Didn't have much time to make anything, so I just did a quick doodle :c

I was in a pinch for an ending orz

I don't think an hour is enough for me anymore :c

idk where the stardust came from, but that's kinda how it went down

experimenting with using my old instruments on relatively new mixing and mastering prowess

The cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Time comes to a standstill. A flurry of cherry blossoms in flight grace your very eyes.

lazy lazy spider does not desire to be seen

this way of composing and arranging is not very one hour friendly orz

Just because there are people around doesn't mean their presence means anything.
Likewise, your presence doesn't mean anything to them.
I guess it works out in a rather odd sense. They don't acknowledge you, and you don't acknowledge them.

Except...this reciprocation just seems to come naturally....

Couldn't think of good leads for this one, so some of this might be a little messy :c

Though it is Autumn and Winter is fast approaching, the remnants of the heat still linger on, of a season unwilling to make its exit.

Don't let the current take you astray...

Also that feeling when your next week entry is much better than your "return" last round :c

A shame that something like this had to be relegated to the dreaded Untitled series, but I work until 5:30, it takes me 30 minutes to pick up my mom, and I've...gotten rusty :c

But hey, I'm back somewhat D:

Testing out my new mastering chain

Special thanks to Strobe for teaching me how to make super electric sounding timbres with MIDI :o

This song is a mix of samples and MIDI. Hope this turns out alright :c

I don't have ideas either

Because nothing screams a stream of fire than some sharp pianos and synths :o

The time has come
The time has come to rise and shine
So come on down
And follow me

(I never said I was good at lyrics either)

Once the boom goes away, it goes away. rip

oh
oh shit waddup
here comes dat boi
here comes dat boooooi

i never said i was a good singer shaddup

So many menu options, I just can't decide :c

Pardon the shortness, I'm going out for dinner soon

So I'm back here.

As very few may know, I quit Battle of the Bits. I'll try to compose here...the place where it all started. It's my first entry in a while, so it might be kind of sloppy. I'll probably work more on this someday, maybe.

How to build inspiration and not get distracted I have a remix to write orz

I have no direction.

Got cut short by pizza and Taco Bell runs :x

Cut short because I walked with friends to get food lol

have some pxtone and organya instruments because floating islands and cave story

The echos are you dreaming.

i was gonna make something cool but then the turn came and then butt

You may think it's just a simple, boring song, but think again.

Even amongst winter, something around us blooms.

Guess who's kinda back.

The holiday is almost here again.

A re-telling of the celebratory nights, now around the world.

the system is run of nothing but electricity
it can decide itself to its own being of action

can it feel it? the industrial has just begun.

I never really was a danger kind of guy :c

dreamt i was in a dark forest with leaf people dancing around me. i didn't know what was happening until i started feeling myself burn from the inside. i knew right there and then that i was to meet a terrible fate.

such a nightmare indeed.

My arrangement sucks
My mixing sucks
My kors k sucks
Everything sucks

No one gets me
Even I don't get me
No one can help me
For I have been programmed

I made something super sanodg today :c

When there is an air of everything that leads to nothing.

give me the will to go on again. i can't keep on being like this. save me from the burdens of the outside, and guide me to my own achievement.

This is probably going to be the last OHC that I do until further notice. There's just too many burdens for me going on every Thursday that I have to deal with now, and I feel that I only scrape enough time to put down just the simple formulaic stuff that I've always been putting down for, like, the past month or so.

Until next time...hopefully sooner than never.

As autumn comes, the last bellflower withers away.

When things crashed and burned, the only way was to savage whatever was salvageable and turn back the clocks. However, there were some things we forgot to salvage, and we had left those relics to be considered lost forever...

...until now.

Well, I did discover a thing called GMS in FL11, so I guess that counts as extraordinary? idk, I made this in about 25 minutes because I started super late :c

When he moved on, a legendary source was left behind. Centuries later, we could come to find this source once again.

(Composer's note: mixing with earbuds is a terrible feeling.)

Losing your grip? Do as the snow queen does! LET IT THE FUCK GO

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SHAMELESS PLUG TIME!

