I am glad you decided to fill out this interview, Jessie Yun(Thunder Cat), and let us know more about yourself.

1. How did you make up your username?

My dad named me Jessie when I was 7 years old. The name Thunder Cat just came into my mind while reading a book, which showed a cat being scared of a thunder. That's when I named myself Thunder Cat in electro genre.

2. Is there a certain message you want to give your audience in your works? I try to speak hope and peace, since I'm in the only country where the nation is divided. I also try to give encouragements to the listeners.

3. Would you have any difficulty composing a certain type of music or genre? There's a lot, actually. I'm mostly familiar with orchestra music (cinematic/movie scores), so basically I'm not familiar with most electronic genres. But I'm still trying to learn and get inspired by listening to great artists out there.

4. What programs/instruments/other things do you use? My old iPhone 5 is the only studio I have, unfortunately. I use Garageband iOS and Groovebox iOS as a DAW. Once, I used iSymphonic Orchestra, a mobile software, but now I'm not able to because of a big storage amount.

5. Do you see music as a career? Are you working on anything right now? Tell us about it. Somehow. Definitely not into music career as an electronic genre artist, though. Just considering to have a side-job as a movie score composer.

6. Other comments? Well, although I don't have any academic background or professional tools, I'm still trying to become at least a good composer for the listeners out there. I just hope my listeners enjoy the piece, gets encouraged, and share the voice I speak with others.
 

I am glad you decided to fill out this interview Henyx, and let us know more about yourself.

I'm just an average 17 year old named Braulio Guerra, or most commonly know by the alias Henyx / Henyx Aster. Been maing music for four whole years now, and I can't say I would've rather done anything else instead. Over the past two years however, life's been a wild ride, my dad passed away during hurricane Harvey, leaving my mom and I behind to fend for ourselves. Whilst hopping from house to house, I've still managed to write some music, as I find it my main method to let out stress, this being the main reason I really don't like most of my music, since every time I re-listen to it, all I get are sad memories and broken dreams. Now, I sit comfortably in semi-permanent location, where my girlfriend / fioncee are expecting our child somewhere mid-November. (spoiler alert, it's a boy <3)

How did you make up your username?

The username "Henyx" is incredibly derrivative of the word "Onyx", since that used to me my old internet alias. In fact, back in my old soundcloud account, when I had just started producing, I noticed that link to my page was "/henyxaster/" so when I felt like I was ready to move onto bigger things, I changed my alias, and thus began a new era of music, as well as life.

Is there a certain message you want to give your audience in your works?

The only message I could see myself giving people is to always follow your dreams, and I don't mean that in a cliche way. I honestly believe that as long as you hold on tight to what you want to accomplish, not even the wildest stroms can stop you. My music has gone from questionable quality to half decent quality, so I feel like if I continue with the path I've chosen, I'll one day be good enough to make my loved ones proud.

Would you have any difficulty composing a certain type of music or genre?

I think in terms of composition, the hardest genre to make would be glitch-hop / complextro, and I mean good tracks, not just lazily made loops. I just often have a hard time sticking to their respective genres, since when I try to make basses for them, I have a tendency to get lost in the music and create basic progressive house or straight up dubstep.

What programs/instruments/other things do you use?

I use FL Studio 20 as my digital audio workstation, and Xfer Serum as my main plugin. Both of these things where bought for me by my dad, as he believed in me from the very start, so now I hold onto them just as much as I hold onto his memory.

Do you see music as a career?

Honestly, this is a question I've been thinking about a lot lately. I still have high hopes that one day I will be able to live a happy life with my family whilst doing the one thing that helps me feel better: music. Realisticly speaking though, it would take quite a while before this dream came true, but I know it's definately possible.

Are you working on anything right now? Tell us about it.

Actually, I'm really not. Let me explain: Recently, I've been job searching non-stop irl, so my time for music gets cut by a LOT, and aside from that, all the projects / previews that end up surfacing on my page are just little things that I managed to finish after long enlongated sessions of continuous production, telling myself the entire time that "I have to finish this."

