I do. That's why my stuff forever stay interesting

Another dropout from NGADM because I'm too stubborn to conform.

Good luck to other.

Not exactly writer's block, just that I have problems on how to work with all the unscheduled free times. I really wanna turn music composition into a full-time work. Honestly, I just spent far too much time on a single project and could not make anything fine out of it. Part of the struggle is trying to change my style, I'm a bit tired of the hybrid stuff and needed something more intimate.

In a way that @Phonometrologist said we get a job to fund our music work. I've been freelancing in web development and then get more money from investing in cryptocurrencies, so I can fund the expansion of my sample library collection. I've just picked up Jade Ethnic Orchestra and Studio Steel Drum, hopefully I can do a bit more melodic works from them.

Entering 2-3 contests at the same time is a nice way to train myself how to adapt to different timed projects and styles. For AIM I used free instruments, NGADM I'm going to alternate between free and paid, and finally NGUAC for experimental melodic works. My goals for these contests are even if I don't win, I still can create something worthwhile and fresh. My philosophy for entering contest is never to compete with other people, but to put pressure on myself so I can become better.

Last year I really like how @vocaloutburst made their entries into NGADM and I'm very impressed how diverse is their range of composition and style. I make my goals for this year's work is to follow similar footsteps of vocaloutburst. Another person I'm taking inspiration from is @EvilRaccoon, from his more experimental works. Peter basically sets the bar for hybrid stuff on NG, but I've found his works for the scoring contests as something should be learned from.

It's just finally time to get out of the comfort zone and do something different, set another chapter in my music composition.

Anyway, I hope y'all gonna have a great week. Stay tuned.

I know some people who follow me are closeted racists so I'm gonna make it clear, y'all can gtfo whenever you feel like.

Not only I support Black Lives Matter or BIPOC, I defend them whenever I can. I have beaten the shit out of racists who think it was fun to hate black and brown people, and I won't hesitate to do it again.

Y'all go be racists elsewhere.

I'm gonna keep this short.

People pissed because the winner, David Kudell, had the gut size of the Himalaya to do things differently. Kudell used chiptune with orchestral and slightly edited the SFX sounds into 8bit.

He didn't win because his shit sound good, he won because Kudell dared to think outside the box. Including editing the original sounds.

Always do what you love, not what you want.

Fun fact, I almost entered with orchestral jazz breakcore but timing was too short. If I did, I'd now be the hater's attention and not Kudell

I didn't really have much chance in past NGADM because of my shitty habit of experimentation with everything. Even on collabs with LSD. I just like to do things I enjoy and never really put real effort against the opponents. But this year is different because this year will be the first time ever that I will use experimentation as my strength. Well experimentation always have been my strength in lots of contest, from NAC, MAC, Robot Day, Madness Day to AIM.

The problem is previous judges in favor of melodic shit over stuff that takes real skills. But that has changed and I'm willing to put in the necessary work to prove what I do. Even if it gonna take longer times to do, well I got plenty of times now.

Good luck to everyone else. And enjoy the contest. Do your own things, stay unique and stay awesome.

If you loved these two, an album full of tracks like these are coming :)

Can't say exactly when, but if things go smoothly and I don't get shitty creative block, sometime the end of this month it will be released.

Stay tuned.

Lol if you thought buying sample packs were lame, try the noobs who buy presets. But that ain't the worst, the noobs who buy expensive preset like Omnisphere and make the kind of music that I started out 15 years ago.

It ain't even worth pirating.

Learn how a synth work, for real lol.

Dig in!

Call me world's moronic idiot all you want. I just can't quit.

Like a joke, my inspiration and ideas came back the moment I quit and it had been tormenting me for weeks. Literally dreamed music when I slept for nights.

I apologize for the previous post. I was a dumbass. Ugh.

It's sad to live in a world where you can get famous and a well-paying career in less than a year for acting ridiculous on tv or a viral video, while the hard-working underground musicians going for 12 years are stuck in the same place. - @RealFaction

https://twitter.com/RealFaction/status/987559923713216517

especially the last part, it hurts ;(