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Day 5 – I can’t come up with a catchy title for today’s songs. :’(

So, I’ll just get right into the nitty-gritty. Pupil of Frenzy is a killer progressive rock and touhou remix song by dBu. If you like Synaxis Symphony, The Brain of the Moon, or anything else similar… you’ll love this song. Even if you don’t… you’ll love this song. It’s long too, so there is a lot to love. Just a hair under 4 minutes. File is full of long 16th bursts, 8th chain sections, and even has a nice white-note gallop section. Comes it at a 9 in difficulty, stepped courtesy of Neonatrias.

There was a thread going around talking about the lack of in-house artists being featured in FFR recently. As always, just a coincidence… but we’ve got 2 featured in today’s songs. Air Breeze is a techno song by Wickedawesomeful and stepped by FFR’s 2nd most underappreciated stepfiler (next to Stargroup100), Vote4Nixon. If you need practice on short rolls, this is the song for you. It’s pretty much full of 3 note long rolls in succession. Comes in at an 8 on the Tass-O-Hard meter. Secondly, Dragons Bane is a wicked sweet (I’m not from Boston, I swear!) tune from DJSBX under alias D-Latch. Stepped by the master of the 12th note, hi19hi19, this song will have you playing it repeatedly, just to listen to it again and again. It’s also a bit tricky, with some 24th rolls at the beginning and end. Definitely a 9.

Finally, (yes… you get four songs… again. I think I broke random.org with all the 4s I rolled) our first song by ASK since Sympathizer way back in June. Life Light is a up-tempo (190bpm) song that’ll make you want to run and lift weights (at the same time!). Stepfile is by Cyanite, and it has 28 4-framers in it, most in the last 35 seconds.

Songs are in Hip-Hop… and darn am I tired. Night y’all.
-Tass

Day 4 – Dot Matrix Hero’s Fantasia Syndrome on Beaker Sunset

Four more files for everyone today. Yay! Dot Matrix Hero is an 8-bit mix by Sabrepulse with a bit of a DnB feel. The 2nd half is mostly from Super Mario Land 1, but I don’t recognize any of the other games in it. The song is 190bpm, so 4-framers are unavoidable… 27 of them. Stepped by ElectricWerewolf, it’s a 10 footer with 1000 notes on the dot.

Fantasia is a Happy song by our resident happy artist, Smiley. Usual fair for a Smiley tune, it’s full of 8th chains and 8th jumps, with a few 16ths thrown in for good measure. Also, no shocker, the stepfile is by Eastsideman09, who has the corner on the Kyle Ward market, it seems. File is a low 8 footer.

Beaker Sunset is our 3rd addition from the Alphabasic collection of Benn Jordan, aka The Flashbulb. More in line with Do Not Sex To This than Lawn Wake IV, this file comes in at as a 6 footer for 16th bursts to the DnB sections, but mostly 4ths to everything else. Of course, just like DNSTT… the file is by l Endorphin l.

Finally, Syndrome Craze is our first song in FFR by Youaremyfavoritefood. He has the distinction of being the artist in FFR with the most letters in his name (of those with only 1 word names), passing Wickedawesomeful. The song is a pretty short and straightforward techno piece, which disappoints me a bit, because it’s good… but it ends way too soon. Anyway, the stepfiler is BEN.(SPEIRS) 7.5, who has the distinction of having the worst username to have to type out repeatedly of all time. File itself is a 7.

Once again, all files can be found in Hip-Hop currently. Discuss here.

-Tass

drugstore edit – The song is actually called Syndrome Craze.

Day 3 – Read The Mind of the Lost Indigo Floating Bridge (I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried)

4 files for everyone today…  lucky you!  Today is also a pretty easy day, comparatively.  Blame the gods of randomness.  Indigo is a semi-repetitive techno song by Dark6 and is stepped by who_cares973, his first stepfile in FFR.  I rate it a very low 7, for slow bursts and triplets.

Lost is our second song in FFR by remixer Kyrn, both files by Starfalcon176.  Hardest song in today’s batch, a solid 8.  Has some cool rhythms and gallops in it.

Read The Mind is a rare cornandbeans song to be sans braces.  Also fairly simple, it does have a few 16th bursts and gallops throughout that make it a 6.  Chart by SulferDragon.

Finally, a song that will actually stay in Hip-Hop once this event is finished.  Floating Bridge is, I guess, a nerdcore song by MC Frontalot.  Short and simple song with amusing lyrics.  Stepfile is by dore and is mostly 8th notes with a few 16th gallops to keep you on your toes.  I rated a high 4.

Hit the forums for the discussion page.  All songs are in hip-hop through the end of the event.

-Tass

It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year! AGAIN!

For those who were around at this time last year, you’ll remember the 12 days of FFRmas event that we ran, with 1 new song a day for 12 days leading up to Christmas. Well, we’ve come a long way since then. I had to beg and scrap to get those 12 files finished on time. Now, we’ve got well over 100 songs waiting in queue to get into the game. Including widgets, around 600 songs have been added to FFR in the past 12 months. Insane, given there were only about 200 added in the first 4 years.

So today is December 14th, exactly 12 days before Christmas (including the 25th). Since we have so many songs to choose from, and since we did 1 a day last year… We decided to up the stakes a bit. This year, expect a random number of new songs each day (between 2 and 4). So 24 to 48 new files over 12 days. I can tell you that there are 28 different stepfile authors represented in this event and 32 different musical artists. Unbelievable! [Allsongs were selected randomly from the queue, using random.org, with a tiny amount of tweaking on days 11/12 to weed out repetition]
It’s a bit of a pain to place songs in the proper location, so all songs will be placed in Hip-Hop for the duration of the event. After it is over, I’ll move them to their permanent homes. Anyway… Enough of the history and nostalgia. Let’s get on with today’s songs!

