ProofOfBoredom

Ive written several actually! And most of my music is written in guitar pro format, but putting lyrics to them is often hard. So after putting in hours of work i just end up with 4+ minute long ballads

I think my next piece is goona be a cover of "dancing through life" from wicked, requests are still heavily wanted

haha awesome! I can use MIDI files from guitar pro formats so if you every want a track mixing i'd be happy to help ^.^

Why not try "like a spinning record" by the living tombstone?

The polka remix idea sounds perfect for an easy mode song. Not too long (but long enough to help a new player get the hang of the game), not too fast, not too complicated. It sounds like a great idea and I'd love to hear it once you're done! I'm sure it'll fit in well!

In that case i'll make it around 2 minuets long and use a simple "Kick, snare" rhythm which would make it supper easy! it should take me too long as I have the sheet music already! i'll send you a link when i've finished my first draft!

Hmmmm... Well, a good length would be three to four minutes, with maybe a chorus every minute. The BPM should be below 140. In order to make sure that the BPM is good, use this link to test it out. If you get the same BPM as what you intended (it might be smart to have someone else test the BPM too since you already know what the answer should be) then your song is likely to work well with a rhythm game.

The only other thing I'd ask for is a simple, easily remembered rhythm/melody. This makes beatmapping the song wayyyy easier and also makes it really catchy. As long as thats there and the beat is managable the song should work very well with a rhythm game. Please don't feel rushed when it comes to making this song (It'll probably be a month before I could get to it even if you sent it in now) and if you have a great idea that doesn't fit with specs, ignore the specs!( Huh?) Don't let them ruin a good idea!

Cool, well i've got a couple of ideas of songs I wanted to do.

1) is a new song with original composition but much simpler than my previous songs.

2) a "Pinkie's Parasprite Polka" remix, so a bit more trancy and one which lasts around 3 or so minuets so plenty of time for gaps and is also quite repetitive (perfect for a rhythm game) and is easy enough to tap along to.

What dya think?

Hand drawn is fine, just make sure that it looks good on a computer. I'm glad that you want to help out with this! If any of the songs I've chosen look interesting (or you have any ideas of songs that you want to draw for) just say so and we can get to work. The waiting thing is fine since it takes time to beatmap a song, so if you have anything you want to submit you can just take a picture of it with your computer/camera and post that so I can see it.

I only have three songs for sure so far (although if me and Davroth collab on this he might have some himself) and they are as follows:

20% Cooler by Ken Ashcorp, Alex S remix

Discord, by Eurobeat Brony, The Living Tombstone remix

Never Back Down, by Aviators, Thatsonofamitch remix

List of songs being considered:

Everything from Balloon Party (Trying to find which songs lend themselves best to rhythm games)

The Wooden Toaster's work (same as balloon party)

and basically every other piece of pony themed electronic music (that can be downloaded legally for free).

Well, the music is all great and I'd love to include some of it, but remember that this is for a rhythm game and that I'm not selecting songs based solely on their musical merit. Here's a quick list of the things that I'm looking for:

An easily identifiable BPM. The BPM can change throughout the song, but if I don't know the exact BPM then I can't make the game work. Telling me about the BPM will help with this, but if the player cannot find the BPM themselves then they'll have trouble with the song.

A managable pace. If a song is made up of a lot of fast, short notes then it's very hard to beatmap, let alone play in a rythem game. If a song has a lot of fast notes but also has a foreground melody made up of longer notes, that's fine.

A backbeat. If there's an audible, consistant beat in the background it not only helps me beatmap, it provides an anchor for people play the game so they can save themselves if they screw up and lose the beat. Not really required, but good to have.

A chorus. When playing a rhythem game it's comforting to have a series of notes/beats that appear a few times in the song, and the best place to have this is a chorus.

Breaks in the song. This can be in the form of a sample, a lull in the music, or even bit of silence in the middle of the song. This makes it possible to include story images without forcing people to look away from the music.

That said, I'd like to use the first song here. I think it would make a good 'super-intense' level track. However, if you have any simpler songs (or could compose one) that would be great. Since I'm just starting on this game I'm gonna have to make the 'easy' tracks first because nopony wants to play a game that starts out really really hard, so I'm not gonna be able to use any of these songs at the moment. However, I do plan on including one of them in the future, so stay tuned!

If you want use the first song I can easily find out the BMP, i've still got the orginal Cubase file around here somewhere.

I do have some older slower stuff but it's not pony related at all..

I can get to work on a new song tomorrow which will can be a bit more slower paced as well as make it more pony related than a couple of voice clips, I just got a new DAW so I won't be able to make much crazy music as of yet. Taking all your points in to consideration i'll have a go at it for you, or even make a spec list for me such as BMP/Tempo, number of choruses length, if you'd prefer to do that!

I just recently finished my short album "Distorted Dreams" and would like to give it to anypony and everypony who would like some free music!

It's simple enough to download

Step1) go to: http://proofofboredom.bandcamp.com/

Step2) select the album of your choice (there are two) and click "buy now" (don't worry, you won't be spending any bits!)

Step3) enter zero for your price and hit "check out"

And there you have it, free music!

As a side note if you enjoy my music enough that you wish to pay for the album you can give me as little or as much as you like. But I know times are hard and money is scarce so donations are not required!

Here is my first attempt of a horror soundtrack of any sort, this is just the main piano theme composed by me and is still a work in progress so any critizisms are greatly appreciated!

http://soundcloud.com/proofofboredom/lukes-maze-main-theme-first

edit: sorry you have to listen to it on the soundcloud site. it wont let me change the settings -_-

Those are really impressive. You ever concider writing a song? I could make the music for you? /)^.^(\

I used cubase5 for a while but I found it to be a little "too easy" to use and so less creative results could be achieved, also it ran like brick in a washing machine, more than 3 or 4 tracks and my CPU would go through the roof. Recently I upgraded to FL studio 10 and i'm already inlove with it, although the interface is much more confuzing and takes a while to get your head around but runs smoother and is more advanced (and I can have fluttershy set as the background)

I also used VSTi plugins such as Sylenth1, lpx1 and TALNoisemaker every now and again

So i'd love to have some art work of my OC actually doing somthing music related (Mixing, druming, piano etc.) opposed to the side on view. It will be used on my tumblr and youtube backgrounds, aswell as a couple of miscilaniouis videos on my youtube channel with full creditation and any links you would like to be displayed.

Here are a couple images of my OC however i prefer the one with headphones: http://www.flickr.com/photos/82993075@N04/ (sorry you have to open a new page but the upload system isn't working for me)

Any style is fine just so long as its either awesome or cute!

Vynl scratch artwork is a good example of what kinda style i'm looking for however i'm not too bothered if they are more simplistic as art skills and style will vary:

Thank you in advance

I have various pieces of music on my channel. They are not particularly pony themed ( although I used pony samples in them to see if I had any closet brony friends) The links below show all the music with pony samples and if you want to use them let me know and i'll set up a download link for you!

Or if you want an original song making i'd be happy to give it a go for you