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Dungeonmans: It's Plural

Yo! So, I did two tracks for Zircon, not just one, and I wanted to share it with you, my Patrons. Something else, something big, is coming up. But churning out stuff like this really makes me feel like I'm accomplishing stuff, and That's Good(tm). So, please enjoy this tasty morsel, which I will deliver a download code for at the end of the month with the other Dungeonmans track. One-two punccccccccch!

Download codes coming soon

Hey folks! Just wanted to let you know your download codes are coming soon. Things are a little hectic for me right now and I'm putting a few finishing touches on the tracks before they go up to bandcamp.

2 Chips 1 Month

So I've been trying to work with Overclocked Remix EDM extraordinaire Andrew Aversa — that is, Zircon — for awhile now. I really don't do enough RPG-style music and an opportunity presented itself. Andrew did the OST to Dungeonmans and asked if I'd like to do a demake of any of the tracks. I was feeling the Town track as a chiptune since Town and Overworlds are often more memorable tracks from games, so here we are. There might be more than one of these coming down the pike (some of the ba...

Hey Patrons: Would two single releases in one month be too much of a commitment? I know Patreon lets you cap your monthly amount, but I also know at least a few people have pledged based on a release every month or so. So, yeah! Give me your honest responses. Tell me how you feel! Stuff and things!

New dual-C64 Oblitus arrange

Josh Whelchel is working on music for the upcoming game Oblitus (http://oblit.us) and he asked if I wanted to do something with his new tracks. I listened to his work-in-progress of the ingame forest music and it really stuck with me. So, here's my re-arrangement of that forest theme on two Commodore 64s. I really like the original...the atmosphere is really great and I'd recommend you listen to it first before listening to my version. I ...

Chiplust album preorder now live

Hey Patrons, This album is wrapping up, and I'm excited to announce it's ready for preorder! Anyone pledging $4 or more will get a download code in under a week, and then the album will release at Otakon in full, glorious "real CD" form. For the highest fidelity, of course. I would love it if you could help spread the word about the preorder! A tumblr post is already up, and facebook, twitter, G+ and linkedin (because why not) posts will go up around midday and you are welcome to reshare those...

$32 tier updated

Just a quick note: I think I meant to put physical copies of things in the $32 tier and forgot. It's there now. Patrons and non-patrons (if you can comment? I think you can!): What do you think of the tiers? Anything you'd like to see?

Chiplust Preview

Hey everybody! I'm working on a new album. Actually I hope to have it done before the end of the month, so that I can take it to Otakon! While not really a chiptune or even really a music event, Otakon is where I discovered MAGFest, and also where I released my first and second chiptune albums. I sold out of the CDs I brought and realised I could probably turn chiptuning into a thing. So it will be a pleasure to make another release in time for it. Well, I hope I can, anyway. Right now I am ...

Important: Redeem your download if you haven't yet.

Hi all, I have been asked to pull half of the Pretty Eight Machine Special Edition tracks from all public releases, as detailed here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inversephase/nine-inch-nintendos-8-bit-nails-something-like-tha/posts/876669 In short, check your spam or whatever and go download the Special Edition, this is your last c...

Don't preorder this

Hi Patrons! P8MSE is basically ready. Here's the preorder page, but don't preorder it! You, my pretties, will receive a download code shortly after being charged at the end of the month. However, if you can help me spread the news, that would be stellar! If you know anyone that does NOT have Pretty Eight Machine, please get them to follow me here instead: http://ldr.fm/a/3BRu2 because the Special Edition album (that is, the original...

This month: Pretty Eight Machine Special Edition

Here's a heads-up in advance: This month's Patr(e)on-supported work is the Special Edition version of Pretty Eight Machine. P8M has been a labor of love for almost three years now, and it's time for it to be done so I can move onto other projects. I've done six more NIN songs from the Pretty Hate Machine era and included them as bonus tracks; they completely fill a 74-minute CD! Anyway, P8MSE is going on Bandcamp (as an expansion, since P8M is already up there) and I also plan to upload it to ...

About the $256 and $512 milestone goals

Time for another braindump! At Blipfest 2006, they had a cool horizontal pixelwall below projected visuals behind performers like in http://youtu.be/xrNe6pA0BJw ... then in 2007, they did a similar thing, but they turned it vertical and put projected visuals to either side, like so: http://youtu.be/AcxYBtz2k-0 Not all chiptuners are active on stage (I plan to...

