[RECRUITING] An OverClocked FishMas, vol. I (an UNOFFICIAL April Fools Day album)

[colorado weeks]

hello world 🤖

in these uncertain times, i think we need a little levity to get us through our day to day. we're all seriously serious about studying our craft within the context of VGM music; why not get a little silly with it? 

that's right baby, we're doing an unofficial OCR album for April Fools Day!!

 

Questions:

Q: Why "FishMas?"

Certain Francophone cultures, as well as Italy, Belgium and The Netherlands call April Fool's Day "April Fish." It's less of a mouthful than "An OverClocked April Fools Day."

Q: What can I FishMix?

A: Unlike our other seasonal contemporaries (AOCC, AOCH) you are only limited to VGM music for this album. as much as I would love to hear some more Gangnam Style electric kazoo 9-bit remixes, I gotta draw the line somewhere to keep it somewhat within the OCR umbrella.

FishMixes of other ReMixes are very welcome! Please submit your covers of a cover of a cover of a cover of "Hotel Dusk!"

Q: What can/can't I put in my FishMix?

Cooking up a FishMix, however silly,  still requires some care.

- Please keep FishMixes between thirty seconds and ten minutes. Multiple entries are allowed but are limited to 4 per arranger. You're welcome to collab on as many as you like, though!

- No hate speech/slurs targeted at particular groups or other individuals. It's poor form to punch down in comedy. 

- There's nothing funnier than 34518s, paulstretched PINGAS or some sensual liccing, but please no explicit depictions of sexual content or heavy violence. (Gunshots as percussion or an occasional sexy moan is fine and will certainly get a chuckle out of me.)

Other than that, anything goes!

Keep in mind that this is an Unofficial OCR album. You are not beholden to their (impossibly high) standards, but if you're interested in submitting your FishMix to OCR please consult with their Submission Standards and Instructions page.

Q: Can I submit previously written material?

Absolutely, as long as it hasn't appeared on a previous FishMas album in its current state! We welcome all DoD Alts, Oops All Shitposts entries, PRC/MnP/etc. compo entries, and auditory shitposts you torture your loved ones with as long as you're the one who wrote it.

Q: Can I submit entries made with GenAI song generators like Suno?

No, but you're welcome to make your own AI-pril 1st album somewhere else.

Q: What format should my submission be in?

WAV, 16 or 24bit, 44.1kHz or 48kHz, peak -6dB pre-master. Please no limiters on the master bus to achieve this. Any deviation from this may result in your track not sounding how you'd like on release.

Q: How do I submit?

you can send your WAV file (or a link to the file) via email to a1@coloradoweeks.io or to @coloradoweeks through Discord. Please include info in the email body about your title, your artist name, and any other collaborators. Please keep your file names descriptive, it makes wrangling all of this much easier.

Q: What's the Deadline?

Deadline is March 22nd, 2026 at 11:59 EST.

Q: I want to participate, but nothing's biting. Can I get some inspiration?

Sure you can!

(Worst Video Game Songs Youtube Playlist) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwlKwnMKgU7yUC8i5_8xG4d7eKe4vNQvI&si=_hnpMzpXi2bHpUUv

(July 2023: MAGWest Oops! All Shitposts Month·Dwelling of Duels) https://www.dwellingofduels.net/duels/23-07-magwest-oops-all-shitposts/

(September 2024: MAGWest Shitpost Month·Dwelling of Duels) https://www.dwellingofduels.net/duels/24-09-magwest-shitpost/

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The Aquarium (participants):

colorado weeks (FishMixer, Head of Carp-herding)

pixelseph (FishMixer)

The Vodoú Queen (FishMixer)

JSABlixer (FishMixer)

Edited Thursday at 10:31 PM by colorado weeks

[pixelseph ⚖️]

YOU HAVE UUUUUUNOOOOO I mean hell yeah I’ll sub one for this

[The Vodoú Queen]

Sauvemente!?

. . .Ay, mi los dios, suavemente. ♡

I'm sure I can come up with *something* for it. :P If you need help with anything else, just say.

[JSABlixer]

I think its time to bring back defend deny depose the luigi's mansion remix

[Argle]

What?  But also, wut?  And whut?

[paradiddlesjosh ⚖️]

This may be the time to re-tool Back in Cold Blood 😎

[The Vodoú Queen]

58 minutes ago, paradiddlesjosh said:

This may be the time to re-tool Back in Cold Blood 😎

I'm game, if you would permit me. ♥ I still have the file I was working on. x'D

[paradiddlesjosh ⚖️]

Nah, there’s a lot of the old arrangement that’ll need to get redone. Big chunks of it are placeholder stuff (especially the piano at the end borrowing heavily from a vgmusic.com piano arrangement of Lost Painting). And the SotN cameos you wanted to add are outside the scope, cool as they would be to add. If anything, it needs more Metroid, not more Castlevania.

It’s not top of mind for me right now, though; I’ll probably get back to it after the new year.

[The Vodoú Queen]

K. Np. :)

[Unknown Pseudoartist]

So, if I understood it right, this is a parody VGM album without any specific theme, right? Or should it all be about fishes?

Either way, I'm strongly considering to use the parody aspect to try something with birbs again (for those unfamiliar, a silly vocal style emulating the sound of a chocobo humming melodies and screams and stuff). It's a long time since I did that, and I avoid doing because the prejudgements. But I see that fitting pretty well with what I understand about the concept of this album. So maybe... 👀