| QUOTE (Littlink @ Jul 17 2009, 02:27 PM) |
| in the second game it is! which is what I meant anyway :V |
you should have clarified that then.
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| MFGG Message Boards: Archives > Music Competitions > Music Comp #16 - Get your desert groove on! |
| Posted by: Littlink Jul 17 2009, 02:18 PM |
| Haha, grats to the top three from #15, cool stuff!Let's see if I do this right~ Okay so you're in this desert and suddenly you decide to make MUSIC. Yes the desert. You're job, participants, is to capture the feeling of the gritty and barren landscape. The sun baking down on the dunes, maybe an oasis in the distance to cool off in! Usually the desert means sitar abuse but go ahead! That means make a piece of music that captures the desert. You can create an original piece BUT if you're not up to that, go and find some and remix one of the Mario desert themes. A few I can think of off the top of my head are Gritzy Desert from Mario & Luigi, the Desert theme from NSMB and whatever was in the original Paper Mario. I dunno how long this should be, maybe a month from now, that means August 17th! |
| Posted by: Dr. Cigarman Jul 17 2009, 02:21 PM | ||
for the record the desert was really called Teehee Valley, not Gritzy Desert |
| Posted by: DJ Yoshiman Jul 17 2009, 02:23 PM |
| This shall prove interesting for me. |
| Posted by: Littlink Jul 17 2009, 02:27 PM | ||
in the second game it is! which is what I meant anyway :V |
| Posted by: Tri Jul 17 2009, 02:28 PM | ||
He means M&L:PiT! Also, HELL YEAH I'M SO ENTERING |
| Posted by: Dr. Cigarman Jul 17 2009, 02:29 PM | ||
you should have clarified that then. |
| Posted by: Littlink Jul 17 2009, 02:31 PM | ||
I can't wait! |
| Posted by: Pucifur Jul 17 2009, 02:41 PM |
| Already started an original bit. :) |
| Posted by: Fender Jul 17 2009, 02:53 PM |
| this should be fun =] |
| Posted by: shroomguy Jul 17 2009, 03:27 PM |
| Good theme. Interesting concept. Song will probably include Sitar. Congratulations. |
| Posted by: Black Boo Jul 17 2009, 03:30 PM |
| Hmm...will consider entering if I can get a decent music making program...(for free, I'm broke) |
| Posted by: Fender Jul 17 2009, 03:36 PM | ||
did you delete all your badges or something? i swear you had a bunch. |
| Posted by: MC Jimmy Jul 18 2009, 10:03 PM |
| Would a western count towards this as well? |
| Posted by: mirror Jul 18 2009, 10:07 PM | ||
Anvil Studio |
| Posted by: shroomguy Jul 18 2009, 11:30 PM | ||
Depends on how you capture the theme, but I say go for it! |
| Posted by: Blaster Jul 19 2009, 01:49 AM |
I'm entering  . I have already started and it shouldn't take me too long. |
| Posted by: Pucifur Jul 19 2009, 03:07 AM |
| I'll be gone for a week so I may as well post what I've got so far. http://www.box.net/shared/g05p588x10 |
| Posted by: Blaster Jul 19 2009, 05:13 AM |
| Here is mine (it's not a remix): http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jttiwlzyzmn It loops twice, and on the second loop it is transposed. Edit: I am going to update this again sometime before the competition finishes. Edit 2: I have scrapped this and I want it withdrawed from the competition if possible ie pretend I never posted in this thread. |
| Posted by: Hohoo Jul 19 2009, 06:20 AM | ||
http://lmms.sf.net/ It's like FL Studio but free, free and sometimes even better. --- http://koti.mbnet.fi/hohoo/mc-16.ogg - now with 87% less clichés! I need comments, by the way. |
| Posted by: Littlink Jul 19 2009, 03:16 PM |
| Woah, pretty cool stuff so far, guys! |
| Posted by: Hohoo Jul 19 2009, 03:40 PM |
| http://koti.mbnet.fi/hohoo/mc-16.ogg |
| Posted by: shroomguy Jul 19 2009, 07:33 PM |
| http://www.sendspace.com/file/ljft5d Progress in work |
| Posted by: Zephyra Jul 19 2009, 10:25 PM |
| Will I be allowed to remix one of my original pieces I made a while back? I don't see why not, since you're allowing people to remix Mario music |
| Posted by: shroomguy Jul 20 2009, 10:43 AM | ||
Not to seem like a jerk here, but I really would appreciate some advice about how to make this better. And Zeph-Yeah, that's fine. As long as it's new, and made by you! |
| Posted by: Hohoo Jul 20 2009, 11:48 AM | ||
Well, it's already so good it (almost?) destroyed my hopes to be in the top five. |
| Posted by: Littlink Jul 20 2009, 04:33 PM | ||
Go right ahead! |
| Posted by: shroomguy Jul 20 2009, 07:18 PM |
| http://www.sendspace.com/file/o59sf8 Consider it done. |
| Posted by: kremling Jul 24 2009, 10:15 AM | ||
In the middle to end of your song it seemed like you just threw some random notes in there that really wasn't even matching the song. :/ |
| Posted by: shroomguy Jul 24 2009, 01:47 PM | ||
I can't tell you how much this post helped me I accidentally left an extra sitar going in there...:V indeed. http://www.sendspace.com/file/uzvq97 REAL FINAL ENTRY |
