Uh... lemme explain what I mean.

So, a lot has happened over the past near-two decades since I joined Newgrounds.

There have been ups, downs, lefts, rights, all sorts of things happened in my life that changed things rather drastically. I've moved states several times, I've gained and lost touch with friends I hold dear, I've become physically separated from my family and can't stop thinking about them day to day, but at the same time I know I can at least talk to them still thanks to mobile phones. In terms of music, I've come a long way since I started using FL Studio (back then just known as FruityLoops) all the way back in 2008. I've gained an ARSENAL of plugins, effects, patches, and sounds that I now have at my disposal, and my knowledge of how things go in terms of music (at least on the remixing side) has expanded greatly in the past decade alone. I've been through hell and high water with my jobs, my living situations, my family situations (I won't go into detail, but it's not all been cherries and whipped cream, folks), and just in general my mental and physical health. Still, no matter what has happened, I always come back here, where my music journey started. To every person, manmade object, and naturally-occurring stellar phenomenon out there who has been with me and supported me over this long journey, you have no idea how appreciative and thankful I really am for you all. You have been my rock, my support beam, my emergency chicken nugget.

I've been looking at some old posts I made, specifically some music reviews I've done when I was a snot-nosed teenager with walnuts for brains. "Oh lord, that was me," I've been saying to myself. It's hard to believe who I was back then compared to who I am now. I didn't really think I'd changed all that much, but seeing how I interacted with people, responded to certain comments and stressors, and comparing that to the me of today is as enlightening as it is embarrassing. It's hard to put it into words, but needless to say, I think I like the new me better. I was so emotionally charged back then, it was ridiculous. Yet, I also just... plain didn't like interacting with people that much. I only got close to a select few people on here, a few of whom I'm elated to see still alive and kicking like they did back then, and I've said some things back then that are... unbecoming. It's almost alarming how much I've changed since I was a teenager, and yet it feels like in some ways, I'm still that teenager.

But that's not all I wanted to say. Oh, no.

As you guys may know about me, I've been mainly doing remixes for many years now, since coming up with original stuff has been... difficult, shall we say. I've been under a simply massive creative block for what feels like forever, and while I do still get ideas for songs and such, they almost never come to be, so I've stuck with remixes and covers because that's what I know how to do at this time. As a result, though, it's allowed me to refine my work to an almost obnoxious degree, and that's reassuring to say the least. Still, part of me wonders if I'll ever get that truly creative side of me back, the one who had so many ideas that could be put to paper. Maybe one day I'll see that side of me again, but for now, I'm gonna at least do what I know I can do.

My musical journey was not without its... annoyances. I remember all too well one particular troll on here (name redacted for reasons) who I clashed with rather frequently. They were about as annoying as they could come, with obnoxious nothing tracks, being a general pompous ass, and really just being a thorn in my side. They even went so far as to use one of my tracks, "A Hero's Last Stand," and use it as a backing track for a diss track aimed at me. At the time I was just so done with him and his bullshit, but looking back on it now... it was kinda funny. It's so weird to me how one's thoughts can change after a shift in perspective, especially with age. I wonder what he's doing now... eh, who gives a fuck?

Worry not, though. I've still got several pieces I'm working on so I can get them out to you guys (yes, several, I am very indecisive). I'm currently working on a revisit of my Zelda Field Medley I made all the way back in 2017, and I plan to add at least one more song to it that I originally wanted to put in before. Stay tuned for that, would ya? Once again, I sincerely thank everyone who has supported me over these long years, and here's hoping there are many more to come, aye?