Other comments? (This section is for anything else you would want to write)

Not really, if anything I want to tell any artists that read this to never give up, no matter how tough life gets, since I firmly believe that you and I will get far as long as we hold on for the ride.

I am glad you decided to fill out this interview IoTheEternal, and let us know more about yourself.

How did you make up your username?

My old username chronamut is a combination of 2 primoridial gods - chronos and bahamut. Also Chronepsis and Bahamut in dragonlance/d&d, the pantheon gods of good and neutrality, elves and humans. My current username, IoTheEternal, is Io, the father of Bahamut, and the brother of Chronepsis. Also a moon of jupiter, and a sire of many of the greek gods children. The former was meant to be a name of power that people would iconically remember. The second is meant to represent the fatherly role I played on newgrounds as one of the first musicians in the audio portal.

Is there a certain message you want to give your audience in your works?

My music was always meant to be relaxing and ethereal - calming and heavenly. I wanted to give people a feeling - thus my music doesn't really have a set style - just an iconic feel that is "chronamut". My art the same thing. I like dragons and anime a lot, as well as fractals, as well as pumpkin carving. I won many pumpkin carving competitions on newgrounds back in the day. My current account works to improve upon my old existing work, as well as to promote my artist website and soundcloud pages etc. My old account was more rough hewen while my new account is meant to be more polished.

Would you have any difficulty composing a certain type of music or genre?

I would have difficulty composing dubstep or d&b - dubstep especialyl as I don't really consider it music - thus it would be hard for me to make something I don't respect as a musical genre. It's not that I CAN'T do it - but my principles wouldn't allow me to do it - I am a man that is largely ruled by his principles. I have done many different genres over the years though.

What programs/instruments/other things do you use?

For my music I use Fl studio for composition, and cool edit pro for mastering/post production. I have also used propellorhead reason and even milkytracker to make music in the past. For my art I use photoshop, scanning software as well as apophysis, and of course I also use traditional mediums like paints and watercolours

Do you see music as a career?

I do not see music as my career, but only something I do on the side. Same with my art.

Are you working on anything right now? Tell us about it.

I am constantly working on things. Mostly however I am resubmitting all my old music remastered - it's something I have been meaning to do for a long time as a lot of the stuff I made in 2003 and 2004 was largely unmastered and very rough - so some of the songs are being remastered to be listenable for the first time. I also add some bg elements to them to give them more dimension. It will be a while before I make anything new as I literally have hundreds of works to fix first.

Other comments? (This section is for anything else you would want to write)

I would just like to thank all of the fans that stuck with me over the years. I was one of the first musicians in the portal in 2003, along with other great musicians like dreamscaper, paragonx9, evil-dog and others. The audio portal sort of formed around us and we kept the charts clean and orderly, gave people standards to aspire to, and all was good. 4 years ago some unfortunate events went down and I was forced to make a new account. I have gotten over it even though my feelinsg towards the staff remain mercurial, but I am looking forward. However because a lot of the community formed around me my absence for the past 4 years has seemed to have caused a vacuum both in the audio forums and the audio portal. The charts sort of grew wild and the community scattered. Through my own audio portal discord room I have slowly been pulling all the old musicians back together and cleaning up the portal, re-teaching people how to master properly and improve their music, and offering solutions to improve the audio portal, as changes were made that frankly crippled it. I hope to see the portal rise back to the level that it once was, and that we can all move forward and have the fun we all used to have, and remember that newgrounds is about fun, and that people should be respected and treated as people, not something to be managed and controlled.
And that's it for me - thanks for the interview!

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Hello everyone!

Round of applause for @BrenTheMan for creating our very own newgrounds chat, which can be found directly on the website! He worked on and off several months to make it in using nodejs and plain HTML/JS/CSS, and it does not take up any resources on the site!

There are two urls which you can use to reach the chat, and depending on which url you use, the size of the chat differs.

www.newgrounds.com/chat

https://chat.newgrounds.com

It's responsive based on if you want to shrink the window, and you can post clickable urls on it!

Thoughts?

