#MelonadeM

[melonadem]

the crimson caverns🪨🔥

[melonadem-personal]

IMU Café (Original SNES Chiptune)

Written for the monthly Button Masher Discord compo - where the theme was to write a coffee shop song for the SNES! Lots of cool entries were made, I hope the others post them on their social media!

Most of the samples are self-sampled sources, from various synths and VSTs I own - the radio chatter in the BG here comes from me sampling some Romanian radio, talking about football (soccer) scores - heavily manipulated to sound even more otherwordly!

[melonadem-personal]

i couldnt find the fucking image/meme of the guy pointing to the left and saying skim

so

i remade it from memory

i am sorry

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[lune-redd]

Hey folks! These past two weeks I've been hard at work on a game jam title for the 2024 NES Jam!

Introducing... Flacer & Puptira in: Clockwork Lunacy!!

This is also the first time I'm showing off these two for the first time publicly so it's a bit surreal in a way for me 😭

Music was done by @melonadem!

PLAY HERE!!!!!!!!!!!

[mendelpalace]

POWER! SuperDIGI is a tribute album to the vast world of digital hardware synthesizers, containing eighteen completely original pieces of music encompassing a variety of genres, with all sounds coming straight from classic and new hardware alike, such as the Roland XV-5080 and Korg Trinity. 00:00 Nixine - Spirals I 03:00 Princess Sylvysprit - Mumu Skies 06:40 Nuclear - White Space 09:36 HaruMKT - Mako 14:34 nico-breon - Beauregard's Castle 17:07 MJG0117 - On Hold (10AM) 21:07 MelonadeM - Ancients of the Dawn 23:19 02FD - Journey 25:18 MIDIMan - Jungle Stroll 27:16 Nuclear - Mercury 29:49 Nixine - Spirals II 32:48 Mimidia - When the World is Waking Up 37:36 now_its_dark - onTheScene 40:21 Viravax - Purina 43:50 HaruMKT - Crystal 49:36 Headache Central - Dragon Train 53:20 Nuclear - Flight Star 3000 55:58 Mikantsumikiwi & Noelle Amelie Aman - Fantasia Institute

[fuckyeahchiptune]

James aka CalmDownKidder plays the latest chiptune tracks, talks about upcoming shows and some tech news!

/// New Releases Donutshoes - Barbie Girl (Samplecore Remix) https://twitter.com/DonutShoes/status/1690473335216283648

meanings - a different kind of love https://meaningsband.bandcamp.com/album/lite-mode

AQUASINE - StreetPass Millionaire (ft. hackerling) https://aquasine.bandcamp.com/album/msgbox

Ronto_3rd - GRAND-DIUS ～合言葉はBEER～ https://soundcloud.com/yoshinontoutosugite3rd/grand-dius-beer

crazygoji - big man on campus https://crazygoji.bandcamp.com/album/big-man-on-campus

MelonadeM - Ancients Of The Dawn https://soundcloud.com/melonadem/ancients-of-the-dawn

The Eigthmonth - Fake Sympathy https://the-eighthmonth.bandcamp.com/album/unlimited-limitations

CoolAm7 - Maya https://coolam7.bandcamp.com/track/maya

Cow'P - Suk Dik Remix Remix https://soundcloud.com/cowp/suk-dik-remix-remix

Fastbom - Radix - Imaginary Friend (SID Cover) https://soundcloud.com/fastbom/radix-imaginary-friend-sid-cover

/// Upcoming Shows https://twitter.com/chiptuneshows

/// Tech News Asobi Tech - Mao Mao Castle preview https://twitter.com/asobitech/status/1689002956832870400

FM8 VST for £10! https://www.pluginboutique.com/deals/show?sale_id=13942

/// From The Vault chalices of the past - 2 RUDE https://chalicesofthepast.bandcamp.com/album/2-rude

https://chiptune.chat/ Thursdays 7pm (UK Time)

logo + stream graphics by https://wendymurphy.online/

[melonadem-personal]

Maybe most of my followers here already knew this, but I've been writing music for this game and I think it's neat (and you should check it out)

We've got a demo on Steam as well as itch.io, so please check them out when you have a chance, and wishlist us if you like what you're hearing/seeing/playing!

In the skies of Elysium, the sprawling fields of giant sunflowers swing along the breeze of Dawning Islands - the first properly explorable area of Dormiveglia!

Enjoy the full track, composed by @_melonadem with artwork by @qwargly !

[trashfirelife]

Pokemon TCG2 // Lightning Fort (MelonadeM's Remix)

[melonadem-personal]

wilted woods 🪵💀

[melonadem-personal]

this like a million times

i, as a romanian national, can not go visit the usa simply because romania isn't a part of the schengen zone, for which the us does have an agreement with. i have to purchase a visa application, which takes time and money and can also be rejected.

on the other hand, if an american wanted to visit romania, this would barely be an issue - despite the fact that romania technically requires a visa for us citizens, it trying to follow the schengen rules (despite it not being a part of the agreement) means you may just be allowed to enter regardless.

or, a more actual example - my ex-partner visited me in the uk (where i live) for a week, it did not require a visa to enter and leave. however, me visiting the us would. it's so utterly unfair.

tourism entry agreements for many countries are completely unbalanced and unfair. did you know that people with a canadian passport can go to malaysia without applying for a visa / obtain an automatic tourism visa upon arrival, but if you have a malaysian passport you have to apply in advance for a tourism visa to go to canada? sometimes months in advance? any canadian can just show up to malaysia unannounced and they'll be let in, but my malaysian family has to beg the canadian gov for permission in advance (and get DENIED) just to come see me for a couple weeks. this is what it's like for most western passport holders in general, just because you are allowed free entry to the global south does not mean people in the global south are allowed free entry to the global north.

