SlyphStorm

Youtube

Age: 20
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado USA

" I don't write in any particular genre, I just try to write what works and what sounds good to me, and as such I tend to mix things from all genres into what I make. Instead of remixes, I prefer to do a full cover with my own vocals. I try my hardest to tell a story to a listener with word and song just in the way a book would. I'm honored to be appreciated by such a fantastic group of people, and I can only hope to get better as time goes on." He often mixes electronic and rock elements, like frequently having electronic songs with guitar solos.

Notable track: Pegasus Device

Vocal Score

Youtube
SoundCloud
Bandcamp
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Location: London, UK.
Age: 21

"I’m a musician who doesn’t like to tie himself down to one genre, but mainly deals with acoustic music (although I’m tinkering with electronic stuff at the moment!). I’ve been a brony since season 1, but didn’t start doing brony music until June 2013. I always wished I had started earlier, but then maybe I wouldn’t have the awesome songs to cover! I’m a self-taught pianist and guitarist, and I also play a little drums too! I’ve got experience in arranging choir and close-harmony acapella music for several voices, and my love for this probably comes out in my work. Vocal harmony is my favourite thing (maybe in the woooorld), which is why it’s usally pretty prevalent in my tracks! <3

Notable track: Acoustic Cover of Love Me Cheerilee

DJDoctorWhooves

Youtube
EQBeats

Location: Australia, Tasmania
Age: 20

"New Artist slowly getting popular on a few websites. He uses many different styles and is mostly known for his relaxing themed songs. He started with minecraft noteblocks and then went on to real music."

Notable track: - Smile Smile (Relaxing Version)

Chaos Sprite

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Location: Chile
Age: 14

Hey, I'm Chaos Sprite. I'm a 14 year old EDM producer and I mostly like to make music about ponies and animu girls. I specialize in making Electro/House music, but have influences from Dubstep and Drum & Bass, to Hard Dance, to Pop, to Rock and Metal, to Orchestrated and Classical Music, and many, many more.

Notable track (Helping Twilight Win The Crown Remix): 

RiffMusicPony

YouTube

Age: 20
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Simply put, I will experiment beyond just one genre and as of recently I've been fusing together other forms of music, lets say dubstep drum beats and injecting a rich lush orchestral score to it. That's what goes into a "RiffMix." And with 6+ years of meticulous guitar shredding craftsmanship, it's no wonder why I have a show offy side when given the right opportunity. I've been featured on EqD once before, and composed exclusively for Solraction.

Notable track (The last pony in Ponyville):

Top Brony Tracks of 2013

As we always do, we will be collecting the Top 2013 brony tracks of the year from various radio stations and different music press and archiving (and linking) them here.

Interview With 4everfreebrony (Interview by Zephy)

BMD + FimMusic Interview With 4everfreebrony (Interview by Zephy)

So this is our 3nd interview for FimMusic and our 5th for Bronymusic,com. It is with our new friend 4EverfreeBrony and we spent a bit of time on Skype talking about his catalog, musical background, and some of his favorite music in the fandom. Thanks to Zephy for arranging, editing, and conducting this great interview. His youtube is here (uploaded to Freewave's due to technical difficulties). http://www.youtube.com/user/Zephysonas

4everfreebrony's youtube is https://www.youtube.com/user/4everfreebrony
Bandcamp is http://4everfreebrony.bandcamp.com/
Thanks again to him for stopping by and doing the interview!

DigiBrony's Top Songs of 2013

We have to thank Digibrony who's been a supporter of FimMusic since we started and he put together this list of top pony tracks for 2013 especially just for us.



Check out the full list here on FIMM. It's part of an evergrowing lists put together by people like you! Get yours together and we'll publish it too.

New Interviews!!

Just a reminder that we are doing interviews for BMD and FimMusic now. We'll try to do them as close to a weekly routine as we can. You can check them out here on FIM and we'll link any other ones done by other brony sites as well.

And this one from last week with Evdog.

Past interviews for BMD can be seen here. We have one for Eurobeat Brony and Stars in Autumn.

Disco / Funk

The sounds of the 70's are back in the form of Funk and Disco! We're betting that despite the fact Discord, Luna, and Celestia are the only ones old enough to remember it that you'll enjoy these reto funky sounds. Put on those flared jeans and bring out your disco balls. Even some disco oriented French House will do.

While there's not enough of either to search for, here are some highlights.

Feel free to recommend some artists (artists that  specialize in it) and tracks not included in here in the comments section.

