StealingShad3Z

In all honesty i will say the brony music community has grown to a level where the music industry should be noticing, it just determines on how we deliver the message.

Now this is coming from a brony that puts vocals in his music, so this primarily focuses on that more than instrumentals and remixes

I dont directly reference the show in my music (unless its a just for fun song or a cover) so i can expand my audience, instead i "subliminal brony messages" you might say, things a brony would spot that a non brony listener wouldnt. Ive show my music to non brony friends and they're like oh this is good and then I'm like "its based on a my little pony fanfic" or something and theyre like what?!

Now another factor that ties in is the genre. Of coarse EDM is the largest genre in the fandom, but brony music has expanded into the genres of rock, folk, and even country. Artists like prince whatever, aviators, and forrest rain accomplish bringing pop punk and metal into the fandom.

I myself record in these genres, my music stays in the punk genre with my power vocals while adding metal, folk, and for my new album im working on, EDM. With influences like Breathe Carolina, Owl City, Attack Attack, We Came as Romans, Bring Me the Horizon, and so on. Mixing together a punk and hard/post core feel with the beats and synths of EDM.

So is it possible for brony musicians to make recording deals? Its just in the deliverance of the lyrics.

I have some new projects im working on with other brony musicians and ive just had FOE on the brain and since one of the songs is FOE based i just cant get enough of this gritty art design!!! and it definitely screams metal!!!

One good thing about when i do my music is the fact i design my own album artwork.

Bout to reupload a revised version, lyrics needed some touching up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN0NjP8x5u4

https://stealingshad3z.bandcamp.com/track/wings-do-grow

Originally this song was gonna be acoustic song, but it turned into this soft indie-punk sound that i just had to keep adding onto with airy vocals and a highly distorted electric guitar in the background all topped off with heavy reverb to give the song a bit of a ring 

Part of my EP Equestrian Serenad3Z on Bandcamp

SAY WHAT YALL WANT THIS SONG STILL MADE EquestriaDaily'S MUSIC OF THE DAY!!

well guys you can now own this song for your self

https://stealingshad3z.bandcamp.com/track/shes-my-rarity

well we cant please everypony, we worked hard on this, and this is our sound, we go, well, Against the Herd. 

I watched the mini movie "My Little Dashie" based on the popular fanfic. The story was so heartbreaking and touching that I teamed up with SrightryAmiss and we wrote this!!! This is the second song for our debut albmum!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbJuCXgzJNQ

https://soundcloud.com/lakejones/15years

Since my screamo lyrics or not always the clearest, heres the lyrics:

The first day that i saw you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HzazZPPYB4

I dont think i ever posted about this song but its one of my most popular songs with the brony community. Featuring the sweet guitar solos of my friend SlightlyAmiss (now known as SrightryAmiss) this dance tune was inspired by the Season Two premiere

This is actually soooo cute :'D <3

 

You've got a great voice, the instrumental compliments it perfectly, and your lyrics are top notch If I had to critique anything it'd be that the mixing doesn't sound QUITE right, particularly in merging the vocals with the track. What kind of compressor did you use, any particular EQ settings? c:

 

Either way, this song is absolutely adorbs, adding it to my library for sure X3

Okay you make a good point on talking about my mixing on this song and i have a good explanation, when i mixed this song i did not possess studio headphones and i was working on Garageband instead of Logic, now that i possess both my music is coming out a lot better, plus since im an Audio Engineering major, ive expanded my knowledge of mixing even further in the past few weeks. Next song is a punk rock song, my vocals are gonna sound a little different since im using a specialsinging technique to reach some high notes in the song, but the music is well mixed so far and ill be recording the vocals this sunday. I tried one song in logic already but there were some mixing issues with it so it had to get tossed. Either way just keep an eye out on my soundcloud and channel. Also if you draw fan art please submit fanart for i may put it in one of the videos or on my twitter. You guys are a lot of help to me in this fandom relating to my music so thank you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIfKmNhxMMM

Even though this song has been on Soundcloud for nearly a month now, i wanted to put a new video up to celebrate the continuation of Season 5 

https://soundcloud.com/lakejones/you-dont-have-to-hide-wip2

Not all the instruments are done, still need to add the bridge and final chorus and then some bass, maybe some lead guitar and piano, and of coarse vocals, but ill be done with this by next Friday since thats when this project is due in my class lol

Maybe.. but it seems a little too much to just play guitar.. both levitating 2 things at once AND plucking strings.. I mean.. look at twilight trying to do multiple things at once..

 

 

 

Yes, she may be doing a few difficult spells to the extreme, but for a pony that specializes in magic.. she had a lot of trouble doing it..

Unicorns aren't as powerful as most ponies believe.. Our magic is a tool.. not a miracle..

 

OOOooooo.. what if your music based talent gives you the ability to make the strings vibrate at certain frequencies?

