Hello everyone, and welcome to the TA DJ Challenge Series!

Challenges
Original threads
March 2009 - Genre Challenge Round 1
May 2009 - Genre Challenge Round 2
July 2009 - Genre Challenge Round 3
July 2010 - Genre Challenge Round 4
February 2011 - Genre Challenge Round 5
April 2012 - Genre Challenge Round 6

New Challenge series
January 2014 - Theme challenge
September 2014 - Genre challenge
September 2016 - Theme challenge 2
June 2017 - Theme challenge 3

The Rules

The rules for this year's Theme Challenge will be much more relaxed than previous years. Traditionally there was a signup period, a mixing/posting period, and a deadline. Additionally there was a relatively severe penalty of permanently banning participants who did not submit a mix. Those rules will be dissolved this year, as well as the "bans" of any of those previous participants. Whoever wants to sign up may do so at their leisure. Life is challenging enough by itself, there is no need to attach penalties while this forum struggles to attract and retain members.

If you are going to participate, please comment in this thread so I know you are signing up and I can attach your name below.

Theme Mix schedule
Competition begins: July 16th, 2018
Competition ends: whenever everyone submits a mix!

Theme suggestions
Top 40 remixes
Video Game soundtrack
3-6 hour marathon set

The Participants
Ziptnf - Relative Eternity
refuge
Sand Leaper - Dancing on MIR
SYSTEM-J - All Night Long
mphreak - Autumn Living Room Session
the-sixth
Mr Game+Watch - 2019 Extended Mix
wotyzoid - YEEEET
djdk - Lost in ShangriLa
Singularity55
chris1011 - Timeless

Good luck and happy mixing!

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Last edited by ziptnf on Jun-01-2019 at 17:05

You can sign me up for a chiptune / game set. I've done a bunch of Mega Man mixes in the past, been exactly 2 years since my last chiptune set, and I have been itching to do a new mix... bought a ton of game music on vinyl within that timeframe and this'll finally give me the push I need to do it.

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Well, if the Video Game category doesn't win the straw poll, you have to do whatever does win.

Or not, it doesn't matter really.

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Sign me up.

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Originally posted by refuge You can sign me up for a chiptune / game set. I've done a bunch of Mega Man mixes in the past, been exactly 2 years since my last chiptune set, and I have been itching to do a new mix... bought a ton of game music on vinyl within that timeframe and this'll finally give me the push I need to do it.

That wasn't the idea, though, was it? The idea was to make a mix with music that wasn't made for a video game but still sounds like it would be a good fit for a video game soundtrack.

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Originally posted by Sand Leaper That wasn't the idea, though, was it? The idea was to make a mix with music that wasn't made for a video game but still sounds like it would be a good fit for a video game soundtrack.

I guess it was open to interpretation. My original idea mentioned making a soundtrack that would fit the game that you designed, of any game or music genre. As long as it was cohesive enough to believe it was all from one video game, I don't see why a chiptune mix wouldn't meet the challenge requirements.

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Im up for a marathon vinyl only set of some unknown prog classics ive been buying up.

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Rare Vinyls spinning on video If you like that sort of thing

I've voted for my own idea. Obviously. I'll be in if it comes out on top. I feel video game soundtrack is too close to past mixes I've done, and Top 40 remixes is far too limited.

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> Back To Deep [Deep Trippy House]
> Terra Nova [Modern Progressive Trance]
> Rough & Ready [Modern Trance]
>A Different Energy [Good Modern Trance]
> The Edale Mix [Panoramic Beats]

Refuge could easily make a 6 hour chiptune mix. I bet Luke and I would be the only listeners

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I'm in.

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add me

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Rare Vinyls spinning on video If you like that sort of thing

I'm in! Can I do a 6 hour mix of old videogame music?

I'll actually be hosting a "Videogame Name That Tune" panel at a local (and rapidly growing) retro game expo this August so I have a lot of that...

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All My Mixes!

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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch Can I do a 6 hour mix of old videogame music?

Seriously though, I don't see why not. I think Jack's original intention was that you are headlining some sort of show or event and playing all (or most of the) night, so I'm sure you could easily justify that. I don't think it's specific to a prog-only rooftop party or something. Jack, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

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