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SpectacleSam13
I produce music. I play the guitar and trombone, however I have only have an electric guitar and acoustic guitar. I have experience in playing both instruments.

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Posted by SpectacleSam13 - July 17th, 2020


Hello everyone,


My original plans for the summer has been shifted. It supposed to be for me to use the great amount of free time to learn GarageBand iOS and Cakewalk by Bandlab while publishing songs near the end of the season. But, surviving the pandemic financially is not easy and relying on the government for financial support won't make my financial position stable as it was before the pandemic. To survive and meet basic needs such as home, food, hydro, and electricity, I must be in the workforce. As of now, I won't be planning to spend time in producing music, and I'll be shifting my focus to meet basic needs for the rest of the summer and future seasons. I will still be busy in the fall and winter because of school but hopefully, next summer, I can start learning those DAWs and release some new songs. I won't be an active user in terms of uploading content on a regular basis. I'll be an active user in terms of logging in Newgrounds to see the notifications that Newgrounds send me by email.


Stay safe and be aware of your surroundings.


Posted by SpectacleSam13 - April 8th, 2020


Hello everyone,


Recent, I removed some songs from my Newgrounds page because the timeline I published the songs were not consistent, For example, one song has proper song structure (verse, chorus, verse, bridge, chorus, etc) and the next song does not have proper song structure. In addition, some songs were not precise on the genre of music I wished to focus on. Also, I removed some songs that I published in 2019 because it was not consistent. For example, one song's genre is the blues, the next song is electronic. I removed them to reduce confusion to the listener so that the listener knows which genre of music I produce. I have decided to not upload the songs I created in high school for the same reasons I listed above. To those who listened the songs that were removed and manage to download them, thank you for your support. During the crisis, I am well and healthy. I am still planning to learn Garageband iOS and Cakewalk by Bandlab during the Spring. During summer, I'll start producing new songs. The school year for me is almost done. I am transitioning to exams. If you experience my Newgrounds page inactive, note that I'll be looking for a job after exams, hopefully. I've attached "before and after" screenshots of my Newgrounds page.


Before:

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After:

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I hope for the crisis to end before fall 2020. Stay safe and stay healthy.


Posted by SpectacleSam13 - December 18th, 2019


Hello everyone,


I stop uploading my 20+ songs on Newgrounds because school overloaded me with homework and there wasn't any time to make this annoucement earlier nor creating the cover arts for my 20+ songs. Forcefully, school became a priority and I had little-to-no time for a social life since my grades were plummeting. Now, I passed all of my courses. I finished first semester and get a 1 month vacation. However, I'm helping high school students to succeed in math since in Canada, politics is everywhere, especially in the education system.


I got a new computer that is more powerful than my previous computer. Ever since I heard that Image Line is chasing after people who uses pirated copies of FL Studio, I start to assume other competitors will do the same. I found a free professional DAW called "Cakewalk by Bandlab". Throughout winter and spring, I'll be transferring my sample libraries to the new computer, installing vsts again and learning the DAW. In addition, I received an iPad. So that's 2 DAWS, Cakewalk and Garageband iOS.


Starting summer 2020, I'll continue to upload my remaining songs and create new songs using Cakewalk and Garageband iOS. That means I won't create new songs on Mixcraft nor Reaper because of optimization issues and the minimum system requirements for the new version of Mixcraft is too much. It went from 2GB of RAM to 8GB of RAM. I will no longer start creating waveform music videos for YouTube since its Terms of Service and Policies are changing in favour of businesses, not creators.


Until, January 9, 2020, I'll remain active on Newgrounds. It would be the best time to contact me on Newgrounds about my songs and other requests. From January 10, 2020 to mid-April 2020, I'll be unactive on Newgrounds and Social Media platforms because of school.


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Posted by SpectacleSam13 - September 2nd, 2019


Hello Everyone,


In my Summer 2019 update, I said that I would upload 25 songs during the summer. Unfortunately, I didn't do that because I was busy tutoring 2 ESL (English-as-a-Second-Language) students in Math and English for the whole month of July, I was planning and preparing a service for my former high school, and I'm in the songwriting and producing process of one song (release date unknown). In the meantime, I'll upload 4 songs per week until I reached 25 songs. The music videos will delayed for Summer 2020.


