======Music!======

Welcome to my public music page. Here you will find my current analog synth EVI work, MPC/MPD finger drumming, live brass, doumbek, and select retrospective scoring.

===== Current Compositions & Scores =====

==== EVI Compositions ====
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All tracks in this section are 100% multi-layered analog EVI performances with live MPC drumming.
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**Ignominious Defeat (Op. 2):** Early main theme for my full-time startup game title, targeting Early Access release in late 2026.
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**M. Quest Intro (Op. 3):** An ambitious, sweeping opening to a heroic quest.
{{jPlayerPlaylist>music:evi:2mquestintro.mp3}}
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**Lamentation (Op. 4):** Cinematic, driving emotional centerpiece featuring live acoustic doumbek/darbuka drumming.
{{jPlayerPlaylist>music:evi:3lamentation.mp3}}
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==== Live Jams & Sessions ====
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**Sumiyoshi Jam [住吉]:** Inspirational jam session after settling into my place in Hakata.
{{jPlayerPlaylist>music:crumar:1sumojam1.mp3}}
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**Enduring Hope:** Delicate piece focused on resilience and perseverance through challenge.  
{{jPlayerPlaylist>music:crumar:enduringhope.mp3}}
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**Crumar x MPD:** Live jazzy groove, experimental, one of my first Crumar EVI + Akai MPC pairing sessions, also using an amp sim to model the sound.
{{jPlayerPlaylist>music:crumar:2crumarxmpd.mp3}}
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==== Released Game Scores ====
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**PowerShift (2023)**: Menu theme for the retro Steam racer.
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==== Spelltron (unreleased) ====
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While Spelltron never made it to release, here are some of the musical highlights for the game:
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===== Retrospective & Cinematic =====
==== ShadowN3t ====
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**The Unflattened Abyss**: A multi-movement journey across the dark world of ShadowN3t into the Unflattened Abyss.
{{jPlayerPlaylist>music:sn3t:sn3t_unflattened_abyss_.07c.mp3}}

==== Conquest ====
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**Inlet Emotions**: Original debut composition, reconstructed and remastered in 2018.
{{jPlayerPlaylist>music:conquest:1-conquest_-_the_inlet.mp3}}
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===== Contests & Features =====
**Reef Finance Contest (Feb 2021)**: Written and performed on a tight 2-day deadline.
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