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Do the Dr. Wily stage theme plz. If you can't tell by my avatar, I love the classic Mega Man games. 

Haha, I really want to. it's just going to take a bit of time to practice it with all of the double stops... I bet it will sound good on my electric as well. Can't wait to get this started. I was also thinking of doing A Little Heart to Heart from Team Fortress 2, though it's not on here, and I couldn't find it on google. I am thinking of maybe trying to arrange it myself, but only if I can't find someone to arrange it in a few weeks. I think it would sound really cool on Cello. Still hoping for some song suggestions!

EDIT: Oh, and I cannot see your avatar either blueflower...

Me? No thanks.

I also vote this. Good luck JDMEK!

blarg. I have been using ear trainers, and I don't think it is working.

Nope. Just get in there and start. I'd advise beginning with piano solo arrangements and working your way up from there.

I would like to start with this, but I think with my bad ear combined with my inexperience, I wont be able to do it and get frustrated and give up on arranging

Not sure where to go from here, unless anyone knows of a good way to improve my ear?

Totes back.

Welcome back, enjoy your trip?

It's been a while since the last chapter eh?

Indeed, I was actually enjoying this quite a bit. I usually don't bother with these.

I don't have any time for video games anymore! D:

I use to be going all out on Team Fortress 2, ArcheBlade, and DotA 2...

Now all I play is Battlefield 3 from time to time and Fire Emblem 3 and 4 (NA 1 and 2) as emulators on my phone, though now I suppose I wont be playing much Fire Emblem because I will be using ear training apps on my phone more often...

If only there wasn't school... Then all I would do is music and video games! >:O

Alpras did Rocket Jump Waltz.

Is it in the archive? I could have sworn I didn't see it...

I'll be away tomorrow and Monday.

Are you guys so hardcore that being gone for two days would cause notice?

I hope I'm doing this right, and that this hasn't been requested/ is being arranged (I searched, but soo... many...) who knows what I missed?)

Anyways, what I think would be cool to add to the NSM archive is

"A little heart to heart" and

"Rocket Jump Waltz" Completed by ALPRAS

*Calibur
It's amazing.

I thought it didn't look right ...

Anyways, anyone have any suggestions?

More knowledge of music theory = better arranging skills
Go to your music school and aks, if there is a music theory teacher.

We don't have a music theory teacher, but I can probably ask my instructor for advice on learning music theory.

If you want to arrange, you need some requirements. Here are some of this:

- writing notes (with a notation programme -> Finale Notepad)
- playing an instrument (preferably piano)
- music theory skills (hope you know what this is)
- many time
- "Skill comes with practice."

-I'm using Finale 2012 on my Mac
-I play Cello, saving up for a piano or keyboard.
-I think I have knowledge of music theory, I'm not exactly sure. Any help on where I can read up on it? The       music theory for dummies was already stuff I knew, and so was everything else I read, but I have this feeling that there is much more to learn on it.
-I have no life, time wont be a problem.
-Once again, no life, I will probably be doing with most my time until I find a job (or less likely yet, a girlfriend)

Oh, and I still haven't received any offers of mentorship. XD

The only thing you can do to learn is jump in there and start immediately, and finish things, and just keep going, and try to work on arranging or composing every day. It'll be hard at first, but little by little you'll figure things out and one day your brain will explode and you'll understand everything.

Any advice on how to start?

I've been looking around the forums, and there seems to be quite a bit I don't understand, noow so than when I first joined.

Originally, I joined this forum in the hopes of making new friends and learning how to arrange music to contribute to this archive. In the beginning I had no clue how to do that, and assumed you all had something to the equivalent of super powers gained from toxic radiation. I started peeking around on the various threads, and found something where someone said you could learn the key signature of a piece by guessing tonic pitch (<- no clue what that is). If someone could explain what that is and how to do that, that would be awesome

Also, do you guys just listen to the pieces and put down what you hear? Because otherwise I don't see any ways of doing it, but that seems very time consuming and frustratingly difficult...

Third, who would like to adopt the task of becoming my mentor! >:O

EDIT: Thanks for answering my questions, and I can't wait to start arranging pieces! (For some reason it posted the thread when I was typing this, so it didn't get put in the post...)

Soul Calibur, derailing threads everywhere.

Holy crap someone actually knows that Soul Calibur exists.

Soul Calibur is one of my favourite Sony game series! I like it more than Mortal Kombat. Though Mortal Kombat has better music