Starstorm

I released a new single! It's free!

http://pandaplayspunk.bandcamp.com/track/starstorm-single

Sleepless

I started this drum and bass track a week ago, and finished it over the weekend. Enjoy!

My music: brain burn

I made this in math class last Friday. I was supposed to be reviewing for a quiz while the teacher was out.

My Music: bloody ears-2

I made dubstep. Because, you know, it solves everything.
Made with Pixitracker 1-bit.
EDIT: reuploaded with a fixed ending

"The Black Box" by Aivi and Surasshu

I found this gem on Reddit yesterday, and it's simply epic. This duo basically makes chiptune/piano fusion music, based around a comic-style story starring an archaeologist and a robot. I personally love "Here's How!" which goes for a jazzy feel, which I'm just a sucker for.
This album's free, too.
I repeat.
GET THIS. NOW.

My Music: dorkenstein

I made a song today!
Well, actually I started it yesterday. These days, I go my violin lessons 20-30 minutes early (scheduling conflicts). This time I brought my iPod, and, using PixiTracker, I made a drum and bass song which I called "dorkenstein," for some reason.
I finished it today, because I can't stop! stop stop stop stop
But when I uploaded it, SoundCloud mistook it for a copy of some lame rap song. Weird.
But here it is!

My Music: Pixitracker Stuff

Pixitracker is a music software I got a while ago. Basically, it's this little iOS/Android app that makes retro-style music. I got the 1-bit version, which is something like a dollar $2, and makes really crappy-sounding, unmasterable "music" with simple samples.
And it is amazing. I got back into using it this week, and I've been plugging away during school. It's one of the best ways to burn time, and unlike Reddit, it makes you more energized, not less.
On to the music:
I made this a long time ago, but finally exported it this week.

I made this two days ago, and exported it today.

And last but not least, one I finished just today.
Enjoy!

Music I Wrote: "Made of Win"

Some music I made today - a kind of hip-hop/skweee thing. You like it?

And a crappy DnB-i-fied remix of the above song - because I can. All I did was tweak the tempo.
Enjoy!

EDIT: I just realized that this is my 100th post. WIN!!! Indeed, I am *cue sunglasses* made of win.

Music: heRobust - Cosmos Def

A friend of mine showed me this. It's a trap song by Hayden Kramer, better known as heRobust. The song uses sounds you would frequently hear in modern dubstep, but in a unique style. Which is awesome.

A Remix I Made

I made a remix of a song by this guy, who was kind enough to let me trash his music.
The original, a chill, FM-synth-based piece not out of place in some Wii feature.

And my remix, where I went all 80's dance.

Enjoy!

Music: protman

This dude's epic. He makes minimalist, glitchy, sample-based music that sounds like an army of 80's robots trying to take over the world.

Or something. I don't know. It's just awesome.

Sugar - A remix a made a while back.

Yes, I make music.
This is a remix of Stanley Turrentine's "Sugar" that I made a week back. I played the song last year in my school's jazz band, and just loved the complex melody and chords and so on. So I stole it (kind of).
Enjoy!

Music: Chromatic Dream and Running in the Fog - "Tethered To The Sun"

I just found this yesterday, and I can't stop listening to this.

"Tethered to the Sun" is a three-track EP made by Chromatic Dream and Running in the Fog, which is a duo involving a London producer in China, a singer in California, and a crap-ton of email. More info here.

The tunes are awesome. It reminds me of Crystal Castles a bit, with a chill atmosphere, echo-y vocals, and a bass sound that I am so jealous of.

And it's free. Seriously. Go get it.


>

"First Block Study Hall" - New Song!

So a few days ago, I had a first period study hall, and in an attempt to entertain myself, I wrote a song whining about it.
I don't have notes to it yet, but I always imagine it sounding like a Blink 182 song.

It's first block study hall so what do I do?
I have no homework and no deadlines soon.
My peers are studying for math tests feared,
But I don't study, so why am I here?

At least my iPod's in my back pocket.
Oh, never mind, the stupid battery's dead.
Why does this madness always happen to me?
Everyone else is doing something, it seems.

Maybe I'll doodle on a notebook sheet,
A parody can always interest me.
Five minutes later, my brain's still a blank
This class is cursed and you can take it to a bank.

