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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Today

The winning entry of the Sample Pack Contest XVI. Produced using Propellorhead Reason 9.

Album: https://samplepackcontest.bandcamp.com/album/sample-pack-contest-xvi

Dream Chaser [SPCXVI]

After somewhat of a hiatus I'm back with a track made for Sample Pack Contest XVI, placing 3rd out of 84 entries.

Check out the rest of the album here: https://samplepackcontest.bandcamp.com/album/sample-pack-contest-xvi

Halcyon Butterfly

a bing banger

twitter: https://twitter.com/father_p_
bandcamp: https://father-p.bandcamp.com/track/lightbreak
more links if you're still hungry: https://linktr.ee/father_p

LightBreak

she's angry and she's coming after you >:(
https://battleofthebits.com/arena/Entry/Kiara_+the+Dark+Sun+Princess/53757/

Kiara, The Dark Sun Princess

written for the maj7 community event, Reverse Review Revue! everyone wrote hypothetical "reviews" for songs that did not yet exist, and then those reviews got shuffled around and assigned to participants to reverse engineer and craft a song that would fit the review. 

my prompt was:

"I didn't think this type of thing was feasible, but the song manages to perfectly encapsulate an almost pretentious silliness, and the Gregorian chanting paradoxically only makes it sound sillier. Regrettably, the bass undercuts these elements and moves too frenetically for the listener to ever feel truly grounded at any point."

watch the livestreamed event with all of the tracks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcgimK--hXs

get the tracks for yerself (for free!) here: https://maj7jam.bandcamp.com/album/reverse-review-revue

if you want more of my nonsense, go to here: https://twitter.com/father_p_

NimbleHymn

A single made in Jummbox to hold people off before my cloud based EP comes out, enjoy!

Song Link: https://tinyurl.com/2a97qfmd

Turning Point

for battle of the bits City Pop https://battleofthebits.org/arena/Entry/turtle+line/55651/

turtle line

Done in collab with @rrthielnc for the MEGA MAN PERFECT BLUE!!

First of many, more to come

how did i get here

Artwork by Cresh: https://twitter.com/illustcresh

2022

E.S.S.O. (ft. RRThiel) [5-N163]

Conflict (Einhänder)
Ice Brain (MMZ2)
Linkage (AC3)
Don't Look Back (Under Defeat)
Point of No Return (Eschatos)
Streak ~ Eridu (GV1)
Urgent (Blazing Star)
At the End of My Beloved Time Limit (Kuro 2)
Cyber Maze Core (MMX5)
High Above the Land (Shovel Knight)

art: key-chang

Exosphere ~ COSMIC RADIATION (2021)

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This is my first attempt at an syntwave style track, hope you enjoy!

Mike Retek - The Traveller

I make stuff - I'm a black dude 🌚
Alt: @planet-bluto-bot
Definitely Not Me: @lolbat

Turning Point

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