Uploaded November 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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1 song every day for the #21daysofVGM! I had more time on my hands when I made these, so I put a little more effort into them than the ones I did in July. I hope it shows! Let me know which was your favourite!

0:16 Day 1: The End?
1:07 Day 2: Courageous Fanfare
2:24 Day 3: Prince's Playtime
3:44 Day 4: Fight or Flight
5:33 Day 5: Lounging in Limbo
6:23 Day 6: Mischievous Meddlers
7:20 Day 7: Gentle Goodbye
9:09 Day 8: Granny's Garden
9:57 Day 9: Swing Thing
10:51 Day 10: Impractical Chromatical
11:36 Day 11: Cozy Cottage
12:20 Day 12: Dragon Duel
12:55 Day 13: Aspiring Ashes
13:53 Day 14: Overgrown Oasis
14:32 Day 15: Lost Legend
15:20 Day 16: Wild World
16:36 Day 17: Pepped-Up Party
17:39 Day 18: Motley Misfit
18:04 Day 19: Sling Saunter
19:03 Day 20: Tread on Ahead
19:57 Day 21: Treasure Travelers
21:05 Day 22: Good-Natured Ghost
21:23 Day 23: Ancient Asylum
21:39 Day 24: Dizzy Dash
22:07 Day 25: Tasty Tavern
22:21 Day 26: Dark Den
22:44 Day 27: Coat for the Clouds
22:59 Day 28: Rhythmic Ride
23:23 Day 29: Injured Idol
23:51 Day 30: Critter Catching
24:41 Day 31: Ripened Resolve

This time around I wanted to make use of more orchestral instruments. Orchestral has always been something I wanted to do, but recreating the instruments is pretty tough for MIDI. Gonna keep working at it.

I also wanted to change the way I approached composing. Essentially this means that I have a form of workflow; I compose a chord progression or melody that extends for 8 bars or so, maybe loop it again, then switch to another melody that would complement it for another 8 bars. Then repeat. Sometimes instead of making a second melody, I'd just overlay a new melody on the original. TL;DR I just want to stop doing the same thing everytime.

The best examples that I feel I succeeded in changing my composition style were Days 2 & 3. Maybe Day 8 because I tried really hard to give its chord progressions variety. Eventually I put less focus on my comp style just because it was taking me too long to make anything. Maybe this just means my current comp style is good for these challenges, but not for stuff in the long run. Either way it's given me a lot to think about.

And if you were keeping up with Inktober, you'll notice some of my song titles use its daily themes! I started doing so at Day 8 (Frail = Granny), and did it more consistently throughout the month.

After day 21, I just did small chiptune stuff because I wanted to focus my free time on other things. Plus school is starting for me now.





See you again in January! (I think it's in January?)