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V'ger - Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:34 am

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Time to vote for your top 5 tracks. All tracks are here.

RULES:
- Give 5 points to the track you think is best, 4 for second, then 3, 2 and 1.
- Voting is open to anyone.
- Last day for voting is 15th August (KVR time).
- If you have entered in the competition, you must vote to be eligible for prizes.
- No voting for yourself.
- Voters must have had 20 prior forum posts before start of the voting period, or participated in this month's contest.
- In the case of equal scores after voting, entries will be separated by how many 5 pts they got, then 4 pts and so on.

HOW TO VOTE:
You should allocate your votes, in a single post, in this thread ... something like this:

Artist zxy - Track zxy: 5
Artist xqy - Track xqy: 4
Artist zyx - Track zyx: 3
Artist zqx - Track zqx: 2
Artist qzx - Track qzx: 1

NOTE:
Reviews, however brief, are always welcome. Even if you can only find the time to add a short comment, then please do! ...it keeps the thread alive and encourages others to listen/vote.

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3ee - Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:42 am

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Cool, can't miss this!
Will have a listen to every track and pick out my top 5.

Good luck everyone!

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muLperi - Wed Aug 01, 2012 4:38 am

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5p Jasinski - Feeling Free
4p Doc Jon - The Principle of Progress
3p Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love
2p bzur - A meditation
1p Photonic - wellcome mr.higgs

Quality of all the tracks was phenomenal! Still gotta choose only few.

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waltercruz - Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:47 am

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I will listen all the tracks tonight at home and cast my votes.

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V'ger - Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:54 am

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Notice new rules ; vote change is no longer allowed.
https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/rules

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Edson Caetano - Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:07 am

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05 - Menegass - Disarmer Land Mine
04 - Waltercruz - Drowned
03 - Skyzone - The Perfect Butterfly
02 - Jasinsky - Feeling Free
01 - Z.prime - Lament

Good Luck to all participants

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IrionDaRonin - Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:55 am

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Hi guys, i was setting my votes from days ago to avoid taking too much time, i have lots of things to do this month.
Hard, as usual. 30 tracks was tough.

Here goes.

1) Mulperi
Precious and warm melodic song, this is what moves me. No more comments. My 5 points to you. On my playlist. Good work.
2) Elipsis1
Huge, agressive and... and... BOOM! I don't have any other word to describe this gritty basstard track. On my playlist.
3) AdagioCM
Evocative, i could see a robot awakening, specially in the end. Vangelisque. Nice chord progressions and melodies.
4) Skyzone [Classical Flavour]
Time to vote this productive guy who worth it. Loved the staccato violin melodies, my fave instrument. And the spacey composition.
5) Bzur
Relaxing, melodic, felt. What to say about Bzur? A nice track with great composition, as usual.

Portrait prize - Yeager and Z.Prime.
Risk theme (unique track) prize - Key88 -
Title prize - Jasinski [Feeling Free] - Bumtu [Digital Nomad]

Honorable mentions

Jasinski - Great, well mastered, stunning production and quality, but i felt like if i was listening your 38 OSC track again. Keep the good work in any case.
Doc Jon - The second part of the track is the side of Jon's music i like. Keep doing nice retro tracks, bro.
Bumtu - The awesomeness made into Dub. I never heard too many Dub, but i think i will like a bit more from now thanks to this track. Lovely filtered dub delays and percs.
Photonic - Super Moogish and classic. Nice band in a box into a Moog V synthesizer. Well done.
Z.Prime - It is nice to listen new waveforms from Z.Prime time to time. A great track behind a great thoughtful artist. Stunning basslines and percs.
Nikp2000 with V5 - Mesmerizing voices and precious harmonic resonances in my brain. Hipnotic and great.
Third Floor - Nice minimalistic moogy track.

Sorry, no more time for comments, guys. In a hurry. Maybe later.

Have a good day and good luck everyone

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waltercruz - Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:58 pm

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AdagioCm - Hello OSC - 5 points
Jasinski- Feeling Free (Arturia Mini V OSC entry) - 4 points
Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love - 3 points
APZX - Veiled Journey - 2 points
Skyzone - The perfect butterfly - 1 points

Skyzone has made a bunch of cool tracks, hard to pick one.

Good luck everyone!

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APZX - Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:34 pm

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Some excellent submissions.

First off, special mention goes to Skyzone. Some pretty fantastic pieces. Also, evo2solo that track was just a lot of fun to listen to. But alas I can only pick five and my tops are:

5 Pts to Doc John's The Principle of Progress: Kinda got a feelin' of JMJ with it, but the percussion is just freakin' fantastic. That pluck is simply awesome too, piercing but not too much. Indeed quite a JMJ feel with some of the sounds and the way they're used and played (just like Adagiocm the second half reminds me a bit of Oxygene).

4 Pts to Bzur's Meditation : Wonderful ambience and overall feel. Truly an atmospheric piece that picks up quite a bit of energy in the middle then has a nice little fade off at the end.

3 Pts to Photonic's Wellcome Mr Higgs : I love those synth brass sounds! Excellent sound choice with a great vibe. Also, towards the end with those breathy chords, simply wonderful.

