maybe i do just really like to make chill music, huh? and that's ok! it's really fun :3

i will probably make a compilation of all the lo-fi/chill tracks i've made for bandcamp and spotify if you guys would like that!

snail time

a short jingle for my sister's art business!

waltz of the string dolls

Score for the short On Foot by Vivian Ngai.

Check out the film here!
https://vimeo.com/702496601
https://youtu.be/1e9O0QkFP0Q

On Foot (original score)

A score I made for my friend's group thesis film!

See it here!
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/841272

Piano: Kris Zaballero
Violin: Isaac Kim

Ollie: The Perfect Spot (original score)

For my final project for my Video Game Music class, I had to create an interactive score in FMOD for a game concept we made up. In this case, it's a foraging game where you have to find ingredients for your aunt's potion business! 

This is a theme for the shop/cafe, where it's more like a visual novel.

art by me!

moss shop and cafe :]

For my final project for my Video Game Music class, I had to create an interactive score in FMOD for a game concept we made up. In this case, it's a foraging game where you have to find ingredients for your aunt's vegan potion business!

This is music for exploring the forest! There’s day and night versions, and also rainy versions, but that’s not included in this. 

art by me!

exploring the forest (day and night)

made for the 2022 Cozy Fall Game Jam!

Ches' best friend, Lord Warnswick the snail, is always getting lost (he's just a really good climber, you see). Help Ches reunite with his buddy by climbing leaves, acorns, and pinecones up through the forest they call home.

play Chestnut Climber here!
rooksy.itch.io/chestnut-climber

up above

happy new year! 🌠

trying to bring back my tradition of creating music at the end of the year to capture feelings, new tastes and skills, etc. hope 2022 was good to you and that 2023 will be better!

super amazing artwork by emily husmann - https://www.instagram.com/robot.origami/

moving forward (or something like that)

this was a quick track i made for my sibling, who was competing in a magic competition! it's made with musescore + a bunch of random stuff as percussion. musescore saxes sound shockingly nice

this was literally made the night before the performance. i'm gonna eventually write music for a full show, so enjoy this as a sorta preview of a soon-to-be magic show soundtrack -w-

tea time hehe

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

- Emily Dickinson

For a class assignment, I was assigned to write a piece about hope. I found this poem excerpt by Emily Dickinson on Wikipedia page for hope, and fell in love with the bird imagery (I love birds!). While writing this piece, I imagined of a bird flying though a forest, rushing past trees and bursting through out into the sky.

I had two goals compositionally with this piece: only diatonic chords (except at the climax, where I introduce the bVII chord) and to maintain this interlocking, polymetric pattern throughout. It's probably my favorite piano piece I've written so far!

the thing with feathers

Score for the short film Popcorn by Mabel Ryu! Watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihqO8B-zWrs

Popcorn! (Original Score)

from the infloresce and friends charity festival botb! i got 4th place overall :]

i was in the mountains of north carolina with my partner when i started writing this, and i was inspired from being surrounded by nature and being away from people (and florida *cough*). it was nice just being able to just exist as who i am and not think too much about things. 

i basically made the first half and recorded the baritone ukulele up in the mountains, then finished it when i got home.

enjoy! trans rights are human rights!

https://battleofthebits.com/arena/Entry/just+existing+%28in+a+good+way%29/60530/

just existing (in a good way)

performed by the UCF New Music Ensemble:
Amanda Wiebelt - flute
Morgan Magnoni - clarinet
Joseph Baroco - piano
Jessica Cowan, Michael Mortilla, & Zachary Schoonmaker - percussion
Cesia Corrales - violin
Ari Cricks - viola
Jomar Cruz & Annalise Lang - cello
Geordan Raisler - double bass
Lyman Brodi -, narrator
Thad Anderson - conductor

it shone bright only for a moment was composed for the UCF New Music Ensemble concert, FREE VERSE, at UCF Celebrates the Arts. Each composer for the concert wrote a line to a poem, which became the title of their piece.

When I came up with the line “it shone bright only for a moment,” I found two interpretations:

The first is that our lives are nothing but short blips in the timeline of the universe. Yet, to us, our lives are bright and vivid, filled with unique stories and experiences, both good and bad.

