creativity thread

>>35290600
I'll bite

Posted it already a few times here, but here's some post rock / ambient / classical minimalism music:
https://mechhound.bandcamp.com/

I like your drawing, OP, it reminds me of the amalgamation-y blob at the end of Inside (oops, spoilers)

Will hang around this thread a bit, I do love some creativity threads

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>>35290846
i like the subtle progression on Fascination and both Fascination and Like silver sound like something i would listen to while drawing painting. still havent heard the cover and Zero hour. checking them right now

>>35290600
I'm just drawing cubes in perspective right now. Started drawing a week ago and been watching a lot of lectures and reading plenty of books about drawing.

Autism makes me want things to be in right perspective and proportion.

>>35290600
these are the best/healthiest threads on nu/r9k/

your drawings look really slick and stylized, OP, you have a job drawing or something?

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>>35290846
downloaded Zero Hour. loved it. only payed you about a dollar though since i dont have a lot to spend. hope you dont mind

>>35291362
>you have a job drawing or something?
lamentably no, it's just a hobby. ive sold paintings before but ive never made a steady income out of it

>>35291418
>>35291189
Thanks very much! Honestly I'm very grateful to everyone who donates even the smallest amount; even though it's just a hobby it's very motivating to know people like it, and drives me to make more music. Currently recording some demos at the moment for my next project; it's probably most like Zero Hour, but with guitars instead of keyboards

I love the surrealism and simplicity of your drawings; I don't think people appreciate the use of spacing enough in art, but you've utilized it very well. Very nice shading, too!

>>35291342
Nice to know you're practicing, it shows dedication to detail

>>35291362
Agreed, I have creative/creativity tagged as see first; it's honestly the only reason I come back to /r9k/ - to see everyone's hard work

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I post my music on this website at times occasionally, just these dumb little NES tunes I got. They're alright, I just need to work on making longer pieces for these songs.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0gQqak4q5CA
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1r8IbEwlcPx
http://vocaroo.com/i/s12lNnnmGIGi
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1rtR1IefDqt

Does anyone else know any other good software for making longer songs and stuff for 8 bit compositions... and other retro music making software stuff?

>>35291710
I don't really know if it's any good for MIDI since I just use raw audio recordings, but Reaper is a pretty decent DAW that you can get for cheaps ($60 IIRC) - or an indefinite demo version which has all of the content, but it's very competent software for the price

What do you use at the minute?

I like these tracks, Anon - I can see them being used for an indie RPG game

>>35291868
Sounds cool, dude. I might get hold of that. Me at the moment, I use something called Famitracker that is actually free. Its worth checking out, it's pretty fun to mess with once you get to grips with it.

And thanks. I always did imagine that second one as a sort of map theme or something.

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>>35291710
the first and fourth are pretty catchy

>>35291990
Awesome, might check it out - arcade/chip tunes aren't really my forte but it'll be fun to mess around with

Not sure if you ever played it, but you might like the OST to Spelunky classic; it's a little more drum-driven than your tracks, but you may like it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDG1moK6SCI

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>>35292101
Ooohhh, I do like that actually, it's really atmospheric.

To be honest I've been getting into video game soundtracks, especially the retro ones... it's fascinating how they make use of such limited hardware to create such big music landscapes at times. Video Game composing really does require a lot of theory knowledge to work around limitations

Btw, if you want a pretty cool book for video game music, this one is interesting for how the music for the first mario came about.

Do you make any music, anon?

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I had considered learning to do pixel art a few years back, but after trying for a while I realized I didn't actually care about it. Here are some of the ones I did
ignore the Attack on Pleb, when i first started attack on titan I really liked the armored and colossal titan's designs, but I lost interest in the series very quickly
http://imgur.com/a/VP287

>>35292240
Awesome,will have to check out that book - my favourite vidya OST composers are Darren Korb (Bastion, Transistor), Kota Hoshino (Lost Kingdoms), Toby Fox (Undertale) - mainly for his excellent, excellent use of reprising motifs; and Koji Kondo (most Zelda games)

As for making music, I'm >>35290846 - I mainly write post rock type stuff, with a bit of prog and classical influence - want to get more into subtle ambiance though, like field recordings and all that

>>35292250
I saved the gif one, it's cute, I like it

Fair enough if you gave up if your heart wasn't in it; I hope you find some other creative calling, though, you clearly have talent x

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>>35292353
No shit! I'll have to check those artists out. I know Toby Fox to be fair, and yes he is absolutely amazing at reprising motives throughout the whole game. It's pretty excellent. Koji Kondo is great at doing this too in his games, actually. I like Superjoebob for retro music, he's the dude who created Duck Game... which is a game worth checking out for music and for being a game addictive as crack, actually.

Your music sounds pretty sweet and nice, actually. I really like it... it'd be good to chill to, which I'm gonna do right now.

