HEY!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!

Here are some updates just for you:

Starting with the biggest news!

From here forward, all audio I upload to Newgrounds will be free-to-use. I'm excited to share my music with you, and I'd like to make it as easily accessible as possible! In fact, everything I've uploaded this year is free-to-use, barring my first track of the year. It's been published to streaming services already, so I can't change it.. That being said, I plan for even music I publish to streaming services in the future to still be free-to-use and available here on Newgrounds. That means you can include it in your projects anywhere without asking! Just go for it! (That includes Geometry Dash!)

and for the small news..

I've created a bunch of playlists to make listening to my music on Newgrounds much easier. All organized chronologically and sorted out just for you! Whether you're an artist, developer or just a listener, there's a playlist for you! You can check 'em out here: https://zanelittle.newgrounds.com/playlists

In more playlist news...

I've written a giant big fat post in the forum about some ideas for playlist features on Newgrounds. If that is something that interests you, you can read it here: https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1512183

I made a plugin for FL Studio!

In my birthday blog post back in August, I revealed and released my FL Studio plugin "Console-ify". If you are a music producer looking for new sounds, check it out here: https://zanelittle.newgrounds.com/news/post/1298474

aaand finally....

I exist on the internet.

While basically everything I do outside of Newgrounds can also be found on Newgrounds, I am hoping to one day make my way in the world on music alone. The best way to support me is to follow me on the platforms you use most! If that's Newgrounds, then I appreciate you already being here!! You can find me everywhere from here: https://linktr.ee/zanelittle

I appreciate you for reading! I love you even more now. Say hello and I'll say it back!!

And I have a GIFT for YOU!

I've been working on an FL Studio Patcher plugin for a little while now and it is ready to be released! Basically, it can simulate the sound of an old Game Console or TV and there are a lot of options to tweak the sound however you like. For my birthday, all I want is to hear someone use it. It's totally free and all that, and great for people who like to make video game music. I'll be making some demos that demonstrate some creative use of the plugin, but it's already in some of my tunes.

The only tutorial I have right now is this one I put on Twitter (it's not great), and if you prefer to figure it out solo, the download link is here too.

"Tutorial": https://twitter.com/zanelittlemusic/status/1562868279122673666

Download: https://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/dab6bc5e2d83efd3a5f1eca786177761

Please enjoy! It will make me HAPPY!

And please send me a link to your track if you decide to use this plugin so I can listen to it with a big fat smile on my face.

Dailiez:

Some folks have been keeping up with 'Dailiez' which was a little project I started to make one song a day. It was mostly a way to challenge myself, get free-to-use music out to people who want it, as well as just get more crap on Twitter. It's been a lot of fun so far, and if you're interested in checking it out, here's all the tracks here on Newgrounds! (Be warned, some tracks are better than others.)

https://www.newgrounds.com/search/conduct/audio?sort=date-desc&match=tags&tags=dailiez

The News:

'Dailiez' will be ending on day 30. One month really isn't all that much time, and I know I've been well outdone before. Luckily the streak wasn't really the point. I did want to do this longer though, but I'm currently not in the best situation at the moment to produce good music for Dailiez every day, which was the original goal, but one I've sort of let go of lately. It is not easy to produce finished songs for clients and listings on top of a daily song, and while I've tried to blend those things together, it's not always super doable. It also hurts to release music that I know isn't great sometimes.

All this being said, I do have plans for Dailiez to return in one form or another. I have some ideas in mind, and some that will not flood my feed with low-effort music every day. This first 30 days could be considered a test run. "Vol. 1". I am looking forward to bringing back Dailiez when the time is right. For now, Volume 1 is available here on Newgrounds for listening/downloading/GD, SoundCloud, Twitter (+BTS), Bandcamp (hq downloads and of course free-use!), and possibly YouTube soon. I'll include some links to those at the bottom of this post if you are interested!

What I've Learned:

I guess the question of making a song every day is not whether or not you can, but whether or not you should. I think for new musicians, this answer is absolutely yes. You don't have to share it or do anything with it, just DO it! It's fantastic practice, and wonderful discipline for people who struggle with musician's block. Forcing yourself to do this will make you more comfortable with getting started on new tracks, will make you more familiar and efficient with your DAW, and will likely force you to try new things which in basically all cases means learning new things! Finding a way around a busy schedule has its benefits too, and will get you to create music in situations where you may be limited or unfamiliar. The longer you go, the stronger a musician you will be, and I believe that fully!!

