The Twelve Days of Customs 2014
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Woot. Excellent song! I’ve been wanting this one since Harmonix released “Tell Her No” and “She’s Not There”. Thanks!
Day 2 is brought to you by Colonel 32dll!
http://i.imgur.com/M256YoA.jpg
See the video reveal in the blog post!
Happy Holidays Customs Fans, I’m Colonel 32dll.You might know me from the C3 forums. I was recently bestowed with the honorable title of “C3 Author” and this custom will be my first offering as such. I hope it brings you some Chistmas joy.
Since I was given some room to blather, I’d like to fill it with thanks to everyone who has been a part of the C3 project, from the admins to the occasional downloader. If you feel this post might be too long, this would be a good place to stop reading since that last sentence just about sums it up.
The C3 administrators have dedicated themselves to this project far more than many people realize and they should know how much this is appreciated. C3 would simply never existed without the vision of a specific few people. For over twenty months we have been provided with consistently high-quality weekly releases, forums for discussion, continued software development for easier/better authoring, advice, instructions and tutorials, full album customs – even the incredibly impactful Genesis Chronicles. The admins are captaining well the ship they have built.
Without great authors, though, there would be no ship to captain. The hours poured into deconstructing a song and rebuilding it in Reaper alone can be innumerable – and you’d better love the song you’re working on because it will be stuck in your head for weeks. Tempo mapping, charting rules, venues, animations, practice sections, lipsync – all things that are behind-the-scenes but just as important as placing “gems” or vocal “tubes” and all very time-consuming; and there’s never enough time.
Then there are the play testers, the unsung heroes of the customs world. When’s the last time a custom was released and you read “Hey, great job playtesting this tune, thanks!”? Play testers often work with songs they don’t care about in order to help ensure the custom plays and “feels” right and they do so in obscurity. They’re almost as under-appreciated as authors who chart pro guitar and pro bass.
Every custom goes through an unseen process taking weeks or even months before it can be delivered to the community – and the community is what this is all about. There’d be no point to C3 if not for people downloading and enjoying the fruits of its labor, so thank you all for being a part of the C3 community helping make this a reality.
Happy Holidays!
Check back tomorrow for day 3 of the Twelve Days of Customs 2014!
(Remember, this is just a reveal; all songs will be released in a megapack on December 25.)
Sweet, Hoobastank was one of my brother’s favourite bands. He’ll love this. Thanks a lot, Colonel, and glad to hear you’ve officially graduated to the big leagues!
Oh man this song brings me back. I remember it playing on MTV in the mornings before I went to school. Definitely would be in my eighth grade mixtape. Lookin’ good Colonel!
Just out of curiosity, is this version of The Reason going to be any different than the version from your thread in the Other Customs section? Just more polished perhaps?
I totally forgot about “The Twelve Days of Customs”. This was so much fun last year, I’m really glad C3 is doing it again. There’s something about a new song reveal each day that makes all the holiday madness seem more tolerable. And knowing there will be a fresh batch of great songs to download makes me look forward to Christmas like I’m a kid again.
Thanks to the authors for being so generous and altogether awesome and…
HAPPY & HEALTHY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE IN THE C3 COMMUNITY!
I should stop typing now because I’m starting to sound too much like Tiny Tim (and everybody knows you should NEVER go full Tiny Tim
” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_biggrin.gif” /> ).Just out of curiosity, is this version of The Reason going to be any different than the version from your thread in the Other Customs section?Yes, this version will finally be right!
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” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />Day 3 is brought to you by ollie and clintilona!
ollie brings you:
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And clintilona brings you:
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See the video reveal in the blog post!
Hi yall, I’m Ollie, the resident frenchman of C3. You may or may not know me from the customs I’ve been slowly releasing for 18 months now. First and foremost a music lover and (mediocre) guitar player, I had virtually no experience in customs before learning my craft with the help of the original authoring documents pksage kept aside.And ever since I joined the crew, I”ve learned new stuff and tricks. So big kudos to my fellow members (and especially the admins), the single fact that I’m still making customs I’ve barely enough time to play is the proof that virtually anyone can do it. So don’t hesitate to join us, we don’t bite!
Anyway, as far as my 12 days of customs song go, I tried to make something somewhat original, for a change. So I’ve chosen a fairly known song from the late 60’s-early 70’s (aka the best period ever for music, don’t even try to argue). It’s a cover, a grammy award winner, the musical backbone of one of the most critically acclaimed movies of its era and the signature song of an underrated, but peer revered, artist who will be making his first rock band appearance.
Featuring a challenging fingerpicking style guitar part, a beautiful string section and some vocal slides that will alllow you to show your vocal range and skills, here’s “Everybody’s Talking”, by Harry Nilsson. Happy Holidays !
Buckcherry’s first Top 100 hit finally makes it to Rock Band. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) it was not part of the officially released Buckcherry DLC tracks put out by Harmonix. Instead you are getting it me from and I’ve tried to bring it to you as close to the Harmonix standard as I can in all its uncensored multitrack glory.The reason I decided to tackle this song after finding the multitracks was entirely based on the spirit of the season. Personally I am not a big fan of Buckcherry or this song, but two of the people I have been playing Rock Band with every Saturday over the last several years love it. If there is one thing I’ve found after becoming a customs author it’s that seeing people choose to play one of mysongs and enjoy it is a fantastic feeling. So this is my Christmas present to them and I expect to feel the same joy watching them play this song as I would watching a family member unwrap a Christmas present that I picked out for them.
I became a C3 author a short while after last year’s 12 Days pack and it may have been my favorite thing C3 has done. There was no way I was going to miss it this year. I hope you all enjoy this song and feel inspired to go the extra mile for that special loved one (or crazy bitch) in your life this holiday season. If there’s one thing I learned from comedy in the 90’s, well besides that bitches be shopping, it’s that bitches be crazy (my wife falls under both of these categories, but I love her all the same). Go out and pick out something special for that crazy bitch in your life. Maybe she’ll turn of the crazy for you until New Year’s.
Check back tomorrow for day 4 of the Twelve Days of Customs 2014!
(Remember, this is just a reveal; all songs will be released in a megapack on December 25.)
Really looking forward to Buckcherry!
Always wanted some real NSFW packs in Rock Band, and this one will be a crowd favorite. Thanks!
Nilsson in Rock Band?
That makes me so happy, thank you so much!
ETA and hurrah the Christmas thing is back.
AWESOME!!! finally, this may sound CRAZY but this is one of the songs i have being waiting, that’s what i love about C3, both official and non official releases. thanks to all the authors for all the crazy work you do!
Saludos!
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