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Plans for this week (and next)

This week, we're heading back to covers! I'll be covering the final boss theme from Breath of the Wild! That goes for all phases. It's actually finished already! Just need some mastering and then I can send it over to you guys. I'm trying to be at least a few weeks ahead of schedule again. 

The week after will be another How-To. Once again, they're incredibly fun to do and they're giving my channel some serious boosts. I have some new ideas for the series that could possibly bridge the ga...

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New Original [Backing Track]


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New Original [Free Early Download]


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New How-To (Sneak Peek)

Rough version! I'll definitely be cleaning it up. Still need to make up an anime-sounding name!

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This Week's Cover [Backing Track]


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This Week's Cover [Early Download]


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Jump Up, Super Star! (1-Up Girl) [Rock Cover] - Retweeted by Bill Trinen!

One of my favorites by far. It seems that was the case for many of you! Not only did it get highly upvoted on reddit, it also went all around twitter and eventually retweeted by Bill Trinen. Just knowing that someone high up at Nintendo saw something I made is mind-blowing. Past Shady would never believe me. Not in a million years. This wouldn't have happened without you guys. Thank you for helping me get another step closer to the dream. Stay Frosty, buds.

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Plans for this week and next week + Request Results (cover downloads coming tonight)

Phew! Been dealing with one emergency after the other. I'll be sure to be more diligent as soon as these problems are sorted out!

I had a lot of trouble figuring out what to upload this week. I was wondering whether a How-To/Original or a cover would be better. However, my schedule was messed up and the how-to wasn't able to be finished, so that will be next week.

THIS WEEK, you'll be getting a rock/metal version of the E3 trailer theme from Xenoblade Chronicles 2! It was..the ONLY reque...

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Song Request Time! (June 2017) Get in here!

To those who don't know what this is, all you have to do is suggest a song that fits my given theme. If I like it, I will cover it and give it to you guys. If there's enough time, I'll make a video of it and throw your name in! Take a look at the rules. After that, just leave a comment below! 

-THEME-

Favorite E3 Trailer Theme! If more songs were released for the game during E3, those can also be chosen as a request.

-RULES-

1. You can make up to 3 sug...

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This Week's Cover [Backing Track]

Weirdest jam track

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This Week's Cover [Early Download] (May make changes over the week)

Super Mario Odyssey 2017 Trailer theme, anyone? It was so damn good. Learning every note of the walking bass in this song was agonizing, but so worth it. I might make changes to the mix and mastering. Getting used to new headphones. I hop you guys enjoy what I have so far though!

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Main Theme - ARMS (Rock Cover)

This is probably one of my favorites yet. I didn't quite have the ARMS for this one, so I got uh...."Swoley Cicada" for this one. 

P.S I've noticed some new Patrons on here recently! To those unaware, we do have a discord! Feel free to join with the link below.  From there, I give you access to the Patron Only channel as well. Feel free to message me if you don't have access after joining!

 https://discord.gg/X...

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This month's cover suggestions will start next week!

Just wanted to let you all know about the cover suggestion segment this month. I would have done it much earlier, but I figured we could make the theme E3 related. So when the last conference happens (Nintendo on wednesday), I'll throw it up and you guys can tell me your top 3 favorite trailer themes! 

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This Week's Cover [Early Download]

ARMS. I started working out heavy again, so what better way to celebrate?

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New Original (Free Download) + cover download coming tonight!

Here is something I've been working on for about a month with a vocalist. It's a remastered/vocal version of my song "The Rise"! I hope you guys enjoy! 

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New Original [Backing Track]


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New Original [Free Download]

Power Metal. FAST

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Plans for this month

Hey guys. Just thought I'd give you a rundown of things to come this month! As an update for those who would like to know, I am still dealing with the family emergency, but at the moment, things are going okay. Thank you so much for the kind words and support. Both I (and my mother) appreciated it.  I won't mention it again after this, but just know that I am always thankful for you guys. As a result, I actually have a few neat things planned for you guys!

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Last Surprise - Persona 5 (Metal Cover)

This soundtrack is shaping up as one of my favorites. Really damn stylish, and it never seems forced. I hope you guys enjoyed this one! There will be an update about some videos/songs happening this month in a few hours, so stay tuned!

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This Week's Cover [Backing Track]


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This Week's Cover [Early Download]


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Song Idea I had [Really rough preview]

I have this song that I've been planning to make for quite awhile, but I've been trying to come up with a cool intro and verse riff for it. I think I have my intro, but the verse/pre-chorus/w.e at 0:38 will probably be scrapped. I don't enjoy it much anymore.  Let me know what you think (if you want)!

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How To: Make a Djent Song (Original Song)

This is by far my favorite one yet. And 13,000+ views in under 24 hours? That is absolutely insane. The feedback has been wonderful, and I'm feeling pretty good. I hope you guys enjoyed it as well!

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This Week's Cover (Announcement)

I may have mentioned this already, but this week I will be doing "Last Surprise" from Persona 5! It was the winning song in the song request...event? I don't really know what to call it yet lol. I'm excited to see what I can do with it! 

It'll be the last music video for May! I have a full set of videos planned for June already, but with E3 happening, we can definitely expect new trailer themes. This probably means I'll be trying to make covers in a single day again.  That's not a co...

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New "How-To" Original [Free Download]


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New How-To [extra rough sneak peek]

New How-To is going well! It's a new favorite of mine. This is an unmixed/unmastered track, so it wont sound incredibly amazing yet, but I thought you guys might get a little kick out of hearing an early version. Warning: It's heavy af

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Kass' Theme - Breath of the Wild (Rock Cover)

This song is so jumpy and fun to play! It was pretty neat that one of the bigger Nintendo Switch news pages on twitter tweeted this cover out. This music has amazing music, and I can't wait to do more. I hope you guys enjoyed!

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What's coming this week + Cover Song Request Results!

Alright, guys! Getting back on track here and bringing you the goods. I figured that doing a "How-To" at least once or twice a month while also doing covers would be optimal way to keep the channel balanced. With that being said, this week will be a "How-To" for....Djent. Hopefully. The djent techniques are there, but I might have to play with the tones a little. Very excited though! This video might end up being the first one to have "8 minutes or less" in the title because it's such a damn big...

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This Week's Cover [Backing Track]


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Early Cover Download (to those who didn't receive this on in the past)

It hit me that even though I sent this cover to you guys weeks ahead of time, there are actually a lot of new patrons here. So here's the new cover! Brand new originals coming soon as well. Just need to figure out a schedule around what's going on right now. There should be a new how-to next week though if everything goes well!

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