Welcome to Lloyd Dunamis' Music Thread,
"Venture! Timid Youkai!" :3
Ahah, I didn't really see this coming, making a music thread of my own. It just happened that I love Touhou/'s music and was honored IP over a one-night inspiration --overflowing me with unexplainable joy. Now I have a constant something to work on and contribute to the community |D
I generally have little to no idea what musical style I have? Shmup-like stage themes? Nnn, I'd rather quote a fellow MotK musician:
I listen to videogame BGMs a lot, and that may have more or less effect on my style. Also, I'm still only learning a lot of stuff generally used in music making, so don't expect these to be top quality.
I dream of making orchestral-ish music as well, but I'm not capable of such musical caliber yet.
Knows not most of the musical terms. Ask me to detail
*thinks*? uhh, sequencing or? or sequencing, I'd go totally ":D?" on you.
(I'd hit google for definitions and stuff, but I'm talking about musical stuff I learned from the past o_o;;)In short of what I could/couldn't detail, I am walking in the dark as I pursue this
?uhh, musical hobby? eheh~ :ohdear:. But thanks to fellow musicians and music analysts/opinionists in MotK,
I now have companions to walk through the dark there's a step of improvement in each day of working on a piece |D
I am more than willing to accept comments, criticisms, and "
Oh, its melody sounds like --title of music--".
Thank you very much for appreciating music!
*bows*
Musical Pieces
PCB-themed Fanfare,
Triumphant Blaze ~ PCB's Deep Mountain Petals [ AlternateLink | MIDI ] *newest*Musicbox arrange,
Musicbox of a Deserted Hell [ AlternateLink | MIDI ]Thread-inspired Original,
Sound Effect [ Alternate Link | MIDI ]Original,
Venture! Timid Youkai! [ Alternate Link | MIDI ]UFO-themed Fanfare,
Triumphant Blaze ~ UFO's Cosmic Mind [ Alternate Link | MIDI ]
Pieces Description
Sound EffectWhere'd that come from? -- DedicationReading Esifex'
The Road to Self-Enlightenment jumpstarted me to making this piece, followed by some as-serious entries in the
Graet Raeg thread. My mind sank to a portion of their situation and
? well? made me worried =x=;;
It's rather short -- I was having mixed conflicting feelings of happiness and sorrow coming from different influences? Maybe because we really don't have all day to worry?
What's up with the title?Effect -- an effect? of something about a person's state of mind
or something.
Sound -- calmingly positive, or some enlightening statement to believe on? is what I thought.
It came from Esifex's name
, actually, which sounds like SFX, which translates to sound effects.
? Why does the title sound positive in contrast to how mellow the piece is? o_o;;Sounds like a stage theme! -- InfluenceThis sounds more like a BGM you would put in mellow situations in RPGs than some stage/boss theme in a shmup.
By melody, I don't recall remembering any game theme that sounds like this during composition. Please do tell me if the piece or part of it sounds like that certain BGM from that certain game.
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Venture! Timid Youkai!Where'd that come from? -- DedicationWell, I thought "I couldn't possibly dedicate this one to any existing chara if I didn't think of that chara while composing the music in the first place", so I named it like
how I named my music thread, "Venture! Timid Youkai!"
What's up with the title?I just get whatever was flying in my head.
Though I guess for sentimental reasons, I kinda had captured words that tells something about myself, Touhou/Gensokyo, me being in MotK, and having my first effort-turn-product -- in this case, music -- shared to everybody.
Then, since it's Touhou-inspired / heavily Touhou-influenced, this theme could be about? a timid little youkai who have just begun to open up and discover that this is such a big world or something -- which is again pretty much how I'd describe myself =_=;;.
The exclamation points adds stress of confidence and strength to the words -- influenced by how
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! named each of its episode/stage.
Sounds like a stage theme! -- InfluenceThis piece is heavily influenced by MoF Stage1 "The God that loves people ~ Romantic Fall", being my most-loved stage theme and all.
0:44, I heard a little of PCB Stage4 "Ancient Ruins" play in the melody.
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Triumphant Blaze ~ UFO's Cosmic MindWhere'd that come from? -- DedicationDedicated for being selected as one of the winners in
IP Contest: Design us a flag!I was sooo overjoyed, I thought of making a fanfare!
Why Byakuren's theme though? When I was taking a bath,
Cosmic Mind was playing in my head, or probably my cellphone was playing it. My thoughts of victory and the theme alternated, eventually mixed together, then this fanfare came to fruition.
I put a little of the Player's Score theme on the calm part, to put that mysterious feel, not to mention the Player's Score theme being one of my favorites.
What's up with the title?Triumphant, obviously, because it's a fanfare and a victory-dedicated music.
Blaze is just something amazing-sounding I thought that
Triumphant will modify.
"Blaze, eh. Razgriz' flight lead comes to mind."Then I attached the title of the boss theme it's themed to, with ownage to UFO because I planned on making a victory fanfare themed to fellow Touhou games.
Software:
Anvil Studio
(initial compositions)SynthFont
(accuracy, varying volumes, using VST's)Audacity
(Final edits and encoding)
Original OPAnyway, due to my recent victory feeling and self-confidence boost, I have dedicated a
victory fanfare! xD Woohoo!
Triumphant Blaze ~ UFO's Cosmic MindI feel very proud of this, being the first short Touhou remix-ish I've ever done?
*heart pounding* I've always wanted to compose / remix!
Then there's this one
Stage 1-like music I've composed and experimented by trying Anvil Studio, keying in that mental melody that passes through my mind only once. It's probably finished now, but I haven't found a character's stage to dedicate it to, or a title, so I'm labeling it as preview for now. Touhou-inspired, of course |3
Preview(?) - piece001Using the most basic of
, uhh, MIDI instruments here, so don't expect anything of ZUN quality. Now there might be subtle jumps, cuts, or chops in the MP3 recording due to MIDI late beat-synching, slow disk writing, or something. Do excuse my dinosaur PC ^_^;;
If not for Drake c/o Muffin-fin
(can't remember who exactly, but eh) mentioning Anvil Studio somewhere
, in some very old post I think, I wouldn't have started
singing my melodic thoughts. Thanks!
Comments & Criticisms are very much appreciated, as I am only a Novice
, uhh, composer :3