Hey Hey my beloved NG! :D

Just droppin buy with the latest news! ^-^
Well first of all, so the Art portal is up huh? :D i honestly diddnt expect that at all, altho i have been wanting something like that. its awesome. im just waiting for when we can have it as a tab in our profile :D if that ever happens. .. i swear, if we get a comment and details system now, like a profile page sort of thing, and some more picture slots. i wont ever have to go anywhere else on the web :D
well. thats a lie. but, i could cancel all my other junk and just have one neat supersite to log into.
Be sure to check out my Art aswell :D even tho theres only 2 works up.. yet :P

OH, and! Im going to the roskilde festival :D with 15 or so of my friends :D bwahahaha. Ownage!
so yeah im leaving the 27th. so i wont be loggin in for about 2 weeks starting today! leave me tons of comments :D waaah. ill reply to it all when i get back, i pwomise. <3

Im still living at Cycerin's place ^-^ and i was hoping to get some sort of colab done, but that looks like a lost case. since were gaming all day and all X) prototype, Red alert 3, painkiller, battleships forever :P its the stuff. its really nice of him to let me crash here untill i find a new place to live :]

Anyways...

I FINALLY GOT MY TANK!

Thats right, i got the tank award 2008 for best musician :D remember?
well i got the tank in the mail some days ago, and i just had to take some pictures with me and my new best friend. <3 thank you all for support :D i luv my fans <3
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(last big update recap)
IM MAKING MY FIRST ALBUM!
the release date is not set yet, but it will be around 3 weeks or so!

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FEATURES:

* The album will include 13 Tracks, and the theme will be Orchestral Breakbeat, and more funky / dark segments.

* While my usual submition quality has been 160Kbit, ALL songs on the album will feature 320Kbit sound quality!

* More than 50% of the songs will be extended or remade in one way or another. some of the songs
are more than doubble its length, with lots of variations, new melodies and flow.

* Artwork, Details and description of every song will come with the Album.

* The album will be avaiable on alot of diffrent sites on the web, updates will follow with more details

There will be 3 albums released this year, the album does not have titles yet.

The 1st album will mostly cover my action packed songs, the genres will be:
Breakbeat
Techno
Goa trance

The 2nd album will cover my Orchestral and emotional/happy songs, the genres will be:
Electronic Orchestral
Breakbeat
Techno
Videogame

The 3rd album will cover my Unheard, unseen, experimental and wierd tracks, the genres will be:
Darkstep
Ambience
Techno
Electronica
Electrojazz
Videogame

A demo of the first album will be submitted to Newgrounds in 2-3 weeks!

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Hi! <3

OK! On with the news, first up!

1: Where have i been?

As usual, ive been gone for a long time, but this time, there was far more reason to it than the other times ^-^ I moved out of my old place! D: im gonna miss that room. My plan was too move to a house with 4 of my friends, but we had to put that on ice for now, and were gonna move together in some months instead! i had to stress my ass off to get out of the house in time, i spent 48 hours cleaning the place, with great help from my girlfriend! and my roomate... i got all my junk stashed in a City self storage facility, and moved my pc and stuff to, sadly, my moms place. so im gonna stay here for like 3 weeks, then im gonna stay at Cycerins place for some weeks! :D Composer team GO! were gonna try to colab some stuff! hope it turns out swell :3 looking forward to that!

Right now im having a nice summer, i dont have to stress around so much as i had to some weeks ago ^-^ and i have alot more time for music and similar :D Im teaching my sister Red alert 3 :P playing games, working, hanging with friends and making music. and on weekends i see my girlfriend :) sweet stuff!

2: feedback?

Yeah, you all heard Ricochet love by now i guess, and Thank you all for the amazing feedback! :D it really got me going! btw, have you ever noticed how most of my reviews have a "People find this review helpful!" ? yeah, it means i read it, and liked it :D its so hard to find a respons to every review, i do want to reply to them all but it quickly just turns into a "thanks thank you ty" run, so i figured, ill say it here instead: Thank you all for reviews :D i love them! <3 and i take all the constructive criticicm i get in concideration :) wouldnt be here without you guys :D

3: Upcomming stuff!

So when can you hear some new stuff from me? Well, this is the big one, listen carefully! :D

Im making my first album! wich will be ready in about 4-5 weeks!

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FEATURES:

* The album will include 12 Tracks, and the theme will be Orchestral Breakbeat.

* While my usual submition quality has been 160Kbit, ALL songs on the album will feature 320Kbit sound quality!