[jumbo-max]

(MelonadeM)

[cwgames]

Mega Man Gallery

I never understand why yellow devil was call by that name. But I love the design of all of mega man. I just his game will continue one. But I never forget his cartoon.

[overflowchute]

I was playing around with equalizers and did this...

The song feels so dead! It waddles along on broken legs, desperate to remember what it once was, but what is there left for it to see?

Please listen to the original... it’s so cool...

[mendelpalace]

POWER! XG is a tribute album to Yamaha's XG MIDI standard, containing ten completely original music tracks encompassing a wide variety of genres, made for many different XG devices. This album was completed over the course of two months by the DTM MIDI Central Discord, if you want to join and perhaps participate in a future collaboration, you can do so here: https://discord.gg/Kanfmyn

00:00 Jace - Midsummer Dream (MU2000) 03:49 Cepukka - Dream Installation (S-YXG50) [recorded by author] 05:46 Neo Te Aika - Muddin' Blood (S-YXG50) 10:27 Robyn - Right Time Left (MU90R) 13:03 Gusano - Factory Stuff (S-YXG50) 16:13 Princess Sylvyspirit - Mumu Fields (MU2000) [recorded by author] 19:20 amphobius - Tongueslap (MU90) [recorded by HaruMKT] 22:14 HaruMKT - Soul of the Ship Below (MU90) [recorded by author] 26:31 MelonadeM - Heavy Dew (S-YXG50) 28:21 Speedy - Longing (MU1000 + SG + VL)

Unless stated otherwise, all tracks were recorded on an MU1000EX at 44kHz 24-bit by Speedy using a PreSonus Studio 18|10.

Contributing artists: Speedy, Neo Te Aika, HaruMKT, amphobius, Gusano, Cepukka, MelonadeM, Robyn, Jace POWER! project started by: Speedy, MovieMovies1 Album art by: HaruMKT Thanks to: Cessor, Midori, and Catonator for showing support for the POWER! XG project

If you like this, you should also check out their earlier project: POWER! SC-55, a tribute to the Roland Sound Canvas profile. 

@nine-hundred-and-nine @theamazingsallyhogan @sparkylurkdragon

[melonadem-personal]

Top of the world

240x160, 8 colors

Had fun making this for Battle of the Bits! The theme was treehouse.

You can watch a speedpaint of this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqATuW0uYqs

[melonadem-personal]

I thought this'd be an interesting walk through the world of music royalties and whatnot.

Recently I've had a payment from my distributor for music on Spotify, Apple Music, etc - this was across two years or so of streams (almost exactly, too - I remember setting this up ABOUT two years ago, give or take). It was a paltry sum of $5.37 (£4.18).

Now, it is worth noting I never really pushed these heavily - not that spamming links everywhere makes that much of a difference I found, but I've just put download links to those landing pages that directs you to where said song is on all platforms. On top of this, my discography on these platforms is extremely limited, compared to what I've got on my Bandcamp, YouTube and SoundCloud.

Still, it prompted me to do a bit of research onto where most of my streaming revenue comes from, and it's... interesting.

This is actual data that I've pulled and converted to one currency - it isn't 100% accurate, but I don't need that as I'm just looking for a quick comparison.

YT Ads - These are just your standard partner ads that I run on my music on YouTube. There's a threshold of, I think about £60 or £70 before it makes it to my bank account. On average, this earns me £10/mo.

Bandcamp - These are the most interesting ones - sometimes, people just buy your music unprompted if either your name is large enough to pop up on the front page (or however that algorithm works), or when you release some new music. Whatever money is also immediately available for payout (though PayPal usually takes a tiny amount of whatever they pay me out as tax, which is a paltry amount anyway so I don't really care). On average, this earns me about £7.60/mo.

SC Repost - This is who distributes my music to Spotify, Apple Music, etc. I pay £10/mo for this and SC Premier combined, so I really made a loss if we're just considering this domain on its own. On average, this is £0.17/mo.

SC Premier - This is just SoundCloud monetization, basically SC's version of YT Ad revenue. On a complete flipside to Repost, this basically pays for itself. On average, I earn £13.06 from this, but if you consider the fee I have to pay in order to get it, it's more like £3.06.

In total, If I create about 2 releases and 1 re-release every 2 years, I'd probably earn a total of £21.10/mo.

It's interesting to note, however, that the spikes are a direct correlation to me just putting the music out on platforms. Notably Bandcamp, as people have to pay to download for it usually - normally a small amount, but having an option to purchase the entire discography or having people want to add more on top of what they have to pay does do wonders. If I'm not putting music out actively, then ad revenue from YT or SoundCloud actually pays okay for the amount of effort I put into it (next to none). Ad stuff have less transientary moments, where it's just a spike with nothing afterwards, as I imagine people have to come back to the platform to listen to the music (whereas on BC, people download it and stream it offline)

No conclusion for this from my part, but I thought it was interesting to share. You can draw your own conclusion (and tag me about it or something) if you'd like!

Something to note about all this - I'm not exactly struggling for money, I have a full time job that I'm grateful I can work, and the way it is set up still gives me some time to work on music, which is about to become a lot more important (hopefully) next month as I'm planning to heavily push my music work again. However, in the meantime, I can definitely work on putting some music out on BandCamp and provide a far more complete discography on all platforms, which has been my goal anyway.

I hope that was an interesting read for you!