The second interpretation was from my friend, Bec, who related it to a specific feeling: you want to experience happiness, but you’re scared it’ll be short- lived, and you’ll return to a dull and sad place. You can try to enjoy the happy moments, but the anxiety of what could be is always there.

For this piece, I took elements of both interpretations, and tried to capture the feeling of trying your hardest to hold onto fleeting moments for as long as you can. I also tried to paint the image of an old light bulb flickering on, only to shine brightly one last time.

it shone bright only for a moment

score for my partner's thesis!

featuring Minsung on violin (@ Musicminsung on twitter)
and ash zaballero on bass! (@ birdsbirbsbirds on instagram)
watch the film here! https://nicjlindgren.wixsite.com/mossportfolio/thesis

Midday (original score)

a lil tune from compost #4 (a one hour compo on cohost!) the prompt was baking~ 
https://cohost.org/hvb/post/5735052-compost-4-prompt

i don't usually have melodies that just pop up in my head, but this melody did right after reading the prompt, so i went with it! this was like, 1 hour-ish? 1.25 hours? but i had dinner in the middle of it, and also the air conditioning is broken so i was suffering through this TvT

made in musescore with just the stock sounds, cuz that's kind of mood i was in!

i messed up the last chord, but i thought it was funny, like you failed and burnt your baked goods lol.

what if we baked treats together haha jk unless (1 hour compo)

from Mabel Ryu's animated film, The Legend of the Starlight Beetle!
watch it here! youtu.be/Dbw-Z4ZTFs0

Lyrics by Mabel Ryu (https://www.instagram.com/mabelryu/)
Vocals by Emily Gin (https://www.instagram.com/emilyginvo/)

The Legend of the Starlight Beetle - Campfire scene (ft. Emily Gin)

from Mabel Ryu's animated film, The Legend of the Starlight Beetle! watch it here!  youtu.be/Dbw-Z4ZTFs0

Lyrics by Mabel Ryu
Vocals by Lauren Kong (https://twitter.com/LaurenKong_)

Where Are You??? (feat. Lauren Kong)

from Mabel Ryu's animated film, The Legend of the Starlight Beetle! watch it here!  youtu.be/Dbw-Z4ZTFs0

Cave Fireflies

recently i've been struggling to make music, ESPECIALLY for myself. even though i still enjoy making music and want to make music all the time, it feels more and more difficult to sit down and work on music.

i’ve been wanted to make a proper ep/album for a few years now, but progress has been slow. however, this ep was made in just a day (ish*)—just a big explosion of emotion and ideas—and was meant to be wacky, but still genuine and emotional. i just wanted to tell my brain:

“HEY!!!!! you still got this!!!!!!!!!!!! stop putting yourself down!!!!!!!!!!! if you can do THIS, you can do ANYTHING!!!!!!!!”

***

the artwork and is inspired by an accidentally profound thing my friend yae said:

we were at the park drawing together, and i said "dang, why are trees so hard to draw.” i was trying to draw one of the trees at the park as accurately as i could.

but yae quickly replied: "what do you mean? trees are easy to draw, see!" and drew a super simple tree.

i think about that a lot.

EMBRACE IMPERFECTIONS! IGNORE EXPECTATIONS! JUST HAVE FUN!!!

***

*okay!!! the fourth track was written last november, but i worked on it more to make it fit the aesthetic of the ep.

things'll get better (i hope)

i thought it was friday but actually it is thursday

passing

this should be easy!!!

hidden in the sea

up in the clouds

creation

everyday life

you know, that thing on twitter
https://x.com/paperaviator/status/1822425463542714516

HIT EM!!!

cover of meteor showers by slime girls :3

i've never released a cover, let alone sing on a track, so this is a bit scary for me ;w; but i had a lot of fun making this and wanted to share it!

meteor showers (cover)

a track i made for eggletopia by eggbert! a really cute game where you collect funny critters called eggles.

it's still a work in progress, but i adore it so far! you check it out here:
eggbert.ca/eggletopia

this lil egg of mine

cheers

paper aviator is a composer/pianist who lives in the clouds making music for birds (and people too!). ♡

they/she

pfp: https://www.instagram.com/spoonbill.fan/ (that's also me!)

paper aviator

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