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Hokay~ Where to begin? I am going to be in the Accounting and Payroll Administration course at the end of the month, which is why I haven't been making much music. I've finally got my kick sounding just right, so I should have a new hardstyle track out soon.

Cross mah fingers, amirite? ;D

No, seriously, gais. I missed newgrounds. Now It is time for me to make a serious return... We shall see how successful that is~

I don't know why, but a certain someone is downvoting all my songs. All of them. I've blocked this person in multiple places, but they keep coming back. And I can't say I enjoy it.

I am asking politely for them to stop. I cannot improve and gain any feedback if these songs don't reach a high enough score, and that is my only real purpose in making music. To improve and prove myself.

I know that I improve. Every time. And I will continue to improve. But this slows my progress. I haven't done anything to you, so would you please stop attacking me.

Thank you.

And I apologize for that. I finished my Track "Psychedelic Colours" which you can listen to here if you're into Hardstyle, or just energetic dance tracks.

I've been playing a lot of League of Legends. Showing my boy, Garen some serious love. I'm thinking my next track will be a remix of "A Champion Approaches" The theme to League of Legends, which also happens to play during draft pick.

I dunno. We'll see what happens.

P.S. Happy New year, everyone.

I've received a recent flood of support from the Newgrounds community, mostly in part to my Song of Time Dubstyle Remix and my original composition, Intensity.

I wanna take the time to thank everyone who left a comment, positive or negative feedback. I love music. Every person in this world is united by music and every person has had a song or two in their head that only they know.

If you're wondering, at the moment I've not been working on any new projects. Mostly because I've gotten into Magic the Gathering. I've had some idea's but nothing too legible.

Here's hoping I get super inspired.

Thanks again, from Dustin "The DDJ" Dowhan

P.S. I lied. As soon as I posted this, I opened FL and now I'm currently working on my new track "Psychedelic"

If enough people are interested, I'll put a teaser up.

Finally home. Finally have my new track for my Girl up here. Go ahead and have a listen. It starts trancy and gets hard.

FYI, she loved it. And I Kinda like it too. I like it more and more.

I'm kinda biased cause I miss her. Listen nontheless!

Well, as it would seem, My new track, Delirious, for my girlfriend, can't be uploaded on this Hotel's WiFi. So I'm gonna have to wait a little while until I can get a more reliable connection. My apologies.

I'm making a track for my girlfriend and it is in the tweaking phase right now, but It should be done very soon. Go here to have a sneak peak at "Delirious" by The DDJ.

Lemme know what you think. Thanks again.

-The DDJ

And 0 bombing them. I'm not really mad. I'm a little upset that I am here only to become better and someone is denying me even that because they won't let anyone vote them up.

I wonder what I could have done to make someone so mad that they decided I was worth that kind of effort.

Lets make my motives perfectly clear here. I am not here to show my "Super Awesome Skillz." and to get my dick sucked by the masses. Because the Audio Portal's only purpose is to service the Flash Portal with free music and any music that is here that is "Big" was big outside of here and was brought here, I do not expect, by any stretch of the imagination to make it big from newgrounds. It just doesn't happen from here. Anyone who thinks edgewise is fooling themselves.

However, There are free and open minds here who can listen to what I produce and tell me how I can improve. That is the only reason I am here. Nothing more, nothing less. I actually want people to tell me what I have done wrong. I want to be told where I made mistakes. So I can correct them and perform better at my hobby.

In the end, thats all this is to me. A hobby. I don't shit on your lawn, I am asking nicely, not to piss in my pool. This is a creative vent. Not a career by any stretch of the imagination. So you're not only wasting my time by belaying what I will eventually get anyways, but you're not actually accomplishing anything. Like it or not, I won't ever stop. Because I enjoy it.

So, I'm sure someone out there wonders "Why Hardstyle?" to which I respond, not only with "Why not?" But "Hardstyle has an addictive power to it, and it doesn't matter if you're male, female, black, white or purple, power is a frightening and attractive thing. Hardstyle has a way of getting under my skin and reorganizing everything for the better. With hardstyle, there is nothing wrong. With Hardstyle, I can forget. And that is a beautiful gift."

As for why I have left my older songs up, well thats more to show people that I am not afraid of how I used to do things, while also showing how I have improved. About the only songs I remove are ones that are short loops that don't really even get named and <WiP>'s (the latter after the full project is posted)

I've noticed countless artists getting upset when I offer feedback. My feedback is formatted and normally helpful. I rate a song for what it is and then what it was intended to be. Is it original content? Is it enjoyable? Did it meet the artists intention? (If the artist included any.) Where is there room for improvement?

These are all things I want people to consider when they listen to and rate my songs, and its a courtesy I extend to other artists. Why then, do people get so upset, when I take the time to write out my opinions, and why I feel this way? A lot of the times, I don't even say that the songs were bad. Just not to my liking.

I went ahead and left a review on a "Hardstyle" song. This is my speciality. I told the artist what I liked, what I didn't and what needed improvement. He immediately called me a retard, and went on a bitchfit on how wrong I was, and how I should, amongst other things, bleach my hair. He then continued to 0 bomb all of my submissions.

For every 1 person who will take the opportunity to improve, there are 10 people who will lose their head because I didn't 0 bomb and run, or suck their dick about how awesome it was. People complain that the voting system is flawed, but its only as flawed as the people who use it. If you refuse to vote something honestly, it will refuse to reap any form of reward.

We are all here because of our love of music, and in the interest of self improvement. If you aren't, you are either a professional or a try hard. Even a professional will try to push their limits, and will accept the critique of their audience.