Field recordings are pretty interesting, too... do you have any reccomendations for that? I actually recently got a cassette player just to get hold of them artists that release ambient stuff on cassette and the like.

>>35292471
it's kinda embarrassing, but that gif was a self-portrait of sorts. back then that was how I imagined I would be portrayed in an indie game

and yeah, when I was in the mental hospital I tried more traditional art in art therapy, but I couldn't really care about it either. I've been so depressed for so long that everything has been drained of pleasure and color

>>35291418
>ive sold paintings before but ive never made a steady income out of it
ah, ok. well, in any case, they look very professional, on top of being very lusciously surreal.

>>35291617
>>35290846
your music is very cool and post-rock-y, on it alone i have this image of you as some cool underground hipster musician. i really like fascination, but i can't tell if the piano parts are rushing tempo-wise. reminds me of some song by amusement parks on fire, but i just can't remember it.

>>35290600
anyway, i'll contribute. i write stuff, i have some stuff up on dontburnflowers.tumblr.com

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>>35292748
>I've been so depressed for so long that everything has been drained of pleasure and color
i know that feel. i try to push myself to draw even when i dont enjoy it tho, in the end its therapeutic in a way

>>35292956
>they look very professional, on top of being very lusciously surreal.
thanks mate. to be honest i dont see my drawings/paintings as professionally done since im messy and have a scattered mind but im glad someone else sees professionalism in them

>>35292711
Truth be told, I've owned Duck Game for half a year and still haven't played it - will have to check it out since you've said that

And thanks very much, man! In retrospect, I'm not as happy as I was with the mix when I finished it, so I'm intending to revisit it once I improve to try and 'fix' it - but it's reassuring to know that people like it, thanks!

Regarding field recordings, probably my favourite artist is Noiseblast: https://noiseblast.bandcamp.com/; Analysis of a Sunset is some very tranquil work.

I don't know many field recording artists who put their work on cassette, but there's a couple of labels that I highly recommend, they do more noise and ambient stuff, with a bit of rock and electronica:
>https://5cmrecordings.bandcamp.com/
Recommended artists: Nostromo (noise rock), Underwater Escape from the Black Hole (ambient / electronica / post rock)
>https://noisyarcade.bandcamp.com/
Recommended artists: I Like You Go Home / Underwater Escape from the Black Hole (harsh noise, post rock), Oscifer (ambient / electronica)

>>35292956
>I have this image of you as some cool underground hipster musician
Love it

Thank you for listening, Anon, I admit that Fascination could be slowed down a little in retrospect, but hey ho - it's inspired mainly by Steve Reich's 'Six Pianos', which is insane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edKE10Yz_zs

I'll have a read of your stuff shortly, Anon

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>>35293146
Duck Game is just pure class. I mean it's really addictive and the online multiplayer is just one of the best ever. Anyone who plays duck game just loves it, I cant reccomend it enough!!

And no bother at all. To be honest I'm pretty terrible with thinking out and hearing a mix, where music should be placed... it's something I need to work on, but it doesn't sound like such a bad mix to me at the moment.

And thanks for the links, I'm gonna check these artists out for sure. Thanks, man. Is there any types of music you're trying to get into at the moment that I can potentially get you recs for?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0Nklz3UG_HSgNAagcKQxKA

i've got some eccentric classical and dark ambient shit on my youtube

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>>35293448
im digging The Funeral Of. how long have you been composing

>>35293350
Hope you find something you like out of that lot! Honestly, I'm not too well versed in 8-bit / chiptune / retro electronica, is there anything you could recommend? Preferably western stuff, I've had a mate try ween me onto relevant anime stuff but I aint buying that weeb nonsense

>>35293857
Oh no, I'm not a weeb nerd sort, I just kind of like video game music for composing. I'm more into psyche groups and 60's stuff the most out of everything I listen to, really. I like a lot of the Stooges and The Fall at the moment, they're pretty fucking cool bands. oh, and the Monks are great, too.

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>>35290600
I'm rly gud at anime heads.

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>>35294035
Ya'll try hards can't even draw a doot machine as good as this one boiii.

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>>35294112
>he tries really hard to be anatomically correct and ends up doing some atrocity that looks all fucked.

KEEP THAT SHIT TO YOURSELF UNLESS YOU'RE READY TO GET TOLD UR BAD.

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>>35294140
Ya'll ain't got shit on this Jewish march band raccoon.

>>35293754

thanks man, about 6 years now, but seriously for about 4

>>35293754
is that your painting by the way? that's absolutely incredible

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>>35294469
yeah i did it a few years ago. it's my exgf

posted this in the last thread, but this is an updated version, tweaked some timings, gain, and stereo panning.
>https://soundcloud.com/bummerneverends/thing-4-college-unfinished-n-bad
sorta pop/folk instrumental

unfinished remix

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1YgQbYxJRQz

>>35294806
[PRESS START]

>>35294841
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss7rLjGAlQE

if only

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a lot of musicians today

here is the OP finished

>>35294806
another remix I made back when h3h3 made good content

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0iBLUwfThFb

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bumping for columbine
origami

I make music. Just recently started posting it on youtube.

