drawing playlist 2

Artwork by both @ollies-music (https://twitter.com/olivahbrah) and me! 
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Durr and it's assets were created for the Four Color Art Jam on itch.io (https://itch.io/jam/four-color-art-jam) but the project had to be cancelled due to circumstance beyond me and Ollies control! 

Made in 2 hours using FL Studio 20.8

Durr OST - Spread Your Wings & Fly (Area 2)

My Wonderful Circus

cybersecurity

Pretty much the track in the style of Gene Gadget Zone.

Made in Furnace Tracker

Press Factory Zone (Act 1) (3D Blast Mix)

i caved in and bought renoise

for a tracker with daw features like track mixers, vst support, automation, filters etc., it's pretty impressive what you can do with it. finally i get to do hq music without having to wrap my head around more conventional daws; i like the inconvenience of modern tracker interfaces myself, actually.

the first time i had to arrange for something hq like this, the biggest obstacle and wake-up call i had to face was the fact that uh, my mixing skills weren't up to snuff. fixing it was a nightmare. biggest thing i didn't know at the time of arranging was that sidechaining the bass was really important, otherwise the bass drum (kick) wouldn't be heard and be overpowered by the bass. this was pointed out to me by a server member of ours, lolwe. they've been mixing for about 7-8 years and counting so they understand it pretty well... and actually the final mix was made just this morning to actually fix the entire mix lol.

other more minor mixing issues were ironed out with eq-ing, which i have a bit of experience of, though it was pointed out by dinebon_, yet another (new!) server member, who was primarily a bassist. they also pointed out some unwanted dissonance i had put in for the arrangement.

i understand that mixing is pretty much subjective and everyone does it differently, but it should be worth pointing out that there are some rookie mistakes that someone like me _can_ make. i may be a good arranger but this mix wouldn't have sounded better if it weren't for people giving me advice and pointers on how to fix things. i definitely think that getting input from a variety of artists who have different strengths helps to put a mix together and give listeners a more comfortable listening experience, so from now on, i'll be at the very least, sidechaining my basslines with the kick for better mixing. sorry if this doesn't sound great for everyone lol

Song name: Kirby's Dream Land 3 - Ripple Field 1 (renoise arrangement)
Written by Jun Ishikawa;
Arranged by John Tay
Mixed with Audacity

downloads
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Ripple Field 1 [renoise arrange]

not a lot to add here honestly. yoshi's island is byfar one of my all-time favorite video games (despite only reaching mid-world 6) and i got bored enough one day to do smth with the soundbank

Song name: beach theme or smth (2024) [s-smp]
Written and arranged by John "Joy" Tay;
Made with tildearrow's Furnace tracker

downloads
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1D4nzpLZrTMHFByKNK_EupLghzM_rGpcp?usp=drive_link

discord
https://discord.gg/WvNP6cr

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beach theme or smth (2024) [s-smp]

held off on uploading this for a while cuz i thought it would be weird to sandwich it between a bunch of level themes. thisll probably be the last mario world song i post for a while. diminishing returns, yknow?

art by brycecarrington: https://x.com/brycecarringto5

title [SPC700]

My track for the Snowdrop Festival 2024

Thumbnail image came from here: https://emilyguido.com/2014/02/23/dracula-oh-my/

Noir Nightmares

the children have been begging ever since it came out

Song name: what a mario world - castle (ym2151 + ymz280b)
Written by RRThiel;
Arranged by John "Joy" Tay;
Made with tildearrow's Furnace tracker

downloads
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EGgkSF5z3gX43Rdbr3pO2eSxz_cFFFOi?usp=drive_link

discord
https://discord.gg/WvNP6cr

twitter
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bandcamp
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if ginger root (the band) writes aggressive elevator jazz then what exactly is this

what a mario world - castle [ym2151 + ymz280b]

i have been listening to too much michael jackson

Song name: what a mario world - underground (ym2151 + ymz280b)
Written by RRThiel;
Arranged by John "Joy" Tay;
Made with tildearrow's Furnace tracker
Additional samples made with Caustic 3

vocal mix (will be public in 24 hours from now)
https://youtu.be/_NuAl8jWDoA

downloads
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my love will never be out of sight

what a mario world - underground [ym2151 + ymz280b]

i wonder if you can guess what the joke is

Song name: water mario world - underwater (s-smp)
Written by RRThiel;
Arranged by John "Joy" Tay;
Arrangement inspired by Dean Evans;
Made with tildearrow's Furnace tracker

downloads
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discord
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bluesky
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bandcamp
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please read the channel description

water mario world - underwater (s-smp)

DELTARUNE Chapters 3+4 (Original Game Soundtrack)

Black Knife

Day 08 Jam that really screamed togetherness! All together now...!!!

All Together Now

Made for KVR's OSC#199 with Tilr's RipplerX physical modelling plugin

what a mario world - castle [ym2151 + ymz280b]

john "joy" tay

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