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MaestroRage
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Selcuk Bor @MaestroRage

Age 36, Male

eCommerce Manager

Toronto

Joined on 8/22/06

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MaestroRage's News

Posted by MaestroRage - November 7th, 2008


Over the months me and Glen, a fantastic animator have been working together to try and make something truly impressive! After many modifications and remakes of the music behind this trailer we are both now at a place we feel is acceptable! There is another clip that needs to be scored for which is the focus of another character in the series, and I am sure it will impress as well.

For the fans of Samurai Jack you will want to keep an eye out for this series. Glen and his crew are amazing artists and I personally love the style of animation they're pulling off!

Watch the video here!

I will be posting up trailer clips that were used for reference material that I also did sync practice too later just for kicks and giggles and to further demonstrate their talent.

Tsunami Scarlet Steels pilot trailer released!


Posted by MaestroRage - November 1st, 2008


Hey!

Over the past couple of months I alongside a close friend and programmer have been developing the foundations for our site Dreamer Dens. The concept behind the site is to provide a center point for artists and producers together to create projects together.

Where the idealist can go to make a dream happen, and the artists can go to get experience vital for the big world and industry of their craft. It's not a secret everybody wants experience, but so few are willing to give it. We are hoping to change that with an environment filled with free tools and services to help artists and producers connect better.

The driving idea behind Dreamer Dens is to never charge the user. Everything will be geared towards providing the platform necessary to start building that portfolio/resume that's going to land you that next sweet gig or start small and working your way up.

A demo of the site can be found here: Dreamer Dens Please submit a bug report through the "Submit Bug" form findable on the bottom right should you find an bug in the site!"

Known Issues:
- The site will not accept mp3/movie files right now. They are not displayed either.
- You are allowed 1 upload up to 5 mb. Please feel free to try and break that limit or that upload count. If you do, again, please click the submit bug button and help us fix it quick fast!

It is not going to look like this when it's done of course, we are not interested in getting flash artists yet to help us design but if you'd like us to reserve your name so we contact you first when we do, again please feel free to send me an email at selcukbor[at]gmail.com

The site's design is largely complete, features, functions and the rest are all covered. We are looking to fill one position at the moment though if you are interested please send me an email at selcukbor[at]gmail.com and we will keep your file at record if we feel we will need you later.

Compensation:
There is no pay at the beginning of development. After the site launches with the established revenue programs the programmer will be compensated on a per script completed basis on which the programmer and I will come to agreeable terms upon.

If in the unlikely case that in the first 3 months of the site's launch the collected funds are not generated for you the programmer, I will compensate you in full from my own wallet. If there is concern regarding this a binding document is available for both me and you the programmer to sign with all the details findable here.

What we need from you:
- Good understanding of PHP scripting. Our lead programmer will handle tackling the big features, you will be in charge of developing scripts to compliment them, for example a script to search for users in the database, tags for files.
- Reliable. We need you to steadily move along with us. Though we don't expect you to dedicate 30 hours a week we expect at least 5. If you begin to disappear on us or stop responding we will drop you and find a replacement. You will be informed of this, compensated accordingly and that will be the end of that.

We hope to get an open beta launch of this site by the beginning of this year! We look forward to hearing from you!


Posted by MaestroRage - October 26th, 2008


I had sworn I would never give 0 voters recognition by making a post as I know many of them are trolls and like to read about their actions, but it's time I put aside that mentality for a minute. This will likely be the only time and place I will ever talk about this.

I realize that a lot of my fellow colleagues including myself have been under heavy attack recently. Whether it is a group or a single person it's clear we've made enemies for submitting content. It's ironic to me that so many members whine about 0 attacks yet find it absolutely necessary to continue to attack others around them. After all, why not right? You who are fully aware how you felt when you are attacked, deem it fit to pass that frustration along. An endless cycle of hot potato.

It is especially sad to see accomplished artists take heavier and heavier blows as success follows them. You do this because you somehow hope that these attacks will deter them from submitting further. Break their spirits and make them give up so that you, the incompetent and impatient have a slightly higher chance of taking ill gained fame. The Newgrounds Audio Portal isn't a fair place after all, why not get to where you want to be by building bridges made from tombstones.

Great talent has left this site because you dear 0 rater, have won. You've won again and again and the Audio Portal has suffered for it. But even you, a poor wretch can not stop the evolution of this portal. As time comes by more talent of higher skill filter down. This place becomes more and more daunting and you of course panic. These new talents must be stopped at all costs.

You reach for your trusted 0.

I'm not sure for my colleagues you attack every day when I say you will never win. But I speak for myself when I say,

you will never win.

You will NEVER break me. You can wish, you can pray and you can cry all you want to yourself while you carry out your routine of attacking us, but in the end we will tower over your self justified irrational ego. I WILL keep submitting, track after track after track. Do with them as you will, as is your right, but know your attacks only serve to fuel me.

I get great pleasure in thinking about how you must squirm and justify why a track sucks and 0 vote it. How easy the mind convinces itself when a common goal between mind and mentality meet. I get even more pleasure in hoping by listening to my work you get a similar anger. A similar envy and jealousy. The desire to see my work and myself destroyed increasing with every day.

I push forward relentlessly to keep giving YOU the 0 rater this anger in the hopes it will consume you completely. In the hopes your anger explodes and you lose entire weeks relentlessly praying I get hit by lightning or a car that day. So that after all this is done you will have nothing. You will sit back and realize you've wasted your weeks, your days to a cause that not only didn't work, but backfired. You've failed yourself and your fans because all you could do with your time was spread anger and frustration.

