This week I spent some time recording a guest solo for someone I was recommended to on Twitter. I play guitar on the entire track, but here is a preview clip with just my solo. I'll be posting the full song when it's released at either the end of the month or early April, I'm not sure of the exact release date yet. The song is "An Empty Tome" from Castlevania Order of Ecclesia. It was interesting playing in a genre I'm not usually working with, so I hope you guys enjoy it.
In other new...
2021-03-22 14:20:04 +0000 UTC
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More Owlbear recording updates this week: finalized rhythm guitars for our song "Fiend of Fire." The bass and vocals in this example are still the ones from the demo and we'll be adding more guitar overdubs later, but for now every guitar track you hear will be the ones on the final release. This was actually the first complete song that I wrote for Owlbear (after shelving six others), so it's cool hearing it all finally start coming together after a year. I hope you guys enjoy, and I can't w...
2021-03-15 14:54:38 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to you guys reaching the "Archive Upload" community goal, I will now be uploading unheard material every other month just for channel patrons. This link will lead to a YouTube playlist with all previous uploads as well.
In late 2017 we released an acoustic version of "Swallowing Razors" and wanted to try branching into more acoustic material to see what we could do with it. We also didn't have a drummer at the time and wanted to do something without drums while we worked on find...
2021-03-11 14:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Download for Klaymore's "Double Cherry Pass" metal cover from Super Mario 3D World in wav and mp3 format
2021-03-08 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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NOTE TO KATRIARCH I + II PATRONS: This link is available 48 hours before going public on Monday. Starting Sunday night it will no longer be unlisted and will be set to premiere Monday at 11am EST. Having videos set to premiere puts them in subscribers' newsfeeds more frequently, so I'm experimenting with it to see if that results in more initial views.
Hey, everyone! This week we have a cover of "Double Cherry Pass" from Super Mario 3D World. I had a challenging time working through th...
2021-03-07 02:41:54 +0000 UTC
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Hey, everyone! Very thrilled to be posting that the Owlbear album has officially started the recording process so we're sharing some of it with you today. Jeff tracked his rhythm guitars for this song last week, so except for maybe some slight tone or stylistic production choices for them, these are the final tracks. The bass is still the demo recording and my vocals aren't tracked yet. I'll be posting more updates on other songs as they come in, but until then, enjoy what we have so far of "...
2021-03-03 14:44:51 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone I'm now live previewing and mixing some new material, so come hang!
2021-03-01 02:06:44 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, I have all of my guitars back and am beginning to record some final versions of the gigantic mountain of rough drafts I have piling up. While you wait to hear any of that (I'm hoping March 1st or March 8th for the next completed song release), I recorded a short clip of "Heart of the Unicorn" by one of my favorite bands, Gamma Ray. It was an awesome time recording and not having to worry about tuning thanks to my Evertune bridge. This recording also uses my new bass that is no l...
2021-02-22 15:26:26 +0000 UTC
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This month's live mixing stream hangout will be happening on February 28th at 9pm EST. In the next two weeks I'm hoping to get a handful of songs fully recorded so that they can start being mixed now that I have all of my guitars back from being set up. Be there on the 28th to see what I have coming up! Feel free to ask me questions about what I have planned musically, say hi, or just lurk in the live chat. See you all then!
2021-02-18 14:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Hey, everyone! This week I uploaded a preview of an in-progress cover: Double Cherry Pass from Super Mario 3D World. I wanted to try to take on a happier sounding song rather than continue doing ones that already sound aggressive. I had to throw out most of what I already knew to make this one happen, so it was an interesting challenge. This preview is my rough draft rhythm guitars and bass recordings, I'll be doing the final versions as soon as all of my guitars get set up again. I'm hoping ...
2021-02-15 14:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey, everyone! Happy to announce that new t-shirts, long sleeves, and more are now available for my extreme metal project, based on my song "I Am the Blood." Discount codes for Citizen Kate Rank II, Katriarch, and Katriarch Rank II patrons have all been sent out via message here on Patreon. Thank you all for the continued support and feel free to check out the artist's other work: https://linktr.ee/dickytrd
2021-02-09 03:13:53 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, this is the rough mix I created on the patrons only live stream last weekend for Klaymore's cover of Speed of Light by Stratovarius featuring Lords of the Trident. No set release date just yet since I still need to get the lead guitar parts and record my final vocal takes, but I wanted to share it here so that anyone who missed the stream could still check it out. We'll have another mix session of another work-in-progress song at the end of February. See you all next week and th...
2021-02-03 14:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, on Wednesday I'll be posting an update on the Speed of Light cover that I worked on during the live stream so that everyone who wasn't there can hear it, but today I wanted to show this off since I just got the final files from the artist last night. This is a design for my song "I am the Blood" in reference to the line "I am the goat with one thousand young." I got in contact with an artist last week after sifting through dozens, described the goat, and they delivered well abov...
2021-02-01 14:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! The stream is starting soon, so come hang out while I work on editing some new material
2021-02-01 01:58:19 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, because we reached the first goal I had set earlier this month, on Sunday January 31st at 9pm EST I will be live streaming me working on a song that I have in progress so that you guys can hear what's coming next. There will be a live chat window just like when I do gaming live streams so feel free to ask me questions about what I'm doing or what I have going on. I'll probably stream for between one and two hours. I'll post here again the day of as a reminder. See you all Sunday...
