baq12 Singles release thread

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So its been awhile since I've made any sort of file release. After again for quite a few months, I got quite a bit of motivation and decided to get some Wips done and released! They will be released here on this thread! Huge thanks to Scylax for helping out with the graphics for these releases! They look amazing. I really dig my new cd title!

Away- Plini



1 Difficulty

DIAMOND JACKAL- Akira Complex



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Impulse II- An Endless Sporadic



1 Difficulty

ruin of opals- Kaminose Tsukasa



1 Difficulty

Action Boyz - Jack and Owane




1 Difficulty

Flowerguy's Pool Party - Virt




1 Difficulty

Heart - Plini



1 Difficulty

A View from the Top of the World - Dream Theater




1 Difficulty

My first Dream theater song that I've done in years. I will say, it was an absolute treat revisiting one of my favorite artists. Though it brought back many painful memories of trying to sync everything. Really fun and interesting chart with really nice solos.

Lick the Alphabet - Virt




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So this chart was something that I had worked on a few years ago back in 2020 when I was working on the remaster of Stream of Consciousness and charting Kind. I had put it away for awhile because I couldn't make up my mind on what I wanted to do with it. 3 years later I made a few decisions on how I wanted to use holds throughout and finally finished it up. It's a pretty straightforward chart and my first actual attempt at charting Virt.

Seaside Labyrinth - Dirty Androids




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Super fun chart with some fun jump/hand sections that I think add to the feeling of playing the song. Really groovy song on top of that too. Dirty Androids coming in clutch.

Tarred and Feathered - Plini




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Plini has got to be one of my favorite Prog artists out right now. I find their grooves to be really cool and interesting to not only listen to, but to play as well. Layering intensifies throughout the song, and I feel compliments what happens in the song rather nicely. Probably one of my favorite songs from Plini too.

Black Sheep - Sonata Arctica



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This is one of the few Sonata Arctica files that I feel can be done quite well. When I was working on this, I originally had a hard time trying to figure out what to do with the file outside of the guitar and keyboard solo. I realized I was overthinking what to do outside of the solos and just went with some really nice and fun patterns. Nothing too challenging, but a very fun file nonetheless.

Flatline- Skifonix



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Oh boy, this was real fun to do. With a song as cool as this, it was a breeze to get something really cool and fun out of this. A nice straightforward and super fun file with a great groove.

The Wizard's Finale - nubbinownz



2 difficulties

Oh lovely, this song. I'm quite happy how this turned out. The big challenge in making this work were some of the bursts that occur throughout the duration of the song, which is why I made two difficulties. One with reduced bursts so that the file flows better, and one with the bursts if one is looking for a challenge. Really fun file nonetheless, and I hope you enjoy.

First of the Five Elements- Warmen



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Already said everything I had to say in the post I made about this. Hope you enjoy it!

Skyscraper- Mutsuhiko Izumi



1 difficulty

Really fun and quirky song with some fun and interesting steps! Enjoy!

No Boundaries- Michael Angelo Batio



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Beautiful and really fun. One of my best works. A must play.

Nijiro Yuenchi- Mutsuhiko Izumi vs DJ TOTTO



2 difficulties

So this is one I decided to do for fun. One difficulty is relatively doable and the other one is just a lot of pain. A fun upbeat song that I think definitely has good replay factor to it.

Fukasetsufukasetsuten- OSTER Project




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This was a really fun one to put together. Some of the choices I made in some of the nuances include leaving out some of the flams that were present in the drum part as they were so fast and awkward and would break the flow of the song. I've slowly been enjoying stepping more jazz like songs, as they provide an interesting and unique rhythmic variation to what I usually put out. Enjoy!

War of Worlds- Warmen




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So this was a file originally made back in 2013 for ODIpack 3. I had put it away for awhile because I was having problems finding ideas on how to make it more engaging to play. I came back to this around January and have been tinkering with it for the past two months, and I think I came up with something that's fun and artistic. The solos in here are very free and don't really fall into the tempo as consistently as their other songs, and I decided to take advantage of that factor. I layered in the drums in the solos wherever I could, which resulted in some really interesting rhythms that are not in the norm. The song isn't as fast and hardcore as some of their other songs, so it's not a particularly difficult file, but I think it is super fun to play and very beautiful. I hope you enjoy it!

Kind- Plini




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So this was one of the more complicated files I've worked on in awhile. I think it really emphasizes cool and unique offbeat rhythms and cool hold effects in relation to the sounds in the song. Enjoy!

Stream of Consciousness- Dream Theater



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This is a remaster of a chart that I worked on back in 2010 for the Community Keyboard Megapack Volume 4. I think the changes done to the chart have modernized it and really brought out the cool elements in the song. See the latest post in the thread for a full explanation of the changes made. Cheers!