Good evening Everyhoof,
This is an old post (except for minor editing) about some pony musicians. I wrote it in July after I went to Trotcon (2024).
Date of Original Writing: 7/16/2024
Hello everyhoof,
Today, I’m going to review what the best pony musicians are. Now, in the past, good pony musicians were usually hard to come by, and the ones that everypony talked about and liked were often not as great as they would have you believe. Some musicians only produce one or a few good songs and the rest of their music is trash. Others can generally be relied on to produce consistently good music. In modern times, with the degradation of the quality of MLP after Lauren Faust’s de facto firing, as expected, the quality of both music and art has also declined. Yet, revivals can and do happen. In fact, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was itself a revival of an unpopular show for little girls. Today, in order from best to worst, I’ll look at some of the best current MLP:FiM musicians.
[Best]
4everfreebrony: 4everfreebrony is an older musician who still makes good, decent, relaxing, and inspiring music. The chants of each element of harmony is some of their best work.
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ElectroKaplosion: “Mares Inside.” ‘nough said.
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Foozogz: This horse still makes songs from time-to-time. While they made a lot of great songs in the past, they are probably best known for “Foozogz – ,~Smile!~, (Rmx VIP).”
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EverShade: This pony may be new, but he clearly has experience with older MLP:FiM content. In his best track, “Weight of The World,” you can see elements from a wide array of older fandom content but with a refreshing modern take. He does a good job of integrating MLP:FiM content with his music.
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NeighGative_: I wish I would have seen more than the last few seconds of his set at TrotCon 2024, but he seems alright. There’s not a lot of individual songs on his YouTube page to listen to.
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AWal: I was just browsing some of his music, and I came across the recent, “Woodlore – Down South In Appleloosa (AWal Remix).” He seems alright.
[Worst (but still alright)]
Pony Revivalist Musicians: Other than ElectroKaplosion, there are a few pony revivalist musicians. Having only listened to a few snippets of their work, it would be hard to place them without listening to more. These include Cantersoft, vultraz, Radiarc, Shuffle, and Sound Bandit.
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Honorable Mentions:
[Best]
Silva Hound: Much of his older stuff is good. “Hooves Up High (Assertive Fluttershy Remix)” is his best track. Although he still releases new stuff, it’s all mostly just edgy “Hazbin Hotel” stuff. He also got into anthro stuff at one point. Not having hooves means not putting hooves up high.
Woodlore: He doesn’t make music anymore, but his best track was “Let The Magic Fill Your Soul.”
Jay Robert Kennett: He made the excellent song, “Memory Lane,” which is the only one that he made that I am aware of. If anyponyelse knows of another work he made, let everypony know in the comments.
PrinceWhatever: His best work was “Frailty (Ft. Milkymomo) [REINVENT]” from years ago. He still produces music and will output a good track from time-to-time. Most of his music is angry horse music, though.
Forest Rain: Xe(?) (I like ‘xe’) is probably the most well-known for the song, “Great to be Different (Original by Forest Rain, feat. Decibelle).” Forest Rain was also good at covering more obscure brony artists, like covering the song “Let The Magic Fill Your Soul” by Woodlore, as well as “Memory Lane” by Jay Robert Kennett. A collaborative song that Forest Rain wrote was “‘On Our Way’ Original song from Journey of the Spark!” Xe seems to be on hiatus from making new music for now.
IvoryBrony: I was going to see them at TrotCon but couldn’t find any new music online from them. If they’re still playing the same old songs, then while they were no Silva Hound, they were alright and worth seeing back in the day. (Are they a One Trick Pony?)
[Worst (but still alright)]
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Other Musicians:
I’m sure there are other good musicians that are currently making music that I missed, either because I forgot about them or because of YouTube’s degraded search algorithm and/or a general lack of autism when it comes to music; this list is not comprehensive. These are just the best ones that I have personally heard about at the moment and decided to write about. There are also good old musicians that I have probably temporarily forgotten about.
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Attributions
4everfreebrony. “4everfreebrony – This Is What It’s Like (feat. Envia Sun, SaxPon3, and TheMusicReborn).” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76a9mbMRpzE.
Electrokaplosion. “A Lovely Marey Tale.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsvyaie83QA.
Foozogz. “[Breakbeat] Space Hoofsies.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnsF2-E4csw.
Foozogz. “[Breakbeat] Space Hoofsies.” Screenshot (beginning of video). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnsF2-E4csw.
Evershade. “Weight Of The World (Why Even Bother) [Official Lyric Video].” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FORDzQGTSI4.
NeighGative_. Album: “A Place in a Different Time.” FroliQ. Uploaded through: “Brilliant Venture.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-TMROa0Ix4.
Silva Hound. “Hooves Up High (Assertive Fluttershy Remix).” Vocals: Rina-chan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1A_7q6kmng.