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Lunar Trigger
Lunar Trigger
Lunar Trigger
Made this originally as a stem for collab, but ended up making a whole song while waiting on Waterflame to do a pass on it. He may still get to it, but I thought this was also nice enough to stand on its own as a separate track. Influences are mainly 2 artists I used to listen to on Newgrounds - XsToRmEr1 (Flames of the Sky) and Zero-Bass (the Trigger name is a homage to his naming scheme - Lighti... »

Music | August 12, 2023 - August 27, 2023 | Last Updated March 3, 2023
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter

Solar Fractals
Solar Fractals
Solar Fractals
Spiritual sequel to Lunar Fractals! More piano and techno with a dash of synthwave / retrowave! I came up with the piano & initial synth melody while we were working on the Progenitor OST, and Waterflame ran with the rest! Also available on Bandcamp, Newgrounds.com, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music | March 28, 2023 - June 2, 2023
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter

Lunar Fractals
Lunar Fractals
Lunar Fractals
Piano and techno music by me and Waterflame in the style of classic Newgrounds from 2000s! Tribute to all the artists we used to download this kind of music from - RageVI, XsToRmEr1, DJRunaway, Nighthawk22, Dimrain47, and many others! Waterflame mainly did the electronic/drums while I mainly did the piano and... koto. Yeah, we couldn't help adding koto again! In fact, we also made an entire alte... »

Music | March 3, 2023 - February 23, 2023 | Last Updated March 3, 2023
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter

Summer Grass
Summer Grass
Summer Grass
Short orchestral/acoustic track by Waterflame and pftq while experimenting to get closer to a cinematic sound. First half mainly by Waterflame and second half mainly by pftq. It ended up sounding a bit like music you'd hear at a fair or amusement park with some celtic/irish vibes. Special thanks to Denny for tips and feedback along the way! Also available on Bandcamp, Newgrounds.com, SoundC... »

Music | January 30, 2023 - February 1, 2023
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter

Wicked in Winter
Wicked in Winter
Wicked in Winter
One last track by Waterflame and me before going into the new year! A homage to the original Wizards in Winter video complete with an animation of the Christmas lights! Sadly Santa didn't make it into 2023. Also available on Bandcamp, Newgrounds.com, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music | November 22, 2022 - December 31, 2022
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter

Koto Goa Mangetsu
Koto Goa Mangetsu
Koto Goa Mangetsu
Koto-heavy remix of Goa Codex! This was made over a couple days after accidentally having two tabs open and hearing both Goa Codex and Koto Mangetsu playing at once, which sounded actually pretty cool. Very niche even for goa-trance listeners, so huge warning upfront - this is strictly what appeals to me (tons of plucky sharp sounds, million things going on at once). Enjoy! Also available on ... »

Music | December 26, 2022 - December 30, 2022
FL Studio, East West, East Asia, FabFilter

Anuwera Extended
Anuwera Extended
Anuwera Extended
Orchestration of the piano improvisations based on the original Anuwera song. »

Music | October 24, 2018 - November 6, 2022 | Last Updated November 6, 2023
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter

Koto Mangetsu
Koto Mangetsu
Koto Mangetsu
Japanese flute and koto music inspired by the haunting hichiriki/sho in Silent Hill f's trailer! pftq actually has a real hichiriki he plays, so we weren't going to let that one go! We ended up pulling elements from all the collab tracks we've been making this year - Koto Breaker, Anime Medley, Guitar Chronicle, etc. There's koto, guitar, koto, and more koto! This one taking a much more relax... »

Music | October 26, 2022 - November 1, 2022
FL Studio, East West, East Asia, FabFilter

Darkerly Thunder
Darkerly Thunder
Darkerly Thunder
Once upon a Darkerly Thunder... A Halloween spin-off of Glorious Thunderzone - Waterflame's Glorious Morning and Thunderzone melodies vs pftq's Darkerly Stormy. Another monthly collab between Waterflame and pftq. Also available on Bandcamp, Newgrounds.com, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music | September 25, 2022 - September 30, 2022
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter

Guitar Chronicle
Guitar Chronicle
Guitar Chronicle
Chaotic, over-the-top plucky guitar battle with tons of strumming, scratches/scrapes, and lots of ear candy! This one is mainly Waterflame doing the drums and pftq playing the guitar as if it were a koto, although there are obvious moments where styles converge. In some ways a spiritual successor to the Koto Breaker song (or a warmup to Koto Breaker 2). Some inspiration from Osamuraisan for his V... »

Music | August 21, 2022 - August 27, 2022
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter

Rising Melancholy
Rising Melancholy
Rising Melancholy
Another short challenge track done in a few hours to submit. The theme for this one was something sad and melancholic but also at the same powerful and dynamic. Some inspiration from SleepingAtLast for the way the main melody just layers over time. Also available on Bandcamp, Newgrounds.com, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music | August 3, 2022 - August 5, 2022
FL Studio, East West, 8dio, FabFilter

