我是音乐

"I am Music"
Though this isn’t the end of your music-making career (You still have several more songs that you haven’t made yet at this point in time), you can safely take a look back on what you’ve achieved, what these experiences have taught you. And you’ve been taught a lot. You learned how to take initiative. You don’t get famous by sitting around and waiting for people to flock to you. No, you gain an audience by seeking them out and producing for them. It’s a give and take situation. You learned how to market yourself, how to network and meet people. This show’s inspiration is what pushed you over the edge, what made you take that first step. You learned how to create. You wouldn’t be writing this story if you didn’t have anything to show for it. These experiences taught you how to take your ideas and put them into motion, to make them real. That isn’t easy to do, but when you try hard enough, you’re rewarded. You learned how to collaborate. Working with others is usually easier than working alone. Multiple people working towards a similar goal makes things go faster, right? Wrong. When it comes to music, it’s a completely different game, especially over long distance (Woodentoaster lives in the United Kingdom). You have to be able to establish communication, to make things easy for one another, to accept critique as well as give it so you can both be satisfied. You learned how to be musically literate. The most important thing you’ve gained from this is the reason you’re telling the story in the first place. This experience kicked your ass into gear and made you write multiple pieces (Several of which weren’t even posted). You learned how to use several pieces of technology you otherwise would never have touched. You learned how to produce good sounding music, something people can enjoy. Several messages from people telling you that they can’t get your songs out of their heads are a testament to that. You learned how to create something unique, something that will stand out, if you hadn’t, you wouldn’t have the viewcounts or subscribers you have today. Though “Pony Music” may not what you’ll be doing for the rest of your creative career, you can never say that it wasn’t what got you started. It’s a legacy that you’ve left, and you owe inifinite amounts of gratitude to the people you’ve met, the show’s creators, and your fans. 你是音乐 “You are music”. >Reader: Feel free to listen to more of Greg’s silly music: http://soundcloud.com/jackle-app http://jackle-app.bandcamp.com

Though this isn’t the end of your music-making career (You still have several more songs that you haven’t made yet at this point in time), you can safely take a look back on what you’ve achieved, what these experiences have taught you.

And you’ve been taught a lot.

You learned how to take initiative.

You don’t get famous by sitting around and waiting for people to flock to you. No, you gain an audience by seeking them out and producing for them. It’s a give and take situation. You learned how to market yourself, how to network and meet people. This show’s inspiration is what pushed you over the edge, what made you take that first step.

You learned how to create.

You wouldn’t be writing this story if you didn’t have anything to show for it. These experiences taught you how to take your ideas and put them into motion, to make them real. That isn’t easy to do, but when you try hard enough, you’re rewarded.

You learned how to collaborate.

Working with others is usually easier than working alone. Multiple people working towards a similar goal makes things go faster, right? Wrong. When it comes to music, it’s a completely different game, especially over long distance (Woodentoaster lives in the United Kingdom). You have to be able to establish communication, to make things easy for one another, to accept critique as well as give it so you can both be satisfied.

You learned how to be musically literate.

The most important thing you’ve gained from this is the reason you’re telling the story in the first place. This experience kicked your ass into gear and made you write multiple pieces (Several of which weren’t even posted). You learned how to use several pieces of technology you otherwise would never have touched. You learned how to produce good sounding music, something people can enjoy. Several messages from people telling you that they can’t get your songs out of their heads are a testament to that. You learned how to create something unique, something that will stand out, if you hadn’t, you wouldn’t have the viewcounts or subscribers you have today.

Though “Pony Music” may not what you’ll be doing for the rest of your creative career, you can never say that it wasn’t what got you started.

It’s a legacy that you’ve left, and you owe inifinite amounts of gratitude to the people you’ve met, the show’s creators, and your fans.



你是音乐

“You are music”.

>Reader: Feel free to listen to more of Greg’s silly music: http://soundcloud.com/jackle-app http://jackle-app.bandcamp.com
3 months ago

The name you choose for this side project is “GRIFFIN VILLAGE”

A direct play on words of “Owl City” (Griffins were one of many creatures portrayed in the show)

Much to your surprise, this literally becomes a HUGE HIT. It becomes a fandom-defining song (This is not an exaggeration, it was later voted #2 out of the top 100 brony songs of 2011 on one of the biggest fan-radio channels within the fandom)

Not to toot your own horn, but you kind of started a wave of similar song types. Vocally-oriented inspired-by-the-show songs focusing on fanon. It’s a class of song never really seen in the fandom until now. 

