been cases on the opposite end of the spectrum - relatively conservative arrangements with mostly unconnected vocals (e.g. some of StarBlast's tracks) - so if using original vocals qualifies as arrangement I don't see why the same can't be applied to original backgrounds. Limiting direct sampling isn't strictly to avoid legal problems, it stressing that the most critical parts of source usage and interpretation have to be built from the ground up, not sampled. In this case, most of the connection to the source track is the vocals, not the music, which was mostly (not completely) unconnected to the source melodies. Taking an a capella and structuring a brand new original song around it that fits like a glove is outside the scope of what we're aiming to do. That doesn't make it bad music (wouldn't be pimping it if it did), it just means it wouldn't be posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Or would it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyanCe Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Or would it? You beat me by 3 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 Yeah, direct post from half a decade ago. Just not representative of what's acceptable now, just in case anyone would interpret it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 But you didn't say "it wouldn't be posted unless it's a direct post from half a decade ago." CHECKMATE! (BTW, I intepreted my mom that way.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadosho Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Nicely done remix, voted with a 5 star & favorite =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nervous_testpilot Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Ha ha, didn't mean this to get political. Just wanted to add that I'm totally happy with the decision to not make this an official OCR mix. I will say, though, that I guess with more soundtracks becoming very remixable in a more traditional sense (grabbing a vocal or a stem etc and re-working it), it may be a good idea for you guys to look at those rules again. But, yeah, again - MANY thanks to Liontamer for pointing out your current rules BUT STILL agreeing to give me some really great support. That's exactly how it should be if you have tough rules in a community but you still want to pimp stuff you like - OCR has kept its uniqueness and standards for many years by having strict rules and that should be appreciated. After much debate with myself, I am actually leaning towards not playlisting this. Club mixes that have that intense "soundtrack" break with the strings that you'd typically hear in some generic action movie trailer are a huge turn off for me. I absolutely, totally agree with you (apart from the "some generic action movie trailer" part, but we'll let that slide - see how many 16th note kick drum fills you normally hear in those - aaaand sliding...). I want to play this track live and I'm a tad scared of people leaving when it gets to that part, so there may well be a fully electronic version at some point. Would love some more votes, guys (thanks to those who have done so already!). I am still struggling to break out of position 7 or 8 despite some hard work on promoting the thing. Twitter is a good idea - I do have a Twitter feed on my site...which I should really use more. But yeah, if you have friends who would like the mix, please send them the link and ask them to vote. And someone's actually heard Hello Daddy. That's even more amazing. I should DEFINITELY not be doing this, but you can still get that from my site - http://www.nervoustestpilot.co.uk/hellodaddy.mp3 Er...consider that a special present. DISCLAIMER: The above track is extremely old and extremely disturbing in equal measure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binster Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 http://www.nervoustestpilot.co.uk/hellodaddy.mp3DISCLAIMER: The above track is extremely old and extremely disturbing in equal measure. The above track is extremely ace and extremely ace in equal measure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrf Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I've been regularly enjoying this track over the last few days. When I am cold it makes me feel warm. It satiates my trance desires. It cheers me on when I am running away from angry goblins... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nervous_testpilot Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Always glad to modulate temperatures or goblins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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