Damn this is just sad....
honourable mentions to raggd46, freezwalm, Bspendlove, Kirbyfemur, Warhector, LiquidOoze and jarrydn who just barely didn't make the cut.

finished my track. now it's just tweaking shit over time till next friday!

At 7/22/13 12:28 AM, Sequenced wrote: finished my track.

In just two days?

At 7/22/13 12:32 AM, BrokenDeck wrote:

At 7/22/13 12:28 AM, Sequenced wrote: finished my track.

In just two days?

Its a psyche out power play.

At 7/20/13 12:16 PM, Sielumetsien wrote: Lashmush gonna rip you to pieces.

It's definitely going to be an interesting match. I don't know if I should do something really intense since he seems to do mostly metal or if I should go with something in total contrast.

At 7/20/13 12:35 PM, johnfn wrote: Perhaps we should be seeded next time? ;-)

But then my strategy of sneaking through the rounds while the giants slaughter one another wouldn't work!

yeahhhhhh im gonna drive real fast n' turn to the left sometimesss

At 7/22/13 12:32 AM, BrokenDeck wrote:

At 7/22/13 12:28 AM, Sequenced wrote: finished my track.

In just two days?

I was just at the beach for a few days. been cookin' up some inspiration so I was able to crank out a tune quite quickly.

At 7/22/13 02:24 AM, Sequenced wrote:

At 7/22/13 12:32 AM, BrokenDeck wrote:

At 7/22/13 12:28 AM, Sequenced wrote: finished my track.

In just two days?

I was just at the beach for a few days. been cookin' up some inspiration so I was able to crank out a tune quite quickly.

I've been planning my ideas for this for the last two months, and I've spent over 10 hours on a piece which is currently only about 1 minute in.

Somebody doesn't spend much time on making their piece as good as possible. :3

At 7/22/13 02:40 AM, SkyeWintrest wrote:
Somebody doesn't spend much time on making their piece as good as possible. :3

IMO, electronic music requires skill to make rather than talent. all you really need is an ear for music. after a few years of trail and error, you can pretty much become an "expert" at it.

since I know all of fl studio's hotkeys, it doesn't take long for me to put something down. when I really know what I want something to sound like, I get it done, whether it takes about 30 minutes or more than 3 hours. it really just depends on the person man.

At 7/22/13 01:22 AM, Breed wrote: yeahhhhhh im gonna drive real fast n' turn to the left sometimesss

Unless you were in a country that drove on opposite sides :P

At 7/22/13 03:30 AM, Sequenced wrote:

At 7/22/13 02:40 AM, SkyeWintrest wrote:
Somebody doesn't spend much time on making their piece as good as possible. :3

IMO, electronic music requires skill to make rather than talent. all you really need is an ear for music. after a few years of trail and error, you can pretty much become an "expert" at it.

since I know all of fl studio's hotkeys, it doesn't take long for me to put something down. when I really know what I want something to sound like, I get it done, whether it takes about 30 minutes or more than 3 hours. it really just depends on the person man.

I think genre plays a large role in it. If you're doing something like Metal, or Dance you wont go over the top with the number of instruments you set up or use. With things like orchestral setting up can take me a full day just to make a base template. And then if while doing your track, you'll bring in more samples depending on the specified effect needed. On some of my classical set up templates I have around 70 Midi tracks. So using these then making sure their velocities complement the track is a very time consuming process. I tend to spend a few days on each track. The bigger ones I push can take a week on and off. So templates and genre can play a large part imo.

This is going to be a blast, best of luck to you jvonm. You're very talented, I'm gonna have to pull out all the stops.

At 7/22/13 01:17 AM, BlazingDragon wrote:

At 7/20/13 12:16 PM, Sielumetsien wrote: Lashmush gonna rip you to pieces.

It's definitely going to be an interesting match. I don't know if I should do something really intense since he seems to do mostly metal or if I should go with something in total contrast.

It's like rock paper scissors. 8-bit<metal<edm<orchestral<8-bit. Orchestral against metal or 8-bit against edm are draws. Don't try experimental or jazz or anything farfetched like that. Keep it mainstream.

