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(4/4) Ghooooosts.wav

Legitimately one of my favorite songs I ever wrote. It was always an idea I had for Project LUCA, but I'm glad I finally got to finalize it (with a silly video such as this, no less). I hope you guys enjoyed (and had a good Halloween)! 

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(3/4) Attempting to Make a Spooky Song in Minecraft

This stream was so cursed, but it was so fun putting together an original composition in Minecraft. The video came out great too thanks to Dep (the editor). I enjoyed the melody a lot, so I may return to it and give you guys a full product as soon as I can! 

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(2/4) Making a Song out of My Home Renovation

Yeah so this one was a bit of an impulsive decision. The funny part is the resulting song ended up being one of my favorites. Planning on redoing is sometime for sure. The weird time signature definitely gave it the tough I was hoping for! 

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(1/4) Always Late (Original Guitar Song)

This was a super fun song to put together. Brought back some of my older guitar styles while fusing it with the type of lead melodies I do now. I'd say it turned out pretty good! I hope you enjoyed :) 

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October Guitar Tabs. Come get 'em!

I had a lot of fun writing the chords and rhythms for this one! 

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Tabs Announcement. Input Needed as well!

So as I've said, I've been slow on new guitar songs because a lot of them are being worked on for commissions. So tabs are a bit slower. At the moment, I am able to do "Always Late", but a few of you have asked about tabs for my covers. Is that something you would also be interested in? 

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This Week's Song (Backing Track)

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I ended up making something (Free Early Song Download!)

I forgot that I finished up my ghosty theme song for my game idea (Project Luca) so I made a fun little video out of it. I hope you enjoy! This is a special edited version. There would be two versions in the game (the chill intro on loop and then the rest in another song). 

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This Week's Plans, Future Plans, and the State of the Channel..(and a small download)

So for this week, I have two things planned if I can pull it off (but it might be better to delay one by a week?). One will be the full completion of my original song "House Down Under" in a "Making" video. I will upload the completed song here as usual! 

The second idea is a bit weirder and more of a joke thing for Halloween. I like doing Undertale related things during this time and I always had this dumb idea to make Megalovania...out of Megalovania. Where every note is the song...

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This Week's Song (Backing Track)

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This Week's Song (Free Early Download)

I managed to make a song out of my home renovation. Not sure if I should have it up in stores or not :'D I hope you enjoy! 

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Plans for this week + important-ish status update

SO I'm here. Still goin. I want to make a song out of the sounds that occurred during my home renovation when my floorboards had to be replaced. Could definitely lead to a fun challenge and unique song if it works out!

As for youtube things, I won't lie. I've told you all already, but the motivation has been super low due to what they're doing (which is why the updates have been a little more sparse. It's hard to come up with ideas when you know youtube wont show it to anyone anymore). ...

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This Week's Song (Backing Track)

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This Week's Song (Free Early Download) I ended up writing something!

A new guitar song I made in one night. I was in a mood and I usually grab a guitar during said mood. This was the result. Probably nothing special, but I hope you enjoy nonetheless! 

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(2/2) Making Themes for THREATENING Burgers

Yeah I don't know either. But I did end up with 3 new ideas that already I decided to use for future songs! These challenges are a lot of fun and I can see a lot of benefits coming from it. Hopefully everyone enjoyed it enough to warrant some more in the same style! 

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(1/2) Making a Song with Free Programs

I didn't expect a new favorite song to come from this, but I realized partway through this video that having constrains can almost be a super power at times. Too many options can be overwhelming and lead to less experimentation (sometimes. this could just be a personal thing). Working with what you got can spark more creative ideas at times. I hope you enjoyed the song that resulted from this!

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First update post in awhile! Come on in!

HELLO friends. As you know, updates have been a little more sparse as I've been on a half-break essentially. I got hired for some pretty important commissions, so I've been working on those (which I will share with you all for free when I'm able to). However, I did say I would still be delivering original songs and that plan has stayed! I would like to return to regular updates though, so expect some things soon! Thank you all for your support during these rougher times. It truly means the wo...

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This Week's Song(s) [Free Early Download]

So remember that weird idea I had to make themes for pictures of odd-looking burgers? I finally got to it! It was supposed to come out a lot sooner, but I genuinely ended up loving the song ideas and putting a tiny bit more effort into them so I could use them in future ideas (which they are already a part of). I hope you guys enjoy these for now until they make their return! 