Anime Medley
Anime Medley
Anime Medley
After Anime Expo, we wanted to see if we could emulate stereotypical anime / jpop style music for fun. The first 20 seconds was started by Waterflame with some piano and strings, but he didn't have time to keep working before his travels, so pftq ended up doing the rest + the overall arranging/mixing. Unfortunately, July was a heavy travel month, so the track didn't get as much time as we wanted... »

Music | July 3, 2022 - July 31, 2022
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter

Euphoralysis
Euphoralysis
Euphoralysis
Cinematic-sounding orchestral action music that could go with some heroic battle happening against an apocalyptic setting. Composed quickly for a challenge to make a "strong and euphoric" sounding track, but I think I missed the euphoric part. , SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music | July 19, 2022 - July 23, 2022
FL Studio, East West, 8dio, FabFilter

Greenest Grass
Greenest Grass
Greenest Grass
Third song in the series of guitar and strings inspired by Bosa's music from Newgrounds (whatever genre that is). The name comes from trying to emulate one of the songs categorized under bluegrass but ending up sounding nothing like other songs we looked up in bluegrass, so we called it green instead. Originally the first two songs were meant to be stems for collabs, but they ended up getting fin... »

Music | May 21, 2022 - June 6, 2022
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter

Greener Grass
Greener Grass
Greener Grass
Some even greener grass on the other side. This is made from the same palette as Green Grass - another song with similar style and feel but this one being a bit calmer and quieter. As before, it takes a lot of Bosa's style from the early Newgrounds days plus a bit flare of my own. No idea what the genre is (I thought it was bluegrass but haven't found any music like this when searching lol), so... »

Music | May 16, 2022 - May 28, 2022
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter

Green Grass
Green Grass
Green Grass
Grass is always greener on the other side. This is sort of a homage to Bosa's older stuff at Newgrounds, which had this kind of feel. I listened to a lot of his music when I was younger and wanted to see if I can make something in similar style. Not sure what the genre is (some of his tracks were bluegrass, but none of the other tracks in the category sound like this). Also available on Bandca... »

Music | April 25, 2022 - May 3, 2022
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter

Goa Codex
Goa Codex
Goa Codex
Collab with Waterflame. Fun track made in 24 hours. Last few tracks had a lot of influence from goa / psy-trance, so we leaned into that and tried to actually make a full 8-min trance track this time. Trance tends to be long and repetitive (and Waterflame initially bawked at making an 8-min track that just repeats), so this track basically has all the stuff we like to listen to in trance minus the... »

Music, Animation, Movie, Art | April 13, 2022 - April 14, 2022
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter, After Effects

Sparkle in the Dust
Sparkle in the Dust
Sparkle in the Dust
Piano and strings bit that were leftovers to the more uplifting Sparkle piece from my earlier years. It's a complete opposite of the more blissful feel of the original released song, and it was hard to figure how to finish, as a result. Original song here: Sparkle , SoundCloud, YouTube... »

Music | May 8, 2011 - February 14, 2022 | Last Updated July 18, 2021
FL Studio, East West, Edirol Orchestral, Steinberg Grand 2
Downloaded 5 times

Primordial Beach
Primordial Beach
Primordial Beach
Variation of Primordial Complex with a bit more beach and palm trees. Also available on Bandcamp, Newgrounds.com, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music | February 1, 2022 - February 5, 2022
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter, 8dio

Primordial Complex
Primordial Complex
Primordial Complex
Collab with Waterflame. Short percussion-driven piece inspired by Dune and... Crash Bandicoot. It actually didn't start off with that as the intent, but we wanted to do a jungle-themed track and had just been debating which version of the Crash boulder music sounded better. The Dune part just snuck in there after playing with the percussion and low/deep choirs. As a bonus, it loops like level mus... »

Music | February 1, 2022 - February 4, 2022
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter, 8dio

Koto Breaker
Koto Breaker
Koto Breaker
Collab between me and Waterflame from 2020. This track was a nightmare to get finished and is basically the most Frankenstein collab ever - everything from project tempos being off by fractions of BPM to random source files being panned off-center - but it was definitely worth it, and we feel like we pulled out all the stops in making this feel like an epic koto music battle - like something ou... »

Music, Animation, Movie | December 13, 2020 - January 1, 2022 | Last Updated October 25, 2021
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe After Effects CS5

Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice
This is a peaceful winter-themed track co-composed by Waterflame and pftq. Ironically the song was named without any awareness to what day the winter solstice actually was, so it was just pure coincidence. There was a bit of a tug-of-war between the song going in Waterflame's happier direction and pftq's more haunting direction, and it eventually became something of a Nightmare Before Christmas ... »

Music, Artwork, Animation, Movie | December 17, 2021 - December 20, 2021 | Last Updated December 21, 2021
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter, 8dio, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe After Effects CS5

Afterthoughts (Piano)
Afterthoughts (Piano)
Afterthoughts (Piano)
Short, mellow piano improvisation from the Halloween weekend. For some reason I really like the ringing in the A# note, so I just ended up spamming that here lol Originally wanted to add more ambience after the strings, but couldn't quite make it work. Also on Newgrounds, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music | October 17, 2021 - November 8, 2021
Piano, FL Studio, East West, Kawai ES8, FabFilter
Downloaded 4 times