2 Pts to AdagioCm's Hello OSC : Interesting, with a very JMJ sounding bit to it (Oxygene kinda stuff). Quite a nice sound.

1 Pt to Oopfoo's Another Chance : Nice lighthearted beginning. Simple understated sound with a nice texture to it. Really digging the softness about it. Really this track just got me liking it. Seriously, I really liked it.

I wish I could award more points because there are some other really excellent pieces, such as Elipsis1's Propitiation, which while not exactly my cup of tea was a fantastic piece of work in its own right. Or Menegass' Disarmer Land Mine. Just so hard to pick 5.

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evo2slo - Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:41 am

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1. Jasinski - Feeling Free (5 pts)
2. Doc Jon - The Principle of Progress (4 pts)
3. Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love (3 pts)
4. AdagioCM - Hello OSC (2 pts)
5. elipsis1 - Propitiation (1 pt)

and the rest of my top ten…
RuediRena - Devil's Playground
bzur - A meditation
Yeager - Fosbury Flop
z.prime - Lament
papatomany - the banished satyr

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menegass - Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:44 am

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It was hard to choose, many interesting
contributions, but here it goes:

Jasinski - Feeling Free (5 pts)
AdagioCm - Hello Osc (4 pts)
evo2slo - Moog Me Baby (3 pts)
Oopfoo - Another Chance (2 pts)
z.prime - Lament 1 pts)

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Stonail - Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:48 am

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Hi all

5Pts - Elipsis - Propitiation
4Pts - Zprime - Lament
3Pts - Jesinsky - Feeling Free
2Pts - Irion da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love
1Pt - Bzur - A Meditation

HMs
1 - Bumtu - Digital Nomad
2 - DocJon - The Principle of Progress
3 - Evo2slo - Moog Me Baby
4 - Third Floor - Minibob
5 - Nikp 2000 - V8

Very nice & cool Tracks this month .Thank you guys

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elipsis1 - Fri Aug 03, 2012 6:00 pm

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Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love: 5
Janinski - Feeling Free: 4
Mulperi - In the Rain (miniV mix): 3
bzur - A meditation: 2
Yeager - Fosbury Flop: 1

Notes:

MOST IMPORTANT: Don't feel bad if you don't get any votes or don't win, what I have learned in my life making music, is this: as long as you like it, that is all that matters!

Irion Da Ronin surprised me with this track, I really got lost in it. Very cinematic, and he is a master of melody Also, very expressive and played with loads of passion!

Janinski's track was very Skrillex like IMHO, and that is not a bad thing, a lot of work went into this track as far as splitting up the parts to be shared among many different Mini V instances I'm sure. It was a cool track, very modern sounding.

Mulperi's track was bliss. Very delicate and beautiful. A tranquil piece nicely done.

bzur had a very laid back and beautiful piece as well, nicely mixed and very tranquil. Guess you can tell I like ambient music by a lot of my choices here.

Yeager, nicely done! I hope saying this reminded me of my first radio days in the 80s is a compliment? I really loved your arrangement of these sounds, it was triggering memories of my youth! Great work.

There were plenty of great entries, thank you all for sharing. Much love to you all.

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bzur - Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:53 pm

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Which is the spirit of OSC, I think Moreover, I consider it as a music school, where everyone is a teacher and a student.

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3ee - Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:42 am

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Narrowed the list down to 7, now it's getting really tuff!

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3ee - Sat Aug 04, 2012 12:20 pm

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5pts. Yeager - Fosbury Flop

Great synths, Royksopp like fresh air at times (mostly because those mod synth strings I guess), intriguing and "dynamic" (hmm, not sure it's the right word) melodies.
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4pts. Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love

Captivating dark far-east atmo, suited synths (incl well worked "gravel" perc)
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3pts. Skyzone - The Silent Majority

Engaging "system energetic pulsing" rhythm, lovely synths (especially that phase mod arp ) The silent majority is towards making the BIG Revolution!
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2pts. Mulperi - In the Rain (miniV mix)

Lovely atmo, synths (especially those crystal keys) and melodies.
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1pt. DocJon - The Principle of Progress

JMJ melodies creep me out! but overall, it's a great piece of work so I had to include this one into top 5!
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Other pretty cool entries as well..

Good luck!
Cheers,
3ee

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nikp2000 - Sat Aug 04, 2012 12:40 pm

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5pt Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love

4pt evo2slo - Moog Me Baby!

3pt bzur - A meditation

2pt z.prime - Lament

1pt Photonic - wellcome mr. higgs


HMs
AdagioCm - Hello OSC
Skyzone - Classical flavour
RuediRena - Devil's Playground
Skyzone - The perfect butterfly


nick

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adagiocm - Sat Aug 04, 2012 9:34 pm

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5 pts - Evo2slo - Moog Me Baby!
This has me rocking! Great solos, riffs, nicely varied throughout. For me this was the most enjoyable track this month, and the one that tends to stick in my mind the most.

4 pts - Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love.
Wonderful percussion, flute, pads. Great composition with an Asian flavor. Excellent mix/mastering, everything is clear and well placed. Signature Irion.

