I know I haven't made anything in a while now and I apologize for that, but I don't really have a grand explanation. I just haven't felt like making anything for the past few months. I've been feeling a bit uninspired and any artist knows you can't simply FORCE inspiration and make something anyway, heh. Regardless, I had an idea for a song recently to be used in a dungeon crawler.

You know, like those old school Wizardry-esque first person dungeon crawlers? Yeah, that. So, I just ran with the idea. I wanted to test out a new VST I got a while back anyway since I'm on a new PC now and it works rather well actually. Anyway, I don't know if this really means I'll be back to making music any time soon. I'd certainly like to, but... I can't make any promises since anything can happen at any given time.

I do hope you can find something in this to enjoy though. Oh and you'll notice there's a different artist name than my old one. Yeah, I originally thought I wanted to make a new artist name for my music, but I've been using my alias 'Tetsuya Hikari' for so long, I figured maybe I should just go with that for my music.

If I do begin making new music again, I guess you could see this as a new beginning with my new artist name.

Distant Memories

I did some reflecting earlier today since it's the last day of the year 2013 and I realized there were a lot of things I wish I would have done better this year. One of those was to release more music, but honestly... I've been feeling rather unmotivated for a while now. That and I feel like I burned out pretty quick because I hit the ground running when I first started over a year ago.

So, I basically ran out of ideas for songs much faster than I should have, heh. This track has a bit of a simple melody, but I wasn't really able to create something more upbeat this time, haha. Plus, this was actually a project I started back in May, but put on hold, so it's nice to finally finish it.

Oh and I haven't played PSO2 in a long time, so if there is actually someone named 'Solomon' in the game that I'm unaware of, this isn't related to that person. I just thought the name was fitting and it just felt like it was suiting for an ice palace type of dungeon for some reason, haha.

Anyway, happy new year, everyone!

Ice Palace Of Solomon

Here is my first collaboration project with my friend, Nekophiliac~! I was a little worried at first since I had to create the dark stuff before he could mix in his stuff. He has a lot more experience making music than myself, so I was really worried I would let him down or drag the song down with my terrible composition... orz

I am happy to say though that it turned out better than I expected thanks to his hard work and I will be counting on him in the future as well should I come up with another idea to toss his way. Thanks, Nekophiliac~! Hopefully some day I can make good music like you ^w^

Please enjoy this collaboration project, everyone ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ

Pandora's Box (feat. TET☆CHAN & Nekophiliac)

Another Flutecore track for ya! The reason this one is so short is because, well... Flutecore will generally be short ANYWAY, lol. I just thought the stopping point on this one was good though and I didn't want to ruin the finish, so it's barely over a minute long.

It's all good though. If Lolicore artists can pump out shit less than a minute long, this is perfectly acceptable. I may have to release an album for this stuff soon, lol. Enjoy this new Flutecore track!

A genre that shouldn't be taken seriously, but is anyway.

The Fastest Way To a Man's Heart is Through His Flute

I was wanting to test out of the new instruments I got recently and as I was playing around with it, I noticed I was finding the notes to a wonderful song I love from the anime series, 'Macross Plus'. I continued to mess around with the keys for a little bit and slowly but surely, I began building an instrumental version of the song. Well, I say "instrumental", but it's just a harp since that's all I was using at the time.

I could have spiced things up by adding more instruments, but I think that even with the solo harp, it stands on its own as a decent song and sounds rather nice. I did cut out a part of the song though since I realized I couldn't drag the notes out with a harp so when the vocals in the song are held for a long period of time, I decided I wasn't even going to bother trying to replicate that specific part since it would come out much too short.

For those of you unfamiliar with the song, you can listen to the original here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkToH34xuhY

My version stops at about 1:51, then I don't pick up the ending until about 3:08 where I lower the volume slightly and take it a little slower in the last section to try and mimic how it was done in the original with the vocals. Anyway, all-in-all, this is my first instrumental/cover/etc. I've ever done before, so I hope you enjoy it~!

Macross Plus - Voices (Off Vocal Harp Ver.)

Hey guys! I know I've been out of the game for over a month, but that was because I got a new PC and had to transfer a lot of stuff (unfortunately my plugins for FL Studio were lost in the process, so I had to go find them again... but haven't got all of them yet). Also, I've been playing Phantasy Star Online 2 a lot since Open Beta Testing a couple of months ago.

So, I decided that's what kind of theme I would try for with this song. It was thrown together in a couple of hours. I need to work my way back into this since I forgot how to do some stuff, but I figured I'd upload this track anyway, despite it not sounding as good as my most recent stuff.

I do hope the PSO2 fans around here can find something in it that they like though~!

