Wut? This few listens? I love it, Chris! Let's fix the "viewcount" on this one. ;-)

Tracker music (or inspired)

Amplitude Problem's song for the Power Drive 2000 soundtrack. Follow the game's development here: https://www.facebook.com/powerdrive2000 and here: https://twitter.com/MegacomGames

Mastered for dynamic range, not mere loudness. Turn your speakers up, feel the punch of the bass and hear the nuances in the music as it's allowed to breathe. End the loudness war. http://dynamicrangeday.co.uk/about/

Hear this song and watch early game footage here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcFDhuzS8-A

PD2000

Power Drive 2000: Streets of San Secuestro

For this track I went back to my C64/Amiga roots. Yes, that's where it all started for me too. Working with Fasttracker or Protracker, having 4 lanes in which you could program samples. One song from the demoscene stood out for me, and it's this one by Norwegian, Jogeir Liljedahl. His song Guitar Slinger made such a profound impact on me and has such a human/acoustic feel, it still is one of, if not, the best 'modfiles' that's out there, period!

I attempted to remake it, keeping true to it's legacy yet adding a little bit of my own here and there. I hope you will all appreciate this remake? Greetings to all from the Commodore 64/Amiga demoscene... You know who you are!

Also available on Remix64: https://remix64.com/track/armandox/guitar-slinger-armandox-2015-remake/
Original song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM7awvRbAuY

Composed and conceived by: Jogeir Liljedahl
Recorded, arranged, produced and mixed by: Armand Segers
Cover art: Antony Squizzato

(p) 2015, J. Liljedahl, A. Segers - ASE Music

Guitar Slinger (Armandox 2015 Remake)

Jogeir Liljedahl - Guitar Slinger (Armandox 2015 Remake)

REDUKED:

https://noisebrec.bandcamp.com/album/reduked-deluxe-edition

Original track by: Lee Jackson from Duke Nukem 3D Sountrack (1996) - Stalker.

This remix: Mike Norvak, 2014.

One of my favorite songs from the game, also the music of the first level (Hollywood Holocaust). So it was a logical step to use this as the real opening theme of Reduked. It is amazing how Lee Jackson managed to build such an epic atmosphere with just a few notes and chords playing again and again. My intention on this track was to revamp the synthbass, leads and string sounds with a variety of synthetic sounds to enhance the 80's night futuristic style of the song.

If you want to use this song on your own projects (videogames, mods, footages, etc) just give credit to me and the original authors of the songs. Here's an example that you can copy-paste:

(Name song/soundtrack/songs/music) produced by Mike Norvak for Noise Boulder Records, based on Duke Nukem 3D Soundtrack by Lee Jackson/Robert C Prince.

Duke Nukem Remix The Stalker (Theme from Hollywood Holocaust)

Render of a lengthy XM module I composed in Fasttracker 2.08 (a tracker by Triton) back in 1997. I used XM-Play to render the song.

The original XM file can be found here:
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=46519

I remember trying what "style" worked best for the exact same music, so I came up with "Versions"... and got carried away a little at the end... :-)

Enjoy! ╝╗

Jeroen Tel (WAVE) - Versions

A 1 : 1 render of a Fasttracker 2 XM module I composed back in 1997 as a tribute to the new year.

The original XM module can be downloaded here:
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=46490

Original XM module file size: 539 KB
(C) 1997 Jeroen Tel (WAVE) / Maniacs of Noise

Jeroen Tel (WAVE) - Hello 1997

10/26/20 - now LIVE! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mazedude/words-and-verses-a-biblical-music-project 

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http://www.mazedude.com/remixes/switch-force-ballad

So, I’ve known Jake Kaufman for quite a while now. Mazedude and Virt first met in IRC, back around 1998. The teenagers were learning the art of tracking, and even competing in the art form via one- and two-hour compos, or even week-long groovy compos. (The game of the compo was to craft a track using only the provided sampleset, in a limited amount of time.) And while Mazedude had been tracking a little bit longer... dang, Virt picked up the nuances FAST!

Sorry to say, that even though I came in second place a few times, I never quite beat Jake at one of those. The guy was just too good. Regardless, a friendship was formed. At the time, we both had dreams of making music for movies. I went on to SUNY Purchase to get a bachelor’s degree in composition, and Jake went off the deep end in writing a TON of music, writing complete soundtracks for imaginary games, expanding his toolset WAY beyond tracking, and just putting it all out there. And, as you know by now, he succeeded. Me, my journey was different; I moved to LA to work on movies, did it, didn’t care for it as a job, and then flowed into building websites for movies instead... and then that shifted into a career that has paid the bills ever since. Although, before heading out, Jake and I did get to meet in person at the first MAGFest. That was cool.

Another quick side note: while in LA, the first date I ever had with Julia—now my wife of 10+ years—was at a Jake Kaufman chiptune concert.

So, on to the remix, and the tribute on American Pixels. When I first set out to add composers to the list of honorees who weren’t on the first American Album, I knew I wanted to include Jake. From the start, I was thinking a track from Shantae would be fun. Something ethnic, upbeat, and a nod to one of the games that helped put Jake on the map, so to speak. But, sorry to say... I wasn’t really digging any of the Shantae remixes I was starting (and I started a few). Then over time I realized that I was actually enjoying listening to the Mighty Switch Force soundtracks more frequently, just in the background while I worked and such. Simultaneously, tracks were coming together for the album, and it was obvious that a lot of them had a somewhere darker edge to them, which I needed to balance out. So, this was one of the last tracks I put together for the album actually; taking the main theme from Mighty Switch Force 2, slowing it down, and keeping it positive while still groovy.

At the same time, I wove in a lot of other Jake-related elements here. There’s a ballad he wrote for Royal "RS3" Sefton called “Light at the End,” and I used the electric piano from that to start off the piece. He wrote some goofy music for Kwakfest with a distinct flair to multiple synth solos; I mimic that here as well. There’s a compo where Jake, Chris “Beek” Hampton and I took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd; I used some sounds from our compo tracks in here too.

So while it’s a bizarre collection of diverse references, I’m very happy with the way the remix came out and I really enjoy listening to it. I hope you’ll enjoy it as well.

PS - Fun fact, this isn't the first time I've remixed Jake, actually; I also entered in a remix contest for Retro City Rampage a while back. I didn't win, but I still enjoy my Basehead-infused remix.

American Pixels

Switch Force Ballad (from Mighty Switch Force 2)

My contribution to Edison 2012 streaming music competition.

Malmen - Edison Glam

10/26/2020 Update: new project LIVE on Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mazedude/words-and-verses-a-biblical-music-project 

Christopher "Mazedude" Getman has been contributing a combination of original and arranged/remixed music to the electronic music scene for years. He has made a name for himself via OverClocked Remix and various albums, including works among the Bad Dudes and more. Learn more and download several tracks at https://www.mazedude.com.

In 2020, Mazedude unveiled a shift to his focus, announcing a new project called "Words and Verses," where the concept is construction of new, original music based on Bible verses. Learn more about that project here: https://www.wordsandversesproject.com

Video game music pioneer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeroen_Tel

Switch Force Ballad (from Mighty Switch Force 2)

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