Heartbit

Uploaded by Bad Spud Artist on March 5th 2009, 10:24 PM

Hey everybody. I'm new to the chip music scene. I made a couple short songs recently to figure out the software (LSDJ), but this song is what I would consider my first real, finished chiptune. The thing that's supposed to make it interesting is that it's a palindrome. That is, it's entirely the same backwards as it is forwards. I actually wrote it out that way in LSDJ (which ended up being way more complicated than I had bargained for). Open it up in Audacity and reverse it. It sounds cool in reverse because it's the same, but the instruments have a slightly different quality. (I like things like palindromes and anagrams. You'll notice my name is an anagram. Free cookie to whoever can tell me what it is.) I added some "vocals" into the last half of the song. They're various text-to-speech voices I found for free online. The repeated line "No, we re-lit a love volatile. Re-won." is also a palindrome. Thought I'd throw some palindromic lyrics into the palindromic song. The song is about a race of robots who, after having outlived mankind, begin to construct mechanical hearts for each other in order to recreate emotion. The moral is: even after mankind is extinct, love will live on forever. Pretty lame. Enjoy. [8/2/09: I re-uploaded this song in much better quality.] http://8bitcollective.com/music/Bad+Spud+Artist/Heartbit+%28Reupload%29/

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  • lil_mam_kid : dad rapist bust
    on December 15th 2009, 07:25 PM
  • Bit_Rat : Cool piece! I've thought about the palindrome song structure before but never got around to it and never seen it executed by anyone. Nice job, I like this. :)
    on December 3rd 2009, 01:50 AM
  • mrFizzyman : great name for the song and great track, i like how it has its own background story lol
    on July 15th 2009, 06:12 PM
  • Bad Spud Artist : I just listened to this again and realized I need to re-upload it with some drastic improvements. Colonel_Eyeball, Deepearthvoid, brownbear, thank you very much. Mojah, my username is an anagram for "stupid bastard." And IFightDragons, I don't feel I gave you an adequate enough thank-you; I had become a bit of a fan of your band before uploading this, and that comment was very encouraging. So thank you again.
    on July 2nd 2009, 12:17 AM
  • Mojah : Is your name Bob?
    on March 24th 2009, 11:13 PM
  • brownbear : Beautiful song. The combination of symmetry and poetry gives this track an air of profundity. The whole concept behind it is amazing, and I really appreciate how you tried something so drastically different from the "typical chiptune song" (if there is such a thing).
    on March 24th 2009, 10:53 PM
  • Deepearthvoid : "no, we relit a love volatile. re-won." thats beautiful! to me it represents infinity. so does this song. profound stuff man.
    on March 18th 2009, 11:55 PM
  • Colonel_Eyeball : fantastic concept, stupendous construction, great moral... this song makes me wiggly. Much love to ya buddy butt.
    on March 18th 2009, 11:48 PM
  • Bad Spud Artist : Thanks for the kind words.
    on March 11th 2009, 11:18 AM
  • IFightDragons : Really cool work man, the song is nice overall, but I love love love the lyrics / poetry and the text to speech work. I agree with velo that the voices should be softer volume-wise, but the words themselves are freaking awesome and hearing them read over the chiptune is goose-bumpy. Yes.
    on March 7th 2009, 09:40 AM
  • (alt)Bro : :O
    on March 6th 2009, 08:59 PM
  • Bad Spud Artist : Also, I agree that the lyrics are a bit off and too loud. I threw them in pretty quickly because I was in a hurry to finally upload this. (Took a while to write the second half in LSDJ.) I might re-upload this with improvements someday.
    on March 6th 2009, 07:31 PM
  • Bad Spud Artist : Cookies for everybody! Wait, no, I ate them. And I've actually had that very same album idea, swampyboy. Great minds.
    on March 6th 2009, 07:29 PM
  • swampyboy : aw man... :(
    on March 6th 2009, 07:26 PM
  • sserrac : Read down four comments! I got it first D: Don't be stealin mah glory!
    on March 6th 2009, 02:44 PM
  • swampyboy : i must have got it right.. i think you should make an album where all the song titles are possible anagrams of your name
    on March 6th 2009, 02:38 PM
  • swampyboy : STUPID BASTARD! yeah i know man fair play to make the palindrome on lsdj. personally i would have taken the easy way!
    on March 6th 2009, 01:49 PM
  • Popsicle Theory : this is really good for a first try man :) way better than mine.
    on March 6th 2009, 01:37 PM
  • sserrac : Awesome ^_^ sounds like a heck of a challenge to set yourself for a first song. You can hear the switch half way through the song pretty cool. Also your name is probably Stupid Bastard.
    on March 6th 2009, 01:33 PM
  • Ophycore : not bad, good for your first song def! I can see you put thought into this which is more then can be said for half the "first song" crap that ends up on here! kudos and keep it up :)
    on March 6th 2009, 01:03 PM
  • KezzieBeat : the lyrics are a bit out, and a bit too loud, but it's nice. I like it. Good for a first song.
    on March 6th 2009, 12:59 PM
  • FantomenK : very nice.. your name is an anagram?
    on March 6th 2009, 09:52 AM
  • Ravenwrath : Stab Paid Turds ? keep up da work, is nice
    on March 6th 2009, 09:11 AM
  • Bad Spud Artist : Yeah, I could have reversed it in Audacity, but where's the satisfaction in that? Thanks for the comments. (And keep guessing!)
    on March 6th 2009, 07:55 AM
  • swampyboy : STAB IT UP RADDS!
    on March 6th 2009, 07:14 AM
  • Monster! Monster! : Very nice!! The detail you went to is wicked =D
    on March 6th 2009, 06:50 AM
  • Xylo : Tits are bad sputaaaaaa :D:D:D
    on March 6th 2009, 06:34 AM
  • michael : disturb[e]d pasta?
    on March 6th 2009, 06:24 AM
  • swampyboy : pudist bastard - disturb sad pat - rapist dad stu
    on March 6th 2009, 06:20 AM
  • swampyboy : its very good for a first, you haven't been overly ambitious but its better to have something solid that works than something crazy that doesn't. also i really like the story behind it and the palindrome thing. its cool that you went to all the effort of rewriting it in lsdj, BUT you could have really easily done that in audacity after recording the first half! anyway i enjoyed listening and reading a lot, good work!
    on March 6th 2009, 06:06 AM
  • Kyan : Sounds like a credits song for a game after you finish saving the world.... And WOW all that work to make it into a palindrome! Nice job for someone who is new!
    on March 6th 2009, 02:21 AM
  • Lowash : Very Nice!
    on March 5th 2009, 11:08 PM
  • Bad Spud Artist : LYRICS: Heart. Beat. Soul./ Bit by bit./ Bit by bit./ Tick/ By tick/ The beat/ Flows through/ To mend/ The old/ Make new/ The new/ And the heartbeat ticked./ The beat kept beating./ Through the rust and the bolts the beat flowed on./ We made it anew./ It was a heart worth keeping./ It was not something minute./ No, we re-lit a love volatile./ Re-won.
    on March 5th 2009, 10:33 PM
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