Happy Friday Party Members!
It dawned on me the other day. I've never really done any kind of a "Farm" tune for you guys. It seems like such an obvious choice now, but the idea eluded me for well over a year surprisingly! Oddly enough, this ended up being one of the more difficult tunes for me to write.
After getting the drums, bass and guitar down, I scrapped idea after idea of melodies that needed to sit on top of it. Who would've guessed such a simple song would be so com...
2021-09-17 14:02:33 +0000 UTC
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Hey Party Members! Hope you had a great weekend!
Yesterday when I started writing this tune, I had nothing in mind. No theme, no requirements to meet, so I started off my session by looking for some inspiration. After listening to some tracks from "Tales of Phantasia," I found some inspiration that offered me a jumping off point.
Really happy with how this tune turned out. There are a couple of sections I approached a bit different than I normally would, and the results were real...
2021-09-14 14:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday Party Members!
A few days ago, Daniel the Warrior had a request in the suggestion box, asking if I had any songs that would work well for a town that was down on it's luck. While I did find something for him along those lines, I thought that would be a great basis for today's video. The track turned out well, just a simple, somber tune to reflect a location that has seen better days. Hope you like it!
We also had a new Party Member join the other day, so just wanted...
2021-09-10 14:09:52 +0000 UTC
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Hey Party Members! Hope you had a great weekend.
The other day I was organizing my music projects folder, prepping everything for a backup. Part of this process is opening up old files and asking myself, "When the heck did I write this?" Then proceeding to wonder why I abandoned said tune. Well it was no different the other day, and I found a few gems in there I thought I would save for a rainy day.
Well, yesterday was one of those days! When I started scrapping idea after idea, I...
2021-09-07 14:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday Party Members!
For today's song/video I thought I would kick things back to Frizbee and his crew. Their initial plot to find the director failed, so they've had to take a step back and plan for the next attack.
That being said, the scene called for an ominous, brooding and suspenseful tune. This usually entails long droning chords, either from strings or a choir (or both in this case), but I topped it off with some heavy drums and catchy little melody. I think m...
2021-09-03 14:07:16 +0000 UTC
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Hey Party Members!
Todays song is a fun one! It's a bit different than what I usually post, but I think that's a good thing in this case. This tune will work well for jungly forests, dark mazes, underground caverns etc. Heck, you could even throw it in some futuristic industrial level and I'd bet it would still work!
I used a combination of instruments from Donkey Kong Country 2, Killer Instinct, Chrono Trigger, as well as some generic patches to write this one. Funnily enough, t...
2021-08-31 14:56:03 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday Party Members!
Things have been so heavy the past few weeks, I decided that today's episode would be a lighthearted one, just like my older videos. Nothing too serious or super vital to the plot, just some silly fun.
I've also been experimenting with some new 16 bit instruments recently, and I think they have improved the quality of these songs quite a bit. What do you guys think, have you noticed a difference?
Hope you have a great weekend, and enjoy the tune!...
2021-08-27 14:13:23 +0000 UTC
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Hey Party Members!
Today's song is very much inspired by "Secret of the Forest,' a classic tune from the legendary SNES RPG "Chrono Trigger." The game is still highly regarded today as one of the greatest games of all time, and considering the super group that was the game, it's no surprise. (Seriously though, if you haven't played that game....FIND A WAY!)
Anyway, there is a very mystical/magical feeling to this song. I really love how the opening section turned out. As the rest ...
2021-08-24 14:24:10 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday Party Members!
As I mentioned in Tuesdays post, I've officially been on Youtube for over a year now. So I thought this week I would do a bit of a look back at a couple of fun moments from this past year, while also continuing the story line I've fallen into.
Really happy with how this song turned out. I came up with a strong melody and chord progression first, and then just filled in a lot of space with background elements that most people probably won't hear. I also ...
2021-08-20 14:06:00 +0000 UTC
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Happy Tuesday Party Members! Hope you are doing well.
Last week, my Youtube channel celebrated it's one year anniversary. I had been kicking around the idea of doing something special for it, but truth be told, the date kind of snuck up on me. (Oops!)
It's hard to believe I've been releasing at least one song a week for over a year now (and two songs a week since January!) but it's true. And while it's been a grind, it has certainly had a huge positive effect on my life. Not only...
2021-08-17 14:47:52 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday Party Members!
