shadycicada

This Week's Song (Backing Track)

I'm back! Here's a download of this week's song.

I made a new Friday Night Funkin'-styled song, as I was inspired by the last one and people's wishes for another. This time, I went with the metal/video game style that the channel is mainly known for (with the main melody being a reprise). I did it to fit with the scenario the song would be for. Anyways, I hope you enjoy! I will be back with some new content

Plans for June (and tab things)

So as I excpted, May was super busy, but super fruitful. I should still be providing some tabs, possibly for "Dragonblood". Will try to finish it for this week!

Other than that, I will possibly be on a break for all (or most) of June! Once again, if I don't upload something, you will not be charged at all. I need time to finish commissions and just get everything organized, because I really want to handle this Patreon and other platforms better (if I can). I'll still be making song idea...

An exclusive song (just for you) from a project I'm working on! (3/3)

Here you go. A full original NOT found on YouTube (minus a small sample). This is for one of the games I'm working on. The one I talked about named "Detained: Too Good for School". I can't give too much context for the song itself, but they wanted something intense and badass like you were mowing a bunch of enemies down, but also with some emotion/drive behind it, hence the melodic chorus and such. I hope you enjoy! For the record, you will recieve the album for free whenever that drops as we...

"Dragonblood" - Shady Cicada (2/3)

Man, it's hard to luck back at that thumbnail. Beautifully atrocious :'D I made another anime metal/battle theme for a commission! I got this version mixed and mastered by Sixteen in Mono and I absolutely LOVE how it came out. It's been getting a ton of listens on spotify as well! May didn't have as much content as I planned, but I'm so incredibly happy to see the existing content doing the best out of pretty much the whole entire year.

Making my own Friday Night Funkin' Song (1/3)

Goodness. This was meant to be a half joke video. Something I just made in a night. I didn't expect it to "blow up" so much and grow my channel. Starting to notice a pattern where things grow more when I'm just having random fun :'D Should have been an obvious fact from the start, but it's nice to be reassured that you guys enjoy this content! I'm planning on making 1-2 of these to complete a full "week". Pretty pumped!

Plans for this week (Make Video Suggestions in Comments!)

We're still livin' on the edge. I keep coming up with these ideas at the last minute. But for whatever reason, they all seem to be doing well and I've been having a lot of fun. I am once again unsure of what to do this week as I have commission to finish up at the same time. But perhaps I finally do a video game cover? Friday Night Funkin' is still in my sights but I'm still lurkin' around. I really wanted to do the idea where I take viewer songs and re-create them, but I feel like thats some...

This Week's Songs (Free Download)

Change of Plans (for the better)

So I got caught up in commissions again and didn't have time to make the video I had planned for this week BUT I am able to reveal some samples of music I made for one of the video games I'm writing for. I'll give you guys downloads of the samples BUT I will also be able to send over a full original from the project soon. Something that may not be on YouTube for quite awhile. These are some of my favorite rock/metal songs I've written, so I'm extremely excited to show you all!

We'll be ...

Plans for this week

I've done two song ideas with commentary now, so I thought I'd change it up this week with a cover, as I mentioned in my overall May plan. It could be "ugh" from Friday Night Funkin' because I did see some potential in there for a cover, but I've been thinking of some other games. I considered a Resident Evil 7/8 song because I've been LOVING 7 (and it's main "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" theme) and am starting 8 soon, but I'm not so sure. I could cover something from another recent game or go retro.<...

This Week's Song (Free Early Download)

Another anime battle theme! I made this one awhile ago for a commission, but never officially released it. I have a ton of idea for new ones that stray from the path a little (which I'm excited about), but enjoy some "classic" Shady Cicada...anime...guitar...stuff. I got Sixteen in Mono to mix/master this track, as per tradition! I also included my personal mix. Hope you enjoy! 

This Week's Song (Backing Track)

This Week's Song (Free Early Download)

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Plans for this week (+ Plans for May. Busy content month maybe!)

Woah! So I decided to take most of April off. I only uploaded one video, so you will only see what paid post for April. A fair trade :'D That being said, I'd like to take a PLANNED break in June, meaning I'm gonna be working extra hard in May. So expect videos (hopefully) each week. 

Here are some ideas for May:

- Making my own Friday Night Funkin' song (I thought it'd be a neat expiriment)

- Uploading a new Anime Rock/Metal original

- Okay maybe a Friday Night Fu...

I made a random VG cover. Here's a download!

I've had Rainbow Road SNES stuck in my head for the past 24+ hours. I decided to take a few hours and just write out a rock arrangement for it. I hope you enjoy!

Weekly Update and Plans (+ Shoot me some video game cover ideas!)

Still working on video ideas but I'm not sure what exactly I'll be uploading yet. Of course I only charge for original songs that I actually upload, so if I'm unable to make anything at the moment, there will not be a charge for nothing (: 

For ideas, I do have an original song I would like to finish up, but I only have today and I wouldn't want to rush it. I have a finished commission song that I was going to upload, but I think I want to remastered by SixteeninMono for the best q...

