Tuesday, 17 May 2011

A birthday shoutout, online friends & making music.

Happy Birthday Brendan Hodkinson!
Hope you have a good one ;)

Online friends
Many people will say that the friends you make online are not real friends, that you should never meet you, they might rape you or something, etc. However, I have one specific friend, living on the other side of the country, who is a terrific mate.
I met him first in a small game I used to play Urban Terror something like 3 years ago probably. Come to think of it, I actually made lots of friends I'm still in contact with in Urban Terror, the community in that game was honestly terrific.
Presently Brendan is a great friend who always plays games with me, we mostly play BC2 and Minecraft but we have shared experiences in many games.
Thus I have to say, it is possible to find a true friend online.

Making music
Brendan is into doing mixes and for my birthday this month, he created a brifdehdubstepsurprize just for me. I felt honored so I decided I'd make one back for him. (Realising it would be shitty being my first time)


This is Brendan's mix that he made here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8IWGDX74

And this is the mix that I made, Brendan Burfdeh Mix

Happy Birthday Chuck by claude-smith

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0NR11WJ4

About my mix: I'm aware that the mix I made here is probably horrible but whatever, I gave it a shot right?
So the main thing that may be interesting in what I did with this mix is that I ripped audio from some anime and movies to create samples which I used in the mix.

Please remember this is my first mix, I'm not claiming it's good or anything, I wouldn't release this to the public if it wasn't for Brendan's birthday.
Posted by at 7:46 am

28 comments:

  1. Atley17 May 2011 at 08:39

    I'm in favor of makeing friends even if you have to MAKE them. with your mind, or with metal. friends are good to have in any form.

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  2. Inhia17 May 2011 at 08:57

    downloading..

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  3. Anonymous17 May 2011 at 09:33

    I believe you can meet good friends online too, I met a couple of friends from guild wars back in the day that I still game with :D. Happy b-day to your friend Brendan!

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  4. Cpt.Awesome17 May 2011 at 10:56

    My only friends are online ones and I wouldn't say they're any less meaningful than IRL friends. In fact, I find that it's easier to find people that you genuinely enjoy being around in the online world.

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  5. LifeHacks17 May 2011 at 12:53

    I liked you mix more than Brandon's mix!

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  6. 12317 May 2011 at 13:35

    One of my best friends is an online friend :D
    haters gonna hate, etc

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  7. Pawawanpi17 May 2011 at 16:53

    Happy birthday to your friend Brandon. And of course you can make friends online.^3^

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  8. Nope17 May 2011 at 18:35

    Great point Cpt. It sure is easier to find people who actually share interests with you online, in real life you're constricted by many things and often forced into friendships.

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  9. Napoleon17 May 2011 at 20:05

    Amazing post! Keep them comming :)

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  10. CandleintheDark17 May 2011 at 22:22

    This is a really good post!

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  11. Marian17 May 2011 at 23:41

    online friends are good for socializing ... but an important thing about friends is trust and reliability, that's really hard to find online.

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  12. Faiz Faults18 May 2011 at 00:30

    >online friends
    I only know a couple of friends that I meet online prior to seeing them irl; it was pretty interesting when meeting them irl, since it made you realize how different some people are online and offline.

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  13. Clueless Dolphin18 May 2011 at 02:23

    Lucky dude cause that mix is sick!

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  14. Anonymous18 May 2011 at 03:27

    Keep up the mixing! This one turned out good

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  15. m.m.18 May 2011 at 04:09

    This is really sweet. You two must have a great friendship! I believe in online friendships as well :)

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  16. Gambling Degenerate18 May 2011 at 09:12

    cool dubstep track, you should get into this

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  17. A-Commane18 May 2011 at 20:12

    happy bday brendan :P

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  18. Napoleon18 May 2011 at 20:40

    Nice post, keep up the good work!

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  19. VersionDouble19 May 2011 at 00:35

    aha, cheers for the track!

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  20. funny pictures19 May 2011 at 03:58

    I met a girl online and we got along really good for like a year and I actually flew from FL to TN to see her in person. The connection over webcam was a lot stronger then in person haha. But we actually became pretty damn good friends and still talk all the time.

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  21. Moobeat19 May 2011 at 07:23

    happy birthday indeed

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  22. link19 May 2011 at 08:20

    The only few friends I have are my online friends, and they are true bros.

    >And this is the mix that I made

    Pretty good. That "Bulbasaur, I choose you" sample was great.

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  23. Ante Babaja19 May 2011 at 16:24

    i have few so called "online" friends

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  24. Nope19 May 2011 at 17:26

    @funny pictures
    Wow it's a shame that dramatic moment meeting irl for the first time then instantly clicking didn't work. Good to see you're still friends though.

    @Link
    The friends made online truly are bros, and thanks, the "Bulbasaur, I choose you" sample is my favorite part too.

    @Faults
    I find this is true but I've got to say I've known Brendan online for such a long time I have a pretty decent idea what he's really like ;) @marian I can trust this guy with anything, he's somewhat reliable too ;)

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  25. Jedward19 May 2011 at 19:27

    Great post!

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  26. CandleintheDark20 May 2011 at 07:03

    Interesting

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  27. Al3xaG20 May 2011 at 08:43

    Most of my best friends are online, nicer and more interesting, oh well!

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  28. Endless31 May 2011 at 18:47

    this mix rocks :D

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