I released "the bed of diverse flowers" on my Bandcamp a few days ago with promotional consideration by 9-Bit Records! So far, the album has been met with great praise, so much that it's attracted the attention of Attack the Music's DJ REVISE (a hardcore DJ that's also a local buddy of mine)!

Available for free or pay your price on my Bandcamp. Enjoy the music!

http://a-zu-ra.bandcamp.com/album/the-bed-of-diverse-flowers

Remembering that you have no way...you engage in a futile attempt to find your way.

Whether you find it, the world may never know.

They have done her much wrong.
Defiled her, even.

And yet she smiles.

They wonder how she could keep this demeanor after so much.
They don't know a single thing on what's about to come in their futures.

(Composer's note: bleaurgh out of theme, but whatever, it sounds cool lol)

Losing your headphones is BAD.
Mixing with crappy earphones is NO.
Mixing on studio monitors that have to be quiet because they're in a class room is EVEN MORE NO.

In the middle of nowhere, nothing but cold, hard snow surrounds every direction. Nothing else. Will someone come for you in time? Hope that someone does.

We're going on a heist for all of the galaxy's treasures. Let's become the richest guys in the universe!

(Composer's note: Flashbulb stuff turned into Hollywood Galaxy inspired BS turned into something weird, idfk)

My first and last vocal entry for a long while; school's gonna be back in session next week :<

=== Lyrics ===
What happened to our life
It is rife with complication
The joy of simplicity
Is the true bliss of our world that shines

It's time to see the true world
A time with no worries and pain
Advancement is really no need
The time for the simple things shall come to our life

(Composer's note: I seem to be super good at making Engrish lyrics)

Faux-lyrics, try singing the following along to the DDRKirby Triangle Whistle

Outside of the spaceship door
we have made it to the moon
It's been such a long long time
Brings back so much memory

But what's this? I cannot recall
Are my eyes deceiving me?
I think I saw something move over there
Could it be that life has thrived here while we're gone!?

(Composer's Note: Ran out of time, ending was rushed)

EVERYONE SMITE HIM, HE DOES NOT BELONG!

I have been meddling with the past out of sheer boredom. What wonderful things will come of my meddling? Maybe I will create a much better future where people get along merrily, or I will create a catastrophe that could wipe out all of existence.

Either way, I'm just carrying on my own way, seeing what things will affect what without a care.

(Composer's note: I have no idea where I was going with this.)

And suddenly, I have the powers of flight. Time to fly around the city and pretend I'm a protag in a shmup D:

(Composer's Note: somehow, MIDI happened. I'll post MIDI file in the chat or something, idklol)

The holiday is almost here. Let's relax and celebrate, for joyful things are bound to be around.

We have it all. Now what? :o

no one remembers
i am like a ghost in this world
i knew i should have stayed home

all i can do now is push forward...for somewhere...something...

will i ever know?

Stopped to take a glance at what was in the kitchen, and now you can't move.
Now you're looking it in the eyes, and suddenly, your sanity slowly drains from your soul.
Relax. Be calm. Your suffering will be painless. I guarantee it.

(This will rape your ears.)

Event in the place I usually compo at. Will not be able to make a full song this time around. :

Is this what my evil self looks like? I never knew the observations and overthinking would lead to this. I know what I must do. I must vanquish this shadow.

Begone.

The impact is approaching. Are you ready for it?

(Composer's note: I had no idea where I was going with this. Also, mixing is kinda eh because I was short on time.)

*** BONUS TRACK - DO NOT VOTE ***

being a game dev that commutes to game dev by bus is suffering. have a little thingamadingdong that i've been working on outside of ohc orz

may or may not be in an album that i make

There's no time to explain. We have to either defuse this quickly or run to the hills.

Let's go with the first option.

Because when the dark blue atmosphere takes hold, there is no better sadness.

(Composer's note: I did all this on a bus, so apologies if my entry sucks orz)

I did a solo, does that count as something big? I ended up being myself and didn't really put that much of a show orz

With my wax wings, I fly high to the sky, driven by the need to exceed my own expectations.

And then as the wax wings melt away and I fall my nasty descent, I finally have nothing else to lose....

Remember this music?
The music that started it all for me?
It's been such a long time.
How far have I grown since then?
It is a wonderful.

