2019 May Monthly Contest

[Vulminous_music]

##1091803 Happy little loop, made this a while ago. It's supposed to be like an upbeat song, probably something from the beach. It was originally supposed to be quirky, hence the Scifi synth, which works surprisingly well. The chords work pretty well tbh, and i like them a lot. The drums (especially the bongos) are probably my best yet, especially the improvised bong solo at the end with the flutes. I agree with alex, that major chords usually lead to happy songs, but you can't have only major chords if you want your song to go somewhere. Major chords typically dont want to go anywhere. More accurate advice, imo, would to be stick with the major scale, and to have primarily major chords, but have some minor chords in there so you can move from one chord to another. Also experiment with chord extensions, like 7ths or 9ths or 6ths. I find that (like with my entry) quirky can lead to happy. I hope this advice can help people out, but i doubt it since i have pretty elementary music theory knowledge. Hope you guys like it!

EDIT: I forgot to mention this, but swing can also add a little bounce to your music. It makes it feel like the music is moving. I know swing is a little hard to do in OS, but it can and has been done.