Remix War VII: When Genres Collide

[Emkay]

Man I was excited for this but things didn't all pan out right for me. It took me a while to figure out just what song I wanted to remix, longer to get around to asking for stems. I never did get a reply back and too shy to ask again.
At least I made something for the intermission but that's about it.

[3ternal]

Gotta be honest, I was really expecting more people to have submitted tracks.

[Stars In Autumn]

If you guys missed the deadline, PM me a link to your track within the next 24 hours or so. I'm going to be downloading all the songs and making sure they're all tagged correctly before I hand them off to Celestia Radio. The sync listen will start next weekend on Saturday. The number of entries for this war was smaller than last year, so we can probably listen to all the songs within 2 days (Saturday and Sunday). I'll make a new topic about the sync listen.

[zorg]

Gotta be honest, I was really expecting more people to have submitted tracks.

after the thing that never happened, people may have gotten disillusioned... that, or IRL has taken its toll... :3

[Alycs]

Also idk how many people even knew about it...

[zorg]

yeah, that one was an interesting fact i found out, even the "official" skypechat had people asking what deadline we were talking about :c
(and many irc people just didn't participate)

[Magnitude Zero]

that, or IRL has taken its toll... :3

Yup. School happened like I was afraid it would. :(

[MagnaDrake]

So now we're just waiting for the streaming event on Celestia Radio right?

[zorg]

yes and no, as SiA said, those who are late can still submit for a day after the deadline, but other than that, it's anticipation time.

[MG Music]

Shoot I missed the deadline due to saving issues is there not anyway i can submit it now?

[Stars In Autumn]

Alright, I'm finished accepting late entries. I'll tag the rest of the songs and send them to Celestia Radio tomorrow. Get ready for the sync listen! woop woop

[simonli2575]

Sync Listening Hype.

[MG Music]

Did u get my entrant? Stars in Autumn?

[S.P.P]

For anybody interested:
I'mma be recording the livestream and archiving the IRC for those who can't make it.
Uhm, I mean .. if that's Ok with you, Stars? It's just that I didn't see anything to suggest you were going to so I thought I'd get on it. :)

[PropellerEscape]

Pyr3, you're a godsend :3

[Stars In Autumn]

For anybody interested:
I'mma be recording the livestream and archiving the IRC for those who can't make it.
Uhm, I mean .. if that's Ok with you, Stars? It's just that I didn't see anything to suggest you were going to so I thought I'd get on it. :)

Yeah, that's fine, although I'm fairly certain sci will archive the IRC.

[S.P.P]

Yeah, that's fine, although I'm fairly certain sci will archive the IRC.

Alright, cool. And noted re. Sci archiving it.

[Freewave]

Gotta be honest, I was really expecting more people to have submitted tracks.

after the thing that never happened, people may have gotten disillusioned... that, or IRL has taken its toll... :3

Remix Wars V - 259 entries
Remix Wars VII- 114 entries

That's a pretty big drop. Lotta people leaving or that no longer come to MLR enough to even hear about the event (coupled with a return to school and a shorter timeframe).

At least it won't be a multiday simulcast but there's a multitude of big names that don't aknowledge these events or take part in these which is a bit sad.

[S.P.P]

Gotta be honest, I was really expecting more people to have submitted tracks.

after the thing that never happened, people may have gotten disillusioned... that, or IRL has taken its toll... :3

Remix Wars V - 259 entries
Remix Wars VII- 114 entries

That's a pretty big drop. Lotta people leaving or that no longer come to MLR enough to even hear about the event (coupled with a return to school and a shorter timeframe).

At least it won't be a multiday simulcast but there's a multitude of big names that don't aknowledge these events or take part in these which is a bit sad.

I noticed this, and it's a damn shame.
I think half the problem lies in the fact that the MLP music scene as a whole is dwindling. Many big names have stepped off the Brony bus - Silva, Alex, and most recently, H8_Seed a few days ago. Glaze seems to be focusing of his Glaze stuff rather than WoodenToaster, which is totally fine, but unfortunately people pay much less attention to it. Seriously, go compare his views on poniponi to not poniponi. And that's only a to name a few; I haven't seen alot of ArtAttack, Assertive only seems to release once a blue moon, and the list goes on.

I'm not sure really how to remedy the fact that the scene is in a bit of a bind, but for sure it needs a kick in the flank somehow ..

[MG Music]

Well pyr3light that just gives us new musicians an incentive to do their best and show everyone that brony musc aint dying

[UnderpΩny]

frijk I haven't released a song in so long I forgot to tag the mp3 lol

[Freewave]

Well pyr3light that just gives us new musicians an incentive to do their best and show everyone that brony musc aint dying

Well the old names have been replaced with a new breed of up and comers and those are who EQD featurers. Radiarc, Donglekumquat, Ponyphonic, AmongTheHerd, Nicolas Dominique, TheDashDub, JayB, PonyFirestone, Carbon Maestro, Sprocket Doggingsworth, Evening Star, Flaedr, VocalScorePony, and TheLTrain. I can't say that many of those guys took part in RW or currently on MLR either. So even if the names are changing on who the current stars are the status quo isn't. There's a serious disconnect from MLR/RW to the popular artists and the general brony community.

MLR needs to be relevent and be a place where brony musicians converge REGARDLESS of status. When you look at who started this forum they were all our idols. All i see now is its a place to leave (graduate) once you get good (or never be a part of in the first place because you didn't need the help). Not happy that's the case....

[Stars In Autumn]

Gotta be honest, I was really expecting more people to have submitted tracks.

after the thing that never happened, people may have gotten disillusioned... that, or IRL has taken its toll... :3

Remix Wars V - 259 entries
Remix Wars VII- 114 entries

That's a pretty big drop. Lotta people leaving or that no longer come to MLR enough to even hear about the event (coupled with a return to school and a shorter timeframe).

At least it won't be a multiday simulcast but there's a multitude of big names that don't aknowledge these events or take part in these which is a bit sad.

Actually, it's 54 total entries. The event will be probably barely over 4 hours.

But that's fine. This event isn't a Balloon Party. It's for musicians who are just learning the craft and wish to get to know one another. My first remix ever was an entry in Remix War I and it sucked. But it didn't matter, because I learned a lot since then, many of the things I've learned was from people who I met during the remix wars.

If less musicians are interested in the event than before, that's fine too. The scene went from no saturation 2 years ago to over saturation real quick. I think it's finding a middle ground now.

[Freewave]

Oh wow. I just counted how many guys were listed. Didn't know it was half that. :O

Good point on the saturation thing. Bound to happen and probably a good thing for the long run.

[Sonarch]

I'm dedicating more time to music now, so I hope I can get it together to participate in the next one...