Cloudless Daydream (Piano)
Cloudless Daydream (Piano)
Cloudless Daydream (Piano)
Slow, melancholic piano improvisation I played some time about a year ago. It doesn't really go anywhere, but the melody comes back every now and then for me. The original melody and piece in Cloudless Dreams is much more uplifting, but in some ways, it feels like that only ever remained a dream while reality took this route instead. The original Cloudless motifs, which if you like can be furt... »

Music | March 29, 2020 - July 3, 2021
Piano, FL Studio, East West, Maximus, Kawai ES8
Downloaded 3 times

Autumn Clock Loop
Autumn Clock Loop
Autumn Clock Loop
Short melodic loop with a clock-like ticking. Created this yesterday for part of a longer piece, but thought the segment was interesting enough to listen to on its own. As usual, there's a koto in there. Also on Newgrounds, SoundCloud, YouTube... »

Music | June 14, 2021 - June 17, 2021
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter

Cloudless Sky (Piano)
Cloudless Sky (Piano)
Cloudless Sky (Piano)
Duo piano improvisation with Azuria Sky some years back that we both forgot about. Starts with some motifs from my Cloudless melodies before branching into something different. Everything is played live on the spot with no sheet music, and it was the first time we ever played together. A video breaking out the notes by player is on YouTube, but the software stopped separating the notes about half-... »

Music | December 25, 2016 - May 15, 2021
Piano, FL Studio, Kawai ES8

Koto Cutter
Koto Cutter
Koto Cutter
Short fast-paced koto loop made this morning. Might expand to something more later. Since I keep sneaking kotos into my other songs, I went ahead and just made a solo one (all koto except the brief flute). This is the kind of stuff I like to listen to when it comes to kotos/Japanese music, with a ton of strumming and noise, and a lot of it comes from listening to East Wind / Uttara Kuru growing... »

Music | December 13, 2020
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter
Downloaded 7 times

VR Jetpack Game Trailer Theme 3
VR Jetpack Game Trailer Theme 3
VR Jetpack Game Trailer Theme 3
Shortened version of the original VR Jetpack Game theme. »

Music | March 25, 2020 - June 30, 2020
FL Studio, East West, 8dio, Edirol Orchestral, FabFilter

VR Jetpack Game Trailer Theme 2
VR Jetpack Game Trailer Theme 2
VR Jetpack Game Trailer Theme 2
Short piano variation on the VR Jetpack Game theme for the second trailer. »

Music | June 20, 2020
FL Studio, East West, 8dio, Edirol Orchestral, FabFilter

VR Jetpack Game Menu Theme
VR Jetpack Game Menu Theme
VR Jetpack Game Menu Theme
Main menu theme for the VR Jetpack Game. , SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube »

Music | June 19, 2020
FL Studio, East West, 8dio, Edirol Orchestral, FabFilter

Shadows of Anuwera (Piano)
Shadows of Anuwera (Piano)
Shadows of Anuwera (Piano)
Another iteration of Anuwera, bringing back some of the motifs/melodies from the actual original piece. Keep trying to put all these iterations in a single orchestral piece, but each time I start another draft, it goes in a different direction. For those curious, here's the draft of the orchestra piece in progress: https://www.pftq.com/anuwera2/ - it's been stuck for a long time, as I can't ... »

Music, Piano | March 15, 2020
FL Studio, FabFilter, Kawai ES8, East West
Downloaded 8 times

Remnants of Anuwera (Piano)
Remnants of Anuwera (Piano)
Remnants of Anuwera (Piano)
More piano improvisation off the melodies of Anuwera. Sounds a bit like an epilogue, if this were a series of chapters or stories. , SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music, Piano | December 10, 2019 - December 29, 2019
FL Studio, FabFilter, Kawai ES8, East West
Downloaded 13 times

VR Jetpack Game Trailer Theme
VR Jetpack Game Trailer Theme
VR Jetpack Game Trailer Theme
Spent the past month making both the trailer footage and music for my VR Jetpack Game. The score is not the actual music in the game itself, but it plays on the main melody and has been stuck in my head for most of the year. Been a while since I finished any music, so it's a nice feeling. (and yes, there's a koto) , SoundCloud, YouTube... »

Music | July 21, 2019 - July 29, 2019
FL Studio, East West, 8dio, Edirol Orchestral, FabFilter

Soloet (Piano)
Soloet (Piano)
Soloet (Piano)
I've always kept two pianos around in the hopes of playing improvisation 1v1 against someone one day... I guess this will have to do for now. , SoundCloud, YouTube »

Music, Piano | November 28, 2018 - December 3, 2018
FL Studio, Kawai ES8, East West

Island of Anuwera
Island of Anuwera
Island of Anuwera
Running the notes from the extended Anuwera through some tropical island sounding instruments just for fun. , SoundCloud, YouTube »

Music | October 24, 2018 - November 6, 2018
FL Studio, Maximus, East West
Downloaded 10 times