Trap

Trap is characterized by deep, pulsating, hard-hitting sub-bass, 808 drums, sharp synth leads, and Dubstep elements (drum patterns, heavy bass drops, and a focus on low-end frequencies). A lot of the stuff that comes from the shadier section of Equestria (down south). While Trap Rap has some rapping, Trap itself generally does not.

Check out these artists who specialize in this music (or more than likely check out a few of those below)

Feel free to recommend some musicians (those that specialize in it), and tracks not included in here, in the comments section.

Swing / Electro Swing

Whether its the vocal jazz crooning of traditional swing jazz or the updated and more modern Electro Swing (with bits of pumping house) it's a blast from the past. Granny Smith approves!

Check out these artists who specialize in this style of music.

Feel free to recommend some artists (artists that  specialize in it) and tracks not included in here in the comments section.

The Lyde Octave

YouTube
SoundCloud

Location: N/A
Age N/A

Hello, I'm Lyde, or you can address me by my full name, The Lyde Octave. I am a very recent musician in the fandom and I have been wanting to do something like this for a long time. So far, the experience has been amazing getting to make my own music. I don't really know the exact genre I make most of the time, but I'll just call it electronic. I also work on Orchestral ad orchestral rock peices, mostly slow, mellow, sad or dark feelings to them, because I'm shy when it comes to acoustic drums. I am a very friendly and outgoing guy, so don't be shy to talk to me at all, I love meeting and helping new people! My uh, favorite character in the show is Lyra Heartstrings because... I don't know, she's just so awesome! my favorite of the 6 is Fluttershy because she's too damn cute! Kay.

Notable track (Home): 

Captain Jack3h

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Location:Oberlin, Ohio
Age:16

"I like Jamaican music :) I invented a genre name for my music, which is Skaggamuffin. It's a combination of Raggamuffin- which is electronically backed reggae and ska. I sometimes make trap and 80s synthpop, if I'm in the mood. I make music mainly in garageband, because 1. it's easy and 2. it's cheap. Sometimes I use Logic, and will be getting new software soon. I've got lots of synthesizers, some old, some new, and some ones I made myself."

Some of my tracks-(all on soundcloud, no embeds)
Dancing in the Clouds
Replacer-Cerulean Blue (Remix)

Orion Melody

Youtube
Soundcloud

Location: Alabama
Age:19

"I compose electronic music primarily with Sytrus and Harmor in FL Studio. I can't really stick with a specific style/genre.. I'm kinda all over the place when it comes to my songs. I have done a couple dubstep songs, some ambient, upbeat stuff, heavy electronic (think rock music, but electronic.. Best way I can describe it. :P). 

Notable track: Venomous

MiJyn

YouTube
SoundCloud
Eqbeats
Pony.fm
Twitter
Google+
Home Website
(alternative home website)

Location: Canada
Age: 15

I've been into composing music since I was 9, and have just started to make electronic music a year ago. I mainly (try to) compose soundtrack-y (mostly orchestral) music, and I love ostinatos (little melodic patterns that repeat a lot). I'm also a programmer, and it has been my main hobby (over music, actually), since I was 8. If you want to know anything else about me, or just want to talk, hit me up, I love talking with pretty much anyone (as long as you're not trolling =P) ^^

Notable track (Everlasting Friendship): 

EQD Spotlights for November

So here's BMD's playlist with all of EQD's spotlights of the month for  November. Just 25 of them this month (hey it was pre-season 4) ! We'll make sure to have December's playlist up by the beginning of next month. You can view previous month's playlists archived on the right hand side of BMD (midway down). Congrats to those who made the cut.

Top Brony Musicians of 2013

With season 4 starting up and 3 years of brony music in existence we have a rare opportunity to see who the top musicians of our scene are. Using the youtube subscriptions totals of each musician we have put together a ranked list of each. While there's plenty of great musicians under 1,000 subs we wanted to thank those who've done a great job of getting noticed and putting out great music for the community (and that's where this list begins at). Here's the prior list from 6 months ago. How times have changed!

If you see anyone over 1,000 subs who we have missed (which is very possible) let us know in comments and we'll add them to the list when we get a chance. We also divided the list into alicorns, unicorns, and pegasi to make it interesting. Anyone with ** after their name does more than just music so may have a sub boost there. PMV artists are not included. Musicians who have left and deleted their youtubes or their catalogs have been dropped but have an honorable mention at the very bottom. Remember that popularity is not the same thing as quality and that there is no reason for being butthurt over the brony community's favorites.

