>>3417

It is when the preference is as stupid as "Gee, I would like your songs a lot better if they weren't about shipping" when the whole song is about a ship.

That's like going into /afanart/ and saying "Guys I really like your porn but I'd like it better if it wasn't so gay all the time." Or going into /fanfic/ and posting on a story "I would like this much better if this didn't have X pairing and had Y pairing instead."

It's like, "Why are you even telling me this? Why are you bothering what is even that guys problem?"

Also it's kind of rude.

Just saying.

>"Gee, I would like your songs a lot better if they weren't about shipping"
>"Guys I really like your porn but I'd like it better if it wasn't so gay all the time."
>"I would like this much better if this didn't have X pairing and had Y pairing instead."

These all seem like perfectly logical statments. "I like your work but not the subject matter." It works especially well with music because there's so many elements to music that aren't just the lyrics.

>>3425

Truth be told, I've had quite a few people, (usually curious friends) who aren't interested in gay cartoon porn comment on my drawings and say that they look good.

You can call it asinine to make a comment like that, but it's hardly trolling if the commenter isn't trying to incite hatred or needle the poster for their preference.

>>3362

>Reads "Respawn of the Dead"
>Listens to "The End"
>Cries

Thank you for making such a beautiful song.

>>3425
Those statements come across as 'I don't like this because it's not tailored to my wants and desires', whether they were intended that way or not. If they liked the music but not the subject matter, they could well have said something along the lines of 'Well I'm not really a fan of X but your song is nevertheless lovely'.
Polite sage for nothing constructive.

>>3425

It was the way that it was stated that bothered me. If they wanted more gen songs, they could have said "you should do more gen songs," not "I honestly wish you did less shipping songs." The difference in tone between the two statements is bigger than you think.

All those statements are stating a preference, but the latter infers that they should do less of what they obviously like doing. Barging in and saying "Hey, I want you to do less of X and more of Y because I like Y better and you should cater to my tastes" is very rude. How would you like it if somebody flipped through, say, a sketchbook of yours and said "I like your drawings of women better than men and therefore you should draw less men and more women because I like women better and that's my preference."

Can you not see how that is rude?

>>3426

Yeah, they may comment they don't like your cartoon porn, but are they going "*SIGH* I WISH YOU WOULD DRAW LESS OF IT? IT'S JUST NOT MY CUP OF TEA."

There's a difference between politely saying "Even though I don't like shipping, I really like these songs," and "you should put less shipping in your songs because I don't like it."

One is stating a preference. The other is making a demand of the artist, or passively trying to infer that the artist should do as they say.

And that sort of thing is not my cup of tea.

Guys, c'mon...Can we not do this? I'm honestly not offended. If I wasn't open to potentially negative opinions I wouldn't bother posting on this site. And I certainly don't want to discourage people from giving crit. Sure, the way that anon stated their opinion could have been phrased better, but as far as I'm concerned it's water under the bridge.

Not-stirring-the-pot sage.

>>3438

Well, all right.

But they know what they did.

>>3410
>USER WAS BANNED FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THIS CHAN IS ALL ABOUT

And you fuckers wonder why the rest of the internet hates you.

(USER WAS BANNED FOR GIVING ME SASS)

>>3577
Gorramit Bountry.
You know this bullshit is derailing the thread and you're still fucking doing it. Yeah, sure some guys were being impolite but what in the hell do you think your doing? Ruining someone else's thread because you're butthurt about getting told off is an awful thing to do.
Please stop it. For civility's sake.

Oh and yeah, I know I'm probably going to get and for showing signs of dissent, but do Hamsters a favor and actually think about what you're doing before you do it yeah?

(Inflammatory posts don't fly here.)

I'm another case of 'what's this? Well, I'll give it a listen...' to 'HOLY CRAP LISTEN TO THAT TALENT'.

Can't wait to hear more stuff from you.

Hamsters,your songs are good and you should feel good. Do you do these in a soundproof room? I think I heard someone sighing in "The End" Of course I'm not complaining one bit, just curious.