I am glad you decided to fill out this interview Dylnmatrix, and let us know more about yourself.

My name is Matt Davis. I’m 21, a total nerd, anime weeb, jRPG loving loser that doesn’t really know how to talk about himself. I’m a longtime choir geek, taking on the voice range of a High Tenor down to Low Baritone.

How did you make up your username?

Well, it all started in middle school, back when AOL Instant Messenger was still a thing. My friend introduced me to one of his “friends” and the sane side of me decided to use a fake name to feel safer, so I came up with Dylan Marshall and I’ll leave that at that. After that ship sailed, I was in high school and needed a cooler email address, so I took the Dylan name again and combined it with one of my guilty pleasure movies, The Matrix. Take out the “a” in Dylan and you have Dylnmatrix. It officially stuck once I signed up for Newgrounds and the rest is history.

When did you start making music, how did it happen?

Technically, I’ve been making music since I could make noises, but I first consciously wrote a song with a band I played bass for in 2009. I started writing electronic music though in 2011, getting serious in 2012. 7 years total, but only 4 years if you count my EDM “career”.

Is there a certain message you want to give your audience in your works?

Um…I would have to say I actually leave my tracks up to interpretation. I do usually have a million scenes in my head as I write, deciding on one complete image when I’m done, but I feel like it’s more fun to see how other people see my tracks.

If I had to say I wanted to give my audience a message, I would say “open your mind to the music, let it take you somewhere special to you and only you.” But that’s just the sappy side of me.

Would you have any difficulty composing a certain type of music or genre?

Orchestral and classical types of music. I do use influences from them, but I have trouble writing music without leading myself to EDM.

What programs/instruments/other things do you use?

I use FL Studio 12 with a set of Yamaha HS5 monitors for production. I also have a Squire P-Bass, which I’ve owned since 2008, and an Ibanez AEG10II Acoustic Guitar, which I got a couple years ago.

Do you see music as a career?

Back when I started, no. Now, it’s a possibility. My interest for music production and audio engineering is ever increasing, so I’ve decided to actually go to school for it at the Minneapolis Media Institute and learn about working with live audio and more about mastering.

Are you working on anything right now? Tell us about it.

On my own, not really no. I recently doodled something that could become a thing, but I don’t know yet. As my group Equilibria, however, we have been working on a new thing for a while now. It was inspired by melodic Hard Trance, similar to Clayfacer, Dimension, Assaf or Mikkas. That’s about all I’ll say about it though, as we’ve hit a bit of a rut and need time to figure out where to go with the track.

Other comments? (This section is for anything else you would want to write)

Newgrounds was a big help to get me into EDM and the realm of sharing music online that I don’t know what I’d be doing without it. Thank you to everyone involved in my growth, even if you’re not active on NG anymore.

Check my tracks, bro:

SC http://soundcloud.com/dylnmatrix

BC http://dylnmatrix.bandcamp.com and http://equilibria.bandcamp.com

Patreon: http://patreon.com/equilibria

FB? http://www.facebook.com/equilibriamusic

I am glad you decided to fill out this interview Yeelp and let us know more about yourself.

 I’m a super friendly kind of guy wanting to get known for my music and outgoing personalilty. I know I have a long way to go to get there but I am also really excited for a challenge and a rewarding journey! My top 3 hobbies include making music, keeping fish and listening to music. I don’t play a whole lot of games; I like to keep myself busy. I guess you could say that makes me a bit of a workaholic – I blame school for that. My music dream is to have a fan base that I can interact with everyday; I’d want to be really close with my fan base to keep them interested in me and to keep me interested in them. It’s a two way street in my opinion. But most importantly, I’d like a fan base that supports me and appreciates me.

How did you make up your username?

 Ha. That’s a short but funny story. To be honest, I’m not sure why it happened the way it happened but the best names in my opinion are the ones that come with little thought process.

