. _| : _____ ______________ |___| _ _______/ 26 /\___________________________ / ____________/ /\__\ _ _______/____/_____________________________ / / _________ \/__/ ______\ 26 \_____________________________ / / / `_ . .~ \____\/ _ __ ___ / / / _____ . _ \ __ ___ _/__/\ / / / / /\ _ __ __\__\/ _/__/ / ____/ /__\_________________________________ _____ ___ _ / 26 /\/ /___ __________ _ ______ _ ___ \/ /\ / 26 / /____/26\ \ / /\ / __/\ / /\ \ \ / \ /____/ / / \ / \/ /_ \___/___/ \ \_/___/ / \_/ / / \ ___\ / /_/ /______/\/ \ /______/\/ \ /_____/ // \ \ / / / \ / / \ \ \ \_\ \ \ \_\ \ //____/\____\/ / / / / / \______\/ \______\/ \_____\/ \ \ \ \ / / / / \____\/\____\ / / / / _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ / / / /__/ w /\___/ /\___/ e /\___/ /\__ / l /\___/ /\____/ / / __/____/____/____/____/____/____/____/____/____/____/____/________/ / __\ \____\ e \____\ \____\ k \ ___\ \____\ y \__________/ \____\/ \____\/ \____\/ \____\/ \____\/ \____\/WW ps: woa, a rendered askee! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TraxWeekly Issue: #26 | Release date: 09-14-95 | Current subscribers: 332 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -[Introduction]------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _ _________________ /_\ \__ / (stoney askee) ____ ______ \____ ____/____________ ______ _/ \ _/ \ \ww_/ \ _/ ________/_/ _ \ __/ \/ \ \/ \/ \ / | \__ ___ ___ _______ _/ \\ \ \\ \\ | \\/ | \_ ___ __ __ ____ /___________\__\_______\________\____|______\____________\ \__\ Thanks for downloading TraxWeely #26! If no one downloaded TraxWeekly, I would have no reason to put it together, so thanks for your support :) If you would like to support TraxWeekly even more, how about writing an article? Without this support, there would be no TraxWeekly either =) Thanks to Psibelius, Mhoram, Swill, Kal Zekath, and AmusiC for their contributions. I'm going to make TraxWeekly as regular as possible, from now on, TraxWeekly will be released at 11pm EST on IRC, and will be on the mailing list and ftp.cdrom.com by 11:30. So if you want your copy "hot off the press" be sure to be on IRC at 11pm on Thursday! - Popcorn - campbell@fox.nstn.ca -[Contents]----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________ _________________________________________________________________ / ____/_/ __/ \ __/ / _____/ \ __/ __/ ___/_ < \____\ \ \\ \ \\____ __/ __/_\ \ \\____ \_____ \__ \ \ \ \\ \ \ww\ \\ \\ \ \ \ \ \_ _\________\________\\___\____\ \_____\\_______\\___\____\ \_____\_______\ General Articles 1. Blah, Who Cares?...........................Psibelius 2. Why are we here?...........................Mhoram 3. The Art of a Fool..........................Swill 4. Faces in the Crowd.........................Kal Zakath Group Columns 1. Epinicion..................................Psibesius 2. Shortest International Music Competition...Amusic 3. Contrast Voting............................Mystical Closing TraxWeekly Subscribing/FTP/WWW Info Group Members ----------------------------------------------------------------------------/ -[Articles]---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ -[1. Blah: Who Cares?]------------------------------------------[Psibelius]- I think I'm pretty safe to assume that a large number of you are pissed at Popcorn and TraxWeekly's state of affairs for last month. Let me assure you that I was indeed pissed as all heck as well, because I was seeing a solid publication with about 50% of the content mine go down- hill...well, guess what? Popcorn's back to running TraxWeekly, but before you go screaming in anguish, give me a few minutes. So Popcorn's slacked off quite a bit...coincidentally he manages to get into a medical turnover right at the perfect instance. Do we care? Is it really that significant? The world is not going to end if TraxWeekly doesn't come out on time...but it doesn't make anyone happy if it NEVER comes out on time. The result of TraxWeekly #25 is quite apparent...a few of us, tired of being dependent and unable to get some progress, took it into our own hands to get TraxWeekly out and back on schedule. Obviously, it's effected some serious repercussions. Forgive and forget. Popcorn is capable of doing his job. I am here to tell all of you that TraxWeekly will stay consistent. Starting right now, you will see copies of TraxWeekly come out every Thursday, without delays or excuses. I'm pretty sick of dealing with excuses every damn week, and I'm sure most of you are too. The bottom line is: TraxWeekly comes out, no matter what happens. I assure of that. Anyways, I'll be back to a normal writing schedule next week, with music reviews, an interview (wow, about time!), and few more delicious tidbits I've been scraping off of IRC #trax as of late. =) Psibelius [TraxWeekly] gwie@owl.csusm.edu -[2. Why are we here?]