* More than 50% of the songs will be extended or remade in one way or another. some of the songs
are more than doubble its length, with lots of variations, new melodies and flow.

* Artwork, Details and description of every song will come with the Album.

* The album will be avaiable on alot of diffrent sites on the web, Itunes store, Tunecore, ++

Side note:
There will be 3 albums released this year, the album does not have titles yet.

A demo of the album will be submitted to Newgrounds in 2-3 weeks!

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4: while we wait?

Ofcource! i wouldnt leave you empty handed!

This song is quite similar to my other stuff, and nothing serious, im just so happy these days! i had a really nice dream, and i woke up to sunshine and 3 days off. this was the result, made in around 5 hours :D
there will be alot more work put into the album songs, so dont worry. its just a little something while you guys wait :D

-Wake up-

5: Untill next time

If you still want more, check out my Youtube channel it has some submitions never submited to NG. like the spacepirates house loop!

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Untill next post, have a great summer everyone! :D

Edit 5may!
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i made a little house loop of spacepirates like a year ago, but its not good enugh for submition, go here if youre interested ;D

Space pirates house loop

also, Subscribe <3

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Ok! so not the one i originaly was planing to submit. but stuff happens.
Im busy as always, but above all, im sick, as usual. feever and everything. i must have the lowest count of white bloodcells ever known to man. and its really anoying. i cant even walk out the door without my scarf and way to many layers of clothing. but well, we all have our things. i guess im stuck with this one. lame.

anyways.. my break from music is over sorta, and im rather suprised to see the ongoing activity around me even tho im not submiting any new stuff. its really great! so thanks :D someone even claims im the new king of the udio portal. i cant agree to that. but atleast, now that my reputation is growing rapidly. i figured i couldnt give you anything less this time, right?!

i therefore present, one of my greatest tracks to date, in my opinion!

Ricochet Love

Its a fusion between DnB, Orchestral and trance! i worked my ass of on this, so give it a chance to show you what its good for! its changes alot.

EDIT 31MAR:
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Hi guys! sorry but no song this week. im no thappy with the song yet, and its stupid do rush it then.
ive worked alot and theres been nights i diddnt even sleep and stuff.. so im really tiered.. ill get back up on my feet tho. enjoy the other new songs in the meantime!

EDIT 24MAR:
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Fixed a small bug in "it is a lie", And removed the middle section that diddnt fit and filled it with extentions.
I originally planed to leave this song alone but, i was too unsatisfied with the middle!
For those of you who cant hear the changes; delete your browser cookies. it should work then :)

Also, due to extended sickness + alot of upcomming work, the list has been changed, see the 23Mar list for changes.

Peace

Edit 23MAR:
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As promised, again, heres "Its a lie!" :D
Ive been sick, to bed most of the time with a feever. i started working at my old job again, ugh i had to go back there and all. sucked but i was welcomed, so now i dont have to worry about job anymore..atleast. well ive also spent some time with my girlfriend ^-^ "Minibims" on ng. yeah another gf than previously announced. stuff happens! >_> so i had to just thow this at you guys. hope the next submition will be more polished. sure sucks to submit on mondays tho. untill next toim. Cya around! <3

1. Control: Mind_________Submitted!
2. Orange______________Submitted!
3. Its a lie _____________Submitted!
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Edit 16MAR:
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As promised, heres orange! :D read the author comments ;D

2. Orange______________Submitted!

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Hello my loved ones <3
Im back, finally :D

yeah i know! ive been gone for 3 months! Im sorry to have kept you, but ive been so busy with personal things.. And I Transfered jobs! but Norway aswell as the rest of the world, got hit hard by the economy crisis. so i might find myself jobless now. :(

I had my Birthday at the 26th! so im 20 now :D i dont feel any older.. but my party kicked ass :D
I diddnt get alot of stuff, guess that happens when you get older, however, i got alot of congrats and alot of love, so i dont feel left out on anything! its actually been one of my better celebrations. and hey, to top it all off..
I WON THE TANK AWARD FOR BEST MUSICIAN 2008 O_O
it hit me in the face like a brick, i had no idea! i wassnt even slightly hoping for that award! but heck diddlydamn! i got it :D and im forever grateful for it! thank you all! i would never get it without the suport of my beloved fans. you get me through the hard days and make me wanna become something big in music! :D i love you <3

And ofcource, no big update without my promised baby! yes, its finally finished!
Im still not completely satisfied with this song, but its the best i can do for now!
The file size limit on ng, is as most of you know, 8MB. Wich is why i cant serve you more than 128kbit
of CtrlMind. I know alot of you have been waiting for this, as i actually promised it to be finished 2 months ago. Im so sorry it took so long! and im grateful you all had the patience to stick around!

