Heyo, Club! Longtime NG user, but total forum newbie here. My user profile, while pretty active, is the 3rd iteration of a NG account for me, since every few years I completely derp out and forget/lose all of my stuff. This one I intend to do right (hey, you said that last time!) How do I go about joining this club? Or is it as simple as just posting here? :o !!! And would you all be OK with me hangin around? Submission for your consideration below!
TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't Read summary) of that wall of text below: I've got around 10 total hours of screwing around with making music electronically under my belt, 7-8 of which was around 8 years ago, the rest, getting a weird itch to make some music, and downloading a program, fooling around with stock instruments/noises/effects, etc. A few of them gave me a weird nostalgia feeling, for Super Nintendo RPG's specifically, so if any of you guys have a few minutes to check this out, maybe even give it a review? Thanks! http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/649266 I present, "Stuck In a 16-Bit Cave". Hope you have your Prima Strategy Guides handy! Keep in mind that I'm almost a complete newbie when it comes to making electronic music, so I may have to google some terms with any reviews. Music I know a bit better, I played a few instruments in the past.
Anywho, I coincidentally just reviewed some things from the audio portal around a week ago, even though I pop over often to check out what cool stuff people are concocting.
(2 out of 3 of my reviews were responded to, both marked as helpful! I feel like Ralph Wiggum saying "I'm HHELPFUL! \
Well, all of this being helpful apparently gave me the wanting to try and make some music bug. I'll tell y'all the whole nerve damage/no longer being able to make music with physical instruments story once I've kinda settled in, scouted out how y'all operate so I don't make a fool of myself by breaking some kind of etiquette or generally not quite getting what's goin' on around here, besides the obvious reviewing and requesting and whatnot (and possibly find a better offshoot forum consisting of people from this club., where that story would be more appropriate, which is the feeling I've got right now.)
I hadn't messed around with making loops/music/whatever for around 8 years or so now, and after writing those reviews, it just was a matter of time before I ended up downloading something to get me started. And when I say "messed around," I literally mean hanging at a friends house and every once in a while, firing up Fruity Loops (or as it is called now, FL Studio. So Fancy! ) , collaborating on something ridiculous for like 30 minutes or so, trading off the computer, 1 person adds 1 layer/instrument/whatever, pass it on, 30 minutes later you get something that sounds like Crack Gnomes in Outer Space. I've got roughly 8 hours of making music electronically, (now closer to 10, after what I made a few hours ago, and I'd be stoked if some and would check it out and give me some feedback,
After I settle in here a little more, and maybe get a few more submissions (with which comes more experience,) I'd also like to try and make something with someone using the "Add one layer/instrument/effect/whatever and pass it back and forth until we had something pretty neat to publish.
Anywho, if you made it this far reading my mini rant/introduction, thanks, and there will be a TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't Read summary) up top with my submission to review, if you are interested!