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New Song. Patrons Hear it First!

Patrons. Hear it first. Brand new Turbo Volcano song called "I'm Not Going on Carousel"

Also, first look at the artwork for Turbo Volcano 4 called "She Wears Pink but Flies a Blue Lion." Full album releases on June 4.

I don't really like to document my production process because it shatters my concentration, but this song is a beast and by far the most complicated Turbo Volcano song to date.

This is the last song that I made for the new album becaus...

She Wears Pink but Flies a Blue Lion

Hey yo! What up?

I thought I would take a music break but decided fuck it, I'm going right to work on Turbo Volcano 4 which has the working title "She Wears Pink but Flies a Blue Lion". It may be a shorter EP with a few disco funk future laser disco songs. I'm still tinkering.

I attached a first draft clip of one of the first songs in production called (working title) From Frisco with Lasers. Placeholder drums, first-pass mix with some morning coffee. The...

CGR X GT7 featuring Turbo Volcano: Supra & Psychocrystals

Enjoy.

https://vimeo.com/698353046/3b4536a56f 

Mark

CGR X EDF w Turbo Volcano: Supertrooper Juice Bar (Rough Edit)

Super early access. Because why not. Enjoy! 

https://vimeo.com/696771363/eab5677658 

Behind the scenes, I have been in pre-production with two video series. They're just starting to get into filming now.

While was tweaking an edit. for yuks, I thought it might be fun to mix my own music into some gameplay and remembered how much I enjoy EDF.  This happened. Maybe there will be lots?...

Supernova Robot Dungeon music video

Early access! New video and final mix for Supernova Robot Dungeon on the upcoming Turbo Volcano album titled... Supernova Robot Dungeon!

https://vimeo.com/694160233/1eb1eb89d3

You may have heard an early mix of this song in a podcast. The final mix was rebuilt with Roland synthesizers and the Nord Drum 3p.

The final album will be released in a week or so!

Mark

Space Cavern & More Videos

Hello. It's been a pretty frustrating couple weeks here on Planet Earth. I suspect most people probably feel this way. It's hard to focus on "fun" and "entertainment" while there are daily images of kids being bombed by the Russians. While there has always been war, and there's always something bad happening on a daily basis, this particular war feels especially cruel, callous, and completely unnecessary. It's also a reminder to spend more time with kids, family, and friends while we're still...

8-Track Killed the Internet Star

Oh man, where to even begin. I opened the floodgates to all hell breaking loose.

As you'll hear in tomorrow's podcast, Turbo Volcano will be releasing its debut album on...

8-Track

It'll also be on cassette. Both special editions with high-res digital copies. This spring.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

I scheduled the first EP to drop in about a week digitally everywhere. Turbo Volcano: Future Year 1982 is a collection of 12 songs, cleaned up and refine...

Universe Tim + Album Update

Hear an early cut of the new Turbo Volcano song in development, Universe Tim.

This is a rough edit - it's the first song using my new analog synthesizer gear. The middle is VERY rough because my headphone adapter broke and I'm waiting for a new one. I mix loud and my family almost killed me yesterday after hearing the beat for like three hours straight. So.... mixing and fx and levels are still a good bit off, but the backbone is there. I'm going to re-record t...

All Hail the Vectrex gets the 4K Treatment!

This should be a crowd pleaser. Tell me that Vectrex isn't GORGEOUS...

https://vimeo.com/670976281 

Enjoy!

Mark

Could This Be Laser Love?

Greetings from Future Year 1982! Hey, are you ready to rock the weekend with some new Turbo Volcano tracks in development? If so, you're in luck! I just uploaded four brand new tracks to TurboVolcano.com 

You can also listen on Vimeo and Youtube. I'll be working on Amazon shortly. Here you go:

Could This Be Future Laser Love in Another Galaxy Far Far...

VIDEO* CGR Podcast #10: No Smoking in the Event Horizon

Get it early! Clearly this is taking on a life of its own.

https://vimeo.com/667970952/542e6c60d5 

As you'll hear, Turbo Volcano is a real thing. It's hard to explain, but when the made up future band is the tip of the marketing machine used to deliver the 1970s Space Vibe of CGR, I can spend a LOT more time on it!

Operation Turbo Volcano is evolving. The marketing videos are slowly rolling o...

She Blinded Me with Computational Mechanics

What a week in Future Year 1982!!

The new Intergalactic Space Arcade is up and running. There's a bunch of CGR Studio videos in production, all with new bangin' tunes from Turbo Volcano.

I did some work on the Turbo Volcano website www.TurboVolcano.com today. It has a long way to go, but you can hear the first four test tracks on Vimeo and SoundCloud. I will be building out new galleries on YouTube as well for those w...

ENGAGE TURBO VOLCANO!

Hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha.... IT WORKS!!!!!!!!

Fish can be funky.

Mark

VECTREX in the R-ZOOOONE!

It's red and blurry and awesome.

Hope you're having a great week. I had some fun in the studio last friday. Heading back in tomorrow for some production shots.

Retromegatrex 2 and Robot Kitten Factory 3 will be out next week. Slowed down with the studio build, but they're in final QA now. This week's podcast is about production (i think). 

Next week's is about Retromegatrex. New music too.

Mark

The First CGR Studio Video - Poe and Atari

The first of many! On Friday I filmed the first CGR Studio video (working title, I guess...) the first of about 1000 of these things. This is why the studio can exist, and why we're getting podcasts and Turbo Volcano! These little product pieces.

https://vimeo.com/664002840

Nothing fancy here, obviously. It's a book resting on my Sears Tele Games. Took some time to work out the lighting and backdrop. I think it's ...

Mark joins Toaplan film.