About the $1024 milestone goal

Probably like most people, whenever I'm offered cool things, I take them. So this past weekend I was offered a bunch of old arcade parts that were pulls from old machines, and I thought to myself, I think these would be perfect for a prototype instrument. I spent a lot of time thinking about the milestone goals I set. I figured I would use this post and a few future Patreon posts to explain my thinking behind them. Case in point, I don't necessarily need a grand to build a musical instrument, ...

Focusing on my backlog, more Patr(e)on-supported work soon

Hi everyone, I really want to keep this momentum going. February was a short month and before I release any more goodies I have some very important backlog to clear out. On the upshot, when I'm finished that means I will be able to push it to Patrons (well, depending on pledge level anyway). However, there's still something worth being excited about: Remember the Beatdown City EP? Well, the game is getting kickstarted for PC and Mac, and if we hit our goal, that means two more episodes of ga...

How's my driving?

Hey everyone! With Beatdown City about to hit the books, two Patr(e)on-supported items will soon be behind us. So far, I like this. But do you like this? Is there something else Patreon could be for us? What has the process like been on your side, as a Patron? Simple and straightforward? Any speed bumps? I just want to know so I can make this a good experience for everyone. We can also send the feedback to Patreon, they're great people and they've listened to some of my rather specific feedback ...

New all-original NES game soundtrack!

Ladies and Gentlemen, 2014 is already shaping up to be a great year. My second Patr(e)on-supported release is ready, and I haven't even had time to give you a sneak preview! Don't worry, though, I can't possibly keep up releasing at this speed. =] This time, I'm sharing the soundtrack to Treachery In Beatdown City, a game by Nuchallenger. This soundtrack is all-original NES work, and I've been working hard on this one, so being done and able to share it with you all is a huge sigh of relief for...

The Midnight Chiptunes is now FREE

Hi Patrons and anyone reading this, we've reached a milestone and payments have cleared. My first EP, The Midnight Chiptunes, is now a "free or more" download on bandcamp here: http://inversephase.bandcamp.com/album/the-midnight-chiptunes Honestly, the success of this EP at Otakon is what convinced me to keep chiptuning in the first place, so please grab it for free if you don't have it alrea...

Release: 5318008

Here it is! My first Patr(e)on-supported content! This is a VRC6-expanded tribute to Carlos Adolfo Dominguez's "Boobies" (You can hear the original at http://youtu.be/JgJRm9PSCMs if you're so inclined). Mine is complete with fake pulsewave speech and fake vocoder. What? It's not in here, you say? On New Year's Day, I flip a switch and track 9 will appear on the Singles page (until it's on a real album, that is). However, in ...

Quick Winter 2013 News

Hey All, I just want to let you know you're incredible. I've already hit my first creator goal, which means that the next release I mark as Patr(e)on-supported and collect, I will be officially making my first EP/album, The Midnight Chiptunes, pay-what-you-want with NO minimum. Also, I'd like to do that before the end of this month/year, because if you didn't see, Patreon is donating ALL of their 2013 profits to charity. I think that's awesome. So, I'll be working extra hard to get something ...

Intro video is live

I'm not sure if Patreon notifies Patrons when I change my intro video -- or in this case, upload one period -- so I figured I'd post it here for everyone to watch. There's music in here that almost nobody has heard, and I'm hoping this will make my Patreon page more share-able! Quick note: I'm in "soft launch" mode. I'm finishing up some very important commitments (two contract gigs and Pretty Eight Machine SE) so there may not be paid content released before the end of the year. For me, this i...

Harlem Shake on 11 different systems

You might think this one is silly and maybe a bit dumb, but sometimes when I ask which system someone would like a song written on, people say "something 8-bit". This can be frustrating since there are a lot of different systems from that era, so I put together this video so folks could hear the difference between them and decide accordingly. This is freely downloadable from my bandcamp at http://inversephase.ban...

Updated summary and rewards

Just using a post to timestamp a significant change in the description and rewards. Nothing was removed, a few things were added, and hopefully everything is just a little bit clearer now.

NES Cee Lo Parody: F___ed 6502

I'm new to Patreon, which means I just realised instead of linking my stuff in my profile or whatever, maybe I should just post it as free content to show you guys what I'm all about. So this is ROUND ONE of that!