Check out the latest digital composition by X. Rollins of Section 62, a.k.a. “Nocturnal”
Hi! This is how I made my newest song, MISSING_ASSETS. I use Fl Studio 20 for all my music, and this was no exception. The first thing I did was use the plugin Sytrus for the weird alien acid-like sound you hear. (The preset is called Acid 3 so take that as you will.) I made them Major Chords, and made them go down for the first three chords and then take them up on the last. Then I used SimSynth, And just copied the chords and pasted them in SimSynth.
Next was the Hi-Hats and Kicks. At the start of the song you can probably hear “ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts ts tts ts ts” I used them for the kicks as well which you can hear at the end of the song when the Hi-Hats were removed. Next was the Drum Loop that I just found on the Internet so not much to add here. Now the Vocals, I made most of them up by myself but two of them are taken from the song this song is based off of, Recovered_Project.
At 16 Seconds, you can hear a reference to Recovered Project at this Part (This Link should take you straight to that timestamp: https://youtu.be/gi45-19UPQE?t=16 And at 1:04 Seconds, You can Hear a reference to the part at 40 seconds in Recovered Project. https://youtu.be/gi45-19UPQE?t=40. To make the Visualizer, I Used ZGameVisualizer.
The effects I used are, Linear, (The Waveform in the back, Youlean TextDraw (To add the text), and Youlean Time Stamp for the time stamp in the corner.
That’s Basically How I made the song. Thanks for Listening! Here’s my Youtube if you wanna see more of the music, and other content I do: Nocturnal – YouTube.
Dark woods surrounding me, the cold wind hitting my face as I run. Why am I running? I need to go; he’s gaining. He wants me. I don’t know why, but he does.
Come on, boy, he said with a snarl to his voice.
But I keep going. I see a cabin. I ran to it, going in and slamming the door. As I go deeper into the cabin, there’s a foul smell to it, like something died. As I walked to the back, I saw something hanging. As I get closer, the smell is getting worse. Once I was close enough to see that it was a body, not just anybody, it was mine. My body, my same exact eyes, my same exact tattoos, everything, this is my body. As I back up in fear, I bump into something as I slowly turn around to see what I bumped into. It was him, the thing I feared, that I wanted to get away from.
Death himself.
Once I was close enough to see that it was a body, not just anybody, it was mine.
He grabbed my shoulder and turned me around. I actually got a good look at him. He looked like a kid, like maybe 16 or 17 years old. Sorry, he says, we fall into a pit of darkness. once, hitting what felt like a floor. I look around. Warm sunlight hitting my face, soft grass surrounding my body. I see my wife. I run into her arms. The love of my life is back to me.
Tomorrow is my birthday and I’m excited although it’s taking a while. It’s nighttime and I’m supposed to be sleeping when nobody’s awake. I waited downstairs for an hour and nobody’s there. I gave up and I was so tired, I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I went to my room and went to sleep. The next day passed but it didn’t feel right.
I woke up and I was happy it was my birthday, I woke up my parents in a hurry, I was too excited, something was weird it’s like my parents were hiding something, we all got ready and went downstairs. And I saw the presents. I opened all of them, but one gift was weird – it was a stuffed animal a cute bear.
All graphics in this story by R. Rowan-62, CCB Staff
I didn’t ask for it, but I like it. I played with my gifts and placed the bear on the floor. I went to walk away to get something, but when I looked again, the bear was gone… I was just thinking it was my imagination. It was near the table someone might have moved it there’s nothing to worry about. I walked away again and It was in a different place. This time I knew it wasn’t my imagination, I wasn’t crazy. I told my parents and it was almost like they were hiding a secret from me.
I was freaked out by this bear and I had a bad feeling something was going to happen. Maybe the bear feels left out, maybe if I play with it it wouldn’t do anything. As soon as I was gonna play with it my mom told me we were going surfing .
When I arrived there I got ready and it was time. I surfed on the biggest wave as I was surfing down the biggest wave. I felt like I was falling, I was falling when suddenly I went flying. It was the scariest thing I have ever experienced. I remembered I let go of the surfboard and there was a something on the wave. So that’s why I went flying. It was just bad luck.
I went back home and when I entered the house I knew something bad was gonna happen. The bear was out of sight. The bear appeared when I was looking at the window, and I was scared. When I called out for help, nobody would hear being in a snow biome, living in the only house there was. I spotted things out of order and I just fainted out of nowhere.
I woke up and I was in the snow biome. I called out for help and nobody heard me. Just as I thought, something bad did happen ….. my mom was looking for me but could not find me and I couldn’t find the bear either. I noticed that the bear appeared at a tree and it came alive. I was chased and I couldn’t find a way to go back home. It felt like I was never gonna come home again.
I saw something in the distance I ran towards it and it was my house. I was happy and I ran towards it and went in. My mom was so happy that she ran to hug me. The bear appeared again and I realized something. The bear only appears when I’m alone…
That’s scary. I had to get rid of it. I put it in the trashcan and there was no sight of the bear. I was happy, but then I heard a nose, I turned around and the bear had red eyes … I knew there was something suspicious about this bear. I looked up on my phone what the signs of red eyes from a bear means and I couldn’t believe it. It said that the bear is coming alive…
Evil Bear Symptoms:
Red eyes,
Appearing (when you’re alone),
Disappearing,
Following you and
Mischief.
