NGADM and future plans

So I guess I won the NGADM!

I'm still finding this a little hard to process because there was a lot of ridiculous talent in this year's contest. Please, do yourself a favor and check out steampianist, kor-rune, headphoamz, etherealwinds, JacobCadmus, and SoundChris (each linked with my favorite song of theirs, except for steampianist who made the choice impossible). They are all incredible musicians.

There were a bunch of other amazing musicians too. Don't even get me started.

One final thank you to the judges of the NGADM for running the contest without a single hitch. It's been an incredible learning experience, and it's all due to their hard work.

(And finally, a shout out to TheDoor6, who was literally my only fan for a good deal of the NGADM!)

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Long term plans.

I wanted to write down some of my longer plans on here so that you guys could hold me to them if I slack :D

0. Continue spamming NG

1. Record some guitar into my songs

I actually sorta know guitar. I just need to get some decent recording equipment. I also eventually want to move from acoustic to electric.

2. Learn how to sing

This on the other hand I have no clue how to do. If you have any tips, let me know.

3. Score a game

I originally got into music composition because I was a game developer and wanted to write music for my games. I think that I can finally close this loop. Plus I've gradually been wanting to write an album, so I could kill two birds with one stone.

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Finally, I want to listen to some new music to broaden my tastes! Shoot me a comment with your favorite jams.

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TaintedLogic 2013-11-14 06:53:00

*Blushes* Aw, thanks for the shout-out, Johnfn! :D I'm really excited to hear your guitar recordings and singing. As for my favorite jams: outside NG it's probably "Digidrop" by Rameses B and Cash Cash's remix of "Safe and Sound"; inside it's probably either Detious and Lockyn's "Gradient" or Garlagan's "Ablixa." Are there any particular genres you were planning on checking out? I'm pretty much into them all! :D

johnfn 2013-11-14 06:53:00

Dude you have good taste, I love garlagan too. Digidrop is a lot of fun. I really want to listen to a lot of esoteric music. See how far away I can branch from edm. :)

SkyeWint 2013-11-14 07:49:20

>sing

PRACTICE VOCAL CONTROL FOR DAYS AND DAYS AND DAYS. Man, keeping on one pitch or starting on the right pitch is harder than it sounds.

>record

Shure sm57. Got it recently. Beautiful. That or something which attaches to your guitar.

johnfn 2013-11-14 07:49:20

Going to do both of these things. :)

Everratic 2013-11-15 19:28:51

Here are some of my favorite songs from different genres:
1. Pop - Tik Tok, and Take it Off by Kesha
2. Dubstep - audio/listen/543957
3. Video Game - /audio/listen/554093
4. Rock - Lithium by Evanescence
5. World - Midnight Dance by Pavlo

I think these songs can give you a lot of inspiration. They helped me a lot.

johnfn 2013-11-15 19:28:51 (Updated 2013-11-24 21:49:32)

Thanks! Though I am totally judging you for including Tik Tok in that list haha. Will dig into the rest soon :D

headphoamz 2013-11-24 12:50:55

Congrats john! Well done, thanks for the shoutout. And god I love garlagan, I'm addicted to his music.

johnfn 2013-11-24 12:50:55

Thanks phoamz! I'm with you, garlagan rocks. Ablixa was one of my faves from the NGADM.