It's been a few episodes since we had seen Frizbee and his gang, so I thought today we could shine some focus on them again. In case you missed it, he is currently looking for "The Director" to find out why he wasn't used in any videos for over 3 months. To make matters worse, in his absence, a new and more evil villain was introduced.
Even though he is a villain, it's hard to not feel Frizbee is justified in his quest. So naturally I had to writ...
2021-08-14 14:06:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey Party Members!
As you know, I've been posting 2 new songs every week since the beginning of this year, one on Tuesday and one on Friday. What you may not know is that usually I write these songs the week they are posted; Tuesday's song is written on Monday, and Friday's song is written on Wednesday (with the accompanying video being made on Thursday).
For the most party, this hasn't really been a problem. However there are those days where creativity is just not cooperating wi...
2021-08-10 14:23:38 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday Party Members!
So in case you missed it, I released a minigame tune for my Warriors and Mages this past Tuesday. It was a suggestion from Daniel (Warrior) that I thought was a great idea. In fact, it was such a great idea that I decided to do another minigame tune for today's entry.
For the video, I thought it would be great to bring back a character from a previous video. I always love doing little call backs like that, even when they are super subtle that no ...
2021-08-06 14:08:43 +0000 UTC
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Happy Tuesday Party Members!
So one of our top warriors Daniel had a great suggestion for me the other day. He asked if I had anything that would work well for a minigame, and if I didn't asked if I could write something. Honestly, I'm surprised I didn't think of doing a minigame theme sooner!
Since he was requesting it for a Triple Triad style game (FF8 ftw), I used that as inspiration and started with a bluesy piano line. After that, alllll the blues songs I've heard over the y...
2021-08-03 14:02:30 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday Party Members!
I really wasn't sure what kind of tune to write this week, so I did what I normally do: play a bunch of random things until something catches my ear! It didn't take long for the first few notes of this tune to pop out, and boom! I was on my way.
What came out actually worked well with the story. Our heroes are facing a lot of uncertainty at the moment, and their morale is down. But as the name implies, even in despair there is always hope!
My ...
2021-07-30 14:02:44 +0000 UTC
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Happy Tuesday Party Members!
It's been a while since I've done any kind of village music, so I thought I would remedy that. This actually started off as more of a cutscene tune, with just the simple guitar and oboe/flute lines, but I felt the song was a bit too empty. So I added some strings to it and boom. It's suddenly a village tune.
Hard to believe this is track number 32 of these exclusive Patreon songs! :O
As always, I'm super thankful for all of your support, which all...
2021-07-27 14:48:15 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday Party Members!
Got a fun little tune for you today...and by fun I mean a panic inducing song for tense scenes.
I knew where I wanted the story to go this week, so I just had to write a tune around that idea. Fortunately, as I was writing it, I thought it could also work as some battle music as well. At least in the sense of, a song that persists from the map/exploration scene into battle scenes. (Did I word that right?...I think so...)
This is the 6th(is...
2021-07-23 14:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Hey Party Members!
So after releasing 2 "Spooky" songs last week, I thought I would lighten the mood a little bit today. :D
I've been listening to the Octopath Traveler OST a bit in my off time, and I wanted to do something inspired by that, but with my own style mixed in there. Hopefully I pulled that off OK!
This is another one of those tunes where halfway through I wasn't 100% sure if I was going to keep it or scrap it. It took some doing to wrap things up but I got the...
2021-07-20 14:44:26 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday Party Members!
Well we've had 3 episodes in a row of the party investigating at the Ancient Library, so this week I thought we would take a peek at what Frizbee and his gang were up to. They are still stuck in the forest, as per usual, although the atmosphere is a bit different than when we last saw him.
I'm still on my spooky music kick, so it played into this song as well. Which in turn set the scene for the video...which in turn introduced a new character that maaa...
2021-07-16 14:10:01 +0000 UTC
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Happy Tuesday Party Members!
Recently I've been getting into horror games/videos a bit. They usually aren't something I partake in regularly, just once in a blue moon. But as of late I've been venturing over to the "scary side" of Youtube and diving down rabbit holes. Perhaps I'm getting bored with the stuff I normally watch..?
Why do I tell you all this? Well you can probably guess by the title of this song that it is starting to creep into my music as well. I've written a coup...
2021-07-13 14:20:05 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday Party Members!
