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Monty on the Run Preview!

Here's the first minute of the upcoming song, Monty on the Run!

I'm almost done with the first draft, there's still a lot of adjustments to make. Enjoy!

Progress report (MotR) and October Plans

Good morning Patrons!

First off, if you haven't submitted your entry for the SNES Medley, or posted your Patron request list, go ahead and get that done! I'll be taking SNES Medley entries until probably about a week into October so I can start working on it.

The next song, Matt MML's request o...

3rd Goal Reached: SNES Medley!

Good morning/afternoon Patrons!

I'm stoked to announce that we've reached the 3rd milestone goal of $100! You all are the greatest.

The 3rd Milestone Goal prize: We're going to put together a SNES Medley!

You can choose any song as long as it's from an SNES title. I'd highly suggest choosing a song that isn't super long (Dancing Mad, for example) since I usually shoot for medley pieces to be around 30-45 seconds each.

With 26 current Patrons and more comin...

Patreon Request List! (Edition 2)

Good evening Patrons!

Some information for those new here: When my first milestone goal was reached, I set up a Patreon request list so I can knock out some of those songs I know you've been wanting. Here is how it works:

1. Tell me your top 3 most wanted GaMetal songs

2. I'll listen to all 3 a few times and choose which one I think would be best to do. This could be based off a multitude of things (like if it's a highly requested song, if it'd be a really in...

Highly requested songs (and my thoughts on them)

Hello Patrons, and a huge welcome to my newest Patrons! It's great to see how well things are progressing here. Hopefully we can keep this ball rolling and I can make this a part time job (and eventually full time), meaning more songs! There's still a ways to go but the progress so far has been promising. :)

Believe it or not, I actually do read 99% of the comments on Youtube. I pay a lot of attention to the requests everyone makes. Today we're going to look at some highly requested songs ...

Mewtwo Battle (Pokemon Stadium) - GaMetal

You wanted it, you got it: Mewtwo's Battle Theme from Pokemon Stadium is here!

I've been getting a lot of requests for this song for a while. I held a poll on Patreon to choose which song to do next based on highly requested songs, and Mewtwo Battle (Pokemon Stadium) was the victor with nearly 50% of the vote (up against 3 other songs).

I still remember how awesome Stadium was when it came out. It brought Pokemon to a whole 'nother level.

It's good to have Mewtwo back i...

Mewtwo Battle coming tomorrow!

I had planned on Wednesday but I ended up with a lot of extra time today and managed to get all the video recorded! The early download is up for Tier 2+ Patrons.

Hooray for early releases. :D

Mewtwo Battle Early Download!

Here's the early download for Mewtwo Battle for Tier 2+ Patrons. Enjoy!

Progress report: Mewtwo Battle

Good morning Patrons! Just giving you an update on the latest song: Mewtwo Battle.

I should have the first complete rough draft done today! I just posted the preview for Tier 3+ Patrons to hear.

This song gets absolutely crazy in the middle (in the original, it's what sounds like a saxophone solo, followed by the bass solo) so I need a little extra practice time with it. I expect to have the video complete sometime in the middle of next week, around Wednesday.

Mewtwo Battle Preview

Here's a preview of the first two sections of Mewtwo Battle for you Tier 3+ Patrons. Enjoy!

Patreon Poll results!

With 6 votes, Mewtwo Battle (Pokemon Stadium) wins the Patreon Poll, beating out This Person's Name Is with 4 votes.

We will do This Person's Name Is next month since it came in second place, it's highly requested, pretty awesome, and another Patreon requested song.

Time to start working on Mewtwo Battle!

Staff Roll (Super Mario 64)

(Description from Youtube)

We're back in Super Mario 64 land for today's GaMetal remix: It's the Staff Roll theme!

When it comes to Staff Roll/Credits themes, Super Mario 64's is one of the first that comes to mind for many of us. It's cool beat and catchy melody has ingrained itself in our heads even if we only beat the game and heard the song a few times.

I've been intending to do this song for a looong time (like, since 2010). I'm doing an ongoing contest f...

Patreon Poll closes tomorrow!

Hey Patrons!

Tomorrow will be the last day to submit your vote for the Patreon Poll if you haven't done so already, so I can start working on the song Monday.

Here are the current results:

1. Mewtwo Battle (Pokemon Stadium): 5 Votes

2. That Person's Name Is (Bravely Default): 3 Votes

3. Splatoon Medley: 2 Votes

4. Gerudo Valley: 1 Vote

I'm only missing a few of you so get in your vote while you can! It's practicall...

Staff Roll (Super Mario 64) Early Download!

Here's the early download of Staff Roll (SM64) for Tier 2+ Patrons.

Thanks for being awesome, enjoy!

GaMetal: Beta Elements! (Blog Post #2)

I've always found a good look into the early development of games to be interesting, so I thought today we could do that with GaMetal!

There are a few songs that I worked in the past that I left unfinished for whatever reason (didn't like how it sounded, go more interested in a different song, etc).

[Unfortunately, a couple of years ago, my hard drive containing all of my recording files (years worth, very infuriating) crashed, so I don't have any cool sound clips o...

Just a small update :)

Hey Patrons! Just giving you an update on song progress and other things. 

