CONTEST ENTRY DUE DATE POSTPONED UNTIL DECEMBER 15TH
(Yeah you can turn it in before then. I'd actually rather you did, haha.)

Solo Contest Forum Link

Entries
This list will be updated as each new submission is received.

Birdinator99 - _Apprehension_

Nesray (fire118) - SC: New Amp

DJ Prex (PainasaurusRex) - Open Light Solo (DJ Prex)

SamHandwiches - It's a shuttle

CosmicAlfonzo - 3 minutes of guitar wank

DXsamurai - Cold Fire Solo P1

HighBallers - Super Bear Solo

FairSquare - FS: Epic Solo

I don't expect anyone to enter this for a while, though I'm still going to post the rules for this contest I'm trying to start.

Anyway, the contest is pretty simple. There are no restrictions on instrument choice or genre. The primary rule of this contest is to make a song which is under 3 minutes long that includes one or more solo(s) with any instrument. That is, you can have a synth, guitar, or even a drum solo. Just give it your all in the solo portion(s) of your song.

Note: If you can make a song that is just a solo that still sounds great, go ahead! However, the easiest way to go about this is to make a simple melody or beat and then solo over it.

If you wish to enter the contest, you can let me know here or through messaging. All entries are due December 7th! Go crazy.

So drew6464's contest is a big hit! I may have to do one later on that is far less specific than what I had before, haha. Of course, that'd be for after the announcement of who won Piano Frenzy.

If you haven't checked out the contest and the entries thus far for the contest, head over to drew6464's Newgrounds page and view the comments. So far, three people have submitted their entries for his contest. Those people are J-Ville, DjClyme, and myself. I already feel overshadowed by the talent of J-Ville and DjClyme, and of course my friend RetromanOMG is cooking something up as well, which, given the fact that he is the person who inspired me to use piano in my songs in the first place and this is a piano driven contest, makes me a little nervous that I could come in absolute last. That'd be fine with me though! I can't wait to see who wins. No doubt, the winner will surely have made some freaking amazing song.

Piano Frenzy contest link: http://drew6464.newgrounds.com/news/po st/539414

Ha, so I'm still taking a minor break from composing, but I just noticed a contest by drew6464, so... I made a song for it. It's under 2 minutes (since it had to be for the contest), and quite honestly I'm glad it was. It still took an hour to write though.

Anyway, I'm still open for giving remixes and entering contests, just so you know. I do not plan on making any new original songs this year though (that is, outside of contest pieces). I'll be around, as I said before.

And I'd always appreciate remixes of my songs. Hahaha.

By the way, here's the contest (Piano Frenzy):

http://drew6464.newgrounds.com/news/po st/539414

This is the only news post I've made during a lecture, so I'll keep this short.

I may not be making more music in 2010. I've made around 40 original songs this year, which is a huge deal for me. I'm very grateful for all of your support throughout 2010. I'll be around, even if I don't make another song until 2011.

I finished Gust of Wind! For those of you who even knew I was making this enormous (for me) song, I'm sure you know how relieved I am to be done. And if you didn't know... well, I'm still relieved. 7:45 is about 3x the time of one of my older songs.

Anyway, please check out Gust of Wind! I just uploaded it about 10 minutes ago. (Note: When you read this, it'll be longer than 10 minutes ago. Weird, right? Hello future.)

I'm writing a new song, as I always seem to be nowadays, and it's coming along pretty well. That being said, I'd rather not upload it here and have it shredded (plus, I'd rather not upload everything here) so I'll have this song elsewhere, at least for a while. (If you want to hear it, ask me. It's called Lethal Plateau, so if you've already heard it and thought I was making another song besides it... nope.)

I will submit the song after this one to Newgrounds though, once I can think of one.

Ask here if you want to hear the song!

It has been a full year since my first submission on Newgrounds. I'd like to believe I've gotten better since then, but honestly Quick Descent is one of my favorite creations to date.

In honor of this momentous occasion, I'm creating something with a familiar melody to those of you who have heard my early stuff. However, though it has parts of an old melody, this new song will be vastly different both in mood and depth.

I wanted to have it done and uploaded yesterday (since 11/2 was the day I submitted that first song) but that didn't happen, so be checking here today and tomorrow for a new song.

I created a new song called Breathless that I'll probably update with a full version once I perfect it. This is by far my favorite out of all of the songs I have created. I feel that this must've been made so quickly (the entire melody and harmony was made in around an hour) because of some inspiration from God. That's all that could explain it.

Anyway, I'd love to stay and chat, but I have to get back to doing nothing.

Collabers! Lend me your ears!

... we have to do something. Haha.

OOOOkkk. So I finally did a remix for my friend J-Ville. He only has one song, called Hazardous Anomaly Detected (http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/liste n/356021), but it's a great one. (Drew6464, we may want to just have our remix contest on that haha. Waterflame is too intimidating.)

So, what else is in store?

1. Possibly another remix. Let me know if you want one!

2. Some new original song (eventually)

3. A collab with RetromanOMG (and possibly J-Ville or Drew6464)

etc., maybe.