At 7/20/13 12:35 PM, johnfn wrote: Perhaps we should be seeded next time? ;-)

But then my strategy of sneaking through the rounds while the giants slaughter one another wouldn't work!

Nope. If you try to sneak you get pounded on. To pound or be pounded.

At 7/22/13 08:07 AM, SourJovis wrote:

At 7/22/13 01:17 AM, BlazingDragon wrote: It's definitely going to be an interesting match. I don't know if I should do something really intense since he seems to do mostly metal or if I should go with something in total contrast.

It's like rock paper scissors. 8-bit<metal<edm<orchestral<8-bit. Orchestral against metal or 8-bit against edm are draws. Don't try experimental or jazz or anything farfetched like that. Keep it mainstream.

Do you mean to not do jazz at all through the competition, or just against metal? Kor-Rune did some amazing jazz fusion last year, and I won a round myself with a jazz piece. And Camoshark, of course, did pretty well with jazz.

We tried to choose judges that are experienced in various fields of music for a reason; we accept any genre, even jazz! Unfortunately none of the judges specialise in jazz but frankly good music is good music. We'll judge a jazz track just like any other.

Ready to rumble :D

At 7/22/13 09:41 AM, BlazingDragon wrote:

At 7/22/13 08:07 AM, SourJovis wrote:

At 7/22/13 01:17 AM, BlazingDragon wrote: It's definitely going to be an interesting match. I don't know if I should do something really intense since he seems to do mostly metal or if I should go with something in total contrast.

It's like rock paper scissors. 8-bit<metal<edm<orchestral<8-bit. Orchestral against metal or 8-bit against edm are draws. Don't try experimental or jazz or anything farfetched like that. Keep it mainstream.

Do you mean to not do jazz at all through the competition, or just against metal? Kor-Rune did some amazing jazz fusion last year, and I won a round myself with a jazz piece. And Camoshark, of course, did pretty well with jazz.

Actually most of the artists in Newgrounds are very..mm..non mainstream, to prove that those artist do have sucess just check last years performance by @TroisNyxEtienne in addition tho those mentioned by Blazing Dragon and also the success @ZipZipper will have this year, you cant get more non mainstream than him xD

At 7/22/13 10:26 AM, DivoFST wrote:

At 7/22/13 09:41 AM, BlazingDragon wrote: Do you mean to not do jazz at all through the competition, or just against metal? Kor-Rune did some amazing jazz fusion last year, and I won a round myself with a jazz piece. And Camoshark, of course, did pretty well with jazz.

Actually most of the artists in Newgrounds are very..mm..non mainstream, to prove that those artist do have sucess just check last years performance by @TroisNyxEtienne in addition tho those mentioned by Blazing Dragon and also the success @ZipZipper will have this year, you cant get more non mainstream than him xD

I know. Don't take what I say so serious. How'd I know what the formula to succes is? If there were any concrete rules to winning competitions in composing or another form of art, it would've been in the olympics.

Hmmm - i dont think it has to do with making mainstream or whatever. You just should do what you think is worth to do it and what you really, really want to do right now - overall even @ this contest fun should be the most important thing. The more fun you have while creating your stuff the higher the chances will be to be successful. For me its the only way i wanna approach to those challenges. I think good things will always have a chance. So people be creative and dare to go your own way!

At 7/22/13 04:29 AM, PeterSatera wrote:

I think genre plays a large role in it. If you're doing something like Metal, or Dance you wont go over the top with the number of instruments you set up or use. With things like orchestral setting up can take me a full day just to make a base template. And then if while doing your track, you'll bring in more samples depending on the specified effect needed. On some of my classical set up templates I have around 70 Midi tracks.

I have to agree on you with this. Electronic music in general is a lot easier to compose than Classical music.

At 7/22/13 03:24 PM, Sequenced wrote: I have to agree on you with this. Electronic music in general is a lot easier to compose than Classical music.

That's true. Ambient and EDM are far easier to create and far less time-consuming than genres which take more compositional effort.

