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4 months ago
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I'm gonna say it... And you probably heard someone else say it too, or not, but anyway, you're gonna hear me say it in my words...
Well, music contests on the internet are biased as hell.
And I've been in like two of them. Three if you consider OCRemix, but I'll talk about it soon, I suppose.
No, I'm not frustrated or disappointed that I didn't end up winning the Furry Musicians contest. Really, why would a track like Éperdu win that contest? It has no vocals, no real instruments, it's just synths on top of each other and, frankly, how do you pull up a "Hymie's Hymn" or a "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" or a "Blood Promise" in one minute? You can, but you can't, like, I can do short tracks filled with richness and depth, but I also do lengthy ones for many reasons. One is that one minute isn't just enough to express a lot of stuff I feel, two is that I hate the “tiktokfication” of our society with stuff like Youtube Shorts and Tiktok becoming the standard while people struggle to watch movies like Kagemusha and 2001 because they are too long and boring and they can't pay attention to what's going on and...
Yeah, I forgot what I was talking about, sorry. So, uh, one minute is too short, simple and clear. And no, I had no freaking chance of winning and I didn't upload, create and mix that track only to win. Nah, I just wanted to showcase my skills and that's all. Still, music contests made online are very biased, I'll tell that.
I once tried to upload some remixes of video game OSTs I've made on OCRemix, but I failed to do so because their judging system is, well... They don't like experimental stuff, and when they do, it's not experimental enough. It's like those guys want to hear the exact same notes they heard in their childhood but they want "real hui-quality equipment" instead of "midi", which is kind of ironic considering that most high-quality game music back in the 80s and 90s were, you know, midi files, or heavily compressed .wav files with background noise in them (unrelated, but I miss that aesthetic).
And, oh, most old game music had clipping too, by the way. OCRemix feels less of a fansite dedicated to video game music remix and more like a corporation in which boardrooms disguised as evercaring fans decide what they wanna hear and what they don't according to some bullshit standards they themselves have invented for whatever.
So, really, self-release is the way to go. You won't be famous, but you'll let others know your stuff is out there somewhere.
Well, music contests on the internet are biased as hell.
And I've been in like two of them. Three if you consider OCRemix, but I'll talk about it soon, I suppose.
No, I'm not frustrated or disappointed that I didn't end up winning the Furry Musicians contest. Really, why would a track like Éperdu win that contest? It has no vocals, no real instruments, it's just synths on top of each other and, frankly, how do you pull up a "Hymie's Hymn" or a "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" or a "Blood Promise" in one minute? You can, but you can't, like, I can do short tracks filled with richness and depth, but I also do lengthy ones for many reasons. One is that one minute isn't just enough to express a lot of stuff I feel, two is that I hate the “tiktokfication” of our society with stuff like Youtube Shorts and Tiktok becoming the standard while people struggle to watch movies like Kagemusha and 2001 because they are too long and boring and they can't pay attention to what's going on and...
Yeah, I forgot what I was talking about, sorry. So, uh, one minute is too short, simple and clear. And no, I had no freaking chance of winning and I didn't upload, create and mix that track only to win. Nah, I just wanted to showcase my skills and that's all. Still, music contests made online are very biased, I'll tell that.
I once tried to upload some remixes of video game OSTs I've made on OCRemix, but I failed to do so because their judging system is, well... They don't like experimental stuff, and when they do, it's not experimental enough. It's like those guys want to hear the exact same notes they heard in their childhood but they want "real hui-quality equipment" instead of "midi", which is kind of ironic considering that most high-quality game music back in the 80s and 90s were, you know, midi files, or heavily compressed .wav files with background noise in them (unrelated, but I miss that aesthetic).
And, oh, most old game music had clipping too, by the way. OCRemix feels less of a fansite dedicated to video game music remix and more like a corporation in which boardrooms disguised as evercaring fans decide what they wanna hear and what they don't according to some bullshit standards they themselves have invented for whatever.
So, really, self-release is the way to go. You won't be famous, but you'll let others know your stuff is out there somewhere.
