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An OverClocked Christmas v.XVII


The Coop
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It's July 13th. It's Summer. It's hot, it's sticky and none of it is in a good way. But here's something that is good.

Yep, it's time to start recruiting for the next An OverClocked Christmas album! We've got over five months before the due date, so let's see how many people are interested in taking part for the seventeenth entry in this (usually) happy, seasonal project.

As per the norm, this project is open to any and all OCR members, regardless of whether you're a posted remixer or not. You want info? I got your info right here...

When's The Project Deadline?- December 20th, 2023 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, or attach it to your message.

 

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)
colorado weeks (remixer)
Souperion (remixer)
Wassup Thunder (remixer)
Troyificus (remixer)
TSori (remixer)
The Vodoú Queen (remixer)
Lampje4life (remixer)
Xaleph (remixer)

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That was hosted by Cyril the Wolf some five and a half years ago (AOCC v.XI). Basically, the majority of the listeners were people who were on the album, so it wasn't exactly a smashing success... which is likely why we didn't do it again. A lot of work for a handful of listeners. So right now, no, there are no plans for a listening party,

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1 hour ago, The Coop said:

That was hosted by Cyril the Wolf some five and a half years ago (AOCC v.XI). Basically, the majority of the listeners were people who were on the album, so it wasn't exactly a smashing success... which is likely why we didn't do it again. A lot of work for a handful of listeners. So right now, no, there are no plans for a listening party,

We can do a Discord listening party. :-)

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Coop, most of the listeners in these events are the people who are involved. So, personally, I don't think success should be measured the way you're imagining... it's not about that. It's about celebrating the release and talking about each other's entries with a cozy group (and I prefer to do so with small groups anyway).

I participated in AOCC v.5 and, afaik, there were no song comments at all. So, a listening party is... better than that? We'd be talking about your song(s) too, Coop.

Not really saying you have to join the event, though.

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On 11/9/2023 at 1:11 PM, Xaleph said:

I'm planning on writing some Christmas songs for https://www.animeremix.org - I can attach them to this event as well if you'd like.

You know, there's always room for an anime-centric remix album. There's some really delightful anime with Christmas episodes out there. I'd love to hear an album like that someday. Hopefully someday is sooner than later.

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