The Coop Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 (edited) It's July 7th. It's time for the Summer, baby. We've got heat, we've got humidity, we've got all the things needed to make you feel sticky... and not in a good way. But don't worry, I've got something cool for you. Yepper, 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, 2024 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 for the remix. 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) The Vodoú Queen (remixer) colorado weeks (remixer) Dj Mokram (remixer) Souperion (remixer) Seth Skoda (remixer) Lampje4life (remixer) NarnianWarrior (remixer) Edited August 13 by The Coop The Vodoú Queen, colorado weeks, Seth Skoda and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vodoú Queen Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Sign me up, as per usual. :) Seth Skoda and colorado weeks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorado weeks Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 count me in for holiday cheer :) The Vodoú Queen and Seth Skoda 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj Mokram Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 If life permits I'll jingle dem bells. 🎄 Dyne, colorado weeks, The Vodoú Queen and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Souperion Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 I'm in! The Vodoú Queen, Seth Skoda and colorado weeks 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Skoda Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 You already know I'm in! The Vodoú Queen and colorado weeks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampje4life Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 On 7/8/2024 at 4:14 PM, Dj Mokram said: If life permits I'll jingle dem bells. 🎄 Seconding this Dj Mokram 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NarnianWarrior Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 On 7/8/2024 at 10:14 AM, Dj Mokram said: If life permits I'll jingle dem bells. 🎄 Thirding this Dj Mokram 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyne Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 (edited) On 7/8/2024 at 10:14 AM, Dj Mokram said: If life permits I'll jingle dem bells. 🎄 Fourth'd. Go forth. And jingle. Go forth and jingle. Edit: I just wanted to add a note here that I have updated the site just a little while ago. I moved the first ten albums to their own page to make the pages load more easily for anyone wanting to go and grab the currently available albums. Thankfully the site update lends itself to that sort of thing, though I'm sure I could do better with time and more skill. But hey, it's what I have time for. Really looking forward to this year's album. Can't wait! (Also, this is your reminder that it's currently October and you have about two months or so left to the deadline!) Edit #2: Right now, the links for the two pages are currently showing as being at the top of the page, I assure you that's not where I put them. They should be after the text paragraphs but before the albums. It works that way on the local site on my PC, but for some reason is not yet showing up on the live site. That said, all of the files associated with the site were updated, including the CSS pages as I had to do some CSS for this as well. So, it should show up soon, and if it doesn't, I'm not sure what to do about it. Edit #3: The site did eventually update for me, which is good. Hopefully that also makes it easier to load for everyone as well. I should have done it sooner, I may even split it further to five albums per page. But I'll try to make it look nicer when I do make that choice. Edited October 29 by Dyne Dj Mokram 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted October 15 Author Share Posted October 15 Check your PMs, remixers. Dj Mokram and Dyne 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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