Here it is! The song collaboration between Nik and I. We put some riffs together and got this. Because this is a first attempt at an original song collaboration over the internet, this song will eventually be a free download all around, but obviously you guys get it early!
2017-10-21 07:05:28 +0000 UTC View Post
This video was pretty damn successful! It beat 3 weeks worth of videos in terms of interest and growth. I'm glad so many people enjoyed it! I saw a lot of you comment on it as well! Doing these challenges has really been getting my inspiration flickering again. I have a ton of ideas. I can't wait to show you all!
2017-10-20 08:17:48 +0000 UTC View PostYou guys should all have access to a google drive folder with every tab released so far (including the album tabs). You can download them and access them at any time. I used your emails linked with Patreon. If this doesn't suit you, email me an address that works for you!
2017-10-20 08:11:46 +0000 UTC View PostHere they are. Finally. It was fun to look over all of these and witness what would become one of my most favorite series over the course of 2 years. Started out as a joke, and it still kind of is. I'll save the big speech for the album. I hope you all enjoy!
NOTE: Sending each tab individually would have been a mess, so I compressed it to one file. Extract it with winrar. Safe and free.
NOTE 2: Some song names have been changed. "Rip and Tear" is now "Shock and Terror", "I wanna get out...
2017-10-20 08:10:15 +0000 UTC View PostYes, it's finally time! The How-To album is nearly finished. I am not a professional with mixing/mastering AT ALL, so it took a little while to get everything sounding the best I can possibly make it sound. But yes, the tabs are all finished. And as promised, you guys will receive them before anyone else! Now you might be wondering "which tier gets access to these tabs?". For this special occasion (and all of your support), every patron will be receiving them! When the album drops, $5+ patrons w...
2017-10-18 11:09:18 +0000 UTC View Post
This was a doozy. Half of folk metal consists of celtic/fantasy vibes, and the other consists of pirate style songs. I tried fusing those both together here (with the pirate part being a little more prominent) and ended up pretty happy with the result. I hope you all enjoyed it as well!
2017-10-13 09:21:10 +0000 UTC View PostREWIND. Hope you enjoy! Thanks to you guys and others, I've decided to go with "REVERSE METAL" as the video title, seeing as you all made some good points. Thank you all for the input!
2017-10-12 09:06:51 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! As I said in my last post, I've been working hard to put myself a few weeks ahead of time. It's been going well so far! Hopefully the workflow can stay that way. For this week, I'm taking on another music challenge. I gotta say, I had a LOT of fun with this one. I pretty much picked it up immediately with a clear mind and went for it. Someone wanted me to make a metal song that would sound the exact same in melody when played backwards. You'll be receiving a download tomorrow. I'm proba...
2017-10-11 09:09:12 +0000 UTC View PostI have to put the invite into the welcome message (maybe edit that whole message in general. It has been about a year or so since I've changed it) but here it is, nonetheless! Whether you feel like chatting or uh..."shitposting", it's all there. You also get access to a patron-only channel to talk on.
2017-10-06 06:53:24 +0000 UTC View Post
This one was a bit of a challenge to do (no pun intended), mainly because I'm still new to mixing, and recording acoustic guitar is always a little strange to me. Incredibly happy with how it came out. The feedback has been great. There will be an electric guitar version up for sale soon, but you guys here will (obviously) be getting it for free. There are many more challenges where this came from, and I will do my hardest to not only make them interesting, but to make them catchy songs in gener...
2017-10-06 06:41:45 +0000 UTC View PostThis week will be "How To: Make a Folk Metal song". If you're a fan of celtic/fantasy JRPG stuff, you might dig this one!
As for spooky October things, I do have a song in the works (hopefully a special video as well). I also have a collaboration coming up for a How-To that I will elaborate on later. I will be trying one of the many challenges given to me by you guys and the other viewers on my "Acoustic Metal" video. There will be some new originals as well. I'm trying to put myself 3 weeks a...
2017-10-04 11:26:04 +0000 UTC View PostI might redo the mixing on this if I get the time. It's pretty tough trying to mix all these orchestra instruments together, but it's always an interesting experience. Either way, I record all of these with raw guitar tracks so they can all one day me remastered by a professional. And man, I can't wait until this one does, because the chorus probably has one of my favorite melodies yet.
2017-10-04 11:21:58 +0000 UTC View PostManaged to finish this before Saturday 2PM. Thank goodness. Definitely need to sleep now though. Still learning how to mix acoustic guitars, but I hope you all enjoy!