>>3580
I don't want to be in the middle of an arument but... It seems to me that cat was a bit provoked on that one. Diddn't mean to butt-in.

>>3599

No soundproof room for me, just a tiny bedroom. Yeah that was me signing in The End. Because it's pretty complicated for me to play, I used a ghost track.

hey. hey.

You're amazing.

I LOVE YOU

Oh my Lord, I never. Can't believe I missed this thread before -- your songs give me butterflies, man. Beautiful work.

Oh man I haven't been on TF2chan in a long while.
Anyway, bamping this thread back up to page one. It's way too cool to be back here.
(And I'm not meaning to nag or anything, Hamsters, but have you been able to sit down and look at figuring out tabs, or...? I mean, if you haven't, that's totally okay, and I understand if you haven't had the time, it's just that I'm incredibly excited because they're amazing songs and well yeah. All my keysmashes, etc etc)

>>4375

I did get a chance and it looks like the tabs will be relatively easy to do. I'm currently in an intensive 14 month fast-track diploma program and my time is very tight. I will be on break in a week, and will upload some new songs then so very possibly I can make some tabs then as well! I'd definitely try my darnedest.

Yes that's right, I'm not dead! Haha, though if this course doesn't kill me, nothing will.

Thanks for your interest. :)

Fish nuggets I love your music! The chords you use aren't the stereotypical chord progressions I-IV-V-and I, gotta love it. Particular favourites are War and On the Tram, both melodically and lyrically wise. The last chorus for War was just beautiful, how you switched from it being "War is a way to find the strongest" to "War just keeps friends apart." Keep up the good work.

>>3298
maybe this image in red? Also loves it

I just want you to know how addicted I've been to these. I wanted to be able to say 'my favourite is (x)', but I couldn't narrow it down... anyway, I keep listening to them, I'm going to put them on a CD for car trips and, like, giggle to myself over the fact that I'm making people listen to filk and they'll have no idea-- well, my brother might figure it out, I don't know...

Anyway, done raving now.

Alright. I wrote out the tabs for "Push (You're Still Mine)". If anyone wants them, email me.
As for more...have to be honest I'm a little numbers dyslexic and this was very challenging for me, so I'm not sure I'll do any more tabs for a while.

On the plus side expect new songs soon. Very, very soon.

you are gorgeous and amazing and can i just kgfdjheiojrhbdfnkhwrbg i love your voice so much, it's beautiful

>>4468
Hot damn! Better get my tent, I'm camping this thread!

Have I mentioned I love you yet? Because I do. And Human Shield is now firmly established in my Favourite Songs Ever list.

New song (finally).
This one's DemoGen, as requested by the lovely Jeffian for her birthday. <3

http://www.muziboo.com/Hamsters/music/the-last-true-knight/

More to come! :)

>>4475

Yet another wonderful piece! Loved every second over it!

>>4475
There are no gifs to express my level of happiness. I am making such embarassing noises right now that if you could hear them you would break up with me
ahh i will never tire of your singing voice ~!

>>4475
Made me insanely happy there. Just listened to it, like, three times.

May I ask for hints as to what the next one will be about? Or should I enjoy being surprised? I'm debating with myself whether to burn a CD now so I can listen to this stuff in my car, or if I should wait...

I mean, it's not like I couldn't just fill another whole CD with music that makes me think of TF2 if I don't wait...

tl;dr, I love you.

>>4486

Hm well, I'll just tell everybody now. I plan to post 3 or 4 more songs then I'm going to make a downloadable album compilation with CD cover art, lyrics, notes, maybe some tabs, and some other fun extras. so if anyone wants to hold their horses on that one. I think that should all be posted by September.

as for the other question...I'm not sure, do you want to know what the next one is about? Haha. To give a hint, it's another Gen song. In fact, none of the remaining songs I ave planned are for pairings. Though they're not nessicarily all about specific characters...

>>4489
>no pairings

Part of me is sad, because I was really hoping for some Heavy/Medic from ze doktor's side.
Thankfully, the rest of me is EXCITE FOR GEN! And the potential for a CD is toe-tinglingly wonderful. My housemates next year will just LOVE this. And by love, I mean they will think I am a loony. But it will be worth it.

