Orion

Submitted. Frankensteined some melodies towards the end out of frustration and impatience with gauntlet material. Submitted but dear god what HAS SCIENCE DONEEEEE

Lots of great thoughts there Paul. Thanks!

Gracias mi amigo Game Ending and credits staff roll featuring harpsichord, orchestra, and almost all the themes from the game sequentially. https://soundcloud.com/ryanreilly/frogattoharpsichordfinale Plus other stuff for frogatto. https://soundcloud.com/ryanreilly/frogatto-village-or-chill-or

I feel like I know where you're going with this. I like where the piece is centered, tonally. Would love to hear more in the way of modulations to take the melody to greater heights.

Really liking this piece.

Anyone else a big fan of the SNES game Secret of Evermore? Anyone interested in doing an arranged album with me? No? Okay. WELL WHO ASKED YOU https://soundcloud.com/ryanreilly/ebonkeeparranging

Chip with some crazy nonsense https://soundcloud.com/crystalkingdom/chiphero

Me neither. Let me know when you find out. That's really a good rule of thumb. It just comes down to what you think your time is worth. Only you know for sure. Don't let other people dictate that. I have a few very close friends who watch out for me. They are usually prominent developers in the indie scene and luckily that allows me to get some great gigs here and again that wouldn't otherwise be possible. My game making friends are seldom strictly musicians. But they are always of like-mind and serious creative demeanor. The important part is finding people that are good people. The world of musicians is a very small tight knit group and everything you do comes back to you thricefold. TBH, It sounds like you might be in a better place to get some success as you surely have taken some classes in college that deal with educating musicians on business and all that. Also common sense helps. It's all about learning. The ethics of the business are important to note. The politics of the industry also worthy to note for one who wants to make some headway.

That's good! Personally I have made the decision at some point in my life to try to do this. I've had to make many sacrifices to make it work. Is it enjoyable? Loaded question. LOL. It's incredibly enjoyable. But it's also a pain in the ass. There is good and bad in everything. It's great but.. Quite simply don't expect to get paid for putting in long hours of work slaving over something that is most likely going to be overlooked and underappreciated. People look at the indie game scene and musicianship and probably don't respect the process much. I am sure few indie musicians are as impoverished as me but... here I am. I continue writing and it's great. Granted, I am extremely frustrated with nearly every avenue I've pursued in the indie dev scene, financially speaking, and it's been very very frustrating trying to make something of it and/or trying to make that change. But I still do it. It's a source of amazing joy. It's remarkable in the strength of its breadth and simplicity of enjoyment that occurs when one joins a creative force beyond what that one person can achieve by themselves. Seeing a project come together is pretty orgasmic. I spend long hours doing something that makes me feel valid as a human.. it's not something I can give up so easily because of the sense of joy and fulfillment it brings. It's hard but those long tedious hours that are spent developing for indie projects are some of the most rewarding moments I have yet experienced creatively. But it can be painful. Sometimes you won't have money. And while it brings happiness to contribute definitely don't tell that to people who are contracting you if you want to get paid. It's very easy to get taken advantage of. I have a life I want to live and lead much like you seem to be doing but always have a back up plan. I'm not sour about my choice to do something I love but I have to work knowing that nothing is going to happen with it. Do it for the enjoyment that it brings and it will be about as rewarding as you could possible imagine.

You should all be flogged...

Timaeus is going this round. He's pulling out all the stops. Knocked me arse on the ground with his mix just now.

RPG exploration theme. https://soundcloud.com/crystalkingdom/sadpianoenvironment

sd3 has become a fav of mine. Very excited to check this project out. I suppose it's too late to request a track for the project eh? I might make one anyway for the hell of it.

Strangely enough, when I'm on the John. Only partially Shh... I mean kidding... I know some people that eq it all at once in one night. I know some people that do it as they go along from day one to end. The opportune moment is just that... it is situational and dependent upon preference of the artist. I really don't know which is better as sometimes I delegate different methods for different projects, musical intents or in lieu of expedient workflow. Personally it's great to have a template that is already eq'd to your liking for streamlining working habit

Teh innuendo is strong with this one.

Mwahaha. Good good. /rubs hands maniacally.

So much work to get done. Orchestral melody. Working to get a better brass sound of my brass samples. Any tips for compressing and eq'ing brass? https://soundcloud.com/crystalkingdom/tacticalstrategymelodyfin

Some music I was writing for a train simulator... A little too Rpg-battley for a train simulator... unless it's transformers, masters of disguise... anyhoo https://soundcloud.com/frogattosound/rainydaytrainjazz Forest theme for a platformer https://soundcloud.com/frogattosound/myster-rioso2

This seems pretty similar to what our team has been doing.

Working on an arrangement for Secret of evermore. https://soundcloud.com/crystalkingdom/ebon-keep

Thanks Orlouge. Gotta start somewhere right? It's good just to jump in and get your feet wet. I wish I had nerves of steel but after 30 years I realize it ain't gon' hap'n. Gotta make crappy mixes on the way to becoming solid. The competition is great for getting over it. I only lament that I didn't start sooner. Cheers ... to getting better!

Nice words Sir Nuts. Really amazing talent in this competition. Due to irl BOLLOCKS and rather than unfairly vote only on what I've heard so far, I will be abstaining from voting for this contest unfortunately. I will DEFINITELY be listening to all the tracks for the competition in the next few days. Congrats to everyone. I really haven't heard one crap submission (apart from my own). Well done!