YouTube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UzuMgdu9Pw

Together, we can do anything.

We can break any boundary in our way.

Because we're Newgrounders and we're capable creatives worthy of being heard.

And we listen to each other and make beautiful things together.

And fuck anyone who stands in the way of that.

25.10.2021: Broke the 10K listener mark, something we never dreamed could happen. Thank you, everyone who stopped by to listen. I hope you stay tuned for further works from each of us, and those of many of our friends as well.

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Troisnyx writing.

This is a version of Endless Handbag arranged and heavily modified by yours truly, with input from Albe on Hammond organ VST, Akio on bass guitar, and Mackie and BBank on their respective guitars, following direction that I'd given them for the specific sections. Some parts were their own input, over which I gave my blessing.

Aside from laying down the piano and orchestration and directing, I would also sing and play drums. The track was getting overwhelming for me to mix due to technical issues, and so LD-W worked his magic on it. He began by giving the drums a much-needed boost, seeing as I could only record it on two inputs -- kick mic and overhead -- due to failing preamps at Soundskills. He went after that sweet, sweet rock opera feel that we were all going for.

I had the idea in my head for this specific version of Endless Handbag for several years now, ever since I first heard the version that I've cited on my left. All the words featured here feature in the original in different places to this -- and unlike in the original, here, they are sung. I imagined it to fit right into a musical.

There couldn't have been a better track to mark an anniversary, in my mind. The comments in the original largely suggest that Endless Handbag is Newgrounds' anthem, and it really does feel like it. Anger is a great motivator -- and it has been, throughout my years on here. Where people have consistently brought me down, I have risen again with new triumphal pieces of music, time after time. Here, it is no different. And, if you think anger isn't a great motivator or isn't the "right" one... seriously, have you heard a single rock opera before?

All hardware listed on the sidebar to the left is what we used between us; up to y'all to guess who used what. (Spoilers: I have the least kit—)

Aside from the people credited, I want to give special thanks to

• my beloved Seán, for being my staunchest believer, help, and ally,
• @sorohanro, for inviting me to Newgrounds ten years prior and helping me start my journey into music,
• Soundskills, for lending me both the time and the facilities to be able to record the drums,
• Jason Beardsworth and Greg Slater, for helping out with the studio stuff and bearing with me even at my lowest points,
• @siteml and Mackie's friend Phil for additional mixing feedback,
• Chris Jopson, for jamming with me and suggesting ideas that bring more spice to the solo section and to the groove in general,
• JJ Wheeler, for having listened to it and for his appraisal of it post soft release,
• 2rok, Torby Brand, Snow, Cavatina, and @AceMantra, for being among the earliest listeners and appraisers of my first drum takes,
• all our friends and followers of our work, on here and elsewhere, for standing by us.

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LYRICS

It's a brand new feeling!

Get off your seat!

Walk to the doorway of your balcony, aaaa!

And open the blinds

that show you the sun and the world on the other side, aaaa!

And dive,

dive,

dive into the endless handbag known as your imagination.

Get off your seat!

Walk to the doorway of your balcony, aaaa!

And open the blinds,

open the blinds,

open the blinds,

aaaaaaaaaa!

It's a brand new feeling!

Or have I felt this before?

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As a bonus, here is an early version with footage of me playing drums. The exact takes in the video below were used in the final version of the track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KFExIvnOI4