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I was young, young and a fool, a damned fool

(but, yeah, over time my taste improved and refined. Norma is absolutely *chef's kiss*)

Literally just me gushing about eurobeat

Y'know what? Tumblr, you get a little treat. I don't have much better of a place to post something long-winded like this, so here we are.

I love eurobeat music. Big surprise from the girl with it in her handle, right? But I don't just love one kind of eurobeat. No, I'd go so far as to say I love it all. This genre becomes an absolute buffet of delightful, energetic, silly fun when you forget about trying to look for ways it "doesn't count", and try to look for the ways it does.

I love early eurobeat! I love the stuff that's indistinguishable from early Italo Disco, the formative things where the tempo was still low and the disco vibes were still high! That's Eurobeat and the first few volumes of Super Eurobeat are great for this!

I love later eurobeat, too! Even if some of the sounds aren't always my favorites, I love that folks were trying new things and dabbling with new sounds, experimenting in ways that in previous years seemed prohibited! Comparing some aliases who have been going for multiple decades from this period to when they started is also super fun!

I love traditional eurobeat, if I could pick a name for it! Faster, more rave-influenced, whether or not it's still got some disco elements in it, themes about nightclubs and love and loss and betrayal and that ever-ubiquitous fire! Maharajah Night has some great examples, leading into the bulk of pre-200 Super Eurobeat volumes!

I love J-Euro! It turns out, folks in Japan have different ideas and tastes and approach the genre VERY differently than the folks in Italy do, and I love how it sounds! I love how the sound design is so different and the speed jumps a little higher!

I love indie eurobeat! I love hearing how new and amateur producers take a crack at the sound, and seeing what folks do as the tools for making it grow and evolve! Even virtual versions of the synths the masters used to use are available now, and it's fantastic to hear how those things sound in new hands! I love the ways indie producers bend, break, and work around the rules of the genre and still deliver a uniquely "eurobeat" experience! Without this category, I would never have found DJ Command, DJ Bouche, Turbo, Vikas Beatbox, the Galaxian Recordings crew, and so, so many more!

I love happy eurobeat! The nature of the genre makes it so straightforward to pair its signature energy with joy, delight, empowerment!

I love sad eurobeat! That very same energy that powers joy and happiness can be just as powerful for driving home sorrow and sadness, and some lyrics even carry strong emotional weight (we're well past the days of eurobeat being only about Burning Love Car Baby Fire Desire Tonight Drift Tokyo, y'know)!

I love fandom eurobeat! Yup! Vocaloid, Touhou, MLP:FiM, Vtubers; whatever you may be a fan of, chances are good there's a eurobeat remix out there (or even an original) that suits your fancy!

I love Initial D eurobeat! How could I not, right? The classics are classics for a reason, and eurobeat and drift racing are a uniquely fantastic pair. Of all the things eurobeat could be about, it's one of a few that really knock it out of the park!

I love feminine eurobeat! Masculine eurobeat is great too, but it already gets a lot of love in the other categories, so I want to celebrate those eurobeat songs that feel quite the opposite while still being perfectly eurobeat! Eurobeat is broad enough to express feelings like this, too!

I love songs that aren't quite eurobeat, but have elements of it! And I love eurobeat songs that heavily include elements from other genres, too! Eurobeat is like any other genre-- it has not always had the same chances to rub shoulders with other sounds in the dance space, but when it does, some wonderful things happen! And the whole music world is enriched for that cross-pollenation!

I love the songs I used to dislike! To think I'd go from vastly disliking Norma Sheffield's discography, to adoring it so fully! Disliking "Higher Higher More and More" to seeking it out from time to time! Not being fond of SAIFAM/BBB's style, to knowing some of its songs by heart!

And most of all, I love that I get to MAKE this stuff for a living! I do not take the fact that this could've not worked out trivially, and I hope I've rewarded your patiences well with a lot of new favorites and starting points for diving deeper into the genre over the last... almost 20 years, now!

And that's just the tip of the iceberg! I understand some eurobeat isn't to everyone's taste, but I think if you haven't tasted all that there is out there, you owe it to yourself to see how you feel about it. You might be pleasantly surprised!

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Literally just me gushing about eurobeat

Y'know what? Tumblr, you get a little treat. I don't have much better of a place to post something long-winded like this, so here we are.