3 pts - Doc Jon - The Principle of Progress.
JMJ, only better. Progress indeed!

2 pts - Skyzone - The perfect butterfly.
Lovely intro, great sounds.

1 pt - Mulperi - In the rain.
Simply wonderful. Great mood, great sounds, chords and melodies.


Runner ups, roughly in order:
bzur - A meditation. Fantastic buildup. Great sounds, wonderful use of dynamics. Could be a great soundtrack.
Bumtu - Digital Nomad. Quite interesting, and made me really curious to learn more about dub. Great job!
APZX - veiled journey. Tangerine-Dream-like. Solid rhythm, melodies, great pad sounds.
z.prime - lament. Fantastic variety of styles, blending very well together.
Skyzone - Classical flavour. Wonderfully crafted.
Jasinski - Feeling Free. Great wall of sound. Excellent mix.
Third Floor - Minibob. Nice intro and buildup. Great drum sounds.
elipsis1 - Propitiation. Huge sound, great mix.


In addition, I enjoyed immensely the submissions by Papatomany, Yeager, RuediRena, Oopfoo, Photonic, Waltercruz, Loris Solic, Nikp2000 (especially v8 ), and Risk. I have great respect for all of you guys. It's been harder than ever to narrow it down to 12-13 tracks, let alone 5.

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SKYZONE - Sun Aug 05, 2012 4:34 am

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This was a creative month like your work guys.......... i have to choose here are my votes

5points : APZX - veiled journey
Like that song from start to end , great mix


4points : Zprime - lament
Nice piece , ritme , love your soundselection

3points : AdagioCm - hello OSC
Long warm nice intro and then the melody's are great

2points : Elipsis1 - propitation
I like the arps , sounds , ritme this song has meaning power , its a story

1point : RuediRena - devil's playground
Mmmmm nice piece of horror sounds

Sorry guys no more points.....HM , Irion da ronin , bzur , jasinski , mulperi , photonic , oopfoo , bumtu , third floor , evo2slo , risk , doc jon , walter cruz , yeager...............

Keep on doing the good work

And thanks for the points already...........

Hear you.........


Fabrizio

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photonic - Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:33 am

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Hi all,

5 points: Doc Jon - The Principle of Progress
JMJ was the first album of an electronic artits I got. So beside the perfectly technical realization of the JMJ-sounds with just one VST it is a very emotional voting for me. Thank you Doc for this meadly!

4 points: APZX-veiled journey
I like it how the track envolves. Without a single drum sounds, just with the driving arpegio and nice leads over lush pads. Great!

3 points: Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love
For me this a soundtrack for a flight over the Andes. The typical south american panflute sound is great! Compliment for the drums, good sound and rhythm.

2 points: Mulperi - In The Rain
A very dreamy track. A perfect chill out.

1 point: Yeager - Fosbury Flop
I was caught by this nice strumming part at the begin. And then my head banging didn't stop till the end of the track.

Photonic

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jasinski - Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:53 pm

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Way to hard to judge these tracks. They are all good in their unique way so I think it really comes down to personal taste in many respects.

5pt Bumtu - Digital Nomad
4pt z.prime - Lament
3pt Third Floor - Minibob
2pt Doc Jon - The Principle of Progress
1pt Yeager - Fosbury Flop

I wish there were more points:
Doc Jon
bzur
Irion Da Ronion
Skyzone
elipsis1
and more...

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Oopfoo - Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:17 pm

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To echo the popular refrain, this was a TOUGH vote.

5 pts - z.prime - Lament
A lot of variety in this track. A LOT of sound. It's interesting and I voted it up for sheer technical prowess, from the opening bass to the chances taken with the closing synths. It bounces across many aspects of electronic music, from a dubstep wobble to an ambient airiness that simply sucks you in. This is a tour de force in synthesizer composition.

4 pts - Jasinksi - Feeling Free
I don't think I've seen my kids dance this much to an OSC track, ever. They all said it sounds like Skrillex, but the song hits you and hits you HARD. I have to vote it up because of the emotional response it generated here in my studio. We just LOVE this song.

3 pts - Irion da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love
You got my vote from the very opening; those djembe sounds are simply superb, and I play the djembe. (You're better at it.) I would vote you a lifetime achievement award for all your contributions to this contest. Holy crap, you make me realize I have SO much to learn with every track you create.

2 pts - evo2slo - Moog Me Baby!
Here's my vote for best retro sound. This is THE sound I've wanted to produce, so very often. The lead that screams in at 1:45 is one of the best things ever. And just how much time did you spend mauling the formant filter? And if you're interested, I've been playing jazz trombone against this track, just because it feels SO right.

1 pts - Yeager - Fosbury Flop
This track is so musical, where so many things seem to end up sounding like a synth demo. The strums...holy crap, they are brilliant! It moves, it grooves, it's great!

I am typing these votes in before I change them again. I've ordered and reordered them for the past several days, and I just can't feel confident in giving so many of you fewer than 5 points. Doc Jon, ThirdFloor, Photonic, Papatomany...you're all on my playlist now. Really great stuff.

