Hi :3 so it's me. Kuma!

Kuma, A.K.A. that freaky lovecraftian teddy bear who makes all sorts of art n stuff.

few weeks ago I released an album called "Neon Streaks and Swirls (In That River of Holy Black Cum)". it's basically the debut LP from Kuma (Ive released so much music over the years, but this is the first full-length album by Kuma, AKA...).

it's ab me n my tentacles and all the freaky stuff that comes w that hehe

it's also the first album that I've collaborated w other ppl on, along w being my first concept album (it actually explores the character of Kuma through their present experiences, their memories from past lives, and through their new human friends and how they've affected Kuma). I wanted to evoke a whole spectrum of emotions-- this shit can go from utterly bleak to utterly euphoric to fucking horny as hell and back to bleak again in minutes.

there's way more to be said ab it than that, and if u wanna know more, here r some links to the album (there are descriptions n stuff if u wanna read more ab the concept):

https://kumaaka.bandcamp.com/album/neon-streaks-and-swirls-in-that-river-of-holy-black-cum

https://soundcloud.com/user-151565053/sets/neon-streaks-and-swirls-in

lastly I jus wanna say to anyone that's discovered my stuff on here and shown an interest in it, if you've followed me or reviewed something I uploaded, if u've msgd me or even just rated or downloaded anything I've put on this website, I'm so grateful for you-- and more importantly I'm just so happy that u connected w my work. like... I didn't realize it when I was younger, but connection is what it's always been about. sharing feelings, finding resonance in others. pushing each other to explore ourselves in new ways, helping each other grow beyond the horizons we used to think were dead ends.

ugh newgrounds makes me so sentimental x3

anyway, u shld check it out!!! its definitely the single piece of work that I'm most proud to have released

<3, Kuma

Words don’t express enough, but they express a part. They’re where you begin. There’s so much beyond words — so much — but as human beings we’re trapped in words, so that’s where it always starts. We’ll make webs out of those words, and between those strands of verbiage will be the spaces through which everything else slips- “everything” being whatever you or I could imagine, or perhaps even the combined sum of our two imaginations, or even more incredibly: something beyond that hypothetical cosmic collaboration. 

That’s art for me. It starts with words. Past that delicate threshold… “everything” begins to happen.

Hai so if u like any of my music, i invite u to check out my EP called "CUTE [in the dark]" which is streaming everywhere but also here's the link to my bandcamp!!!! https://kumaaka.bandcamp.com/releases A couple of the tracks are updated mixes of tracks ive uploaded here on NG, but the others are new :) anyway that's all, thx for readin <3

Newgrounds has been a big part of my life. In the mid-late 2000s, discovering this site empowered me to follow my creative inspiration no matter how completely inept I was. I had this vague idea of creating music that connected with someone somewhere, and seeing creators on here and the feedback they accrued had this magical effect on me. I wanted desperately to be a part of this fucking crazy magic, so I made metric shit-tons of awfully mixed, strangely composed music. I didn't really... know anything about how people actually did those things- mixing, composing. I didn't even really know what genre of music to make.

I just wanted to make shit, so I made shit. And I had a blast.

At first, I was completely oblivious to just how poorly conceived and executed it all was... I was like a caveman, just building on my own experience of creating; too stubborn to take any classes or learn by any conventional means. Yet... I did somehow progress. I slowly began to mold together some semblance of structure, tried new things, and even approached the concept of ratcheting together a cogent aesthetic now and again.

After this awakening, I never stopped creating.

Some years down the line, I stopped logging onto Newgrounds. I think I felt, at some point, that I had grown out of it, or that I hadn't really been getting enough out of it anymore. Music was no longer the central focus of my creativity, and the site itself had never exactly garnered me a following (not that I deserved one), anyway. So, I let it go. Every once in awhile I'd log back in. Take a casual look around. Maybe even entertain the notion that I would start submitting again, but I never would. I was engrossed in new projects. Nowadays, I've found myself much more inclined to writing fiction than I am toward composing and recording music. I have an artistic partner with whom I'm working on a project right now which inspired this very post. It's a graphic novel that'll take place in the late 2000's... and when I think of that time in my life, I think of Newgrounds.

Working on that project brought me back here. I fucking love this place, man. It means the world to me. When I get my paycheck tomorrow, I'm going to become a supporter. Tom Fulp and the gang deserve much more than my 2.99-a-month for providing so many people a place to share their creative voices. Once I've become successful by my creativity, I will not shy away from citing this strange, exciting, unfiltered, and simply special place as one of my greatest means of inspiration.

P.S. If at any point in the foreseeable future you come across a series of graphic novels about an unassuming 00's-era scene kid who gets roped into being a magical girl and fighting a metaphysical proxy war, I probably wrote it.

Have you always wanted to hear weird electronic/hip-hop/industrial/chaotic/experimental shit that muses on how life is an endless void of nihilism and you will never feel truly fulfilled?? THEN C-- Wait, what? No one asked for that because that sounds pretty iffy as a concept? I'm gonna pretend you said 'yes' and move forward here. *clears throat* THEN COME ON DOWN!! That's what my new musical project is all about! Check out my new submissions to the audio portal, and if you like those, you can find those very tracks and many more at my new soundcloud the link for which you may find below!

soundcloud.com/user-151565053

I AM FUCKING BAAAACCCKKKK!!!!! OFFICIALY: TORY LEE IS BACK TO NEWGROUNDS AND READY TO RELEASE NEW AWESOME UPON THE WORLDD!!!!

I will upload new music shortly!

PS: i know no one looks at my shit but im excited so if anyone thinks im a dumbass go fuck urselff haha

...Since I've submitted here. I've had lots of junk goin on. My music has undergone changes and so have I. Also I'm gonna change my artist name to Ragdoll. It suits me and my growing style and such. Anyways yeah no one really reads this anyways, but just in case, I'll keep you informed.

YYYYAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hmm... Yea. Idk. Oh and happy late new year. Check out my musik. I'm constantly progressing. Yea this post is utterly pointless and boring. So c ya. Go enjoy urself. Go. You. Still reading? Dude this thing to randomly keep you reading is so unoriginal, and yet you continue to read? Why? Run along now. Gtfo. Now. Now! NOW!!! NOW GODAMNIT NNOOWWW!!!!! Lol didn't sumone say that in a movie? Yes? No? Maybe? Eff it nvrmind. So... You still readin? Geezus u gotta get a life. Do something! Anything to get you off this page! My god! Pull yourself together! Wait, I think that was another movie line. Do you even care? Hopefully not... Damn I just lost my Internet for a minute. F*ckin iPod. F*ckin internets. Lol "Internets". George bush. Ha ha. Funny ha ha. I can't believe your wasting your time on this. I mean... This mist be sum sort of blasphemy. U know? Yea ur rite that made absolutely no sense at all. Hmmm.... Quizznos. That's what just popped into my head. Wait I might hav spelled it wrong. Nvrmind it doesn't matter. F*ck. Quizznos.

Idk