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Here's a little pet project I've been working on- I absolutely love Billy Joel, and I've wanted to cover a song of his for the longest time... Ha!

This cover starts out as a fairly standard cover of the original song, with some harmonies pretty close to the A cappella version and not a whole lot of anything crazy, but after the beginning of the first verse I decided to take a few liberties and give it a really "bouncy" feel, with the noise track and some noticeably different chord progressions mixed in. I feel like it gives it a somewhat nostalgic feeling, as it makes it slightly reminiscent of some of the more chipper, upbeat songs you would hear in NES games such as DuckTales and Startropics. :)

This chiptune is by no means complete- I haven't gotten through the entire song yet, and even in what I have there are some aspects that could probably use some tweaking, like the harmony of some of the backing. I wanted to upload what I had so far to SoundCloud because it's one that I'm actually quite proud of, personally- I honestly think that this is one of my better ones that I've created thus far, and I'm real fond of it considering that I only started really putting time and effort into it just yesterday. I have plenty of other Famitracker songs that I've created and never finished that I'm sure I'll be uploading sometime in the future, but for now, what do you guys think of this one?

Thanks much! :3
~Tristan

Billy Joel- The Longest Time (8-Bit Mini Chiptune)

This was inspired by Monolith's OST -> https://youtu.be/3y7sQ3tyOzE

You can download my FamiTracker files here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tFyb1CRStV_HtMbitnFU8d6OUjH2NT3E

August

A kinda sequel to my other song Stride 
(https://soundcloud.com/hmister21/stride)I Hope you like it.

listen to it on youtube as well @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3GUO-gcrDM

Omega Drive

You can download my FamiTracker files here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tFyb1CRStV_HtMbitnFU8d6OUjH2NT3E

Social Expectations

Another Famitracker chip tune cover of a song- this one being the /I C O N I C/ 80s jam "Take On Me." I started this one quite a while back, and it's sort of unfinished, but I just recently got it to a point where I felt it was good enough to upload in some form. I had quite a bit of difficulty with the ending in particular- even the final product I'm honestly not entirely confident in to be honest. But other than that I had a ton of fun making this one! I think it turned out pretty well too. What do you guys think?

Cheers,
~Tristan

A-ha– Take On Me (8-bit chiptune cover)

Here's yet another chip tune cover of a boppin' 80s hit song- this one being "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club. I got the idea to do this song earlier today in school, and started working on it immediately after I got home. And so, after around 4 or so hours, this is what I produced. I'd daresay this is one of the best Famitracker compositions I've created yet- I put a lot of complexity and effort into making all of the harmonies match up, and I think it came out really damn well. The only part that's really particularly weak is sort of the ending, which was admittedly a bit rushed- I forgot to add the bassline in one part, which is... embarrassing... But still, how do y'all think I did? Let me know in the comments below.

Thanks, and happy Friday,
~Tristan <3

Culture Club- Karma Chameleon (8-bit chiptune cover)

An ok cover of a great song! Hope you like it!

~Tristan

Paul Simon- Me & Julio Down By the Schoolyard (8-bit chiptune) [UNFINISHED]

20mg of Drugs

Full playlist of chiptune covers here: https://soundcloud.com/user-596109938/sets/8-bit-covers-compositions

LISTEN TO THIS ON YOUTUBE SO I CAN HAVE PETTY VIEWS AND OBTAIN MONETIZATION RIGHTS QUICKER LOLOLOL https://youtu.be/xlwqcusBN4s

I've been working on this cover of one of my favorite 70s hits since I woke up this morning, and it's payed off beautifully. I'm very proud of this one- hope you enjoy it!
~Tristan

The Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star [8-bit chip tune cover/remix]

YEAH GREAT

You can download my FamiTracker files here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tFyb1CRStV_HtMbitnFU8d6OUjH2NT3E

Hypersensitivity

FIND ME ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUuTc1PCoh_lTFSBZZJ1MA?view_as=subscriber
LISTEN TO ALL OF MY OTHER CHIPTUNES HERE:https://soundcloud.com/user-596109938/sets/8-bit-covers-compositions

Made using FamiTracker (MMC5). This is definitely one of my favorite Abbey Road songs, and I thought it'd sound great as an NES-style chiptune! Maybe I'll do some more Beatles in the future... Tell me what you think in the comments, and feel free to check out some of my other 8-bit covers & my original songs, all of which are both here on SoundCloud and on my YouTube channel.