Those are all the Symptoms I’ve been experiencing. It’s real, The bear came alive.
I ran for my life and Looked up what to do when a bear is alive. It said to make the bear happy and to do that you have to play with it. I played with it and was happy again. It turned back to a teddy bear.
This adventure was actually a good highlight of my day, I was actually just overreacting about this bear, it was actually fun. I had an idea who to take the bear, too, My Wicked Cousin Who’s a Bear collector.
She don’t know what’s coming. I put it on her doorstep and rang her doorbell.
I ran back to my house and looked out the window. She opened the door and talked to it and took care of it, it was almost like she’s the one who gave us the bear and was a plan all along. She made a big loud scream and dropped the bear on the ground nowhere to be seen. I was surprised to see that but she deserved it. I’m pretty sure the bear liked me better than her. But after all Karma came back to haunt her.
Throwing out a bunch of swear words when you are angry or frustrated doesn’t let people know what is wrong. It only lets people know that you are upset. Because swearing does hinder communication, it is much better to avoid swear words and express what is really bothering you.
“What happens when you swear, cursing, cussing, profanity at school?”
Many teachers or staff members will give you a detention for yelling the “F” bomb in class. or like Ms. Green says “ Queen Bee Curse Words” It depends on the teacher or staff member (and who hears you). Some teachers hated it, others didn’t mind so much. However, it’s rude and doesn’t show your true respect for others.
How we can stop saying/using profanity we can say more appropriate words rather than they really offensive ones.
For example instead of saying the F word we can say:
Flipping
Freaking
Fudge
Frickin.
For example instead of saying the S word we can say:
Technology may be good for humans, but is it good for the planet? – Graphic by R. Rowan-62, CCB Graphic Artist
by B.Smith 73, CCB Contributor
The following essay was an argumentative writing assignment from Ms. Gartside’s class:
A lot of people do not know the harm that technology does to everyone. Many think, “There is nothing bad about technology” , and “What harm could technology do to us?”. The truth is, technology does a lot more harm than you’d initially think. This essay will explain why.
When someone says, “Technology is bad for you”, people tend to think they are saying this because they want you to get off or stop using technology. They also tend to think that when people say this, their reasoning will be something along the lines of, “It rots your brain” or “It hurts your eyes”. That may be their reasoning but technology isn’t just bad for you, it’s bad for everyone and everything on this planet. When I say technology harms everyone and everything on Earth, I mean the resources and where you get the resources are harmful. Though without the resources, there would be no technology!
“Although a lot of people use cars, they are extremely harmful to the environment.”
B. SMITH-73, CCB Contributor
An example of technology that is hurting everyone are cars. Although a lot of people use cars, they are extremely harmful to the environment. Cars are made of aluminum, steel, plastic, glass, etc. As you know from reading the previous paragraph, glass is made of ash, sand, and limestone. Quarries are found in many places such as Egypt, Italy, Texas, Indiana, Georgia, etc. Once quarries have no more (in this case) limestone, they are usuallyabandoned. After a while of them being abandoned these empty quarries become landfills or become dangerous quarry lakes. If it becomes the former then it will be very bad for the environment. If it becomes bad for the environment, it is damaging the Earth. If it is damaging the Earth, it is damaging our home, ourselves, and animals.
Another example of technology that is hurting everyone is computers. Computers are made of many things, one of these many things is glass. Glass is used in and/or for many things, including technology such as phones, tablets, and computers. Glass is made of natural materials such as soda ash, sand, and limestone. Limestone can be found in many places but the most common is a quarry. Quarries are found in many places such as Egypt, Italy, Texas, Indiana, Georgia, etc. Once quarries have no more (in this case) limestone, they are usuallyabandoned. After a while of them being abandoned these empty quarries become landfills or become dangerous quarry lakes. If it becomes the former then it will be very bad for the environment. “The most pressing environmental concern regarding landfills is their release of methane gas. As the organic mass in landfills decomposes, methane gas is released. Methane is 84 times more effective at absorbing the sun’s heat than carbon dioxide, making it one of the most potent greenhouse gasses and a huge contributor to climate change.”
Technology isn’t all that bad though. Hospitals, governments, police, firemen/firewomen and so much more use technology and without it, many more lives would be lost on a daily basis. Technology is needed for modern day life. Without technology, how would people who live far away stay in contact? Many jobs would no longer exist. How would the people who have these jobs survive? Technology might do more good than bad.
“So what” you may ask, “why should we care what happens to anyone but us?”. You don’t have to care what happens to anyone else,but the earth is dying and if the Earth dies so do you.In conclusion, technology is both good for humans and bad for animals, Earth, the environment and people. There’s so much bad that technology does but there’s also a lot of good that it does. In my opinion though, technology does more bad than good. Thank you for reading.
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