A Music Composition Travel Based RPG

Welcome to the Music Travel RPG Jam - a video game music composition journey based on a unique creative limitation - travel to a new location and face a new musical creative challenge each week! (Join the discord for tips and community discussion.)

Theme: Departure

It is the start of your journey, and you are at the airport, talking to a travel agency, buying a ticket, and waiting in the lobby, waiting for your flight to take off - the start of a new adventure. That is the feeling that we want to capture in the music. The feeling of waiting before a big journey.

Limitation #1: Ambient Music

Ambient music is like music that's there but not there at the same time. It's not the main focus, but it should enhance whatever area or scenario it's trying to be in (in this case, the feeling of waiting for the plane to take off in the lobby of an airport.)

It shouldn't be "in your face" like other music, but like something playing in the background that doesn't really distract you from what's going on.

So softer instruments like flutes, pads, etc. would be good choices for ambient music. So would long, drawn-out drone tones. This probably isn't the time for a heroic brass fanfare. It doesn't necessarily have to be meditative per se, but can be. Ambient music is more passive than active.

Limitation #2: Auxiliary Percussion

Your composition must make use of at least one Auxiliary Percussion instrument. Perhaps you will be subtle and use a triangle for a nice touch. Perhaps you will be loud and decide to use an anvil - it's up to you. For your convenience, a list of Auxiliary Percussion instruments is provided below (make sure to scroll down to where it says auxiliary percussion).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_percussion_instruments_by_type

Jam Rules

• 🎵 Original Compositions only. No Arrangements!
• 🤖 AI Usage: You may NOT use Generative AI in making or assisting you to make your composition.
• Your submission should be longer than 30 seconds, but no longer than 5 minutes.
  
• You may only submit one (1) song. It can be either an mp3 file, wav file, and/or a LeetChord Jam or Composer Mode URL. No Sheet Music required.  (If you want to be featured on the LeetChord Jam champions spotlight section after placing in the top 3, you must submit a Leetchord Jam URL OR MIDI file)
• 🚫 No NSFW Content (Basically, don't include anything that would violate Youtube's age-restricted content policies)

Examples

Global Travel Agency Music from Shenmue
Music For Airports by Brain Eno

Rating

Tracks will be rated in a 1-week voting period after the jam on the following 3 categories:

• Theme Incorporation
  • How well did the composition fit the overall theme?
• Technical Skill
  • Was the composition solid, were there techniques incorporated that pushed the boundaries?
• Emotional Impact
  • Did the composition move you/mean something to you in an emotional way?