Since I last advertised, I've submitted six new songs (four from 2008). There's a little something for everyone, so check it out:

I think that the best way to handle it is to have it the way it was (or the way it seemed). If you automatically put us under a more protected license (like before) and state that our work is not to be used for commercial purposes unless an agreement is made between the author and musician, things seem to be okay.

I have to admit, though, that the whole thing is really ambiguous. It isn't completely clear what our rights are and what Flash authors' obligations are.

I wouldn't want my music to be used for commercial purposes without my knowledge and consent in any case, Flash or otherwise. I only think it's fair that I am entitled to compensation if my work is used commercially, and I definitely want to be the one to give permission.

I like the idea of letting audio artists choose their own license, but until then, I'd like to keep the rights I had.

I was just about to make a thread about this...

As he mentioned above, my brother, VegetarianMeat, was having some problems concerning compensation and sent a PM to Tom. I really hope this isn't the 'exciting change' Tom had in mind.

I've always found this part of NG to be kind of ambiguous. I take it most audio artists don't (or didn't) really know that they were entitled to any compensation. I didn't even know until I was one day PMed by somebody offering me compensation for a game. I've been paid several times for my work, between ten and twenty percent.

Music is one of the most important aspects of movies and games, and I don't think it's fair that Flash authors can make money on submissions using our songs. I'm happy that someone can profit from my work, but I should at least get a percentage.

I don't like that the license was just changed with all of our work sitting on the site, either. Our rights have been stripped without any notification.

I don't know what I'm going to do, but I'm worried I might have to start deleting my music, and I'd really rather not have to.

Picture I made when I planned to start this thread:

A few years ago (when I was about sixteen) I was extremely depressed. I became addicted to drugs and lost all kinds of weight. I used to cut myself every once in a while (hands, arms, chest, stomach), but I never did any real damage -- no intense bleeding. I only have a few (very minor) scars. I used to smack my head on things and punch it, too. Sometimes I'd get bloody knuckles from hitting walls.

I haven't done anything like that in about a year. I no longer have a drug problem, and overall my life is pretty good right now.

I think a lot more people have intentionally hurt themselves than admit to it. It seems pretty common amongst teenagers. I'm guessing a lot of sad kids do it just because they've heard about it and wonder what the fuss is.

In any case - it's not a good idea, but I think it's generally a passing phase. I only hope most people can get out of the habit and be happier in life.

At 1/17/08 11:57 AM, snayk wrote: If you have to ask, you're probably the most uneasy about it.

...and point of thread flies way over my head.

The lovely bread, it tastes like dead
I eat my lead, my name is Fred.

etc.

If you have to ask, you're probably the most uneasy about it. It's the kind of thing that's different for everyone.

People were making jokes about it the day it happened. Was that too early? Is it ever okay to joke about a person's death? They're all questions you just have to ask yourself and figure out. It differs from person to person.

JESUS FUCK FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TURN ON A LIGHT SOMETIME.

8. Your fingernails feel like they aren't well glued to the tips of your fingers. The thought of them peeling off at any contact...

9. You are also blinking manually.

At 1/17/08 08:51 AM, Shadow-XII wrote: How do you feel?

Every one of those usually bothers me, but I'm pretty tired so I'm feeling kind of immune at the moment.

At 1/12/08 06:59 PM, VegetarianMeat wrote:

At 1/12/08 06:45 PM, TjA wrote: Don't

I happen to know the author of that track (he is my brother), and I know for a fact that he doesn't use any scripts to boost score, amount of listens, or downloads. Nor does he do this himself without the use of scripts.

This is true.

At 1/11/08 02:48 PM, viceman wrote: welcome in the club i have one two

three four five

bahahahaha

At 12/24/07 01:46 AM, TheEyeOfMusiK wrote: they should make it so you can block a user from voting your music.. because either way you put it when you get downvoted.. noones going to sit there and search for your song in the 15th page.

lolwut?

I don't think so. Flash authors don't get to block NG users from voting on their submissions; it's a user's right to be able to vote on content here -- it's part of the privilege of registering here.

I dislike being zero-bombed as much as anybody else, but I just don't think it makes sense to be able to block users from voting on your submissions -- Are you simply going to block everyone who gives a low score to your work? Who will remain but yourself? From that point you'll just end up fiving your material all the time.

They should at least show the users that vote your song anything lower than a 3.

No, they shouldn't. Voting is anonymous; that's typically how it works. If a voter wishes to reveal his or her identity, (s)he may do so, but otherwise there is a right to anonymity.

Since my last advertisement, I've submitted four songs (shown below). You'll probably notice as you listen to them that lately I've been obsessed with glitching. I've also been getting back into the ambient genre.

Check them out:

I'm from Montreal. I love the city; it's great. Lately, we've had some crazy weather, though...

Over the past week we got TONS of snow; more than we've been used to for the past few years. Temperatures are supposed to rise this weekend, and we're actually expected to get rain. Then it's going to go below zero again and it will all turn to ice.

If you're willing to live through the weather, it's a great place.