Only 2 today, but they’re quality. Forsaken Neon is an extremely high-tempo techno song by Dimrain47 and stepped by Rebirth0. It is a whopping 230BPM, which poses all kinds of framer issues. There were 2 3-framers in the file, but I tweaked them to 4. A total of 29 4-framers in the finished file. It’s a 10 in difficulty. The other song today is Teh Tricky Techno, a short Popeye-esque techno song by old-school artist DJ RageVI and stepped by Xandertrax. Pretty catchy tune and amusing stepfile that I think is a 9. It has jumptrills and 24th rolls worked into some fun 16th stream patterns.

Enjoy, and look forward to another 11 days of awesome stepfiles and songs! Check the official thread for discussion
-Tass

Stargroup Appreciation Day

So, some of you know Stargroup100, self appointed least appreciated simfile maker on FFR. As such, I’ve decided to dedicate today to him. I’ve released 2 of his queue’d files publicly today. Please give your honest feedback about them in the comments here. I’m sure he’ll appreciate it.

Crazy Hair Day is a bit of a whacky jazzy piece by composer Chet Heflin, and can be found in the beginning of Misc. It’s got 19 4-framers, so watch out!

Nanatsuropanda is a jazzy piece by OSTER Project and is Stargroup’s masterpiece (or so he’s said). You can find it at the beginning of Misc as well. It’s either a high 9 or low 10… I’ll take input on this also.

So feel free to start in on the discussion after you play these 2 files! Playful ribbing at Stargroup’s expense is encouraged! You can also discuss these files in the Stargroup Appreciation Day thread.

-Tass

Few New Songs To Say We LOVE You

We’ve distract you all with shiny new levels for you to play. We released the Smiley song Hyper Hyper -Definitive Version- by eastsideman09 (Dance2 Page1) and the extremely challenging FMO Venetian Snares song Choprite by Brilliant Dynamite Neon (Misc Page1) on Tuesday. In addition, I just released the song Ancient’s Death by Manmademusic and stepped by SulferDragon (Dance2 Page1 for now). If all that is not enough, the Kil tribute to iPatch, iPatch’s OP became public today (aka, SotW!), stepped by ElectricWerewolf (in Funk, for the next day or two).Finally, if you haven’t noticed, all of the subscribers week songs are now public as well. 50 of them have already been re-located to their proper locations throughout the genres, but 20 are still in Hip-Hop for the next day or two.

-Tass and his overuse of hyperlinks

Subscriber Week – Day #4

4th day… still no FMO or FGO files. Not even a 10 today. But good, solid, fun files all around. If you want to enjoy the 40+ awesome files, subscribe!

Affected (Yamajet) – MeaCulpa – 8
Cruel Whole (Venetian Snares) – ~Zero~ – 8
Duality (KaW vs Smiley vs Inspector K) – eastsideman09 – 9
Fierce Combat (RaustBlackDragon) – SulferDragon – 5
Legend of the Starfighter (Darkesword) – Silver_Brian – 8
Keep On Lovin’ You (KURi-ZiLL) – jimerax – 6
Policy In The Sky (DJ Sharpnel) – Brilliant Dynamite Neon – 4
Sly (KgZ) – Vote4Nixon – 8
Speed Limit 38 (Draigun) – dore – 7
Wish (Kyrn Remix) (Charlotte Summer remixed by Kyrn) – starfalcon176 – 7

-Tass

Subscriber Week – Day #3 – Day of the Easier Files

Not intentionally… but today’s files are definitely easier than the previous 2 days. Subscribe now to play these songs!

Located in Funk (currently):
Adult’s Sketchbook (OSTER Project) – jimerax – 10
Casio Destroy Toy (Räuberhøhle) – ElectricWerewolf – 8
Dragon’s Final Roar (RaustBlackDragon) – SulferDragon – 6
Fly With Me (Nina) – dore – 7
Horizon II (Sanxion7) – Silver_Brian – 7
Learn 2 Play (Myndflame) – l Endorphin l – 6
Norfolk Gals (pdmusic.org) – pokelda – 4
Road To You (Silvia) – ~Zero~ – 8
Sound of my Dream RMX (B0UNC3) – Ben Speirs – 5
Wisdom (Onoken) – Exag0n – 9

Enjoy!
-Tass

Subscriber Week – Day #2

You guys would not believe the positive comments and general raves that are coming out of the subscriber forum in regards to the files added yesterday and today. I can only expect it to continue. If you’d like to take part in the extravaganza, subscribe!

Today’s songs:
600 AD in Piano (KluTz) – Knoobish – 9
Bury Me On The Jedi Battlefield (Darkesword) – Silver_Brian – 8
Distorted Reality (B0UNC3) – ~Zero~ – 5
Felys (Elegiac Mix) (Onoken) – Brilliant Dynamite Neon – 7
Heel and Toe (KURi-ZiLL) – bmah – 8
Kaleidoscope (Dr1010) – brothaice – 9
Neon-213 (wickedawesomeful) – dore – 10
Saikyou OX Keikaku (MOSAIC.WAV) – DigitalS3r4ph – 9
Synaxis Symphony (SUN3) – jimerax – 10
The Prototype (Dimrain47) – Neonatrias – 9

See y’all tomorrow
-Tass