Naomi's early works collection composed during the same period of "Game Nostalgia", Only 4 tones will give you magic.

8 bit World ~Early works of Naomi~

Songs;

01 Into the Forest (1:58) / 02 By the Seashore (2:03) / 03 On the Cloud (2:43)

 04 Stage (Fun) (2:19) / 05 Stage (Memories) (1:46) / 06 Stage (Tiny) (1:52)

 07 Stage (Futuristic) (2:04) / 08 Stage (Game Nostalgia) (1:50) / 09 Stage (Chance) (1:59)

 10 Stage (The Final Boss) (2:27) / 11 Fanfare (Exotic Remains) (0:12)/ 12 Gamemates (2:43)

*Preface*

Thank you for waiting. This time is the collection of my early works.

The period that I started to make music using computers was around 2016, and I was before my 30's.

The reason why I did that was I wanted to pursue my moving experiences gained from music.

You may feel it's strange, but I'm not originally a kind of person that loves every music because I'm rarely impressed by listening to music.

But once I get moved from a certain tune, I tend to be into it deeply - I listen to it repeatedly so much- and I didn't notice such a behavior was a little strange and different from those of others until recently.

Before I began to compose, I used to listen to songs that I felt were wonderful made by others, but once I decided to make music, my motivation came from the question whether I could write such music by myself or not.

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1.Why did Naomi choose 8 bit music for her first practice? (postscript on Feb. 2)

I understood well that it's key to use a computer for making music, because it was necessary to do it alone and affordably.

Then, I chose 8 bit music for my first practice, -the '8 bit music' is a name that represents retro video games' music in 90s of 8 bit computer-,

because I thought that it's very simple at a point that 8 bit music is limited in the maximum 4 tones that sound at the same time.

So to speak, I had to arrange music only for 4 part and I should only decide each sound's positions for the 4 tones; for example, the melody and bass are put the center of the speaker but arpeggio is put the direction come and go from left to right of the speaker, and percussion is put the center between left speaker and the center.

I think it's easier to understand if you see the illustration below.

 ↑ Though I wrote it with a digital pen, it was hard to draw lines clearly.

Of course, it was easier saying than doing.

2. What did Naomi think about when she stated to create music actually? (postscript on Feb 8)

Instead of the ease that I should arrange for only 4 parts and decide only 4 positions, I had to consider not to be over 4 tones.

Of course, the reason why we were limited to using the number of the tones when we create 8 bit music is for the function of the game machine 30 years ago, so today we don't have to obey this rule necessary, but I was very interested in creating music in the limitation, because it looked so fun!

To compose music with only 4 tones, I thought it was most important that songs had charm solely on their own, even if we play them on the piano, guitar, or anything else, the songs have to be appealing. So I poured the most power into thinking melody and chords, which is the first degree of making music.

Though I also wrote on the page 'About Naomi', to decide melody and chords while playing the piano is very plain but essential, and this way became the most important parts of my music creation later.

I found that if I was convinced well of the music framework, I could go to the next step easily.

3. What should have Naomi done after deciding on a musical framework? (postscript on Feb 26)

After deciding melody and chords, (and I'm satisfied with them,) in arrangement, I pay attention to the vertical line not to be over 4 tones, using a musical score.

Since melody has already been decided, I can naturally think of rhythm for the next step, which is also an important part of making music impressions.

In this process, the harmony of bass, percussion and chords is the key. The combination of these makes music interesting, I think.

So while playing bass and chord tones, I try to think of many rhythm possibilities.

**To be continued**

4. Naomi tried to synthesize sounds for the first time (Coming Soon)