Hear it first. Enjoy!

https://vimeo.com/663126348/77085affa5

Here's the link to the Kickstarter---> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/josephmpierce/all-your-base-are-belong-to-toaplan

This is the first video version of the CGR Podcast. The regular podcast will be up ...

VIDEO RETURNS

Early look at the new 80s Comics. The series will continue on the website. Probably weekly or so along with the podcast. Breaking in the camera and the lighting. Completely new studio, pain in the ass but fun to rebuild.

https://vimeo.com/663023060/d3ce4eab42

Also, tomorrow I'll announce the news that I'm narrating what could be the biggest video game documentary in history. So, big week.

And I'm ...

First Listen - Turbo Volcano emerges

There's so much going on which is EXCITING that it's hard to keep up. First of all, I work in bits and pieces. All year you'll be seeing bite sized chunks begin to form one cohesive whole giant thing. But it'll literally take all year.

https://vimeo.com/660790421/0f46be4b22

TURBO VOLCANO

I ordered a bunch of real analog synthesizer gear. I'm building a recording studio. It's being assembled into t...

New Podcast! The Return of 80s Comics

www.cgrpublishing.com

Yoooo Joe! New podcast up a day early because I have some family kinda stuff to do tomorrow (like drinking beer, ignoring my children and watching Lethal Weapon.)

I hope you also have a festive family holiday (drinking, ignoring, Riggs and Murtaugh)

Enjoy a new podcast all about the past, present, and future of 80s Comics! New shows are planned to resume in 2022 on a soon-to-be-reboot...

Some Old Friends Return

https://vimeo.com/658763232/f1a5c4de41

Some old friends return to the new studio. Had a few casualties over the past few years in storage, but most of the remaining arcade games still function.

Going to take months to work out the studio aesthetics, but if my vision for Operation Turbo Volcano comes to fruition, it'll be pretty awesome.

Here's the link to our official 2022 news post: 2021-12-20 23:13:41 +0000 UTC View Post

A CGR Sonic Adventure

New podcast! A sonic adventure through the history of Classic Game Room's music and a peek at where the CGR sound may be heading in the future.

Podcast #5 early access - it'll be out on Podbean tomorrow.

mark

Studio Setup Day 2

New studio setup day 2. Enjoy. Just breaking in the gear and unpacking storage.

https://vimeo.com/657214795/e6e855099d

There seem to be a few things in the works. They're pretty out there though, which is fun for me. I like to be unexpected. And thankfully, after two years of real work, I can get back to that a little bit. Let's see what happens, I really don't know!

Listen to this friday's podcas...

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A little dusty, but they still work. Testing some new gear. Enjoy.

https://vimeo.com/656743457/08a5b2e912

All New Video Setup - Video Test 1

Greetings and happy Saturday! At the end of 2019 I had no choice but to sell off my beloved Canon 1DX camera, the Sony 4K camera, all of the mics, the SSD drives, amps, cables, high-end cards, connectors, and everything else related to video production. Video wasn't working, in fact, it was causing more harm than good. So, I had to free up those resources to change direction.

https://vimeo.com/655725689/f63a6c0f9...

CGR Publishing Podcast #2!

Here everyone, enjoy the listen! Running around like a madman the past few days and I didn't get a chance to post it early this week so I'll add the link to the podbean website instead (I barely know how this thing works.) LORD KARNAGE RADIO DRAMA (aka CGR Publishing Podcast) (podbean.com)

Episode 2 is titled "You Won't Believe #7!", a little goofball episode with a short 10 ten mockery holiday buyer's guide. You w...

You hear it first! Final mix, Lord Karnage Radio Drama 2021.1

Patrons hear it first. I recorded it while scanning my trolley negatives. My precious trolley negatives!

It's a full 20 minutes now, so if you heard the teaser, keep listening.

Lord Karnage Radio Drama 2021.1

Mark

Lord Karnage Radio Drama Reboot...?

1st recording in  bout a year.

Talking with some buddies about marketing stuff. My friends were trying to get me back on social media and I'm a hard NO. I hate social media.

However, I felt the need to bring up the supply chain issues in a timely way which brought me back to the Lord Karnage Radio Drama (which I forgot about) and I guess it clicked that I can mix marketing messages with silly on a podcast.

Anyway, here's a 1st take without any cleanup (I barely know how...

Today we hit 230!

Happy Halloween! It has been a while since I've made a post, my apologies. Been very very very busy. Today CGR Publishing hit 230 published titles. This has been a massive undertaking and I'm pretty tired to say the least. 

The most difficult thing that I've ever had to do, professionally, is turn around a company that was nearing bankruptcy in 2018. I'd say that CGR was about six months away from sinking the parent company that year. It was a close call and freakin' scary!!!

First Look: RETROMEGATREX 2!!

Focus your thought lasers, it's time to check out progress on Retromegatrex 2: The Art of Mark Bussler 2018-2021. Coming out November, 2021.

This massive book (hardcover and softcover) will contain an original adventure and a short story that you're seeing rough art from in this post. Also, it'll have all this stuff and more:

The Intergalactic Space Arcade was the last remaining force of good and righteousness in the universe. After it closed its doors and shut do...

HAPPY ROBOT KITTEN FACTORY DAY!

Attached to this post is Robot Kitten Factory #1. Enjoy!

HAPPY ROBOT KITTEN FACTORY DAY! Issue #2 is released. I'll start marketing in the fall, but you heard it first. Issue #3 will be out in November. It's awesome. I love it. And so do you (because you have great taste) It'll be on Amazon. Alternate cover versions are being released on Barnes and Noble this fall.

NEWS:

There's a ton of news about new projects in the pipeline. Basically, a lot of stuff in N...