I am amazed at the level of ability here. You guys simply blow my mind.

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Oktipus - Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:11 pm

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Here's my 2 cents

5pts RuediRena - Devil's Playground
Somewhat chaotic ambient noise that reminded me a lot of Nurse With Wound's music. I like music like this because it's exploratory. You never know what's coming around the corner. You want to turn it off but something just makes you want to listen more.

4pts AdagioCm - Hello OSC
Another unique and refreshing track. Reminds me a lot of Patrick Moraz work with Relayer era Yes. The beginning sort of makes me envision a magical meadow on a misty spring morning. Love the talking voice synth lines.

3pts Bumtu - Digital Nomad
Three points points just for getting that bass drop out of the Arturia Minimoog.

2pts Papatomany - by the light of the gibbous moon
Have to admit I was expecting some sort of Little Richard tribute but completely opposite. Like RuediRena's track, this one breaks free from typical synth music and takes you on a chaotic journey.

1pts Loris Solic - Using voltage to fix my eardrums
once again, more of ambient sound collage than a haughty composition. Could easily fit on an early Autechre or Aphex Twin album.


Honorable Mention

Photonic - wellcome mr. higgs
Mulperi - In The Rain (miniV mix)
Menegass - Disarmer Land Mine
Yeager - Fosbury Flop


Peace

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jasinski - Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:55 pm

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Haha thanks Oopfoo. Love that feedback!

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Pulse Width Modulation - Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:24 pm

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Hey OSC!I feel bad I wasn't able to put in an entry this time. I got busy with that life thing again! But I'm happy to put in my votes. The entries as a whole get better and better every month! I made a CD of my "short list" to narrow down the entries, and it had 18 tracks on it! But here's my final picks:

5 POINTS TO: Yeager - Fosbury Flop YES! Yeager has captured the true spirit of Moog! This is definately the fattest (or...PHAT-EST) track of all! I have to admit, many of the other tracks sounded too thin, but you really brought out the big bold sound of analog we all love! That's what I was waiting for in this contest,and it delivered! That sound, combined with a great composition seems to play back and forth between nostalgic retro memories to the freshest electro! Can't get enough of this track! GREAT JOB!

4 POINTS TO: IrionDaRonin - Our Last Words of Love This was definately the most creative composition of the contest, and the synthesis matched this quality as well. The hand percussion sounds were incredible, the Asian instrumentation was a fresh twist, and you still managed to include some creative use of abstract electronic sounds as well.

3 POINTS TO: Photonic - Welcome Mr. Higgs Delightfully retro! With some solid analog spirit as well! Your synthesis was excellent! I loved the convincing horn section as well as your piano sound. The 80's jazzy rock sound and performance really made it a lot of fun to listen to. I kept expecting Michael McDonald to start singing!

2 POINTS TO: Jasinski - Feeling Free Only Jasinski could possibly out-Jasinski Jasinski! Total WOW factor on how you assemble these mixes! Definatley the most motivating sound in the contest. Makes you want to grin ear-to-ear and strut down the street!

1 POINT TO: Mulperi - In the Rain This track was rich and expressive. The string sounds and pads created a great depth of sound that was very absorbing.

Thanks to everyone for giving us some great music! Hopefully, I'll see you this month for Dune BE!

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Doc Jon - Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:01 am

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The standard continues to rise month by month, so many classic tracks this time. Comments on Soundcloud, votes as follows:

5 points
Jasinski - Feeling Free

4 points
IrionDaRonin - Our Last Words of Love

3 pojnts
Yeager - Fosbury Flop

2 points
z.prime - Lament

1 point
Skyzone - Perfect Butterfly

Jon

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satYatunes - Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:06 am

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Everyday I listen to all the tracks and everyday my list changes. I can't take anymore of this torture and wanna get it over and done with so here we go:

1. z.prime - Lament
2. Mulperi - In the rain
3. Irion Da Ronin - Our last words of love
4. APZX - Veiled journey
5. Third Floor - Minibob (First time I read it as Miniboob )

Others tracks I liked but ran out of points. In no specific order:
Elipsis, Skyzone (Butterly), Jasinski, AdagioCM, Photonic, DocJon, Bzur, Evo2slo, Bumtu, Yeager

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loris16148 - Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:47 am

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I'm no judge, and even if I was, choosing the top five would still be difficult. Listening to the rich sounds created with such a limited amount of equipment is truly inspiring. Listening to some of these tracks I asked myself "How the F@#& did they do it?" I think that is what its all about. Great entries, great competition. I'm pissed I missed the first 41.

Jasinski - Feeling Free: 5
Skyzone - Classical flavour: 4
Yeager - Fosbury Flop: 3
Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love: 2
Doc Jon - The Principle of Progress: 1

Everyone gets a 5 and I hope we all come back with a bad ass track in the next OSC.

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Aiynzahev - Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:36 pm

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Lots of very good entries, here is what I personally connected with.