------------------------------------------[Mhoram]- I wanted to write an article on Windows 95 this week, but I've been too busy to get it done. Specifically, I'm planning on writing an article about compatibility between Windows 95 and the various trackers, samplers, and players on the scene. I'd appreciate any comments or bugs that you may have - mail them to niespodj@neonramp.com. Once I get enough time to do some thorough testing I'll get the article out. This week, I would like to respond to some comments by Psibelius in last week's issue. My disclaimer up front - this is NOT intended to start any type of flame war. Psibelius made some excellent points that I would like to build upon and I'd also like to clarify some remarks that he made in reference to some of my past articles. First, I couldn't agree more - there needs to be a lot less criticism and a lot more cooperation on the scene. But most importantly, it is vital to seperate criticism from opinion. Making a statement such as "there needs to be more diversity on the scene" or "ripping samples is bad" is giving an opinion, not criticism. I strongly believe that everyone is entitled to their opinion, and whether or not we agree with it we should respect it. The purpose of TraxWeekly is to exchange ideas and opinions with others in this wonderful world of music. We can't be afraid to share our opinions, even if many will disagree. Otherwise, why bother writing anything at all? Criticism is a whole different issue. Slamming someone on a personal level should not be tolerated in a publication or a public forum. Personal disagreements should be settled privately. I really don't care to see things such as "his music sucks" or "his mother is a "; I've got better things to do with my time. Fortunately, very little if any of this kind of bashing takes place publicly. And that's the way it should be... but that's just my opinion . Of course, not all criticism is bad. Constructive criticism should always be welcome. Music and demo reviews will always be subjective in nature, and we should respect the opinions and thoughts of those dedicated and brave enough to publish their reviews. Comments such as "the song was really good, but the strings were an octave too high" or "the change at pattern 10 was a little abrupt, but clever" help us all improve and grow in our musical career. Constructive criticism is always good, provided it is honest, insightful, and not malicious. Hopefully this is making some kind of sense. It's late, I'm tired, and I have an editor pushing a deadline . Not to mention the fact that I'd rather have my fingers on my wife instead of this keyboard... ah, the sacrifices one makes! I would like to personally thank Psibelius for bringing the whole criticism issue to the forefront; it's something we all deal with as musicians. I'd also love to commend him on his superb use of irony - he expressed his strong feelings against criticism by... well... criticizing ;-). Give him two points for cleverness! There is one last thing I'd like to clarify before I sign off. In a previous article I made the following statement: "It seems that everyone is trying to become Skaven and write their own spin on Second Reality." It seems I was taken way out of context; I didn't mean for that to be taken literally. It was just a simile; a figure of speech (my English professor would be proud). I could have just as easily used Beethoven or Mozart as an example, but I used Skaven since he's probably more popular . I do not believe that Skaven has some intellectual property rights to any