This song is a huge step upward, and it quickly becomes what you’re known for (That’s the power of a song written about lesbian horses).

>Jackle App/Griffin Village/Greg/Fl0atzel: End your story

3 months ago
>”Be Owl City”?That’s an odd command…But it kinda makes sense.Owl City is an electropop band renowned for their INCREDIBLY CHEESY, LOVEY-DOVEY, SUPER-EMOTIONAL, INCREDIBLY PEPPY, WAY-TOO-HAPPY lyrics. Lots of bubbly synths and poppy drums abound. The vocalist sings INCREDIBLY HIGH and many young girls swoon over his very very nice voice. However, they kinda happen to be a VERY GUILTY PLEASURE of yours. You like being happy, and this music makes you happy, ergo, Owl City makes you happy. But you’ve had an idea stuck in your head for a while now for a song. During a beach vacation, lyrics came to you while you were floating in the water. Lyrics describing the love of two female ponies (INCREDIBLY LAME-O-METER AT 100%) Now that you’ve established yourself in the community a bit, you feel that you can safely allow yourself to write this song and produce it for the world to see. In the world of fandoms, there are two classes of content:Canon: This is established BY the official content creators. It consists of actual information taken from the show, and it deals only in known facts.The other more peculiar class is Fanon: a portmenteau of “Fan” and “Canon”. This is fan-created content that becomes widely accepted among the fans.   You choose to write a song about two very specific ponies. Ponies that the fans have determined are a “couple” (Based only on the fact that they appear numerous times in the background Lyra (the seafoam green unicorn) and Bonbon (the cream colored earth pony) According to the fandom, they’re either in love, a couple, or married.Either way, you have a song to write. >Jackle App: Become Griffin Village 

>”Be Owl City”?

That’s an odd command…

But it kinda makes sense.

Owl City is an electropop band renowned for their INCREDIBLY CHEESY, LOVEY-DOVEY, SUPER-EMOTIONAL, INCREDIBLY PEPPY, WAY-TOO-HAPPY lyrics. Lots of bubbly synths and poppy drums abound. The vocalist sings INCREDIBLY HIGH and many young girls swoon over his very very nice voice.

However, they kinda happen to be a VERY GUILTY PLEASURE of yours.

You like being happy, and this music makes you happy,

ergo, Owl City makes you happy.

But you’ve had an idea stuck in your head for a while now for a song. During a beach vacation, lyrics came to you while you were floating in the water. Lyrics describing the love of two female ponies (INCREDIBLY LAME-O-METER AT 100%)

Now that you’ve established yourself in the community a bit, you feel that you can safely allow yourself to write this song and produce it for the world to see.

In the world of fandoms, there are two classes of content:

Canon: This is established BY the official content creators. It consists of actual information taken from the show, and it deals only in known facts.

The other more peculiar class is

Fanon: a portmenteau of “Fan” and “Canon”. This is fan-created content that becomes widely accepted among the fans.  

You choose to write a song about two very specific ponies. Ponies that the fans have determined are a “couple” (Based only on the fact that they appear numerous times in the background

Lyra (the seafoam green unicorn) and Bonbon (the cream colored earth pony)

According to the fandom, they’re either in love, a couple, or married.

Either way, you have a song to write.

>Jackle App: Become Griffin Village 

3 months ago

This

Your collaborative entry goes over SWIMMINGLY. A favorite song of this round. You are both IMMENSELY PLEASED, both taking a grand amount of knowledge from this experience. You both go on to make collaboration tracks with other people as well ((And currently you’re in the process of making a brand new collaboration track!))