I present:
Control: Mind !

Edit: on a later note, making the song in Headphones only turned out to be quite the failed project. as it sounds like crap at speakers. whatever! :D

But what have i been up too besides this? Well, ide done little things here and there..
But ive been actually working on other songs! you see, when i promised you all Control: Mind, i figured it would be lame to submit a bunch of other crap first. thats why i just kept the whole thing on hold! so from now on, you guys have ALOT to look forward too if you like my music! :D
You will get a new song each monday for some weeks to come! And the songs are actually mostly finished! so there will be no delays! sweet no? :D ive made a list for upcomming songs!:

1. Control: Mind_________Submitted!
2. Orange______________Submitted!
3. Its a lie _____________Submitted!
4. Fruit bonus___________30.03.2009
5. Desert runners_________06.04.2009
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(keep in mind that i live in norway, so monday for me might not be monday for you!)

Ill keep having this list on all my newsposts! So keep checking in guys ;D
Any suggestions to remakes of old songs is greatly accepted! i love remaking my old babys!

And here comes the next big update, in a month or less, my new WEB PAGE will be up, finally!
www.waterflameworkshop.com

Alot more info on this will come later.

Untill nex time, have fun! ill update this regularly from now on! you could also check out my other cyberspace outposts if youre intrested:

Waterflame @ Myspace music
Waterflame @ Deviant art
Waterflame @ Youtube
Waterflame @ Myspace profile

Untill next time, have fun! peace out yo yo.

( Drunkfighter 2: Shitface tournament!?
Im making a "fighter versus" of all my drunken pics of me + other friends :D seemed like a nice idea at the time. )

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31 des.
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Hey everyone!

Heres my last update for 2008! (Obviously!)

I was just about to check my paypal currency at the 23rd, biting nails over the 30 dollars i was supposed to live off for the next 2 weeks, i was in deep shit no doubt. I figured i would have to crawl back to my mom asking for a loan, but NO SIR!
I Have no idea why i got this money, if it was royalties or just a "merry friggin xmas we sold 3 times more than exepected!" kinda payment. but the castlecrashers job surely payed off more than i imagined! i wont write the exact ammount here, but lets just say i dont have to work for 2 months if i dont want to. o.O

In other news..
Ofcource, of all things, i got sick, with a feever, AGAIN! and tomorrow is new years eve, im having a party here and its my gfs birthday, so i dont have much choice. party on right! :( Damn.

When it comes to music, i just submitted a new track!

-The race around the world 2-

i know there is TONS of things to be done on it, but im sick of the endless fixing on this song, i have like 10 diffrent .flp files for this track.
and also... keep in mind that i left the instruments clean for a reason! i could go all realistic with this track, but i wanted to keep the videogame feeling!

CONTROL: MIND Is almost done aswell, i guess i could say its 90% complete. so my first submition in 2009 will be the final track in the CONTROL series!

Also, with my vacom i got for xmas, i Drew my first digital painting! i posted it on the bottom! its the first time i use a penpad, but i think it turned out nicely all in all :D to fullview this picture, go to my Deviant art

Untill next update, enjoy the song, and a happy newyear!

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(Since i diddnt make my last post public, im just pasting the most important block of text from it so i dont have to write it all again in another way:)
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27 des.
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"Allright!

Ive had a stressfull december, i barely managed to get by! i was fairly short on money after buying presents. i also overdid it with my girlfriends present XD but that went both ways :D i couldn't celebrate christmas with her, so we had a xmas eve together at the 22nd ^^
I got a awesome mp3 player and a wacom! D: and some personal things :3 now that i have my vacom ill make alot more in flash for sure! I also had to take a break from the game because some personal things came up, but thats more than fine now! I started working on it again this week, so im hoping i can work on it in a smooth phase from now on.

When it comes to music, i havent done alot this month to be honest.. but im hoping to submit something before the end of this year! Im nearly finished with about 3 projects...

Theres always distractions, and i have to work some days, but ill get it done ;D All in all 2008 have been good, but harder than any other year for me.. so im looking forward to a fresh start and a awesome 2009!"