1.Irion Da Ronin - Our last words of love (5points)

Many good entries, but none like this for me. Totally captivating from beginning to end, brought up a lot of images of Asia. A fantastic composition in general and the percussion is outstanding. The mix is very good, however overall it is a little quiet and the instruments are a little too far behind the percussion. In a way a piece like this isn't too badly effected by this and it does not rely to heavily on the mix itself.

Also one of the few entries that had a melody I remembered and would hum to myself at various points in the day.

2.Doc Jon - the principle of progress

Excellent all round production, great open mix, loud, clean. Lovely melodies, actually it's not my taste but the melody echoes your Diva entry, 11th Dimension, which I really liked alot.

3.Bzur A Meditation
Really lovely piece

4.z.prime - Lament
The distorted lead is just pleasure.

5.Mulperi In the Rain (1point)

Honorable mentions to elipsis1 propitiation and Jasinski feeling free
Jasinski - Feeling Free
Bumtu - Digital Nomad

Good work guys, lots of other good stuff too.

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Third Floor - Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:41 am

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Yo,

I voted for what I considered to be the best all round tunes in terms of creative synth use, musicality, originality and mix expertise.

My votes as follows :

1 - Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love ( clear winner, nice work )
2 - Jasinski - Feeling Free ( very nice indeed. Lots of work went into this )
2 - Z prime - Lament ( Nice industrial sound, like it )
4 - B'zur - A Meditation ( very nice chilled vibe )
5 - Elipsis1 - Propitiation ( for what it's worth, I think this track shows the most promise, musically, but the mix let it down for me .. sorry )

Nice work, all.

Cheers,

Third Floor.

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Third Floor - Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:43 am

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Honest mistake, I guess

Thanks for the vote.

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Yeager - Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:08 am

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Here are my votes :

Jasinski - Feeling Free : 5 points
IrionDa Ronin - Our Last words Of Love : 4 points
Z.prime - Lament : 3 points
DocJon - The Principle Of Progress : 2 points
Bzur - A Meditation : 1 point.

Nearly made it (aka HM):

Bumtu - Digital Nomad
Apzx - Veiled Journey
Photonic - Wellcome Mr Higgs.

Well done everyone.

And again a big THANK YOU to all who voted/listened/commented on all the tracks
either here and/or on soundcloud.

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RuediRena - Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:27 am

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Voting is not funny at all. Voting is stupid and depending on the mood you are in at the time you fix it. Impossible to get it down to five.

Stop lamenting, get through with it ...

5 points: Jasinski - Feeling Free (This one is standing out)
4 points: Yeager - Fosbury Flop
3 points: Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words Of Love
2 points: evo2slo - Moog Me Baby!
1 point: elipsis1 - Propitiation

Props to at least half a dozen or more of you who also would have been worthy to get points. You know who you are. See our comments on SoundCloud.

Thanks to SKYZONE and Oktipus for picking us.

Ruedi for RuediRena

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kraftraum - Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:42 pm

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Hello all together,

last month i have no time for a track to compose so i only will give away points to you. I think that it will be harder and harder from month to month to give away points ... you are all make nice and very good sounds and tracks

And again the same thing as the month before: you all are "Moogished"

5 Points -> Elipsis1 - Propitiation
4 Points -> Jasinski - Feeling Free (Arturia Mini V Osc Entry)
3 Points -> DocJon - The principle of progress
2 Points -> Skyzone - Blackhole of infinity
1 Points -> Z.prime - Lament

This month no comment because time is run away ... (and i will release my track for the new challenge:) Please look into my comments on your tracks in the sound cloud.

Good night from Germany

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key88 - Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:55 pm

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Thanks for the comments on Sound Cloud and should I get any votes in the contest thanks in advance


Some quick comments, I alway want to give some meaningfull
feedback but time escapes me, so here goes


Adagiocm-HelloOsc - Beautiful orchestral work
Apzx-VeiledJourney - Nice techno
Bumtu-DigitalNomad - Killer Bass
Bzur-AMeditation - Lives up to the name,peacefull,lovely stereo work
DocJon-ThePrincipleOfProgress - Nice and bouncy, spendid panning
Elipsis1-Propitiation - Very dramatic, great fuzz/buzz, what was forgiven? Evo2slo-MoogMeBaby - Funky,Funky,Funky!
IrionDaRonin-OurLastWordsOfLove - Great aucustic recreations, flutes,hand drums, filter sweeps
Jasinski-FeelingFreearturiaMiniVOscEntry - Dance Baby Dance!
LorisSolic-UsingVoltageToFixMyEardrums - Slightly disturbing, very cool
Menegass-DisarmerLandMine - Classic Electronica
Mulperi-InTheRain - Beautiful thematic expansion
Nikp2000-V5 - Cool yoda like warbling popping up in the background
nikp2000-v8 - Like the way the monsters sneak up on you, victory appears, then is lost
Oopfoo-Osc42-AnArrangement - pastoral,peacefull
Oopfoo-Osc42-AnotherChance - More mellow
Oopfoo-Osc42-NeverBeenBetter - Picks up the pace, written by the same person?
Papatomany-ByTheLightOfTheGibbousMoon - Nights in Tunisia? Where's the Oasis? Nice!
Papatomany-TheBanishedSatyr - Oh the agony! More deserts and no water.
Photonic-WellcomeMrHiggs - Makes me think of Weather Report meets Micheal McDonald.
Risk-Elektroherz - Peppy, makes me want to hop up and down on a pogo stick
Ruedirena-DevilsPlayground - Seriously scary opening , like the helicopters in the middle
Skyzone-BlackHoleOfInfinity - Electronica Classic
Skyzone-ClassicalFlavour - Nice bass line in the middle
Skyzone-ThePerfectButterfly - Majestic in a cathedral
Skyzone-TheSilentMajority...... - Let the quiet ones arise and speak
ThirdFloor-MinibobKvr-Osc42Entry - Nice and spacey
Waltercruz-DrownedkvrOsc-42Mini-v - Synth Grunge
Yeager-FosburyFlop - Nice changes
Z.prime-Lament - Doesn't sound so sad to me

