Archive for the 'Song of the Week' Category
Momentary Life since i have Hellhounds On My Trail
My good friend Shashakiro decided to come out of retirement this past summer and wreck havok on the FFR leaderboards, including winning the last official tournament. In addition, he decided to shower us with a few of his simfile masterpieces… all S.S.H. and all FMO, of course. The first of these is Momentary Life. 216bpm, 370 4-framers, 3:20 seconds, and over 2100 notes of FMO S.S.H. Shashy goodness. You can find it in the FFR Shop for the low, low price of 6000 credits.
Today’s subbie release is much anticipated. I’ll save the full review for 3 weeks from now, but just to give a small heads-up, it’s Hellhounds On My Trail by Children of Bodom. AND it’s stepped by behanjc. 4:00 of CoB goodness. I know there has been a lot of requests for this, so I’m happy to oblidge. The one caviat is that it’s a secret song, so you’ll need 125,000 credits to play it. Or, maybe not. Anyone can access it via the widget on CoB’s myspace page or here on FFR.
-Tass
Not A Falsie Report
Just wanted to give you guys a quick heads up that Falsie the Pseudo-Science girl was made public earlier today. It is an 80s akiba pop song by our favorite j-pop artist, MOSAIC.WAV. Stepfile is by world renowned simfiler, behanjc. It’s a little over 2 minutes long and is a 9 in difficulty. It’s yours for 4500 credits from the shop.
-Tass
Creating a New World Through KARMA
Hello FFR’ers! (try saying that 10 times fast heh heh)
Today we have a very special treat for all of you. A rare and wonderful treat.
Stephen Kay, president of Karma-Lab and the developer of the music technology known as KARMA, has given his permission for us to use one of his songs as this week’s featured stepfile. This isn’t any ordinary permission. Stephen has been featured in many magazines and websites such as Electronic Musician, Keyboard Magazine, Sound on Sound, and IT-Review.net for his incredible line of electronic keyboards and software incorporating KARMA, as well as his career as a musician and composer. His works have appeared as themes for world-wide NBC sports programs such as Wimbledon and the French Open, and he’s played in just about every kind of music group you can name: rock bands, jazz fusion bands, show bands, etc. His music is truly wacky and colorful, a bright twist to most music you may have listened to. Here is a link to the media player on his site, loaded with some of product demo works.
For more information about Stephen Kay, check out his biography.
Now to the featured file:
Today’s featured file is called ==Planet KARMA==. Some of you might know it from ODIpack2. It’s one of Stephen Kay’s multi-part epics, featuring 5 movements, each with a completely different style and mood. Most of the file is similar to the one in ODIpack2, but there are some striking differences, especially in the 2nd movement. The difficulty varies throughout the song, anywhere from a 4 to a 12. The entire song is just under 6 and a half minutes long, so it’s sure to test your endurance throughout! Stepped by yours truly. You can find it in Secret; it’ll only take 100,000 credits to access. Enjoy this epic release!
Yay Labor Day!
A few song related things for you guys…
1. 2 new subbie SotW songs are out, for yesterday and Friday.
2. 2 new public songs were released on Friday and yesterday (like every Friday and Sunday). Do A Barrel Roll by Kil, stepped by ElectricWerewolf and Here’s To Life [Oni] by Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, stepped by DrugstoreCowboy, Kailure, AND Bluguerrilla.
3. We’ve added 2 new SKILL TOKENS, which gives us 100 total. #99 is straight-forward… Pass One Minute Waltz with less than 100 boos to unlock Minute Waltz v2. I listed it as a FMO, but it may be high VC. Not sure. Stepfile by jimerax. #100 is a bit different. We want to reward all the Token Whores out there, and hi19hi19 gave us the perfect opportunity. ST #100 requires you to have unlocked the previous 99 skill tokens. Have #1-99, then check your levelrank.php, and you’ll be given #100… the aptly named Token Whore, by dj tepples. If you get access to this song, congrats!, you ARE a Token Whore!
4. Some Support Token news: About 100 users were able to play Dendrite v2 without actually having access to the song… we’ve removed the scores from these users. In addition, all support tokens will now show up in special levelrank, not normal levelrank. Finally, challenges are being disallowed on support tokens if you do not have the token (just like secret, token, skill, etc).
5. Be on the lookout for a special public release file later today too. We ARE sitting on 599 public songs, and today IS a holiday (in the US).
-Tass
4th Official Tournament – ROUND 1!
Check the official thread for everything you need to know about the 1st round. Round 1 ends next Tuesday night, 11:59pm EST. You have a little over a week.
Songs:
Beginner – The Rhythm of Life by Freedom Call, stepped by SulferDragon (6)
Intermediate – Hyperactivity by Stargroup100 vs Tim Halbert, stepped by Stargroup100 (7)
Advanced – Indulgence by KaW, stepped by Eastsideman09 (8)
Expert – I am Maid by Jea, stepped by .dot (9)
Master – The Lunatic Princess by dBu, stepped by Behanjc (10)
All 5 songs are public and can all be found in Hip Hop. Each new round will bring 5 new songs… all will be placed in Hip Hop. Older round songs will be moved out of HH when the new songs are added.