tune that is written that sounds remotely classical; I just used his Second Reality as my example since almost everyone and their pet dog has heard it. I'll be more careful in the future... I'm being watched out there! That's enough babble for one week. My apologies for going slightly off topic, but things have been hectic and I haven't had the chance to write the articles that I really want. Next week I'll do my best to put something together of more interest. Until then, let's all hope that Popcorn gets better and the women get wetter! Mhoram -[3. The Art of a Fool and Other Misadventures in Tune City]-----[Swill]- So the end is sweet. You're sighing with the relief at the end of the Long Slog,in your seat, up as high as you can with perhaps a beer in your hand or perhaps something less filling but just as satisying. You're looking at the monitor and there's this feeling of power inside your chest, crawling up your throat and through the eardrums. As deaf as death. Your think: What have I done? Is this me? Oh my god, I'm standing with the Gods, and I can feel their warm hands patting me across the back, a little too hard yes, but do I feel great! The monitor is humming, the hard drive is waiting for its next function, and you're sitting back relaxed staring so deep into the screen it begins to hurt your eyes. And for the next hour you're still in that posture, your ear drums are hurting now and while you're sitting back, listening to This Great Song, something happens. Like a creeping death, you can feel it slither across your body. As you're listening the song begins to change. Subtle changes at first. Would not have been noticeable had you listened to the song a few times. But you can hear it. The melody is all wrong. It's alienated from the whole piece; almost like a separate entity it jumps out at you until that's all you hear. Some of the pulses are vibrated and it sounds drunken. At once you stop the song, hang your head low, and after a while go back to the edit screen. You think to yourself: I'm better off without a melody. Who needs one anyway? Wasn't there music out there that only used percussion? and a little bass line? Forget the bass line and just have the thumping beat. You could call your music percussion techno, and hail in a new style of dance music. So you delete the melody and the bass, whack them out of the sample directory. Then you save the song. There's this sour taste in your mouth now. Your head hurts and you drink some more. After listening to the song another dozen times you decide a change is at hand; a title change. You call the song SHIT96.MOD and save it to disk. Fuck it. Perhaps, you think, you'll bring it out of the trunk and rework it one day. You're still day dreaming at the computer hours later; you've forgotten the mod and are now thinking of starting another song. Before you even enter the edit menu and way before you've even found some nice samples you can hear the applause inside your head and the fan mail hitting your hard drive, and having taken out first place in a half respectable comp. Kosmic is after you to join their ranks with the offer of money and you're got half a dozen requests already to write songs for games. Oh the triumph! The glory! Being on top of all those struggling trackers out their and standing along side your new peers. Never once, while you're composing, do you think that later, not that much later, you're going to be disappointed and drunk with the thought of suicide, and renamed the song: SHIT97.MOD. Why would you? Surely Boris Blank wrote bad songs, and Harlan Ellison bad stories they hid away; the only person in the world knowing of their existence the composer him or herself. Ofcourseofcourseofcourseyeahofcourse... Ofcourse. SWILL (calleach@landsend.apana.org.au) -[4. Faces in the Crowd]------------------------------------[Kal Zakath]- Hello, and welcome to a new weekly feature of TraxWeekly! This column will be dedicated to helping all aspiring demoscene musicians out there in their quest to make a name for themselves in the rapidly growing music scene. Because of the sheer volume of music being released these days, it grows harder and harder to keep up with all the new