The r/WeAreTheMusicMakers Discord channel hosted a small competition to see who could make the best Tavern Song, in honor of Saint Patrick's Day.

YouTube version with lyrics: https://youtu.be/F3pcHlUe1qY

Alas, The Ne'er-Do-Wells From Hell

The r/WeAreTheMusicMakers Discord channel's music competition for June was to cover the theme from a video game, so I looked back to my childhood and Chris Hülsbeck's 'The Desert Rocks' from 1993's Turrican 2: The Final Fight quickly worked its way to the front of my list of candidates. There's some Drum & Bass, some Dubstep and a good chunk of Happy Hardcore because I've recently been blasting some S3RL. Amiga games and Happy Hardcore... I'm back in the 90's!

YouTube version: https://youtu.be/he5P6krVnwA

The Desert Rocks (Turrican 2 cover)

This was actually made for July's r/WeAreTheMusicMakers Discord channel music competition. (The theme was to make music based on the photo of the Volkswagen van pictured.) So here you go, a deranged and schizophrenic song about spending the summer in a van.

YouTube version with lyrics: https://youtu.be/jlFq52_RGMI

Beetle Bus

The r/WeAreTheMusicMakers Discord channel's music competition for September was to cover a song by a fellow WATMM Discord member. It became evident pretty quickly that I would choose something by Gory Gloriana. 

Check out Gory Gloriana's original: https://soundcloud.com/gorygloriana/rabbit

YouTube version with lyrics: https://youtu.be/Jwzn0YNkkVU

Rabbit (Gory Gloriana cover)

October's r/WeAreTheMusicMakers Discord channel music competition was obviously Halloween-themed, and after winning the St. Patrick's Day competition earlier this year, I now have established myself as a holiday song specialist by winning this past month as well. While this song isn't related to last year's 'Are You a Ghost?' it does answer the question nicely.

YouTube version with lyrics: https://youtu.be/7F8WJkn3Z3Y

Certainly A Ghost

The r/WeAreTheMusicMakers Discord channel music competition for November tasked us to blend two genres that aren't a common combo. I chose the blues and, well, kind of the dubstep/drum&bass half-step beat thing, and Dirty Grey ended up coming in at third place! Given it's the blues I chose to write some bummer lyrics. Joy!

YouTube version with lyrics: https://youtu.be/0lPGj7Ldjqc

Dirty Grey

For January the r/WeAreTheMusicMakers Discord channel set the task of simply making an original song. I took some inspiration from Invaders Must Die-era The Prodigy, but it possibly ended up a little more on the Drum & Bass side of things than New Rave or Breakbeat or whatever. I'm bad at figuring out sub-genres, in any case.

Flaterectomy - The Back Of Your Face

When the theme for r/WeAreTheMusicMakers Discord channel music competition humbly requests you avoid the 4/4 time signature at all costs, prog metal follows. This entry ended up winning as well, so I will stick around and not fly off into space just yet.

Stardust Eternal

The work-in-progress theme for Try Again, my Ludum Dare 50 entry.

Try Again (Ludum Dare 50 entry theme WIP)

The completed theme for myLudum Dare 50 entry Try Again.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/try-again

Try Again - Synthwave Theme

Written for the WATMM competition for March 2023, challenging us to base a song on the accompanying image. (Though this one has been tweaked a little.)

Flaterectomy - Ascender

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No, go to https://www.youtube.com/user/flaterectomy/ instead!

The dark mouth-spawn of a malevolent, gluttonous wart and Cthulhu. It started making music in the mid-90's with OctaMED on its Amiga 500. Now it does this. More music available at: www.flaterectomy.com

Flaterectomy

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