ATTN: We are on Discord! We talk about VIDEO GAME MUSIC there, and you can too! OR talk about something else nerdy, see how that goes over. :-) discord.gg/ocremix

We don’t want AI slop. Stop sending us AI slop. Stop wasting our time with AI slop. It doesn’t sound good. It’s antithetical to our core values. You didn’t even make it. Knock it off.

We have literal teenagers hanging out in the OCR Discord right now who are making music, posting WIPs, getting feedback. They're not using genAI. They're asking questions and learning and having their minds blown by simple explanations of music theory. These kids are fucking alright.

I get it. genAI is a magic money button. They grab some output, throw it on a streaming service, and collect the revenue off of some plays. But don't bring that shit in our space, where we celebrate creativity, and artistry, and the emotional resonance we feel when we listen to VGM.

Making music is joy. The *process* is joy. Whether you’re playing an instrument or sequencing in a piano roll or tweaking the knobs on a synth or slicing up a drum loop to make some sickass beats. That’s the joy. Don’t outsource the *joy*.

I’ve been a member of OCR for over half my life at this point and now I call the shots. I have seen countless people in our community start from zero knowledge, discover their talent, and become incredible musicians. They didn’t have genAI. They didn’t need it. Nobody needs it.

Our anti-AI stance is codified into our submission standards and our submission form is updated to tell people we don’t want genAI output. I’m not sure how much of a deterrent it will be; likely these people are channeling their best DW from the “I can’t read” Arthur meme.

I posted this rant when I was staying up way too late. Had been watching the Panel trudge through investigating some genAI submissions and started to feel angry on their behalf. Extremely pleased to see such a huge response on this post. Not a single instance of a shitty AI-guy trying to “debate.”

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So I'm now officially retro. Finally.

Day 19: Cover of Music by a Different Artist OCRemix: A Mystic Lineage (Freedom Planet - Dragon Valley 1) www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0x6... I wish I hadn't reserved Sonic for another day, because BOI do I love Knuckleduster. But hey, Freedom Planet is still kinda Sonic <u<

This, this, this! I remember pumping those mixes from my used car's 6-CD changer when I had just learned how to drive, thinking I was the coolest kid on the block with my "secret" knowledge of OC ReMix. 😎

Once again, @ocremix.org has featured one of my tracks! This time, the second ever Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze remix posted on the site: ocremix.org/remix/OCR04895! Seriously people, go and make more covers of this game!

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✨Career Update✨ I’m featured in my 2nd book! 📚 Global Histories of Video Game Music and Technology explores #gameaudio worldwide. Honoured to have a full interview/chapter on my 10yrs of #gamemusic . 🙏 to Karen Cook, William Gibbons & Fanny Rebillard. Get yours 👉 www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

video game music is sheer technique, it is composition refined to perfection, something that can only be appreciated by the most demanding ears

The third video from Piano Fantasies - music from SQUARE ENIX is online: Secret of Mana - Fear of the Heavens by Hiroki Kikuta, performed by Mischa Cheung @mischacheung.bsky.social. What an experience it must be to hear this live!

For me it was Vampire Killer, Bloody Tears, and Beginning from Super Castlevania IV, and Samba de Chocobo from Final Fantasy II (IV). My first exposure to VGM remixes, other than Super Mario World's Special World.

Miyamoto on why he thinks it's more fun to have to restart levels after failure, 2009. Source: Iwata Asks #MarioSeriesQuote #MiyamotoQuote, #IwataQuote www.notion.so/309b8c772861...

having a music style mostly comprised of video game soundfonts is awesome. i bet you thought that was just a regular ole square synth huh. WRONG its actually Wario Land 4 Minigame Shop Square get prankt

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We've been involved in @royaltyfree4all.bsky.social from the very beginning and it's even being made by a member of our community. Watch as we play through some multiplayer matches in this party brawler featuring characters from the public domain! youtu.be/6dQQJNWsQmM

