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(2/4) Attempting to Make Royalty Free Music in 10 Minutes

This one was a god damn doozy. Using an actual uke for the authenticity was an experience as well. But the nonsense didn't stop there....a whole working website for a fake product came out of this one. It's insane seeing all the things this community can do. It was an insane video to edit, but it was extremely worth it in the end! 

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(1/4) Giorno's Theme (Rock Cover)

I was not expecting this cover to be as successful as it was. This whole month went pretty successfully honestly. I'm glad you've all been enjoying the tunes! This is probably one of my favorite covers I've arranged to date as well. I hope you enjoyed the song (and I guess...JoJo reference)!

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"Picking Up the Pieces" GUITAR/BASS TABS || Let's go, boys and girls

Anime Season 5 can now be officially jammed to. Let the weeb groove commence

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(UPDATE) If there is a video this Saturday, you won't be charged

I decided to take a break this week. If I upload something, it'll be a bonus. So no worries about a charge. Also just to clarify since some people mentioned it before: If I ever upload more than one video in a week, the charge will always be for ONE video. The ones that land on saturdays. So if you see me going wild with content, don't worry! 

With all that being said, I'll post something to tide you all over. Maybe another preview of stuff I'm working on!

P.S I might conside...

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This Week's Song [Free Early Download]

I'm not sure if I want to throw this one up for sale as of yet. What do you guys think? (I hope you enjoy!) 

I also went for the most literal name yet and I gotta say, it definitely makes me happy.

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Plans for this Week

Halloween! It's definitely...a time. I have an attempt video on "spooky theme" stuff planned for this week so that may or may not be the video! It will very likely come with a complete song but if not, I will include some extra stuff (some song demos/ideas) instead!

If things go the way they do...November is going to be a very interesting month for original music and attempt videos (and hopefully I can get to one of my experimental videos). I hope you enjoy!

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This Week's Song (Free Early Download)

Here it is! A new favorite from 2019. I hope you guys enjoy! 

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New Song Idea (Full Demo) SEASON 5

It's Anime Season 5 time, boys! Gonna see if I can get it mixed and mastered by a pro. I had a lot of fun with the riffs in the second half!

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A Commission Song I'm Working On

At the moment, this is the final mix, but I might get it mix and mastered by someone in the near future. It was commissioned by someone working on an animation (I don't think I can say much more than that yet). They wanted something like "Here I Come!", so I gave them just that! 

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Plans for this week and "experimental video" plans

So I ended up getting sick this week somehow. It's rare, but it happens :') I took it as a sign to work on a new attempt video, so this week's video will be "Attempting to Make: a Kickstarter Trailer Theme in 10 Minutes". It's a full on silly video (with a legit-ish song). As a result, I'll be sending a demo of a real original before saturday as well!

As for experimental stuff: I have some fun videos planned, but I recently had this odd one. Not sure if it'll work quite yet. Basically t...

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This Week's Cover [Free Early Download]

I managed to do it. I *might* make a few changes today. If I do, I'll be sure to send you the new version ASAP! This was such a fun cover to work on. I hope you enjoy! 

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Plans for this Week

First of all, I'd like to thank you for all of your kind comments and feedback on the "end of month" post. It means a lot that you guys are willing to let me go with whatever my heart is set on.  I promise I will bring you the best. I was actually asking about covers because I wanted to do some again!

And SPEAKING OF WHICH, my plan for this week is to make a cover of Giorno's Theme from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (don't worry. I have some video game cover stuff planned too). The chor...

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End of the Month Talk, Updates, and Questions (This is a New Thing)

End of the Month Talk

SO September is over. Very original way to start this. It's been a weird month. I recently got my new guitars and I've been practicing again for the sole purpose of writing new songs and learning new techniques. As a result, there has been a delay on rock/metal/guitar/whatever songs. Hell, I can't even remember the last time my face was on camera. I miss it. But it'll all be back soon! 

Updates

I'm working on Shady...

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(4/4) Making a Song in 30 Second Increments (Limitless Retro Version)

The song that resulted from this....is a new favorite (yeah yeah, I know). I feel so much potential from it, and I can't wait to add even more when  include real guitars (once I'm good enough to play some of the riffs). I hope you guys enjoyed this one, because I'm only going to make it better!