(Updated on Dec 10, 2013)<---------------

FimMusic has Launched!

So I think its about time to put a post on here about FimMusic which is the blog that several of us have put together as a news blog for both the Brony Musician Directory and MyLittleRemix.

We designed it so we could talk and blog about events, musicians, and things that happen on MLR and outside of it in the brony community. It's very much a music site designed by musicians for other musicians and those who still actively listen to and make this music in this community. We'd like to think that we can help get a little more visibility for those who need it as a community music blog. Just like on MLR its fun to be active and enthusiastic about the music we are still making about mlp. It's important to see what others are doing and what's going on in the community.

http://fimmusic.tumblr.com/

Zephy's Off-Kilter Picks of the Week #2

Here is the second edition of our new feature Zephy's Off Kilter Picks of the Week. These are some assorted tracks that are the favorites of busybody (and bmd staff member) Zephysonas!  He has selected them as the cream of the crop of brony music this week. We hope you give this a read and them a listen. reat collaboration.

Pony Music

Youtube
SoundCloud
DeviantART

Location: Switzerland
Age: 20

"Pony Music is a Swiss musician who joined the herd in October 2012. He dedicates all his musical productions towards the fandom and tries to be supporting for his fellow Bronies whenever he can. EDM is what he enjoys to do the most, mainly Dubstep, Chillstep and DnB. One of his resolutions is never to stop experimenting with styles and to try to have a collection of varying songs. "

Jacob Pritchett (JacobSyndeo)

YouTube
SoundCloud BronyTunes
BronyNet
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Location: Boise, Idaho
Age: 21

"Jacob Pritchett is a brony vocalist and musician. Perhaps more well known for his software development (he single-handedly developed the BronyNet social networking site and the BronyTunes app and music service), he's recently begun to try his hand at recording vocal covers of songs from the brony fandom. Before his vocal covers, though, he made several pitch-corrected versions of songs featured in MLP: FiM, which are available on BronyTunes and YouTube."

Vocal cover examples: "Oh Sweetie Belle (JacobSyndeo's cover)

Surprise Borealis

Youtube
Soundcloud
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Facebook

Location: Plano, Texas
Age: 18

"What makes me unique from other brony musicians out there, is that I mainly create my own my music. I don't remix other people's creations. Daniel Ingram is one thing, but anything else other than that just pains me because the music is not true to the artist who remixes it. It's not their melody. I create my own melodies out of pure inspiration from a number of electronic music artists in Europe. Therefore, I create the music genre over there known as hardstyle. I love this music, and it's the primary reason why I am even in this fandom, the fact that I can make hardstyle."

Notable Tracks:The Waltz of Nova

Zephy's Off-Kilter Picks of the Week

We are introducing a brand new feature for BMD and also for the new FimMusic Tumblr, Zephy's Off Kilter Picks of the Week. These are some assorted tracks that are the favorites of busybody (and bmd staff member) Zephysonas!  He has selected them as the cream of the crop of brony music this week. We hope you give this a read and them a listen.

My Little Creeper Dark Acquaintance

The My Little Creeper: Dark Acquaintance compilation album has been released!

 

Organized through My Little Remix by YakFace!, Dark Acquaintance is the sequel compilation album to a grimdark compilation entitled My Little Creeper that was released last year (link). The theme of the compilation album is a grimdark take on ponies, with an emphasis on psychological horror and genre diversity. The album can be downloaded for free from the new bandcamp.. If you are feeling generous, all donations will go straight to the Humane Society.

And now for a track by track breakdown.

Ruiness

Bandcamp
YouTube

Location: Seattle, Washington
Age: N/A

"One day, a unicorn singer/songwriter and a gryphon who knew her way around electronic music decided to combine forces, and Ruiness was born! Ruiness is a meeting of styles and can be hard to categorize...Rainy Mood is all "blah blah pony feelings" and Astrid the Gryphon is all like "beep boop beep boop" and also there's some saxophone and guitar involved...and the resulting stew is Ruiness."

Notable track: "Breathless (Song For Spike)"

Selvagge / TheChas3r

Youtube
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Location: Argentina (Buenos Aires)
Age: 17

"I started making music when I was 15 years old with FL Studio. I joined the fandom one year later and then I realized that the music community was pretty cool. I make mostly Hardstyle and Hardcore, but I always try to make other styles too. I'm not a pro, I'm still a noob but I try to have fun making music because that's the joy of being a producer, don't you think? I'm really slow at making tracks but I try my best to make them sound cool and melodic."