So I've already made great progress on Super Mario 64 Staff Roll, I'm looking to have it up late this weekend, most likely Sunday (I just uploaded a preview for Tier 3+ Patrons yesterday).

Secondly, the Patreon Poll for the 2nd milestone goal reward (Patrons choose a highly requested song) is still going on. The poll will remain open until the day after SM64 Staff Roll is r...

Acoustic Short: Frog's Theme

Here's the next Acoustic Short request for my Tier 4 Patron, Alex B. It's Frog's Theme from Chrono Trigger!

I looped this one time through to make it a minute long. Enjoy!

Super Mario 64 Staff Roll Preview

That's right, already. I'm trying to have this ready for the weekend (current goal: Sunday. SUPER goal: Saturday)

Thanks for being a Tier 3+ Patron! :)

Patreon Poll: Vote for an upcoming song!

So, as I noted in one of my previous posts, we quickly reached the 2nd milestone goal: Patreon Poll for a highly requested song.

I'm going to list 4 songs I've been getting a ton of requests for lately and throughout time. Comment below with your choice, the song with the most votes will be made later this month!

1. Mewtwo Battle (Pokemon Stadium)

2. Splatoon Medley

3. Gerudo Valley (Ocarina of Time)

4. That Person's Name Is (Bravely Default) [This...

The results are in!

(Results page is here.)

Congratulations to Matt and Mitchell, Staff Roll (SM64) and Monty on the Run will be the 2 Patron-chosen songs for September!

Drawing for the first 2 Patron songs today!

Hello Patrons!

First off a welcome to my latest Patrons Nicholas D, Evan G, Bolaum, and Chafe. Thank you for becoming Patrons!

NES Medley #3 appears to be a success! Definitely the best one yet. Thanks once again for choosing a great line up. We'll do another Patron chosen medley again someday. Maybe a SNES Medley?

Also, wow, I just set the 2nd Patreon milestone goal up a couple of days ago (75$) and we've already reached it! If you haven't seen it,...

NES Medley #3!

NES Medley #3 is here!

Special thanks once again to you awesome Patrons for putting together this great medley.

1. Title Theme (Mega Man III) 00:04

2. Streets of Desolation (Batman) 01:00

3. Turbo Tunnel (Battletoads) 02:00

4. Technodrome (TMNT II) 02:40

5. Title Theme (Tecmo Bowl) 03:35

6. Stage 2 (Blaster Master) 04:36

7. Dragonlord (Dragon Warrior/Quest) 05:06

8. Quackerjack's Bridge (Darkwing Duck) 06:03

9. ...

NES Medley #3 Early Download

Here's the early download for NES Medley #3 for Tier 2+ Patrons. Enjoy!

Why the GaMetal guy has long hair (Patreon Blog #1)

Because I did! Same outfit too. xD

Then I got older and it started to thin and my hairline started to look an awful lot like Vegeta's, so I just went crazy and shaved it all off.

But if the GaMetal guy lost his hair, he'd look pretty derp. 

So he gets to keep it.

I didn't record actual videos when I had long hair so people on the internet only know hairl...

NES Medley #3 Preview 3: Streets of Desolation (Batman Stage 1)

Here's the third and final preview for the upcoming NES Medley #3: 'Streets of Desolation' from Batman. I've actually had a few requests to do this song, it's pretty awesome. That's to be expected, most NES music from Sunsoft was awesome (Journey to Silius, Mr. Gimmick, Blaster Master which also appears in this medley, just to name a few).

I'm 99% done with the entire medley itself, I just have some final reviewing to do tomorrow.

Based on my work schedule and such,...

NES Medley #3 Preview 2: Quackerjack's Bridge

Getting pretty close to having NES Medley #3 finished! I got most of the major wrinkles ironed out, just have a few minor ones left. I'll be working on recording the video tomorrow.

Till then, here's another preview for you, this is the Quackerjack's Bridge section from the Darkwing Duck NES game (which has awesome swing style music, by the way).

One more preview will be coming at you tomorrow!

NES Medley #3 Preview 1: Technodrome

Here's the first of three sneak previews for the upcoming NES Medley #3!

This part is Technodrome from TMNT II.

I'll post a second preview tomorrow and a third on Tuesday, and the full download should be ready by either Wednesday or Thursday.

Enjoy!

NES Medley #3 List and my picks from your Top 3!

Here's the current list for NES Medley #3

1. Green Greens (Mitchell)

2. Mario 3 Overworld (Xeno)

3. Dragonlord Theme (Alex)

4. Batman Stage 1 (Alexander)

5. Turbo Tunnel (Matt)

6. Technodrome (Chris)

7. Tecmo Bowl Title (Kyle)

8. MM3 Intro (MaskedKirby)

9. Blaster Master Area 2 (Teemu)

10. Darkwing Duck Quackerjack's Bridge (Me :D)

I'm going to start working on this probably as soon as tomorrow tomorrow night, so if you'd...

Mechanical Rhythm

The latest GaMetal song has arrived! We're revisiting Xenoblade Chronicles to take on Mechanical Rhythm. Enjoy!

Mechanical Rhythm early download!

I managed to get all the video recorded so I'll be able to release this tomorrow, but here it is for you today: Mechanical Rhythm from Xenoblade Chronicles!