Anuwera Extended (Piano vers.)
Anuwera Extended (Piano vers.)
Anuwera Extended (Piano vers.)
Pieced together draft compilation of the piano improvisations I've been playing on the main Anuwera melody throughout the year. Might try to orchestrate this into something more later. Here's a half-serious tropical island version though: Island of Anuwera , SoundCloud, YouTube... »

Music, Piano | October 24, 2018 - October 29, 2018
FL Studio, FabFilter, Edirol
Downloaded 11 times

Sideswept (Piano)
Sideswept (Piano)
Sideswept (Piano)
Random bit of chaos while improvising off my last Anuwera piece. Liked it more than I thought I would and just kept it. Reflects my state of mind and why I can't get any serious music done lately lol Also available on Newgrounds, Soundcloud, YouTube... »

Music, Piano | September 4, 2018
FL Studio, FabFilter, Yamaha P155
Downloaded 10 times

Offkilted Tides (Piano)
Offkilted Tides (Piano)
Offkilted Tides (Piano)
Short bit of improvisation from a couple days ago. Has a bit of cliche pirate feel to it as well as some borrowed melodies from my other songs (mainly Anuwera). Also available on Newgrounds, Soundcloud, YouTube »

Music, Piano | August 23, 2018 - August 26, 2018
FL Studio, FabFilter, Yamaha P155
Downloaded 11 times

Poststorm (Piano)
Poststorm (Piano)
Poststorm (Piano)
Short piano improvisation inspired by the lightning storm going on outside while it's still sunny. Also available on Newgrounds, Soundcloud, YouTube »

Music, Piano | May 15, 2018
FL Studio, FabFilter, East West, Kawai ES8

Anuwera (Piano Solo vers.)
Anuwera (Piano Solo vers.)
Anuwera (Piano Solo vers.)
Short piano solo improvisation derived from the base melody in my earlier Anuwera piece. Played in parts and cleaned up in FL Studio. Can't escape the feeling that I've heard the melody before elsewhere, so if anyone's heard it before, let me know. It might also just be stereotypical fantasy/medieval motifs. , SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music, Piano | April 9, 2018 - April 11, 2018
FL Studio, FabFilter, Kawai ES8
Downloaded 17 times

Cloudless Dreams
Cloudless Dreams
Cloudless Dreams
Flying and taking to the skies one last time. A final revisit to one of the first songs I ever made. Also on Bandcamp, Newgrounds, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music | March 30, 2014 - March 4, 2018 | Last Updated December 13, 2016
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter, Maximus, AriaMastering
Downloaded 56 times

Cloudless Medley (Piano)
Cloudless Medley (Piano)
Cloudless Medley (Piano)
Random piano tidbits that didn't make it into the Cloudless Dreams piece. Also on Bandcamp, Newgrounds, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music | November 23, 2016 - December 26, 2016 | Last Updated December 27, 2016
Piano, FL Studio, East West, Maximus, Kawai ES8
Downloaded 14 times

Morning Mist (Piano)
Morning Mist (Piano)
Morning Mist (Piano)
Short holiday jingle for the winter. Originally improvised it about 5 years ago but forgot about it in a folder. , SoundCloud, YouTube »

Music | December 13, 2016 | Last Updated October 23, 2022
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter

Heart of Forma OST
Heart of Forma OST
Heart of Forma OST
This is music for a small side-scroller indie space game that was under development by a colleague. The game is light-hearted and somewhat retro, so the music will sound cheesy and a little MIDI-ish at times. I went pretty loose with my composing here and just went with whatever flowed to me rather than try to think too hard. Probably the most fun and relaxed I've had composing in a while. A ... »

Music | September 8, 2014 - August 23, 2016
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter
Downloaded 27 times

Aiearih (Piano)
Aiearih (Piano)
Aiearih (Piano)
This is probably my most thematically interesting and coincidentally longest piano piece so far. It may actually be more of a series of songs like chapters in a story, but I leave them together since it was originally played on the spot in one session. I'm also finally becoming more comfortable improvising both hands at once and switching fluidly between keys without really thinking about it. ... »

Music, Artwork | May 10, 2016 - June 12, 2016
Piano, FL Studio, Yamaha P155
Downloaded 32 times

Blackened Mirrors (Piano)
Blackened Mirrors (Piano)
Blackened Mirrors (Piano)
After about an hour of trying to work on another song, I sort of just lost it and played this instead. Also on Bandcamp, Newgrounds.com, SoundCloud, YouTube... »

Music | May 21, 2016
Piano, FL Studio, East West
Downloaded 14 times

Hiraeia (Piano)
Hiraeia (Piano)
Hiraeia (Piano)
Accidentally played this randomly at first (literally had my eyes closed and didn't know what key I was in). I actually forgot it for a few days before sitting down to record it. The song's pretty simple to play and somewhat repetitive, but I like it. It has a nostalgic and dream-like feel to it, like you're always on a journey of sorts but never quite finding the place you belong, a longi... »

Music, Artwork | February 5, 2016 - February 7, 2016
Piano, FL Studio, Kawai ES8
Downloaded 27 times

Stellarial (Piano)
Stellarial (Piano)
Stellarial (Piano)
Short improvisation inspired by Azuria Sky's Stellaria song. Been a while since I played or recorded anything, so I'm a little rusty here. , SoundCloud, YouTube »

