This song started out as a riff that I wrote on guitar. Eventually, I started writing lyrics for it. I didn't know what it was about at first, but as I continued working on it, it started to come together.

It is a song about having an obsessive crush as someone who isn't very good at social interaction, and relies more on music to talk about their feelings

This piece, dedicated to my friend who has recently overcome alcoholism, depicts the nasty stages of addiction. The piece opens with a happy sounding theme, however this is the euphoric illusion of happiness triggered by alcohol.

Jazz piano improvisation with flute, bass, and percussion.

This song is about unrequited love, in which the relationship was one-sided from the perspective of the song's narrator. The lyrics express feelings of regret and disappointment. The introduction of the song features the singer repeatedly attempting to call their former loved one, hoping for reconciliation and a desperate sense of closure.

as long as you exist' is a song reflecting on communication and human connection (among others). I aimed to make the listening experience experiential and visceral. Hopefully it speaks for itself.

This song began as just the opening line, and I wasn't entirely sure where it would go. I completed it as a vague love song written to a robot, but upon returning to it a bit later, I changed most of the lyrics to relate to transhumanism and the garden of eden, two topics I find fascinating.

This was an original song was made as a band. It started with a drum beat, then guitar was added. The bass followed the guitar and lyrics were made. As a group we brought it to our friend who sang it with us live!

As a Japanese American, I grew up in an intense environment. My worth as a person was defined by the grades I got in school and the work I put into classes. To be successful, was to be my parents "best version of myself".

I made the beat, mixed, mastered, and performed on the song. This style of song was inspired by the genre of melodic rap, specifically artists like Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Tecca, and Lil Skies.

This piece, The Rose That Bloomed, is my interpretation of the following of Tupac Shakur’s poem, The Rose That Grew From Concrete. I did not know who Tupac Shakur was when I first read his text when I was in 8th grade.

I made the beat, mixed, mastered, and performed on the song. This style of song was inspired by the genre of melodic rap, specifically artists like Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Tecca, and Lil Skies.

It was two in the afternoon, and I found myself a lost tourist in the busy streets of Boston, jostling with the crowd, amidst a sea of faces. I was attempting to navigate Copley Square in the hot summer sun, hoping to find my cousin's art display among the multitude of stalls.

Whenever I start a song, I go into it thinking, "Let's make something fun!" I try to follow my instincts on what sounds good - the instruments, melodies, and rhythms that truly make me feel something. The ultimate goal of a song should be to make the listener feel.

An energetic, experimental EDM song, made in Ableton 10. I first start by creating the drop, before working on the build-up and intro.

This year I got really into making songs in Beepbox, which is a music making website that's mostly geared towards making retro style music. I slowly have been getting better, but I hadn't finished any songs, so I went back to one of the songs I made in mid 2023 and added an ending (rather than it looping forever).

My work, titled "Sunrise", is intended to mirror just that. The opening horn line represents the first ray of sun over the horizon, and as more rays emerge, the theme takes on variations and the work increases in density, eventually building to the moment the sun fully emerges into the sky.

The challenge of writing songs is an overwhelming endeavor. It is a very vulnerable process to put your feelings and emotions in musical form. While Steven Hawking was referring to books in the following quote, it is applicable to music as well.

There is a lots of music, choreograph and Poem I create, I tried to post these things on my ins channel, but nobody really cares, I wish more people can get to see my music, dances or video poem I made. I love to create ! since I ever was young, there is a lots of things that I wanted to express in this world.

"Not Allowed" is a song I created about a person I have yet to fully tell how deeply they mean to me. By no means is it only a love song, as it serves as an appreciation for their existence, as well as a confession.