Yeah, I'm still trying to figure stuff out as I go too, and I'm always learning new things :3 I try to make it one of my goals to learn at least 1 new thing every time I take part in a jam, even if it's just something small, haha.
I haven't tried it yet, but I looked into Groovepad a little, and it seems like something pretty user-friendly, and if the results are like what you got with your soundtrack, well, I mean, I'm no expert, but I thought it sounded really professional and I loved it :3
Yeeeeah, that probably wasn't the wisest decision I ever made in my life to attempt a 2 for 1 for the jam >.< haha. I do love a good challenge, but I think maybe that was a bit of a step too far, and I'm paying for it now because even though I've been getting decent sleeps since the submission stage finished, I've still felt so tired every single day since, haha. It's not something I'd do again, put it that way xD