Notable track:

Rainbow Swag

YouTube
Soundcloud 

Location: Caracas (Venezuela)
Age: 14

"I have been making different styles of electro since 2011,
from 2012 to 2013 i´ve been gaining experience not only on electronic genres but also in other genres of music. I work with FL Studio, i cant really tell you which genres i work with since i like to do a bit of everything."

Notable Track: Retro

Hmage

Youtube
Soundcloud
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Homepage

Location:Moscow, Russia
Age:N/A

One of the nicest people in the brony musician community, he's most likely known as one the great knowledgable people behind the scenes in production and in dj'ing trance sets (as part of Thorinair's State of Pony). He's only had a few tracks on his channel but they aren't to be missed.

Notable track: PinkiePieSwear - FlutterWonder (HMage's Dancefloor Remix)

 

4everfreebrony

Youtube 
Bandcamp 

"I am a fairly new brony musician/singer/songwriter, and I hope to make you laugh, cry, whatever with my music, pony-related or not!" He's collaborated with a few female musicians and his heart-felt acoustic and rock tracks are beginning to be recognized by the community (as they should). A breath of fresh air from this great singer-songwriter.


Notable track: Chant of Immortality

 

dBPony

Youtube
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DeviantArt
Facebook

Location: N/A
Age: N/A

dBPony has become a big name in the brony community through his great pop / rock music and soem significant collaborations. Three of dBPony's first songs were related to the CMC (from their POV) and were all Pop / Rock songs including one of his most famous track "Miles". While he has a small catalog in comparison with some each has loads of views making him one of the more well known musicians currently.

Notable track: Miles

EpiPony

Youtube
SoundCloud

Location: Netherlands
Age: 18

"I listen and play rock and metal, mainly to the progressive side (read Dream Theater, etc.). I also like to noodle around with electronic music and jazz although i haven't quite been able to produce anything great or catchy within those genres.Over the last year i've been releasing tracks and I've been gaining experience. I believe i am ready to call my productions actual music. Everything sounds the way i like it. so mostly metal & rock!"

Notable track: The Madness Within

Totalspark

Youtube
Soundcloud

Location: North Dakota
Age: 17

About my music: "I tend to do house most often and "attempt" dubstep, but I'm willing to try anything"

Spee-D

Youtube
Eqbeats

Location: Colorado
Age: 18


"About my music: I write just about anything fast, electronic, and bass heavy. I'm not a huge fan of dubstep though."


Notable track: Daring's Theme

Grizzly

Youtube
Soundcloud
EQBeats
Bandcamp
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Location: Nashville
Age: 19

"I've been listening to electronic music ever since I can remember. When I was a kid nabbed every DDR game I could get my hands on (no internet at the time, so it was my only source of music.). Fast-forward to 2009 when I learned about things like FL and Abelton. Naturally, when I learned of music making software, I jumped at the chance to start producing. In these 4 years, I've never really developed a "style". I love to experiment with every genre under the sun; drum and bass, techno, hip-hop, ambient, etc. I've always only considered it a hobby, but thanks to making soundtracks for futzi01 (that guy who makes all the pone flash games you like), I've taken up interest in doing game music."


Notable track: Grizzly - Jewel Hunting

The Shady Pony

Youtube
Soundcloud
EQBeats

Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Age: 15

"I am a solo musician who loves and makes anything ska and punk. Although those are my favorite genres, I still do enjoy the other various genres in the brony fandom. I'll try my best to bring joy to your ears, while making friends in the process!"

Notable track: You're No Harmony - The Shady Pony

Ranidash

Youtube
Soundcloud
EQBeats

Location: Ontario, Canada
Age: 19

"I like to compose electronic music and am a big advocate of all things cosplay, intricate keyboard solos and fun stuff with vocals are my specialty. I love to do collaborations with other brony musicians. I compose with Logic Pro using Melodyne editor for vocals."

Notable Track: The Benevolent Nightmarity - [Raridash feat. Eile Monty]

Lightning Heart

Youtube
SoundCloud

Location: Argentina (Buenos Aires)
Age: 20

My style tends to be relaxed but I would like to try new things, I'm not a professional but I have desires to improve as a musician.
I started composing with Linux Multimedia Studio last year but then I moved to FL studio for convenience.


Notable track: The Mirror Pool

Milestone

Wow we have hit 200,000 views this week!! Thanks for helping us reach this milestone!!

