#gooboogy green album

[gooboogy]

GREEN ALBUM OUT NOW !!!!

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[pidgefudge]

SO. i have listened to @gooboogy 's wonderful green album. and i wrote down my thoughts on each song. and now i am putting them here!!

"thoughts" being actually somewhat coherent comments that devolve into What Would This Be In A Video Game because this is me we're working with after all

and you reading this. yes you. go listen to it

verdant: oooough blorpy,,,, very cool i like. good beat it's quite foot tappable. also the name itself might be a new vocal stim. verdant. vvvverrrrrdant.

halls: much noises!! the instrumence in this scratch my brain in a good way. feels a bit like im 7 years old watchinf my brother play 2d mario stages and reimagining the music

agua: oooohh arpeggio action and a SICK beat. once again the Noises are lovely. big fan of all 3 so far but this one in particular methinks. however i have many more songs to go (!!)

doot doot: very fun i also like this one a lot :3 and coming to you from my one-track autistic mind: this album would be a fantastic game soundtrack

side note i know im writing less for some of these but thats bc im experiencing them in shapes and colors more than expressable words. trust me they're stirring the brain stew

going for a walk: i know the title is about a walk but im envisioning this as the soundtrack to a sort of road trip montage animation thing. specifically my road trip with family from san francisco to la. oh yes this ending is us finally getting to the hotel and me flopping onto the bed

forward: im liking the melody here a lot <33 this album is making me want to boot up lmms again and try my hand at original music,,, ive only ever attempted remixes (i tried to do aquarium park from sonic colors a few years ago and gave up but now i kinda wanna go back to it,,, i wonder if i was cooking) ok yes back to the actual song whoops this one is soo cool one of my faves so far

snag: i like these opening chords!! i dont know what you actually call them but the like. buildup parts?? you know?? those bits??? big fan OOH and a uh. build down (lol) bit too! also liking the sparkly chimey instrumence

blazen: OHHH YESSS this would be the theme for my favorite antagonist in the hypothetical game that i am apparently going to be referencing multiple times (dimentio and mr L came to mind immediately) absolutely jamming

beep boop: fuck yeah man it sure does OH SPOOKY NOTES OH OH COOL BEAT ASWELL i am in for a fun time this is. also the theme of my favorite antagonist. but the battle theme i think. oh hell yeah the orchestra hits. yes yes definitely battle theme. sorry for putting all these in a vgm context shfjdkfkssghf i just listen to a lot of it so thats how my brain parses instrumentals

hunt: strimgs :3 wohhh this is so cool. buzzy in a good way. golden brown triangles and other spiky shapes. that's kinda meaningless to anyone but me but. oh nice more Noises always love the Noises

overwhelm: theme for when i have a project due the next day and am swamped with other homework shdjdksfjdh

VERDANT!: once more with gusto!! loving the faster tempo. constellationy crystally instrument is particularly pleasing. oooughh so gooddddd

creepin': spacey!! im watching a crew set out in their little shuttle, oblivious to the horrors awaiting them on their station

envy: this is a boss fight that's emotionally heavy for the protagonists. perhaps fighting a former friend or mentor or team member

whomp whomp: quite a tricksy track!! some sort of haunted place,,,, maybe the place where the previous battle takes place. maybe it's actually a ghost (especially if the protagonist had some role in their death and feels crushing guilt) (bonus points if the ghost openly expresses resentment for the protag)

gromulous: the word ever. final boss' lair for sureee. yeah this song sure is gromulous. idk how else to describe it you hit the nail on the head

largemouth: oooh a bit silly but also cool guy. im thinking some sort of underground secret society/lab thing they have to infiltrate that's hiding a Sinister Secret (the big plot twist of the game) doesn't even have to physically be underground it could be a moon base situation. maybe i should just make this whole thing into a scifi space rpg

a way out: i can see this as the final boss music and as you get further in the fight it ramps up. i know i already assigned songs to the main antagonist but shhhhh. (or i can always pull a super paper mario in terms of antagonists)

under over: oh!! i love this one!! hometown theme. chill and familiar but still upbeat rather than sleepy. and it has a very strong nostalgia factor,,,,, in love with this song it might be my favorite. but there are still 3 more so!

float: this beginning is very cool im loving the vibe. dire dire docks but make it just after sunset and watch the ocean come alive with bioluminescent lights and fish raves. i guess it isnt a space game anymore. or maybe dream sequence beach episode?? WOAHHH OCEAN MAGICANT i might be cooking with this one Hold On. yesyesyes ok some sort of trip/dream where theyre shrunk down marinauts (whatever ocean prefix) as opposed to astronauts and exploring a cool coral reef/ocean floor area and talking to the sea life and woahhhhhh this would look gorgeous in pixel art. tbh this one could be in its own game considering how vivid the imagery is

outside: post-final-boss world returning to normal/person being rescued or uncorrupted/whatever magical thing happening. very fond of the bird chirps too <33 OH MUSIC BOX SOUNDS i also adore this one. i think the ending of this game is kinda bittersweet. we saved the world/person/whatever but At A Cost. this is sooooo pretty. would also transition well into credits

