Remark Music by Jeroen Tel

plasm · Post by **plasm** » 09/07/2004 - 19:36

I got this remix rejected on R:K:O. I'm not sure why - maybe Jan got turned off by the initial clichÃƒÂ© house-esque filter sweep.

Anyway, I've had others give me good response on this track, including Jeroen himself, so I thought I'd share it with you.

It's a house-style take on Tel_Jeroen/Remark_Music.sid which pays homage to the original. It can be downloaded here: http://home20.inet.tele.dk/plams/remarkmusic.html (audio format is ogg vorbis)

Here are my other R:K:O tracks: http://remix.kwed.org/index.php?search=plasm

Chris Abbott · Post by **Chris Abbott** » 09/07/2004 - 19:40

Doesn't Jan send out a brief reason for rejection these days? Maybe you got the credits wrong and fell foul of the "zero tolerance" policy on filling in the upload form correctly. Or maybe not. I'm just guessing...

Chris

plasm · Post by **plasm** » 09/07/2004 - 19:50

Oh, heh - the information I omitted was that I submitted this track prior to the introduction of zero-tolerance policy. And if I recall correctly, I talked to Jan himself and found out that you only get a reason for rejection if you for some reason didn't follow the instructions correctly. If Jan finds the song unfit for R:K:O he can reject it without reason, even though I made no mistake in the forms.

So, it's an old remix that has been lying around for a while. I just got interested in the C64 remix scene again today, so I thought I'd share it with you guys.

Larsec · Post by **Larsec** » 09/07/2004 - 20:54

Was your upload also in OGG VORBIS format? Because if it was, that might just be the reason it was rejected... Only MP3s allowed...

dan gillgrass · Post by **dan gillgrass** » 09/07/2004 - 20:59

Nah, it was mp3 cos I have it

Larsec · Post by **Larsec** » 09/07/2004 - 21:01

Oh, nevermind the mad dane in the corner then... He didn't get his milk ration today...

plasm · Post by **plasm** » 09/07/2004 - 21:34

I uploaded in mp3 of course.. I've read all the rules, blah blah

And, dan gillgrass - you have it? What does that mean?:)

dan gillgrass · Post by **dan gillgrass** » 09/07/2004 - 21:52

plasm wrote: And, dan gillgrass - you have it? What does that mean?:)

Means I have it on my hardrive....

Hazel · Post by **Hazel** » 09/07/2004 - 22:16

Too bad, that it got rejected ... Seems a bit odd... ??

Anyway, I really liked the remix..

Very well performed... It was another of my old time favourite tunes from the golden age...

plasm · Post by **plasm** » 09/07/2004 - 22:51

gillgrass - you mean you've got this remix on your HD? That boggles my mind - unless I'm suffering from amnesia, this is the first exposure of the remix, except for a few friends.

Hazel - thanks a lot. I never heard Remark Music on a real C64.. I just found it years later in the HVSC, and immediately thought it had a lot of dance music potential. The bassline really kicks

stryyker · Post by **stryyker** » 10/07/2004 - 5:03

The arpeggios are from the real tune?

Larsec · Post by **Larsec** » 10/07/2004 - 7:47

Dan Gillgrass is part of the RKO select few that has acces to the RKO upload queue. Don KWED has given acces to a few people in order to get other opinions on mixes than his own before he releases or rejects them...

Vosla · Post by **Vosla** » 10/07/2004 - 9:38

Dan ? Jan ?
I'm interested why this tune was rejected?!
A bit repetitive but that's not a real problem and it's not the "SID with drums" issue, or is it?

dan gillgrass · Post by **dan gillgrass** » 10/07/2004 - 10:31

I cant actually say why Jan rejected and to be honest I cant remember what I voted.

Chris Abbott · Post by **Chris Abbott** » 10/07/2004 - 11:16

It sounds like SID + drums + shadowed melody tracks (i.e. played over the top of the SID with different instruments): and apart from the rhythm, there are no melodic tracks which weren't in the SID.

I'm not saying that's why it was rejected, but that sounds the case to me.
Quality example of the genre though.

Chris