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A wholesome song for you

Hello my amazing patrons,

Here is my first of two videos with ELISE ECKLUND!!  If you all don't know of her work she is WONDERFUL and I would definitely consider joining her Patreon fam as well.  If you do, tell her I sent ya!  We had a blast filming together.

I'm preparing to go to NYC for a series of recordings, video shoots and writing sessions, so all is very exciting at the moment!  Will keep you all posted as I go!

Thank you all for your amazing sup...

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Your free download!

Hello my $2+ patrons,

Here is your free download of "unavailable."  Obviously I trust you to keep it to yourself and encourage people to download and stream the song as much as possible, but this one is yours to hold :)

THANK YOU ALL!!

xxMKR

unavailable is out :)

Hello my wonderful patrons,

My newest single, "unavailable" is out.  Massive thank you to Johnny Deltoro and Hannah Tobias for helping me make it into the song it has become.  Sit back with a pair of headphones and let it wash over you.  Know that no matter how out of touch with yourself you might feel sometimes, you'll always come home. xoxo

Can't wait to have our little livestream at 5pm EST, where I'll play you a VERY ROUGH first draft of the next song I'll relea...

New video and LIVESTREAM

Hello my lovely patrons!!

Oh boy...this happened.  I am so grateful to my friend Autumn Chiklis who was the writer behind the non-translated summary because I was SO LOST xD.  This took forever to film, but I'm happy with how it turned out :)

Remember that "unavailable" comes out on FRIDAY!!  Be sure to follow me on Spotify to know when it comes out. 2019-04-16 18:01:06 +0000 UTC View Post

New video and ALBUM ARTWORK

Hello my awesome patrons,

This was one of my...maybe less successful musical experiments xD.  But it was still really fun and I may still use cards as a way to get ideas!  

What kind of songs would you all like to hear me *cover* specifically?  Any popular artists I may not know about?

Also, for YOUR EYES ONLY before it's released to the world tomorrow, here's the album artwork for "unavailable!"  I had wanted to work with @manka_kasha for YEARS, and she ...

New video! Airplane Safety!

Hello my awesome patrons,

This is maybe my most requested Translator Fails xD.  Even though it's sponsored so it's not under Patreon (for new patrons, I don't promote my Patreon in sponsored videos so that you won't be associated with any brands and I take that responsibility fully), I wanted to send it to you all because I thought it turned out so well!!!

I've got TWO covers of the month coming because the one I filmed for March I didn't love, so we're just going to do two x...

A new series??

Hello my amazing patrons!!

I've been thinking on this for a long time, and I have just launched what may end up being the start of a little mini series on my new channel!  Nothing makes my heart happier than singing in acoustically gratifying spaces.  And in October and December two videos of me singing in a church went viral.  I've decided to pursue filming a few videos live using only the raw audio captured on my mic and letting the space sing with me.  I'm alread...

New video!!

Hello patrons!

I've discovered the joys of a VOCODER!!  Listen to this thing!!  I can sing with myself!!  I hope to do more stuff with this technology because I'm only just discovering the expression I can have with it.  Very very exciting :D

Keep an eye out for livestream announcements!  You all are the best.  So much is ramping up right now as far as new music and new content, so I can't wait to share it with you and take you behind the scenes!

New video and translate!!

Hello my incredible patrons!

You all did a FABULOUS JOB on this one.  And this might go down as one of the weirder things I've put on the internet, but there you go! xD.

I am excited to announce to you all EXCLUSIVELY first, Elise Ecklund is coming to visit me in a week!!  We are going to translate some Twenty One Pilots, so I've included that below if you want to help us out.  

$5+ patrons, keep an eye out as I'm going to do 2 streams in April, one while Eli...

New vlog is up

Hello my amazing patrons,

More music coming next week, but I had some things I needed to get off my chest.  So here we are :)

If I were to do other videos like this one and "I didn't look in the mirror" what are the sort of things you'd like me to reflect on?  I'm looking for some cool personal challenges, and I'll take the time to write a song with each of them too :)

You all have been so supportive during the run of ONCE, and as sad as I am that the show is over ...

New GTS and Community Translate!!

Hello my dear patrons,

FINALLY THE FIRST GTS OF THE YEAR!!  And this one, Brian Hull took on as a guest artist and he NAILED it.  I was so excited to see what he would do with this.  And you all did a spectacular job of translating :D :D :D

Speaking of which, I've been unsurprisingly getting requests for Sucker by the Jonas Brothers.  SO let's give it a shot, shall we!?  

I'm taking a break from MALINDA just this week to work on a longer project but ...

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I'm gonna sing a song :D

Your cover for this month: dodie!!

Hello +$5 friends!

This is Linda, who would go on for me if I were to get sick, and we love dodie, so we had a little jam session.  You all get the full version!!

Enjoy :D

xxMKR

New Translator Fails and Patreon Q&A!!

Hello my wonderful patrons!!

While sponsored videos don't technically fall under Patreon videos (just so that I take responsibility for my relationship with brands and you all can stay clear of that) I wanted to share this one with you because it was so fun!!  Cooking with Google Translate is a TIME!

I thought that since I have some time between shows today that I would come onto Patreon and answer any questions you all have about what's been going on in my life.  I've b...

New video!!

Hello patrons!!