Music | June 24, 2015
Piano, FL Studio, East West
Downloaded 19 times

Collision Course
Collision Course
Collision Course
Some more brainstorming, this time experimenting with more tension and build up. Wanted to make this longer but couldn't think of how to extend it without messing up the flow of the piece. , SoundCloud, YouTube... »

Music | October 13, 2014 - October 25, 2014
FL Studio, East West, Maximus
Downloaded 13 times

Anuwera
Anuwera
Anuwera
Short piece I put together while brainstorming for an adventure theme of sorts. Themes of exploring, traveling to new worlds far from home. , SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music, Artwork | October 11, 2014 - October 13, 2014
FL Studio, East West, Maximus, Adobe Photoshop CS5
Downloaded 47 times

Farther (Piano)
Farther (Piano)
Farther (Piano)
Looking for my place in the world but instead only traveling farther and farther from everything I know. Piano improvisation. , SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music | October 6, 2014
Piano, FL Studio, East West, Maximus
Downloaded 13 times

Polterghostly Puzzled
Polterghostly Puzzled
Polterghostly Puzzled
Another light-hearted song for the Leap Motion game I'm helping develop called Polterghost. This is for the regular stages in the game that just involve exploring and learning how to interact with the environment. More repetitive than I would have liked, but I wasn't able to figure something out that wouldn't be too distracting as a shift; any thoughts or suggestions are welcome. Also avai... »

Music | September 11, 2014 - September 28, 2014
FL Studio, East West, Maximus
Downloaded 19 times

Closure (Piano)
Closure (Piano)
Closure (Piano)
The last of a series of improvisations from earlier this spring (this particular one in May). At the time I played this, I felt like a lot of things building up were coming to a close so that, in a sense, I could finally move on to other things (or try to at least). Somewhat of a bittersweet ending theme or transition from one chapter to the next. Also available at Newgrounds.com, SoundCloud, You... »

Music | May 4, 2014 - September 4, 2014
Piano, FL Studio, East West, Maximus
Downloaded 12 times

Polterghost Theme
Polterghost Theme
Polterghost Theme
A light-hearted song for a Leap Motion game I'm helping develop. The silliness of the song is meant to match the atmosphere and nature of the game. Hopefully it doesn't scare you too much. Also available on Bandcamp, Newgrounds.com, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music | June 11, 2014 - August 28, 2014
FL Studio, East West, Maximus
Downloaded 15 times

Flightless (Piano)
Flightless (Piano)
Flightless (Piano)
Short improvisational piece I came up with in anticipation of my flight back in March. It's a simple melody, but it got stuck in my head. Cleaned up a few notes and aligned things to tempo, but otherwise left it largely how I played it at the time. , SoundCloud, YouTube... »

Music | March 25, 2014 - August 17, 2014
Piano, FL Studio, East West, Maximus
Downloaded 12 times

Lost in Memory
Lost in Memory
Lost in Memory
Longing to revisit the past, a most cherished memory, except that it never existed. An older song I started back in January but never progressed on; figured I should at least wrap up what I had left of it. , SoundCloud, YouTube... »

Music | January 24, 2014 - January 29, 2014
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter, Maximus
Downloaded 36 times

Mad Whirl (Piano)
Mad Whirl (Piano)
Mad Whirl (Piano)
Piano improvisation inspired by Mad World. This is a much older recording I forgot about from some 10 years ago. It's piano improvisation from me just messing around after figuring out how to play Mad World by ear, with obvious inspiration from that song (not to the point of copying it though for copyright reasons), and veers off in its own direction with some Halloween vibes to it. Also avai... »

Music | November 17, 2013 | Last Updated October 21, 2022
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter

Koto Box
Koto Box
Koto Box
Experimenting with eastern instruments more. Some inspiration from Uttara-Kuru's East Wind album (ie Tsugaru) for the koto and some inspiration in the opening flute melody from Sega's games. The rest is improvisation. It was much more peaceful in my head though; I don't know why it ended up sounding sad and dark. I blame Halloween coming up at the time I was composing this. Originally ... »

Music, Art | October 20, 2013 - October 27, 2013
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter, Maximus, Adobe Photoshop CS5
Downloaded 63 times

Wanderstrucken
Wanderstrucken
Wanderstrucken
Wanderstruck meets Darker Stormy. A Halloween twist on the simple happy melody from the former song by mashing it against the darker themes of the latter. Not one of my more original projects, but just something quick and fun to do for the holiday while my inspiration well is dry. , SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music | October 5, 2013 - October 16, 2013
FL Studio, East West, Maximus
Downloaded 61 times

Air of Silence (Piano)
Air of Silence (Piano)
Air of Silence (Piano)
A short improvisational piece I played earlier today after walking home. Inspiration I guess is from the dreaded silence of spending every evening after working on my projects sitting at home, resting, just to get back to work the next morning and repeat. Very basic melody - I don't know if it already exists. The ending is a variation of one of my own piano drafts that never got completed thoug... »