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29. des.
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Hm! ive starded working on the game again now! i love my new tablet :D its amazing to use, ill asure you that ill make alot more flash games n pictures in 2009.

ill make a public post in 2 days and submit a song with it and my first tablet picture :P ill paste this there aswell, so dont bother to comment untill then :D thanks for the comments so far tho!

(you could comment My gf's Nogums NGpage instead, shes trying to get used to this page. i want her to stay and become a regular, so im trying to redirect traffic a bit ;)

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27 des.
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Allright! time to make a update!

Ive had a stressfull december, i barely managed to get by! i was fairly short on money after buying presents. i also overdid it with my girlfriends present XD but that went both ways :D i couldn't celebrate christmas with her, so we had a xmas eve together at the 22nd ^^
I got a awesome mp3 player and a wacom! D: and some personal things :3 now that i have my vacom ill make alot more in flash for sure! I also had to take a break from the game because some personal things came up, but thats more than fine now! I started working on it again this week, so im hoping i can work on it in a smooth phase from now on.

When it comes to music, i havent done alot this month to be honest.. but im hoping to submit something before the end of this year! Im nearly finished with about 3 projects...

Theres always distractions, and i have to work some days, but ill get it done ;D All in all 2008 have been good, but harder than any other year for me.. so im looking forward to a fresh start and a awesome 2009!

yeah so thats about it for now i guess, as usual ill keep updating this! late merry xmas to you all and a happy new year!

Dec 01
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Hi everyone..

I made this today... im depressed and i feel like crap. but this tune came out of nowhere out of my fingers while playing with the synth. it gave me hope! and i felt just a bit better ^^ i hope it can do the same for you! enjoy :)

-Hope-

Also, my girlfriend joined NG today, yay! <3

Nogums (Ronja sol)

24 days untill xmas! woo woo.
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Nov 25
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ALRIGHT! TIME FOR A UPDATE, SWEET!
I havent made any progress on my current music projects..however, I MADE ANOTHER ONE D: again like the thumprgrinder loop (wich got weekly 3rd btw, yay!) its a short 2 min + loop. but this time i was more carefull with details. its sorta electro breakbeat dance fusion. i have no idea wich category it would fit in.. anyways, Here it is! back me up? :D enjoy!

-welcome to metropolis-

in other news.. eh, well for once. nothing out of the ordinary is happyening. i robbed myself buying xmas gifts so im eating pizza all day intull next paycheck.. ToT.. DAMNIT!
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hi there ^-^

I figured it was time to make a new post, since the old is getting kinda long and crowded!
thanks everyone for the comments <3 41 is pretty high for a news post :D neways..
Im not sick anymore! and my stitched up arm is almost healed. :P
However, i still have to work ALOT this week and even more next week. so time to do creative stuff is limtied. ive scanned almost all my drawings now tho, so im saying this again, go check them out if you have time:

My deviant art

Anyways, time for the "big" updates!
i finally, after a 2 day forum struggle, got myself a verry capable companion of a programmrer to help me realise my game ideas! Arby here on ng :) im not giving out too much information, but im currently working on it. i will be making the music, animation, art, story and sounds. he will do all the coding, enemy A.I etc, and he helps me brainstorm :]

i expect this project to take nothing less than 5 months or something around that. since i work alot, xmas is comming up and these things take time. so dont expect anything any time soon. but its in the making, atleast! :D and im really happy about it!

oh and one more thing. I made a new Loop, Today! its supposed to go with the game when its finished. but i couldnt wait a minute to submit it :P im pretty happy with it. altho i know its repetative. its intentional. so, hope you like it! i worked hard on it! i present:

-ThumpGrinder-

untill next update, stay tuned!

i made this drawing last night, wich is also concept art for my game. the little girl reyin sol, one of the 3 pilots:

EDIT: November 4th
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Superfunky is finally finished!

-Superfunky-

Im not sure if i can be as active as i normally am, so this is it for now. but more to come later!

here is my music production status:

-- Race around the world 2 75% complete
-- Swampland DnB remake 35% complete
---------> Superfunky symphony 100% complete DONE!
-- Unamed Breakbeat tune 10% complete

In other news, i managed to hurt my arm and had to do 13 stiches :[ and i just got the flu :[
so that kinda sucks... well.. be sure to check in on my art thread!
i am alittle short on words, so thats it for me, cya!

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EDIT: October 31st
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Happy halloween everyone!