Artist note: My general idea was to try and set up a theme for a new area (we already have a forest, caves, desert, mines, and floating island), so I envisioned a labyrinth of sorts, possibly dark and gloomy. This wasn't planned on being like my other dark tracks though. Just dark enough to give you the impression that you were in an endless maze, still giving you that feeling of action while being surrounded by enemies along with your occasional code.

I tried to capture the codes as they are in-game and change it up a little once Code Attack starts, then change it up even more once the Duel occurs while still keeping remnants of the original song (now arranged) in the background with the new sounds being the primary focus. All-in-all, I think I could have done better, but I was just really wanting to try out this new plugin I downloaded (called TheTiger) since I really liked the sounds I was getting out of it.

I will try to release the next track sooner than this one was released. Please look forward to it! Thank you~!

Untold Future

Here is another PSO2 style track I have put together. I was trying to think of what I would make as a lobby theme and this is what I came up with. It actually only took me about an hour to put this together, but I think it turned out even better than the previous song, haha. I have plans to also make a boss theme in the future, but I'm not sure where I'll go after that.

It's quite difficult to try and come up with music for a new area that isn't already in the game, you know! I'm sure I'll think of something though. At this rate, I may even end up releasing an EP with all of the music I make in this style, lol.

Please enjoy this peaceful track~!

A New Journey

Yep. It's another PSO2 style track, lol. I did plan on making a boss theme, but while trying to work on one, I figured I might as well try and put together a 'PSE Burst' song instead and this is what I came up with.

After I'm done making these, I'll probably put them on an EP so people can have easy access to all of the songs at once.

Burst The Limit!

I know it's been forever and a day since my last upload and I apologize for that, but I guess you could say I became unmotivated for a while, plus I've been busy with things going on in my personal life. I still plan on releasing this EP, but it will just take longer than I had originally planned. Sorry about that!

Regardless, I hope you will enjoy it once it is finished. Thank you for your understanding and continuing to support me~!

Download link for the EP below:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?3vfv861pcqy4pvv

Shattered Realm

I just found some cool samples I had in my library and they reminded me of something you'd hear from Sword Art Online, so I just threw them together and came up with this incredibly short clip, lol. I'm not even going to bother attaching an image for this. I have NO idea how I could use these samples for a song, but I just thought they were cool and wanted you guys to hear them.

SAO sample

It's been a while since I've tried making another Streets of Rage style track, so here you go! The second half of the song is all over the place, but I didn't want to end it at around a minute or so since that was too short, lol. Either way, hope you find something in this track that you can enjoy :3

Oh and this is actually the first SoR style track I've made using the Albino 3 VST instead of Blue. Just thought I'd throw that out there :P

ＣＨＡＯＳ ＢＲＥＡＫＥЯ

I've been a bit lazy lately in regards to making music, but especially with this release. It should have been released late last year, but has now pushed into the new year. I suppose if artists actually signed by a record label can take a year or longer to release an EP or album of their own though, then the time I have spent on this is fine too.

One more track to go, then the EP will be available for download along with each and every individual track. Please look forward to it~!

Download link for the EP below:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?3vfv861pcqy4pvv

No Escape

Slapped this together in half an hour or so. I was wanting to try and make a song for a stage with a Streets of Rage style track, but I just couldn't put anything together, so whatever, lol. I'll just stick with boss themes instead. Uploading this anyway just because.

Outsider

Another failed SoR project. Maybe I should just step away from making this kind of music for a little bit. I can't seem to get anywhere with it right now. Not even bothering to add a download for this one. It's too derp.

nope.jpg

Ladies and gentlemen, with this, Dark File Volume 1 is now complete~! I apologize for the wait. It was a bit longer than I had originally planned, but I hope that you feel it was worth the wait. I want to thank all of you for your patience and I hope that I can continue to release more music in the future that you all enjoy as well, Dark Ambient or whatever else I may think of.

Downloads have been enabled for all tracks now. Download link for the EP below:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?3vfv861pcqy4pvv

World's End

Here's another Streets of Rage type song! It's quite short and seems repetitive, but it is supposed to be a boss-like theme, so it is fine, heh. After all, they had some boss themes that were even shorter than this many years ago.

Despite how short it is though, I think you will enjoy it if you like this kind of music~!

Accel Strike

I just started trying to make music recently, so I'm not really sure what direction I'm going to take this in. I'm wanting to try different kinds of music, so I hope I can make something you will enjoy~

A little bit about myself:

I'm 34, I love playing video games and watching anime (nothing recent though, I'm more interested in 80's material). I also enjoy writing and voice acting in my spare time. Hopefully making music can become a regular thing for me as well.

Anyway! That's about it then. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Thank you~!

Tetsuya Hikari

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