commissioned by Cruxia (https://twitter.com/xCruxia)
artwork used: https://www.deviantart.com/cruxia/art/The-deal-of-your-lifetime-875273208
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YouTube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdR4fKzcaI
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HUGE (and I mean that) thank you to @plrusek-chan for helping me with understanding FM stuff and giving me so many useful tips

CEO of S.I.N. (Cruxia's Theme)

happy new year everyone!

in 2021, i graduated in june with a BS in chemistry and soon after began working at my first full-time professional job. clearly, the past five years of undergrad put a strain on my will to continue the music i've been making since middle school, and keeping up with the online communities i've embraced pretty much since then as well.

i've known full-well that even during my years of pseudo-inactivity, music is something that i will return to time and time again as my passion, no matter how often it waxes and wanes.

being 23 now, change is a very frequent part of my life in pretty much all facets i can think of, which is as exciting as it is chaotic. this year, i hope to rely on music to ground me in my personal chaos, as it's been a comfort of mine that i've indulged in since the age of 11. even after straying away, coming back to OpenMPT never feels foreign.

this year i will devote more time to my music endeavors. working a 9-5 makes me realize how valuable my time is; how i need to really block out time to sit down and create amid balancing my work life, social life, and sleep. it's been a challenge so far, but still very manageable, and fun! it's quite rewarding to have it all feel adequately balanced.

new years is probably my favorite holiday, for symbolizing a fresh start which encourages change. the identity of a musician is something i've shied away from in recent years, and i aim to change that this year. so let me hold myself accountable in this statement, and please enjoy this little tune :-) i think i doodled up the main melody for this song sometime in like 2019, so it's been a long time coming!!! (i think i actually started truly composing a song out of it in december though :P)

thank you all for your continued support and encouragement. every little snippet i've posted on twitter, and occasional OHC upload over the past period of general inactivity has been met with excitement and anticipation for more music to come. it truly touches me to see it, and it only motivates me to keep on at it.

<3

-joe

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carmen movement in the toreador march but gay and silly! tally-ho!

6AM bedtime edict of frederick fazworthington et. al

first time entering the sample pack contest. It was very hard, but fun! this track got 4th place; other folks put out really awesome tunes(way better than this imo)check them out here! https://samplepackcontest.bandcamp.com/album/sample-pack-contest-xvi

Roland Jazz Man's Field Day

An adventurer explores the depths of a dark cavern and stumbles upon beautiful fluorescent lights illuminating the new world around them.

A remake of a track I made for the 4th Beepbox Tournament
Jummbox Link: https://tinyurl.com/yd8afnuj
OLD VERSION: https://soundcloud.com/beep_box/gleaming-shadows

✨ gleaming shadows 🔮

li'l original something for the sky map in the 11th vanilla level design contest compilation hack

dl: https://smwc.me/s/29961

VLDC11 - Sky World

This radiance, it cannot be contained within these glass walls.

Prismatic Break

Bluegrass Christmas 2

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Them's Fightin' Herds Soundtrack - The Woodlands (Oleander)

Some parts may have two notes playing on different octaves at the same time, not keeping to the NES soundchip's limitations, but over all I like the way it turned.

Annventure of a Lifetime by Yoobii.
https://gamejolt.com/games/annventureofalifetime/325494

Egotistical Nes Cover

2019.09.08 - 3 - VOC

I guess this counts as a musical portfolio of sorts? Whenever I produce something I like I publish it here because why not, even if it's incomplete.

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