4-hour battle submission for: https://battleofthebits.com/arena/Battle/6584/MainScreen

fireo dominus

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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pyro jelly

scorched circuit

industrial bliss

"why doesn't softee melt while surfing?"

"because he is just that cool. 😎"

damifortune did a hardware render of the song on battleofthebits!

https://battleofthebits.com/arena/Entry/softee+the+surfing+snowman/65783/

i was listening to a lot of pat metheny stuff a couple days ago so i really wanted to use:

- a smooth guitar

- a lyle mays synth

- a voice lead

i grabbed the smooth guitar from "Ultimate Guitar Kit 2", the lylemays synth from @tancla ‘s "3 years of Vital" vital pack (link BELOW), and the voice lead from Pilotwings. for the first two i used openmpt to set the loop points. they sound pretty cool.

the cuica i got from Legend of Zelda Minish Cap, the agogo and warm pad from earthbound, the fantasia from pop'n twinbee, and the rest of the percs should be from chrono trigger (or earthbound)

https://on.soundcloud.com/czMkb7tZtyDzvdU36

softee the surfing snowman

available on cd or digital here 
https://nosidesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/crazygoji-gothward


i won't feat. centurion.cee

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posu yan -- cherry sprinkles

This track is inspired by "Caverna's Great Maze", composed by Hirokazu Ando from Kirby Star Allies (NS).

Cover art by Alisha Liu (https://www.instagram.com/softgoats/)

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

Thanks for listening!

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In case anyone was wondering who did what...

scorched circuit

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