Please set me free, music, because right now, I am not.

(Composer's note: Many circumstances caused me to somewhat miss this week's OHC, mostly through DINNER AT 6 and SUDDEN TARGET ADVENTURES AT 7.

See you next week, I suppose.)

Unable to see, you reach out for that hand that will guide you through the wonders that those with sight cannot comprehend. Where this journey will take you, you will never know.

(Composer's note: dragged out. argh)

When the mind loses itself, it transforms into something so terrible, words are not enough to describe how sanity breaking it is. Don't startle the beast during your journey, but if you do, don't stare at it for too long, or you, too, shall fall into insanity.

(Composer's Note: mixing is kinda eh, and I worked on this entire project at 50BPM expecting something slow and chilling, but then ended up getting this.)

Up in the rave, the lights of the dance floor fill the room with much brightness. Come up to the newest high and let loose your sorrows, for it is time to transcend to a plane never before seen by man.

(Composer's note: I tried to make a dance music. Inspirations for this track are kors k and Remo-con.)

Congratulations, you completed your OHC! AND you weren't late! Have yourself a pat on the back ^^

Within these isles come some great surprises that modern man never thought was possible. Take a journey through these long-lost legends, and discover something that's absolutely breathtaking.

i think i'm kind of having an existential crisis with me and making music. it seems as if i'm starting to become less of the 8-bit roots that i started off with and more of the electronic influences that i've come to be...

why do i need compatibility?
why do i need 9-bit?

should i or should i not let go of my chipped roots?

i just don't know anymore.

What looked like something you were familiar with ended up not being what you expected. Is it the place that has changed, or was it yourself that has changed?

Let's flowing in the river of terriable mixing and trying to sing in DDRKirby(ISQ)'s voice.

Because no one can be DDRKirby(ISQ)'s 50% echo'd reverberated square voice except for DDRKirby(ISQ) and his 50% echo'd reverberated square voice.

I'm on a shark. nom

(Composer's blah: Blah...mixing terriable, i'm give up)

Take off every ships, for the dragoon is drawing near. We must penetrate its defenses before it strikes the mother planet. Set forth and go!

(Composer's note: I tried too hard to be Shinji Hosoe in an hour.)

[ Walk of nature ]

Wandering off into the woods, looking into things you never thought were still there. Breaking free from the confines of your own habitat to experience someone else's.

(Composer's note: I sampled from a time where I went on a nature walk. It was for my Geography class.)

FEISTEH. OH, MAMA.

enjoy your cheese
i like cheese

Having been shrunk to a mere micrometer, we traverse through a perilous world of germs and bacteria, wondering what kind of strange things happen that we can't see with the naked eye.

These soldiers aren't just any soldiers. These soldiers were meant to discover the curiosities that lie in virtual space. What they seek is not destruction, but discovery and self-development.

Soar through melodies, traveling in the world of the music in search for the precious sound. Along the way, you will hear melodies you may or may not remember. Who knows.

As you can see, from eating a bunch of OHC songs that other people have made, A-zu-ra has become horrendously fat.

I guess it's time for me to play more DDR. Because playing DDR will help burn all these OHC songs...eventually.

And then I'll just eat more OHC songs. what the fuck, me

What do you do when you have 4 [synth that sounds like] floppy disk drives and you have a host that's been posting the seven sins as OHC themes? You get yet another shoddy IIDX remix!

I have become one with Rche. My pride in my own work will be my own end...but not before the forces of Mamonis have something to do with it.

(Composer's comment: This is what happens when you theme OHC on the seven deadly sins DDD:)

No matter what I do, I always fall flat someway or another. How do you do it?

I'm sorry, but creative juices are not available right now. Please try again later.

I got lazy and didn't feel like being me. So I decided to be someone else.

Well, whaddaya know.

When the gods of electronics turn against you, they need something to take their anger out on. Best watch out next time your computer fries. They might just be telling you something.

Stay thirsty. Don't just be satisfied with what you have. Work your way to new genres and expand your range. That way, you'll be on the path to becoming a musical prowess.