Of course what really matters are the votes, so many good tunes to choose from, must add I just picked up a pair of m-audio bx8s and it so much better than headphones or earbuds!

5 points Evo2slo-MoogMeBaby
4 points Papatomany-TheBanishedSatyr
3 points Elipsis1-Propitiation
2 points LorisSolic-UsingVoltageToFixMyEardrums
1 point Mulperi-InTheRain

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bzur - Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:39 am

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My votes:

1) Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love
2) Doc Jon The Principle of Progress
3) Third Floor - Minibob
4) Mulperi - In the Rain
5) z.prime - Lament

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z.prime - Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:41 am

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Here' my spread:

5 pt: elipsis1 - Propitiation

Some really nice parts throughout, thick, unique sounds, great percussion; I think your genre description is particularly appropriate - and I really appreciate the blending of [impure] dubstep with other styles to get a unique sound. I love the interplay of different parts throughout; I guess just a matter of personal preference, great job this month.

4 pt: Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love

In my opinion, the best percussion of the bunch; and a classic Irion track. Not sure about the title, but love the cinematic feel, moving progressions, melodies and variation throughout. I said it on SoundCloud - to me, this is definitely one of your best. Would be no shame if this won you a big prize.

3 pt: Bumtu - Digital Nomad

Love the sounds you coaxed out of the synth, broken beats, style, and especially the second half & melody. Greatly unique, big points from me for that factor; and a very enjoyable track. Keep up the awesomely unique work.

2 pt: Jasinski- Feeling Free

Definitely awesome, I find your style is unsurpassed. For me, similar to Irion, I felt a lot like the tune was a bit of a rehash of your last winning track, though it was certainly unique in its own way and I enjoyed every second. I don't think it would be ill deserved for you to take the prize away with this track. I bet if your tunes found their way into the mainstream, you'd be a wildly popular overnight success. I can't wait to hear where your production talents will take us next!

1 pt: Skyzone - Classical flavour ?

This is without a doubt the favorite tune I've heard from you. I really like the instrumentation, melodies; the beginning section is something very different and intriguing. I find it interesting that so many people like different aspects of your tracks and you have a wide variety of votes. I think we should change up the rules to accumulate votes for artists, not individual tracks.


And, others that could have easily made it if my mood were different; top quality:

Third Floor - Minibob, APZX - Veiled Journey, Photonic - wellcome mr. higgs, Mulperi - In The Rain, Doc Jon - The Principle of Progress, bzur - A meditation (never thought there'd be an OSC where I liked a bzur tune that didn't get points!)


Thanks all for votes on my track this month; moreso for comments on SoundCloud.

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SuperNoise - Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:08 am

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I'm really under big shock how many entries form this OSC I put in my playlist today.
@V'ger - two or three contests like this one and we can open electronic music records label!

I don't like to vote, I do only if I must, so no points from my side, sorry.

Big respect to all participans.
Hats off, Gentlemen!

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___loser - Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:19 am

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5 points elipsis1 - Propitiation
4 points Jasinski - Feeling Free
3 points Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love
2 points Skyzone - Classical flavor
1 point z.prime - Lament

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bumtu - Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:08 pm

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Here are my votes:

5 pts > Z.prime - Lament
4 pts > Skyzone - Classical Flavour ?
3 pts > Evo2slo - Moog Me Baby!
2 pts > Third Floor - Minibob
1 pt > Key88 - Arturia

Honorables:
- Jasinski
- IrionDaRonin
- AdagioCM
- Bzur
- Mulperi
- Doc Jon

All tracks are big effort.
Thank you for contest.

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V-GER - Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:58 pm

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Still slightly in doubt, so much earcandy and relistening made me change my mind about some tracks.. But, I decided to vote so after yet some more relistening and slight reordering I ended up with the following:

5. Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love

- this one grabbed me and wouldn't let go, contionously fascinating and beautiful, sounds seem wellcrafted to me

4. papatomany - by the light of the gibbous moon

- liked this one imediately, the mood was to me somehow reminiscent of delightful sixties movies or colorful tv-shows but a bit more sophisticated than most such soundtracks would have been.. nice percussion, works very well for the track and contributes to the overall mood.


3. evo2slo - Moog Me Baby!

- yeah! great fun!


