Level 99 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 OverClocked ReMix Officially Changes to VocalClocked ReMix April 1st, 2012 Contact: press@ocremix.org FAIRFAX, VA--OverClocked ReMix announced this morning that, due to tremendous outside pressure and incentives from the music industry, it is officially changing names and formats. As of this morning, OverClocked ReMix is now known as "VocalClocked ReMix," a site dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of vocal video game arrangements and mashups. Community Manager Larry Oji explained that "As it turns out, VGM is just a bunch of bleeps and bloops - true emotionality, soul, and expression all require the addition of the human voice." As a result of this change, the site's policy on acceptable material has been radically altered. All tracks hosted on the site are required to have vocals. Naturally, this means revisiting the massive back catalog of tracks to either remove or alter the songs to conform with the new policy. It will take some time to go through all of them, but the staff is already hard at work getting underway and working with some outside help to make it happen in a tasteful and appropriate manner. The first track to get such treatment is the beloved Dale North song "Merry Little Christmas", from Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams. The song, while beautiful, had a distinct lack of vocals. Using VCR's extensive rolodex of contacts, some fine characters from the Homestar Runner universe have offered to bring the song up to the new standards. While that is happening, the site will continue to be accepting video game arrangements in the normal manner as long as they meet the new standards. To commemorate this, we're posting two new VCReMixes to showcase what people can expect from the new direction of the site. The first is from established ReMixer Level 99, who sings a beautiful and introspective ballad about Streets of Rage 2 over an arrangement from the game's ending. The second is from Russia's answer to the supergroup The Scuba Divers: Block Party. Getting off to a fantastic start, their song "...Tetris Play You" tells the true stories of those little blocks that people so carelessly fail to realize have feelings. Finally, in order to make it easier for people who can't sing for crap, VCR will now be accepting mashups of video game music and other popular songs. Today, VCR is releasing six of them to highlight the newfound versatility of this policy, facilitated by the collaboration with musicians in the professional non-VGM music industry: VCR's staff is positive that these changes will be well-received by fans, who have been clamoring for more vocal material and the including of copyrighted materials on the site since it first came into existence. About VocalClocked ReMix Founded in 1999 as OverClocked ReMix, VocalClocked ReMix is an organization dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of vocal video game arrangements and mashups. Its primary focus is a website featuring millions of free fan arrangements of questionable quality, information on composers and video game celebrities supplemented by juicy gossip, resources for aspiring "artists", and a thriving community of video game music fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Good, my BadAss 2 remix has lyrics and vocals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightSamus Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 That Tetris song is actually amazing XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunther Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Listening them, I like the new style overall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Hakštok Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 mind=blown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushfire Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Oh man WOW HOMESTAR RUNNER RETURNS ON OCR or some shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKrow Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 It's about damn time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Crust Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Peer pressure. It's a terrible thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magellanic Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I never saw Streets of Rage in such an emotional light before. It made my heart skip a beat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 My only disappointment with this flood is that I don't see any Snoop Dogg mashups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeekSlider Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 That Tetris song is actually amazing XD I agree. I just added it to my iTunes collection under "Comedy." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooDidley7 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Nice! I think this is finally OCR's year to finally bring home a Grammy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Odyssey Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Our mash-ups are better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Hakštok Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 My only disappointment with this flood is that I don't see any Snoop Dogg mashups There's a bit of Snoop in Katy Perry vs Suikoden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC2151 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Finally, these shitty remixes are now bearable to listen to. Thanks for doing something right for a change, OCR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklink42 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 AWESOME!!! Now that mashups are permitted I can finally get a submission through since it's the only kind of music I ever make anymore. I knew this ELO and Super Mario World mashup was going to be my claim to fame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychowolf Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 got some great mashups here so far, gotta say my fav has to be the tmnt4/ quad city dj's so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonamer Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 My only disappointment with this flood is that I don't see any Snoop Dogg mashups You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirby Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I'm surprised Hey Ocarina or Macarena of Time wasn't brought back. also totally read it as Vocaloid ReMix at first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyLizard Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I also totally read it as Vocaloid ReMix at first. Would that qualify? I'd love to hear some of those, if they exist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperiorX Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Great, it's about time. VCR should release an album of all The Fresh and mashups now and then follow that up with a special bonus song of Guile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychowolf Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrU4HVIqS6U And This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYcxTOzYse8 Should be included if this is all about sonic/ other thing mashups :U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipp Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I can't believe you guys didn't do this sooner. I always thought pieces like PSI Piano Omega and pretty much anything Klutz ever did severely lacked the spoken word. I would be more than willing to help out with this movement. I have access to quite a few voice actors, including Mercedes Rose who voices Daisy in the Mario games, and what I'm envisioning is that we just take all the old tracks and overlay them with these voice actors reading selections of Shakespeare's sonnets. As well as some of my own poetic work, which is arguably more accesible and better written than the sonnets, despite my young age. We will take this shit viral and we will completely redefine the video game remix community, something that Overclocked remix is famous for but really hasn't been making much headlines in lately. This is that boost the community needs. Absolutely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperiorX Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 And This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYcxTOzYse8Should be included if this is all about sonic/ other thing mashups :U Oh that's a nice one! One of the few that is actually in the right key. There is such untapped potential with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. I sure hope VCR capitalizes on this huge opportunity! EDIT: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusK Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 My only disappointment with this flood is that I don't see any Snoop Dogg mashups inorite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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