(Composer's note: So I finally come out of the closet and reveal that I've grown from chiptunes to trance. Holy crap, that's, like, the reverse of what kind of evolution DDRKirby(ISQ) went through D:)

EN title: Aurora Borealis

Gaze at the aurora. Become one with the aurora. Soar through the aurora, and cherish it forever.

Will you let destiny roll your course, or will you decide where you want to go?

(Composer's note: eh. My trackpad is not really the best of things to be sequencing things with. It's too inconsistent and it's hard to make it do what I want it to do :<)

Snow falls to ground, to turn into water droplets that will go off to feed the world with life anew.

As a species, we much ensure our own survival by any means necessary. Don't look back at our Earth to be tarnished, for there is no hope in ever seeing that place the same way again.

You have lost everything. Your family was murdered by a deranged stranger. Your house was burnt down by said stranger. You have exhausted all the money you have left, and you're left on the streets to wither away into nothing, both figuratively and literally.

There is no need to tell you anything else.

Welcome to the world of shape
Your mission is to destroy the shapes

Your mission is simple:
Use your guns and yourself
To eradicate them all

GOOD LUCK

(Composer's note: this is going to be in my game, Prismic Shift)

They forgot about his birthday. Even though Facebook ends up reminding everybody that birthdays of other people exist, somehow, they just didn't care to set things up for him.

Such a sadness...but maybe not. Maybe it's much better to celebrate in solitude after all.

...

...

...

...goddammit. I guess there was a surprise after all.

English: Where Bugs Play

Among the depths of an old trailer park lies a thriving city filled with lots and lots of life. Enjoy your stay in the place where bugs play...make sure not to destroy the city in the process. They worked hard in building it, after all.

A DDRKirby(ISQ) > Acuity > Azura collab.
0-20 min. : DDRKirby(ISQ) :: 20-40 min. : Acuity :: Rest and final touches : A-zu-ra

This trio fights for love, justice, dubstep, 9-bit, and VIDEO GAMES

(Composer's note: ALEUIEUEUALEULUEALUEUEUAELUULEA IT'S SO SHORT, BUT IT'S TV SIZED SORT OF WHICH FITS FOR AN INTRO D:)

Battle with your own wits. Face your own "fear." Can you make it?

Always check behind waterfalls. You never know what kind of places you'll encounter.

I USED BEES SAMPLES IN MY SONG, DOES THAT COUNT?

(Composer's note: if you're wondering why my song sounds like THIS instead of either chiptunes or something ambient and moving, it's because I have to go watch a play at my university at 7PM PST sharp. Enjoy your chaos. Also, BASEDRUM DOT WAV, SAIKOU DA!)

Where are we?
What happened?
How do we get back?
Is help on our way?
Let's not abandon hope...

It's only a matter of time before I go insane.

Close your eyes, and soar through the confines of your mind. Where will this lullaby take you, and to what depths will you go before morning comes?

Just took off into space.
Now I look outside into what seems to be a small Earth.
It's so beautiful...I can see the horizons so clear now....

(Composer's Note: This is my first time composing a song in FamiTracker, and this week and the next 4 weeks to come will be comprised of FamiTracker songs due to the upcoming Famicompo Mini Vol. 9. Of course, what you hear now will probably not be the final product for the Famicompo Mini entry.)

"Look around. Sentries are deployed everywhere.
It is clear that you are not wanted in this area."

But I must go.

"What are you doing? Why do you refuse to turn back?
Traversing this area will do you great physical harm."

It is my duty.

"But wait.
There is a much larger horror that awaits at the end."

I will go through with it.

"Why do you still proceed?

...YOU ARE CAUSING YOUR OWN DEMISE."

.........I don't care anymore.

You see a little girl standing alone on the street. The moment you come into contact to her, you're taken to a mysterious world full of shadows that have devoured worlds for years on end.

Can you find the lost artifacts of those worlds? With a little assistance from the little girl, the Tales of Blank is about to unfold.

Welcome to the lab where we are dissecting this mysterious and powerful entity. This entity is so powerful, we have to use our best tools to figure out just what the hell we're going up against.

This entity is none other than...BASEDRUM DOT WAV.