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(3/4) How To: Make a Sad Video Game Theme

This one is a new favorite....kinda. I've actually been waiting to show you guys this one for quite awhile. It's part of my game idea (which as you know, may or may not happen). A lot of personal emotion went into it, and it means a lot that the feeling was passed on to a few listeners. I'm glad you guys enjoyed it :)

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(2/4) Attempting to Make a Stinky Boss Theme in 10 Minutes

You're going to notice a fun theme here involving "songs that started off as jokes, but became a very serious project. I didn't expect anything to come of this, but it helped me think of a new style for my game idea, including 3 new songs using a new leitmotif (you guys will hear it soon)! 

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(1/4) 5 Tips for Making Video Game Melodies

It started off as a small guide, but ended up becoming something a lot bigger with a lot of original melody ideas and covers thrown in. I was just having way too much fun with it. I hope you guys enjoyed it as well! (And if this actually helped someone with melody writing, it makes me that much happier)

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"Fighting Spirit" GUITAR/BASS TABS || Get 'em while they're...relatively warm!

This is a good one for reeling 'em in :') Have fun! 

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This Week's Song [Backing Track]

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This Week's Song [Free Early Download]

The challenge version is beautiful...trash. But it gave me a few ideas for the redone version. The redone version is actually shaping up to be a new favorite. I think it will be once I made a full version with real guitars (it's called "retro" right now because of MIDI). Still, this version really helps with the "metal video game" feel. I hope you enjoy checking out the differences between the two versions! (And the guitar one with extra parts will come soon!)

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Tabs for this month - What song would you like to see tabbed?

I have tabs for the new unreleased guitar songs on the way, but are there any song of mine right now that you would like tabbed for this month? Comment below! 

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Have any reward requests? Shoot them here! Making some changes to my Patreon soon.

So as I mentioned in the update today, I want to be more active on here. At the same time, there were a few changes I wanted to make, one of them being the addition of new rewards if possible. If you have any requests, please leave them in the comments below.

I will also be changing the way I organize the email addresses for google drive access, meaning there might be a 24 hour period where no one will have access to it (but you'll be back in right after). Upon doing so, I'll make sure ...

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A New Rock Song [Song Preview]

I'm not sure when this one will be released, mainly because I'm working on it with a vocalist at the moment! But I thought I'd show you the rough idea I have so far. I hope you enjoy! 

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Important Rant/Update + Plans for this Week

Hello, friends. I understand that I've been a little less active here lately. Just been figuring some things out and thinking of ways to balance life and music content. It's been a bit of a weird period, but I truly appreciate you all for sticking around and being patient with the updates. I promise things will start picking up, but I must apologize if the lack of activity was something that may have concerned you.

Now with that being said, here are my plans for this week. I'm still in ...

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This Week's Song [Backing Track]

Hardly much of a backing track, but it's still...a variation! 

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This Week's Song [Free Early Download]

Sad boi hour. 

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Plans for this week's video and a big personal update

This week features a new original (not an attempt video or anything like that)! It's a little different. I realized that I've been using percussion and making high energy things pretty often lately (due to the whole weekly deadline thing). But I finally got some time to work on some new stuff, so I made a sad song for one of my video game ideas! Just a soft, slow, and sad 3/4 song with no percussion. 

I actually realized a few things. I've been a bit stubborn the past two years :')...

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This Week's Song [Free Early Download]

I'm planning on making this into...something in the future. It'll probably change drastically, but here is a rough idea for now. Both the "final" version and the attempt. I decided not to upload the rock song I made this week because I want to work on it a little longer and possibly find a vocalist. I hope you look forward to it! 

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New Song Idea (Testing out my new guitars)

I put together this rough idea in about an hour, so forgive the mistakes and off-time parts. Still working on a proper sound for these new guitars, but I feel like I'm on the right track. Let me know if you enjoyed it! 

This was supposed to be for this week's video, but I might want to hold it back so I ca work on it more (and possibly get one of my youtube vocalist friends to sing on it). We shall see! 

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New Song Idea Preview (looking for opinions as well)

Figuring out tones for my new guitars! I recorded a new little idea from it. It's a little sloppy because...I can't exactly play it clean yet :') I'm working on it (and I'm planning to have a vocalist for it as well). By the way, which version do you like better? The tones are slightly different in the guitars (different pickups).

The "fender test" track is just a small bonus thing I made in a few minutes. Excuse the random improv lead.


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