Artist Blanket Permissions v5

[megamon88]

Anyone want to try to get Alex S?

[TC_Halogen]

Full update coming no later than 24 hours from now. I've let this thread go untouched for a bit too long now.

[Zageron]

Halogen would you like an easy access permissions adder/editor in PHP? You could search for old permissions, browse permissions by first letter, etc...
And add comments, websites, alt names, specific songs, etc...
The public would have similar access to this tool, but without the editing. Just advanced searching. ;D

[TC_Halogen]

for the love of god yes, PLEASE. It's so easy to lose permissions when people post threads about awesome grabs but never relay the information here.

[TC_Halogen]

List update completed. Working on artist in-game status update now.

[Poison-]

Do certain genres of music get rejected since they won't appeal to a high percentage of players?
Songs by bands like The Devil Wears Prada, and other Metal-Type bands?

[bmah]

Not at all. That's really limiting...

[TC_Halogen]

Typically, music of that style is harder to chart; variable BPMs, long song lengths -- we don't discourage the charting of that kind of music, but there's much more that can be scrutinized in songs like those.

[Poison-]

Okay thanks guys. Good to know. Any thoughts on a Metal Batch? Or any other kind of music of that type? I know It's only one genre but I would like to see some more in-game. Maybe I'll just try stepping myself and submitting I guess...

[00Razor00]

That's your best bet.

[hi19hi19]

I wouldn't mind seeing a "live music" batch which would lead mostly to live rock or classical files. But that might be unnecessarily taxing on people who are not used to syncing that kind of thing, so I guess it won't happen.

[justin_ator]

I do like the idea of specialized batches, but the thought of more 8ft 4min rock songs makes me sick.


Unless they're good. Get more As I Lay Dying in. Somebody step 94 Hours, that song has great trill material at 1:20ish.

[Plan_Bsk81127]

We really do need some more classical and better rock songs. People really need to stop worrying about the length because they dont want to have to AAA it or whatever. =\

[bmah]

I'm against specialized batches of a certain genre. If you think a certain genre is lacking, you go ahead and step songs from those genres for any regular batch.

[justin_ator]

I want a music batch.

[ninjaKIWI]

Originally Posted by bmah

I'm against specialized batches of a certain genre. If you think a certain genre is lacking, you go ahead and step songs from those genres for any regular batch.

I don't see the logic here. You could say that about any of the special batches. If you think we're lacking in easy/hard files, step easy/hard files.

The point of the special batches is to promote whatever the batch is for, right? I don't think genre specific batches is necessary at all, as opposed to difficulty/new-artist batches, though.

[bmah]

Not quite.

The distribution of song difficulties is far more important than what song is being stepped because the game depends on a balance of difficulties. On a side note, I can bet that the songs coming in will be relatively diverse enough to prevent something as desperate as a need to fill up a certain genre of music.

Forcing people to step a certain genre of music is not only a lot more of a bore (to both simfile authors and the audience who may dislike the genre), but it's also difficult to determine if the songs fit relatively into the proper genre before they've been accepted.

[XxMidigamixX]

Originally Posted by http://www.freebok.net/books/szahala/view.html?page=3

name : asphyxzero, USA
homepage : www.flashflashrevolution.com

message : Hey there! I've been browsing around and I love a lot of your stuff, especially your freeform and Kun Kippari (lolol). I'm glad there's a guestbook, since I would love to use your music in a free flash game.

The game is called Flash Flash Revolution, it's essentially a flash based version of Dance Dance Revolution, but you use your fingers, allowing faster songs to be used. Since you make some great freeform (Pink Magic, Darkstar, etc), I feel that you would be a great addition to the game!

The game is entirely non-profit. It's being run as a hobby website (and a very impressive one, at that) by a few hard-working people. No money is made whatsoever. So, unfortunately, we wouldn't be able to pay you. But there are over 1.5 million members, about 500,000 of which are active on the game itself (a lot of people browse the forums). It'd be a great way to get your name out to many people who either haven't listened to freeform or haven't heard of you (or both). All new artists that get into the game have their names posted on the front page, and have a link to their homepage as well.

If you wouldn't like for us to use your music, that's fine. I wish you the best of luck in your future musical endeavors.

Sunday, 24 April 2011 13:35:45

Answer : Sure, you can use my tracks in your games as long as I'm credited. However you should check if the track is signed or not from my Discography page. At least Pink Magic is unsigned and free to use. E-mail me you have any questions and need any particular tracks.

Torrent got permission from Alek Szahala. His discog: http://alek.szahala.com/tracklist/index.html

[TC_Halogen]

Sent a permission request to Jordan Rudess for one of his solo piano albums...probably a ridiculous permission attempt, but what's the worst that can happen other than a no?

[hi19hi19]

Originally Posted by TC_Halogen

Sent a permission request to Jordan Rudess for one of his solo piano albums...probably a ridiculous permission attempt, but what's the worst that can happen other than a no?

The ridiculous part wouldn't be getting permission so much as figuring out how the hell to step his music...

5/4 rhythms in 7/8 time at 232 bpm no problem *walalala keyboard solo*