It's shitty dubstep/house music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52-i6ADn1h8

>>35290846
Not to sound like. Idk, infringe on your creation, it is complete as is created

But a really good soft pad would go good over some parts if I made that, I love pads

>>35292250
ITS SO CUTE MY MAN

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>tfw writer
>nobody ever cares about reading your stuff because it's too much energy for not enough reward

>>35295908
y-y-you're cute, my dude......

>>35295539
Will you join my band? We do screamo and we need a good electronic musician.

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>>35295936
ill give a read to anything 4 pages or less. alternatively i'll read the first 4 pages of your short story or whatever you write

>>35295936
Post it dude! This is a thread for sharing and caring. :3

>>35296098
Will you read my pony smut story?

>>35295957
For real?
I have a contact for music stuff if you're serious.

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>>35296138
i will but i cant promise you i wont cringe

>>35296175
Well... I don't really have a band, but I do want an electronic musician to be part of it if I make one. What's your location?

>>35296203
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/355886/yes-mein-fhrer

>>35296276
I live in tennessee
Here's my gmail if you're intersted
[email protected]

>>35295957
>>35296276
I've always wanted to be in a band and I would love to play skramz ;_;
t. random robot

>>35296424
>>35296459
Utah fag here. :( Nobody in my location is serious about making music that doesn't suck.

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>>35296318
i dont like how its not explained how she got to meet Hitler, how did she win that privilege. its hard to believe she just met him and got to talk to him so suddenly. otherwise its solid writing

>>35296503
In the same boat, TN isn't really the best place for electronic music. Or really any music that doesn't have a country twang to it.
Still doesn't mean it's impossible

I write a lot

most of it is non-fiction though so I don't know how creative it is.

>>35296532
Really? I'm glad you actually cared enough to read what you did!

>>35296554
Isn't Nashville the #1 area for all music, though?

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>>35296574
if photos are creative enough for this thread so is non-fiction writing

>>35296640
>all music
As long as it's got a country flare, yeah
Unless you're a name that's guaranteed to draw in a crowd, you're not going to get a show in Nashville. I saw one of my favorite bands perform in this shitty restaurant there for like $10. Great show but it's surprising how difficult it is to actually get booked anywhere there.

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>>35296737
>tfw almost let my songwriting teacher trick me into moving there

>>35296789
If you're a singer/songwriter type you might do okay just because there's tons of coffee shops you can get work in but that's just it, unless you play their kind of music, they won't accept you. I have nothing against that kind of music, it's just not what I do.

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lh jgfg hh

>>35290600
I am interested in repurposing and using natural materials, sticks and rocks and plants and creating functional art

>>35297106
>Coffee shops
So either country or indie? Music is dead.

>>35297202
Does anyone havr any experience in this?
I like using large sticks to make mobiles or hooks or picture frames, shells and rocks in pretty patterns and formations... Rock balancing, gravity glue

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Stupid drawings that arent puns but are intended to be funny by

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>>35297736
Depicting things you actually are familiar with through cryptic imagery

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>>35297751
is that a mumming with a rifle slipping on a banana?

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>>35297938
Heres a hint.
It isnt a mosin nagant
Or maybe it is...

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I've been told to keep shilling myself here, so here you go

https://basementvacation.bandcamp.com/album/petes-songs

all of these are songs I wrote and recorded by myself, the only exception is that I had backup on the first song from other people

I'm Pete

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i'll bite. This is the opening paragraph for a lovecraftian-like horror story that i never finished.

>I cannot stand it anymore. If given the chance, I would go back and undo every single decision that lead me to that place and time, to preserve my integrity of body and mind and, most importantly, to preserve the now lost ignorance that shielded me from the unspeakable things lurking behind the thin veil of time and space, staring at the insignificant fraction of the universe that we call our own, with curiosity, hunger and hate. But alas, God, if such a thing really exists, denied me the sweet embrace of oblivion from all that this tired soul has witnessed and so, the task of giving mercy falls into my own hands. So be it, I do not fear death. Not anymore.

>>35296532
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>>35293080
not bad boys

original comment or something

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>>35298468
it does sound very lovecraftian. goal achieved

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>>35298468
You sound like some of my favorite writers, Anon
I wish more people like you existed, i fucking love horror and even thrillers

>>35298590
Thanks a lot. I think i'll give it another shot after flushing some details and perhaps reworking the structure of the thing.

>>35298468
Sounds like I'm reading a paragraph right out of Dagon, nice job.

>>35298641
Thanks anon. Honestly these two replies are actually pretty encouraging.

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ffgjfhf as ra gtes

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I drew my favorite 2hu

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>>35290600
Just started wittling.