hey gang,

welp, july 28 was my anniversary of the first song i ever made. this past year has been wild for sure. i've grown exponentially as a musician and person; i found God and got hired by a big studio, which is more than i could have ever asked for for my first year in the game. i wanna thank some of the guys that have been along for the ride, as well as my small but supportive fanbase as a whole!

thanks to @Marscael, my first fan and first friend on this site. its been great to see the two of us grow over this past year, and i'm really glad to have met you. I remember in the first month on this site, i would check my phone daily to see what you were up to cuz you was the only one i had on here; nice memories haha. those days are behind me now, but i'm happy to have lived them. good luck with your future endeavours, man!

thanks to @octopus58, for setting me on the right path early with his detailed feedback and for helping me get my first frontpage on september 21, 2024. what a day that was! i remember waking up and seeing my track Glacial Upheaval on the front page of the audio portal and then telling like everybody i knew that i was famous lol. it gave me a huge confidence boost and made me feel great about myself, so thanks for that Michael. here's to many more frontpages, in both our futures!

thanks to @larrynachos; don't see you often anymore, larry, but go on thinking i forgot about you! you introduced me not only to the concept of sub bass but also to the concept of legendary music via your track Estrella, which i have listened to more times than i'd like to admit. thank you for your support.

thanks to @OVERSCORE, who, like myself, is starting to finally see results from his efforts. you impressed me very early on with your amazing music (which you made in sunvox of all things), and your album "inevitable, inescapable" in particular served and still does serve as a great source of inspiration for me. thanks for your feedback, your confidence in me and your music, ryan. remember me when you're famous, and if i ever become famous i'll be sure to bring you up in the speech somewhere xD

thanks to @Creeperforce24, the omnipresent force that seems to have left a review on everything anybody has ever said or done because he's just such a gigachad. thanks for being there, brochacho.

and last but certainly not least, thanks to the goat @Solacitude. my first collab, first confidante, first real friend; i would be nowhere near where i am now if it weren't for you, man. any problem i've ever brought to you has been erased by your kindness, your selflessness, your wonderful piano... you're a legend dude, thanks for everything you've done for me, for being there when i needed it most. you're the best. i would go as far as to say that you are LOCKED IN.

im not gonna mass ping because i know a lot of people dont like that for some reason (fr its just a little red notification whats the big deal) but thank you to my other 54 fans, as well as my listeners and anybody else i missed. here's to a few more years, hopefully!

God bless,

crispybatteryacid

hey gang,

i was hired to do like 1.5 soundtracks for two games that are very early in development, and i don't wanna release any tracks until their respective game is released. so no uploads for a while, sorry. i'll still be musicing tho

cheers,

crispybatteryacid

Hey gang,

I recently got hired by a studio on Roblox (WAIT WAIT WAIT DONT GO YET) by the name of Badorkbee, and I'm now their second musician. I played their game Isle and was really inspired by the soundtrack, and decided to make a few tracks of my own. These tracks are "the mantis", "arachnogenesis" and "over again", and after showing them to the dev team and recieving praise from boredome, who made the original soundtrack; the co-founder himself Bad_B0y reached out to me and offered me a job. All of this happened over the last few days.

So yeah! "over again" is being added to Isle in the next patch, and I'm currently working on a boss battle track for Isle's 100m visits event. I strongly recommend checking out Badorkbee and their works, they make some REALLY cool stuff.

Play Isle: https://www.roblox.com/games/3095204897/Isle

Thanks for all of your guys' support thus far. I'll try to keep y'all updated.

cheers,

crispybatteryacid

Hey gang,

Started a channel over on Youtube, I'll post videos of my music on there while still uploading them here. Can't promise a consistent upload schedule, but I'll do what I can. Go check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZEf8IRH25zwgTugFA5X6jQ

cheers,

crispybatteryacid

p.s. vid quality will be really bad for a while, can't afford fancy ass video upscaling software yet so bear with me folks

Just did my first collab with @Solacitude check it out!!!!!

guys im alive and i got something big in the works, stay tuned

Hey fellas,

Been thinking about starting a youtube channel to upload music to. Originally, I was planning to start on YT but it occurred to me that the algorithm is trash, which is why I turned to Newgrounds. I figure once I build a solid fan base on here, I'll expand to youtube (as it does generate better views, provided you have a solid foundation) and go from there.

What are your thoughts? Should I stay or should I expand, or should I wait, etc etc etc?

cheers,

crispybatteryacid

11/10/24 further edited Lament, made the cello in the bridge louder. I will likely end up remastering the whole thing.

10/29/24 changed the ending for Amidst His War

Hey fellas,

as per some of your requests (and my own strive for perfection) I have edited the following pieces:

• Lament (improved mix at beginning, should sound less compressed/brickwalled now)

• Amidias (added subbass)

Expect further edits and remasters for Ilmeris, The Golden Heretic, and others.

cheers,

crispybatteryacid

Hey fellas,

What are everybody’s opinions on editing a piece of music after it’s been on the portal for a while? I’m not satisfied w a lot of my older stuff and I’ve been thinking of editing them, but I don’t wanna have to post a completely separate piece that’s just an updated version of it; I’m also concerned that if I edit the one that’s already up, ppl who’ve already listened won’t notice the difference.

So my question is, do I remaster old stuff that sucks and post the new, revised version, or do I edit the stuff that’s already up and just mention in the comments that it’s been edited and therefore avoid posting a separate piece.

cheers,

crispybatteryacid

P.S. sorry if it sounds unclear, if y’all need clarification let me know