My next large project will be called “lil loops” and be an album of small, primarily instrumental loops that others will be free to use in their web-based projects!!

I wanted to make something low commitment but also still enjoyable and useful, and lil loops has been very helpful in that goal. You may notice some of my Jamuary tracks in the below track listing!

Here’s a screenshot of the track list so far from my Instagram:

Like the screenshot asks, what else should I remix for lil loops? And what other musicians should I get to feature on it?

Please look forward to these loops. I hope you enjoy them and/or find them useful!

Here's what's in the immediate future for MH4! This is all stuff I know that I'll 100% have ready as well.

• Some more Jamuary tracks, of course! I'm not going to be able to complete every day, but that's okay LOL!
• More Hell Island Fell OST tracks weekly through early February! A full "Vol. 1" release on Bandcamp and streaming should follow in either February or March.
• A 3 song breakup EP on January 15th! Available on all platforms, with art by Echo Olsen.
• A fun single on Valentine's Day! Available on all platforms, with art by @duimaurisfootball.
• An instrumental album in April! Available on all platforms.

Thank you everyone for listening to my music, leaving feedback, and being a lovely Newgrounds community. I am forever grateful.

My favorite things I got were a double-sided Spring Bonnie / Springtrap keychain from one of my friends and the LEGO Fortnite Loot Llama from my parents :)

I want to hear though - what was your favorite thing you got for Christmas? :0

I hope your day has been good.

END OF YEAR THOUGHTS

2024 has been a crazy year for me. Full of high highs and low lows.

The highs include: Graduated college with two degrees, published two EPs, hosted another NG collab album and my first ever competition, started a second job that I love, and got to experience a lot of romantic relationship firsts (first Valentine’s day, first birthdays, first anniversary, etc.)

The lows include: Got dumped by the woman I wanted to marry (literally the worst I’ve ever felt in my life, no comparison), started going to counseling (a form of therapy), and a lot of stress relating to my future

Although all the lows really have silver linings, y’know? Therapy has been really good for me, in so many ways. I also really do feel like, retrospectively, I dodged a bullet by not ending up with my ex. Not saying that to devalue her or to say I didn’t or don’t love her. I simply believe that ultimately, this is for my benefit. My love for her has changed into something I’ve never felt before; it’s a love that wants her to succeed without me being apart of her life. It’s a strange feeling, but I’m at peace with it. My therapist says it's a love we don't have a great word for, lol. Anyways...

So maybe the old hymn is right! “Count your many blessings, name them one by one; count your many blessings, see what God hath done”…maybe 2024 wasn’t so bad after all. Through the stress, through the heartache, I’ve still got so much to be grateful for and still so much to celebrate. Thank you, Lord, for Your comfort, discipline, and guidance.

In terms of fun stuff, a got a lot of cool stuff this year. Even just recently, I got an Xbox Series S, started collecting LEGO sets and comic books (if you have any comic issue / graphic novel / manga suggestions let me know!!), got the Hatsune Miku VX4 software, and started hanging out with my friends more often. Among other things! I’m making plans to have a great year next year, too.

And in terms of music, I put out two EPs this year. Two! Not just singles, but collections of music I can be proud of. I hope to do something even bigger and better next year.

Not sure if I’m gonna do another “In July” collab album next year. But if I do, I’ll likely announce it in February or March! Keep an eye out for it, and leave any theme suggestions you have in the comments.

So thank you for reading this retrospective. I’ve got music projects in the works, I swear. I might be a little too ambitious for my own britches, but I think that ambition when tempered with patience will be rewarded. And I’m confident that 2025 will be another good year, despite any ups and downs it may bring.

See you in 2025, Newgrounds. Remember to NEVER KILL YOURSELF!!!!! Even when life gets hard, and seems impossible, IT’S NOT!! The world keeps turning and the pain gets easier to swallow. Take care of yourself and those closest to you! Make sure you’re here to see tomorrow’s sunset!

Love ya :)

GIVEAWAY WINNERS

HERE’S YOUR WINNERS FOR THE CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY!!!!1!

