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		<title>Ramza was a cool dude, a remix appears!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Final Fantasy Tactics Remix (WIP 2) Forget what you know about crystals and wars with lions and this and that.  It&#8217;s pretty safe to assume that anybody old enough to have actually appreciated this wonderful game understands that it has one of the most complicated and pleasing soundtracks of all time.  The sheer complexity of]]></description>
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		<title>A One Hour Challenge Song~ (OHC092)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OHC092 &#8211; Sing with us, Our Alien Song~ ! Back in the day, one of my favorite things to do was to join in One Hour Compos (OHCs), where the whole point is to come into writing/producing session with a blank canvas and create something in an hour.  When I did it years ago, we&#8217;d]]></description>
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		<title>The Making of GunGirl 2 OST: pt. 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mastering, and preparing audio for in-game use is the usually last of the most important steps to preparing a soundtrack.  Without the proper polish, even the best music can sound dull, and besides, there certainly has got to be SOME reason people get excited about &#8220;remastered&#8221; albums. When I finish putting together a track for]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.jwmusic.org/the-making-of-gungirl-2-ost-pt-6/</link>
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		<title>Get to Know: Guitarist Rich Brilli</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, there we were, staring at an empty canvas with one goal ahead of us&#8230; boss music.  Rich has an incredible knack for disturbing the neighbors with grinding power chords, soaring solos, and screeching pinch-harmonics, but his talents as a musician go beyond his guitar playing skills.  Rich also helped co-write several tracks on the]]></description>
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		<title>2010 (so far&#8230;) in review!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, July is almost over, and it looks like 2010 is flying by.  I like looking back and seeing what I&#8217;ve accomplished and giving thanks to the people that helped me get here, so let&#8217;s fly through this January to July retrospective. January saw my first panel appearance at MAGFest 8, where I met people]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.jwmusic.org/2010-part-1of2-in-review/</link>
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		<title>Get to Know: Vocalist Stephanie Schönhofer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we sit down with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Schönhofer, who appears on the track &#8220;Libera Me&#8221; in GunGirl 2, and as &#8220;demonic-extra&#8221; in other tracks.  Stephanie&#8217;s experience as a performer goes back a long time, and I was super happy to work with her on this soundtrack &#8211; she brought a great dynamic to the studio]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.jwmusic.org/get-to-know-vocalist-stephanie-schoenhofer/</link>
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		<title>Get to Know: Violinist Rachel Denlinger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love musicians &#8211; those wonderful talented individuals who transform ink and shapes on a page into a brilliant beam of tangible, audible emotion.  I feel incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to work with so many of them everyday at school, on my soundtracks, and on the Songs for the Cure fundraiser.  So, it&#8217;s]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.jwmusic.org/get-to-know-violinist-rachel-denlinger/</link>
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		<title>The Making of GunGirl 2 OST: pt. 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mixing and Mastering is tough.  And it&#8217;s annoying, too, because you sit down and write all of this really great music, but at the end of the day it can really all go to waste if it doesn&#8217;t have that &#8220;right sparkle.&#8221;  And no, I don&#8217;t mean over-compressed limit-breaking overdriven mixes are the only way]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.jwmusic.org/the-making-of-gungirl-2-ost-pt-5/</link>
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		<title>The Making of GunGirl 2 OST: pt. 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s talk Gear, ya know? But before I do that, I wanted to let everyone know that I&#8217;ve got limited edition GunGirl 2 Soundtrack CDs on sale for $8!  I&#8217;d really mean a lot to me if you&#8217;d stop by and pick one up to support future endeavors of mine, or as a &#8220;thank you&#8221; for reading]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.jwmusic.org/the-making-of-gungirl-2-ost-pt-4/</link>
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		<title>The Making of GunGirl 2 OST: pt. 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Working with Live Musicians (ya know, the kind that breathe &#8211; let&#8217;s see your Roland do that!) Just figuring out the best way to talk about this subject is a problem of infinite complexity, so I&#8217;ll be doing the best I can to discuss working with musicians as it applied to the GunGirl 2 soundtrack.]]></description>
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