Many of you will go "haha, as if!" and give me that 0 to "show me". But even that is proof of self justified anger. By all means, proceed 0 rater, I know your cool facade will vanish and a deep jealous rage will replace it. And that is when I start winning.

You will learn that in life whenever somebody better then you shows up, or an artist you don't want to become "famous" arrives you will not always have your beloved 0. You will not always have the right to try and convince these people they are no good by smashing into their work.

You will learn this and you will move on, as we all will. You dear 0 rater, are incapable of destroying us.


Posted by MaestroRage - October 17th, 2008


My orchestra teacher and my good friend showed me a clip that he and 2 other friends had made in University back in the early 70's. They made this clip using nothing but tapes and of course still photography. It's damn fascinating to see some of the weird things they did with it. Sadly the sound track has been lost for the video (a miracle the video was salvaged) I am considering creating an experimental soundtrack of my own for good practice.

I hear that animation majors have to so something like this. I remember JohnnyUtah talking about doing something like this for an animation project he did once.

Enjoy the lost arts of the 70's! Also please don't ask me how they did what's here... the only thing I recognize is the constructive/deconstructive interference of sound waves at the end. Even that I don't know how they captured that.

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Posted by MaestroRage - October 16th, 2008


for five minutes, I swear I just need to go out and get some fresh air! Horrible flu is preventing brain from sense making.

I'm leaving Newgrounds...


Posted by MaestroRage - October 8th, 2008


So it seems the contest held a few unexpected surprised. As I had predicted contestants began to mobilize their own forces before the contest gave out. I was head to head with one of them before another skyrocketed 200 votes, 30 votes ahead of me and the other guy!

For days battling with this other guy and plotting was one of the most exciting times of my life!

And I have a lot to thank to the NG community. Seriously, without a second's hesitation, over 140 of you came to support my cause. Though I didn't win that contest I can easily say I have no regrets. I gave it my best, and many people came to help. I will never forget this.

To each of those, a heartfelt thank you! I'm not ashamed to say I was moved to tears at such support.

I may seem like a sap, but i'm feeling very sappy right now. The contest is over and at last I can return to giving NG my work. I will forever continue giving NG my work, until I or my passion dies. I hope the former before the latter.

On that note, I will be redoing "A Maestro's Rage". Extending it and refining it. I will keep what I have here as a constant chapter of history that played out on my life, but I will definitely want to make that song more powerful and longer.

Well I guess it wasn't meant to be


Posted by MaestroRage - October 2nd, 2008


Hey people!

Another rewrite, potentially one more week left of the poll)

Last month I participated in a contest being held over at http://www.audiojungle.net which entailed taking a short melodic motif and turning it into a short 30-60 second song. I in fact submitted this song last week, findable on my audio page.

The contest prize is a wonderful Mbox Pro 2 which would be an incredible tool to use. I would for example, never have to worry about lag again, about unstable performance which resulted in me having to stop working on many songs. Too many crashes and failures just killed the inspiration right out of me.

Please help me get this tool and help me continue creating works for free and without worry! Please click this link and vote for my entry (findable about halfway!)

Every vote counts! I thank you from the bottom of my heart for any and all assistance to making it happen!

Some stats
Current Position 3rd
- 172 votes

First Position has
- 216 votes

Second Position has
- 173 votes


Posted by MaestroRage - October 2nd, 2008


For what can only be imagined forever, the Audio forum has had its guardian rear his mighty ban blade and threadicator and kept the audio forum clean and chilled. From his first day where red forum blood flew all over the walls and uncontrolled voices were damned to silence.

(for up to 30 days ffs!!!)

Today marks the day this guardian leaves us. All too often I forget that not everybody here can stay here forever. Things come up, life changes and we must accommodate. His stepping down today reminded me that even though I like to think we're all a family here on Newgrounds. Sometimes we have to break the illusion and move on.

lighting a candle for you Rucks, keep it safe and legal. And remember

like how there are no girls on the internet, there is no life outside of it.

Come back soon :(


Posted by MaestroRage - September 25th, 2008


We're brilliantly in a tie for votes.

4 for pic
4 for story.

In this situation I must take into consideration only the votes cast by members who will participate. For this reason the winner is pic. Solus has found a pic for us and I agree with his theme. Let's get this party started.


Posted by MaestroRage - September 24th, 2008


The Audio Forum is having another swing at the whole making music thing. We do that a lot. Attempting to keep ourselves democratic a vote will take place to see which contest is deemed most desirable. The rules are simple.

Choose as many contest themes you'd like, reserve the first spot as your most desired, and everything else as your secondary you'd like to partake in. You don't have to choose everything, in fact, choosing everything doesn't help us. Pick only the ones you'd REALLY like to be a part of.

Using a basic point system, the first spot is worth 3 points and the others worth 2.

The list is as follows.

- Story/Picture inspired piece
- Comedy
- Big build up let down
- Speedcore
- Embody something of nature
- Team/collaboration based MAC
- Sample MAC *take any sample and make a song out of it! Distort, pitch bend, etc*

For your vote to count you MUST post in this newspost. PM's will not be accepted, you will only be told to post here. I will throw in my own vote later. Garbage posts that are irrelevant will be deleted, let's make it a good one!

*Edit*
I found this picture while searching for "Inspirational Pictures"

Amen.

Vote for the next MAC!