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Tips for getting classic game music

Looking for that tune of frogger music you always wanted? Here are a few tips on getting it:

Where to find game music online

The easiest method of finding music is online. Why do all the work of recording or ripping a song from an old game when someone else has likely done all that work already?

If the game you are looking for is a Commadore 64, NES, or SNES game, you are in luck. They have amazing players for the data files from these games, and amazing resources online loaded with the music already ripped from these games.

Commadore 64

My Music - Lord Slumber

A selection of songs I've written

I've used various music programs to write these: Orion, Buzz, Cubase, and Reason are the main ones I've switched between. Most recently, I use Reason when I want to tinker around with a melody, and Cubase when I want to buckle down and have some more flexibility.

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