I just looked over your post and realized you said you'd be coming in four years... I thought you said days.

Erm -- It's a great city. Lots of places to go, things to do, and fun to be had.

At 12/13/07 03:44 PM, RedCoin wrote: Oh wow look at that. It's snayk.
Havn't seen you in ages.

I kind of got used to the idea that the BBS wasn't going to get any less boring and stopped frequenting. Most of my time here is spent submitting/advertising my audio now. I rarely post unless I've REALLY got nothing else to do.

I dislike the word random because it seems to be used for any reason at all by young people nowadays (ugh).

I also have a distaste for the word literally; not because it's a bad word, but because people misuse/overuse it ("I literally failed that test!" -- shaddap, idiot).

I don't actually know if I have a least favorite word, though, and I'm sure whatever it could be, it is subject to change.

I made a new track today, just submitted it, and I realized I haven't posted in here to advertise in a while...

I've submitted five songs since my last advertisement.

Check them out:

Aww, I'm disappointed that I didn't get anywhere. I should have expected as much considering none of my submissions were created for the contest. I'm considering making something for the December MAC...

Congratulations to the winners! You guys deserve it.

Hey, I'd like to submit three tracks:

Ambient

- in the name of
- nurturing nature

DnB

-glitch bitch

It's been a while since I bothered to advertise any of my music here - since my last post in this thread, I've submitted six pieces to the AP. Go ahead and visit myaudio page and check out the latest six submissions.

Thanks.

I know a few signs because my little brother starting signing when he was a baby (he's now three years old). We watched these "Signing Time" DVDs with him because my mother always wanted to do something with sign language. She's been taking ASL courses for the past few years now and she has fluent conversations with deaf people.

It's a neat language to learn, but it takes patience.

Why would I want to rename it? The name is classic now, and changing it would be sad; nothing would be the same. I like the way Newgrounds sounds anyway, along with its abbreviation, NG.

I find it funny how most people are understanding "rename Newgrounds" as "put something in the place of 'New' in 'Newgrounds.' "

At 9/14/07 02:57 PM, Strength wrote:

At 9/14/07 02:56 PM, snayk wrote: Tom doesn't seem like the kind of guy to do that.

Nor would he go on some shitty website's forum to broadcast those things. It's not Tom.

That's what I'm saying -- he's too humble for that. Just look at the post made by this guy. It's nothing like Tom. I think it's quite obvious that it's not him.

A user by the name of TomFulp on a website must DEFINITELY really be Tom Fulp...

=/

I'm not buying it. Tom doesn't seem like the kind of guy to do that; He's got more class than that. It was more than likely some low-level eBaum hater.

At 9/7/07 02:20 AM, ZeroAsALimit wrote:

At 9/7/07 02:18 AM, snayk wrote: Bah, I still say it's Hot Butter. Gershon Kingsley is the guy that wrote the song, but it was released under his band's name (Hot Butter)

Third time it was released according to wiki. See the post above this one, he originally released it solo in 1969.

But that's not the Popcorn everybody knows. The one that made it to the charts and that everyone is familiar with is the one recorded under the band name Hot Butter. I read the paragraph :)

I did make a mistake at one point - Gershon Kingsley had nothing to do with the [popular] rerecording - that was done by one of his former band mates.

At 9/7/07 02:14 AM, ZeroAsALimit wrote:

At 9/7/07 02:12 AM, snayk wrote: stuff

Thanks, the answer is Gershon Kingsley. It's because his name is so unusual that it always slips my mind.

Bah, I still say it's Hot Butter. Gershon Kingsley is the guy that wrote the song, but it was released under his band's name (Hot Butter), and besides, it clearly says on the page:

Single by Hot Butter.

Just like (for example) you would say a song written by Trent Reznor is a Nine Inch Nails song, if he released it under that band name.

At 9/7/07 02:10 AM, ZeroAsALimit wrote:

At 9/7/07 02:01 AM, Xookie wrote: E-rotic

No, that definetly is not the group that did it. Nor is Hot Butter.

rerecorded the instrumental with his band Hot Butter in 1972, which became the first primarily electronic-based piece of music to reach the American popular music charts. The record was one of a rash of Moog synthesizer-based releases that characterized "synth-pop" of the 1960s and 1970s.

At 9/7/07 02:01 AM, Xookie wrote:

At 9/7/07 01:57 AM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: Popcorn (I always forget who by)

E-rotic

No, it's done by Hot Butter.

There really is no such thing as a song that is impossible to hate. There are 6 billion+ people on the planet; there's no way that the world's collective population could all be O.K. with a song. Everyone's got different tastes, etc.

I feel like the people who make suggestions in this thread will only mention music that they are fond of. It feels pointless to me.

Also, I HATE Walking On Sunshine.

Sorry, I just realized I'm an ASS. Ignore my post and keep having fun.

:)

GEORGE BUSH DOESN'T CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.

I submitted this one a few days ago. It's an atmospheric industrial/ambient track. Fun, eerie stuff.

hearing = fearing

Check it out.

UPLOAD THE PICS.

NOW.