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XMas, Music, and Mod Stuff

Posted by Back-From-Purgatory - December 27th, 2011


Music
First things first, I'm sure those of you who follow me are already well aware that I haven't submitted anything in a while (A while being around 2 months at this point). And unfortunately, it's not because I'm about to release something big, nor is it because I've been ridiculously busy (Save the time leading up to Xmas). It's mostly because I've had severe writers block over the past couple months.

I had told one of you a little while back that I was gonna write something while I was pulling an all-nighter in an attempt to get my sleep schedule back on track, adding on the fact that I always seem to write better music when I'm tired as hell. Well... Unfortunately, that fell through, once again I was struck with a lack of motivation/inspiration and a whole lot of writers block.

Nothing actually written aside... I have still be practicing, so hopefully this means by the time I do upload another song (Which at this rate may be a cover just so I can have something new up in a half decent time), it'll sound a lot better than previous stuff. I'm not guaranteeing anything though.

Christmas
So, Christmas has come and gone, so I figure as an unwritten law of the "jolly season" I would share what I got for Christmas. Unfortunately, nothing new came under the tree to help my music, but I'm not too fussed, I can certainly make do with what I have, but it would be nice to have a few new musical toys to play with to help keep the motivation flowing (Which as mentioned above, I am severely lacking).
But here's what I did get:
New Graphics card (Nvidia GTX 560)
Battlefield 3 (PC, feel free to shoot me a PM if you want to play, although I am kind of terrible, seeing as I haven't played many shooters lately)
Resonance of Fate (PS3, for my JRPG fix)
Dark Souls (PS3, for the masochist in me)
A hoodie with built in headphones... Very trippy having headphones actually built into my clothing... Suitable though seeing as I'm pretty much listening to music 24/7.
A couple shirts
And a bunch of chocolate

And that's about it. Your turn, list off what you got!

Audio Mod Stuff
Ok, now I'm gonna take a moment to try drill something into the heads of people new to the audio portal, and I'm gonna do so in a convenient list:

1: READ THE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES!
--- All too often people complain that they were banned stating they didn't know what was or wasn't allowed. Or people complain that they were banned without warning. I've got news for you, you are supposed to read the guidelines before you submit anything so that you can avoid a ban... We are not obligated to explain or give warnings before bans that you could have easily avoided if you had just read the guidelines!

2: IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, ASK!
--- Should actually be more like point 1b, because it's largely related to reading the guidelines. It's not our fault if you don't understand the reason you were banned if you never took the time to clarify a rule you didn't understand.

3: SONGS MADE OUT OF PREMADE LOOPS ARE NOT YOUR OWN WORK!
--- Programs such as Garageband, Mixcraft, Magix Music Maker, among a few others are notorious for their premade loop banks, and believe it or not, the Audio Mods are very good at hearing premade loops in a song (Because we hear them A LOT). When the submission guide lines say, "You are making the legal claim that it is your own original work." It means that YOU made the song... Making a song consists of a lot more effort than what it takes to drag and drop a bunch of loops into a playlist and hit "Export to MP3".

4: DON'T GET OFFENDED WHEN WE ASK FOR PROOF THAT A SONG IS YOUR OWN!
--- We Audio Mods are here to keep the Audio Portal clean, and this involves investigating tracks (If they're waiting for approval or not) that we, or the community, suspects may be breaking the rules. If you get offended and refuse to offer up the proof we ask for, we take it as an admission of guilt and you will be banned. We aren't asking to piss you off, we're asking to give you a chance to defend yourself!

5: SAMPLING COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IS NOT OK!
--- Recently, we've been really cracking down on people that have been using copyrighted samples in their submissions, and a lot of people seem to be upset that we aren't giving special treatment to long time members. The fact of the matter is, we aren't all seeing, it takes time for us to find and investigate submissions that break the rules. We are not overlooking people because of social status or any other such nonsense, we simply haven't found or received reports about their submissions breaking the rules yet. And because of this, I think a lot of people are seeing samplers in the community and thinking, "Oh, they're getting away with it, so I should too!"
This is simply not the case. We are bound to find out eventually, and you will be held responsible for your actions. The, "Well, so-and-so hasn't been banned yet!" excuse does not work. "So-and-so" probably hasn't ever been reported, in which case, we don't know... Until you inadvertently tattled on them because of your own ban.

And that's about it... For now.


Comments

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