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Your ReMixer name sir jordanius

Your real name jordan etienne

Your email address youcanfindsirjordanius@gmail.com

Your website http://cdn1.newsone.com/files/2010/07/greenlantern.jpg

Your userid (number, not name) on our forums, found by viewing your forum profile http://ocremix.org/forums/member.php?u=38652

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Name of game(s) arranged kid chameleon

Name of arrangement stands like a statue, becomes part of the machine...

Name of individual song(s) arranged Devil's Marsh, Cave Area, Fantasy area (reference links below)

Additional information about game including composer, system, etc. (if it has not yet been added to the site) Nu Romantic Productions (Mark Steven Miller), SEGA genesis

Link to the original soundtrack (if it is not one of the sound archives already available on the site) http://project2612.org/details.php?id=76 (couldn't find an album purchase link anywhere)

Your own comments about the mix, for example the inspiration behind it, how it was made, etc.

last time i made the noobiest mistake of writing an epic novel yet i forgot to attach the actual song. -_-

sorry darkesword. =/

same concept, but more refined. it's supposed to be Discovery-era daft punkish.

source breakdown:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70VeFZVvJI0&feature=related (fantasy area) - bridge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H3KspN5zoQ&feature=related (cave area) - intro and 2:45

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X32quIJqzKY&feature=related (devil's marsh) main source

the title refers to the pinball wizard, tommy. the kid chameleon wasn't deaf, dumb, or blind but this is how i always made the connection:

http://www.nfopocalypse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/kidchameleon.gif

peace

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well, I almost joojsplooj'd reading the OP. kid chameleon, which I LOVED as a kid (chameleon), plus sir jordanius? what could possibly go wrong?

well, I admit, the mix is a little weirder than I thought, but utterly... creative. can't say I enjoyed it nearly as much as your guitaroo man mix, but it's a pass. nice work, again. can't wait to hear more crazy shit from you. :nicework:

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Hahaha, Jordan you never fail to impress me, even with a mix like this that I don't feel is quite as awesome as some of your recent mixes, I still really enjoyed the groove and the very creative soundscape and I'm glad to see you branching out your style even more. The smorgasbord of cool retro synth sounds and the vocal chopping were definitely high points here.

If I had to critique anything, it'd be that sometimes your drums get so rowdy that they start to step on the rest of the track, which is something to definitely watch out for because I've noticed in some of your other songs as well. Still, this is comfortably over the bar, production-wise, and just from a cursory listen I'm hearing the source tunes all over this.

Good work dude :-D

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**note- this is a resub of a resub to replace the resub that I resubbed a few weeks ago for resubmission. sorry and thanks, i promise i'll stop doing the "last-minute-perfectionist-i-changed-my-mind" thing.

Contact Information

Your ReMixer name sir jordanius

Your real name jordan etienne

Your email address youcanfindsirjordanius@gmail.com

Your website http://tiny.cc/jur5d

Your userid (number, not name) on our forums, found by viewing your forum profile http://ocremix.org/forums/member.php?u=38652

Submission Information

Name of game(s) arranged kid chameleon

Name of arrangement stands like a statue, becomes part of the machine...

Name of individual song(s) arranged Devil's Marsh, Cave Area, Fantasy area, Opening Theme (reference links below)

Additional information about game including composer, system, etc. (if it has not yet been added to the site) Nu Romantic Productions (Mark Steven Miller), SEGA genesis

Link to the original soundtrack (if it is not one of the sound archives already available on the site) http://project2612.org/details.php?id=76 (couldn't find an album purchase link anywhere)

Your own comments about the mix, for example the inspiration behind it, how it was made, etc.

last time i made the noobiest mistake of writing an epic novel yet i forgot to attach the actual song. -_-

sorry darkesword. =/

same concept, but more refined. it's supposed to be Discovery-era daft punkish with a bit of TATATAR sauce on the side.

source breakdown:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70VeFZVvJI0&feature=related (fantasy area) - bridge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H3KspN5zoQ&feature=related (cave area) - intro and 2:45

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X32quIJqzKY&feature=related (devil's marsh) main source

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTO3zdJkOjs (opening theme) synth at the very end

the title refers to the pinball wizard, tommy. the kid chameleon wasn't deaf, dumb, or blind but this is how i always made the connection:

http://www.nfopocalypse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/kidchameleon.gif

peace

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Damn, this thing has some loose timing bits that I definitely was not feeling. :/

There's a cute Billie Jean cameo at the beginning, and some good texture shifts, and a pretty solid balance, which helps, but it feels like your drummer is drunk half the time, and when things are this chaotic, it really detracts. The arrangement is good and interesting, and the source is cool.

The idea is great, but this needs to be tightened up significantly for me to be comfortable passing this.

No, please resubmit

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Oh wow, this is crazy. Love the ideas going on here, the ramshackle feel, the random samples cutting in for a microsecond. Gotta agree with OA that this played too loose (all over, not just the drums), and I also think the mixing could have been improved without destroying the ramshackle-ness. It sounds a little too compressed as if that is making up for uneven levels. I'm tempted to pass it anyway because your ideas are getting across and this is still enjoyable, but it's sloppy, there's no getting around it. Man, I really hope you give this another go, because I would LOVE to have a more polished version of this.

NO (resubmit)

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PRODUCTION

[X] Low-quality samples

[X] Overcompressed (pumping/no dynamics)

[X] Cluttered/off-time sequencing

[X] Mixing is muddy - many sounds do not gel together, too much reverb, panning, compression etc

STRUCTURE

[X] Lacks coherence overall (doesn't "flow" enough)

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE TRACK

[X] Creative arrangement ideas

[X] Creative production ideas

[X] Instrument choices

NO

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Short and sweet, the arrangement's there, but production-wise, this was definitely too hot, too loud, and too overcompressed, which bothered me more than the disjointed timing. And the disjointed timing ALSO bothered me. :lol: It's purposeful, granted, but the timing's WAY too loose, and the song ultimately suffers as a result. Fix the mixing and timing and you're good to go!

NO (refine/resubmit)

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Okay, I don't see a need to drag this out any longer. I'll concede that, after reading some other votes and listening again, the loose timing bothered me more than I remembered. This might be confirmation bias, but I do think some further touchups would do wonders here.

I'm cool with switching my vote to a very emphatic NO (RESUB!)

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