Battle Theme of the Republic

I'm having a rough week. And when I have a rough week, I end up playing the piano a lot. Well, at least usually.

I recently stumbled upon a free music sequencing program, which I have been wanting to try out. Unfortunately, the name of the thing defines my problem with it:

Linux MultiMedia Studio (LMMS)

Like everything Linux related, LMMS is way more difficult to use than it could be. Yes, being able to create your own sounds is awesome and all by way of freedom of expression. BUT I HAVE NO #@(%|^& IDEA HOW TO WORK WITH SOUND WAVES AND INTERPOLATION!

Sorry about that. Point is, I needed to figure out how to do it. And I noticed that one of the plugins (essentially the mini-programs that make the sounds) is devoted to making Game Boy Color noises. Yep. The good old 8-bit days.

I took a piece I wrote during AP Theory and altered it a bit (it was originally for oboe, bassoon, strings, and clarinet). The result sounds a lot like some sort of battle theme, or some music that would be playing in a side-scrolling game. And all good (or bad) 8-bit themes need some sort of victory music...

And I'm not sure why epic James Madison got his epic face and epic dance moves on the video...

Conversations with Cthulhu

You: "Hey are those tentacles?"
Cthulhu "Yep"
Y "Cool."
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C "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
Y "Cthulhu, I feel sad when you try to drive me insane to the point of death because its makes me feel sad."
C "Oh sorry"
Y "That's okay"
C "Oh no it won't happen again"
Y "No, no. That's okay its fine... Maybe I overreacted."
C "Really, are you sure?"
Y "Yeah I probably spoke to strongly there, but I'm still glad we had a chat about this."
C "So am I. Oh and by the way just one more thing..."
Y "Yes Cthulhu?
C "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtan!"
Y *Grurrgle...*
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Y "Hey Cthulhu. So who do you think will win the World Series this year the Cardinals or the Yankees?"
C "The Yankees"
Y "Oh? Why do you say that?"
C "Because I drowned every single member of the Cardinals in the shores of madness and eternal sorrow. Their souls will fester in torment and never ending horror."
Y "Oh... Okay..."
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Y "Hello there Cthulhu. I was wondering, where do babies come from?
C "Fire Vampires"
Y "Wha..."
C "Yeah Fire Vampires. They're like storks. Except instead of wings they're on fire and instead of eating fish they only want virgin blood.
Y "Yeah that's what I thought..."