You'd get a lot of control in the sounds your guitar makes as well as balancing out your character a little

 

EDIT: Out of boredom i decided to use that pic of Twilight.. edit it and add some vectored objects to show how it'd look if a pony was straining to hold and electric guitar.. strum it.. AND hold a mic.. at the same time..

(changed the background to sorta match your OC color..)

 

 

hahaha im laughing so hard... okay maybe the mic can be on a stand... 

You wanna talk about a pony that can play any instrument just look at pinkie pie, shes played drums, a an accordion, even a flugle horn

And yeah that could be the thing that my OC possesses a special magical ability to bend sound frequencies. but maybe my oc wouldnt need to levitate the guitar, the reason i said that was because itd be kinda weird if my OC could stand and play guitar, i might make an exception at some point but i thought the horn would make rocking out a little easier

https://soundcloud.com/lakejones/youre-always-with-me-instrumental

Vocals are currently in progress, that goes the same for two more songs. This is also my first song coming out of Apple Logic. Yes its about Flash and Twilight, sorry Flash haters, Fluttershy is my waifu so Twilight have at it.

Okay well imagine this. I dont play guitar with my hooves, but instead use my horn to levitate the guitar and play it, serious skill. Now as for the whole thing about ponies playing fretted string instruments, you might wanna give Ocatavia a call 

Also walking around with a floating mic is aaaawesome... watch Brony Dance Party's pmv of beyond her tomb. Mic the Mic killing it with dat floating mic.

What up everypony StealingShad3Z here. Well winter is on its way and the spiked up hollywood hair I had can lead to a chilly forehead. So I have decided to let my bangs down and grow out the sweet locks i once possessed.

And just like me, my OC is going through some changes. Besides the longer main (of coarse due to me growing my hair out), my OC is now.... a unicorn? ???

Yep Shad3Z is now a unicorn. I'm a brony musician, so of coarse being an earth pony that played guitar could be a bit tedious. So tada... hoooorn! Magical ability to lift a guitar or mic? Start the music!!!

https://soundcloud.com/lakejones/babsseedinstrumental

This is one of my favorite songs off the show i cant wait to record the vocals!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YXouSDkaGs

From my You Tube Channel, where you can view my music and get some looks into my life!!!

metal i shall be working on as well

Okay so i know i havent posted any new tunes lately but fear not for i have just been settling into college. I am busy with classes but i am still recording. I have Apple Logic now, and new stereo headphones. so my music will come out sounding even better than ever, and since im majoring in audio engineering itll get even better than that!!! This is one song im currently working on (no vocals yet) and i also have a cover of Bab Seed that i am about to record!       

https://soundcloud.com/lakejones/bee-stings-and-bat-wings-instrumental

Babs Seed is an awesome song ^^ I look forward to hearing your rendition!

"Now as for the next song i wanna ***wright***"

hooves make it hard to to type lol ^-^

Really great job on this ^^ I listened to it a few days back and had pretty much the same opinions as others, that your voice sounded too high and strained. Now that you've altered it, I think it sounds much better. It's definitely tough to write music based around your natural singing range; I'd know, as my range is fairly constricted. There's always lots I want to do, but then I get ahead of myself and make a song I realise I can't actually sing--it's a very frustrating situation. Anyhow, that said, I will say that I felt like the "whoah-oh" parts could have used some kind of backup vocals, but aside from that, this was pretty great.

I understand i knew the vocals were too strained i jus wanted a second opinion... as for the Woah thing... i agree i thought about it but i just wanted to keep the song pretty simple and keep the vocal track to a single track (well the same track panned) but the only extra thing i added to the vocals was the title repetition with a telephone effect... i dunno i just didnt feel like i wanted back up vocals on those parts... but i suppose i can give it a try to see how it sounds but im quite happy with how it sounds right now since this version has received quite some positive feedback

To be honest ive quite enjoyed playing these little acoustic tunes for all you bronies... theyre simple, fun, and easy to mix, that also goes for techno, metal is fun to write and play but recording electric guitars is a pain in the plot

Now as for the next song i wanna wright, i feel like doing a cover of "Babseed" since its like the most AWESOME song in MLP!!! Also after hearing AcousticBrony's not-so-acoustic rock cover of it I really want to right an acoustic rock version for all you ponies

This version sounds a lot better. It seems like you were standing in a better posture (which allows for more airflow) because your voice doesn't sound as strained as the first time.

I appreciate it a lot... i lowered the key digitally instead of rerecording the rhythm guitar so now i have to find the actual tuning if i ever play this live lol

That intro really got me hooked. But be careful on those vocals. You're sort of risking it singing in such a high key as B Major. It seemed like the vocals got a little behind. 

I find the tune pretty catchy, in a good way.

I must agree with @@C. Thunder Dash, your voice sounds a bit strained and unnatural at such a high key.

i actualy agree... i went back in and lowered everything... vocals should be a little less strainy now... im gonna replace the first post with the new version in a bit