This is a character theme for the magical rat student, Squeak, created by Snowly for Round 3 of Snowly’s Music Festival Jam. This is a character theme that can also serve as the main theme for the imaginary game “Squeak Incantatum”. The added challenge that I selected for this track was to only use 3 instruments playing at any given time. I took great care to make sure that at any given time there were only 3 instrument tracks with instrument input at any time, which was a significant challenge to still allow the song to feel rich and magical. Thankfully I was able to take advantage of implied harmony and reverb tails to help flesh out the track without it sounding too empty. To create the sound for the specific combination of theme elements, “rat”, “student”, and “magic”, I used a variety of specific compositional choices and techniques. I opted for high-register nasally instruments for most melodies, such as the clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and violin, and high percussive instruments using fast chromatic movement scattered throughout to represent the rat character, who is skittish and meek. For the magic sound, I included whimsical instruments including the celesta, harp, cello, clarinet, and oboe and used very colorful harmony that frequently uses borrowed modal chords and non-functional harmony to create a sense of magic and wonder. I also used the mixolydian mode with flavors of Lydian to create bright and surprising sounds, and I also meandered across several keys to keep a sense of unexpectedness which also adds to the magical quality of this track. These harmonic choices that sound like magic also inherently have a sense of curiosity which I think also represents the academic student aspect of the theme very well. In some sections I included ostinatos with a pedal note over changing chords with a driving momentum to represent Squeak’s ambition as a hard-working student. This was a very fun and challenging track to make. I hope you enjoy!

Squeak Incantatum

Felt like a dream making this
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This is a song I wrote in October 2025 based on the saying 'when the cat's away, the mice will play', and similar sayings in other languages. 

Here are the words:

When the cat's away
the mice will play
they'll play all day
or so they say

They'll play cards in the kitchen
and poker in the pantry
and dice on the deck
and ludo in the loft

When the cat's in France
The mice will dance
They'll dance a jig
With a peacock and a pig

They'll waltz in the wok
and conga up the clock
and tango round the table
and salsa in the stable

When the cat's in Spain
The mice won't complain
They'll have a ball
And party in the hall

They'll invite all their mates
and eat all the dates
and race round on rats
and wear silly hats

When the cat's away
the mice will play
they'll play all day
or so they say

When The Cat's Away

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My Cat and Me

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I write songs and tunes, play a few instruments, and like singing. To earn a living I run a website about languages and alphabets (Omniglot). I also make a podcasts about words and language on Radio Omniglot.

Just a random guy that bought fl studio


Spotify: Loynetic
Insta: Loyfralax
Email: Danielloyoverland@gmail.com

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