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Dj CUTMAN – WiiU Grooves

Last week I got a WiiU, and felt oddly inspired by that long firmware update that happens as soon as you turn the thing on. I sat content, tidying up my living room and listening to the tunes Nintendo put together to sooth the frayed nerves of excited gamers everywhere. I felt oddly inspired, and created a 9 track album of remixes sampled from the WiiU. Download now from my site:

http://music.djcutman.com/album/wiiu-grooves

The album is name-your-price with no minimum, so download for free if you’d like. Support me by sharing the link to this album with your friends online. Shoot me a message on twitter @VideoGameDJ and let me know what you think!

-Dj CUTMAN

Dj CUTMAN featuring MegaRan – The Promise (Halo 4 Remix)

Dj CUTMAN Featuring MegaRan – The Promise (Halo 4 Remix)

Today it’s my honor to bring you a production I’ve been slaving over the past month, a collboration with one of my biggest inspirations, MegaRan.

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Before I get into the backstory, please take a moment and click the heart button on the track.

For those who aren’t famailar with the teacher/rapper/hero, MegaRan is the wordsmith behind my favorite VGM album of all time, Black Materia.

This track is a remix for the upcoming game Halo 4 for XBox360. Microsoft and 343 Studios started and official Halo 4 remix contest, offering up the stems for three of the songs from the game’s soundtrack. When I heard about a game studio doing a remix contest, I dropped everything and got started. I’ve participated in remix contests before, but the fact that a game studio was putting one on seemed to call directly to me.
Internet to Cutman, a game needs remixing!

The instrumental itself I spent over 40 hours on before even playing it for anybody (usually I boast of lightening speed production times, but for this project I wanted to address every detail and fine tune everything). After that first week, I couldn’t stop listening to the remix, but I couldn’t help be feel like it needed a human element. I shot MegaRan a message, who was just about to start a ten day tour of the west coast tour. I had hoped the beat would inspire him to write a verse or two. And that he did, and so much more.

MegaRan came through with two verses and a hook that amazed me; He outlined a soldiers point-of-view in wartime, using folklore from the Halo universe. MegaRan has a gift of tying the game world to real life, and just like in Black Materia he had crafted lyrics that brought Halo closer to reality then I have ever felt before. We spent a couple days sending mixes back and forth and fine tuning the structure of the song. His experience shined through, and it took me back to my days as a hiphop engineer, working with a lyricist to carve out perfect song.

The finishing touches was in a long section of the track with no vocals and orchestral sample chopping. I had marked the section as “The Journey” in my session, I imagined it was the journey from Headquarters to the battlefield, and wanted to communicate that somehow in the song. I visited The Free Sound Project and found a user who specialized in military sound effects. Licensed under Creative Commons, I took genuine military radio chatter and embedded it into the track.

Over a hundred hours later and nearly twenty different mixes, we have what you can now listen. If you like it, please Favorite it on Soundcloud. You can do this by clicking the little heart button on the track. The awesome artwork was done by Tron Bonne. Please take a moment to share the track with your friends.

“The plan is clear and concise, I’ve got to run with it.”
— MegaRan, The Promise

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Friday Freakout: OFF TO NERDAPALOOZA, BIZNATCHES!!! \m|♥|m/

YUP.  As this scheduled write-up automatically releases, Dj Cutman, Obtuse from 8 Bit Power Hour, myself, and a WHOLE MEGAFURKCRAPTON of other awesometastic nerds are headin’ to Nerdapalooza.

RIGHT. FURKIN. NAAAAOOOOW.

 

What teh furk is Nerda?!?” you dare to ask?? CLICK HERE FOR ANSWERS. Although to sum it up quickly, IT’S A GIANT VGM/CHIPMUSIC/NERDCORE PARTY OF WIN. Just *SO MANY* awesome artists!!! TOO MANY TO LIST!!! (click HERE for a full schedule of the performers). In other words, YOU DON’T WANNA MISS THIS GOODNESS. You may even meet the hot nerdy chick/dude/asexual alien lifeform of your dreams at it, WHO KNOWS??? (met my gf there last year, and we’re still dating! ;D <3 -cue the, “DAWWWWWWWWWWW~” ;3 ). So get your damn tickets already (here or at the event) and GET YOUR ASSES DOWN TO ORLANDO, FLORIDA TO PARTY WITH US!!!

See ya there~<3

\m|♥|m/

 

Dj CUTMAN’s Summer Sale!

50% off all Dj CUTMAN albums, this week only! Use Code: SUMMER
Code expires Monday, July 16th 2012

I don’t take vacations often, but this week by some miracle I will be taking a trip to New Hampshire to chill out, write some chiptunes in the comfort of nature, and check out the Classic Arcade Museum. To celebrate a very real chance of me actually relaxing, I want to offer you all a way to chill out in this hot weather with some of my music! So, for this week only all of my albums are 50% off!Just enter code: SUMMER

GameChops Vol. 1
If you’re into Video Game Music, I strongly suggest checking out GameChops Vol. 1, my first studio remix album and the one that started it all. Featuring remixes of Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Ninja Gaiden and MegaMan, this album has some of my favorite tracks of all time!

 

Chiptune Hero
If you’re more of an 8-bit fan at heart, Chiptune Hero can’t be beat! Featuring covers of Daft Punk, Michael Jackson, Owl City, Coheed and Cambria, all legally cleared and ready for summer! Plus the digital download includes a bonus video game remix!

 

Bagu and the Riverman
Feeling more like a hybrid of EDM and Zelda-inspired Chiptune? The Bagu and the Riverman, my collaborative album with chiptune legend Spamtron is for you! Five progressive bass-blasting tracks are sure to heat your parties up1

 

GameChops Vol. 2
Last on the list but definitly not least is my most recent album GameChops Vol. 2! Released at this years MAGFest,  GameChops Vol. 2 takes everything I’ve learned from producing my previous three albums and creates a louder, prouder, over 20-track video game remix album!

 

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Enter code: SUMMER to receive a 50% discount off any digital download!

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