(breakdown)
                  Background                                                               Main voice
(It's first block study hall...It's first block study hall)
(It's first block study hall...It's first block study hall)
(It's first block study hall...It's first block study hall)              I don't want to be here.
(It's first block study hall...It's first block study hall)             Why does this happen to me?
(It's first block study hall...It's first block study hall)             What am I supposed to do?
(It's first block study hall...It's first block study hall)              This is really not cool.

(Up a key)
The bell just rang, now I can bail out of this box!
And I run out so fast I almost lose my socks!
Hooray for me, now off to science class I go!
And do that massive test I should have studies for...

Moxie

I made a new song called "Moxie." It's based off a harpsichord line, which I covered with a pile of effects and a square wave solo. Hope you like it!

E5 - Theme

Yeah! This took almost a month to complete; I put it up a week ago, and now it's on the blog!

E5 - Theme by PandaPlaysPunk
So first, I made the basic bassline thingy, then I recorded the improvised violin solo, then I put in all the accents like the strings and brass. That really made the song come alive!
The closing part is coming soon, as well as some more improvved violin solos; they are way too much fun.

The Panda Plays Punk Website!

Yeah! Panda Plays Punk has a new website online! Here it is!
http://www.wix.com/pandeya1997/pandaplayspunk
Hope you like it!

E5

I'm baaack! Summer vacation, prior commitments, mic troubles, and a shortage of roller ball pens conspired to prevent me from posting! Anyway, here's a new thing I'm working on. It's a variations-on-a-theme kind of mini-project that involves my solo music project, Panda Plays Punk and my band, Cracked Perspective, will hopefully end up as an EP for Panda Plays Punk, and will probably involve my embarrasing myself by emailing people more famous than I. (Not the first time)
I have 2 versions (Okay, one-and-a-half) of "E5" done already. First...the Introduction!

This is an introduction-y kind of piece. This will kick off the EP, and is very hip-hop-y. (I think?) Need a dramatic way to enter? Blast this out!
Second...The Cracked Perspective version!
This is a legit song that I wrote in the past week. The actual lyrics only took a day or two, but it took another few days to get the instrumental recorded. But now I have both!
The lyrics are very morbid...just FYI...

Try to give a speech
But you don't have a voice
Yell 'till your throat hurts
But can't get past the noise

This is my despair
To haunt me every day
I can't make a mark
No one hears what I say

Try to save the world
Even though you can't
Try to find a gem
When there is only sand

(Chorus)
Da ba ba bada ba (x4)

So much there is to gain
If I'm one of a kind
So many doors to fame
But none that I can find

(Chorus)

But somehow I still try
To reach into the stars
To find some tiny chance
That I'll go somewhere far

I have myself convinced
That I can learn to fly
For simply sitting still
Is my version of crime

(Chorus) (x2)

...Yup...don't say I didn't warn you about morbidness...The instrumental is right here.
E5 - Cracked Perspective Version by PandaPlaysPunk
A quick note: the piano is basically going through the same rhythm, notes, and effects that the actual vocals will go through, though I might do some tweaking here and there; this is by no means done.
And there you have it; one-and-a-half versions of "E5." I'm also planning a supersad lyricless "closing" piece, and a frenetic violin solo that will be the theme of "E5."

More Music!

8-Bit Gamer

My solo music project, Panda Plays Punk, has just put a new piece on YouTube and SoundCloud called "8-Bit Gamer." This time, I drew up some art to go with the song.
"Stargazer" - The song is now on iTunes...and practically every other online music store I could find... There's a player of the final version on the sidebar.
Here are the lyrics, an old demo, and a newer demo.
So please buy it! You'll have to search for it in iTunes, though. (Searching "Cracked Perspective" should work) Thanks!

New Vids on YouTube!

Yup, I got some music on YouTube after an eon or two. Here goes:

Stand!: This is the Panda Plays Punk way of making "inspirational" music. Piano, strings, fake synth-junk, and those poorly made keyboard-derived drums. 

Stargazer: This is a song from my band, Cracked Perspective, which I have put up here before. The change: I have some art that goes with the song, and I now have the intention of putting the song on iTunes. Please comment on YouTube if you can; I'm using the critiques I get there to decide when/how I'll release this.  Update: It's live! http://kidinthestudio.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-music.html