productions, and all the new composers. Unfortunately, because of this, many people resort to just FTPing the music of the "big name" musicians. There is nothing inherently wrong with this, of course, but many of the unknowns are just left in the dust. HORNET Demonews might review the songs, however that does little to help the no-name composer. Their song might be given a *** or a ***+, yet that hardly guarantees that people will give it a listen. That's why the concept for this column came about. I figured that with a little bit of press in a respected music scene newsletter, a musician could go a long way towards improving their reputation. Anyhow, here is what we will include each week: 1) a small info article about a little-known composer 2) a short interview with the person about his tracking style, influence, etc. 3) the composer's release listing, so people can check out his tunes 4) the composer's e-mail address, so listeners can send comments and criticism If you are an unknown musician and would like to be featured in Trax Weekly, here's how you do it: Send an e-mail message to me (Kal Zakath) at jtownsen@sescva.esc.edu (or you can talk to me on #trax, my nick is 'jtown'). Let me know a few bits of info about you, such as... 1) name, handle, group (if any), misc info if you want (age, where you live, where you go to school, whatever you want people to know) 2) locations (FTP sites) of one or two of your releases, so I can check them out 3) when you'd have the time to conduct a small interview on IRC If you do this, I should have no problem working you into this column. Don't worry that your music is not good enough to get you featured here. The idea is to benefit the aspiring musician. If your music shows some reasonable potential, i'll be more than happy to help to spread the word about your work. :> This is open to anyone who believes that more people in the scene should know about their compositions! Thank you for taking the time to read this column; I hope it will be able to raise the awareness of the scene to some of the great hidden talent out there. Any questions or comments can be directed to me (Kal Zakath). I'll do my best to answer all e-mail. Be seeing you! - Kal Zakath / Inferno - e-mail: jtownsen@sescva.esc.edu IRC: 'jtown' on #trax /-[Group Columns]----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ -[1. Epinicion Column]------------------------------------------------------ ___ _______ _____________ ______ ______ _______ ______ _______ ___________ | // \\ \\_____) \\_____) \\_____) \\ \\ | : / o \ o \ \ \ \ \ \ o \ \: // _____// / \ : / \ _____/ \ / : \. \\_______/ _//______\\_|__//______\\_____//______\\_____//____| /: : \\____\\ ______________________________ oT /___//| |________________________// e p i n i c i o n \\________________| New songs this week include "Uninvited Guest" [XM] by Bert. The September musicdisk needs songs. REPEAT: The September MusicDisk needs songs. Thanks to the following for their current contributions: Aradia, Dodger, Frankenstein, Ng Pei Sin, Red King, River, Zalt, and Zoner. Members, please. We need some support to get this disk off the ground. We can't afford to keep putting our projects off. *** THE DEADLINE FOR MUSICDISK SONGS IS THE 21ST OF SEPTEMBER *** NOTICES: Most of Epinicion's 1995 releases can be found at kosmic.wit.com in /kosmic/epinicion. No, we don't have the homepage up yet. Server Problems. As Usual. Psibelius (Gene Wie) Epinicion Founder gwie@owl.csusm.edu -[2. Shortest International Music Competition]------------------[AmusiC]- ______ _____ TM __ __ __ __ __ __ \ / \ / / / / / / / / / / /\/\ / / / / _\/ /_ / | \ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / X . \ / <_/ / <_/ -- / / / / / / <_/ / / \ ____X___ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / \/MeEnUhTz\/ \ / / / / \ \/ / / / / \/ AmC Welcome To The Shortest International Music Competition Few Words On The Compo ---------------------- One Night Some Folks On The #trax Channel Were Planning To Organise A 20 Minute Tune Competition. As I Went In #trax, Everyone Was Dealing With That Matter, With A Great Amount Of Disbelief. So, Since I Had Nothing Better To Do, I Said To Myself: Time To Do