2. ThirdFloor-Minibob

- lowkey track with interesting development - nice details

1. Jasinski-FeelingFree

- ooh, nice one! catchy, energetic

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papatomany - Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:18 pm

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Here are my votes, but I want to say that most every track was phenomenal and I could make a completely different list tomorrow and be just as satisfied with my choices. Great, great stuff!


5) Irion da Ronin -- Our Last Words of Love
Quite a journey (I almost downgraded this one simply because I really didn't hear my beloved minimoog, but great sounds, fantastic percussion, near perfect, so I really didn't have much choice.)

4) Skyzone -- The Perfect Butterfly
Absolutely majestic and I've always liked the striding rhythm.

3) Elipsis1 -- Propitiation
Great use of textures. Extremely dramatic. Not a bit subtle, but well crafted.

2) Z.Prime -- Lament
Uses just about every color on the palette and does it very well. The edgy parts really lift it up.

1) Yeager -- Fosbury Flop
Classic fusion-type stuff that I love. Great drive. I especially love the lead sound at about 1:00 and desperately wish it would've returned later.

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papatomany - Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:19 pm

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Oh. And thanks you three for the votes.

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adagiocm - Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:07 pm

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Congratulations Irion!!

V'ger: looks like Octipus's vote was not tallied up. It doesn't change the winners, but it bumps me up by one to #8

Thank you all who voted and/or commented on my track!

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z.prime - Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:25 pm

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A well deserved win for a great artist and a wonderful human. I can't think of anyone more deserving of "the big prize" - congratulations Irion!

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V'ger - Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:43 pm

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Sorry for being late with the scores but a bit hectic here at the moment. Will have to double check the votes for errors (good spot Adagiocm) and get back with the list later, but it looks cert that Irion won a lot of top Arturia synths, grats mate..

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IrionDaRonin - Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:38 pm

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Lol. Thanks. I'm super happy, guys.

I remember when i came into OSC one year and half ago with my pockets totally empty and now i look like a total synth freak. Haha.
Just now that i was narrowing down my synth list i'm getting more and more.

Remember guys, trick your minds and think that you are about to narrow your synths, you will win some new ones from nowhere.

Thanks, as usual, for all your votes, your kind comments and feedback, i feel very well knowing that there are people liking my music, my dreams and my feelings. That's priceless.

Every month here with all of you is a total pleasure, a nice and healthy competition and a great place to learn and improve yourself. I still need to improve too much more about mastering.
Thanks for making this reality another month. Keep making music and don't give up, please.

I think i will take a rest about OSC, at least participating, i will come to vote, surely. And it is a shame, because i really like Dune.
There are two main reasons to take a rest. One of them is that i need a job or i will finish living under a bridge and i need to boosting myself to find a job soon.
The second one is i think i have enough synths to learn about. Holy shit, i have to read lots of manuals yet!

I won two months continously and i even feel bad for that, hehe. I even didn't expect, in fact i had enought winning the last month, so i wasn't expecting the same for this month.
I was all the time telling to my friends that is hard to win two months like this, i'm a very negative person, and also i demand to myself too much, never is enough to me. Yadda yadda.

But here we go. So i'm very grateful to have all of you as musician friends, really.

From all my heart. Thank you all. I still can't believe it.


It's not me!

Jeez... 10 new synths, all at same time.
I don't have a job yet, but i feel like if i needed vacations already, lol.

Congrats also to all of you for being there, for making music, for being nice with others and for participating in OSC each month, you make this possible.
Special grats to the rest of winners, great tracks, enjoy your prizes too.
If someone wants any recommendations for what synth you should take, let me know it.

@V'ger
Don't worry mate. Take your time.

Time to take a well deserved rest.

Have a good day, peace and love.

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Doc Jon - Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:02 pm

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Congratulations Irion!

Great track, very well deserved win

Enjoy your prize(s) x10

Jon

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photonic - Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:58 pm

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Congratulations Irion!!

10 synths at once! That's a big jackpot.

Have fun with those toys,
Photonic

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V'ger - Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:16 am

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Final scores:

1 Irion Da Ronin - Our Last Words of Love 87
2 Jasinski- Feeling Free (Arturia Mini V OSC entry) 67
3 z.prime - Lament 45
4 Doc Jon - The Principle of Progress 38
5 elipsis1 - Propitiation 35
6 evo2slo - Moog Me Baby! 27
7 Yeager - Fosbury Flop 25
8 AdagioCm - Hello OSC 23
9 Mulperi - In The Rain 22
10 bzur - A Meditation 19
11 APZX - Veiled Journey 13
12 Skyzone - Classical flavour 13
13 Bumtu - Digital Nomad 11
14 Third Floor - Minibob ( KVR - OSC42 Entry ) 11
15 Skyzone - The perfect butterfly 8
16 Photonic - wellcome mr higgs 8
17 RuediRena - Devil's Playground 6
18 Papatomany - by the light of the gibbous moon 6
19 Papatomany - the banished satyr 4
20 Skyzone - The silent majority...... 3
21 oopfoo - OSC42 - Another Chance 3
22 Loris Solic - Using voltage to fix my eardrums 3
23 Skyzone - Black hole of infinity 2
24 key88 - Arturia 1
25 Key88 - MoogyBlues 0
26 menegass - Disarmer Land Mine 0
27 nikp2000 - V5 0
28 oopfoo - OSC42 - An Arrangement 0
29 oopfoo - OSC42 - Never Been Better 0
30 Risk - Elektroherz 0
31 Waltercruz - Drowned (KVR OSC-42 Mini-V) 0
32 nikp2000-v8 0

Full scoreboard is here.