Here’s my story. I was playing some Halo on the school computers one day, but I of course needed a username to use. Now, this was back when I would look at the keyboard more than the computer screen when typing. I wanted to name myself “Yello”, kinda like “Hello”, but with a “Y”. Not quite sure why. However, I had one pretty bad typo and got “Yeelp” instead. I didn’t even notice until I was in the game. It felt kinda cool so I just went with it.

When did you start making music, how did it happen?

 It kinda just happened one day. It was like a thirst or craving that needed to be quenched or satisfied. So, I decided to give it a go. I used Magix Music Maker to start myself off, as I had no idea of DAW’s and the sort. I kinda liked how things were going, so I got FL Studio to further my hobby.

Is there a certain message you want to give your audience in your works?

 Not yet, I’m working more on my production and composition technique. Then, I’ll focus on a central theme or message that I want to deliver.

Would you have any difficulty composing a certain type of music or genre?

 I try to stay pretty opened minded, but genres with more “style” and less “structure” seems to be a little more difficult. Electro swing, jazz and disco genres seems to fit here. But with practice, I’ll get the hang of it.

What programs/instruments/other things do you use?

 I use FL Studio. I play trombone and banjo so setting those up for recording isn’t out of the question. I just haven’t tried it yet (Nor have I practiced those instruments in a long time!). I use stuff like Sytrus, Toxic Biohazard and 3x Osc. I’m currently looking for good non native instruments to use in my works.

Do you see music as a career?

 Totally! I’ve even considered post-secondary education just for music! However, I probably won’t take that route and keep music as a hobby or a side career if anything. I wouldn’t use it as my primary source of income.

Are you working on anything right now? Tell us about it.

Tons of things! I’ve revamped an old loop of mine: Canadian Morning. I'm gonna see if it's any better from the original version. I’m gonna give drumstep a try and I’m really excited to work on some electro swing! I have a dance song that’s nearly done too; I just need to tweak it to be just right. I’m also working on a book series: The Chronicles of Yeelp! I post weekly updates about it on my profile page. The first book: The Devil’s Castle is a story about a dictator, more or less, controlling a world where technology and magic combine. Who is this dictator? He’s none other than Death himself. I’m currently fleshing out the Yeelp universe in Smart Ideas 5 to better organize my thoughts before I head to the paper. There’s around 15 or so characters: 5 protagonists, 1 main antagonist, and 9 henchmen. I plan to give sneak previews on chapters as I complete them. I really hope that this is something people will enjoy.

Other comments? (This section is for anything else you would want to write)

I’m TOTALLY friendly! I don’t bite! I’d really like to get to know the Newgrounds fan base in order to expand my own fan base. PM me or find me on Tumblr or whatever suits you most. I’d totally like to hear your opinion of me!

Q: I am glad you decided to fill out this interview TheDukeofJuke and let us know more about yourself.

A: Just your regular average Joe who goes by the same name actually...cause my name is Joe as well. The only thing that makes me different from any other ordinary person is that I treat music like eating, sleeping, and breathing. I can't live without it. Music is my lifeline.

 

Q: How did you make up your username?

A: It just sounded cool, in all honesty. It sounds like the guy who everybody knows walking down the street with a boombox all 90s style or        hanging around the jukebox. Except he makes the music he plays as well. I had other usernames that I experimented with for awhile such as "PrototypeX17, Autopilot, and Average Joe." Though none of these names really described me that well and didn't really roll off the tongue.


 
Q: When did you start making music, how did it happen?

A: I've always had a fondness for video game music. My first video game soundtrack I ever heard was from G-Nome developed by 7th Level and composed by Chris Boardman. It was then followed by soundtracks like Jazz Jackrabbit 2, Bejeweled 2, Klonoa 1 and 2, Hitman: Codename 47, etc... I then found a site called Newgrounds and came across music by artists such as Waterflame, cornandbeans, ParagonX9, and other similar artists whom I adored. I found out that a lot of these artists used a program called Fl Studio.
 And well...there you go. Fl Studio is the bomb. It really needs to incorporate mid-song time signature changes though.
 If you're reading this Image-Line, first off...Why? Secondly: incorporate that shit into your DAW. Everyone needs this.