"Ocarina Cicada" - Shady Cicada (3/3)

Some of the most fun I've had with music this month. The Zelda series is my favorite series ever and something that gives me great amounts of comfort and happiness in my life. To be able to compose with such nostalgic sounds really does feel like there's an old special friend there to cheer you on. It made me remember that I don't have to be exhausted in the studio all the time. And I ended up writing a melody that I really enjoy. I'd like to incorporate it in my own stuff soon. I hope you en...

"Beyond Compare" - Shady Cicada (2/3)

The song with a dumb/funny backstory to it. It may have been written for the silliest purpose possible, but I quite enjoyed how it came out, given the time I had with it. It also helped me learned about DnB style stuff more, which helped me write much better song. You'll all be hearing it soon (: Hope you enjoyed! 

"schmove." - Shady Cicada (1/3)

This song did way more than I thought for the channel. And it's all thanks to the boys at "Just Roll With It" for commissioning it as their theme song. I gave it my all and I'm glad to see it paying off. It's also getting closer and closer to 100K streams on spotify in a short amount of time. Very cool to see. I hope you all enjoyed as well! 

Guitar and Bass Tabs for "schmove". Come and get 'em!

This one is really fun for practicing bigger/jazzier chords and dead mutes. Just a fun song to play in general. Also bass stuff! Rock on, friends.

This Week's Mini Songs (Backing Track)

In case you wanted to hear how the background stuff was composed (well I mean, that IS what part of this reward is for 😅)! I was pretty happy with the string harmonies and the background hard accompanying the melody. Hopefully you enjoy it as well! 

Managed to make a video for this week! (Song Download)

It's a short one, but I basically did a very small and quick study on the themes in Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask (the themes you actually play on the Ocarina) and the philosophy of using minimum notes (because controller buttons) and making a full song/mini-theme out of it. Made my own, but I'd love to make a second attempt when I have more time to write and maybe even an entire original area/dungeon theme! If this works out, I'd like to try out other video game soundfonts. Here is a downloa...

Small song idea/preview (download)

A client asked for celtic instrument vibes mixed with synth-y/sci-fi stuff. So im trying to make that work

I think some reverb, delay, and humanization on the lead instruments will help it fit with the mix more

HELLO big update time and video/reward plans

Hello yes. I still exist and so does this page. I know I say it every time, but commissions and this year have been heavy lately, so I apologize for the constant disappearing. I honestly do hope that things take off to a point where I can give these rewards to everyone without having the need for a Patreon, as it is hard to stay updated.

That being said: I may do a bit of an overhaul on things in April (hopefully) and make some organized schedules to follow so I can at least keep you al...

Plans for this week and Patreon plans!

Alright! So I'd like to get an original song done for this week for youtube. I was thinking of fusing the "how to" stuff with the commentary stuff, seeing as people enjoy the commentary a lot better! I'm also planning on making an email that people can send their songs to so I can make a video where I recreate them in my own style. I also have some "funny" ones planned like making a song out of...things or making a song live in majora's mask using the character instruments (i'd record the mel...

New Song (Backing Track)

Bam. Can't find these anywhere else :D 

Some new originals! (2/2)

The first song is one I wrote for a group of youtubers for their DnD channel (Just Roll with It). They wanted something Persona 4-ish, so that's what I aimed for! The other is a track I'm working on for my own video game idea (it's been awhile). Mainy as a mini-boss theme. This version isn't fully complete. I have a more final one coming up with an upload to stores (which you will also get a download of before the video drops). I'm really looking forward to showing both of these off more beca...

"Tough Love" - My Metal Song for Valentine's (1/2)

So this months will be very light on paid posts (just this video and one song rather than 4-5 paid posts) as I've been taking a break. I have some ideas for March though so we'll see how things go! I'll post plans tomorrow (: Anyways, this song was made on a bit of a whim and I'm still not sure how it came out the way it did, but I'm super happy with it. A lot of these songs are written to test certiain skills and techniques to apply to bigger songs and I definitely learned some things here w...

Thank you all so much for being so amazing. Another update post

I seriously appreciate all of the comments on the last post. I should have honestly expected an answer like that, but my brain always assumes the worst. It's quite relieving to know that even if I can't upload to YouTube, I still have other options. 

That all being said, it was probably good timing to make that post. Because while I have a ton of video ideas, I have absolutely no musical integrity in my brain right now. I can't come up with a single beat or melody. Which is honestl...

Update about the future of this page and important questions for you. Please read!

Okay so as you've all noticed, I've been pretty slow with updates on here lately. I've listed reasons in the past (YouTube being icky, having tons of commissions and trying to balance that and YouTube, etc). In all honesty (and I hope it doesn't come off as whining), it's been pretty hard to just churn out multiple songs almost every week for these platforms. And with the YouTube taking a nosedive again for who knows what reason, my motivation to continue content on there is dwindling.

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