On copyright, YouTube and forgiveness – Day 53

April 1st, 2010 introspection, rant, self, video No Comments

Written with a better appreciation for Creative Commons by Nichole

Today’s video contains what some might deem a spoiler for the book The Shack, so watch at your own risk. :) I ran into my first audio copyright violation on YouTube today, in which I had a 20-second clip at the end of today’s video with the Nina Gordon song “Now I Can Die” playing [...]

Writing and Yoko Shimomura – Day 36

March 15th, 2010 starving artist, video, video games, writing 4 Comments

Written with game music in my headphones by Nichole

When I was younger I idolized three game composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda and Yoko Shimomura. Their works were something amazing, something that went beyond the bloops and bleeps of 8-bit music. Magical, ethereal compositions of electronic goodness. I didn’t find out about Yoko Shimomura until later in 2000, when I played Legend of Mana. [...]

How I fell in love with 16-bit music.

February 2nd, 2010 video games No Comments

Written with nostalgia by Nichole

This morning I found a CD my friend Marty made me at least seven years ago. On it were 12 variations of “Terra’s Theme” pulled from in the game, random orchestral albums and a handful of remix communities. I hadn’t listened to the CD in years; I had forgotten about it, actually. I put it [...]

I’ve been listening to “Frog’s Intervention” all day.

January 24th, 2010 self, video games No Comments

Written with the Masamune by Nichole

I’ve always enjoyed this song, starting when I first heard it in all its 16-bit glory back in ’95. I saw it performed live once when my sister, a friend and I all attended a PLAY! concert years back. There is just something behind it, some semblance of hope and spirit in the face of [...]

A good day for PHP and music.

January 11th, 2010 friends, web design 2 Comments

Written with awesome by Nichole

Firstly, I want to give a big THANKS to everyone who came rushing to my aid in regards to the PHP question I had: Ben, Rich S., Rich O. and Karl. In the end, it was Rich O. who helped me over IM to achieve exactly what I wanted with my new wordpress theme. (Man, [...]

About Nichole the not-so-starving artist from Northwest Indiana

I quit my job to be a full-time writer! I'm also a web designer, gamer and a level 12 necromancer-in-training, sort of. I cook like a mo-fo and bake when the mood strikes me. Angel food cake is a specialty. I make choices in life by rolling percentile dice. TV is lame, so I watch Let's Plays. My iPod is filled with video game soundtracks. I support local commerce by shopping local and supporting the emerging artists in my community.

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