Green: and roll credits!! this would be the kind of credits theme i sway in my seat and contemplate the game to. the entire album is fantastic and these last few especially have been so lovely

[gooboogy]

REALLY enjoying your album "Green" right now! It's got that perfect mix of video game x anime sound which is just so nice to relax to

ohh hell yes!!!! I'm so glad!! yeah the general consensus has been video game/anime/homestuck music which rules bc I would LOVE to make music for those!! it makes me so happy when people enjoy my music bc I really enjoy it too and we get to be monkey spinning in circles gif about it haha

[gooboogy]

3. agua

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people seem to be really liking this one, and I'm right there with them! originally I put a background noise of some rainfall but after a couple (hundred) listen throughs I realized the effect was way too much like white noise and not enough like water so I took it out

I think I'm allergic to not making water level music like it kind of just happens (it also rules, so) I'm a big fan of gluck and this is more or less a spiritual sequel. I think I've really developed in my composing since then and making this really helped me figure out new ways of doing my arpeggios and chord preogressions so they kinda speak to each other, or like they're Telling you something. they've got places to be

this is also kind of the start to me figuring out drum beats too. before this I mostly used samples bc I didn't really know what the typical drum groove structure was and this was me figuring some stuff out. I spent a lot of time trying different things and watching tutorials and it was really frustrating!! but ultimately I'm happy with how it's turned out and my drums journey continues

[gooboogy]

2. halls

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what am I talking about

this one is one of my personal favorites I can't tell you how fun this was to make, ESPECIALLY that part around 2:15ish in oh my god when I first got that together I just about screamed and had to pace around my room. the instrument is Orchestra Batterie (the percussion section) and each note is a different instrument sound. I put in the midi notes from around 0:57 in the batterie and then with some adjustments -- oh my god!! I've tried that with some of my other songs and it doesn't work like it does in this one (but it's been very useful for my various other percussive needs) it's SO fun and I learned a lot about how to structure an orchestra batterie and what kind of effects I want from different instruments (the, idk what it's called, the one that sounds like hitting a metal sheet like a thunder sheet is so mwuah, chef's kiss) I always have a great time listening to this

I would love to know what y'all think! please feel free to ask me anything about my latest bum!

ohh and the bass, it took me a little bit to get the bass I wanted (it's a couple different ones layered together) and I'm infatuated with how it almost sounds like a helicopter in some parts. theres a bounciness to the eighth notes that I'm just delighted with and it helped me figure out how I wanna do bass for pretty much all of my other songs in this album

[gooboogy]

1. verdant

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for the release of my new album I thought I'd post about each song, what I was thinking/feeling and a little of my process, bc some people have been asking and I have been dying to talk about it!

so for some context I made my YELLOW and BLUE albums back in 2018/2019 and only posted them last year bc I've recently found the will to live. I haven't been making music for a while until the time I published those last year and this was one of the first songs I made as I started getting back to making music.

this, and pretty much all my songs, are mixed with headphone listening in mind. not that you can't listen to these on speakers, I listen to them in the car often, but it might sound a little odd in places. I'm using Studio One as my DAW, I like it but it's a monthly subscription plan which is not ideal but I'm kind of in that "a poor person spends more on boots" type of situation and can't afford to splurge on a hundreds dollar program at the moment (considering looking into Reaper though) and I have a Novation Launchpad mini (which I absolutely love).

for this one my intention going in was making a song that was a little slower, a little more based on the sounds of the instruments. I really like the bassy synths and how they surround you with headphones on. it really feels like you're in a Place. and then as I was playing around with the chords and melody (bc that's pretty much how I figure everything out is just, messing about) I was thinking about how I really love when there's a consistent note playing, but with the chords changing around it, the note sounds differently within those contexts.

listening to it now yeah I love this, like to be perfectly frank I think I am my own biggest fan bc I have been listening to this on repeat since I made it and I love it (as with basically all the songs in this album) I love being transported to a Place that reminds me of looking at ispy books as a kid when i was very young and ████████ it feels very take my hand and escape, to me.

I would really love to hear what it makes you think of! please feel free to send me your thoughts or ask me any questions ^_^ !!

[gooboogy]

4. doot doot

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boy howdy does this song go doot doot. this one was fun, I mean they're all fun I keep saying that lmao. it was left incomplete for a while and I actually tried a bunch of different things (I figured out how to master and reverse my midi tracks. the result on this song was... interesting but not very fitting. def will use in a different song though)

there's not much to say, while making this I found the dancer instrument which comes in after that intro, you'll find it again in my other song forward and overwhelm and some others. it's a delight!

[gooboogy]

is it? getting closer?

huh? is there something over there?