Something Revolting. So I Did. I Made A Channel Called #ChIpCoMpO and Gathered Up People Who Were More Than Glad To Participate. I Created A Rules File, Spread It Arround, Rollcaled The Contestants, Pulled The Trigger And Within 2 Days, We Had Finished Both The Competition (which Lasted 30 Minutes) and The Voting (which Lasted The Rest Of The 2 Days). The Day After ------------ After The Final Results Had Been Released, I Recieved Good Remarks From Many People (Famous & Infamous) As Well As Their Anxiety To Participate To The Next Competition. So I Decided To Establish This Competition As A Weekly One. I Even Talked To Popcorn And He Said, He'd Like Announcements And A Column Related To This Competition, To Be Featured In Trax Weekly. So With Your Blessing --------------------- We Managed To Turn This Happening Into A Legend, And Gave It A Name... So Welcome To The "20 Meenuhtz(tm) Chip-Compo" ---------------------------- Trax Weekly ----------- I Want To Personaly Thank PopCorn For Adding An Extra Column To Trax Weekly And Host Our Announcements And Results. So Each Week You'll Be Informed On Every Aspect Of The Competition Thanx Again PopCorn.. (TraxWeekly Is Now One Of Our Official Sponsors) Some Preliminary Clarifications ------------------------------- Because Of The Subject Of This Competition, Its Easy For One To "Cheat" And Prepare A Chip Tune A Week Before The Arranged 20 Minute Duration Allowed. Although Someone Would Miss All The Fun Of It, We Were Forced To Add An Extra Rule. Each Week There Will Be A Sample Pack, Containing Short (Chip) Samples, And The Composer Should Use These Samples (All Or Less) To Create His Chip Tune. The Samples Are Also Detuned, To Avoid Ready Made Patterns. I'm Sorry I Had To Establish This Rule, And I Know It Limits Creativity In A Way, But Its The Only Way To Avoid Cheating... If Someone Can Figure Of A Better Way To Do So, Please Contact Me On The Double. Place And Time Of Competition ----------------------------- The 20 Meenuhtz Chip-Compo, Is Held Every Saturday On Channel #ChIpCoMpO (The Official 20 Meenuhtz Chip-Compo Channel) At 02:00AM CET (MTV Europe's Time). So For Those Who Live In Europe And Sleep Early On Friday, They Should Forget Their Sleep For Those Who Live In The States, It Should Be Friday Noon or Afternoon, So There Wont Be A Problem. Whats The Catch? ---------------- There Is NO Catch Or Prize, Since The Competition Is Held And Maintained By One Person Only, And There Is No Sponsor (Besides Bass Productions) To Support It. So Its Done For The Sake Of Having Fun, And Gaining Fame For Acquiring 1st Place In The Competition. +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ ____ \ \ __ __ ____ ____ / / //\/ // / / __// __/ / \// / // X__/ __//\_ \ \/\ \\__/ \/__/\__/ \___/ +------------------------\/------------------------------------------+ (01) Contestants Should Be Present At #ChIpCoMpO Channel On The Competition Time, And Declare Competitors. No Competitors Are Accepted Before The Competition Time, And After Competition Has Started. (02) Each Competitor, Should Compete With Only One Tune, Which Should Comply With All Of The Following Rules : a) Maximum File Size (Uncompressed) Should Be 20 Kilobytes b) Maximum Number Of Channels Allowed Is 4 (four) c) The Competitor MUST Use The Samples Of The Sample Pack For The Tune, And At MOST 2 (two) Other Samples Of His/Her Choice. d) The Tune Must Be DCC'ed Or Mailed Before The Given Deadline e) The Tune Must Be Uncompressed A Tune Not Compatible With The Above Rules, Will Be Instantly Disqualified. (03) The Duration Of The Competition Is 20 Minutes Plus 10 More For Connecting and Transfering The Tune. (04) The Filename Of The Tune Should Be Comprised Of 3 Parts. A Three Letter Abreviation Of The Competitors Nickname (Or Name), a dash And A Four Letter Abreviation Of The Song's Name (.Extension). ex. If I Made A ChipTune Called Tomahawk, The File Name would Look Like This: amu-tmhk.mod (05) Allowed Formats Are: MOD (Pro/Fasttracker) Format XM (Fasttracker ][ ) Format S3M (ScreamTracker 3) Format (06) All The Tunes Should Be DCC'ed To User AmusiC In Channel #ChIpCoMpO Or Mailed To: amusic@prometheus.hol.gr In MIME Format (Pine's Encryption