 

Q: Is there a certain message you want to give your audience in your works?

A: Eh...don't let your dreams be dreams? In all seriousness though, it takes an extreme amount of passion and dedication to become who you want to be. Don't stop until your reach that level. And once you reach that level...keep going. Also don't use too much reverb. That stuff can get addicting and make your music sound god-awful.

 

Q: Would you have any difficulty composing a certain type of music or genre?

A: Probably...dubstep really. It's a genre that requires the most attention to mixing out of any other genres I've worked with. And I don't really consider myself the king of mixing. I'm more the guy who writes the awesome melodies and chord progressions that are made out in my head and finally put into whatever program I decide to use for it. But I do pay better attention to mixing than I used to. Also orchestral stuff is something that requires a lot of attention. I mean just listen to the stuff you hear by guys like John Williams, Danny Elfman, Henry Mancini, and the other pros. I want that sound in my compositions, man.

 

Q: What programs/instruments/other things do you use?

A: I primarily use FL Studio for it's simple interface and ability to increase productivity and it's actually got some pretty awesome default plugins.
Harmor, Sytrus, Toxic Biohazard, etc... I'm looking to start using trackers at some point in the near future for the inspiration demoscene music has made on my life. My choice plugins are things like: EWQLSO Gold, and I dare say this...ReFX Nexus 2 for it's sickass pianos/plucks and other similar presets. Really organic stuff in that plugin. Also Harmor for being one of the most kickass image synthesis vsts. You can make a sound of you growling or going "Yai!" into a sick effect in a matter of minutes. I also use Synthmaster for my chiptune-type tracks along with vsts like Toxic Biohazard and Zeta+ 2. And Bleep is extremely useful for one shots/percussion/fx. If there's anything I love doing more than anything with my music. It's creating a track with presets I made from scratch. Pads would probably be my favorite sounds to make out of all. There's a magic in hearing a sound that evolves through time and also sounds harmonious at the same time. I'm just rambling at the point; but you can understand what I mean hopefully. I have some secret VSTs I use that I'd prefer to not say the names of since I make most of my signature sounds from them. Gotta keep some things a mystery, you know.

 

Q: Do you see music as a career?

A: Of course. Just gotta be at the right place at the right time. It helps to have an mp3 player with your works on it at the ready if you ever happen to come across a pro who would like to help you advance in the music world. The only reason I ever think of music and money in the same sentence is the fact that I'm trying to get me and my family out of the bad state we're in. Otherwise, I prefer to keep my music free to listen to.

 

Q: Are you working on anything right now? Tell us about it.

A: I'm currently working on a video game soundtrack for a best friend's game. It's currently in the alpha stages though. And not much has been done music-wise by me due to me needing to see the game close to it's finished state to get the feel of the atmosphere I need to compose my tracks at their best. I've made posts about working on albums before but none of them have been getting worked on too much, in all honesty. That will change at some point. I no longer post news about these sorts of things until it's close to being finished.

 

Q: Other comments?

A: You mean you want to hear more from me? I suppose I could say I really freaking love pie. Cause pizza counts as pie. And you can put damn-near anything on pizza. And coffee should just be called brain juice.

I am glad you decided to fill out this interview Sierra Rising and let us know more about yourself.

How did you make up your username?

It started a while back when I was using Hexagon (or HXN) and I started realizing that the name was neither original or representative of myself as a person. Sierra made sense at the time because I like to think of scenery (like sierras, forests, mountains and so on) when making and listening to music. It´s a major part of who I am. Rising...well, just "Sierra" was taken. But Rising made sense because I am - in a manner of speaking - rising upwards. Or I´d like to be, anyway.

When did you start making music, how did it happen?

It started when I found Newgrounds. After listening to music that was good, but not what I was used to hearing off of radios and such, I realized there were several grades of musicians, not just professional or nothing. It also introduced me to electronic music. So I played around with the FL Studio demo from 8th to 9th grade, then in later years started buying various versions, vsts, hardware, sample packs and so on. In 2014, I got tired of 16-bar loops, made a a Newgrounds account and said "What happens, happens."