2021-01-28 14:01:56 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to you guys reaching the "Archive Upload" community goal, I will now be uploading unheard material every other month just for channel patrons.
This first song was entitled "Gorgon's Gaze" and it was from a project that was formed in early 2018 and disbanded in like 4 days later 2018, so none of the demos I made for it ever saw the light of day. This was the last of the 4 songs I demoed for this project, and honestly I kind of want to go back and reuse this one for Owlbear in the...
2021-01-27 14:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Download for Klaymore's "Creeping Dread" metal cover from Octopath Traveler in wav and mp3 format. This is an alternate mix from the Spotify version
2021-01-25 16:31:00 +0000 UTC
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NOTE TO KATRIARCH I + II PATRONS: I'm trying something different with the early releases this month to see if it makes a difference. Instead of this link being available to you as unlisted 24 hours before release, it is available 48 hours beforehand. Starting Sunday night it will no longer be unlisted and will be set to premiere Monday at 11am EST. Having videos set to premiere puts them in subscribers' newsfeeds more frequently, so I'm experimenting with it to see if that results in more ini...
2021-01-24 02:47:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey, everyone, I wanted to give a HUGE thank you for all of your support! We met our latest goal this week after crossing the $150/month threshold thanks to both new patrons and longtime ones upgrading their pledges, so as promised, every (roughly) six weeks I will be uploading some piece of my musical history here to Patreon with the tag "Archive Upload." The content could be old demos, abandoned songs, covers we just never followed through on, ancient behind the scenes videos, etc. We'll se...
2021-01-20 14:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Download for Factory Flora's "Ecruteak City" lofi remix from Pokemon Gold and Silver in wav and mp3 format. Includes album art
2021-01-18 17:01:02 +0000 UTC
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NOTE TO KATRIARCH I + II PATRONS: I'm trying something different with the early releases this month to see if it makes a difference. Instead of this link being available to you as unlisted 24 hours before release, it is available 48 hours beforehand. Starting Sunday night it will no longer be unlisted and will be set to premiere Monday at noon EST. Having videos set to premiere puts them in subscribers' newsfeeds more frequently, so I'm experimenting with it to see if that results in more ini...
2021-01-16 14:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Almost exactly one year ago, one of my friends and I decided to finally act on our desire to make music that was fun to write and listen to rather than stress out over it. We are thrilled to finally unveil (to everyone here) our new band: Owlbear.
Owlbear is:
Katy Scary - Vocals
Jeff Taft (Adamantis) - Guitar
Leona Hayward (Skelator, ex-Weaponlord) - Bass
Owlbear is a fantasy-based, traditional heavy metal band in the vein of Omen, Manilla Road, (early) Hammerfall, Crys...
2021-01-11 14:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey, everyone! Thank you so much for the huge increase in support this last week! Now that we've reached our first goal, I've decided to add another goal at $150/month. Please read through the full description below to see what we'll have in store hopefully soon!
Archive Upload
I will dig through my old hard drives and find material that was never released. This could be songs that never saw the light of day ranging from Garageband demos to incomplete final recordin...
2021-01-07 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Hey, everyone! In July when I started this Patreon I had set up some projected goals and said I would update them in January 2021, so that's what we're doing today. I'm going to go through my list of projects and let you know what you can expect to see out of them in 2021.
But first, a Patreon tier update: I used to be running a second Patreon for my gaming content, but decided to close it this month so that I could more fully focus on music. I'll still be doing weekly live streams (st...
2021-01-05 14:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Starting this year off with a preview of a new video. I was supposed to be filming this weekend but that was delayed for multiple reasons, so instead I finished editing my video for Hive Knight from Hollow Knight. I was told that this song would be released in December, but there is not currently a known release date from the label which is why I didn't rush to get this video done earlier. I figured instead of waiting who knows how long, I would let you guys see the first half of it much earl...
2021-01-04 13:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey, everyone! This week I have a complete song just for you lovely patrons to hear. I'm trying to do more interesting/bigger things with the content I've been making, so I decided to try to pitch my next few lofi remixes to a label and see what happens. Mega Man X has always been a hit for me when I put out a cover or remix, and the original soundtrack is just barn burner after barn burner. I had a four day weekend and decided to start cranking out some MMX material and ended up getting to t...
2020-12-28 14:24:08 +0000 UTC
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Final reminder that the "Presence" shirts will be gone after the 25th, so this week is your last shot at them. Remember to check your Patreon messages for the discount code!
2020-12-21 16:30:15 +0000 UTC
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Finally bringing this one to the light: the demo for "I Am the Blood" from my solo project. This is the same version of the song that everyone gets in the welcome download for joining my Patreon, but it's now also available on Spotify and all other streaming platforms. Be sure to like and comment on the video on YouTube because this channel is brand new and YouTube is not going to suggest this video to anyone new unless it gets some decent engagement. Thank you guys so much for all the contin...
2020-12-18 19:53:44 +0000 UTC
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The Factory Flora Sun's Song remix that we released yesterday was part of a much larger compilation album, so if you want to hear some new takes on some old classics, definitely check out the rest of the album by the Pixel Mixers community
2020-12-15 14:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Download for Factory Flora's "Sun Song" lofi remix from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in wav format. Includes album art
2020-12-14 16:05:00 +0000 UTC
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