2017-09-30 11:28:53 +0000 UTC View Post
This is probably one of my favorite originals yet. I hope you all enjoyed! P.S new free sonf download for this week's video will be coming in a couple hours. I was supposed to send it much earlier (as well as make this post), but I had some work related things to tend to this week that held my schedule back. I hope you all enjoy the future content! And thank you to all of the new patrons that joined this week! Plenty of reward ideas coming up :)
2017-09-29 08:45:58 +0000 UTC View PostWith the recent rise in patrons, I've come to realize that it can be a bit of a challenge for someone to go through all my posts in search of tabs they may have missed out on. I'll be making a shared folder where all $5 patrons can access/download the available tabs at any time. Just like the $10 and the special drive they're a part of, I will be sending invites to your email that you used to sign up for Patreon. If you would like me to send it to a different email, comment on this post or inbox...
2017-09-26 09:54:26 +0000 UTC View PostHope you enjoy jamming along!
2017-09-26 09:44:22 +0000 UTC View PostIt took forever to get the melodies I wanted (actually, it took about 2 days, but it felt like forever). I'm finally done though! And you know what? This might be one of my favorite originals I've made in a long time. I hope you all enjoy. To those who received a demo track yesterday, there are actually a fair amount of changes (plus way better sound quality). Be sure to check it out!
2017-09-22 09:47:21 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we'll be returning to the J-Rock/Anime style (a personal favorite of mine when it comes to writing) in a new How-To! This time, it's how to make an outro theme. I had a song planned for a long time, but I recently came up with a new one that would work a lot better. The verse is still undecided though, so I might go with the old idea if I can't figure it out in time.
Next week, it'll either be a weird video showcasing what an acoustic guitar metal song/breakdown would sound like (so...
2017-09-21 10:08:59 +0000 UTC View PostThis is not the complete track by any means. I'll be re-recording everything + adding a lot of new stuff. I'm also unsure about the verse (and the pre-chorus leads). I'm trying to finish this song before saturday for a new video. If not, I'll go through with an alternative. I'm really happy with the chorus though! For those that don't know the style, it's another J-rock/Anime type!
Posting a second version with a slightly different verse. I don't know though...I'm overthinking it right now, so...
2017-09-21 10:03:48 +0000 UTC View PostFinally got them to you! Happy jamming!
2017-09-21 10:00:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, that was a hell of a time. It makes me happy that I can experiment on the channel with originals now. Even stuff like this helps inspire me to come up with originals that you would all (hopefully) enjoy. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to get my music out there (and make total shitposts like this one). I didn't make a paid post for the symphonic metal video, so just pretend this is it lol!
As for people who wanted backing tracks for the 3 how-to songs I posted last week, they ...
2017-09-17 20:19:44 +0000 UTC View PostAs a celebration for reaching $100, here are 3 tabs of the 14 coming with the "How-To" album. Comes in Guitar Pro 5/6 and PDF files. Thank you all so much for your patience, and thank you for the continued support! I'll keep doing my best.
This also comes with downloads for the 3 songs, but some aren't fully remastered yet.
Small disclaimer: If you don't have guitar pro, a free program called "tuxguitar" can run the .gp5 files! Very much recommended.
2017-09-15 10:36:15 +0000 UTC View PostFirst of all, let me just say thank you all for all the support recently! I see we have some new people as well, so thank you to all the newcomers for deciding come for the ride! It seems we have reached the $100 milestone as well! We'll discuss the milestone video soon. I never thought I'd actually reach this number, so the surprise has thrown me off a little!
As for this week's video, I'm going to make a song that's basically a compilation of different styles of metal breakdowns. Some w...
Here they are! Learn away. If you don't have Guitar Pro, you can still run the GP5 file if you download a free program called "Tux Guitar". Give it a try!
2017-09-13 08:11:40 +0000 UTC View PostWe're getting symphonic in this one!
2017-09-08 11:29:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey, guys! I've been a little busy, mainly because my band is having our first show this Saturday. It was a last minute event, so we've been practicing a lot this week. That being said, I still have some videos I'm working on!
- This week will be another How-To before trying some new stuff next week. It'll be on Symphonic Metal! I'm pretty excited to give it a shot. I already have some riff ideas down, including an orchestra program to back it all up. If all goes well, there should be a downlo...
2017-09-07 11:12:08 +0000 UTC View Post