J3PUX

YouTube
SoundCloud
Twitter
Bandcamp
DeviantArt

Location: Kokkola, Finland
Age: 13

"I've produced music since late 2012, I produce dubstep and working on some house and glitch-hop tracks. I love making music and it would be awesome if you checked some of my work. Vinyl Scratch is the best pony."

Notable track: This is Vinyl

Counterwise

Youtube
SoundCloud
Bandcamp
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Location: Victoria, Australia
Age: N/A

"Producing since early 2012, there are no boundaries for this musician, making music such as Electro House to Glitch Hop, however now primarily focuses on producing electronic genres such as Drum and Bass and other melodic genres. Counterwise hopes to continue making brony music and contributing to the fandom for as long as possible."

Notable track: The Fastest Flier in Equestria

 

FLAOFEI

Youtube
Soundcloud
EQbeats
Bandcamp
Tumblr
Facebook

Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Age: 18

" FLAOFEI is the original sharkpony! He knows the secrets or the breakbeats, and he is probably the only producer in the world who proudly produces polkacore! With roots as a drummer since the age of 5 and the same personality type as the great Nicolas Cage, and a deep love for crazy noises, what could possibly go wrong? If you are in to electronic, high speed, endorfin inducing happy tracks this might be something for you. But also if you like dubstep, he does that to...And I almost forgot to write, he doesn't like categorising music into genres too much. Every song should try to be unique enough to have its own genre (not literally, but he loves trying new stuff)."

Notable track: OMG (original)

WestJ

Youtube
Soundcloud
Employment

Location: Victoria, Australia
age: 19

"WestJ has been producing music since 2011, with great interest in electronic genres. Unable to get much exposure himself, he started Fillydelphia Radio in the hopes of being able to bring more exposure to others. His productions are few and far between, as he rarely has any time to really sit down and produce."

Notable track: Eurobeat Brony - Luna (WestJ Remix)

DJ WildPonyz \ Quaver

YouTube
SoundCloud
EQBeats

Location: Western Australia
Age: 18

"Quaver is a Aussie composer and remix producer.
Started placing his works on the interwebs since May 2013, he's rapidly picking up pace with making original pieces, orchestrals and remixs. He prefers to create piano originals, electronic \ techno remix's, yet likes to try out genres, sometimes placing different genres in the same song."
Notable track: Eternity (Original)

ThatMusicBrony

YouTube
SoundCloud

Location: Victoria, Australia
Age: 16

"ThatMusicBrony is an Australian EDM and Orchestral producer.
Producing since June, 2013, he's still fairly new to the music scene.
He prefers working on lighter styles, but he enjoys trying new genres of music, and even fusing different genres together."

Notable track:Kindness

Kheoz

Youtube
Soundcloud
Bandcamp
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Location: Arizona, USA
Age: 19

"Kheoz currently resides in Arizona and produces mainly electronic music. While he may not have a particular genre, he loves his bass and enjoys making DnB and Trap. You can also find him producing everything from ambient, to house, to dubstep. While still relatively new to music production, he works hard and hopes to show everyone what he's made of."

Notable track: Avast Fluttershy's Trap

A New Blog For My Music

Hey I moved my old original blog to this new location and introduced a new site documenting all the tracks I've done in it's place: http://www.thefreewave.blogspot.com/

I hope you get a chance to check it out as it's interactive and allows people to check out the many tracks I've done over the years. You can search by genres, mlp characters, or just browse. Again thanks to all the musicians and brony music lovers that support my own endeavors while I try to support the community through my own activities here and elsewhere.

If you're in Denver around Halloween I hope you make it out to ROTLcon as I shall be performing there and also just hanging out all weekend.

HydroAmbience

Youtube
SoundCloud

Location Fairport, New York, USA
Age 15

I" have been practicng on music making for about 5-6 years and this past year I have gotten the hang of it and people are acctually liking it now. I usually make dubstep tracks, but sometimes it could be house, trance, techno, etc..."

Notable Track: Trek of the Rainbow

Gryphon

Youtube
Bandcamp

Location:Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Age: 14

"I usually make trance-ish songs, and I really enjoy remixing things. I listen to dubstep a lot, but can't make it very well.. Sometimes I try, though. I like the chord progression of a song most of all."

Notable track: Gypsy Bard (Gryphon's Remix)

Emkay

Youtube
SoundCloud
Eqbeats
Bandcamp
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 Location: United States
Age: 21

"I make Ambient music, very natural sounding and atmospheric. I've been producing music since January of 2012 with no experience prior. Music is merely a hobby I wish to share with the community."

Notable Track: Luna