| Posted by: kremling Jul 24 2009, 04:27 PM | ||
No problem :] I might just think about entering this though. |
| Posted by: Kyori Jul 24 2009, 06:12 PM |
| Finally, an original composition theme. I'm entering. |
| Posted by: shroomguy Jul 24 2009, 07:38 PM | ||
I really love doing original stuff more than remixing. |
| Posted by: Tony Trombone Jul 28 2009, 10:54 PM |
| Okay, I haven't entered one of these in a long time but here goes: http://www.humyo.com/F/4347121-931557669 Tony Trombone's fabulouth entry! |
| Posted by: Tony Trombone Jul 28 2009, 11:04 PM | ||
This is very nice, shroomguy. You should be very proud of yourself. If I saw someone recruit you as the composer for their game, I'd know the soundtrack would be nothing short of flush with the game. You write very well to the idea of "video game music" which is "background music". The music is the background to the gameplay. For that purpose, what you have is excellent. I believe that music in video games can be sonically engaging, though. I don't like the relatively virgin and stable direction your piece goes through. It would loop just fine, but I think background music can be much more than that. That is just my take on it (and you'll hear that if you listen to my entry). The dialogue between the two sitars is a bit unsettling. It seems very shaky and haphazard. If you were going for that effect, it backfired and made it look like YOU don't know what you're doing. There are a few tonalities that I'm not a huge fan of, I'd just like to see more direction with the melody line and less dead air. The percussion in the back is very nice. You done a really good job, though, shroomguy. |
| Posted by: shroomguy Jul 29 2009, 12:54 AM |
| Tony, that is probably some of the first REAL advice I've received in a long time. I really like the way it turned out, though the people I've showed it to enjoyed the sitars back and forth for the most part. Guess it's sorta hit or miss really. I MIGHT go back and change it one last time, but I don't know if I can make the sitars flow together perfectly...I really have little experience with Sitars (BIG SHOCK GASP) but I suppose it will come down to a matter of taste with this one. As for your piece, I loved the way it sounded, it flew together well for the most part, though for some reason brass doesn't strike me as very "dessert" Again, a matter of taste. I wouldn't exactly find this playing in the background of a level, but I could definitely see this in a store of some sort. I feel like the notes could be just a tad higher,(maybe a bit sharper? idk) on some parts, but overall this is pretty damn good. Excellent job, you should also be proud of yourself. |
| Posted by: Zephyra Aug 1 2009, 10:41 PM |
| http://www.box.net/shared/xjjhs4651r Done! |
| Posted by: Hohoo Aug 2 2009, 03:57 AM |
| http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zyeqzulnwqm If you can't play Ogg Vorbis files, go download a player that supports them. |
| Posted by: Boomb Aug 2 2009, 05:31 AM | ||
Could I use this in a game? Very relaxing. |
| Posted by: Hohoo Aug 2 2009, 10:14 AM | ||
I like this! Though the very beginning sounds like a desert, after a while I can't imagine a desert any more but rather a sea. |
| Posted by: Littlink Aug 2 2009, 10:15 AM | ||
Ahh, cool stuff. Personally though I felt the song was kinda empty right until you added the bongos and stuff right near the end, really cool! Still a great tune, dude. B) |
| Posted by: Hohoo Aug 2 2009, 10:34 AM | ||
For some reason the songs I do for these competitions tend to be not so great as my actual ones. And nobody writes that good music software for GNU/Linux as there is for the one beginning with W. LMMS is the best one there is, but it crashes somewhat often and while it has some great plugins (Gameboy sound emulator, SID emulator etc.) it lacks in automation and such things. |
| Posted by: shroomguy Aug 2 2009, 07:19 PM | ||
Just credit me, and you can use any of my songs |
| Posted by: Vorxis Aug 4 2009, 02:00 PM | ||
Best song so far, great work. =) |
| Posted by: shroomguy Aug 4 2009, 04:27 PM | ||
): ): Just kidding, that is awesome Zeph! You have a pretty damn good chance of winning |
| Posted by: Zephyra Aug 4 2009, 05:05 PM | ||
Thanks, haha I haven't entered one of these in quite a while, so it'd be nice if I did win |
| Posted by: shroomguy Aug 14 2009, 04:50 PM |
| Falcon BUMP |
| Posted by: Littlink Aug 14 2009, 08:02 PM |
| Ends in a few days, people! |
| Posted by: Zephyra Aug 17 2009, 07:56 PM |
| Doesn't voting start today |
| Posted by: shroomguy Aug 17 2009, 08:09 PM | ||
Indeed |
| Posted by: Tony Trombone Aug 18 2009, 12:31 PM |
| oh s**t |
| Posted by: Littlink Aug 18 2009, 02:45 PM |
| right then, final voting since we have less than 6 |
| Posted by: Blue Griffin 23 Aug 19 2009, 12:14 AM | ||
awsome. |
| Posted by: MONEYMAN Aug 20 2009, 12:59 PM |
| archive plz |