There are different aspects which come into play, but this is *typically* the case.

Of course, generally if you spend more time on a piece, the better it'll be regardless of genre...

At 7/22/13 05:08 PM, SkyeWintrest wrote:

At 7/22/13 03:24 PM, Sequenced wrote: I have to agree on you with this. Electronic music in general is a lot easier to compose than Classical music.

That's true. Ambient and EDM are far easier to create and far less time-consuming than genres which take more compositional effort.

I hate the term EDM, but whatever.

Trance, Electro, House usually takes more than 12 hours to really make a killer track. First of all, you have to know a lot about EQing. Because one little muffle in a certain frequency can really bring down the track. It's very ear-straining too. Listening to your drums and the bass for hours on end just trying to find the perfect low-end mix.

After that, if you are into making your own synths, that requires another few hours. Especially for Electro. once you have all that done, then all you need to arrange it in a DJ friendly matter.

At 7/22/13 03:30 AM, Sequenced wrote:

At 7/22/13 02:40 AM, SkyeWintrest wrote:
Somebody doesn't spend much time on making their piece as good as possible. :3

IMO, electronic music requires skill to make rather than talent. all you really need is an ear for music. after a few years of trail and error, you can pretty much become an "expert" at it.

since I know all of fl studio's hotkeys, it doesn't take long for me to put something down. when I really know what I want something to sound like, I get it done, whether it takes about 30 minutes or more than 3 hours. it really just depends on the person man.

And that's exactly why i hate to make a track by a specific genre. It's all the same formula, but doing it like that can't make your track stand out unless done perfectly. Which is why i urge most artists to really experiment with that and go with a formula, sure, but let it be your own formula.

At 7/22/13 05:18 PM, aliaspharow wrote:
And that's exactly why i hate to make a track by a specific genre. It's all the same formula, but doing it like that can't make your track stand out unless done perfectly. Which is why i urge most artists to really experiment with that and go with a formula, sure, but let it be your own formula.

actually the one I've made for this isn't my usual style.

At 7/22/13 05:29 PM, Sequenced wrote:
actually the one I've made for this isn't my usual style.

Same, im halfway atm, inspired by the guddumn heat xD

Guess I might as well get things rolling. Here's my Round 1 submission:

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/543879?updated=1

Best of luck to absolutely everyone, and I'm looking forward to hearing tons of fantastic music!

Hope nobody minds if I repost with the version of the link that's both fashionable and functional.

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  Anthem of the Adventurer

  by ChronoNomad

  NGADM 2013 - Round 1

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  Cinematic

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  PLAY

I really can't believe that I did not even make it through the first round. I surfed every single entry and there was maybe 5 people who submitted anything close to actual rock music (including Kor Rune who literally submitted the same song that he won with last year.)

I suppose it serves me right for trying to bring rock and roll to a community so dedicated to electronic music

Guess its time to re-evaluate for next year.

.....It still burns

At 7/22/13 09:16 PM, VaudevilleFreud wrote:

Guess its time to re-evaluate for next year.

.....It still burns

Hey bro. I just listened to a couple of your songs and I loved both of them. Keep in mind, that there were over 300 submissions this year. It's quite difficult to get in, even if you're the only one submitting rock n roll.

It might help if you become a bit more active in the community as well. I'm sure there are other rock artists that want help from other musicians like yourself.

At 7/22/13 09:16 PM, VaudevilleFreud wrote: I really can't believe that I did not even make it through the first round. I surfed every single entry and there was maybe 5 people who submitted anything close to actual rock music (including Kor Rune who literally submitted the same song that he won with last year.)

I suppose it serves me right for trying to bring rock and roll to a community so dedicated to electronic music

Guess its time to re-evaluate for next year.

.....It still burns

Because clearly it's because of our 1337 dubstep skeelz that Nimble, Soundchris, PeterSatera, Kor-Rune (who, as you mentioned, WON the competition), Fleshbag, I and countless others made it in. :v

What if I told you maybe you're not as good as you think you are? Maybe they should have also let in all the other people thought tuey deserved a place then?

inb4 I'm better than all those other people.