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Hyrule Castle - Breath of the Wild (Rock Cover)

Late on this paid post. Thank you all for your patience with me. Been really busy here and there and when I'm not, I'm sucked into Zelda. I did not charge for the video a week before this, but I won't charge for it now, so no worries. I hope you all enjoyed this cover :) The time signatures were ROUGH. the main melody has two bars of 5/4, one bar of 6/4 and then one bar of 5/4 again. When it repeats, it ends on the third bar (6/4) and then goes to a 5/4 riff. It's definitely..something, but I LO...

3 new videos (announcement) + 2 early song downloads coming tomorrow! + new rewards finally coming soon

So I still want to get some Breath of the Wild covers done, because this game has been helping me with writing and playing and this would be the best time to put out covers for it. That being said, I will probably change the pacing around and have some stuff in between. The two BOTW covers I'm currently working on are: Calamity Ganon's theme and Mipha's Theme. I just finished them (2 covers in one day. Hoo boy), but I want to mix and master them before I send it over to you. 

On top of th...

This Week's Cover [Early Download]

This Week's Cover [Early Download]

This Week's Cover (downloads coming right after this post!)

For this week, I'm also getting in on the Breath of the Wild hype. How could I help it? I already do all the new video game songs anyway! This time around, it will be the theme of hyrule castle. You can go there at anytime, but...maybe it's not the greatest idea. ANYWAYS, I hope you guys will enjoy! I have some more BOTW covers planned. If any of them count as a spoiler, I will not put anything spoiler related in the title, so no worries. I don't want to spoil myself either. Downloads coming rig...

New Original "How-To" Song [EXTENDED VERSION]

New Original "How-To" Song [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Usually I reserve something like this for the $10+ patrons, but since I'm making this a saturday video instead of a cover this week, I figured everyone who is eligible for downloads should get it :) That being said, there is another version of the song with extra riffs that didn't make it into the finished version. $10+ Patrons will get that exclusively! I hope you enjoy.

My music plans for this week

Right...so as you might know, the soundtrack to Zelda: Breath of the Wild is now out and about on the internet. There is a song I'm trying to cover from it in time for saturday. If it does not work out, I will be uploading my newest How To video as originally planned. My channel has blowing up lately because of the How-To videos (almost made over a thousand subs in the past 3 days because of it), so this would be healthy for my channel and it's success. I'm also considering holding off on the co...

Battle (Veronica) [Trailer Theme] - Fire Emblem Heroes (Rock Cover)

This was a pretty damn tough one. I never had to do a cover in 7/8, and it was quite the experience, but I was hooked on this song ever since the trailer came out. I never thought I'd cover a song from a phone app. Hope you guys enjoy! 

New (non-cover) videos (early announcement)

I have two How-To videos coming. Pretty standard. One will be Power Metal. This one is still in the early stages. The other will be a part 2 to my post hardcore video! Pretty damne excited.

On top of that...I have some new ideas. One includes a funny video on genres of metal I totally made up. Expect some weird shit. The second is  "pizza metal" my buddy and I dress up as italian chefs while playing metal versions of a standard italian song and doing other things (totally professional). A...

This week's cover [backing track]

This week's cover [early download]

I'm making a Q&A! All patrons can send in 3 questions!

As the title says, I'm finally making my god damn Q&A video. Viewers on youtube can ask up to one question. You guys have the choice of 3. I'll stop taking questions on March 1st. I'll be uploading a video tomorrow (later today technically) with more details, but send them in! All patrons are welcome to participate!

You can comment here or inbox me. Either way is fine :)

Guzma Battle Theme (Metal Cover) - Pokemon Sun & Moon

This is one of the sillier covers I've done. I say that because I shouted "BRRRAP. UH. UH." into the mic for 2 minutes. I thought it would be slightly cringe, but the feedback has been amazing! Another success. Let's keep this up, shall we?