Stay beautiful, Newgrounds.

~~~~Shiverwar~~~~

Alright, good people of the Grounds of New, listen up.

First off, let me start by saying I'm really glad to be on the same site as so many great people such as... well, a good portion of you (I know there are some sneaky sneaks out there, you don't get kudos from me). I've been a member of this site since... what, 2005? It's been quite a long time, and I've enjoyed myself for the most part, while sometimes I haven't. Y'get what I'm saying?

Before any of you ask, no, I am not leaving Newgrounds for the foreseeable future. I just wanted to give you all an update regarding my inconsistent uploads and generally sporadic activity. Life's been kinda throwing me for a loop. I recently lost my job (though to be honest, I'm more liberated than anything since my upper management SUCKED ASS and Walmart's attendance policies are friggin' stupid anyway), looking for a new one to make sure I can keep a steady income, and all the while I've been seeing a counselor to find some way to combat my anxiety and depression issues. In the meantime, I've been slowly chipping away at certain projects, and although original music has become even harder for me to make, what with ideas not coming together like they should, I'm steadily improving my remixing skills, and I should have something for you guys relatively soon. However, this doesn't mean I'll always be available to chat or respond to any reviews, but rest assured, I do read them, and many of you have been extremely kind and even helpfully critical, and I cannot thank you enough for that. Just don't expect me to be constantly here, because I've got other things I need to tend to most of the time. Now, if I could feasibly work from home, that would be a whole different story, now wouldn't it?

Bottom line, I love you guys, and thank each and every one of you who have stuck with me these long years. I've garnered a great deal of friends from this website, and it has become a permanent part of my history, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Be on the lookout for new uploads and such, because I am working pretty damn hard on some pretty good projects.

---Shiverwar, Newgrounds Member since 2005

Here's the deal.

While I am appreciative of the attention some of my work has garnered, and believe me, I do appreciate it more than you'll know, I am starting to feel... annoyed. VERY. Annoyed.

I am fully aware of some of my works popping up in games such as Geometry Dash and Roblox, and while that on its own is all well and fine, it seems that's all anyone even acknowledges me for. Fine, whatever, I can deal. What I CAN'T stand, though, is that some of the folks who have used my works don't even give me the respect of proper credits. Is that so hard to do? Like, really? REALLY?? Why is giving proper credits to a person for their work such a foreign concept to people, especially those who do level edits and such, ala Roblox?

For context, there is a level on Roblox out there created by... well, someone, I don't actually know fully, by the name of Project Nebula. In it, it uses my remix track "Nuclear Fusion REDUX", which, as you may know, has become quite popular thanks to Geometry Dash. Normally, I would not have much issue with this (save for me feeling like my popularity is only thanks to Geometry Dash and Roblox, and that no one even bothers to check out any of my other stuff because that's all they know me for, imagine my disappointment), but when I went to find the page for the project itself, nowhere in the project announcement or description did I find any credits regarding me and my work on my remix, which was used in said level.

With that in mind, let me make one thing perfectly clear to you all.

If you wish to use my work, be it remixes or some of my more obscure, actual ORIGINAL work, that's all well and fine. As long as it's not just a blatant reupload or Nightcore (or anything in relation to it), I am fine with that, as long as you give me proper credit, and post a link to either the track here on Newgrounds, or if it is available on YouTube, submitted by the user Shiverwar (that's me), post a link to the video. As long as you do this, I am chill with you using my work for games, videos, stuff like that, so long as there is no commercial gain to be had from it. That is where I will draw the line, alongside blatant reuploads and such. Since I am not making money off of my remixes (and don't plan to in the foreseeable future), it's only fair that it stays out of projects that do have the intention of making money. Free projects, videos, animations, all of that is fine, as long as credits and a link to the track (again, either here or on my YouTube channel) is clearly given in the description or inside the project itself.

Again, I can't believe I have to even SAY this, but it seems some people just don't get the idea of proper credits and attributing of a musical work. Is this really that foreign to some people? Seriously, am I missing something? Have these past couple of years jaded me so much that I've lost touch with what is proper these days? Help me out here, I am genuinely confused and irritated!

Hey folks. You all know me as SSJ3-Goku4567, and while that is true, I decided it would be best for me to change my username to Shiverwar to match my account on YouTube and Twitter.

