I've finally come to a conclusion as to whether a song should be designated as a Waamix or a Waarangement.
okay, so apparently defining any of these tunes as a waamix is flatout incorrect. Waarangement is the proper term for ALL of them.
So, in other words, I retract that former statement. ...To be honest I'm kind of glad because "waamix" is a fucking pungent designation, and because of that descriptor I just used, ironically is not that pungent at all: it doesn't sound anything like "remix" besides the last three letters.
All of my tracks that use Wario will be added to the Waarangement playlist because of their nature as songs using a Wario soundfont, however not all of them will be tagged as waarangements, just like how not all of them will be tagged as waamixes. As far as THAT nomenclature goes, my previous doctrine still stands: songs like "Wildfire Fields" will still be tagged as waamixes despite technically being a waarangement.
forum.starmen.net said:A “remix” by its nature, involves taking an original recording and editing the recording itself. An arrangement is taking a song that is written for a specific medium, and altering the composition so that is used for another medium.
In retrospect, this actually makes total sense, because mixing is doing alterations for a song, like, to its levels and stuff, so, ergo, remixing would (and should) be doing the same thing, but to the final output from the first time around-- like exporting an FL project to mp3 and fucking with it in Audacity like I've done a couple times. So, things like Mashups technically count as remixes, and really, these days-- well, along with those "song but beats 2 and 4 are swapped" things-- are probably the only things coming out today that should be considered as such.Google's 3rd definition for Arrangement said:a composition adapted for performance with different instruments or voices than those originally specified.
So, in other words, I retract that former statement. ...To be honest I'm kind of glad because "waamix" is a fucking pungent designation, and because of that descriptor I just used, ironically is not that pungent at all: it doesn't sound anything like "remix" besides the last three letters.
Also (and this bit is important): I argue that songs like Wario Land 4 II's versions of Doodle Woods and Fiery Cavern, despite the only changes being the import of Pac-Pix's "Lecture" and Lost Spatula's "Rock Bottom" for use as replacement melody lines, may still count as waarangements rather than regular arrangements, because they are technically waarangements of the two previously mentioned songs, they just lean a lot more towards the Wario side than the other. In other words, they would be considered "rips" for WL4 and not the game that their melody comes from. Of course, you could argue that this is exactly why you wouldn't refer to them as waarangements, since the Wario part makes up the backbone of the project. It's up for debate, I think, so if you have anything to add to whether songs like the aforementioned Fury Rock count, feel free.List of acceptable spellings (by frequency of usage) said:1. Waarangement
2. Wahrangement
3. Warrangement
All of my tracks that use Wario will be added to the Waarangement playlist because of their nature as songs using a Wario soundfont, however not all of them will be tagged as waarangements, just like how not all of them will be tagged as waamixes. As far as THAT nomenclature goes, my previous doctrine still stands: songs like "Wildfire Fields" will still be tagged as waamixes despite technically being a waarangement.
so yeah uh i've pretty much created a doctrine for this. Once I revise the previous statement to line up with this one, I'll have an official doctrine on my hands for this sort of thing to follow.
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