UPDATE 1-4-08: First off, happy new year - I accidentally typed 07 rather than 08 in the date there and had to correct it. :P

I have two potential submissions right now - one, an acid techno thing which I showed a few months ago - September? October? - which I finally got around to finishing. Or, at least, as much as I felt like working on it. :P I'm still unsure of it, but if anyone remembers it and wants me to submit the finished version (I don't think anyone's heard it (the finished version), though - maybe I'll share it privately) just make a comment here requesting it. ;D Second would be a compilation (similar to what B0UNC3 did a while ago) of a bunch of unfinished stuff that I probably won't be finishing on my own... you guessed it, another effort at finding a collab. :P That one I'll definitely be submitting, but only if I can find enough projects that are worth it.

Finally, I just got back from my vacation, and slept 11 hours. And, wouldn't you know it? I still need more sleep. XD

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UPDATE 12-20-07: Turns out I've got internet access here after all! :D I'll be responding to reviews, PMs, and e-mails hopefully within 24 hours as usual, though no guarantees. AIM and MSN are still unlikely, don't bother trying to contact me through those. If you see me on, you're lucky. ;D

A new-years' submission is becoming unlikely, this is a vacation, after all, which is centered around going places and seeing things, not sitting in the hotel in front of FL Studio! ;D So, once again, the general time of submission is being pushed back to mid-January. Sorry. :\

Got to go now, but there's not much else to update on anyway. :P

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UPDATE 12-18-07: Well, this is going to be my last update for a while. And Firefox is being all laggy and unresponsive with me right now. How nice. >:(

I'm going on a vacation starting tomorrow and it's unlikely I'll be heard from nearly as consistently between that day and the 3rd. I won't be reviewing anything, and responses to reviews, PMs, and e-mails may not come as quickly as usual. Things might be better or worse than this, depending on the consistency and quality of the internet access, if any, that I'll be getting...

I won't be on MSN or AIM at all, so if you need to contact me through those, find other means.

As for music... well, I'm going to have my laptop with me on the airplane, and I hear that they're going to have plugs to charge it with on the airplane as well. So... 12-hour music session, anyone? >:D

WIPs are continuing, though my big trance remix has come to a standstill... not for lack of time or inspiration, but rather motivation. I'll get to it on the flight, though, among plenty of other things. ;)

That's about all. If you've got anything to say to me, and are reading this post before approximately midnight tomorrow EST, say it now. ;) Otherwise, that's it! :D

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UPDATE 12-14-07: Aah, the relief of finally being finished with all the major stress until the second half of the school year! :D

Starting today, progress on my trance remix WIP will begin to speed up again. By Monday, it'll be going full speed. >:) This is definitely something to look forward to.

Edit: Augh, would you look at that? I've got a garbage whistle! D:

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UPDATE 12-11-07: Not much to update on, but why not, right? :D

I'm finding time to continue work on my big trance remix WIP, despite homework being heavier than ever. Progress is being made again! :D Once again, I can render+send a demo to anyone who asks - and deserves to hear it, too. Which would be nearly everyone who's interested at all. XD

Another new thing: It turns out I'll be able to work on my WIP (for the most part, as I please) starting this Monday, as my homework really lets up starting that day. I'll also get to take my laptop with me on my vacation, and I'll possibly even get internet access while I'm there - so don't think I'll vanish entirely while I'm gone. ;D This even makes a new-year-submission a realistic possibility, so expect it then!

I'm still looking for collabs, see the 12-6-07 update.

That's about all. Now to get back to that essay of mine... ;D

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UPDATE 12-6-07: I'm feeling like a collab! :D You can already see I've got one going from what it says under my user picture but I feel like another one. So, I'll give requirements for anyone who wants to collab with me. These are necessary to make things easier on me, and maybe you. ;)

- Must have the latest version of Nexus. (I'll work with Vanguard or 3xOsc, though I'd rather not.)
- Must have decent (or better) experience in trance. Just about any major kind of trance works for me. :D You could also have decent, or better, experience in another genre, but you'd have to convince me to try it. ;D

I have some great melodies and .flps we could work off of - contact me for those, but I also don't mind starting a new one, or using one that's not mine! :) Hope I can find someone to collab with sometime...

If you don't fit one or more of my requirements, but want to collab with me anyway, well, contact me anyway with your situation and maybe we can work something out. :P Just know I'm not going to collab with any random and very inexperienced user, I want to make a good song with someone who knows what they're doing. >:)

So if anyone's interested, there are a few things you can do to get a hold of me:

1) PM me, which is by far the best way to contact me. I check my Newgrounds PM Inbox daily and will respond within 24 hours, for sure. ;D

2)You can also catch me on AIM (my AIM address is right here, on this page), but you'd have to find me while I'm signed on, which is a bit of an inconvenience. In some cases, when I'm bogged down with homework, you might end up waiting a few days. :\

3) Finally, you can e-mail me, at karcotechno@yahoo.com. It's not an e-mail address I check daily, though - my main e-mail address has my name and birth year in it, and isn't one to be shared on the internet. :\ Anyway, you'd be better off PMing me over the Newgrounds PM system anyway - anything that needs to be attatched could just be uploaded to a filesharing site, like putfile.com or megaupload.com, right? ;)

As for my WIP, no progress. Homework is quite the motivation killer... though apparently I still want to collab. :P

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I just changed my header, user image, signature, and aura to match the December layout, and I think this looks pretty good! :D (It's not showing up on this annoying school computer, though, which is a shame... -_-) I think I'll be keeping it after they remove the new layout... also expect to see this gradually replace my red/orange pictures on other websites.

As for the WIP (the remix), I wish I could work on it, but homework's being killer right now. D: And then once that's over with I've got this huge vacation where it's unlikely that, if I get to bring my laptop at all, I'll have access to FL Studio as much as I'd like to (except for the HUEJ plane flight there and back), so I'm not so sure anymore I'll be able to have it finished by the new year. I'm almost certain I'll have it finished sometime in January, though. :) Again, if you'd like a demo, all you have to do is contact me somehow, and offer some feedback in return to help make it better. ;)

That's all! ;D