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General => Anything Goes => Topic started by: Zero on November 20, 2010, 09:54:54 PM

Title: So, I write NES music.
Post by: Zero on November 20, 2010, 09:54:54 PM

Here's a recent contemporary work of mine. (http://8bc.org/items/music/Desolation%20In%20The%20Autumn%20Dusk.mp3)

You can find more of my stuff on that site in MP3 format.

I have even more, though, in their original NSF file forms, which can be found here. (http://2a03.free.fr/?p=pub&dir=Zero_V2)

You'll have to get a program like VirtuaNSF or download some plugin to play them.

Any feedback is appreciated highly.

Title: Re: So, I write NES music.
Post by: copycat on November 21, 2010, 12:12:42 AM

I'm not a very good music critic, but I like what I have listened to so far.  Hmm...  Have you ever heard of Gamewave Podcast (http://www.gamewavepodcast.com)?  Episodes are a bit infrequent now, but people can request chiptunes on there.  Have I ever heard your work on there?  From the title, "Earth's Troubles" looks familiar.

Title: Re: So, I write NES music.
Post by: Zero on November 21, 2010, 02:03:42 AM

I wouldn't believe you have. I'm not popular on any community in the slightest.

Title: Re: So, I write NES music.
Post by: Vyreman on November 21, 2010, 02:26:58 AM

You should be. This is very, very nice stuff. I aspire to become as good as this.

Did it come..."natural" to you, or did it require practice?

Quote from: "copycat"

I'm not a very good music critic, but I like what I have listened to so far.

And that's all that matters.

Title: Re: So, I write NES music.
Post by: TERRORsphere on November 21, 2010, 02:38:55 AM

I enjoyed listening to this. Good job.

Title: Re: So, I write NES music.
Post by: Zero on November 21, 2010, 03:08:05 PM

Quote from: "Vyreman"

You should be. This is very, very nice stuff. I aspire to become as good as this.

Did it come..."natural" to you, or did it require practice?

It's all based on what I can actually manage to write down out of the random and sporadic melodies that come to my head.

I started around four years ago. But it took at least a year and a half before I could actually write harmonies and chords.

And I'm still plagued by instrumentation methods . . . most of my songs consist of mostly rudimentary instruments. =[

Title: Re: So, I write NES music.
Post by: Vyreman on November 21, 2010, 03:24:28 PM

Oh, the songs I'd be able to make if I could actually write down ANYTHING that pops into my mind... I've tried using trackers on and off for a year or so, but I cannot create anything half-decent at this point. I guess more practice is needed. Feels a bit pointless, though.

Do you have any other songs you could share?

EDIT: Searched my way to your music on 8bc. Never you mind.

Title: Re: So, I write NES music.
Post by: RainsLikeSnow on November 22, 2010, 11:44:26 PM

sounds good, really good