♫ Spoids' Music Noodling ♫

Thanks for the kind words! This was definitely inspired by your thread, Justice Watch. Also, I figured Dates would be a good way to remind myself of how often I've practiced, and to chart my progress... and it also helps explain why my old stuff is relatively rougher and more formulaic! ><;

Anyway, here's a handful more songs! Still working through this backlog:

◦ (Apr. 2017) Lazy Mornyan - (FL Studio | Unused remix of Brain Kittens from Ashwood Cross)
◦ (Feb. 2017) Throwaway - (FL Studio | Ukulele-and-guitar ditty from Ashwood Cross)
◦ (Dec. 2016) Brain Kittens - (FL Studio | Cat leitmotif from Ashwood Cross)

◦ (Aug. 2016) Ancient Akkadians - (FL Studio | Loops from Ancient Akkadians
◦ (Aug. 2016) Ancient Akkadians... In Space - (FL Studio | Ending Theme from Ancient Akkadians

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P.S. A Chord Progression Cheat Sheet:

I also wanted to share a tool I like to use when composing; a chord progression cheat sheet, that helps me know what keys to stick to, as I create looping chord progressions for a song, or a smaller progression for a passage of music. It's not a complete chart at all, but it can create chord progressions for all kinds of cultural styles or genres of music; Orchestral, Jpop, Bebop, whatever. If you ever find a Chord Progression recommended online, you can probably find it in this chart! >_o

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Here it is, copypasted into my current FL Studio BackgroundNote: I didn't draw FL-chan, but she was very cute and it was important to include her too!

Chord Samples:
https://clyp.it/g3q4cr5p - These are some VERY CONDENSED 3 and 4-part Chord Progressions made using it, to get a sense for how the progressions made using this chart can feel.

How to Use:
(This gets a little Music Theory-y and I'm not an expert, but I'mma try explaining in accessible terms. If you wanna use it and are confused, just pester me for clarification!)

Start your song by picking any Major Scale you'd like to be your Home Key/Scale (that's the 1 at the bottom of the chart). Then, whenever you write a passage or want to create one repeating chord progression for your song, you can start from any Key/Scale on the chart (including Home).

To resolve a passage, follow the arrows until you get to your Home Key again; you can stay on any Key as long as you like, and can even skip over a Key as long as you follow the arrows. You can also reach Home, and jump to another key again within the same passage. But ultimately, you need to end on your Home Key before starting a new progression (or repeating the same progression), in order to make that passage feel concluded. As a general rule, the farther you jump from Home, the more the feeling of tension will increase for the passage as well; that tension will decrease as you move closer to the Home Key.

The number in each section tells you what notes to use while in that section of the chart. The number is the Interval between your Home Key, and the new Key you're progressing to; "Interval" is Music Theory for "how many notes you go up in your Home Key's Scale, to find the first note in the new Scale you'll be using for this section". Green Keys are Major Keys, while Purple are Minor (hence the little m). Grey Keys are also Major, but are used less often because they can sound complex or be tricky to make into a good-sounding progression.

It's not a comprehensive chart, but it's the quickest and easiest-for-me-to-understand reference for The Circle Of Fifths. Like all art guidelines, you can feel free to bend the rules if you think it sounds good; change a Major to a Minor Key, bump one of the notes in your scale up or down a half step, whatever you like.