I wrote this in the hallway at MAGFest

This was supposed to be a rock song conceptually and I went down a different street and ended up in another country

Went for as cliche as possible, sorry.

My accidental career as (pseudo)artist started ruining other people's works, but when I first started to make my own arrangements, I used mostly cheap soundfonts, usually with ripped samples from SNES games. I don't forget my past, and so that's the direction I aimed. Unfortunately I'm not that used to that style, so this is super rough and incomplete. Just submitting what I had done.

I essentially started by throwing MIDI songs of questionable quality on the internet for fun, and we have come full circle tonight, let's go!

I'll play left side, you play right.

I guess we can do the Andalusian Cadence one more time, for old times' sake.

Where it all started:

https://compo.thasauce.net/files/TheVideoGamer_-_Stratosphere(OHC640).mp3

This track is essentially the official TVG anthem, and it's significant for two reasons:

1. It was made at a time where i wasn't afraid to go outside the box and come up with new ideas.
2. It's extreme versatile and can be taken in any direction. From slow to fast, happy to dark.

This remix goes back into hardcore territory but at a pace of 180bpm, unlike the 220bpm of the original. It's fast, keeps the chord progression but adds a new set of melodic elements doubling the chords, a middle part, and a key change at the end, plus my signature kick roll, as if this track isn't fast enough lol.

It was a time where TVG, just didn't give a fck, until eventually i got carried away and had to scale it back a bit.

Oh well, it's something different, and i used my time wisely. Enjoy!

tribute to my mentor/senpai/friend, anosci