My favorite lesson from learning to draw so far: gesture and rough outlines can be even more expressive than the final clean up.

So hey, here is that in music through quick improvs and hasty recordings!

Sketches

An adventure into the wooded grove 🌲🍃

Playing with a few sounds from Ocarina of Time and Chrono Trigger!

Forest

Gusts of white, clouds on the ground and in the sky ❄️🌨

Playing around with synths! Some light house music with drum and bass.

Whiteout

Bring on the clear skies and open windows! ☀️

Spring

Backyard

Bloom

April Showers

Time Is On My Side

Reveries on guitar. Improvising with gestures, harmonies, and melodic lines.

What better way to start a new year than with some dreaming?

Cover art by the unbelievably talented Calvin Wong! ([Web](https://calvin-wong.com/) | [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/calvin.camera/))

Meditations

Happy Holidays!

George Michael's classic and a winding, wintery piano improv for traveling home.

Let's see if I decide to continue the trend of making my Dog Lucy the cover art for all of my music!

Last Christmas

Covering cartoon and video game music! A few new, and some old tracks that have been kicking around for a while.

This also marks a year of making these little albums, and I think that's swell!

Covers

Fall, y'all! 🍂

Lots of spices going on — Folk, jazz, spooks, and piano improv. Not to mention my (pretty crunchy) singing!

Debuting my old timey singing here, too! Harvest Day is a song I wrote for a PRETTY COOL 7 year old!

Turning Leaves

I wrote music for (and developed!!) a game!

AC: New Murder is a murder-mystery who-dun-it in the style of Phoenix Wright, featuring characters from Animal Crossing. The story and art are done by my sister Jenn. I developed the game for web browsers and built out all things software related. Oh, and I wrote the music!

Each character in the game has a pretty distinct theme and personality, with music to match! All of the music is original - but definitely inspired by other games. Video game music has been a big inspiration in my own writing, so it was a blast writing music for one! (Not to mention PRETTY WILD to develop a full on game!)

[🕵️‍♂️ Play AC: New Murder](https://acnewmurder.com/play)

[🔍 Visit the Official Site](https://acnewmurder.com/)

[😄 Visit My Site Page for the Game](https://chrisdpadilla.com/acnm)

 🧑‍💻 Read more about the project on my blog

 • [Technical Overview](https://chrisdpadilla.com/acnmp) 

 • [Developing a Game in React](https://chrisdpadilla.com/acnmfe) 

 • [Using Sanity as a Level Maker](https://chrisdpadilla.com/acnmbe) 

 • [Project Management for Game Development](https://chrisdpadilla.com/acnmpm)

AC: New Murder Soundtrack

Summerrrrr!!! I'll miss you. 👋 Here are some send off jams.

ALSO! I'm excited to be debuting some of my guitar playing on this one!

Island

Quirky midi music! Inspired by [Tamara Shopsin's LaserWriter II](https://tamarashopsin.com/lw2/) — and the reliable Macintosh repair shop the novel is based on.

The book features a real rag-tag bunch of characters. Philosophical printer parts, a virtuoso violinist, master repair nerds, and garage band musicians to name a few. I wanted to capture some of my favorite personalities here!

Tek Serve

A short EP of [digital fusion](https://www.digifumusic.com/digifu-eng) nocturnes.

The full moon is hitting me pretty hard, lol! This album was inspired by last month's Strawberry Moon — and those moments where time seems to stand still.

Lunar

couple of songs from before the move!

a poppy synth jam for spring time. and a cover — super mario 64 meets amélie, lol

Spectrum

Dreamy atmospheres capturing my time living in North Austin.

It's bittersweet to be moving! Lots of magic has happened here for the last couple of years. Old dreams realized and new ones started!

Walnut Creek

Songs for early memories.

Daydreaming about playful years. exploring the space between then and now.

Childhood

Latin and jazz grooves for tropical travel and endless summers.

Some songs were written back around July last year, when I was listening to lots of Leon Chang and Louie Zong — and actually sweating from the heat!

Noodle Bird

icy synth sounds for cold weather.

Most songs in the style of some of my favorite digital fusion musicians — Maxo, Floor Baba, and Joshua Morse.

Snow Bear

Short, peaceful little sketches.

Little bit of inspiration from Andrew Bird, hiking along rivers, and a pokemon quote for good measure.