Ive finally scanned my drawings! or, some of them anyways..
I made a thread about it here, and i also put it on deviant art :] i would greatly appreciate it if you took the time to check it out! :)

Waterflame's art thread

My deviant art

Im drained for musical inspiration at the moment, so no big updates on that front, sorry guys! :[

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Oct 19th
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Ok, that was a lie. but now that i have your atention!

im finally done moving in! its like a nerd palace here, gotta love it <3
Well, so I finished this one song thats been lying around for some time.
its nothing out of the ordinary, and not to complex in mastering or melody, but
i like it, and think its worthy of a submition! so i bring you:

-You and me-

im also currently working on these projects:

-- Race around the world 2 70% complete
-- Swampland DnB remake 35% complete
-- Superfunky symphony 85% complete

So keep an eye out for those! i also love it when you guys give me remake and mix
ideas, or similar. for instance, the idea of making Swampland a dnb song came from a fan. :)

ill keep updating this page so stay tuned ;)
heres a pic of my new home <3

UPDATE! 7 oct
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Im finally rigged at my new place! FINALLLYYYYY!
And im working on a easygoing funky breakbeat thingy. similar to my submition -rocketrace- , wich is still my best one to date in my opinion. stay tuned fellas!

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Awwrite!

So Castlecrashers got released, and my tracks made the front page and 5th of the week.
Now, my week in the glorious sun is over, for now ;) and id like to thank everyone that downloaded, reviewed or listened to my songs. especially those who put me in the favourite artist list! dont stop!
Also, a special thanks to Poisonsky who have been reviewing alot lately :)
as for you rest, i try to respond ot all of you! i just dont have the time o.O but ill try harder! thank you all! <3<3

In other news, I actually have some days off now! finally! so im gonna spend those with My gf and friends. Also, i just got me a big fat paycheck from working my ass off, and with some of those money i got myself a laptop, a printer-scanner, a NES (my 3rd now, lol damit) and some regular xbox games. since they cost around 8 dollars new i would be stupid not to!
Im going to scan my drawings now! so expect around 20-30 pencil drawn drawings commin up to the forums the comming days :D wooteh.

On the music front, nothing new is cooking atm. but good news for everyone that wanted Swampland to be a DNB song! im working on it, so far so good ;D

In 6 days, ill be living somewhere else, so my room looks pretty much packed/fucked up now. i also found out from packing, that i have over 200+ games. 200+!!!! i feel like AVGN. >_>

Look ay my new laptop! aint it sexy lying there half nekkid in bed:

31st aug.
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The last tune from castle crashers! now they are all here on ng aswell! :] i dont know if i would submit this if it wassnt the boss music in castle crashers. but ah well, here it is! enjoy the show ;P GET IT??!!?!?

-The show-

So well, for those searching for the tracks, here is a complete link list, in order of aperance and with details!:

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-Jumper-

Used in the first part of thieves forest entrance:
video example
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-Space pirates-

Used in Thieves forest part one:
video example
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-The show-

Used in the Thieves forest boss And Painter boss levels:
video example
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-Tecrock fixed-

Used in abandoned mill:
video example
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-Swampland-

Used in marsh:
video example
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-Race around the world-

Used when you complete a stage (its at the end):
video example

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29th aug.
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Yet another track from castle crashers! i was planing on submiting this next week, but due to high demands, i got flattered and decided to share it right away! it might not suit everyones style, but for those who like it, enjoy!

-Jumper-

28th aug.
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Hi again! when i said i wouldnt make any new stuff for a while, i told the truth. what i left out was that Castlecrashers is now out for xbox360 live aracde! so now its finally time to submit the exclusive tracks! first up is the swamplands track, now i gotta run to work! enjoy! :D

-Swamplands-

20th aug.
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yeah, update!! UNH!

after using all my little sparetime hours i could collect during the workrush and grilfriend-time-spendin',
i came up with some blood and sweat breakbeats with orchestral influence! indeed, indeed.
i concider it, as said, to be my best work to date, mostly because ive always admiered this kind
of music, and ive forever wanted to nail that style.
this time i felt like i finally did! with ofcource a middlesegment of orchestral,
wich i can never leave, it seems..

in other news, i wont be able to make music for a while. im moving! and i still
have alot of work, music cant pay the bills just yet. it might be a month before i can submit something
fresh again, other than if i finish one of my "almost done and kinda good" songs, wich there is
alot of! so in other words, -control: mind- and my contribution for the music colabration will be held back for a while.

anyways, im really proud of this for once! i feel like im finally managing to do something good again!
so i really hope you like this, i put alot of effort into making it! i present:

Rocket race!