The Coop Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) What's that I hear? Is that... distant jingle bells? Did someone say " ho ho ho" just now? That can't be right. It's only July. Oh, but it is right. It's that time again. Time to see who's interested in taking part in the annual tradition of making Christmasy music for people. Christmas in July has become a thing these days, and so it's during that seasonal warm up period that we kick this thing off, in hopes of getting folks to provide music for the real season when it comes about in five-plus months. SO! This project is open to any and all OCR members, regardless of whether you're a posted remixer or not. Want some details? Have some details... When's The Project Deadline?- December 20th, 2020 at 11:59 P.M. EST. This is now a REALLY hard, non-negotiable deadline, since it's very close to Christmas. We've had lots of last-minute entries and updates over the years and, to be perfectly honest, it shouldn't be that way. With months of time, having to hold off as long as possible for people made things pretty hectic for myself and Dyne in the past. Treating this project like a college paper that doesn't get worked on until the last minute got annoying rather quickly when it kept adding up to lots of hurrying year after year, with last second updates to artwork and retagging/reuploading things. As such, you have until one minute before midnight EST on December 20th to get me the final WAV or MP3 of your song. After that, you're shit outta luck until next year. I need time to do everything, including possibly making a little website to host this project if Dyne isn't online for one reason or another. So this deadline's set in stone... PERIOD. What Information Does The Coop Need?- When you send me your final versions, I'll need what name you want to use (real or remixer handle) and the name of your remix. Please, come up with something when you send me links to the file, rather than just giving me a file called "ff6-owa-v3f.mp3" and nothing else. You don't have to tell me what song you're remixing, but I do need a name. Plus, if you have a website you'd like to pimp, supply that as well and I can add it to the MP3 tags. What Can Be Remixed?- Any song, really. Traditional Christmas carols, video game music, published music by a signed artist, music from TV/cartoons/anime... whatever gets your heart racing and into that Christmas spirit. This isn't an official OCR album, so you can draw from more sources than just VGM. Plus, you can take a non-Christmas tune, like the Main Theme from Space Harrier, Stage 6 Mission 2 from Metal Head, or I Defend STM from Truxton II, and turn it into a Christmasy one. So know that it's not limited only to songs that are Christmas-like to begin with. All that said, do keep in mind that if you want to submit your song to OCR later, you'll need to keep this site's guidelines in the back of your mind. But for this album, you can take it in just about any direction you want and get as crazy as you'd like (but please, no "Silver Bells" done in farts or something). How Long Can My Song Be?- As long as you want it to be. There are no restrictions on this, so whether it's 1:30, or 9:51 with a five minute guitar solo ala Metallica, it's all good. But again, if you want to submit your song to OCR later, keep their guidelines in mind. What Genres Can I Remix In?- Again, the door's wide open here. Rap, Metal, Pop, Piano-solo, Orchestral, Jazz, 8/16-bit, Barber Shop Quartet, A capella, Death Polka... it's up to you where you want to take it. What Format Should I Submit My Song In?- WAV or an MP3 of at least 192KB/s quality. I'll be tagging the MP3s and making MP3s from any submitted wavs, so you don't have to worry about that. But, if you'd like your website to be in the MP3 comments section, be sure to give it to me when you submit your song. How About A Little Music To Get Us In The Mood?- To help everyone along, here's a YouTube list of Christmasy tunes made by Ocre a number of years ago... https://ocremix.org/community/topic/32727-an-overclocked-christmas-~-now-recruiting/?tab=comments#comment-676914 What's The Website's Address Again?- It's got a new home at... http://williammichael.info/aocc/ This album will still be downloaded there as well, as Dyne will continue to host the albums on his site. How Do We Contact This The Coop Person?- If you've got questions, comments, concerns, want feedback, or your track is done and ready to be sent to me, you can PM me here on OCR, or send me an E-mail at thecoopscorner@gmail.com. Just be sure you remember to include a link to your remix. So yeah, there you go. You've got over five months to get something done for the lovely people of OverClocked Remix and the billions of listeners around the world who've become followers of our project. Good luck, have fun and make everyone some Nice Work™! Artists involved thus far... The Coop (director, cover artist and remixer) Dj Mokram (remixer) The Joker (remixer) TSori (remixer) classic_gamer_76 (remixer) AxLR (remixer) Lampje4life (remixer) Elezeid (remixer) Seth Skoda (remixer) PlanarianHugger (remixer) HoboKa (remixer) Wassup Thunder (remixer) Souperion (remixer) theconsoloist (remixer) TheChargingRhino (remixer) Edited November 27, 2020 by The Coop derezr, Dj Mokram, HoboKa and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj Mokram Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Count me in! ...for reals this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Joker Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I'm in too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozovian Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 What the... again? Garpocalypse 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Rozovian said: What the... again? Seth Skoda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSori Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 I'm in this year too. Now to pick a tune.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classic_gamer_76 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 I might have something for this project already in progress ! Check your messages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxLR Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I'm in ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampje4life Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Fine I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elezeid Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Brings back some memories. I have a track on Volume 5! Maybe it's time to do this again. Okay, I'm in. Let's do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Skoda Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 I think I'll throw in my hat this year with some 16-bit era chip music. HoboKa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanarianHugger Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I'm in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboKa Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 (edited) So I decided to pick up a tune (and submitted to The Coop) that I neglected in MnP round 105: Edited August 31, 2020 by HoboKa AxLR and Seth Skoda 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxLR Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 And I'll be working with that ! I don't have anything ready but I'll submit a demo as soon as I have time for HoboKa and Seth Skoda 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Skoda Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 (edited) On 9/1/2020 at 9:49 AM, AxLR said: And I'll be working with that ! I don't have anything ready but I'll submit a demo as soon as I have time for I always like this tune during the holidays. Nice pick, yo! Edited September 5, 2020 by Seth Skoda Phone keyboard acting stupid AxLR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wassup Thunder Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 I'm in! Have a song picked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Souperion Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Got room for one more? I've got something from Mega Man ZX in the works. HoboKa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriskaudio Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Consider me on board as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Grunt Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Well I guess I should write those lyrics and music to my DK64 Frantic Factory "Island of Misfit Toys" idea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 Well, we're at the two months to go mark, which means I'll be sending everyone a PM later this evening. So keep an eye out for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 Update #3 is out in the wild. Do give it a read, won't you? HoboKa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS394 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Oh shoot, I can't believe I almost let this slip under my nose. Gotta think of something to make for it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboKa Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) I'm not in the list mew hew. Am I on Santa's Naughty list? >.< (Edit) I see me now. Yay! Edited November 23, 2020 by HoboKa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChargingRhino Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Uhhhhhhhh.....I guess I'm in this again lol, hi everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxLR Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Already finished ! I'm quite excited to hear the full album ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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