>Jackle App: Be Owl City

3 months ago
There is an event within the brony musician’s fandom called the “Remix War”It is a just-for-fun “competition” of sorts created by a few of the higher-up notable musicians. The purpose is to remix other brony musician’s tracks. In traditional  remix culture (ie: Mainstream), the naming convention for tracks is “Artist 1” vs. ”Artist 2” With brony music, the convention was changed to“Artist 1” Befriends ”Artist 2”  The thing is you’ve never collaborated with anyone before You’re kind of freaking out. A lot. People are quickly being taken by other people, it seems like time is running out.  But you’ve met a friend and fellow musician by the name of “Glaze” (Woodentoaster is his artist name, and that picture up there is his Self-insert avatar character) that has yet to find a partner. You and him agree to collaborate and you dive in headfirst, sending the track back and forth between the two of you. Turning this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41746230/Nikon%20%282%29.mp3 into…

There is an event within the brony musician’s fandom called the “Remix War”

It is a just-for-fun “competition” of sorts created by a few of the higher-up notable musicians. The purpose is to remix other brony musician’s tracks.

In traditional  remix culture (ie: Mainstream), the naming convention for tracks is 
“Artist 1” vs. ”Artist 2”

With brony music, the convention was changed to
“Artist 1” Befriends ”Artist 2” 

The thing is

you’ve never collaborated with anyone before

You’re kind of freaking out. A lot. People are quickly being taken by other people, it seems like time is running out. 

But you’ve met a friend and fellow musician by the name of “Glaze” (Woodentoaster is his artist name, and that picture up there is his Self-insert avatar character) that has yet to find a partner.

You and him agree to collaborate and you dive in headfirst, sending the track back and forth between the two of you.

Turning this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41746230/Nikon%20%282%29.mp3

into…

3 months ago

this…

THIS

THIS ISN’T A REMIX

THIS HAS VOCALS!

AND LYRICS!

WHAT?

WHAT DID YOU DO?

You made this song earlier in the year but you never bothered to put it up on youtube until now, but that doesn’t dampen the blow at all.

This song is inspired by the show, it’s not a show remix. It’s completely unique, never been done before.

What did you do

You get a friend to help you make the video for it, it’s about your favorite pony AT THAT TIME, Rarity.

 

Rarity is a pretty amazing pony! She’s been said to redefine the old exhausted gender stereotype ever present in cartoons. Females are oftentimes portrayed as being too dainty, in need of a hero, unable to fend for themselves.
Though Rarity seems to emanate some of these qualities, a certain episode showed that she was wholly able to fend for herself in a dangerous situation. She’s described by the show as the “Element of Generosity”, and you’ve been ensnared by her great design, fake transatlantic accent, and her FABULOUS DRESSES

>Jackle App: Collaborate

3 months ago

This week’s theme was “Make a fighting theme for a specific pony”

More toastbeards come and go and you continue to post up more and more music.

You’re receiving what could be called a FAIR AMOUNT of notability. 

>Jackle App: Woah wait a minute what is this…?

3 months ago
You befriend them.You do more than befriend them, these people become your BEST FRIENDS.Not only that though, they also become your mentors, your assistants, your teammates, collaborators, love interests, etc. etc.These people become a massive part of your life in every aspect.  And it all started with a children’s cartoon. >Jackle App: Continue participating in Toastbeards

You befriend them.

You do more than befriend them, these people become your BEST FRIENDS.

Not only that though, they also become your mentors, your assistants, your teammates, collaborators, love interests, etc. etc.

These people become a massive part of your life in every aspect. 

And it all started with a children’s cartoon.