Any questions, post them in the official thread. Or PM Sprite.
-Tass
Cinco de Mayo!
So, any excuse to clear the queue up a bit, right? Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a song that related to Mexico or the number 5 or May. So, I decided to go with Endless Altercation. We’ll say that Cinco de Mayo ended that altercation. Whatever… it’s a stretch, and you guys don’t care anyway.
Currently located in the top of page 1 of Dance2, Endless Altercation is a song by our own KgZ. The stepfile is a lot of 16th jump-triplets and jumpstream. Not too fast though, so it’s rated a 9. It is also the first file in-game by smartdude1212!
Songs that came out this week: Metal Gear Solid Piano Mix by RaustBlackDragon. Stepfile by hi19hi19. Easy and melodic 4-footer, currently in Funk… will soon be in Arcade. Say It Right (Sanxion7 mix) by Sanxion7 (original song by Nelly Furtado). Stepfile by Eastsideman09. Straight-forward 8-footer, also currently in Funk, likely move soon to Dance2.
-Tass
The Mirrors! And New Songs.
We wanted to let everyone know that profiles and the game should now be working across all mirrors. Synth lost a lot of hair figuring out what the problem was… and he doesn’t have that much to lose!
Also, has everyone gotten Rick Roll’d this weekend? You should have… if not, you haven’t been playing enough FFR. ReRicked was released on Friday, and is a techno remix of Never Gonna Give You Up done by KgZ. Stepfile is by SulferDragon. Released today is Xeno-Flow by beatMARIO. Steps by bmah.
Finally, if you notice some songs being moved around a bit over the next few days… don’t worry. That is just jimerax doing some house-cleaning after the avmiss fix. I’ll make sure to let everyone know when he’s finished so you can thank him for his hard work.
-Tass
No Possible Way I’m Making A Creative Title Out Of The Songs I Just Added – So Take This Really Long Title Instead. Ha Ha Ha. Long.
So after a bit of mostly unnoticed bug fixes, we’ve released 6 new subscriber songs today. These songs will trickle to the public over the next 20 days, one every Friday and Sunday.
In order of release, from this Friday thru 20 days from now:
00.01 is a 12th note full piece (I guess that would be 3/4 time?) by Nejino Hito and is stepped by SulferDragon. It’s very video game sounding (It may be from a video game… I don’t know. Let me know if it is!)
Garyo starts off slow, like a gentle Japanese tea party, then quickly builds up into a firestorm of Far-Eastern Fury. It will have you wanting to do Kung Fu immediately. Song is by Xi and steps are by behanjc.
Metal Gear Solid Piano Remix is our token (not actually a token) “easy” song of this grouping, being rated a 4. It’s very melodic. Anyone who is a fan of piano pieces will enjoy this one. Remix is by RaustBlackDragon and stepfile by hi19hi19.
Say It Right -Sanxion7 Remix- is a very creative name, right? The song is initially by Nelly Furtado (no, we do not have her permission currently) and is remixed by my good friend Sanxion7. He takes a surprisingly catchy song and makes it even catchier. Steps are by Eastsideman09.
Szerencsetlen is a song name that is way too difficult to spell. Of course, it is courtesy of Venetian Snares. I expect by now you all know what to expect from a VSnares song in FFR. Lots of crazy drum beats leading to fast rolls/bursts. This song is no exception, although it is a bit light compared to other VSnares songs in FFR. Szerencsetlen will also be a Secret song, so you’ll need 80,000 credits to access it. Stepfile is by ~Zero~.
Finally, our good friends Zajac and Gorlock are back with another big time hit as Underground Concept. The song is Brain Dot Wave, with big time nerdcore lyrics and a tetris backbeat. Stepfile is by UC-approved simfiler jimerax. Make sure to check these guys out double.
-Tass
PS – The Key Is Watching YOU!
More quick song update news stories.
So after a long day of driving and chilling with FFRers in Ann Arbor, we finally got into the hotel around 1:30am and I was able to add songs.
Big Blue is a remix of one of the levels from F-Zero…. my favorite level, as a matter of fact. Big Blue is an awesome song, and this remix is as well. It’s done by S.S.H. Stepfile is by jimerax, so you know it’s real deal. 4 Chord Touhou was originally submitted by cetaka about 6 months ago, and we really liked it, but felt it was overjacked for the current FFR. But with avmiss fix coming soon, we felt it would be perfect for this event. So we dusted it off and bring it to you now. The song is the best touhou song i’ve ever heard. It’s by Kil, so you wouldn’t expect anything less.
We had a great evening in Ann Arbor and look forward to seeing all of you in Bowling Green tomorrow! And if you can’t be with us in person, stay with us via the live broadcast… it will be on the front page of the site all day, complete with chatrooms and audio commentary by yours truly.
