Hey folks!
I've put together a video summarising all the content released in March, including the alternate versions of the tracks available to Bard tier supporters. If you want a quick catch up on everything that was released last month, this should do you right.
For April I won't be sticking to just one Monthly Theme. I've had so many amazing suggestions from Bard Tier supporters that I want to try to cover as many of them as possible, writing tracks in lots of different styles...
2022-04-01 17:47:27 +0000 UTC
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"The street of the undercity are cracked and broken, shadowed by the mighty buildings of the thriving metropolis above. The only light comes from the occasional streetlamp, flickering and sputtering. It's enough to see by, but it's not enough to chase away the shadows. They cling to the buildings like old friends."
Hey folks,
Happy to share another track in my City Themes monthly theme. This one is a sad theme for the downtrodden, featuring slow detuned g...
2022-03-31 23:27:54 +0000 UTC
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The dim streetlights cast shadows that dance on the bloodstained pavement. The scent of death lingers in the air, clinging to your clothes and hair. You stand over the body, looking down at him. His face is smeared with dirt and blood. His eyes are open, but lifeless. Blood has pooled around his head, seeping into the cracks in the concrete. You kneel down, turn the head to one side. Two holes in the neck. A bite. Fangs.
This case just got interesting.
He...
2022-03-22 14:13:26 +0000 UTC
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Light spills through the windows of the Fire Temple, reflecting off the city streets and walls and illuminating the desert at night. You enter through the heavy stone doors, heat blasting you as the temple roars a hurricane’s scream of wind and sand and flame. Below you, lava boils. Above you, robed figures tend to crackling torches besides an altar of molten rock.
Hey folks,
I'm really excited to share with you Fire Temple, the latest track in my
2022-03-19 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks,
I'm live composing in a few minutes. I'll be writing some music for a Fire Temple in a Desert City as part of a collab I have planned.
Hope to see some of you there!
Thanks,
Ian.
2022-03-15 11:08:38 +0000 UTC
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You cough from the multi-coloured smoky haze spewing out of the opened door. As the smoke clears, you see a tiny gnome in a leathery apron standing before you. His long vibrant hair is burnt and frayed, and his bulging eyes are squeezed behind thick goggles. The whirring of mechanical devices and the march of marching toys fills the air behind him. Gemstones gleam from wonky shelves, and a magical lamp flickers on and off near his workbench.
"Welcome to my workshop!"
2022-03-11 10:38:19 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks,
I've put together a compilation onto YouTube featuring 1 hour of relaxing and atmospheric music from my collection.
These 1 hour things tend to be popular on YouTube so I would appreciate it if any of you could give it a like / share / comment to make the algorithm happy and hopefully drive some more folks over to the Patreon.
I hope you enjoy listening!
EDIT: I've added this compilation as an mp3 file to the Bonus Track folder in the ...
2022-03-06 13:44:39 +0000 UTC
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"The world is still. The chirping of birds is the only sound to be heard. It’s a scene of quiet. The skies stretch out with no clouds. The world is in void.
And then, the sky darkens, clouds swirl and writhe, wracking the sky with lightning and thunder. A fire engulfs the grasslands, a blanket of orange flames devouring the land, burning like a wildfire out of control.
As the last of the embers dies, the grass grows anew, more glorious than ever before. The...
2022-03-03 11:20:25 +0000 UTC
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"The streets are packed, the air thick with rejoicing. Trumpets blare, loud and discordant and joyful, and crowds of people pour out onto the streets from their houses and shops and taverns. Confetti is fired from makeshift cannons, shreds of jade, teal and rose paper fill the air. The acrid smell of smoke is carried away on the wind. The heroes have arrived."
Hey folks!
This track is the first in my City Themes monthly theme for March. It'...
2022-03-02 11:23:40 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks! I've put together an overview of everything released in March, including some of the cool Patreon exclusive stuff.
If you don't want to watch the whole thing, here's the new announcements:
Tabletop RPG Music - Volume 8
My latest album has dropped! It contains the most recent 10 tracks released here, and features an album cover that is almost identical to the other ...
2022-03-01 17:41:41 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks,
Excited to share the Tabletop RPG Music mod for TaleSpire!
Thanks to some amazing work from some of the folks over on the TaleSpire Modding discord, you can now directly stream my music into your TaleSpire games as long as you and your players have the Tabletop RPG Music mod installed.
I'm a big fan of TaleSpire, I've been running some new players through the L...
2022-02-28 19:03:43 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks,
I have some great suggestions for March's monthly theme gathered from my Bard tier supporters. Let's get to voting and see which one wins! You can vote for more than one option. I'll pick the final result in a couple of days, but will try to incorporate things from the other suggestions where I can.
Happy voting!
Ian.
2022-02-26 21:15:18 +0000 UTC
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You look up to the vast field of stars and strange, swirling clouds of fathomless colours. It is a vast, limitless place, stretching and stretching and stretching, into an impossibly silent eternity. In the spaces between those stars live creatures beyond comprehension.
Hey folks,
This is an interesting one! The track borders the line between fantasy and science-fiction by combining synthetic and orchestral sounds in an abstract blend. To tie...
2022-02-26 00:46:15 +0000 UTC
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Your mind screams for the day, for the dawning sun, for a beam of light, for anything to cut through the absolute darkness. The air is thick with the smell of fungus. Sputtering, you pull yourself along the damp, slick floor. Something is wrong. Something is very, very wrong. A shape moves towards you. You can't see it, but you feel it like a pinprick in the centre of your mind. Before you can scream the tentacles wrap around your face. As you struggle for br...
