A fairly diverse collection of video-game-esque ideas I picked up and prematurely put down. I'd argue that these showcase a musical "vocabulary" not present in much of my guitar work. I've always found it easiest to realize what I hear in my head with the use of midi. FL Studio for everything. Heavy use of earthbound soundfonts because they have a really nostalgic character and I dream of being recognized by @nelward (as we all should), but some tracks make use of other instruments, including those from Touhou, Sega Genesis, regular 8-bit, um... I'm not good with the nomenclature. I'd like to put more work into these if the inspiration would ever come. The unabridged individual tracks are barely longer than they are here; we're talking ~30 second loops, so you're not missing much. I'm just a loopy kind of guy... wish there were a market for it.

VGM Demo (2016-2017)

Not complete, but a handful of people wanted to hear a clearer version than a phone video from my Instagram story (or GGD's Instagram story since they shared it!). Behold the heaviness of standard tuning.

Full disclosure: I didn't do a single thing to the drums myself. Relying 100% on Nolly's mixing here, using the preset "In Yer Face". Not the proudest of this, but the tool is there, it sounds unreal, and it will be extremely helpful in getting me back into the swing of recording.

For anyone curious, I'm using Line 6 Helix Native for bass and guitar. Thanks to @joshuamluke for pushing me around in my wheelchair and feeding me everything I know

Entertain Me clip (GGD Modern & Massive Test)

Found some two year old stems lying around and, for one entire sleepless night, devoted every fiber of my being to loving them, nurturing them, and letting them know that they're worth it. As they began to realize their potential, I noticed mine as well, and suddenly our union culminated in something unprecedented. The room began to tremor as if an earthquake had occurred, and emerging from an Australia-shaped cloud of smoke and celestial dust was... Simon Grove! Clothed in nothing but a towel, he was presumably fresh out of the shower. After a brief moment of utter confusion, it suddenly made all the sense in the world. Impressed by my emotional investment in these guitar tracks, the bass(ed) gods had delivered him to me to perform a solo like no other. Quickly he went to work, and perform he did.

Synth You've Been Gone WIP

Aesop Rock's Big Alarm Clock

Always revising old ideas. Building taller not wider. Brace yourselves for this one though. luv u

Act III: Comfort Dungeon WIP

Mystery Room

Stephen Taranto - Throne of the Anxious (MIDI Re-creation)

Cybergunk Arena

From a year and a half ago when I recorded guitars for the first time in a year. I haven't recorded guitars since. Figure it out Joe

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