Posted by SpectacleSam13 - July 3rd, 2019


Hello Everyone,


This is my summer 2019 update. I graduated from high school, moving next to university. Once again, I'll be active on Newgrounds only during the summer season for the next four years or so. On Monday, July 1st, 2019, was Canada Day, meaning, I didn't upload the music video for my song "Christmas". Tomorrow, I'll upload that music video and 25 new songs on Newgrounds (2-3 songs per week). My documentary project is cancelled because of a tight schedule I had during spring 2019. I finished producing and editing all 25 new songs. Not all songs are in the same genre. The only two things that remain are track-art-covers and the music video. Music videos will be uploaded on my YouTube channel. I removed my Google+ link because Google decided to discontinued Google+ for brands and consumers and I was affected by that decision. Another reason for not uploading the music videos and the new 25 songs is that Facebook was down for the entire afternoon today. I decided to postpone the uploads for tomorrow. As of now, I am still trying different DAWs to fit with my musical creativity. Acoustica Mixcraft and Bandlab Cakewalk are tied with the features they offer but Acoustica Mixcraft is my main DAW because of the minimum system requirements. Within the school years, I might take a break of producing music because of intensive courses that I need to take for my undergraduate program.


Also, if any of you can help me find a computer that matches the following criteria:

  • Windows 10 Pro or Windows 10 Home
  • 10-inch to 14-inch (within that range)
  • 64-bit
  • Intel processor
  • 256 GB of storage or more
  • 10-12 hours of battery life
  • Touch and Pen input (the device is touchscreen and works with a stylus)
  • Product must include touch-pen/stylus and attachable keyboard
  • headphone jack
  • USB 2.0 or 3.0 port
  • MicroSD card slot or SD card slot
  • built-in kickstand
  • less than $1000 CDN
  • 2-in-1 tablet/laptop (charger included)

If you do find a computer that matches with all or most of the criteria, please reply to this post.


I haven't planned what to do with my YouTube channel, besides uploading music videos and educational videos. This year and next year, I'll be doing scripts and storyboards for the math and physics lessons and I want to do. In the summer of 2020, high school math lessons will be on my YouTube channel starting with Grade 9.


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Posted by SpectacleSam13 - February 2nd, 2019


Hello Everyone, I recently uploaded my grade 9 Native Arts drawings. I am not Native-Canadian but in high school, it was compulsory to take an art course in grade 9. Most of my drawings are in black and white. I used my printer to scan my drawings.

New songs are still in progress. The most likely release date will be July 2019.

As of now, I am organizing the storyboard to make a short documentary. The video will be uploaded on Newgrounds first and then on YouTube. The video will be uploaded on late spring and/or early summer. The upload date might change due to scheduling of people being in the video.


Posted by SpectacleSam13 - August 30th, 2018


Hello everyone,

It's been three years that I've been absent from Newgrounds. I'll explain. My last upload in 2015 ("Dreams") was the last set of songs before I entered high school. At that time, I stopped producing music until I register for "Music & Computers" course at my high school and I began to feel motivation in continuing producing music. I deleted my past YouTube channel because I stopped making content. I stopped making content for YouTube because high school was taking most of my available time and I didn't had a huge amount of time to create new videos. I deleted my Bandcamp page because 1. No one was buying my music and 2. I want my music to be free to download for listeners. All of my tracks are now singles and my tracks are no longer part of albums. I deleted my Spreadshirt online store because 1. I haven't gain revenue until early to mid of 2018 (I'm surprised) and 2. All of the customers who purchased my merchandise immediately gave back the product for refunds. After that I deleted my shop because this action was becoming repetitive. High school was giving me a lot of thinking on choosing careers. Up to now, I decided to become a mathematician and to continue doing what I used to do. Starting July 2019, I'll be back on YouTube (the new channel I created) and Newgrounds. On Newgrounds, I'll be uploading my visual art that I drew in high school and uploading 24 new songs that I created from 2015 up to 2019 (work in progress in terms of audio editing) and 3 new edits/remixes. I changed the licensing terms for my songs on Newgrounds. Feel free to choose which license you want to fill out and I'll respond to your license request within 2 weeks. In addition, every Monday, I'll upload music videos of all the songs I uploaded on Newgrounds. 

Until then, I'll be busy with high school work and my upcoming 24 songs. Bye


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Posted by SpectacleSam13 - August 25th, 2015


Hello, you've might been wondering on why I haven't been active or publishing any new audio on Newgrounds. Recently, I've been busy with school exams and I'm currently helpping a new musician on Newgrounds. You can check him out here:http://sarez.newgrounds.com  He's currently working on remixes for now but soon he will post Electronic related songs. Here's the link to hear his latest work: http://sarez.newgrounds.com/audio So in the mean time, I'll be helpping on getting started for Newgrounds Audio Users. You are all welcome to help him out on Newgrounds and give him a warm welcoming!