Let me explain why. For years, while it's become the name most people know me as, my username has bothered me something fierce. I am a Dragon Ball fan, yes, but to me, the username SSJ3-Goku4567 made me, for lack of a better word, cringe. On just about every other platform I use, games, YouTube, and Twitter and the like, I use the name Shiverwar, and it's become pretty much synonymous with who I am. I wanted to change my username here to reflect that. Added to this, seeing as people have blatantly reuploaded my tracks to YouTube, I want my username here to match my YouTube name to avoid confusion as to who the music actually belongs to. This is both a quality of life change and a security measure for me.

To avoid confusion, though, I will still preface my tracks with the SSJ3 moniker to reinforce the fact that they are still my tracks, and I will not change them for a while yet. I may decide to later down the line, but for now, I will keep the track naming as it is and continue releasing my tracks under the SSJ3 preface. I hope you all understand this change and are willing to adapt to it.

Shiverwar

Hey guys. It's me. Haven't heard from me in a while, have you? Sorry to have been so absent from making news posts and such. A lot has happened over the past several years, and it's been a bit of a train wreck, all things considered.

First and foremost, let me get this out of the way, as this is annoying the shit out of me.

You all remember my remix, Nuclear Fusion REDUX, yes? It was my second attempt at remixing the popular Touhou track, "Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom ~ Nuclear Fusion", originally from Touhou: Subterranean Animism. I noticed a lot of people making comparisons between my mix and an older remix on the site called "Flawless Wings of Yatagarasu" by Gls. Let me make this perfectly clear: while I do see why people would make the comparison, I ask that you not do so. I would rather not be linked to the popularity of another user that I have nothing to do with. Their remix is fantastic, and it's no wonder why it's so popular. That being said, I would rather not be compared to Gls. While I understand why people do this, it just makes me feel like I'm riding on the coattails of another successful user, which I really do not want. I ask that you please understand this. My remix is my own, and Gls' remix is their own. End of story.

Secondly, an apology for my absence.

I do apologize for the general lack of uploads on my behalf. Things have been pretty fucking rough these past few years, and especially these past few months. I haven't had much motivation to do much of anything aside from work and play games. Music and YouTube have kind of become something of an afterthought for me. I do plan to get back into the music game, but who knows when the hell that will be the case? Rest assured, though, I am working on a number of things. It may take me a while to get them finished, but I am working on them, so please be patient.

It's been a pretty hectic ride altogether, and I hope to continue working on my music so I may be able to bring you guys something. I can't just expect my fans to stay there and look at the same shit over and over and over. I gotta bring something to the table, right? I haven't forgotten you guys. I've merely forgotten what my motivation was, and I hope to be able to reclaim it. So out of all of this, please remember one thing...

STOP COMPARING MY REMIX TO GLS'! SERIOUSLY!!

Thank you, and have a pleasant day.

SO APPARENTLY MY MUSIC HAS SPREAD OUT TO YOUTUBE AS WELL.

Let me explain.

Recently I've been noticing a boom in the overall views of my remixes of this year and some from the years gone by. I was a little perplexed by this, as my remixes have usually been seen by only a handful of people. Lately, just a few mixes ALONE have jumped up to thousands of plays, and there have been more votes cast for a few of my mixes than ever before. I found out why.

My music has been slowly, but surely, making its way onto YouTube (discounting my own personal influence). People have used my remixes, particularly a few of my Touhou mixes, in Geometry Dash and the like, and as a result, the rise in publicity has been absolutely astonishing. I never expected anything like this to happen, nor would I ever have dreamed of it. Lately the number of people who have played my music on this site has skyrocketed, and my Nuclear Fusion redux ALONE has garnered more popularity than my most popular ORIGINAL song, Endless Confrontation. This is crazy to me, and I mean crazy. I don't know how to react, nor do I know what words to say to this!

I mean, as far as I've known, the only people who have used my work on YouTube have been myself (as Shiverwar) and a few of my friends. It's insane. Once again, you guys, I want to thank you for sticking with me throughout the years, and I also wish to apologize for the very slow pace of releases that I've been subjecting you to. Things have been rather difficult, to say the least, and my will to make music has been dwindling as of late. I promise, though, this will be temporary, and I will get back into my groove one way or another, so look forward to that!

 

Also, as I mentioned, I have a YouTube channel by the name of "Shiverwar", where I mostly upload videos of me playing Dragon Ball XenoVerse (and when my PC is upgraded, XenoVerse 2). Go check it out, if you want! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNN2UU9y3u9MHwjw3GnWllw

See you there!

Hello, Newgrounds peeps!

How's things in your neck of the woods? Good, I hope!

