I have been planning these changes for a while, and now they are finally here. It's about time I do a major reorganization of my songs, especially in terms of collections and whatnot.
First I want to announce that the following collections are basically complete: "Love in the Air", "Living by Faith", "Memories", "Experiments", and "Careless". There are no more releases planned for these collections. And several songs have been removed from these collections to be put elsewhere. These collections will not go up on SoundCloud or Bandcamp as I am no longer proud of the songs within them. Most songs anyway. They'll stay on YouTube and Newgrounds, however.
Another change is that a few more collections have been dissolved. "Real Life", "Remixes", "Sports Arena", and "Time is Ticking". With the exception of "Remixes", all of these collections had one or two songs each and they haven't been touched for years. The several songs within these collections have been moved elsewhere.
I will mention that the collections "Age of Technology", "Adventure", "Cosmic Frontier", and "In the City" won't be going anywhere, although several songs have been removed from them. "Life of a Gamer" won't be going either...but it's actually been renamed to "Gamer Quest" and updated with a new icon. "Horror Escape Stage" within that collection has also been renamed to just "Escape Stage."
I also want to mention that all "Remastered" versions and "V2s" of songs have been renamed into "VIPs". Lastly, "Pathways Unknown", "Fifty Streets", and "Bamboo Summits" have all been uploaded to SoundCloud. If I ever get SoundCloud Next Pro, then I'll upload more tracks. Anyway...
So, what is this "elsewhere?" Well, here's the most significant change: I'm announcing three new collections, dubbed "Legacy collections." They are titled "Legacy 2018", "Legacy 2019", and "Legacy 2020." These collections will contain every song I've removed from other collections, since I don't feel they belong in them anymore. Or they are original versions of songs that have a V2 or Remastered version. These collections, similar to the finished collections, will not be going up on SoundCloud or Bandcamp, as these are songs I am no longer proud of. They'll remain exclusive to YouTube and Newgrounds.
ONE LAST IMPORTANT NOTE. All the descriptions featuring my free use note have been changed. Previously they all mentioned that credit is optional, but after learning more about the creative commons licenses, it turns out that credit is basically mandatory. Also I changed it so you can now commercial use my songs. So the notes have been changed to more comply with the rules regarding that.
With all that being said, the titles and descriptions are already changed on YouTube and Newgrounds, with the latter, alongside "Side Quest" on SoundCloud, also seeing cover art changes. I MIGHT update the files on Newgrounds, but there is NO GUARANTEE I'll ever get to that. As of right now, the files there still use their former collection tags.
Anyway, thank you for reading this far. New music will be out soon, hopefully!
TL;DR List:
• Inactive collections ("Love in the Air", "Living by Faith", "Memories", "Experiments", and "Careless") considered complete, but will not go on SoundCloud or Bandcamp.
• Collections dissolved ("Real Life", "Remixes", "Sports Arena", and "Time is Ticking").
• "Life of a Gamer" renamed to "Gamer Quest".
• "Horror Escape Stage" renamed to "Escape Stage".
• "Bamboo Summits", "Pathways Unknown", and "Fifty Streets" uploaded to SoundCloud.
• "Remastered" and "v2" versions renamed into VIPs.
• Three legacy collections which contain a bunch of songs from dissolved collections, as well as those removed from active collections. These will also not go up on SoundCloud or Bandcamp.
• Free use rules slightly changed to comply with CC guidelines.
• As of now, files on Newgrounds still use old collection tags.
Extra note: if I ever expand to other streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.), songs that aren't going up on SoundCloud or Bandcamp will also not go up on those platforms either.