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Ah, fair enough. I understand the history of that now, and as a fellow writer, yeah...shit can take awhile to plot out and edit, especially if it's that long. I'll see how it goes, then. I might make it simple and like some weird opposite to what you do yearly. Call it a...'Halloween Haiku'. Or something equally catchy and short form. :P

Link seems to be hella broke.. D: Is this an original thing, or something from a source? I had put you down for the Baby Shark thing, so IDK if you changed your mind or not. xD Nah, no one is. xD Adrian and Audiomancer voiced they might do some artwork / cover stuff for this, but nothing says there can't be multiple (as in, art inserts + front & back covers). ;) So if you've got some grand, spooktacular plan, feel free! I'd love it to be pixel art, or at least, thematically uniform. :) If we've got a base idea for direction, that'd be cool. This year's theme is a bit of a 'free-for-all', but the only thing I think I've got a centered idea on is pumpkins. xD Having no game characters or funny/goofy scenes will help to separate this a bit from AOCC. Don't wanna mimic your ideas, or have it be a carbon copy but with "it's spooky" instead. I was also wondering how you'd feel about your yearly poem thing for AOCC being adopted by AOCH? I know that's pretty much tradition at this stage to do that, as you release the album for the songs for the 25th of December... Who's doing the poem? IDK. I can write a thematic poem, but was wondering how you felt about it? :D

Haha, nah, man, people can join in on this from now until, like...the second to last week in October. X'D It doesn't officially start until June 1st, but starting early is cool with me! It'd be an absolute honour to have you be a part of this. Should poke some of the AOCC regulars, as well, and Dyne! But seriously, I'm humbled and welcome you on-board. :) I'll update the first post with your claim shortly. ♡

Excellent! Well, feel free to work on it some more if you feel like (you have until the due date, which isn't until late October, to turn it in!) Otherwise, I just need it rendered to the specifics above, and a unique name for your remix. :) Can send it to me via Discord or by private message in the OCR forums > my profile page. :D It can be something that was published previously! :) One of mine I plan on doing is actually a 2-3 year old piece I first made for a NewGrounds Halloween contest, and I think that was back in 2022?? I'm revamping the thing from scratch, adding onto the melody and harmony and putting a new spice / hook to the piece, but it has been published before on NG. So I figure as long as the submitted tracks haven't been mixposted by OCR before, it's cool. :D But you can, however, submit it to the OCR Judges' Panel after subbing it for this album, or anywhere else! ♥ If it's a video game remix, I encourage it. But this album isn't restricted TO JUST VGM remixes. You can remix other sources from other media, and / or make your own original track. Hope that helps. :3

Up to you! If you feel like you can do more to work on them, by all means, either take the time to work on them more, or workshop them either here on the forums or via the OCR Discord server. :) Otherwise, if you feel they're ready to go, just send me: a WAV of your mix, in 44.1kHz, in Stereo, 16 or 24-bit, -6.0 dB, triangle dithered (if necessary). This is a pre-master, WITH NO HEAVY COMPRESSION OR A LIMITER ON THE MASTER BUS, except for any very soft compression and EQ, for warmth and tone and gluing the full track together. If that all sounds like gobbledygook, just sending me the thing at -6dB, unmastered, is cool. :D Can send it to me on here as an attachment or GDrive / Dropbox link through private messaging, or on Discord if you add me. There's some other submission criteria, but the TL;DR is -- as long as your mix doesn't have any weird glitches or artifacts that'll mess up mastering the track, and you give me the source name and game (or movie or whatever) you remixed it from, and give it a unique name (something that isn't the original name of the song), that's fine.

I'll be workshopping one of my AOCH submissions tonight for the Office Hours if that's going on. Saying so for the sake of transparency. Maybe the bit of showcasing will drum up some more interest in this project and promote it, and show what people can do (e.g. 'genre-melding' / bending) with a Halloween track! :) It's an original, too, so not a remix!! Express yourself and show the world what you can compose! So peeps, don't be afraid to workshop your WIPs whenever, if you want to! I encourage it and collaborations! :D

Come join the fun, if you'd like!

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Updates on progress is certainly welcomed, yes! When I get the Discord channel sorted, that'll be much easier to achieve, but in the meantime don't hesitate to post whatever you're doing up on this forum page, by PM to me on here, DMs on Discord, OR via OCR Workshop or Collabs (I do stalk around those parts frequently enough). It will help to tell me what you're thinking of remixing, or informing me if it's an original song, so I can update the list and people won't end up doing the same sources. When it's finished, I'd like for a PRE-MASTER to be sent to me, either as an attachment or a link to your G-Drive or Dropbox, etc. I'll probably attempt to batch master them myself. :) BUT, I do encourage putting ample time towards your work for this, making sure there's no unnecessary artifacts and workshopping the WIP with others. This isn't a closed-off, secretive affair, but at the same time, think of this like you would for AOCC or any OCR or Pixel Mixer-related albums. Similar process, just not as formal and there's no judging criteria. There is quality assurance / control, but just on a basic level. :D If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask. Does this work for you, @H36T?

Ok... Back in the saddle! Sorry for the delay in replies! Hey! Welcome! Nice to meet ya'. I'll try to note down people who are "up for collabing" soonish, when I go in to edit the front-posts, again, so people joining in known who they can turn to for advice or collaboration on their mixes if they want it! Got you and Bonnie down for drums/percs & vocals, respectively. :) Depending on things, might knock on your DMs myself! I gotcha covered. ;) Stay tuned! Is this your "claim", so to speak? :D Let me know, and I'll update the main post! Aww, that's sad. D: Albeit, doing like a mini-EP of those does sound very intriguing... :) Well, hopefully this'll last longer than 3 years, (fingers crossed!) But you're welcome to do any or ALL of the songs you have in mind. :D There's 0 limit on how many you can submit, just keep the number reasonable. x'D @colorado weeks also voiced helping out with website-making and hosting, and I'm sure between ya'll, we can get that done! I'll also ping @gravitygauntlet because I know he's done some CD label-esque artwork and formatting, and his GF does as well. So if ya'll wanna jump in on this, song sub or otherwise, count me in! Just DM me in the meantime, but I will also be in touch when I consolidate more ideas together!

Hiya! Well, hope you can spare some time to this, and if you're struggling to think of another thing to do, can ask around but doing two Touhou-style arrangements isn't a bad thing! X'D Don't mind at all having multiple if they aren't covering the same sources. OOOOOoooo, a classic. I like it! Glad to get some FF representation here! ♡ Gotcha! I'll note it down! :D

Welcome aboard, H36T! ♡ Nice to see you still at it. ^_^

Also have an idea floating around (if enough people get hooked in / stick around / gets curious) to maybe do a listening party on the 31st for this, if that's a nice idea for folks. Depends on how many get involved or would like that, but I don't mind keepin' that in the back of my head for the time being until later down the line. :)

I'll be sure to add these! Thanks! ♥