Based OCRemix. It's been so disheartening to see GenAI slop's proliferation in retro gaming circles. I'm now wary about checking out new Amiga demoscene prods after hearing about how rife it was at recent gatherings.

so happy to see this, I spent so many hours listening to songs on OCRemix as a kid. it helped shape my musical tastes, hearing how the same musical ideas can be arranged in different, often hybrid, styles to amazing effect

Age verification related to OC Remix I remember being really excited about the new fancy album releases: Relics of the Chozo (2003) Kong in concert (2004) Chrono Symphonic (2006) Also the oldest remix in my OG playlist is from 2001

Age verification: my first video game was Baseball for the Apple II gs (it's the one being played by the grandson at the beginning of The Princess Bride)

Age Verification: Blowing into the cartridge to make the games work.

Age verification: I've been listening to a Mega Man 3 remix AND a Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World remix for 16 YEARS because they're BANGIN youtu.be/lKYysL21L6g?... youtu.be/ix4FsgBi2AY?...

Age Verification: My first OC Remix was Final Fantasy Tactics “Teach Me How to Rave”. It was a week old when I downloaded it.

Age Verification: I had multiple burned CDs with OCRemix music on them and the fact my car at the time had a 6 CD changer was perfect for making 3 hour+ mixes.

Age Verification: Plug your controller into Controller Port 2 during the Psycho Mantis boss fight in Metal Gear Solid. He can’t read your controller inputs when your controller is plugged into that port!

Age verification: I loaded OC remix sonic albums onto my iPod shuffle back in the day 💀

Age verification: I know what this is trying to do.

Age verification: I got my Gmail beta invite on the ocremix forums

Age verification: I had dialup and under a gig of HD space on my first PC so my first VG music downloads were fan-sequenced MIDI files of Earthbound music from VGMusic.com. Naturally, I played them on Winamp. Also, my first game soundtracks were of N64 games, which I got through Nintendo Power.

Age verification: my first mixpost on OCRemix was 20 years ago! Not sure if it means feeling justified, or just feeling old :-) ocremix.org/remix/OCR01324

Age verification: A Game Genie is a cartridge that goes between your games and console to modify RAM values, a Game Shark is a disk and optional plugin on the back of your PSX to achieve the same goal

Age Verification: Phantasy Star IV and I are the same age

I did this with the end credits song for Final Fantasy VI and for the “special stage” music from Mario World once it went steel drum. :D

Age verification: Peanut butter jelly time

Age verification: Getting into fistfights with my friends when one of us would jump off the Power Pad to cheat at World Class Track Meet. Also: Splitting an .MP3 across four 3.5" floppies to take it from a friend's house to mine, after he downloaded it from a BBS.

Fun fact: OC ReMix wouldn't have started had its founder, djpretzel, not recorded Sega Master System soundtracks off his TV onto cassette. (Recording @sega.jp VGM soundtracks onto cassettes is not JUST a universal age verification, it's a mark of good taste!) bsky.app/profile/ker-...

Age Verification: I hooked up a tape recorder to my TV and played through "Sonic 3 & Knuckles" to get every song onto a cassette.

Age verification: burning a CD-R with the chrono cross soundtrack and a mix of OC remix tracks to fill all 700 mb

Age verification: I installed Dune 2: Battle for Arrakis from four 3,5 inch floppy disks. Copies of an original from a colleague of my dad.

Age Verification: My first ever flash drive measured in kilobytes.

Age verification: My first MP3 player fit up to thirty songs from Muse, Linkin Park, and OC Remix

Age verification: We're OC ReMix. :-D Honoring (+ occassionally dishonoring!) video game music through fan arrangements since 1999! ocremix.org/remix/OCR01492 bsky.app/profile/mrha...

A behind the scenes tour of my home recording studio and gear! From soundproofing and acoustic treatment, to my preferred mic, audio interface, headphones, DAW, and video equipment. ☺️ #homerecording #RecordingStudio #vocalist #composer #gamemusic #gameaudio #videogamemusic #vgm #musicgear #bts