[Attention] Official Fan Arrange ~ Doujin Thread Information

The worldwide unofficial fan-made VGM scene is becoming bigger and bigger everyday. I thought that, as a VGM oriented community, it would be about time to have that thread. =p

There are of course several scenes, though you could roughly talk about the Japanese doujin scene and the Western Fan Arrange one. Save for the particular commercial status of Japanese doujins though, they're basically the same: fans covering video game music.

Let's make this thread a directory resource to allow everyone to discover that incredibly vast and rich world. There are many gems to be found and it requires more effort than one lonely person could give to not miss anything. =)

So what do we do ? Submit links, talk about the artists you like, what style they play, what they cover. Tell us about that concept album they're doing on that obscure forum and about it's progress. Liked a recently released OC Remix track ? Tell us about it ! Again, we don't want to miss anything !

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Main Ressources

OC Remix ~ VGM Remix community
VGmix ~ VGM Remix community
Disaster ~ Doujin Music news site
Otokei Dojin Data Base ~ Doujin Music database
Black Angel ~ Doujin Music database
Dwelling of Duels ~ Monthly VGM live instrument driven arrange competition

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I thought it may be better to start anew so we can build something more coherent from scratch. Definitely hope you contribute though ...

Do you guys think we should arrange some kind of huge directory of individual artist sites or just keep it as news posts into the thread itself ? I think the latter could work but if you want to get on something more ambitious ... =p

Some random links to get people started ~

. Goat is an awesome guitarist and has released a complete Castlevania arrange album. It kicks a thousand asses and is available for free on his site as well as many other covers.

. Stemage launched a Metroid Metal project years ago, and offers a complete Metroid 1 album and several other Metroid covers on his site.

. Xoc has completed several albums as well, among which Gremlins 2, Mario World and Kirby themed ones. Get them here.

Keep them coming guyz ~

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by lightgem

I am also interested in buying some of the doujin products. A guidance would be nice.

The web doujin specialized shops usually don't ship abroad. =/

You can try emailing the artists directly to arrange something with them, though. If that fails, there's the good old Yahoo Japan Auctions, but you'll have to pay a middle man since, there again, most sellers don't ship abroad. =/

Finally, you can find some doujin sellers on ebay.

*summons AkumuHau*

Oh, how about someone knowledgeable in the OC remix area tells us about the artists one shouldn't miss over there ? That place is huge and I know *I* lost track of anything a while ago. :3

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Just found out Akineko got a new site: ‚.‚«‚Ë‚±

Lots of new stuff it would seem. <3

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I downloaded the first 1000 torrent back in the days, and honestly couldn't listen all the way through because of all the generic trance tracks in it, which is something I honestly can't stand. However, I did find some gems in it, so with what you tell me I'm sure it would indeed require an in-depth investigation. Demands quite a lot of time though, heh.

I was speaking idiomatically.