I'm really excited for some more gen! Not a huge fan of pairing in TF2 (and even still, I love the pair songs you did! They were lovely.) And I eagerly await your CD! Personally I'd love to know who the next song is about. :D You could put it as a spoiler for those who want it to be a surprise though!

Scout is my favourite character. And I figured, after all the abuse he gets he deserves a song...though I doubt he'd appreciate my over-analyzation of his psyche any more than he'd appreciate what the rest of the fandom does to him on a daily basis. Heh.

http://www.muziboo.com/Hamsters/music/look-at-me/

As for what's coming up next?: Tentaspy filk anyone? No? Yes? Too bad you're getting it anway. ;)

>>4503
I love your gen stuff as much as I love your pairing stuff. And yay, now a Scout song!

And that teaser... YES. I am a ball of excitement over that.

scout is my favorite and i loooove this look into his attention complex... beautiful work as always!!

Is it too late to request for the album? I'd love to hear your take on a Scout Ma song.

>>4531

Never too late for requests. In fact, depending on how much inspiration I get, this might end up being one packed album, haha. I have a few ideas on the fryer but I'll see what I can do.

But yes, people, more requests! I'm running out of ideas on my own. I've only got, like, three ideas I know for certain I'm gonna to and since I might take quite a long break from TF2 filk after the album hits, make sure to hit me up for anything you'd like to hear now before it's too late.

>>4532

Ooh, if it's never too late for requests, I humbly request more Sniper.

>>4533

Already in the works. ;)

tentaspies.

Oh gosh I cannot wait.

>>4532
M-m-m-medic, bitte?

Sweet baby jesus, you have no idea how happy I was to find this thread. I found your music, literally, two days ago, and have been listening to it non-stop. I was wondering if there was a thread for this music, because if there wasn't there ought to be, because I think this is one of the best things to come out of this fandom ever.

I adore how each one of your songs is incredibly emotional and/or deep. The pairing songs make me feel warm and fuzzy and the gen ones are stunningly beautiful. The imagery and language you use is vivid and your voice is amazing.

I honestly squealed when I saw this thread. I will be eagerly awaiting the next song.

/fangirl rant

>>4532
pertaining to song requests, i'd like to expound upon the requests for medic: something sort of similar to this picture and its description..? http://umbertheprussianblue.Hipstr.com/post/9186875718/
like, just something with one of the team members dying, and the medic is trying to be impartial and professional about it, but it really is getting to him. i feel like you'd handle that kind of subject matter really well!

Oh my god Hamsters you beautiful person.

I shall email you right away!

(also an album? with the possibility of tabs and other such wonderful things? I CAN'T WAIT)

Bumping this up because of the love it deserves.

I love listening to all of these songs, especially on the inter-city bus trips I make quite often when visiting home again from college.

As for a possible request, maybe a song about Silas Mann and how he became the Horseless Headless Horsemann? I dunno, but whatever song you decide to release next I'll be sure to enjoy it!

I can't wait for your album! I'll be waiting for the next song.

I'm completely unsure if I can still email you for tabs. COuld you post one of them online perhaps? I'm been hacking away at Human Shield for the past week.

>>5549

I'm not sure where/how I'd post them. My email's always open for requests though. I haven't written out Human shield tabs yet (in all honesty I uh...sorta forgot how to play it haha) But if you'll email me with any requests I'll see what I can do.

So, I've been listening to your music quite a bit recently, and I wanted to make a little something should it be put on a cd someday.

yeah it's cheaply done, but I want the idea out there.

>>5576

Haha! Fantastic! :D I have about three or so songs planned, who knows when I'll get to them, I definitely intend to make cd/booklet art.... But this gives me an idea... if anyone else wanted to do that for me they could email me about it? I'd totally write a song for anyone willing to make cover art/design a cover for the CD compilation. :)

does anyone know if hamsters is still writing tf2 songs?