I'm 19 now

welp i'm slowly approaching 4 months since my latest audio upload, so lemme tell whomever it may concern what's going on

i completely burned myself out on making the kind of music that I was usually uploading. i've had plenty of free time as of late, my head just hasn't been in the right place for creative activity. so I figured while i'm getting over the burnout i might aswell invest more time into learning the guitar, and i've become somewhat proficient at it (can teach myself a lot of different tunes, can't manage solos yet though. still a little complicated), and who knows, i may be gearing up to actually using the skills i've acquired to make and put out some tracks with a more rock (?) oriented tinge to them. recording guitars and setting up live drum patterns is still a new thing for me though, so you're still going to have to bear with me for a bit.

the nice thing is, i think i'm starting to get out of the creative rut i put myself in. i've got all my shit set up and i'm able to record and come up with music again!! thank god

school's started again since yesterday and i'm in the final stretch for it (6 months + final exams left) and then I should be done. it's taking up a significant chunk of my free time, but i think i'll manage to squeeze in some time in FL studio every day if i'm in the right mood.

so overall, i'm back, and i'll let papa john handle my closing statement:

i'd normally use the ROFL post mood for this post but newgrounds kinda ruined it with the new emotes. it looks like a cry laugh emoji now more than a :D face which is what it used to look like. oh well.

you may remember me talking about my cool new instruments that i had bought in a previous post.

about a week ago now, i managed to win an auction for a used black epiphone les paul standard guitar. here it is in it's full glory:

i tried getting a better picture, but i just couldn't figure it out. so this will have to do.

this one is actually a little bit lighter than my shitty chinese strat, which i didn't expect, but the cheapo stand that i have for it is still crumbling under the weight of the les paul.

and if you're wondering, i'm seling the old strat. it had some weird shit going on with the 1st and 2nd frets and the low E string that I just didn't feel like dealing with.

i'll get a proper, new strat eventually, but for now, this will have to do.

Hi Newgrounds, I'm about to go to bed so I'll keep this short:

Two new songs out here, feel free to check them out if you want:

Every rating is appreciated, even a bad one.

If you've ever seen me roaming around the NG Supporter Chat, you'll know that I'm quick to bring up music as a topic of conversation. And there's a very good reason for it: I love that stuff!

Since I post music on here from time to time (I guess that makes me a musician? I don't really know), I'd like to share a little taste of what I like listening to, just to show off a bit. I'll update the list if I find anything else that's caught my interest.

Bear in mind, these songs are going to vary tonally and instrumentally,, but I think you're bound to find atleast one thing that appeals to you. Enjoy!

In no particular order:

I hit the limit for embeds here so you're gonna have to click these next ones:

Foo Fighters - Alone + Easy Target

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyxjLW2n7W8

Foo Fighters - I'll Stick Around

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_rTTsZZ9KE

Eels - Friendly Ghost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRHWmuCAYkI

Eels - That Look You Give That Guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKO7ZoHG3W4

Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyHNuVaZJ-k

Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V_xRb0x9aw

Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04mfKJWDSzI

Gorillaz - DARE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAOR6ib95kQ

Eels - Flyswatter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oeYkZZvLYE

Eels - Peach Blossom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_-cusLLvMI

Eels - I Need Some Sleep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szp-h4XzaEs

Radiohead - Just

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnk4jiWamm4

Radiohead - Paranoid Android

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTH8cxXBGBo

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg

Daniel Johnston - Walking the Cow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qgXYvjVNvk

Eels - Things the Grandchildren Should Know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtXV-A_IVdk

Vine - Jaycee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk69pCDwyto

Vine - Sparky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk4z2s6RhLY

Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsSpAOD6K8

Talking Heads - The Great Curve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N5qQrGSuJ4

Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9gK2fOq4MY

The Human League - The Sound of the Crowd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBIJv0vqbBg

ELO - Mr. Blue Sky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuJIqmha2Hk

Queen - Killer Queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZBtPf7FOoM

Queen - Innuendo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2N0TkfrQhY

Eels - Last Stop: This Town

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TfqbuTBqX8

Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bNITQR4Uso

Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpmTe3TDdVU

^i'm not gay but god damn pete burns was handsome in the 80's

Pizzicato Five - Baby Love Child

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRgAccPcHIU

Pizzicato Five - This Year's Girl (Full Album)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jbkBBOtAG8

Patti Smith - Gloria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPO0bTaWcFQ