I love eurobeat music. Big surprise from the girl with it in her handle, right? But I don't just love one kind of eurobeat. No, I'd go so far as to say I love it all. This genre becomes an absolute buffet of delightful, energetic, silly fun when you forget about trying to look for ways it "doesn't count", and try to look for the ways it does.

I love early eurobeat! I love the stuff that's indistinguishable from early Italo Disco, the formative things where the tempo was still low and the disco vibes were still high! That's Eurobeat and the first few volumes of Super Eurobeat are great for this!

I love later eurobeat, too! Even if some of the sounds aren't always my favorites, I love that folks were trying new things and dabbling with new sounds, experimenting in ways that in previous years seemed prohibited! Comparing some aliases who have been going for multiple decades from this period to when they started is also super fun!

I love traditional eurobeat, if I could pick a name for it! Faster, more rave-influenced, whether or not it's still got some disco elements in it, themes about nightclubs and love and loss and betrayal and that ever-ubiquitous fire! Maharajah Night has some great examples, leading into the bulk of pre-200 Super Eurobeat volumes!

I love J-Euro! It turns out, folks in Japan have different ideas and tastes and approach the genre VERY differently than the folks in Italy do, and I love how it sounds! I love how the sound design is so different and the speed jumps a little higher!

I love indie eurobeat! I love hearing how new and amateur producers take a crack at the sound, and seeing what folks do as the tools for making it grow and evolve! Even virtual versions of the synths the masters used to use are available now, and it's fantastic to hear how those things sound in new hands! I love the ways indie producers bend, break, and work around the rules of the genre and still deliver a uniquely "eurobeat" experience! Without this category, I would never have found DJ Command, DJ Bouche, Turbo, Vikas Beatbox, the Galaxian Recordings crew, and so, so many more!

I love happy eurobeat! The nature of the genre makes it so straightforward to pair its signature energy with joy, delight, empowerment!

I love sad eurobeat! That very same energy that powers joy and happiness can be just as powerful for driving home sorrow and sadness, and some lyrics even carry strong emotional weight (we're well past the days of eurobeat being only about Burning Love Car Baby Fire Desire Tonight Drift Tokyo, y'know)!

I love fandom eurobeat! Yup! Vocaloid, Touhou, MLP:FiM, Vtubers; whatever you may be a fan of, chances are good there's a eurobeat remix out there (or even an original) that suits your fancy!

I love Initial D eurobeat! How could I not, right? The classics are classics for a reason, and eurobeat and drift racing are a uniquely fantastic pair. Of all the things eurobeat could be about, it's one of a few that really knock it out of the park!

I love feminine eurobeat! Masculine eurobeat is great too, but it already gets a lot of love in the other categories, so I want to celebrate those eurobeat songs that feel quite the opposite while still being perfectly eurobeat! Eurobeat is broad enough to express feelings like this, too!

I love songs that aren't quite eurobeat, but have elements of it! And I love eurobeat songs that heavily include elements from other genres, too! Eurobeat is like any other genre-- it has not always had the same chances to rub shoulders with other sounds in the dance space, but when it does, some wonderful things happen! And the whole music world is enriched for that cross-pollenation!

I love the songs I used to dislike! To think I'd go from vastly disliking Norma Sheffield's discography, to adoring it so fully! Disliking "Higher Higher More and More" to seeking it out from time to time! Not being fond of SAIFAM/BBB's style, to knowing some of its songs by heart!

And most of all, I love that I get to MAKE this stuff for a living! I do not take the fact that this could've not worked out trivially, and I hope I've rewarded your patiences well with a lot of new favorites and starting points for diving deeper into the genre over the last... almost 20 years, now!

And that's just the tip of the iceberg! I understand some eurobeat isn't to everyone's taste, but I think if you haven't tasted all that there is out there, you owe it to yourself to see how you feel about it. You might be pleasantly surprised!

#eurobeat #initial d #odyssey eurobeat #eurobeat brony #ken blast #super eurobeat #rambles

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trick or treat uwu

…oh wow, I'm, like, REALLY late on this one, huh. 😅

#halloween #trick or treat

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Just wanted to say I love your music!!

Thank you! I'm glad you do! 💖

#odyssey eurobeat #eurobeat brony #ken blast

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I just wanted to share this *one* webcomic page because of the Mouseover Text ^^ ("Cue Appropriate Eurobeat Mix")

If the link is screwy, it's Sleepless Domain webcomic, Chapter 1, Page 7.