@JohnKill and @M-kirbs, please PM me with your prize selection ASAP!! Congrats to both of you, and thank you to everyone who entered <3

I’m doing a Christmas Giveaway that ends on the 24th!! Enter here:

https://masterhand4444.newgrounds.com/news/post/1493209

The winners will be announced between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM EST. The announcement will be accompanied by an end-of-year blog post.

Remember to join!! And thank you to everyone who already has!! Wahoo!!

What’s up Newgrounds famsquad. ‘Tis the season and I’m feeling generous. Here’s a little giveaway to help ring in the Christmas season!

All you have to do to enter is reply to this post with your favorite thing about the holiday season. Submissions will end on December 24th.

On December 24th, I’ll randomly select and publicly announce two winners, and they can pick one of the following prizes:

• 1 Year of NG Supporter upgrade
• $20 of Nintendo eShop credit
• $20 of Xbox / Microsoft credit
• $20 of PlayStation credit
• $20 of Steam credit
• 2800 V-Bucks (Fortnite)
• $20 of Roblox credit

You’ll have until January 1st to PM me which prize you’d like after being selected!

Good luck and thank you NG for another awesome year!

Going through a rough time right now — got dumped. Making an EP about it to express myself in all of my imperfections. Gonna post it as soon as it’s finished; got two songs left to produce and am waiting on cover art from the same artist who made the Confetti artwork.

I’m doing okay right now. I’m slowly coming to accept it, and I’m looking into going to counseling to help me work through it.

I’m looking forward to sharing this deeply personal music with you. It’s been cathartic to produce.

Update / edit: I wrote a fifth song lol and will most likely be adding it. Here’s the final tracklist:

Right now every track is finished lyrically, and tracks 3 and 4 are 100% finished. Hoping to get it done by January at the very latest.

Edit again: Not 100% sure if I’ll include that last song anymore. Rofl

FINAL EDIT LOL — That tracklist is not set in stone anymore. May do more, may do less. Been learning a lot and I don’t want to embarrass myself or my ex, so we’ll see what gets published and what doesn’t. Thank you everyone for the kind words and kind reactions.

i’m doin pretty good :0

been working on my first ever commission project, after that gonna be workin on the mod ost i just posted a song from

i’m dreading eventually going to grad school but i gotta for my career path lol

uhhh what else uhhhhh i LOVE MY GIRLFRIEND yeah she’s the best makes my life so much more fun, baby if you read this ilysm <3

also i work on halloween so i’m just wearing a vampire cape over my uniform :P

let me know how [points at YOU specifically] YOU are doing in the COMMENTS below haha, i want to hear about your life and your projects

Check Track 11 of the music player of the dreamcast collab :0

Note the dreamcast collab is Rated M! Viewer beware!!!

Thank you to @TeffyD for recommending me, @shleptboi for instructing me, and @LilliSong for providing vocals and mixing :D

Edit: Just listened to the full track, and it seems like it got cut off :/

I'll post my full instrumental sometime, if I remember to.

Edit edit: went ahead and posted it rofl, no reason to drag it out ;P

What's good fellas. Thank you for the warm reception to Confetti. :) Check it out if you haven't yet; I spent a lot of money making sure it came out just right LOL:

I've decided I don't really want to do frontpage blogs for a while - they've become a bit of a chore and stopped being fun after a while. Just another thing with a deadline looming every month. No thank you LOL!! So they're going on hiatus 'til I decide they aren't any more. Thank you for understanding!

In terms of music, I've started work on a commission song for a friend and I'm still workshopping ideas for two more albums (one FNF-related, and the other based on music I made as a kid).

Other than that, for once I don't have any larger overarching plans! To be honest? It feels awesome to not have any expectations for myself. I love doing huge freaking collabs, and I loved hosting the 13/8 competition, but for now I want to enjoy not being tied down to any one project. My work schedule keeps me busy enough as-is, so not having additional stress from my hobbies will be a welcome change, I think.

Once I finish this commission, I'll start seriously looking into what my next large project should be. Maybe I'll join a small collab here and there if I'm feeling up to it; maybe I'll look into doing more 1-on-1 collabs with some of y'all NG buddies I've been making. I wanna work with so many of y'all man...

Thanks for listening to my thoughts! Or, reading my thoughts, I suppose. Have a great rest of your day and stay safe out there fellas. Much love <3