Mark says:
 hey bowie
Daniel says:
 sup
Mark says:
 just got to work
 what are you up to
Daniel says:
 falling asleep
Mark says:
 awww
Daniel says:
 lol
Mark says:
 going to bed soon then i take it?
Daniel says:
 soonish
Mark says:
 alright
Daniel says:
 did u get my msg?
Mark says:
 i dont think so
 how did you send it?
 oh if it was on msn its probally sitting on my computer at home
Daniel says:
 hey
how did u decide on nov 16? lol
anyway, if you want i'll happily get involved in the music closer to release, when every level and concept is set in stone and i can play thru most of the levels
Mark says:
 we decided on nov 16th because retail NSMBW came out nov 15th 2009
Daniel says:
 good point
Mark says:
 about the levels
 thats fine with me, might even work for the best
 just a note the levels is the area which we are most complete in, by far
Daniel says:
 i get that, but still, i want to work on it when i know it's heading towards release
 mid-may is way too early
Mark says:
 now there are a number of levels remaining (approx ~35-40), but as we finish hacks and things required for these levels they are quickly being knocked off the list
 yeah fair enough, i was just trying to give you a heads up
Daniel says:
 thx
Mark says:
 if you like, one we finish the levels then you can step in
 as the more music we have the better, and the more time treeki gets to code it in and make his magic happen the better
Daniel says:
 that be cool
Mark says:
 so curious, lets say we solidify all our world one levels, while we are working on solidifying world 2 would you start writing music for world 1
 which is pretty much 99% set in stone at the moment
Daniel says:
 no, i'd rather leave it till september or something
 as ive always said to u, i can output pretty quickly
 and edit and improve if need be quickly too
Mark says:
 fair enough, we just want to ensure we have the songs in place for testing as we want to test the game in its intirety quick vigeriously
Daniel says:
 eh, i dont see why u cant use placeholder music for that
Mark says:
 cuz then its not testing the game in its entirety
Daniel says:
 ur gonna have all worlds and entire game entirely complete months before november?
 if so, fine, ill work to meet whatever date that level of completion is
Mark says:
 well no, im saying around that time when we start wrapping up everything
Daniel says:
 ok, but i dont want to work on completing each world one at a time
 inspiration doesnt work well like that
 and i want to get a full idea of the overall picture
 and musical progression etc
Mark says:
 alright, but by sept we should have all the levels done long ago
 maybe (hopefully) even world maps
 which i should show you a picture of btw
Daniel says:
 ok well when ALL levels are close to being done, ill re-enter the music team
 let me know when that is
Mark says:
 ok, sounds like a plan
Daniel says:
 keep this a surprise ok?
Mark says:
 humm well
Daniel says:
 if ppl arent expecting any new music from me, i might feel more inclined to try and shock with some awesome stuff ppl didnt see coming
Mark says:
 had quite the discussion with the team yesterday about the posibility of your return
Daniel says:
 oh i mean the public
Mark says:
 ohh
 yeah no sweat they wont hear a thing
Daniel says:
 i like the maple treeway recreation
Mark says:
 yeah i thought that was catchy too
Daniel says:
 tho it's so good at recreating the sound of maple treeway it could do with a bit more NSMBWishness
Daniel says:
 but we'll talk later about whether i should lead the music team towards the end
Mark says:
 thats fine
Daniel says:
 try and help get the music to a consistent level
Mark says:
 should be more of a team discussion anyways