(Composer's note: dedicated to basedrum.wav d(^^)b Don't ask why, it just came to my mind for no reason whatsoever.)

[ Competition ]

A fight to the death in the fabrics of space.
Can you eradicate your opponent?

...wake of endless melancholy.

(Composer's note: I could have at least diversified the latter half of the song, but I was scrambling to add things that would fit, realizing I only had 30 more minutes to arrange and add things. I also had absolutely no time to double-check the mixing as well, so things may or may not be muddy.)

[ The Hero With No Wings ]

From time and time again, you have been seen as nothing but a bother to all.
Can you redeem yourself before the whole world collapses on you before your eyes?

(Composer's note: My arrangement for this song is bleh.)

All percussion
No direction
100% silliness

I should've done a 4-chord song, dammit!

In the darkness, there is a strange light just up ahead.
Fight your way past the corruption, and see what the light is.
What kind of strange world will you discover?

(Composer's note: this isn't really too good of a piece. I felt like it could use a little more, but hey, I was too preoccupied with working with the instruments I already had in hand. Plus, I think I might have overdid it with the reverb and delays.[/AzuraComplex])

English title: Fly Over the Valley Like A Songbird

May this journey never end.

Arise from the magma, they said. Okay. I did that. Now what?

(Composer's note: HANDCRAFTED ARPS AND PROGRESSIONS ARE GOING TO BE THE END OF ME. That being said, apologies for this incomplete tune.)

After so long, it is time to enter the world.

(Composer's note: I could have added more, like an arpeggio to fit with the square-saw near the end. Oh well.)

Everything is becoming but a blur.
Life begins to move fast and blindly.
What are we but nothings in this world?

Fly away.

(Composer's note: trying to use the Motif during OHC will be the end of me, no doubt about it. 20 minutes were wasted trying to record a piano part, so apologies if things sound rather rushed near the end.)

I gather here today to say my goodbyes to a known "Legend of Long."

The absolute death shall take him away to the ether, as I look into the skies, remembering the memories of him. He shall be missed.

...

...

...

("...uhmm, he's still alive.")

You're all alone in the woods.
Might as well wander about.

(Composer's note: Making progressions in an hour are harder than I thought. Oh well.)

Here's a small groove.

(Composer's note: screw being in line for Fanime as this happens. I can't think straight, I have no headphones, and I have to move every so often because of the line. I'll make up for this later tonight for the sake of the OHC Collection, but I'll ensure you that I'll put out something for real next week. My sincerest apologies for an abysmal entry tonight.)

A DDRKirby(ISQ)-Azura collab.
First 30 min. : DDRKirby(ISQ) :: Rest and final touches : A-zu-ra

Welcome to Hell. I am your host.
Let's take a look around this place, shall we?

(Composer's note: Ugh. The most I could do is about 3 additional patterns and some arrangement stuff.)

A public forum is gathering at the center of the city.
Can you endure the human bullet hell that awaits before it?

"I leave to you all my memories in this little package.
I sign it to those that I enjoy One Hour Compo with.
Let's dance one more time before I go."

Dancing the night away in the cold, mountain wind...with persistance, you cherish this ecstasy of life before drifting away into the clouds....

Make the best song you can in an hour!
Are you ready for the rush?
On your mark...
Get set...
VIOLENTLY MUSIC!

The deeper you go, the more insane you become.
In time, you will become nothing but a shell of what you once used to be.

There's no turning back.

Walk down the lanes of your own history and what you used to be.

As you're walking with your friends, you come to this strange, sudden reminiscence.
A reminiscence that lingers for so long, you question if you'll ever be the same again....

PROCRASTINATION SUCKS
ALL YOUR RAGE ARE TO THIS TABLE

Close your eyes, and space will come to you.
Enjoy the flight, and let the flow take you for a ride.

Overthinking is wonderful. It also leads to a very tragic end, just when you thought things were going to be wonderful.

Please don't enjoy this somber and short piece of misunderstanding. Let's go better next time.

These cold winds mean nothing to you.
Spread your arms and take in the chill in peace.

The obstacles are piling up right before your very eyes.
The power of persistence shall live on if you try.

Make this moment last, for the end is soon to come....