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bumtu - Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:43 am

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Congrats Irion!

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evo2slo - Fri Aug 17, 2012 4:36 am

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Congratulations Irion! These synths could not be in better hands!

Am always looking forward to your tracks so am sad that we won't be hearing a Dune one from you this month. Something's not right in the world when a musician of your talents is looking for work...

Wish I had the bank to hire you myself - but as it stands my only choice may be to kidnap you and force you at gunpoint to make tracks for me all day long!

Have fun with the new toys, can't wait to hear what you do with them!

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Yeager - Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:33 am

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Congrats Irion , well deserved!

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bzur - Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:45 am

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Congratulations mate...! Hope you couldn't resist to Dune's call

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satYatunes - Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:51 am

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Congrats Irion. Enjoy the new synths. Your collection of synths is getting bigger and better. Please do not stop making music. World needs musicians like you. Good luck on the job front.

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jasinski - Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:44 am

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My hat is off to you Mr. Ronin. Well done sir! I wish you equal fortune in seeking a new job as well.

Thank you everyone who gave me votes. I appreciate it a lot. This months entries were exceptionally strong. It was a joy listening to all the tracks.

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IrionDaRonin - Fri Aug 17, 2012 9:09 am

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@Evo2slo
Haha, funny as always, thanks for make me smile.

I will take a depth look into all these synths and see what i can come with.
I will try to make a track dedicated to OSC participants when i have free time.

Have a good day guys and keep up the good work

@Bzur
Let's see, let's see.
Due i got a big amount of synths already, maybe is time to make music just for fun in OSC, or even exploring new experimental styles.
Let's see what i can do...

@Satya
Mate, don't say such things, omg
I'm just a normal musician playing his feelings. Same as all of us.
Thanks in any case.

@Jasisnki
Hehe, please, don't call me 'sir', i'm not that old. I'm young yet. Thanks, artist! Keep up the good work.

Thanks for all the comments guys. I'm really happy.
Have a good day, guys.

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jasinski - Fri Aug 17, 2012 9:23 am

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Ronin: I call you sir in respect for you as a colleague and worthy opponent not in regards to your age

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muLperi - Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:11 am

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Congratulations Irion! Enjoy the prize!

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IrionDaRonin - Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:17 am

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Hehe, i was messing with you, bro. Thanks. I respect you too. It won't be weird you will be "pro" in no time (in case you are not already). You should, you got talent

So due there are bazillion prizes already, which ones are you all going to pick? I'm curious.

Have a good day, guys

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key88 - Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:03 pm

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SuperNoise - Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:41 am

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Congratulation Irion! It look like you have right now (after so many wins in OSC) enough software to became proffesional musican .

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SKYZONE - Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:31 am

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Sorry irion a'm a bit late for congrats you , anyway you deserved this prize ,its a good idee to leave the beautys you won a bit aside and concentrate to find work , it would be verry nice if you can make from your hobby your work , but in reality ,there are only a few ones who can do this ,but to give it a try its not wrong ( to my opinion ), you just have to find the people in the buisiness . A'm myself have struggle in that matter more then 10 years it was always something mostly because i had no scholing in the matter and blablabla .
Anyway i give up and find me a job in construction that pays well and give lots of work ( who wants to do the dirt work anyway )
There is always work to find only if you just want your OWN way you will end up no were , so if somebody offer you what ever job take it with both hands its a gift , thats my advice .
Good luck in whatever road you take it always lead you somewere.....


And thank you guys for the votes................


with respect


Fabrizio

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IrionDaRonin - Mon Aug 20, 2012 4:33 am

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Thanks guys, greatly appreciated

I'm moving some wires and knocking some videogames companies doors, let's see what can i do.

Have a good day

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SuperNoise - Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:43 am

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Hello Irion,
- Some VST companies hires full time sound designers to create presets and demosongs and even to participate in creation of theis synths - so maybe you may search in this field too.
- Proffesional musicans in music industry, they need new sounds, sometimes they need some music.
- Some music clubs, culture projects, theaters, they need some bacground music.
- All radio-stations they hire music designers to create some jingles and work with their music bacground,
- Movie industry (like Hans Zimmer shows us, it's possible to do movie music with Zebra2)

Where else, have you some ideas where we can search for a job?


One issue is only important. The music market is not consistent. One company hires full time musicans, second company takes freelancers. One company sees huge need for music designers, second one takes the challenge not so seriously. So high flexibility required .

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Third Floor - Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:11 am

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Congratulations to the top finishers .. well done. Guess I'll have to bring the big guns next time

Also, thanks to those that gave me a vote, it is appreciated.

Cheers,

TF

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