Music | September 17, 2013
Piano, FL Studio, East West
Downloaded 18 times

Amazing Waters (Piano)
Amazing Waters (Piano)
Amazing Waters (Piano)
This is a second draft of a remix/cover I'm working on. The original song was called "The Amazing Water" from the game "Nights into Dreams." It was one of the first songs I learned to play by ear, way back before I knew how to record or compose anything. The changes I made in the new draft here include more improvisation and personalization of the song on my part when playing it, rather t... »

Music | July 6, 2013 - September 15, 2013
Piano, FL Studio, East West
Downloaded 25 times

Summer Ice (Piano)
Summer Ice (Piano)
Summer Ice (Piano)
Playing around with more keys/scales that I haven't tried before; there are some cliche elements I admit, was just playing whatever came to mind. Most of it improvised in one go as usual before cleaning up and polishing; I can not seem to just sit down and arrange something these days, regardless before or after I played it. Inspiration for the song this time mainly from being frustrated with n... »

Music | May 21, 2013 - June 28, 2013
Piano, FL Studio, East West, Maximus
Downloaded 22 times

The Day Approaches
The Day Approaches
The Day Approaches
Something I created quickly for a small project. Just experimenting... Melodies are simple and cliche - just going for power and suspense here. , SoundCloud, YouTube »

Music | June 2, 2013 - June 4, 2013
FL Studio, East West
Downloaded 23 times

Wanderstruck
Wanderstruck
Wanderstruck
Just a short, simple, admittedly repetitive tune that's been stuck in my head this past week. Makes me think of traveling or exploring the world a lot, as well as the anticipation and hopes that come with it. The first half gives you the sense of the initial dream and disappointment that comes with reality; the second half is the light at the end of the tunnel. Lots of frustration for me per... »

Music, Art | May 11, 2013 - May 12, 2013
FL Studio, East West, Maximus, Adobe Photoshop CS5
Downloaded 31 times

Winter Driftly (Piano)
Winter Driftly (Piano)
Winter Driftly (Piano)
Last improvisational piece I played in March, some light cleaning up of pauses but otherwise unedited. More experimentation with chords different from what I usually play. Just a really down month for me personally so this last improvisation is on the slower side. , SoundCloud, YouTube... »

Music | March 12, 2013 - May 5, 2013
Piano, FL Studio, East West
Downloaded 18 times

Bipolar Christmas (Piano)
Bipolar Christmas (Piano)
Bipolar Christmas (Piano)
Another improvisational piece I played in March, no edits besides cleaning up some pauses or misplayed keys here and there. Some inspiration in the opening from Blake Robinson's Christmas songs before going into melodies from my own songs. At the time I just figured out how to switch between keys while playing and couldn't help randomly transitioning between Christmas and Halloween moods. Als... »

Music | March 4, 2013 - May 5, 2013
Piano, FL Studio, East West
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Badder Lucker (Piano)
Badder Lucker (Piano)
Badder Lucker (Piano)
Some improvisational playing I did back in March, no major edits besides cleaning up some pauses or misplayed keys here and there. Just playing around in a new Halloween-sounding key I figured out. Opened with a rehash of one of my first songs Bad Lucker before introducing a lot of other old melodies as well. Just a lot of frustration for me lately and mostly playing to clear my mind. Also avai... »

Music | March 4, 2013 - May 4, 2013
Piano, FL Studio, East West
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Softly Cheerful Museum
Softly Cheerful Museum
Softly Cheerful Museum
Attempting a cover of a song by a similar name (and probably less grammatically incorrect - "Soft Museum (Cheering Version)" from Nights into Dreams). This is my first time attempting a serious remix that's not just piano. I've been really empty on ideas lately, so hopefully this gets me moving a bit again. Plus I like the song and have always wondered how they do some of the melodies, so it'... »

Music | January 5, 2013 - March 25, 2013
FL Studio, East West, Edirol Orchestral, Maximus
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Theme de La Cite des Enfants Perdus (Piano Cover)
Theme de La Cite des Enfants Perdus (Piano Cover)
Theme de La Cite des Enfants Perdus (Piano Cover)
This is just a light piano cover of Theme de La Cite des Enfants Perdus (The City of Lost Children) by Angelo Badalamenti. The original is a string arrangement and also a bit longer. Of course, this one is nowhere near as nice as the original, but I haven't heard it in piano before and got around to playing it. Someone who actually plays piano can probably arrange this much better though as ... »

Music | August 13, 2012
Piano, FL Studio, East West
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Dusty (Piano)
Dusty (Piano)
Dusty (Piano)
Just a short improvisational piece I put together this afternoon. Seems to be another one of those so-bored-I-got-inspired pieces, and the moodiness of it probably shows. That doesn't really make for good inspiration but it's better than none I suppose. It's short I admit, but I didn't want to force a longer melody either. Thought I might as well share in case someone finds it useful for s... »

Music | July 29, 2012
Piano, FL Studio, East West
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Darkerly Stormy
Darkerly Stormy
Darkerly Stormy
I've been wanting to remake this song for a long time... or at least the climax of it. The Edirol VST I used in the original Darker Stormy just wasn't strong enough for the climax to me. However, it took me a long time to find higher quality samples (mostly East West) that would match the overall sound I wanted to keep from the original. The new song here essentially starts with a remix of... »