Is there a certain message you want to give your audience in your works?

I just want to make people happy. Music gave me a great deal of inner peace, I'd like to pass that on, if I can.

Would you have any difficulty composing a certain type of music or genre?

I don't know a thing about musical instruments. I'd love to know how, but rock, pop, and similar things are out of reach for me right now.

What programs/instruments/other things do you use?

Programs:

FL Studio 12

Audacity

Instruments and Hardware of note:

Massive, Sytrus, and 3xOsc, mainly. I use a Tascam DR-05 (mark 2?) for field recordings and such, and an M-Audio Keystation 49 for my laziness. I have really simple speakers, but I´m working on getting better ones. Also, Voxengo SPAN. Best thing that happened to me this year. Free and awesome. yay.

Do you see music as a career?

I do this as a hobby now. But I´d like to...maybe...one day...

Are you working on anything right now? Tell us about it.

Not quite sure yet. Gotta think about that. Expect more Drum n Bass from me though.

Other comments?

I´ve gone on long enough. If anyone wants to talk, PM me or add me on skype at lighthouse.music, I love a good conversation. In the meantime, have a great day, folks!

I am glad you decided to fill out this interview 1f1n1ty and let us know more about yourself.

 Thanks. Oh wait, why has everyone else put their personal information in this section? Well, let's see...

I'm a person living on the planet Earth making music in my free time. I also do a lot of other stuff, like running my YouTube channel (which is almost completely devoted to Pokemon Mystery Dungeon at this point), playing games, and just overall being a nerdy person. I'm also a Pikachu in the Pokemon world, and I go on all kinds of thrilling adventures with my best friend. Just recently we found out about an entirely different Pokemon universe connected to ours, and we're looking into it. It's really fun.

How did you make up your username?

 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Gates to Infinity has been my favorite game ever since it released. So naturally when I was deciding on a username I thought of it. I thought of taking the word "infinity" and mangling it (cuz I also like mathematics lol). The first thing that came into my mind was "1nf1n1ty", because 1s are mathematical, too. But that username was taken, so I messed with the pronunciation a little bit to make "1f1n1ty" a sensible spelling. Pronounced wun-FIHN-ih-tee, not ih-FIHN-ih-tee like I know most of you are probably saying to yourself.

When did you start making music, how did it happen?

 I started making music when I realized I was good at it. For years I had been learning piano. It was great, except that I hated practicing. Every day I would find myself, instead of practicing, freestyling my own tunes - putting my hands to the keys and letting it all just flow out. At the time, I assumed everyone who learned piano could do that. It wasn't until I was more mature when I realized that not everyone who learned piano could play freestyle. In a sudden epiphany I realized I would be good at making music, so I looked into ways to get started. I had some friends to help me. :)

Is there a certain message you want to give your audience in your works?

 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is awesome lol

In all seriousness, it is. Go play some of them. But for a more general message targeted towards general listeners, I'd say don't be afraid to do insane things sometimes.

Would you have any difficulty composing a certain type of music or genre?

 If I don't have gear for it, I probably can't do it. That's pretty much anything but electronic, tbh.

What programs/instruments/other things do you use?

 You mean, like, other than FL? I guess my piano counts. I plan to get a MIDI keyboard in the future. :)

My VSTs and stuff I will not name. Nope.

Do you see music as a career?

 No

Well, I can't make a substantial amount of money off of free music. And I don't want to sell my music, since I believe music should be free.

Are you working on anything right now? Tell us about it.

 Music wise, I'm working on a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Gates to Infinity remix project and a Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon remix project. The goal is to remix as much as I can from their respective soundtracks to attempt to inspire others to admire said soundtracks as much as I do. Outside of music, I have a whole list of other compulsive projects centered around my YouTube channel and a few other things.

Other comments? (This section is for anything else you would want to write)

As you can tell I'm a big Pokemon nerd :P My whole spiel about me being a Pikachu under that first "question" is technically lying, but my imagination likes to tell myself it's all true, so it must be. :)