2022-02-24 17:11:03 +0000 UTC
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You sneak through a twisted tapestry of leafless trees. Their boughs are empty and black; hands reach out from the branches. The forest air is thick with rot, and full with the howling of corrupted wildlife. Worms squirm through the loose soil, feeding on rotting branches and fallen leaves. You walk slowly, pulling your cloak tight against you, shielding your face from the grasping vines swinging overhead.
Hi folks!
I've collaborated with two fantastic creators,
2022-02-22 19:15:36 +0000 UTC
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"Through the purple and orange glow of an alien sun you take in the strange alien flora that surrounds you. Their branches sprout from strange spines and grow into red, green and blue blossoms. Vines slither across the ground like snakes. Alien lifeforms chitter and hiss from somewhere out of sight. The air is thick with a sicky sweetness. "
Hi folks!
I had two track requests: the first from AceKokuren, who asked for a track reminiscent of the Horizon Zer...
2022-02-15 19:17:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey there masterful Bard. Here's some links!
It is as the title says! I'll be adding all subsiquent albums onto there too, so if you're the sort of person who likes to own a copy of an album, Bandcamp is probably the best place to pick them up as they give me the biggest cut.
In other news, I'm going away for just over a week from tomorrow. I may try to squeeze out one track before I go, but failing that, expect to hear new music around the middle of the month.
Bye!
2022-02-04 15:07:50 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks,
This month's theme was voted as Exotic Ecosystems, a great suggestion by Bard tier supporter OMFGChris.
Exotic can sometimes be a loaded term, so to be precise, in this case I'm taking exotic to mean ecosystems that fall outside of the 'traditional' Tolkien-esque fantasy tropes (i.e. a medieval style western European themed world). Ecosystems also implies music focused on nature, beasts, and landscapes, which should be fun!
I'm...
2022-02-01 10:49:18 +0000 UTC
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"The floorboards creak beneath your feet as you tip-toe through Lord Eckart's private quarters. You sneak by the reception where an unwitting servant cleans away the previous night's debauchery, her back turned to you. You scuttle softly across the study, almost tripping over a pile of books untidily stacked on the floor. Finally, you reach the bedchamber, knife in your hand, ready to strike your target... but the Lord is not there. Instead, you hear a deep voice behind you. "You shouldn'...
2022-01-31 22:45:06 +0000 UTC
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"From the boiling rivers of fluid in Avernus to the sheer crags of Nessus, a body'd be hard-pressed to find a place that sums up the cold cruelty of the multiverse more than Baator does."
Hey folks,
Today’s track is a moody gothic track with organ, strings and creepy choir. It’s part of a collaboration I’ve worked on with the awesome One Page Mage and2022-01-31 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks!
I have some great suggestions for a monthly theme that my Bard tier folks have come up with. Now it's time to vote on the winner and decide what I'll be focusing on for February! You can vote for as many themes as you like, so don't feel you have to restrict your choice to just one. And don't worry too much if your favourite choice doesn't end up winning, I'll return some of the runners up to next month's poll + work on others as individual track suggestions.
Without ...
2022-01-27 12:22:33 +0000 UTC
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"Once this war begins, there will be no stopping it. The world will burn and all that will remain is desolation."
Hey folks,
New track for you based on a track suggestion from one of my Bard tier supporters, Spyridon, who asked for a track that mixed elements of the Dune and Mandalorian soundtrack. This track ended up going much more towards the Dune side of things, so I may have another go at that specific suggestion anot...
2022-01-20 14:28:48 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks,
I'm live again, finishing up writing the Dune-inspired track I was working on yesterday. Hope to see some of you in the chat!
2022-01-20 12:03:32 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks, I'm live composing for the first time in a while, going live in 10 from the time of this post! I'm writing some epic combat music inspired by Dune, loosly based on a track suggestion from Spyridon Alexopoulos, one of my bard tier supporters. Hope to see you there!
2022-01-19 12:25:03 +0000 UTC
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"We've watched your kind from our celestial plane for eons. We have seen every moment, all the joy and all the pain from the beginning of your civilisation to its end. And what remarkable lives you mortals lead in such a short span of time. Like a wave you each rise up in a great crash of emotion and choices, your years slipping by in what feels to us like an instant, until you are utterly still and forgotten. But we remember..."
Hey folks!
This trac...
2022-01-12 17:10:50 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks,
My seventh album of #ttrpg music is live! Featuring 10 of the most recent tracks, including emotional atmospheres, lively tavern music, suspenseful soundscapes, heroic combat themes, and more.
Spotify: https://sptfy.com/7aer
Apple Music: https://apple.co/3EYDW0b
Thanks,
Ian.
2022-01-08 10:40:35 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks!
The Foundry VTT module has been updated with the 17 most recent tracks, bringing the total to 72. Plus I've reorganised the playlists to make them a little easier to navigate.
Enjoy! :)
P.S. I'm looking into a patreon-exclusive version of the module which uses the seamlessly looping versions of the tracks, once I have that ready I'll share it here.
2022-01-05 23:59:02 +0000 UTC
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"When the forces of magic and technology collide, no one is safe..."
Hey folks!
This track is an epic theme using a combination or orchestral and electronic elements to create a hybrid track that straddles the line between traditional fantasy music and something more like sci-fi. It's inspired by steampunk / arcanepunk, and in particular by the content of my awesome collab partner for this release, Critical Crafting.
2022-01-05 17:00:24 +0000 UTC
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"You swim through the polluted water, past the wreckage of the sunken fleet, searching for the source of the dark magic that caused such destruction. Merrow slip through the shattered hulls, spears and hooks in hand. They guard a passage through the rock, a crack in the seabed from which an ugly green glow radiates. There, deep below, the sea hag waits."
Hey folks!
What better way to start the new year than with a heavy dose of EVIL! This track is based on...
2022-01-01 22:44:04 +0000 UTC
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