Music, Artwork | June 4, 2012 - July 11, 2012
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter, Adobe Photoshop CS5
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Dilo's Shun
Dilo's Shun
Dilo's Shun
Not one of my better pieces but it's been sitting in my work folder for 2 years and I couldn't think of anything to build off it. I still like it but it doesn't seem to be going anywhere and there's that feel that something's missing. This is one of the quirkier songs in a while. Had it in my head for a while since Thanksgiving 2011 but didn't really have time to work on it till around Ch... »

Music | November 22, 2011 - June 23, 2012
FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral, East West
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Feltip Leaf
Feltip Leaf
Feltip Leaf
Short melody I've had stuck in my head for a long time. Put it down in notes back in September 2011 but never really got around to orchestrating it much. Only recently figured out how to play it with chords on the piano but not sure how to bring it out more (it's just the main melody with few supporting themes). The intro is also pretty boring - not sure how to improve the sound or melody the... »

Music, Art | April 14, 2012 - April 20, 2012
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter, Adobe Photoshop CS5
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Nightfall
Nightfall
Nightfall
Seems like I'm getting some inspiration back. Thought of this one while sitting bored and hungry during discussion section a couple weeks back. Forgot the song for a while before I could come up with a draft of it. It seems like a mix of "Trickling Winds" and "Raindrops". However, this deviates a lot from the style of my older songs; most obvious is the more heavy use of choirs and percussi... »

Music, Artwork | March 6, 2012 - March 19, 2012
FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral, East West, FabFilter, Adobe Photoshop CS5
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Ntohnignses (Piano)
Ntohnignses (Piano)
Ntohnignses (Piano)
More improvisation in the new key I figured out how to play. Just emptying my thoughts here so there are probably quite a few tempo issues or off-notes. Was considering cleaning up the notes a bit but I decided I rather like the way it's laid out already. Lots of frustration when playing from discontent in my own life and things seeming to go nowhere. Lately I've only been able to work on mu... »

Music | March 2, 2012
Piano, FL Studio, East West
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Thousand Keyes (Piano Cover)
Thousand Keyes (Piano Cover)
Thousand Keyes (Piano Cover)
Just playing around with a new major/minor key I'm becoming familiar with and managed to improv my way into playing this song. It's not mine and is a cover of a song that already exists under a similar name. Thought it was nice enough to keep even though there are obvious playing "typos" (is that the word?) here and there. »

Music | February 6, 2012 - March 1, 2012
Piano, FL Studio, East West, Adobe Photoshop CS5
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Reminiscence (Piano)
Reminiscence (Piano)
Reminiscence (Piano)
Just some piano improvisation - new key I found I was able to play while just messing around. I think this is the same key as "Blue Calm" but obviously I never tried much variation in that song. Lots of old motifs from previous songs mixed in as well, namely the Cloudless series - we'll see where this goes. Just laying down ideas for now. , SoundCloud, YouTube... »

Music | February 1, 2012 - February 10, 2012
Piano, FL Studio, East West
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Island in the Rain
Island in the Rain
Island in the Rain
Oddly enough it wasn't raining when I first got this song stuck in my head. I seem to get the most ideas when exams and projects are coming my way; unfortunately I had to postpone this song quite a bit as a result of being much busier lately. I've been working on this since October but in actuality probably only put about a few days' work into it. I had more in mind for this one but decided ... »

Music | October 13, 2011 - December 23, 2011
FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral, East West
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Cloudlessly
Cloudlessly
Cloudlessly
Based on one of my older songs "Cloudless" and effectively orchestrating the piano solo spin-offs from it "Cloudful" and "Cloudfully". Lots of changes and variations on the main melody after playing it improvisationally a lot over the last couple years. I wouldn't really call this from a remake - if you listen to the original, you'll realize it's far from the original but still close en... »

Music | July 7, 2011 - September 2, 2011
FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral
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Cloudfully (Piano)
Cloudfully (Piano)
Cloudfully (Piano)
So I keep coming back to my older song Cloudless... The key is just really easy for me to improvise on the spot with I guess. I've managed to build on the melody a lot more than the last variation I made on it (Cloudful). This is just a quick recording of me playing it on the spot so I don't forget later, meaning it's very much just a draft. I'm hoping to make it an orchestral track like the... »

Music | July 7, 2011 - July 28, 2011
Piano, FL Studio, Steinberg Grand 2
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Trickling Winds
Trickling Winds
Trickling Winds
Experimenting with drums for the first time. I had the main melody down okay but had trouble thinking up a background melody support it (strings, etc). Originally I had more ideas for this but got busy and haven't messed with it for months now. Someone might find it useful as a buildup theme or something - I don't know. Song can actually form a perfect loop if you cut off the last note - it ... »

Music | June 27, 2011 - July 16, 2011
FL Studio, East West
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Sparkle
Sparkle
Sparkle
Another song I started way back more than a year ago. It's modestly upbeat; some say it's similar to Cloudless but I think this one's a little more casual and simplistic in melody. The beginning is quite close to how I wanted it to sound; it's also the first time I've messed with effects a bit so that was fun. The rest of the song more or less was thought out in chunks. Unfortunately I c... »

