Thanks Clyde! (That's assuming you were addressing me, and not ol' Doghouse of course)

My mix seems to have come down with a rash of 1-star votes today. Any help I can get in the voting over there is surely appreciated. September 30 is the end of the contest. The weekly top 20 chart that is compiled this Sunday should be the final one of the competition. If I can keep a solid place in the weekly top 20 going into the end of the contest, that could really up my chances of Peter hearing my mix.

The same goes for Doghouse, who also has a realistic shot at having his mix heard.

Thanks for keping up the support everybody! It's a wonderful gift!

-PSO

Thanks Everyeleven. I agree about "dqsky's -Monkey from China" mix being a great one.. it's been in my personal favorites list over there since I first heard it

I'll try and explain the scoring to the best of my current knowledge.

When the contest started out, everything was going to be judged by peer ratings (stars.) After a little while, they added another priority to the scoring system -personal top 10 lists-

My understanding is that now, personal top 10 lists may be even more important than the stars. Everyone who logs in, in addition to voting, also has the option to add songs they like to their personal top 10 list and their personal favorites list. The top 10 list can be re-arranged at any time, with the number one spot being given 10 points, #2 = 9 points, #3 = 8 points, etc. They say they will compile the numbers at the end of the contest to determine a final 12 mixes that way.

So while it would be advantageous for you to post your mix at an earlier time, it still has a shot at making it onto everyone's top 10 lists, provided they get a chance to listen to it and place it on their personal top 10 list before October 4, 2006. Though the deadline for submissions to the contest is September 30, they will allow a few more days for everyone to listen to all the mixes and manage their top 10s.

I hope that explains things a bit better. That's about all I know of the scoring system at this time. The reason I think that having a strong spot on the weekly top 20 list would help, is because of visibility. However, even if you don't make it up before the final top 20 list is compiled, there is always the chance your mix could be "Hotpicked" by the Real World people, and your mix would gain visibility that way.

So I'd say get your mix up ASAP, but try not to cut too many corners if you can. You still have a shot, so go for it!!!



-PSO

So you're Doghouse...

That has got to be one of the funniest things I've heard. It's just so...so... I don't really know what. But it's so well done that it cracks me up. Overall, I'd have to say yours might be my favorite, only because it's so "off-topic" and unexpected, without going off into lala land. Sorta.

Patrick ain't too far behind though...

Thank you Steve!

Thanks... again, SixString

-PSO

Hi John Glad you could make it in before the deadline. Great mix! Hopefully everyone reading this thread will check it out. You might also want to start another thread about it, because many people probably think this thread is just more of my monkey... would not want any to miss your work because it deserves to be heard. But your link is certainly welcome here.

I just read the comments you left for me at Real World, and I have to say, Thank You! I am glad you liked the way the vocal fit in with the music, because I tried the best I could to write the music around it in a believable way.

We'll see if we get to go before Peter G. this Wednesday, October 4.

Cheers!

-PSO

Really, Really, Really, IMPRESSIVE!!!

Hey there Dave, THANK YOU!!! I am glad you liked it. I went to your myspace page (your black cat looks just like mine) and listened to your 3 songs, and I have to also say, your stuff is great. You have a very Dylan-esque vocal quality, and your guitar playing sounds really tight and polished.

Thank you again for listening to my remix and giving me your support.

-PSO

Hmm... just been through this... I was sure there were more remixes from Sonar people than just Sean's and yoropal's. Did I imagine it?

huge props for the amount of work put into this - 300 hours!!!

it sounds very pro. well done.

Thanks, I appreciate the comments, I wish I'd have been more keen on the fact that the deadline hinged on a +6hr time differential, somehow that just didn't clearly dawn on me.

They should've had some kind of clock on the site to make it blatently clear and impossible to inadvertantly overlook. So yeah...I'm kinda bummed about that, but at least people get a chance to check it out right...

BTW "Monkeying Around" is freakin genius work and amazing use of melodyne!


LabDog

Third place to yorolpal!

Congratulations.

Get's a mention from PG on the video clip:
http://www.realworldremixed.com/competition.php

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