Instrumental (no vocals) version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgbfPNJtpZ0

Updated version of one of the last covers. I need opinions if you have time! :)

I raised the vocal volume in the guzma battle cover because you guys told me you couldnt really hear it. I just wanna know if you prefer this version or the one without vocals. I don't know which would be more beneficial for youtube. Thanks, guys :) 

This week's cover and next week's cover [Announcement] SO MANY UPDATES TONIGHT

This week, I'm covering Guzma's battle theme from Pokemon Sun and Moon! Should be hype. I don't know if I should include vocals or not, but we'll see! Next week was a cover I decided to do at the last minute (because I only recently got to hear the whole thing). It's a metal cover of the trailer theme from fire emblem heroes! The time signature is crazy. I've never recorded anything in 7/8, so this should be a hell of a time. Already got started!

New original song [FREE DOWNLOAD]

As stated, all originals will be free for you top tier bois. :D

2 new covers [early downloads]

Music work has been really heavy lately, but I am almost a month ahead of schedule now! When the time comes, I'll post em all here! Here are 2 covers for now. Guzma is up this week.

Should I upload the version without the vocals?

This week's cover [backing track]

This is a new favorite for backing tracks!

This week's cover [early download]

I will go back to covering newer songs after this one (I had so much fun with it. I just had to do it). There's a bit of a drought on new hype game songs, but I have a few ideas to play around with. I hope you enjoy this one! I made some extra heavy riffs to spice it up a little. 

Covering a Nintendo series that I haven't done yet (I'm surprised I haven't)

The list expands! I will be adding a song from the Metroid series to our roster of random cover goodness. Kraid's Lair! I have some coo lmelodic ideas for this one, so look forward to it :) I'm kind of eager to put this one out, so I might even release it this saturday. Some of you have been waiting for the kirby cover for quite awhile though, so maybe that would be better. Either way, I will have some downloads for you guys tomorrow. Stay tuned!

Donkey Kong Country - Gang-Plank Galleon (Metal Cover)

I've been saying this a lot lately, but this is probably my new favorite cover. I've been wanting to cover this since I was 14, and it felt good to finally try my take on it. I hope you all enjoyed it as well. I'll be releasing an original song on thursday for fun. As a thank you to everyone here for being so patient these past few weeks, I'll give to every patron for free. That being said, $10+ patrons will be getting some free stuff very soon. I will also be exporting the christmas medley song...

This week's cover [backing track]

This week's cover [early download]

i accidentally called it "gankplank galleon" twice now

This week's cover + other upcoming covers/ideas (uploading song downloads now)

This one's a late post. The reason being that I worked on 3 covers this week as opposed to one. I'm trying to get really ahead of schedule so I can givey ou guys better/earlier stuff. That being said, I will be giving out some early extra downloads soon because of the lateness of this one. This cover this week is one of my favorite songs of all time. Gang-Plank Galleon! I've wanted to cover this song since I was 14, but I was afraid of messing it up. I think I finally have something here. I also...

Inkoming - Splatoon 2 (Rock Cover)

Switch hype month is over, and I'm super happy I went through with it, because it only made me more excited for the Switch and the new games :) I hope you guys enjoyed too! Note: the title was "Inkcoming" for so long until I realized it wasn't spelt that way. God damn puns.

This Week's Cover [Backing Track]

This Week's Cover [Early Download]

Change of Plans (part....4? 5? idk)

Right so...it looks like Switch hype hit me for one more week. Turns out I was able to something with the Splatoon 2 trailer theme. Kirby is coming soon though! Hope you guys enjoy this one :) the early download is uploading right now!

Trailer Theme - Super Mario Odyssey (Rock Cover)

Damn, this is some of the most fun I've had with a cover (well this and the Zelda one). I'm glad so many others enjoyed it as well! It was shared a fair amount by a few twitter accounts and websites, and I'm incredibly thankful. You can bet I'll be working hard on more covers as soon as we get new songs for these switch games! Stay hype :D