Patti Smith - Rock N' Roll N****r

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1o68h4Usqs

Heart - Barracuda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeMvMNpvB5M

Heart - Straight On

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeEA9yuZ2G8

The Kinks - Lola

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LemG0cvc4oU

The Kinks - Shangri-La

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt0IXkIVvo4

The Beatles - The End

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12R4FzIhdoQ

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUH9z_Oey8

REM - Losing My Religion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwtdhWltSIg

Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmpRLQZkTb8

The Killers - Mr. Brightside

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE

Eels - Mansions of Los Feliz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUgbM-UvMfQ

Eels - Climbing to the Moon (Jon Brion Remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdfHcbzuo8g

Davy's Grey - No Cigar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju-SDMIlC08

Tame Impala - Elephant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7q9W2PNhJ4

Prince - Raspberry Beret

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktpfusmXnIg

PJ Harvey - Down by the Water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbq4G1TjKYg

PAWS - Sore Tummy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4iVtiVc0pI

Lisa Germano - Just Geek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NplwRG1x10k&feature=youtu.be

Dirty Projectors - Gun Has No Trigger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_qFaFl7JVc

The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Lady Boston

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLwwNXUUwzw

Jack White - Sixteen Saltines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zvrRBpJtNQ

so i'm still on my journey to become a halfway decent guitar player, and while i'm always working on my strumming and shifting, and i know the basic chords by heart by now, there's still one thing that's been bugging me that i'd like to call to attention: the FUCKING f chord.

Since I'm assuming that the majority of people who read this aren't guitar players: let me show you what it looks like:

looks easy enough, right? well, maybe if you have abnormally long fingers, it might be, but for me and my malnourished little cheeto fingies, this is one hell of a fucking claw that i have to make to have the chord ring out okay.

the main thing is that it's a barre chord, i.e you have to push down on one ENTIRE fret with your index finger, while simultaneous fretting with your other fingers.

since you have to barre the first fret, you have to put a shit ton of pressure on with your index finger to have the chord ring out without too much buzzing. this chord is, quite literally, intricately designed to fuck up guitar players.

And on top of all of that, you have to actually learn to shift from something like, a D or G chord, to an F chord, in under a second, without fucking up.

Now, normally I skip barre chords, since the songs that I usually listen to don't really use them, but the F chord is unavoidable, due to how common it is. This thing will ruin your fucking life forever, if you ever dare encounter it.

I've said this in the NG chat before and I'll say it again here: If I ever become pope, or controller of the world, or whatever, I will ban the F chord from all music. That shit will become the new tritone, it's just banned. Anyone who dares use it will suffer harsh consequences. Fuck this thing

earlier today, during a math exam which i totally flunked out on, i had a lot of time to reflect on my music, and how it'll evolve.

while im glad people enjoy the songs i've put out so far, and i also quite enjoyed making them personally, i don't plan on making simple drum & bass loops forever. my taste in music is more rock centered, which is something i want to reciprocate through my own rock flavored songs at some point or another. my first depressed white boy ballad is practically already written; i just need to figure out how to do it justice..... and i have to try and sing it, which i dread, as i don't particularly enjoy hearing my own voice, let alone record it, and work with the voice track on an FL studio timeline.

in december, i bought my first electric guitar (a vision strat) with a basic amp and a bunch of other guitar related goodies for €100, and while it may be considered a shitty, cheap starter guitar to a professional; i love it personally. i play it consistently, unlike the old acoustic that i got from a flea market years ago, and the yamaha electric keyboard that i got for my birthday, which i've been neglecting big time lately.

as for the guitar, i've steadily been teaching myself to play it over the past half a year. i got the basic chord shapes down, and my fingertips on my left hand hurt like hell from all the fretting. i think if i spent another 6-12 months on it, i could play quite efficiently, and maybe even get around to recording some guitar tracks to use in my music. stay tuned for that!

pictured here: my strat. the holder can barely handle the weight of the guitar, despite the fact that it's allegedly designed to hold electric guitars. go figure

pictured here: my yamaha keyboard. notice the dust on some of the keys: a symptom of the months of neglect on my part.

if i figure out how, i'll use this thing on a song of mine some day or another, and i'll let you know when!

hey newgrounds. so my last song got about 3000 listens over the course of a month. thank you to everyone who left reviews, i really appreciate it.

i'm making this post to inform y'all that i have a bunch of other songs (2 from a month ago, 2 new ones!) up on my page, that i think are worth checking out. if you liked another day, you're gonna like some things here. thanks.

so idk if y'all heard about this, but john lennon recently announced on facebook that he faked his death in 1980 and he's been living in wyoming this whole time. a modern photo of his face came out today, and man, he looks like he's already decomposing.

who would have thought we were being fooled this whole time!!

shoutouts to @JohnLennon