I'm sorry I caught this so late-- that put a smile on my face!

(The link, for those interested!)

#sleepless domain

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So, uh, saw this again and realized it aged poorly—

I am the one who made the original Discord song (composed it, wrote it, sang it, etc), though I'm most definitely no longer the guy who made the original Discord song. 😅

I came out as a woman on May 26, 2021, and look like this these days!

Wow I miss having my nails like that.

I also began streaming as a Vtuber later that year, and have done some really cool stuff in the meantime! I still stream at the usual place, though dare I say, the streams are much more fun now!

I hope you continue to enjoy my old work, my new work, whatever it may be for many years to come. 💖

EDIT/RETROSPECT: I'm not blaming petsematary2 for this post aging poorly; hell, at the time, I was trying to be the "Discord Guy". The question was apt at the time! Just more pointing out that my own answer to it has changed over the years!

Wait whoa. You're the discord guy? Like. You made that song?

Yeah, I made the original version here

Which @livingtombstone remixed into the banger folks know and love here

Coincidentally, I’m gonna be working on more music kinda like it that first one in just over half an hour! twitch.tv/odysseyeurobeat 

#discord #eurobeat brony #the living tombstone #transgender #trans woman #trans #initial d #ken blast #odyssey eurobeat

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Over on birdsite and bluesky, I've been tweeting in DeepL-translated Japanese more often. It's resulted in reconnecting with my audience in Japan a bit, though it's fascinating and even kinda fun seeing some of their reactions to my newfound femininity (a lot of them only found out I'm a woman now after a known figure in the Japanese eurobeat community mentioned it practically off-hand).

There's this adorable Vtuber named Ingen Haeta who seems to be particularly fond of me, and she compliments my IRL appearance often. She's so sweet, I can't handle it…

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I'm back! Sorry for the extra wait 😅 let's catch up again! 💖

ただいま戻りました！お待たせしてごめんなさい😅 また追いつこうね！💖

#eurobeat #eurobeat brony #ken blast #vtuber

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…contemplating posting here again more often. I've found myself with renewed energy for Bluesky, perhaps I can take on Tumblr as well?

At the very least, I figure my occasional gender-euphoric rambles might be enjoyable, contagious even.

No tags because I don't need this gaining traction, just floating it out there for now.

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NIGHT COVER / Matara Kan

MUSIC BY J. STEBBINS LYRICS BY MATARA KAN & J. STEBBINS VOCALS BY MATARA KAN MASTERING BY SHIN'ON ILLUSTRATION BY .TERU VIDEO BY VCLAYLIEN

#eurobeat #matara kan #vshojo #eurobeat brony #initial d #super eurobeat #odyssey eurobeat #ken blast #kendra blast #t stebbins #j stebbins #Youtube

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It happened! Thank you all so incredibly much for 80k subscribers on YouTube! 💖

#eurobeat #eurobeat brony #odyssey eurobeat #ken blast #super eurobeat #kendra blast

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Fanart for 2 lovely people!

(Auvenil & Odyssey)

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Hey all, Odyssey Eurobeat (Stebbins/Eurobeat Brony etc) here. I know I haven't posted here much, but if you've followed my work over the last few years, I'd like to celebrate this with you.

DDR is what introduced me to eurobeat music, so I'm so incredibly honored and delighted to announce that my own eurobeat song, "Not Alone", is coming to DDR A3 in late September. I hope you enjoy it.

#eurobeat brony #ddr #eurobeat #odyssey eurobeat #super eurobeat #ken blast #t stebbins #kendra blast #ddrA3

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This site has been going around Twitter trans accounts quite a bit lately, so just pointing out here too that it'll do fuck all, they're exploiting trans people at a time when hrt is particularly hard to access and please don't give them your money

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See you at Anime Expo this year! 💖

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I've been listening to your music for so long but I only just found out from one of my friends about you also being trans because im dumb and dont pay attention to things and you're like so cute this is so aaaaaa TwT

fkgjlgfdsjk /)///(\ Thank you! I'm glad you think so! And I hope you still enjoy my music work, I've kept at it all this time!

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I wanted to say thanks for the trans anthem that is Still the Same. I listened to it for a week straight before coming out in 2019!

Awh, I'm glad it clicked with you! 💖 I was definitely starting to tap at my eggshell in the years before coming out, and Still The Same was my way of doing so while paying some love to Nothing Changed by Norma Sheffield & Dave Rodgers!