I was put on this earth this day to do one thing, and one thing only.

Make semi acceptable background music.

That is all.

2023

What a year, full of supreme highs, and supreme lows. I can safely say more highs than lows for sure. Looking back I didn't realize just how much I did this year, so I'll try to be concise with it.

-I started the year around 89-90 Fans, I reached 100 in February, 200 in June, and 300 in October! Were already almost to 400 so here's hoping for the best.

-In total, including collabs, I created 62 songs, 54 if you don't count Collab entries, of which 46 were Frontpaged! (Total views for all (excluding collabs) calculated to 155 thousand. Wow.)

Key moments (In chronological order):

-I made a track for a Game Jam called Escape Pod 7, check it out!

-I released an EP made with a good non-NG friend in February, F-777 left a review which was crazy. Give it a listen!

-I collabed with LD-W to make a track for in the NG Audio Portal 20th Anniversary Collab! (around 1:14:26)

-I heard a track from PredatorMusic, very 80s workout tape vibe, and It reminded me of how much fun it is to make those tracks and inspired me to make one, check it out!

-I made a fun lil synthwave track with help from previously mentioned PredatorMusic!

-A track I made for this years AIM Contest got Runner-up! Thank you to Splootulu for allowing me to use her art!

-I made music for CalamityGanon's Game: Russian Roulette!

-I made a track for the PICO DAY COLLAB ALBUM! I also gave some MIDI help to Midgetsausage for it so check out their awesome track too!

-I made a track for Metallis's TF2 Animation!

-I was able to get Kettako to play some funky guitar for a track!

-I created a Metal rendition of a Carol for the Newgrounds Christmas in July Album!

-I made a track for the Newgrounds Genre-hopping Collab!

-I made an almost 9 minute long rock opera thingy, check it out!

-I made a fun little loop with oh-turbo-nerd for 8/08 Day!

-I collabed with Aalasteir to make a UK punk song for the Newgrounds Vintage Sounds Collab!

-I failed out of NGUAC 2023 tryouts this year but I'm proud of the Dubstep attempt I made!

-I made another Game Jam OST for Plant Power Panic!

-I made a fun track for 9/09 Day!

-I made a track for the Slumberland Collab Album!

-I made a metal track for Madness Day 2023!

-Probably the craziest moment so far in my short NG career, For the NG Shrieks and Screams Collab, I was able to make a track with Thetageist, 2 non-NG voclists (credits in the song), and JOSHUA TOMAR BAYBEEEE. I did not honestly thing that would happen. Check it out!!!

-I made a track for Dry's Collaborative Autumn Album!

-I won the Parody Award for NGWSC 2023!

-I made an egyptian styled track for the NG Boss Showdown Challenge!

-I made a track for the Newgrounds VS. Boyfriend collab album! (around 2:13)

-For this years Music Secret Santa I went out of my comfort zone to try and make a Chiptune track for VeryFakeGuest!

-I made a synth rendition of O' Holy Night for Christmas!

-And to cap off the year with a neat little bow, I made music for multiple entries in the NGTV Marathon Collab!

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10 of my favorite tracks this year:

Special Thanks:

-The members behind the Game Jams I made music for

-AhWham, Tritnew, Dry, and MasterHand4444; for setting up nearly all the collabs I participated in, and just being cool dudes.

-Aalasteir, AugustinGates, ArtCompany, BastardFromBrooklyn, Blackacid0fth, PredatorMusic, Intrapath, Kettako, Kolumbo, Thetageist, and Tomar; for dealing with my manic ass and collaborating with me this year, thank you.

-Metallis; for being cool and allowing me to make music for your series.

-TeraVex; for being a cool dude too.

-Staintocton; for showing me awesome WIPs

-TomFulp; for making NG and giving me a chance to achieve goals I thought I'd never be able to do.

-And all my fans/friends, or people who just like what I do, thank you all. Saying "all my fans" sounds weird, I use it only because its what the site calls you, but I prefer friends, cause saying fans is like I'm a pop star, and I'm far from that.

This year was surprising to say the least. I never thought I'd reach this far by basically only making music and doing nothing else. Around early to mid August I hit a wall, I fell into a spiral of self-loathing and apathy. I constantly felt like nothing I did worked, no matter what I made it wasn't good enough, no one needed me, and I started to feel desperate.