Format). (07) Contestants Are Not Allowed To Leave #ChIpCoMpO Before The Signal That Initiates The "Bout". Contestants That Leave Before The Signal, Are Instantly Disquilified. (08) Voting Takes Place Right After The End Of The Competition, And Lasts Till Sunday 2:00AM CET (When No More Voting Forms Will Be Accepted) (09) Competitors Can Vote, But Cannot Vote For Themselves. Also, Unless All Competitors Vote, No Competitor's Voteform Will Be Taken In Mind For The Final Results. (10) Voteforms Should Also Be DCC'ed To User AmusiC In Channel #ChIpCoMpO Or Mailed To: amusic@prometheus.hol.gr In MIME Format (Pine's Encryption Format). ______ __ ____ \ __/_ __ __/\ / / ________/ / / / / / \/ \/ / / / / / / __/ _ < / / / / / / / / / / X_/ / / / / // / \__/\__/\__/\__/ \/_/\__/\__/\/ \/ YOU'LL NEED IT! Credits ------- Credits Fly Over To DarkHeart and DeathBringer For Giving Me The Initial Idea Of The 20 Meenuhtz Chip-Compo. Also To Mondo Cyberdmon, Ms_Saigon And Rimbo For Participating In The Compo, As Well To Mute, For Winning The First Compo. Looking For... -------------- 20 Meenuhtz Chip-Compo Is Looking For A Place To Live In. We Need An FTP Site To Host Our Announcements, Sample Packs Contestant Entries, Rule Files And Result Files. FTP Providers, Would Be Gladly Included In Our Announcement And Rule Files As Sponsors. We Need A Bot For The #ChIpCoMpO Channel To Maintain It Open And Clean From Invasions. Bot Providers, Will Also Be Considered As Sponsors And Will Be Credited As Well In Our Announcment And Rule Files. Contact ------- To Contact AmusiC (Sotiris Varotsis) e-mail at: amusic@prometheus.hol.gr or amusic@hol.gr Or You Can Occasionaly Find Me On IRC Channels: #trax, #daskmig, #amigascne, #ChIpCoMpO, #coders, #theend Ending Notes ------------ I Hope You Enjoy The Competition, And That You'll Help Us Keep The Flame Burning. Thank You. -[3. Contrast voting Form ]------------------------------------------------- Here's the voting form for Contrast #3, Purple's diskmag. Please fill it out and return it to mystical@inet.uni-c.dk, purple@diku.dk or snail mail it to: Troels Rasmussen Lindevej 4 Joerlunde 3550 Slangerup DENMARK - You'll then be added to the list of voters included with Contrast #3. NOTE: If you do not know ten (or whatever number) of entries that are worth adding to the charts, DON'T! Only add those that you consider good enough to include. And please don't vote for your own group/members of your group. Thanks, -Mystical/Purple Musician, editor of the Contrast Division Name/handle: ..................... Group: ..................... Best demo: 1: .................. by ................. 2: .................. by ................. 3: .................. by ................. 4: .................. by ................. 5: .................. by ................. 6: .................. by ................. 7: .................. by ................. 8: .................. by ................. 9: .................. by ................. 10:.................. by ................. Best intro: 1: .................. by ................. 2: .................. by ................. 3: .................. by ................. 4: .................. by ................. 5: .................. by ................. 6: .................. by ................. 7: .................. by ................. 8: .................. by ................. 9: .................. by ................. 10:.................. by ................. Best game: 1: .................. 2: .................. 3: .................. 4: .................. 5: .................. 6: .................. 7: .................. 8: .................. 9: .................. 10:.................. Best coder: 1: .................. 2: .................. 3: .................. 4: .................. 5: .................. 6: .................. 7: .................. 8: .................. 9: .................. 10:.................. Best musician: 1: .................. 2: .................. 3: .................. 4: .................. 5: .................. 6: .................. 7: .................. 8: .................. 9: .................. 10:.................. 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