I made a video about my pre-show rituals here at ONCE!!  I hope you enjoy it.  I had a lot of fun making it :D

Livestream friends: FEBRUARY 26th at 5pm EST!!  Come hang out!

You are all wonderful.  Thank you for your support as I juggle the show and YouTube.  It's a LOT but I love it.  We've got a Translator Fails and GTS coming in the next week!

xxMKR

New video!

Hello wonderful patrons!!

I've wanted to make this video for a while and boy was it fun.  NoteBUSTERS was such a special program for me, and I credit them with developing my love for performing.  I hope you all enjoy this little insight into growing up, music, and adorably flat notes. xD

Thank you for your support.  I can't tell you how proud I am of this little fam here.

More to come from me shortly (including a little collab)!

xxMKR

The 5 Year Video!!

Hello my incredible patrons!!

I finally was able to sit down and edit this colossal video and it was SO gratifying and amazing to see people's faces.  It makes everything so much more real :) . Thank you all for 5 wonderful years on this platform.  I could NEVER have done it without you all.  Here's to 5 more!!

A few updates on my life for you since we last chatted:

-We opened ONCE at Olney Theatre Center and it was extraordinary (and I've already met some of ...

New video!!

Hello friends!

I had so much fun making this video.  It was a challenge because I'm still improving on playing live and singing at the same time, but I learn a lot doing it, so I'll try to push myself to do it more!

Currently I'm in the middle of technical rehearsals for ONCE.  It's exhausting and long, but this show is so beautiful, and I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to be in the room with these people.  It's pushing me creatively and improving my work he...

A cover for you!!

Hello my awesome patrons,

For the cover of the month I figured I’d just let you into one of my practicing sessions for ONCE! This is called “The Hill” and imagine it with a string trio in the back. It’s an amazing song that I love playing in the show.

Also- if you have not received your rewards from 2018 by now PLEASE MESSAGE ME!!! They should have gotten to you by now but we may have been some postcards or CDs short because of reorders so PLEASE l...

Livestream in 5 minutes!!

Come hang out with meeee!!!

New video and new translate!!

Hello my amazing patrons!

I decided to have a go at Shallow from A Star Is Born.  This song has grown on me, and I now love it.  And Lady Gaga.  Of course xD.  I hope you all enjoy it!

We also have a new community translate (it's a collab!!!) for Friend Like Me from Aladdin!!  There are SO MANY WORDS GOODNESS!!  Feel free to translate as much or as little as you want.  I'm excited to see how whacky this is going to get.

For $5+, I'll see y...

New video!

My wonderful patrons,

You all made a beautiful video!!  Thank you for sending in your fabulous translations.  I can't tell you how helpful it is to have so many people submitting.  SO THANK YOU!!

Rehearsals are going well over here :D . More music and info to come from me soon.  I hope to do a little blog post for you all to tell you about it.  Also for those of you in these levels, LIVESTREAM this Monday at 5:30 PM EST.  We'll have some fun :D

Help me translate!!

Hello my friends,

I find horoscopes to be hilarious as they are.  So let's translate some!!  You're welcome to pick just your own sign, or you can go wild and do the whole thing, up to you!  Include the name of the sign in there.  You've for 24 hours!!  Go go go!

More updates from me soon :) xxMKR

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Aries

It's time for you to step in and help out a friend or coworker who may be struggling on a high-profile task.  Y...

TWO new videos!!

Hello my wonderful patrons!!

In the first week of rehearsals I still managed to make two videos.  Still might be complicated for a bit but I'm proud of what we made.  I hope you enjoyed this little YouTuber mashup.  These are just a few of the people who inspire me to write and make videos so it was fun to put it all together!

And here was video #2 for the week on Translator Fails! https...

A free song for you!!

Hello $2 patrons!!

Here's the audio for my YouTuber mashup :D . I hope you enjoy it!  We had a fun time making it.

xxMKR

Community translate!!

Hello wonderful patrons,

I'm working on this translation for a weather report!!  I'm having a little trouble especially because Google Translate loves to simplify numbers and it makes it less crazy!  So I'd like to do an experiment and give you all just a section of this weather report to see what happens when lots of people mess with the text.  That way I'll have more variables to work with.

Feel free to enter this exactly as is or combine sentences from different ...

Changes in 2019

Hello my extraordinary and wonderful Patrons.

Last year we wrote and released an all-original EP, performed 2 concerts, produced 3 full music videos on 2 coasts, had several high performing videos, raised thousands of dollars for charity, appeared at 2 YouTube conferences, expanded our team creatively and administratively, oh yeah and STARTED A WHOLE NEW CHANNEL and a new beautiful journey together.  2018 was my craziest year yet, and trust me when I say we are JUST NOW getting sta...

New video: let's talk about autotune!

Hello my patrons!!

As scary as this video is, because I know the hate comments will be abundant, I wanted to talk about autotune and tuning as a whole from a different perspective!  We talk about how it's used (and not used) depending on style, how we've used it in the studio, and even the physics of pitch!!  I had a really fun time writing this with my producers and I learned a lot in the process.  There are certainly videos where I look back and think "hmmm that's too c...

New video!

Hello my wondrous patrons,

I've got a new parody out, yayyy!!  You all did such a good job translating this one.  Thank you for all of your amazing contributions this year!!!

I've got a lot more to update you all on, but for now I'm getting over some kind of throat infection (huzzah) so I'll schedule our livestream once I can talk!

xxMKR