I can safely say that was the worst part this year mentally for me, and I'm happy to say I don't feel that way right now, in fact I feel good. I hope 2024 is prosperous for all of you, may fortunes shine your way, opportunities be seized, goals not just met, but smashed, and perfect health not just now, but evermore.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

(also new album coming soon, hoping to get a lot of NG collabs for it! Stay tuned)

As the title says, I tried making a Demo Reel to show off my music better. Check it out on my website.

And a sorta update. To tell the truth, lately I've felt more and more disheartened making music, I can't explain it. I've said before in a forum post I feel I started too late in things, and for these past few weeks I've felt worse and worse about it. Maybe I'm being over-dramatic, maybe not, either way I still feel down about my future, and if I can keep going on with this or if I'm wasting my time.

That isn't to say I hate making music now, or haven't had success or been in fun projects so far. I have and they've been awesome, it's just that I can't shake this feeling of dread about things. Dreading that I'm not needed, or not useful, or any other shitty things that pop in my head.

I might slow down in making music, or maybe I'll feel better about things and keep up. Time will tell.

Thanks for reading my pity-party lol

Its exactly as the title says, I made a lil website, kinda like a portfolio of all the stuff I've done so far.

Check it out if you want!

I, the one, the only, TEFFY DIZZLE, am officially retiring from making music.

It was a long time coming, but I think its finally come. Thanks for everything :)

HOWEVER, I won't leave you guys without a parting gift.

I leave my final song for you guys here

EDIT: April Fools. You arent getting rid of me that easy ;)

Turns out I did a lot this year.

Looking back I made this account June of 2021. I only actually started posting content near the same time as now but last year, late December 2021. I had the name BarlonMando. I liked it but realized that it was already in use irl, so I chose the name I had been going by for a while before that, TeffyD. On Dec 15th, I posted "Jazz Rock Song". After that I decided to be more active and post more songs, new and old, cause more sites is better than no sites. Eventually it evolved and I was able to make more of a foundation. I got scouted by the awesome Viraxor, and then things started to really take off.

-Jan 5th I got my first ever frontpage for Smooth Listening!

-Feb 28th I released my first ever EP - Pure Moods, Funk Grooves! The track "Pure Moods" eventually got BEST OF FEBRUARY for audio!

-I helped make ragtime covers for MMFan2004's 2022 Flash Forward Submission! Check it out!

-I partook in AIM, NGUAC and NGADM this year, and while I didn't make it past the semi-finals of ADM, I got Runner Up in AIM with the track Pole Position!

-I also partook in this years Halloween Spooktacular, joined with the wonderful GrantTheHierophant and Luckydee! How I was able to get them to VA still boggles my mind, prolly just because they're cool dudes. And guess what??? WE GOT FIRST PLACE IN AUDIO!!!!

-Nov 22, I released my first ever full length album, Greatest Hits! (I know the video image cuts off a minute in I wasn't able to get it working lol). Some were re-workings of tracks I posted earlier, some are new. Give it a listen anywhere you can stream!

-And to cap off the year, Dec 18th, I submitted an entry into music Secret Santa! I made a jazz piece for the awesome Staintocton! Check out the song he made for me too! It bops. You should also check out his Junk Drawer EP when It releases!

2022 was a crazy year for me. Personally It was a lot of highs and lows, never really a middle line. I know I slowed down in posts near the end, work, mental health stuff, busy busy busy, yada yada yada. Here's hoping I can continue this workflow and keep you guys entertained with the very random array of tracks I end up making. Thanks to everyone who followed, and to the wonderful creators who made stuff for me or were willing to collab with my dumb-ass. And here's to a healthy, safe, 2023.

Cheers.

ALSO I GOT TOM FULP TO FOLLOW ME HOLY HELL WHAT HOW

WOOOOOO HELL YEAH!

After months of work, and remixing, and composing, and procrastinating, I finished my first official album! Some of it is songs I've posted to NG already, others I haven't, and I've remixed and remastered them to fit better as a whole. It'll take a few days for other platforms to update and post the LP, so I'll send the soundcloud link for it.

Hope you like it!

I changed my username to one I've used a lot more than BarlonMando. I chose that name originally because I liked Com Truise, but I learned right afterward someone already uses BarlonMando in real life. I was going to do it sooner but just forgot, and I didn't think I'd post as often as I do (not as much right now but you know what I mean). So my new name is TeffyD.

Happy New Year, and hope you all have an awesome 2022!