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Last Topic: 2:18:35pm, 02/27/2022
Last Post: 12:00:03am, 03/26/2022
Toxtricity posted...
Hayato Asano actually wowed me regarding that type of thing a long time ago, with his unused Ciel Nosurge songs, long before blue reflection. My favorite track by him overall might be this one:
Ciel nosurge - niizhtana
Oh wow! Yeah, this is really cool! Hadn't heard the unused Ciel nosurge tracks so this is new to me and it's just really good! Wish it got used! At least it still made its way into the world!
Toxtricity posted...
anyways i love gust; this song represents why a lot better than the majority of the blue reflection ost; it's very tightly what i look for from hayato asano, and very similar to what's probably my favorite track from him, so naturally this gets up there!~ thank you for alerting me to it! (I've heard it before, but didn't remember it being this cool until you nommed it, so might as well call it a discovery in some way)
I'm glad! Again, the naive me of a few years ago probably thought something like "Well, I know the ALL PHASE MIXes of Blue Reflection are known to the B8 VGM community but there are other cool songs that maybe wouldn't do all that well in a VGMC setting but I still think are really cool so I want to share one of those that I think Tox might like and this is a good opportunity for that!" Even if it wasn't quite new to you, happy that you did enjoy it!
Toxtricity posted...
ever since i first interacted with you in ~2009 my taste has, honestly, probably been profoundly influenced by the sorts of songs you've shared. which is a big deal! the last 13 years of my life have been enriched with songs and soundtracks i definitely got into at least in part because of you. so thank you!
Oh wow! That's really humbling, I never would have thought the songs I've shared would have that kind of impact. I've honestly been kind of down and intimidated over the years by how little I can grasp about music theory and how dumb it makes me feel since I can't participate in the more technical conversations about vgm (or music in general.) Try as I might it never really clicks in my head at a level past, "Hey, I like what this song does. I think it's very cool and pleasing to listen to and I hope others feel the same way!" Even as I think I've been more... attentive?... in recent years to aspects and layers in songs, noticing things I never really consciously picked up even if it's been a song I've loved and listened to for a long time I still can't put it into any technical terms. I'm not sure if it's just because I never really got a good education in the basics of music theory (either because of how it was handled in K-12 schooling for me and then later my life became a total wreck so there wasn't exactly a good opportunity), my attention span just wanders, or for some reason it's just one of the many things I just can't grasp well even as many others around me can.
Anyway, that got away from me a bit, I just wouldn't have expected anything I did to really influence anyone. The more I look back on myself the more I feel I was just an obnoxious little shit years back who thought to himself it was all in good humor but never understood that others might not see it that way so I look back and wonder if my enthusiasm for songs back then didn't just come off as pushy or annoying. Even today I don't know if it's so much improved as morphed into a different form so yeah.
Enough about me though!
Toxtricity posted...
I usually have a lot of fun seeing what you have to share, everything from .hack to the gust stuff has always impressed me when you've shared the music you enjoy on this board. thank you for doing so for my topic as well!!
You too! I know our tastes don't overlap but when they do you've introduced me to lots of music I've really enjoyed that I probably otherwise would never have heard, so thank you!
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