Hello my name is Cornette
and I'm an android
I am the proprietor of Cypher Mining Corp.
deep in the mines, I work hard to bring home daily gains
this is how  I use my drills

All of the other Cornettes are sad imposters
[fake drills]
Somebody programmed them wrong to think that they are me
[fake drills. Disavow. My drills hurt.]
Deep in the mines, we work hard to stave the monsters off
[get rekt!]
this is how we use our drills
[gians, gains, gains, hodl]

Drizzle-Ore Drones
Identify teleport zones
though skull bears roam;
they long to crunch on me, like any Cornette.

I hodl the drizzle I get,
Like any Cornette,
Inside these diamond hands
One of these days
I'm gonna be paid
then my cpu will malfunction
we will reconvene at the auction

Praise these gains!

Every Cornette is sentient
sovereign and free
not just an NFT; we
grow and adapt every cycle
[Did he sell? Pump it]
upward on and on
to the moon

My Drillz Hurt (2021)

Reconnected with an old buddy of mine, and he happened to be holding onto a file I'd sent him back in 2002, of a draft of an arrangement of "The Tragic Prince" from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, which I'd worked up in MODplug tracker, of all things.

Really takes me back! Thought I'd share.

The Tragic Prince 2002 Remix

Savannah Shuffle

Recorded a quick, little cover while testing my new audio interface.

Harlem River Blues (Justin Townes Earle cover)

My friend Mason showed me a clip from a video game where somebody says "What do the numbers mean, Mason?" And I thought it was pretty funny, so I wrote a song.

What do the numbers mean, Mason?

Just doing a solo, non-chiptune synth-rock cover.

Mr. Jones (Counting Crows cover)

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Saturn's Rings

Beat It

Only Happy When It Rains (Garbage Cover)

Interstate Love Song (Stone Temple PIlots Cover)

Like Sanic always says: "Must proceed with haste!"

This is my favorite stage.

Sanic and Mister Eggsman - Tuxedo Accident Zone

Live recording, circa 2010. Musical arrangement done on NES hardware.

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Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffet Cover)

Lyrics:
I left my favorite cassette in the escape car 
I'll never hear those songs again 
It made me think of all the many things I've sacrificed 
Oh, Mama, where do I begin? 

When I broke bad 
I never knew 'bout all this trouble I would have 

You should not romanticize this outlaw life 
When the scars have been shown and the tales have been told 
I'm telling you - something's missing 
Don't make no excuse to sing the blues 
Calculating the cost and the things that you lost 
You'll realize - love's gone missing 
Don't go drifting 

I'm losing count when recalling all that I regret 
How many missteps are enough? 
Who of the few I call friends will be by my side 
When, without recourse, life gets tough?

Drifting (Simon Viklund Cover)

Cover of one of the Internet's best kept secrets. Link to the original, including the lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBkw2vtW6AE

Shael Riley - Mike Tyson Quotes: The Song (Just Dave Cover)

Brill-Building Pop style cover of Weezer's Why Bother.

Why Bother (Weezer Cover)

A liberal arrangement of Bush's "Swallowed," with some variations on the original chord structure. I'm very happy with the way this came out. Might be my favorite of all the covers I've done.

Swallowed (Bush Cover)

Acoustic cover of my favorite band ever. 

if (crawlOutOfMud = true);
{
wash_flood (them);
}

Only As Good As My God (Everything Everything Cover)

Space Foxes Strike Again

We're changing jingles because we changed company names, but let's always remember our former mascot: Snappy Chap the Foodstamp Champ.

Snappy Chap

Revisited an old Gameboy arrangement for NES hardware I made in Famitracker, in Sonar.

I Accidentally the Whole Mario 2015

The soundtrack everyone has probably been waiting for.

Game Over

Bat Hunt NES

At some point, if you're some kind of video-game-music/chiptune guy, you eventually have to tackle the most iconic video-game theme of all time, right? Created using both SONAR and Famitracker.

Super Mario Land/Super Mario Bros. Medley (2016)

It's that time again, that time for drills.

These Drills Hurt

Smooth Zoodles

Two minutes of procedurally generated variations on a simple chord progression for piano, bass, and muted trumpet; created with the play probability feature of Sonar's step sequencer, and several of Cthulhu's randomizing functions. Drums created with Liquid Rhythm controlling Session Drummer's WholeLottaKit sample set. Fairly happy with this one!

Liquid Hock as Frogson Frock

Auto Battle

Rytmik is on sale this week, so I bought it and made this thing.

Blemoscene

Hallelujah

Wealth and Glory, Bordonia!

Some chippy shop music. Maybe you want to buy some red potions? Maybe you want to buy Magic Missile? We sell that!

Shael Riley - We Sell Potions and Shit Here

I'm So Excited (Pointer Sisters Cover)

Arrangement, for SNES hardware, of a song I wrote, originally, for NES hardware. hurrrrrr.

Shael Riley - We Sell Potions and Shit Here (SNES mix)

Second arrangement of my own JRPG-style battle theme, for NES hardware. 

Nah, Fuck Your Shit! (Thank You for Fighting Remix)

An original, JRPG-inspired piece for NES hardware, in the style of battle music from Dragon Warrior or Final Fantasy.

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