Entry I submitted to Sample Pack Contest XV which, to my surprise, got 1st place out of 62 songs!

You can listen to (and download) this and the other 61 songs of SPC XV here: https://samplepackcontest.bandcamp.com/album/sample-pack-contest-xv

I spent most of the submission period without any ideas. This was made in the last 2 days before the deadline. I'm still wondering how it got 1st?! >:0 And I'm still hyped because of that! :D

Astra

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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ESCAPE FROM WIP CITY | maj7jam https://maj7jam.bandcamp.com/album/escape-from-wip-city

ESCAPE FROM WIP CITY

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fusoxide - Future Is In The Past(Tobokegao M8 RMX) [maj7jam  ESCAPE FROM WIP CITY]

written for the maj7 community event, Reverse Review Revue! everyone wrote hypothetical "reviews" for songs that did not yet exist, and then those reviews got shuffled around and assigned to participants to reverse engineer and craft a song that would fit the review. 

my prompt was:

"I didn't think this type of thing was feasible, but the song manages to perfectly encapsulate an almost pretentious silliness, and the Gregorian chanting paradoxically only makes it sound sillier. Regrettably, the bass undercuts these elements and moves too frenetically for the listener to ever feel truly grounded at any point."

watch the livestreamed event with all of the tracks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcgimK--hXs

get the tracks for yerself (for free!) here: https://maj7jam.bandcamp.com/album/reverse-review-revue

if you want more of my nonsense, go to here: https://twitter.com/father_p_

NimbleHymn

OP for an anime about sipping cocktails by the beach

Mai Tai

composed for the battle of the bits battle as part of infloresce's charity festival!  

https://infloresce.com/infloresce-friends-charity-festival/

Willow

tournament round 2
featuring @scarletarmada

PICNICTV Idiot Box CARTOONS'06 ft. Maize

my favorite place

Remix of @lewislancastermusic 's song
Samples from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVtQBhVEM0A

Lewis - Who's Move Is it? [SUCC Remix]

somewhere from within the lake, a voice rings out

art by @sintel-music

https://battleofthebits.com/arena/Entry/Naiad%27s+Lament/31774/

Naiad's Lament

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!

TAC#20: Memory Fluid

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