At the request of our resident Mage, Kylo Lin, I've got another battle tune for you today!
I think I will probably doing these a bit more frequently as the battle music seems to be some of my most popular stuff. In fact, my first video (which was the battle bundle) has officially crossed into the 1000 views territory. Sooo...wooo!
As far as the video, this is the third part and conclusion of our party's time at the Ancient Library. Time for them to...
2021-07-09 14:06:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey Party Members!
So for today's song, I wrote something that was suggested by Daniel (AKA UPRC). He mentioned in the suggestion box channel on discord (hint hint, wink wink) that I should do a music box theme for cutesy/emotional scenes.
I thought this was a great idea (and Celestrium agreed!) so viola! Today, I'm working on another track that was suggested by Kylo Lin. Keep those suggestions coming! They help me out a lot! :D
Hope you have a great week, and I'll s...
2021-07-06 14:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday Party Members!
Today's video picks up right where we left off last week, which makes it the first official 2 parter on my channel. Not sure how effective it is, but I thought I would try it out! If the sepia tone doesn't give it away, this video/song is all about the flashbacks; a little exposition to explain the history of the world.
The plot of my fake game is a simple one, which is totally not necessary for my intentions with these videos. I think it works t...
2021-07-02 14:09:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey Party Members!
When I was younger, I would always get super hyped when a game had an epic opening cutscene. Final Fantasy VI in particular, really did a great job in this department.
These opening cutscenes were great for introducing the world players were about to jump in to, setting up character relationships, and just creating intrigue in general. Naturally a key element to these scenes was the music.
So with this song, I kept all of this in mind. Create a song th...
2021-06-29 14:13:24 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday Party Members!
Today's scene is what I had initially planned for last week. At the last minute though I realized that I basically wasn't ready.
Was I ready this week? Not entirely, but I did it anyway!
This Library scene will be part 1 of a 2, maybe even 3 part sequence where the team gets quite a bit of exposition for this fake game I'm making. (Seriously, one day this may become a real thing...)
Being set in a Library I needed a mystical/ethereal kind...
2021-06-25 14:16:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey Party Members!
So like most people, I often find inspiration in other peoples creations, whether it is music, literature or art. Often my songs start off with me trying to mimic something I really enjoy. I'm not too shy to admit that. When you have an upload schedule like mine a lot of times it's necessary to get started. "I wonder if I can write a song that sounds like [x]..?"
This weeks song is one of those occasions. I'm a big fan of the OST from Final Fantasy VIII,...
2021-06-22 14:50:55 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday Party Members!
So for today's song and video, I had something completely different planned. Well, same song, different scene. But as I started working on it, I just couldn't get into a good groove. The scene and the music just weren't vibing like I thought they would.
So, I did what any sane person would do in the middle of the work day: scrapped the idea completely and started from scratch. It ended up involving downloading some free sprite sheets and doing som...
2021-06-18 15:10:49 +0000 UTC
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Hey Party Members!
So yesterday was one of those days where I wrote most of a tune in the morning, and just wasn't feeling it. It happens every so often. There are still some good ideas there, but it really needs more time in the oven before it gets released.
Thankfully I had another song ready to go, sitting in the reserves. I gotta do a bit more of that for those busy weeks!
I guess you could say this song was "Sneaking around in the background..."
Eh? Eh? See wha...
2021-06-15 14:07:51 +0000 UTC
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Happy Friday Party Members!
So I had to continue the Island theme from Tuesday, it's just where my mind was at this week. There are a bit more jazzy elements worked into this one than I normally do, but I think it worked well for the song. Frankly, of the 3 or 4 beach tunes I have done this past year, this may be my favorite one so far!
Also if you are a fan of the crossover episodes, then this one should be a treat for you as well. I plan on taking this approach to a lot of my v...
2021-06-11 14:10:59 +0000 UTC
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Hey Party Members! It's Tuesday, you know what that means!
So this past week I was fortunate enough to be invited to the beach by my sister and brother in law. That probably means nothing to you, but I hadn't seen the ocean in over 20 years. It was a much needed getaway, and I had a blast. I'm super blessed and thankful to have them in my life.
Naturally after that experience, I felt inspired to write some beachy/islandy music. It only makes sense, right? Hopefully I managed to ...
2021-06-08 14:00:07 +0000 UTC
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