chiaro - lustre layer

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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Run To Avoid Being Late

music and artwork: @blitzlunar
 Track 3 is an arrangement of GrantKelly.mid by Patrick May (dusthillresident.)

A best-of selection of MIDI music composed between 2002~2010, refurbished & re-recorded in 2022. A 1997 Yamaha MU100 XG multi-timbral MIDI synthesizer module was used for the generation of all sound. Tracks 2, 4 & 15 also use a PLG100DX FM expansion plug-in board.

Original dates of production for tracks:
Track 1: 2010
Tracks 2, 3, 10 & 12: 2009
Tracks 4, 6, 9 & 14: 2006
Track 5: 2005
Tracks 7 & 8: 2004
Tracks 11 & 13: 2002
Track 15: 2022
Track 16: 2003

This album is not sponsored by or affiliated with the Yamaha Corporation.

XG Omnibus Volume 2

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Perplexathon

Playlist of the rest of the arrange album: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzFTGYa_evXhmzzfn7cTkGEPdvZbxYdSp

We're excited to share our love for musicians who inspire us, just as we did with Axis Pillar. A tribute to Wataru Ishibashi's style, but also soundtracks like Klonoa, Fantastep and Dewprism. This music is very close to our hearts. When approached with the idea of a Gurumin album, we BOTH immediately thought "we should do The Phantom World"

Guru Guru Jam!

The Phantom World

Made for Potluck for Maj7 
I may have to redraw this because I forgot it was kimchi rice and not just any kimchi...man....

Made on Ultrabox: https://tinyurl.com/29lhyzdd

Listen to all: https://youtu.be/b5u64VEalVk
I got: Fried Kimchi Rice - 08:43 (by meanings)
I requested: Tiger Milk Tea - 50:36

Fried Kimchi Rice

ReverenceForAShadow

A different perspective. It's just being closer. It's being closer to the Earth.

In your eyes

entry to 'FM Synth 2' battleofthebits, placed 3rd out of 60 entries! find it here: http://battleofthebits.org/arena/Entry/cat+factory+deluxe/26640/

cover art is an entry from Tiido: http://battleofthebits.org/arena/Entry/ESD+madness/26614/

loops once, mixed & mastered by lob31 (@3nin-ga-au)

cat factory deluxe

http://battleofthebits.com/arena/Entry/toroidal+earth+society/31698/

truth

toroidal earth society

This track is inspired by "Soft Light", composed by Naoko Mitome and Chika Sekigawa from Super Paper Mario (WII).

Cover art by Jennifer Nie (https://twitter.com/atjennifernie)

MASTER LIST OF ALL TAC STUFF: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19TZVuXT5NyoVM6lNIJ9JxiASxrXmNkYtajsi_h-dFgE/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks for listening!

We're Watching the Horizon

composer for video games & animation~
constant genre wanderlust, but rooted in
digital fusion...thanks for listening!! <3

CONTACT: ryanyoshikami@gmail.com

Icon by Lara Reyes (https://twitter.com/kuneh0s)
Border by Isa Hanssen (https://twitter.com/isawiitchtalk)

We're Watching the Horizon

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