#blirby music

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Someone made an offhand joke/comment and I took it as a challenge, so enjoy a sheet/arrange of how I play Iyozane's RMI theme on piano.

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!!! I hadn't seen this earlier but I actually have something to neat add!!

The repeating melody found at the beginning of Iyo's RMI theme has a neat little secret. It's wave-shaped.

This right here is an image of how it appears in a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)

And this is how it appears in sheet music form.

One of my favorite "musical easter eggs" that isn't leitmotif-related.

What are your casual thoughts on Iyozane's themes?

Ah, Iyozane's themes, of course~!

I will note that I'm really just saying whatever I feel as I re-listen to these themes, so it may be more in-the-moment that my usual comments. Still, I hope you enjoy~!

In the Gloomy Straits, Steady as She Goes

幽暗海峡ヨーソロー

Iyozane's debut theme from RMI, I really like how the song does actually make me feel like I'm on a boat rocking along the waves, but still going steadily on.

It's the opening background melody that continues to repeat throughout the song that gives it that swaying wave feeling, while main melody accompanied by the steady drumbeats give it its, well, steady vibe!

Also a point that I really like is how right around the song's climax (~2:00) the Youkai Alliance's motif pops up, it really makes me feel like Iyozane's ambition is at an all time high during this incident (which makes a nice contrast with their theme in BPoHC).

Finally, the song looping and going back to its opening really hammers in that "steady as she goes" vibe. "Yoosoroo!"

Waves and Wind That Sway the Spirits ~ not steady body

幽霊うごく波と風　～ not steady body

Iyozane's BPoHC theme, much like how the game sheds light on their shaky and ghastly (hehe) past, I feel like this rearrangement of their RMI theme also highlights this ghostly element of their character.

This ghostly unsteadiness is especially prominent in the opening of the song, with the little "twang" at the beginning of each repeating phrase.

It's also prominent in the section right before the climax (~1:40), with how it slowly builds up towards it but each layer just makes it sound even more unstable.

Also notable to me is how much "lighter" the main melody feels in this one, perhaps one might even say "weaker", not in the sense that it's worse but just that there's less strength behind it.

Maybe it's cause Iyozane's kinda bummed out after their failure in RMI, or maybe it's to again to highlight their potentially ghostly and ethereal nature. Either way, I find it of note~.

It's always fun to look out for the Youkai Alliance motif in the songs that have them, they tell a lot, imo. This time, it's nowhere as prominent, and instead is faintly hidden in the background (~2:18), starting out slightly stronger than how it ends.

Perhaps it only makes sense, considering their rocky relationship with the alliance during the Heaven-Shadow War, but I can't help but wonder if it also points to their ambition wavering a bit.

Also, who doesn't like a good pun in the title hehe.

Ending

Welp, those are my thoughts. Nothing amazing but I hope you enjoyed all the same~! :)

[ocdhuacheng]

forgot to do this yesterday, but tagged by @randominvader4 ! thank uuuuu

rules: you can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to! put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, then tag 10 people. no skipping!

had a hard time deciding which playlist to do but anyway this is for a wip playlist which i have yet to curate properly and is just a disorganized mess on youtube atm

1. baptized by fire by spinnerette 

2. middle of the world by nicholas Britell

3. where is my mind (piano cover) by Maxence Cyrin

4. arsonists lullaby by hozier

5. body of years by mother mother

6. when im small by phantogram

7. two birds by regina spektor

8. organs by of monsters and men

9. oh miss believer by twenty one pilots, unfortunately

10. breaking down by florence and the machine

also youtubes shuffle algorithm sucks

tagging @enbarrs, @blirbie, @peterbisexualparker, any other mutes idc im too awkward to @ u

[mx-bright-sky]

pass the happy! 🌻🌈 when you receive this, list 5 things that make you happy and send this to 10 of the last people in your notifications!

oh gee uhhhhhhh

1) my cats. Fluffy beans. Good babies. Go rumble rumble purr and make my heart go WHOOSH

2) music. Musical music, video game music, jpop, all kinds of genres, I just really like music.

3) my friends. I love my friends. So much. I love thinking of dumb jokes and then being excited to share them. my best friend literally makes my heart go “UWU” whenever I see them it’s great, I love them so much

4) fire emblem. listen. i could rant about fire emblem for hours. and all the things i know about it and things that hit me in the feels. i’m serious. i love fire emblem So Much. that is like THE hyperfixation for me. the only thing that comes close is bnha. 

5) all of my favorite characters. there are so many characters that make me happy, I just can’t limit myself. like, Izuku!! Shinsou!! Todoroki!! Iida!! Uraraka!! Tsuyu!! Tokoyami!! Dark Shadow!! Fuyumi!! Touya!! Aizawa!! Kirishima!! i’m too full of love.

I know this is an ask thing, and I would send asks, but this isn’t really my main blog and so it would be confusing if I did send asks, because I’d have to explain that it’s me and I’d rather not bother on that, so instead let’s play it off like a tag game

@yakuzadog @foxytiramisu @disasteraro @ghostwormboy @deadinsidebutliving @blirbie @owochacowo @lesbian-ochako @sqwompie @kitsune0neko

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Made a Len'en-style original song recently, it was a lot of fun!

Thumbnail art by @evilertree, please go check them out!!!

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Managed to finish an original song (for once lol).

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Transcribed the melody of "Out of Place Magical Girl" from Touhou: Wonderful Waking World. This song manages to get stuck in my head a lot…

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finally got around to arrangin' again, this time "Youkai Back Shrine Road" from touhou 13!

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i write fanfic you nerds. vast majority of it is len’en tho

edit june 22nd, 2023: ok ill add more to this. most important thing is im gonna (and plan to add) more tags that you might wanna click on, just in case they ever become hard to find

my musescore my youtube channel my tumblr

my carrd (i basically just use it as an infrequently updated shmup accomplishment tally place tbh)

night sakura of dead spirits

poecile atricapillus and passer montanus

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