Today is the birthday of a special someone in my life. 🙂

お誕生日おめでとう 🙌

いつも - Single

いつも

My first attempt at Chiptunes, predating Little Babby Robot. I used the online tracker, beepbox.co, instead of Garageband.

Beep Boop

I've had the idea to incorporate ukulele into chiptunes for a while now. This is my first attempt at just that. Ukulele was recorded with my laptop mic. Drums and synth were played in via my laptop keyboard. :)

Beach Bonanza

Another one night, write a song type deal. This time I recorded every piece in with my laptop keyboard and sequenced the drums.

Aghast Ghastly

More or less a continuation of the idea I had for Beach Bonanza. Wrote the chords one night, chips/synths another, and copied over drums from a previous work. As usual, used my laptop microphone and literal computer keyboard for recording.

Second Summer

Song-a-day Challenge | Day 1 | Sept 25 2016

I decided to challenge myself to write a small song in an hour and here it is. Aside from the challenge, I wanted to make one last summery song before we head into full on autumn.

Cover art credits: http://wrangler249.deviantart.com/art/Campfire-in-the-Forest-357818620

Campfire Vigil

Song-a-day Challenge | Day 2 | Sept 26 2016

Today I decided to step back into the cave sound that I got into with Aghast Gastly and break out the heavy modulation and crashing snare.

Cover art credits: http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15971

A Surreptitious Entombment

Song-a-day Challenge | Day 3 | Sept 27 2016

Today I was quite busy until about quarter to 11pm. Thankfully I had a chord progression in mind and decided to roughly solo a melody over it. This is my first straight ukulele, no chips song.

Cover art credits: https://www.etsy.com/listing/265216799/video-game-art-pixel-art-nintendo-art-8

Downswing

Song-a-day Challenge | Day 4 | Sept 28 2016

Today started off quite cold and cloudy up here in Ottawa. Even though the weather did clear up, I had an idea for a downtempo, chips only song in my head all day and here it is. The title roughly translates to, "it cannot be helped".

仕方がない

Song-a-day Challenge | Day 5 | Sept 29 2016

Today I was extremely busy and ended up not get to this track until just past midnight. This track is essentially 20 minutes worth of stream of conscious music creation. That said, I am happy with how it turned out.

Upwards And Onwards

Song-a-day Challenge | Day 6 | Sept 30 2016

I've been at work all day thus far and will be busy after work. That said, that's not excuse to break my streak. I present to you a full-on micro-chip song, I whipped this up during a 20 minute break at work using BeepBox.co, an online tracker.

BeepBox track: https://goo.gl/9ZkTtc

Boot Sequence

Song-a-day Challenge | Day 7 | Oct 1 2016

I had plenty more time today than I've had the past couple days and thus tried something a little different. This is my first attempt at some very basic chillstep.

Precipice

Song-a-day Challenge | Day 10 | Oct 4 2016

Today I had a decent amount of time and originally planned on making a guitar based song but at the end of the day, I really just wanted to make some fun chiptunes.  ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

BeepBox track: https://goo.gl/cy9kkZ
Cover art credits: My sketchy photo editing skills.

Midnight Burrito Run

Song-a-day Challenge | Day 12 |  Oct 6 2016

Very busy after work today, thus, I was only able to whip up this little chiptunes track. However, I'm quite happy with it. It's, I believe, my only pure chiptunes track with a dark aesthetic. Getting ready for All Hallows' Eve! 😉👻

BeepBox track: https://goo.gl/GN2Sn0
Cover art credits: http://www.mulletdulla.com/

Mausoleum Masquerade

Song-a-day Challenge | Day 14 | Oct 8 2016

After returning home from a long day that concluded with exploring an old timey village filled with jack-o-lanterns, I was in the mood to write something a little strange, a little off. This song marks the completion of week 2 in my song-a-day challenge. 🙂

BeepBox track: https://goo.gl/b3mBrl
Cover art credits: http://jasontammemagi.com

Weird Times On Alexander Street

Just one of those days... Mondays... when you've gotta track some chips. Short, sweet, and simple.

BeepBox track: https://goo.gl/OsrrLY

Three Dollars

A short chiptunes experiment in F harmonic minor. 🙂

BeepBox.co track: https://goo.gl/2kXNxz
Cover art credits: https://goo.gl/ofWvub

Sand Medium

"I Dreamt of Returning Home" (実家に帰る夢を見た)

For this track I set out to create something reminiscent, nostalgic even; inspired by my return to New Jersey for American Thanksgiving.

Cover art credits: unknown

実家に帰る夢を見た

This track started as no more than a 10 minute adventure in soloing chip synthes over a persistent crash beat but ended quite a bit more fleshed out. FYI, ケロケロ (kero kero) is the Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound frogs make.

Cover art credits: https://goo.gl/pwXtGq

ケロケロ

It's Christmas Eve! 🙌 I decided to take an hour or two and throw together a simple little track to celebrate the merriness of the season. Happy holidays to all! 🎄🕎✨

Cover art credits: https://goo.gl/SQgcBP

On the Eve

For Shopify's first Hack Days (hackathon) of 2017 I decided to eschew programming in lieu of writing a bunch of music inspired by different parts of Shopify's amazing Ottawa office.

Lack

I'm Tired It's Humid And I Miss You And Um I Have Things To Do But Oh No, Kinda, Time, Now

Rough little track I threw together in a hostel lobby over the course of an hour with my laptop.

Cover art credits: https://sssashimi.deviantart.com/art/Pixel-running-cycle-395658646

Let's go!

As I normally only have my 24-key non-pressure sensitive keyboard, I can't really do runs or record piano in general. However, I recently rediscovered both my 88-key somewhat pressure sensitive keyboard and a whole bunch of emotions. This track is my attempt to capture them.

Cover art credits: Alena Aenami

The Nights We Kept

Short little track I found in a half finished state from this past winter. Dusted it off and spruced it up.

Cover art credits: Shinkai Makoto

冬休みの手紙

everyone should just stay in bed and enjoy the spring

Everyone belongs somewhere. 💚

Album art credits: Cartoon Network and Frederator

Where We All Belong

"It's like when you fall asleep on the couch in the morning after a long night and you wake up with the sun shining through the window and landing squarely on you. It's pleasantly warm and makes you feel like the day is gonna be great."
- SourCrouse | https://bit.ly/2bR8g5b

Album art credits: https://www.thespicehouse.com/smoked-spanish-paprika-sweet

With A Dash Of Paprika

A little song I wrote for a dear friend of mine back in September 2018.

Album art credits: Cartoon Network and Frederator

All The Best

The past year was one of great happiness, great sadness, struggle, and triumph. Many people helped me along the way. This is for them.

Thank You, For Everything

I Cherished Every Moment

I Just Want You To Know

Dear Hanako 🌸

Today is the birthday of a special someone in my life.

お誕生日おめでとう 🙌

水無月

Developer, musician, and environmentalist.

Nicholas La Roux

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