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I contributed to the Newgrounds Audio community between 2007 and 2010 as an electronic music artist, a reviewer, and, briefly, an audio mod. I still make music! Go to the links section here to see where. 🏳️‍⚧️

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News, WIPs, Side Projects, Unleashed Single, Ideas

Posted by Karco - November 12th, 2008


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______News______
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11-11-08: The Instrumental #4 remix is FINISHED, and is going on NG on the 21st! It will be my final submission here.

I also plan on starting an original vocal Trance track with NG's new talented vocalist Liralei in the near future, we'll see where that goes.

Last, the clip set is coming soon, it will include these tracks:
1) Forever - basically me freestyling, using my keyboard, on a pad. I took an old pad concept from Beginnings and improvised from there. No plans on continuing work currently.
2) Slide - an electro-housish track that I made a few months ago. Thanks to Nexus1 not working, I can't work on it anymore. :(
3) Mech - that side project that stayed at 20% forever and never went anywhere! ;D You'll finally get to hear it.
4) UntitledMelodic - the WIP that I dropped due to lack of interest. :( I might pick it up again if I feel like it.
5) Instrumental #4 (Karco's See The Light Remix) - I'll end with a piece of the peak! :D Hopefully I'll have the preview set submitted ASAP, just so I can tease you all with this for the longest possible amount of time.

It will not be going on Newgrounds, instead I'll be uploading to a filesharing site for listening and downloading, probably speedyshare.com.

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______WIPs______
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Instrumental #4 (Karco's See The Light Remix)
- Progress: 100% Done
- Length: 7:55
- Submission Date: Friday, November 21st.
- Info: My first piano Trance song and a remix of Reasoner's great track! This could potentially blow you all away even more than the PoE remix, but we'll see.
- Demo: The preview set will include a demo! Hopefully I'll be able to get that up soon.

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Air Release (Karco Tech Remix)
- Progress: 5% Done
- Length: N/A
- Submission Date: N/A
- Info: This song is so catchy, I decided I HAD to remix it. So, I will. :D I'm going to go for something really minimal and progressive - think Signalrunners, but with an edgier, slightly rougher feel. I'm not sure if I want to continue on this one until I get VEE or VEH 1 or 2, which I do plan on getting in the near future.
- Demo: N/A

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___Side Projects___
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Currently, none!

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_Unleashed - Single_
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Tracklist

Bold songs are finished.
Comments on each track are below the track in italics.

1. Unleashed (Radio Edit)
2. Unleashed (_______'s Club Mix)
- Since I can't access the project file anymore, I need someone (with FL8 Producer Edition, Nexus1, Nexus1's Dance Vol. 1 Expansion, VEC2, and VEC1) to make the club mix for me. Anyone up to it?
3. Unleashed (xKore Remix)
- The one that WAS on Newgrounds, but was removed. Awesome.
4. Unleashed (xKore Tech Remix)
- I'm using both, because they're both awesome. :P Find a one-minute preview here.
5. Unleashed (FlamingFirebolt's Chiptune Remake)
- This one's ALMOST finished, FlamingFirebolt just needs to fix a few problems.
6. Unleashed (Chilled Milkmix)
- Chilled Milk. XD This will be a Trance remix, to contrast with the many fast versions on the Single.
7. Unleashed (Pyroific Remix)
- No news on this one. I think it's about finished. :P
8. Unleashed (Mataro Remix)
- The production's pretty much finished. Due to so-so mixing, it might not get on the CD depending on what Nav can do in the Master.

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Info

- Release Date: Q1 2009
- Demo: If you want to hear the original version, scroll up and click on it. ;)
- Profits: I'll be trying to break even this time around and get $0 profit, so I don't have to worry about getting money to everyone, who gets how much of the profit, etc. I'm considering selling the CD for a profit, but some of the remixers use their sounds/sequencers illegally, and since this is only my first single, it might not be worth it. Thoughts?
- How to Get: I'll have people pre-order it starting a month in advance until a week in advance, and I'll start delivering the CDs on the release date - I won't take orders after the release date though, as I'm trying to break even with profits and orders after release would mess it up. I'm not sure if I'll take orders over the internet from people I don't know in real life, I'll have to see about that. The release date is as much as 4 months away if necessary, so I've got plenty of time to figure it all out.
- Mastering by Nav

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News

Due to real-life circumstances, I've delayed release from the tentative date of December 15th to sometime in Q1 2009. This puts a lot less pressure on the artists to make their songs (in turn, allowing for a higher-quality product), and gives Nav more time for the master. :D Don't get too lax, though, I want to get this out soon!

Remixers:
1) Try to get your tracks done before the end of 2008, which is not only a good amount of time to get everything together, but also a while in advance from the current release date - this gives Nav time for the master, and anyway I prefer to have everything together a while in advance just to be safe, in case I forget anything. ;)
2) Do NOT upload any of your remixes to Newgrounds or anywhere on the internet. Also, don't share them with more than one or two other people for criticism. We need to be careful that no tracks get leaked - the Radio Edit and xKore's first remix are already publicly available anyway (though xKore removed his later). ;)
3) Make sure you can access and make renders from your FLP later! Nav will need extra-high quality versions for the master, so save backups. ;)
4) Make high-quality versions of your tracks as soon as they're finished, in case you lose the FLP. Ask me or Nav for details.

If I've missed something or someone, let me know.

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______Ideas______
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I made this section so people could see ideas that I've got for future songs, that I haven't started yet - this way they could suggest for me which songs to work on first. Check back here now and then, I add ideas as soon as I come up with them. ;) If you see an idea here that you like, let me know!

- No ideas for WIPs currently. I'll make an update when I add some!


Comments

I have high expectations from you. ;) Will elaborate on that, but let's just say that I read your review of Bjra's mix, liked it, and I listen to a LOT of trance. Mmmm. Just made a mix today. That was fun.

Cheers!

I'll try to live up to them! I hope I will with this remix of mine coming on the 21st. :O

Yep, I spent yesterday and today on that review, though I left out a little bit of criticism on your singing - I'm going to IM you about that. :)

What kind of mix? I'd like to hear it.

Thanks for the support! :)

u beder nut b stealin musax

XD

I've remixed multiple NG-exclusive (as far as many of us know anyway) tracks. So, from the point of view of the listener, it's extremely unlikely I'm stealing. You remixed Unleashed, so I know you're legit. ;D

From my point of view, I can promise I'm not stealing. zellers had project files, so that's no longer enough, nor is my word... but this is another upside to remixing NG tracks I suppose.

You're mean man ;_; Nah, but seriously, thanks for the HARSH criticism on my track I sent you a few days ago. I dont think I've ever gotten serious, criticism like that before. Thanks for your honesty! I would review some of your tracks in return, but I dont know what to really critique them on (or even if you care about your older tracks anymore).

I've been harsher. :) Glad I helped.

Don't worry about returning the favor, though if you feel obligated to, I'll be submitting my Instrumental #4 remix a week from tomorrow. ;D

Youre already now what I think of it :D

Already what? That comment just went right over my head...

Of course, I see the :D smiley, so it's got to be a good thing. ;D