I'm finally at a place where I think I'm pretty happy with the Yoshi song I have been trying to remix. The most recent change I made was designing a better bass preset in Dexed and getting that properly eq'd for the mix. I wish I had a real bass and amp, but an FM synth is a fine substitute especially for video game music.

I thought doing 1 "Name the game" video a day would be pretty easy, but it was making me get a little stressed out tbh. It's pretty low effort, but the challenge is to actually keep improving and learning on my less than ideal setup, and also be able to perform, then edit (adding overlay) and post on different platforms. It winds up taking anywhere from half an hour to half a day. I'll do more, just not once a day.

I'm close to being done with this Yoshi's Island remix, I just have to keep taking breaks from it. I still have significant limitations in my knowledge of sound design, so I'm largely relying on FM synth presets, and it definitely isn't ideal for some of what I'm trying to do. Also, LSP plugins are nice but they cause Ardour to freeze randomly and it's super annoying. Every time it happens, I rage quit. And it happens a lot, multiple times a session.

It genuinely pains me to my core to put on the mask for professionalism and formality. There's just, something about the way people talk when presenting themselves in a professional capacity that makes me want to gouge my eyes out. The thing that really takes the cake is fake enthusiasm and friendliness. That really makes my skin crawl. Also, why do we have to constantly make ourselves look like we have no hobbies or free time? I'm unemployed, I have A LOT of free time. Want me to work? Pay me.