In my situation, while I do feel I have gained from Dailiez in some ways, I am already someone who makes music every day. It is my job. If one thing may change, it may be that I will try to make music on days where I wouldn't have normally done so! In this case, I've found myself creating a lot of music in a day in addition to the daily track, and it is usually not priority #1. The result is sometimes something rushed or incredibly short, or just lacking as I have often exhausted my musical juices for the day. I do think the challenge was beneficial though, and I've taken the opportunity to experiment in a lot of places I haven't before. I am certainly a stronger musician for it.

Conclusion/TL;DR

Dailiez is ending on day 30, and will make a comeback someday in some way. For now, volume 1 is available at the links below, are all free to use however you'd like, and can be streamed and downloaded from Bandcamp and Newgrounds! If you are a new musician and you are interested in making a song every day, do it.

Thank you for reading, and thank you to everyone who's been riding along on the daily train! It's been a blast! I will have some new awesome stuff for you guys soon.

Where to find Dailiez:

Newgrounds: https://www.newgrounds.com/search/conduct/audio?sort=date-desc&match=tags&tags=dailiez

Bandcamp: https://zanelittle.bandcamp.com/album/dailiez

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/zane-little/sets/dailiez

OpenGameArt: https://opengameart.org/users/zane-little-music

Twitter: https://twitter.com/zanelittlemusic

Hello! I have some good news for Geometry Dash level creators who've been wanting to use my music!

Due to a recent name change on Newgrounds, my music after a certain point hasn't been available on GD as my page was unlisted. Luckily though, that has been fixed!

Thanks to https://paintingorange.newgrounds.com/ for getting my page whitelisted again!

All my recent music (post-name-change) should all be available for use now! Happy creating!

HEY GUYS!

I'm Zane and I'm a digital fusion music composer and I love Newgrounds. I wanna follow some like-minded folks on Twitter. Especially other composers! I just figured out how the platform works recently.

If you're a digital music composer, send over your Twitter and I'll check out your stuff and maybe we will be best friends for the rest of our entire lives. I also like game devs and artists and anyone who even touches this website!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Say hello or show me your music or whatever! I wanna see what's UP with you guys!

https://twitter.com/zanelittlemusic

Hello everyone! I'd like to just spill for a moment.

I'm super stoked today! I just hit 300 followers on Newgrounds! I appreciate everyone who's joined along in the last few years. I started my NG account in 2013, and had originally wanted to make art and animations for the site. While it is something I've always enjoyed doing, I never really had the patience or the willpower to make that kind of stuff, and I've gained so much respect for the people on here that focus so hard on their art and animating and are able to make their stuff consistently. It's always so inspiring.

I got into making music about 5 years ago now, and that's when I started using Newgrounds a lot more. I never expected I'd ever be a musician. Never knew how to do it my whole life, and I never even started listening to music on my own until I was about 15 and used my mom's Spotify account. I had no idea how people were able to make such cool music, and I had always assumed it was always something done professionally by large teams. My brother started producing music of his own around 2016, and I was amazed at the fact that was even possible for someone to just do. Just a year later, I started making my own as well, and at 15, I'd be astounded to find out that it is now my career, and that it is what I'd like to do for the rest of my life.

Newgrounds has always been incredibly motivating for me because the community is so supportive and enthusiastic, and it is run by people who care deeply about the freedom of artists of all kinds. Their efforts to create a site where people can freely create whatever they'd like and be seen by others has been a godsend for not just me, but all creators alike. It's a platform where new artists can be discovered, and where they can grow. As well as a platform where people can make way to launch into their full-fledged careers. The amount of talent that comes from this site is incredible, and its longevity as a free and user-supported platform is astounding, but also no surprise!

This site has been a wonderful place to share my own work with people from day one. When I hopped into music production, it was always so motivating to receive feedback from others, receive encouraging messages and comments from other users, getting frontpaged, and to see my tracks being used in Geometry Dash, haha!

I am incredibly thankful for Newgrounds, and I look forward to continuing to stick with this platform for as long as it exists (forever, I hope)! I am very thankful to everyone who has followed and listened and encouraged me throughout the years. You are all a big part of why I still love to make and share music, and why I will never quit! I'm excited to be here with you all, and while I know 300, as far as social platforms go, is not a huge number, I am still super thankful and it means a lot to me!

To anyone who read this whole thing, I appreciate you. Thank you for being an awesome part of this awesome platform!

-Zane

I turned 21 today and the whole world is to know about it

My brother, Alex, just started here on Newgrounds! Officially launched his music stuff and it's definitely worth a listen if you like progressive electronic stuff! Gotta give the man a warm welcome!

https://microbuddy5.newgrounds.com/

I'm excited to announce a sequel to a game nobody liked. But it's coming back anyways.

I learned a lot from the faliures and sucesses of One Way, and am going to deliver a much more polished work this time around. There will be more info in the future.

I'm excited to finally get an animation out there this year!

"TRUST FALL!"