♬ Waterflame - Boneyard x NF - Leave Me Alone

[wanton meteor]

Blood Temple by Spectex

Song: Waterflame - Boneyard x NF - Leave Me Alone
Level ID: 26111906
Downloads: 164795
Song ID: 708497
Song URL: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/708497
Thumbnail: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7pe4cYNt4A0/mqdefault.jpg

-# Submission ID: 6807f530d18fa85c5dfe0fa5
-# Status: Accepted

[crude edge]

you know what, im in such a shit mood right now, that ima do a thing, just to make sure everybody is on track (nobodys gonna care but thats besides the point). i have more than 250 mashes on the site, BUT... I've gone through all of them and found 22 that are generally considered "good" (only counting accapted ones as they were actual attempts) (8% means i need to make 92 mashups for one to be good), this means roughly 8% of my mashups are "good" this means means i need to make 92 mashups for one to be good (i think), and out of those 22 mashups i found 7 that were "intentionally good", this basically means that they were ideas i had beforehand and that i wasnt just smashing 2 songs toghether. AND out of these 7 there are even less that i agree are good. FURTHERMORE, i have so many mashups that i love but are actually pretty bad, some arent even accept worthy. So technically my opinion is objectivly wrong, which should be impossible. One of the many side effects of this is that when i get better at getting mashup ideas, that just makes me worse at making consistantly good ones because my brain releases dopamine if it thinks of something I like, leaving my only option as smashing random garbage toghether and staring at the keycharts for 20 minutes, i mean its fun to make a good mashup but whats the point if i cant appreciate it too. What pisses me off even more is the fact that the mashups both me and others like do exist, for example kacpers mashups fit under that category pretty often, its just if I make something its suddenly bad. I'm only writing this because @signal sparrow (yes im pinging him) said im one of the best mashuppers he knows, and i just want to set the record straight, im not a good mashupper, i'm a guy with a well trained pair of ears and way too much time on his hands. I will still power through hoping that its gonna lead somewhere, every time i think im close i get shot right back down, so this really isnt going anywhere.

[signal sparrow]

fam you do realize that i know all of this already right?

like, do you think people like matt and shums are able to just make mashups without thinking or without making 100 bad ones first

point is you keep trying, its not about consistency of quality, but more so the diamonds in the rough

i mean think about it for a bit, ive been in the music community more than half my life at this point. ik how much effort it takes

that alone makes you a good mashup artist

be a little kinder to yourself

you went from borderline tonedeaf to where u are now

if that's not worthy of being called a good mashup artist, i really dont know what is

[crude edge]

I really wish i could actually appreciate my creations though, right now my only motivation is to kill time

I wouldnt be here ifbi didnt struggle to find a hobby as much as i do

[signal sparrow]

music is a great hobby dude

you needa try to stop chasing the dopamine rush. chase the process of getting to it

[crude edge]

I really wish there was i light at the end of this tunnel, but it feels more like im trying to get out of my hole by digging deeper

[signal sparrow]

is it really a hole? or do you just view it that way?

cause yea, you make an unhealthy amount of mashups. But that isn't something you should be ashamed about

[crude edge]

Its not

[plain canopy]

youre nit going to make a banger every single time

[crude edge]

Im fine with that

[plain canopy]

if youre not satisfied with your quality just filter the mashups youre posting and turn down the frequency of posting them

[crude edge]

But if i filter them after my own tastes it would be nothing but garbage

Thats my main issue

[signal sparrow]

so then get feedback

you know my dms are always open

i get like, 5 - 10 dms daily about mashup feedback

and i respond to them all impartially

[plain canopy]

also you shoulsnt rely on keycharts much in terms of ideas

rely on your head

[signal sparrow]

agreed

[plain canopy]

99% of good ideas come from your head

[signal sparrow]

keycharts limit you with regards to creativity

[crude edge]

Except for mine

[plain canopy]

i can guarantee it applies to every mashupper

[signal sparrow]

sergeant i only have like a 3% success rate for my mashups

[plain canopy]

heres the thing

[signal sparrow]

3% of the mashups i make im happy with

[plain canopy]

for chart mashups its way easier to make an alright mashup

if you get a mashup idea from your head its more likely to be good or great but they are also often bad

[signal sparrow]

gn. hitting the sack, feeling sick as hell

[plain canopy]

good night

[crude edge]

Gn

[crude edge]

95% of the ones i make im happy with

[plain canopy]

what's the problem then

mashups are subjective

the most important part is if YOU are satisfied with them

[crude edge]

Thats what ive been telling myself too

[plain canopy]

as long as it is musically correct

~matt

[crude edge]

Yeah, ive read that more than you can imagine

But to me everyones opinion seems pretty generalized

[plain canopy]

my second tip is just dont take mashups that seriously

i know its gonna be hard

i used to be just like you trust me

i used charts insanely often

cared about mashups too much

and i relied on others opinion too much

but i stopped doing that and got so much better as a mashupper

[crude edge]

You know what, fine

[rapid wedge]

Jesus Christ there’s so many replies

also you’re gonna make a couple of shit mashups here and there so it’s fine.

[proper nebula]

i make more shit ones probably

[warm flint]

@crude edge, @plain canopy has accepted your submission

[crude edge]

can i have this conversation again, my mental state is just as bad right now

[rapid wedge]

sure

[muted coyote]

I really enjoy the ones you make since I literally can hear it was imagined well with a song you liked, like remember when I messaged you about how I had one of my favorite mashups just discovered on jukebox then realized you actually made it so I took the time to message you on it

as long if the mashups vocals are more notable than the song itself its being put on

its a hit

but that gets hard with some people if they like for say dont know the song, or its unpopular, whatever it is.

only thing I got to say is you make so many categories of mashups, that you're gonna collide with dislikes a lot no matter what

even with staff, you'll even touch categories where the vocals itself are pitched like a JT song or something

I mean if it was all soulless yeah realistically you'd get no hate cuz theres nothing to hate on sorta thing

yk?

so ur doing a good thing I think dude

[astral breach]

hi

[muted coyote]

yoo

[astral breach]

how does the rate system work for this

[crude edge]

like getting accepted?

[astral breach]

yes

does applying a song add it to sfh and jukebox in game?

[crude edge]

yes

[astral breach]

whats the rating standard for that

[muted coyote]

#submit-here #1381541769161998346 message explains most of it

[crude edge]

for maships as long as its musically correct

[astral breach]

when will I know

[crude edge]

the bot should ping you if something has been reviewed

and if its accepted itll be in the changelog

[astral breach]

am I allowed to asked you if you can see if mine will get accepted rn

its the only one for the lightning rod

[muted coyote]

use the /Submit so its formated correctly

[astral breach]

I did

its 1 below this submission I think

[crude edge]

And im back

[rapid wedge]

hi

[vivid tree]

why is this open

[rapid wedge]

idk

This is just here for him to vent