Table Of Contents:

I. Art Inspired Music Contest

II. Alesis Demo: Sequential Samples

III. Getting Married <3

IV. Memes

I. Art Inspired Music Contest [LINK]

Submission deadline: June 20th

Since It's a community event I'll get this out of the way first. I'm one of the volunteer judges and have the time to drop reviews for everyone that competes. If all goes well, I will also leave reviews for the graphic artists. Please, challenge yourselves. Go outside your comfort zones and pick art that tells a story. Honor the graphic artists by suiting your music to their illustrations, not the other way around. Being an EDM artist, it can feel really tempting to pick some colorful visual stimuli or sexy girl that suits something you're already working on. Don't do that.

Promising to review everything submitted to the contest is daunting but I obviously have the free time for this at the moment, with all the time I spend on Discord:

Yeah, I worry sometimes about how this kind of thing comes across. It's a good thing I'm living the best years of my life right now or else I'd hate myself for using my identity as a creative bludgeon...

II. Alesis Demo: Sequential Samples

Just finished another demo video of the Alesis Strike Pro SE. I'm no cinematographer, currently using the freeware ShotCut to edit these vids. The shorts are just for fun and to show friends and family the new toy. Eventually I'll start loading my own samples into the machine. The drum module contains a number of files that when played sequentially can produce melodic elements. This video is showing off the Jeff Funk bass samples and some cute chip tune sounds:

Tom made me crop the floor out of the shot, all his trash was making him self conscious. If I had known this would happen I'd have been shooting videos all over the house a year ago. The bedroom, the living room, the office, the kitchen... any room that needs to be cleaned I should be hosting streams in C:<

III. Getting Married <3

There is an official date now, sometime next year. I'd share this date and location with all of you but it's going to be a small BBQ on the front lawn, not some extravagant church publicity ritual that everyone is invited to. We have had conversations about those rituals and want the wedding to feel both genuine and humble without it putting undue stress on anyone or costing a fortune. It sounds like all of Tom's coworkers want to show up and I'm inviting one or two people from Newgrounds. I feel so distant from my childhood friends and doubt their ability to fly across the country. There are some people from my past I'd love to invite but I have so many doubts about what I mean to them now. Transitioning ten years ago changed everything. The last thing I want is for an old bandmate or childhood friend to misgender me or let slip to Tom's coworkers that I'm different. A hard thought just hit me, my late mom will not be able to attend. How is that going to feel the day of? SO MANY FUN BITTERSWEET FEELINGS TO CONTEMPLATE, YAY :D

IV. Memes

NO EXISTENTIAL THOUGHTS TODAY, ONLY HAHA FUNNY TIMES. I BRING YOU MEMES!!!

DO THESE MEMES PLEASE YOU?? DO YOU LOVE IT WHEN QUARL IS SILLY? I CAN BE SO SILLY. AAAAAAA!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Have a good day :3