Cheers!
~Tristan

The Beatles- Come Together (8-bit/Chiptune cover) [WIP]

HEAR MY OTHER 8-BIT COVERS (playlist): https://soundcloud.com/user-596109938/sets/8-bit-covers-compositions 

HEAR MY UNFINISHED COVER OF THE BEATLES' "COME TOGETHER": https://soundcloud.com/user-596109938/the-beatles-come-together-8-bitchiptune-cover-wip

CATCH ME LIKE A COLD ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUuTc1PCoh_lTFSBZZJ1MA?view_as=subscriber

Well, it's still snowing in Minnesota- so much, in fact, that we had school off today! In light of this unexpected break, I started working on a Famitracker cover of this excellent 90s bop that I've been listening to a lot lately for some reason. So far I've only fully worked out the chorus, but I'm in the process of making the verse, so expect a complete version to come along sometime soon. 
In the meantime, tell me what you think of this in the comments. And be sure to follow me to hear more of my music, including other 8-bit covers-- I make a lot of them!

All the best
~Tristan

Ace of Base- "The Sign" (8-bit Chiptune Remix) [WIP]

HEAR THIS ON YOUTUBE! https://youtu.be/n6-p55K589g

LISTEN TO MY OTHER CHIPTUNES...
--Here (Soundcloud): https://soundcloud.com/user-596109938/sets/8-bit-covers-compositions
--YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4xLKQmL_1VpxQNoJsqCNYDLpDPlaynX0

One of my favorite 90s hits, now as an NES-styled jam! I started working on this a couple of days ago and actually already uploaded it as an unfinished project, so here's the finished version, now with verses and a few little tweaks to make it sound more spot on.

Tell me what you think in the comments, and feel free to suggest any other songs you'd like to hear 8-bit versions of. Also be sure to follow me if you want to hear more of my music, including other chiptune covers like this one!

Cheers,
~Tristan

Ace of Base- "The Sign" (8-bit Chiptune cover)

Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPt6CV3Fv5w&t=3s

Hear my other 8-bit covers!
-SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-596109938/sets/8-bit-covers-compositions
-YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4xLKQmL_1VpxQNoJsqCNYDLpDPlaynX0

Here's a link to the original song on YouTube if you haven't heard it (it's a ding-dang bop!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZBSG...

Made using a Winebottled version of FamiTracker on a MacBook Pro. I had a lot of fun making this, as 50s doo-wop is one of my favorite genres of music- and this is one of my favorite songs in that genre! I'm really proud of it as well, as the backing chord harmonies are a lot more rhythmically complex than a lot of my previous 8-bit covers. I created the thumbnail image using a crappy online image editor, and the custom Mario sprites were also made by me. If you enjoyed this, then consider checking out some of my other music– for instance, this is only one of several other chiptune covers I've created, the likes of which you can here in the playlists linked above. Or don't. This is just a hobby at the moment so I don't really give a crap tbh.

Cheers!
~Tristan

Cheers,
~Tristan

Dion & The Bitmonts- "I Wonder Why" (Dion & The Belmonts Chiptune Remix)

remixed to match how I'm feeling in life
probably will delete later -- or not!

Dying Ambition

An 8-bit NES chiptune journey of magical twins brewing the wonderful stimulation of -=𝘍𝘜𝘛𝘜𝘙𝘌 𝘊𝘏𝘐𝘗𝘉𝘈𝘚𝘚=-.

Please check out the Bandcamp version if you can, the download contains some nice extra goodies... including LYRICS! Highly recommended if you wanna follow along the otherwise slightly incomprehensible squarewave blabber!
There's even more to come soon...


CREDITS:
Music composition/arrangement/mixing/mastering by chibi-tech.

"Ameiro no Jikan" lyrics by Misz Umino.
http://pingpongdash.net

"Kumo no Oto" lyrics by H/de. of LOOPCUBE.
https://www.foriio.com/loopcube

Character design and cover art by Cassie.
http://chichann.jugem.jp

SD character art & liner graphics by kon.
https://www.pixiv.net/users/234289

Logo by Yanari.

Additional graphic design assistance and suggestions by Mandi Cosenzo.

Made in Famitracker v0.4.6, using RP2A03 + VRC6 sound sources.

雨色の時間 ♥ Ameiro no Jikan

A little waltz to show my appreciation for a true friend!

Hand in Gentle Hand

(* ´  v`)ﾉ

original song:
https://youtu.be/yGkOP74bQ_U

sayonara ichigochan🍓- serani poji [vrc6]

Ain't So Bad In Hell 💀

most of the music is straight from tiktok.  the other music is from a friend

8bit style 41

Steven Hobbs