>Jackle App: Continue participating in Toastbeards

3 months ago
  1. [23:26] <@sci> QUEUE JACKLEAPP
  2. [23:26] <JackleApp> ohgoshohgoshohgosh
  3. [23:26] <Aussie> way ahead of ya
  4. [23:26] <JackleApp> I got butterflies in my stomach
  5. [23:26] <Aussie> i’ve already heard this
  6. [23:26] <@sci> PLAY JACKLEAPP
  7. [23:26] <Aussie> i already love it
  8. [23:26] <Foxdeimos> Your turn now, JackleApp. AFRAID TO GET DIRTY?
  9. [23:26] <Aussie> KICK CLAPCLAP KICK
  10. [23:26] <@sci> so far so good
  11. [23:26] <JackleApp> Yes D:
  12. [23:26] <Jaf5489> yes please :D
  13. [23:26] <@sci> actually makes me think of going down an ancient tunnel or something
  14. [23:26] <Jaf5489> I like this
  15. [23:26] <JackleApp> I love this beat… I forgot where i heard it
  16. [23:26] <@sci> a kind of mysterious exploration feel
  17. [23:26] <Foxdeimos> Whoa, that’s a delicious intro
  18. [23:26] <Aussie> yeah who made that?
  19. [23:26] <JackleApp> tribally
  20. [23:27] <fgdgstg> sdgdgsdgsd. I missed the play. Must.. catch.. up
  21. [23:27] <JackleApp> This synth
  22. [23:27] <JackleApp> is my favorite synth
  23. [23:27] <Foxdeimos> Oh, building up
  24. [23:27] <fgdgstg> although I think I’ve already heard it
  25. [23:27] <JackleApp> you have. I sent it to ya
  26. [23:27] <Foxdeimos> So far, so awesome.
  27. [23:27] <JackleApp> sorry for the long-ass intro!
  28. [23:27] <@sci> jackle: no way man, I’m loving this
  29. [23:27] <fgdgstg> so I guess I’ll go ahead and give away the ending
  30. [23:27] <Foxdeimos> No problem, it sounds great
  31. [23:27] <JackleApp> and the long ass song, I didn’t expect it to be 6 minutes!
  32. [23:27] <JackleApp> it just kinda happened
  33. [23:27] <markingdude> No worries, my man it’s great.
  34. [23:27] <Foxdeimos> Everypony loves long songs
  35. [23:27] <Foxdeimos> Or at least, they should!
  36. [23:27] <Aussie> my remix war entry is almost 8 minutes long :D
  37. [23:28] <JackleApp> Classic reverse crash build up!
  38. [23:28] <@sci> oh my god this is amazing
  39. [23:28] <Foxdeimos> OHMIGOD PINKIE
  40. [23:28] <Jaf5489> Awww awesome
  41. [23:28] <JackleApp> With guest vocalist, pinkamina
  42. [23:28] <@sci> did not see that coming
  43. [23:28] <Jaf5489> dat echo
  44. [23:28] <Foxdeimos> Nor did I
  45. [23:28] <Foxdeimos> God this sounds amazing.
  46. [23:28] <@sci> yet it fits so well
  47. [23:28] <JackleApp> MURDER MUSIC
  48. [23:28] <@sci> yay
  49. [23:28] <Jaf5489> yay
  50. [23:28] <Aussie> YAY
  51. [23:28] <Jaf5489> haha
  52. [23:28] <Foxdeimos> YAY
  53. [23:28] <fgdgstg> the piano break. I want it to happen.
  54. [23:28] <markingdude> yay
  55. [23:28] <Aussie> and
  56. [23:28] <Aussie> wait for the drop
  57. [23:28] <Aussie> it’s
  58. [23:28] <JackleApp> shhhm don’t spoil
  59. [23:28] <@sci> dd   blblblblueeeee
  60. [23:28] <Aussie> delicious
  61. [23:29] <JackleApp> Inspiration: Invader Zim
  62. [23:29] <Foxdeimos> Being this awesome should be illegal, you know.
  63. [23:29] <Aussie> seriously? :D
  64. [23:29] <@sci> jackle: actually I can hear that
  65. [23:29] <Aussie> now i need to watch invader zim
  66. [23:29] <JackleApp> They’re metallic clangs rock my soul
  67. [23:29] <JackleApp> yes dblue I know
  68. [23:29] <JackleApp> Oh gosh, random drum change here goes
  69. [23:30] <JackleApp> “huff in mouth”
  70. [23:30] <@sci> in this song: jackleapp does “wall of sound” magnitudes better than I
  71. [23:30] <JackleApp> Thank you :,D
  72. [23:30] <Aussie> gonna say it again
  73. [23:30] <Aussie> dat piano
  74. [23:31] <@sci> dat piano    and drone
  75. [23:31] *** Oto has joined #bronymusic
  76. [23:31] <Foxdeimos> Ooooohh this one’s really hauntingly beautiful.
  77. [23:31] <fgdgstg> Jackle, the piano break
  78. [23:31] <JackleApp> HAY  COME OUT AND PLAY
  79. [23:31] <fgdgstg> You’re making it hapen
  80. [23:31] <Aussie> Invited one of my e-friends here
  81. [23:31] <JackleApp> I am the star
  82. [23:31] <JackleApp> it’s me
  83. [23:31] <JackleApp> ;D
  84. [23:31] <@sci> hey oto, wait 1 minute and I’ll toss you a link
  85. [23:31] <Oto> Sure, thanks
  86. [23:32] <Foxdeimos> You’ve certainly got the top music thus far, JackleApp. My humblest opinion, though, take it as you may.
  87. [23:32] <fgdgstg> Jackle, I heard homestucky sorta things going on with this piano
  88. [23:32] <Aussie> YOU GOTTA CAAAAAAAAAAAARE
  89. [23:32] <JackleApp> Nope.
  90. [23:32] <fgdgstg> sounds like it.
  91. [23:32] <@sci> jackle, you really really changed the feel of the song
  92. [23:32] <JackleApp> maybe
  93. [23:32] <JackleApp> I dunno
  94. [23:32] <Aussie> BRAVO
  95. [23:32] <@sci> and made it betterrr
  96. [23:32] <Foxdeimos> Stop being so modest and TAKE IT LIKE A MAN.
  97. [23:32] <Jaf5489> DAAAMMNN
  98. [23:32] <JackleApp> :D
  99. [23:32] <@sci> yep, that was amazing.
  100. [23:32] <Foxdeimos> Bravo indeed. Bravíssimo.
  101. [23:32] <JackleApp> dankuwel
  102. [23:32] <@sci> oto: (Link: http://toastbeard.comli.com/pony/a/ZIQ01/index.php)http://toastbeard.comli.com/pony/a/ZIQ01/index.php
  103. [23:32] <Jaf5489> best one yet bro
  104. [23:33] <JackleApp> thank you! ;u;