Music | May 8, 2011 - June 22, 2011
FL Studio, East West, Edirol Orchestral, Steinberg Grand 2
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Fraying Strands (Piano)
Fraying Strands (Piano)
Fraying Strands (Piano)
Another one of the songs I stopped working on a long time ago but picked up again recently, this one from January 2011. I woke up with the beginning of the song in my head and eventually played out the rest once I got comfortable with the key signature of the song. There was supposed to be a violin playing by itself somewhere in the song, but I've forgotten where I wanted it. I guess I'm leaving... »

Music | May 29, 2011 - June 7, 2011
Piano, FL Studio, Steinberg Grand 2
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Cloudful (Piano)
Cloudful (Piano)
Cloudful (Piano)
Just piano and no editing or other instruments - improvisation that started off similar to one of my older songs Cloudless but gradually just became a mix of whatever I could play in the same key. There are a lot of random transitions and misplayed keys, but eh - just something I made quickly. And yes, I know the left hand never changes. I've never taken piano lessons, so I can't really ... »

Music | December 25, 2010 - December 27, 2010
Piano, FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral
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Darker Stormy
Darker Stormy
Darker Stormy
This is a Halloween song I actually started in October 2009 but never came back to (it was only a minute long then). It's probably the most procrastination-afflicted song I've worked on so far, due to weeks and months where there was virtually no progress. At least I managed at least finish in time for this year's Halloween though. The song itself is probably one of my more complex ones. ... »

Music | June 7, 2010 - October 30, 2010
FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral
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Raindrops
Raindrops
Raindrops
As the title suggests, think of rain when you hear this song. Think of rain in all its forms (drizzling, shower, storm, hail...) and then think of the sun when it begins to emerge. The initial idea was for the piano to represent rain and the flute as either life in general or the sun (just something counter to the chaos), but it's really up to interpretation. I just happened to think of this s... »

Music | February 26, 2010 - April 11, 2010
FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral
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Cloudless
Cloudless
Cloudless
First time spending any real effort in orchestrating a song. There's a lot more variation than in my usual songs (a complete opposite to the lackluster "Blue Calm" song I made a few weeks earlier), and I actually bothered to play it at a constant tempo/beat this time... I should probably should start doing that for all my songs from now on anyways. Sadly, it's not a Halloween/horror song.... »

Music | September 25, 2009 - October 9, 2009
FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral
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Blue Calm
Blue Calm
Blue Calm
I had this tune stuck in my head while walking back from class a few days back. The visual I somewhat saw as I was making this was mostly rain and then the ocean. It seemed calm and the water looked blue, so that's where the name came from. It's bad, I know. I originally spent about 2 hours playing this out just to put out ideas before I forget them. Afterwards, I kind of did forget... a... »

Music | September 12, 2009 - September 13, 2009
FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral
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Open Doors
Open Doors
Open Doors
Something I put together in a couple hours. Was going to let it sit so I get more ideas, but they never came. Sadly never looked back on this song so I just decided to wrap it up. However, it does form a perfect loop. »

Music | November 24, 2008
FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral
Downloaded 14 times

Bad Lucker (Orchestral)
Bad Lucker (Orchestral)
Bad Lucker (Orchestral)
An orchestral version of Bad Lucker (Piano) - hopefully other instruments should add more dimension to the song. Everything is played by keyboard in separate layers. The piano I am satisfied with, but I'm not really sure how the other instruments are fitting in. First time trying anything really serious and to this scale - suggestions welcome! Used in my club's Halloween Little Kook in a ... »

Music | September 12, 2008 - October 3, 2008
FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral
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Bad Lucker (Piano)
Bad Lucker (Piano)
Bad Lucker (Piano)
Initially something I made up randomly back in April 2008. Trying to clean up the song a bit. No editing - Played live on keyboard (as if everything else isn't? Some people don't think so) Planning to add orchestra background to it later. Some people told me they prefer just the piano though. Using the final product for a video I'm working on for Halloween. ^_^ »

Music | September 12, 2008 - September 28, 2008
Piano, FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral
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No More Days
No More Days
No More Days
Continuation of "Another Day". Hit a bit of a creative stump; can't figure out how to transition between parts of the song and the ending - so it may seem a bit abrupt at times. Most of the tunes were played through on keyboard in one run - I think I may have messed up a few times here and there. I probably will remake this song if I ever get the chance. Also available at Newgrounds.com... »

Music | August 28, 2008 - September 8, 2008
Piano, FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral
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Another Day
Another Day
Another Day
Incomplete song. Not sure how else to continue it so I'm leaving it as is for now... maybe it works as it is. Also available at Newgrounds.com »

Music | August 21, 2008 - August 22, 2008
Piano, FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral
Downloaded 12 times

Torment
Torment
Torment
Yay! Finally played something half-decent. Actually I played this by accident.. and just went along with it. But I like it - sounds nice. Also available at Newgrounds.com »

Music | August 18, 2008
Piano, FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral
Downloaded 17 times