About Me

Hi! I’m Julius Hill, AKA Jetdarc. I was born and raised in Pontiac, Michigan, where my musical upbringing began. I started as not just a music creator, but as a creator of several different mediums like Drawing, Animating, Game Creation, Graphic Design, and 3D Modeling, but I eventually settled with music primarily. Most of my family is artistic, my mom once being in a choir, my sister being into the arts, and my dad being an avid appreciator of music. My earliest memories of my musical side involve me dancing to the songs my dad would play from his playlists and radios, messing around with my great grandmother’s instruments, and listening to video game soundtracks, whether they be in-game, on YouTube, or in the games’ respective sound test menus.

Starting in 2015, I began to create music of all kinds using the early version of Soundtrap. Ever since, I have moved on to other DAWs like Audiotool, Ableton, and FL Studio, and I stuck to making Electronic Music, Hip Hop, and Video Game (or related - e.g. Chiptune) Music. Out of every type of music genre I can produce and compose, I must say that Chiptune is the most fun for me to make, and is my specialty. I mostly make it in my own way as opposed to strictly following the limitations of the original game consoles, but I like to challenge myself with said limitations on occasion. A while after I started using Audiotool, I had an idea to create my own video game soundtrack, which was Astral Aurora. It initially began with only 8 songs and no intention to continue any further, but I kept expanding and expanding upon it until I decided to make it a full soundtrack with an actual story and game idea in mind, all due to my desire to not only make music for video games, but to also create a game myself.

Throughout the years, there were always those few artists who I just admired no matter what. Those artists are: Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando, Toby Fox, Anamanaguchi, and Daisuke Amaya. There are several more that I would’ve liked to list, like several composers from Classic and Modern Sonic titles, and other music producers, but if I were to limit it to a video game (or related) music standpoint, they would be the primary five who’ve inspired me the most. For some of them, I’ve been listening to their music and playing their respective games even before I began creating music myself!