2015 has come and gone, and unfortunately, I was not able to do as many pieces as I had originally hoped to do. However, I hope to make that change this year, because not only do I have ideas of songs I want to take on and new, original ideas formulating in my head, but I'm also armed with some new sounds, namely the V-Metal and SR5 Rock Bass plugins for Kontakt 5 from Prominy! Combined with Guitar Rig 5 (player edition, so I'm limited on the sounds I can use there), I have an even better sound I ever had with FL Slayer! I hope to put these to good use for future works, and who knows? Maybe you'll even like what I have in the works right now!

2015, to say the least, was a rough year for me, as well as for the rest of the world. In my case, I just couldn't find the time, nor the mental fortitude, to put out the mixes I'd have liked to have put out. Work has been running me absolutely ragged, and the stress at home has risen to an all-time high, even now, in 2016. With this, though, has come a new light in the form of the plugins I obtained. Once I figure out how to work them to my greatest advantage, I'll be sure to share the products of my labor with you guys!

Thank you all for being so patient with me over the years, and yes, even the haters are appreciated! It's you guys that push me to become better than I was previously, and I hope to keep that going! So, yes, keep the reviews coming, both positive and negative! It helps, believe me!

Look forward to some new work by me! I am working hard to bring some new stuff to the table, as well as reworks of old favorites/mixes I've already done in the past! Please remain patient, I am working as hard as I can... Until then, enjoy what I have now, and be sure to tell me what you think!

Yep! Again!

I should have made this post yesterday, seeing as how my return started yesterday, but nevertheless, I have once again returned to the world of music! Yeah, as you may remember, some time in late November, early December, the computer I had FL Studio set up on screwed up to the point of it not letting me back on. Now that I have a new computer, and FL Studio set up once more, I am back and ready for more!

You may have noticed that I have released two new remakes, both of very well-known themes. I've wanted to do these songs for a while, and I'm glad I was able to finish them and show them off to you guys. The first one, of course, is the theme that you hear when you fight the various gym leaders in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, and also in the recent remakes of Ruby and Sapphire, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. I had a lot of fun doing that theme, and yes, I realize it is basically mirroring the original versions. That was my intent. The second one is of one of the most famous themes in video game history: the theme that plays when you fight Champion Lance and Trainer Red in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, and once more in their remakes, Heart Gold and Soul Silver. I tried to incorporate the elements of the Heart Gold and Soul Silver version, but mainly tried to stay true to the original theme.

Expect more mixes and originals in the future, as I have a lot of ideas and a lot of mixes I wish to do. I hope you guys enjoy what I have so far, and let's hope that this continues for a long time! I am back, baby!!

Welp! By some sheer turn of bad luck, or maybe some other being out there being utterly pissed at me for something, I'm not sure what anymore, my laptop is out of commission! I'm not sure if it was data corruption or outright hardware failure, but regardless, it looks like my music composing and remixing is going to be on an indefinite hiatus, until such a time that I am able to compose again, but who knows when that'll be? At any rate, I have a lot of stuff done on here anyway, so go ahead and check out my work that's already here! If you like it, if you don't like it, either way, please, at least tell me what you guys would like to see from me! I love hearing from you guys! Yes, even you haters. Come on back, guys! Where's the hate? As Pat Benatar once sang, HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT.

Hey there, fans and haters alike! How the hell are ya?

As you all are aware, back in Jan 14th, I had lost access to my entire computer's hard drive, which meant all of the songs I was working on became inaccessible and therefore unable to be completed. Well, guess who's back! That's right. I'm set up with FL Studio once again, and I will be coming in hot! So you ladies, gentlemen, bitches, and bastards better be getting ready, because I'm back, and I'm gonna be kicking hard!

That's right, to make up for lost time, I will be working on a slew of both remixes and original work. In fact, I have a new song in the works right now, so you should look out for it in the future! Also, I will have a slightly different set-up than my previous works, but it should please you to know that I am once again back at work and making music once again! Hot-diggity-dog!! Unfortunately, since the works I was in the process of creating are still unable to be recovered, I will have to restart most of those unfinished works from scratch. Luckily, I'm pretty much all set up, so I'm ready to bring my music back to you loyal fans and lovely haters, so keep an eye out, because SSJ3 is back, bitches!!

----SSJ3

P.S.: Since I am also doing remixes of various video game themes, I want you guys to give me some suggestions. I already have a few in mind, but I want to see what you guys can challenge me to do. It can even be one that I've done before!