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This Week's Song (Free Early Download)

Yep. I made something! There will be a video in a bit too. I enjoyed this track very much and I hope you enjoy it too!

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New Song Ideas (Free Downloads)!

Here are some teasers of upcoming projects! Two of them are for a certain video, hence the weird names. But they will very likely end up in my video game idea at some point under different names. Hope you enjoy! These some super exciting ones for me.

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(4/4) Making a Song with My Mouth

It ain't singing and it isn't exactly A Capella, but it is definitely....something. It's been awhile since I wrote something in the happier/innocent side and I'm super happy with how this one came out. Perhaps a rewrite is in order down the road! I have many songs I could be rewriting in all honestly :'D Soon! 

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(3/4) The Process of Making a "Synthwave Samurai" Song

NOTE: A demo download of this song will be available to some patrons in a few minutes!

Yeah, I couldn't find a better way to describe this song's style. The name mostly came from the chat members watching me do this. It was a fun experiment! Not sure if I'll do it again BUT maybe the offline processes I do could be uploaded somewhere for patrons? So when I make a new super serious original, you guys can see the process that no one else sees? Hmmm... either way, I hope you guys enjoyed t...

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(2/4) Making Music with an Instrument Generator (Part 2)

This series did a lot better than I thought. It actually helped spawn some other ideas (which I'll be telling you guys all about soon. I mentioned some already)! I also managed to get brand new song ideas from it as a result, so I can't wait to show you all that as well! 

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(1/4) Autumn Mountain Battle Theme (Rock Cover)

One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite soundtracks this year. A genuinely surprising...surprise. I have my personal ups and downs with the game, but it undoubtedly has the best soundtrack in the series (in my eyes). Covering this was a bit tough because I had to learn slap bass! But now that my finger has uh...roughened up as a result, I can now slap a lot easier than when I made this video. So thank you, cover for helping me take my first huge step into slapping and popping! I hope...

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A poll for PAID POSTS in September: Would you take paid posts if they were just the songs? Or would you only pay for an entire video?

Would you take paid posts if they were just the songs? Or would you only pay for an entire video? It will only be a paid post if it's a fully completed song. Of course, it'll be free for certain tiers and I will be showing song samples and in this case, you'll probably get the song way before a video is made of it and way before it's public on stores (I'll upload them with a release date in mind). Actually one reason I wanted to get more reward ideas for tiers $5 to $10 was b...

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Personal Life and Schedules are a mess atm. Looking for other reward ideas for tiers $5 and $10. Come on in!

Long story short, I wanted to take a bit of a break again so I could work on commissions an not worry about editing videos for a little bit. The YouTube channel for whatever reason had went from an average of about 9K subs per month to about...400 and dropping. Might hit negatives. Views are still kind of the same for now, but there has been no reasons given to me for this and many viewers are now claiming they haven't seen a single upload this year (or since my last break). One even tried to...

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This Week's Song (Free Early Download)

Yeah I have no idea. Every sound here was made with my own mouth. Lots of fun :'D Will probably have a backing track soon. P.S there are many new originals coming soon (but you probably knew that)!

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My (Last Minute) Plans for this Week and Next

So I was planning on getting my "Making Themes for Threatening Burgers" (?) video finished for this week, but I ended up liking some of the ideas a lot more than I thought I would. So I've decided to spend a little more time with it.

THAT BEING SAID:

I also made a song out of my mouth. I don't know. I just hummed into the mic and made some noises and then I sampled it all to make a happy song. Not really sure what to title it, but right now, the idea is just  "I Made a Song w...

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This Week's Songs (Free Early Downloads)

The challenge has been completed! Here are 4 more random ideas that sparked from them. I may or may not work on the last two more. And by that, I mean completely redo them to make room for better arrangements! 

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Plans for this Week

I'll be having another challenge consisting of mini original song ideas! I've recorded one already and I can already see a song or two becoming a full one. It's part 2 to the "Instrument Generator" series.

BUT ALSO:

I realized I could take this concept even further. Now that I know it "works", I can apply it to pictures and art. That also means viewer fanart or their OCs or memes or something else! But that isn't the idea I have planned for this week. That would involve a super ...

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