Yeah, due to some unforseen circumstances, I've become rather free these next two weeks, so I'm gonna be composing more. I plan on taking part in the NAC competition here:
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/12 22598

Here's a possible submission
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen /390332

Been working on two simultaneously, and this finished first. Plan on putting both up first, and seeing what people think of it, then go with the better one.

So, recently I started doing a collab with Jonarific. It's a visual novel project, so while I'm making music for this, I probably won't be posting anything till I get stuff done w/ him first. I'll probably post the songs I write on here too though, as well as some scrapped ideas that I would like to develop. Anyways, see you guys in a while!

One of my more confident pieces. My composition count is still in the single digits, and it's the third piece I've done with Fruity Loops, so I'm still a newb, but check it out!

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen /388224

I need the feedback!

Dunno if I should be happy that a year has gone by. Looking back, I'm glad that a lot is past me. College apps are done, I've been accepted into a few places, so I'm fairly good. Looking ahead, there's still a lot to do. It's senior year, but I've still got Regional Choir Auditions, County Choir Practice, as well as my part in my school music, which incidentally I didn't practice for any of them. Somehow got the RAC submission out, although I don't think it was something I'm incredibly proud of. Suffered long and hard with that Didgerdoo. Lemme tell you, if you ever have to write something with a Didgerdoo, don't use a VSTi, just go find someone who plays it, or make it yourself out of PVC pipe. I've seen plenty of tutorials on it on the web while researching for the competition. On a somewhat brigher side, I cranked out a new song today. http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen /388071 Work in one night. Just something I felt like doing on a whim, it being wintery and all. Anyways, hope you like, dislike. But whatever your preference, leave a review please? :)

Been cranking out college supplements this past week. Still got some to finish this week, but I'm proud to say I've gotten accepted into my first college recently! :D

Anyways, still working on the RAC submission, and still having a toughie. Getting nervous that the deadline's coming up and I still don't have anything substantial. Still working on those drums! As of now, don't think my submission will be anything to look forward to seeing how it's only a few measures of percussion mostly.

Well, looking through the lists, I couldn't find any country I especially liked that was left except for Australia. So, now I'm doing Australia! Thought it'd be cool, being the down-under and all, but heh, not much really distinct cultural music (any aussies out there, be sure to correct me! I need other genres to research!). Currently, been listening/reading up on the music. Current focus is on the Didgeridoo, which is an aboriginal instrument (sounds primitive too!). Gonna use this post to keep some notes/research since I'm a newbie and I need the screenshots/research for this. Will update on progress later.

VSTi in use:
http://www.uv.es/~ruizcan/p_beta.htm

Current Research:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFGvNxB qYFI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGOzUO_
Dw5Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ysDTMz dMMc&feature=related
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia n_music#Indigenous_music

I reckon it'll be a hard long 12 days, gonna have to try to craft something nice out of this.

Well, as some of you probably know, I've been using Reaper for all my audio submissions. This resulted in lots of time spent recording, and re-recording parts, then doing edits. My old style consisted of determining a key I would like to play in, then improvising in that key. I'd do this for a few days, playing around each time. Eventually I sort of slip into a melody I like, and then I do a recording from there.

Basically, it was recording an improv session, then editing out parts that I didn't like, and cutting and pasting parts together. While I liked the degree of freedom, it was very annoying to have to listen to something I had previously recorded to determine the tempo.

I've been playing with Fruity Loops for a while. Started with it at first, from recommendations in the audio forum, but all the tutorial links were outdated and dead. After that, I just went straight to REAPER and never looked back. Today, on a rather slow day, I thought, "why not give it another shot?". I was always aware that FL ran mostly on patterns, but till today, I never found the playlist section, and without that, I never found a way to get my patterns into a song.

Having "discovered" FL, I think it's time to close off REAPER for a bit, and move on to FL. I'll probably still go back, but for now I think I'll try this method of composing instead. Hope it works out!

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen /381088

This time in Db major, not A minor for a change :). Wanted to try something new. Hope you like it!