((Note, this is the actual chatlog from when my song was played))

WOW HOLY SHIT YOU GOT 1ST PLACE!

>Jackle App: BEFRIEND THESE GREAT PEOPLE

3 months ago - 1
Oh wow you&#8217;re procrastinating again.A+Great Job.Everyone is so proud of you.LONG STORY SHORT, You&#8217;ve waited until the THURSDAY before the due date (Saturday) to start working on your song. You mull the theme over in your head repeatedly, trying to think of an idea.Coincidentally you recall that a certain song within the community is heavily HEAVILY under-remixed.The &#8220;You gotta share, You gotta care&#8221; song. It&#8217;s under-remixed for a reason though.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvqOwgiXR-U  The song changes tempo, it&#8217;s in an odd key with changing tonality, and it&#8217;s just all-around hard to work with.&#8220;Technical Difficulties&#8221;OH SNAP.GLITCH REMIX.You&#8217;re overcome with intense inspiration and drive as you pop your software open and start engineering a complete mood-change of this piece. You&#8217;ll make it completely minor, almost with a feeling of intense DREAD and APPREHENSION.You make chaotic glitch noises and autotune the pink pony&#8217;s vocals to the point where they don&#8217;t resemble the original song at all.In a two day rush, you&#8217;re finally done,You upload your work to the contest page and eagerly wait for Saturday evening, where all the participants gather together to listen to all the entries synchronized.&gt;Jackle App: Join IRC chat room for synchlisten 

Oh wow you’re procrastinating again.
A+
Great Job.
Everyone is so proud of you.

LONG STORY SHORT, You’ve waited until the THURSDAY before the due date (Saturday) to start working on your song. You mull the theme over in your head repeatedly, trying to think of an idea.

Coincidentally you recall that a certain song within the community is heavily HEAVILY under-remixed.

The “You gotta share, You gotta care” song. It’s under-remixed for a reason though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvqOwgiXR-U 

The song changes tempo, it’s in an odd key with changing tonality, and it’s just all-around hard to work with.

“Technical Difficulties”

OH SNAP.

GLITCH REMIX.

You’re overcome with intense inspiration and drive as you pop your software open and start engineering a complete mood-change of this piece. You’ll make it completely minor, almost with a feeling of intense DREAD and APPREHENSION.
You make chaotic glitch noises and autotune the pink pony’s vocals to the point where they don’t resemble the original song at all.

In a two day rush, you’re finally done,

You upload your work to the contest page and eagerly wait for Saturday evening, where all the participants gather together to listen to all the entries synchronized.

>Jackle App: Join IRC chat room for synchlisten 

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