Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Ursa Major Awards 2023 Nominations Are Open!

NOMINATIONS FOR THE URSA MAJOR AWARDS ARE NOW OPEN!


The Ursa Major Awards is an annual award show that recognizes the best in furry arts. 2023 was an INCREDIBLE year for me, and not just for my music. I worked on a lot of games, been to a lot of cons, and built a great little fan community. Below is a little voting guide so you know what to nominate to help me out!

For Best Anthropomorphic Music
"Hop On" by Rhythm Bastard
"Welcome To The Family" by Rhythm Bastard

For Best Anthropomorphic Game
Pawperty Damage (PC, Composer)
Whisker Squadron Survivor (PC, Kickstarter Backer, Use UNLOCK THRASH on console command)
Chord Progressions (PC, Voice Actor)

For Best Published Illustration
"Dead By Daylight" by Scronce

Thursday, January 11, 2024

STATE OF THE BASTARD 2024

HOW I SPENT MY 2023  

I mean, this video pretty much covers it. I put on a lot of awesome shows at a lot of new cons and I'm starting to be recognized more. Finally, I'm getting somewhere! 

Once I hit the big 3-5, (now I'm 36 for clarity's sake) I've made peace with getting older, and I'm officially in my late 30s. However, the furry fandom is filled with awesome people still having this creative, energetic spirit, even in old age, and that's what I wanted to capture with my song Gray Muzzle.

I'm just very wary of how it's all going to GO WRONG. After my FWA show, I was worried that something bad was going to happen to me on the way home. 

It's still a struggle to recognize that GOOD THINGS CAN HAPPEN TO ME WITHOUT SOME KIND OF KARMIC RETRIBUTION. That sounds easy, but when you're acutely aware of the cost of EVERYTHING, it takes the joy out of the small accomplishments. And when you've perceived everything as transactional, it can make relationships where people just want to be around you make you feel like you did something wrong if you've never ACTIVELY tried to impress them. 

Sometimes, things are just free.

FAVORITE SONG I MADE THIS YEAR: "Hop On"

Number one with a motherfucking bullet. Long time fans would know I sang it at FWA 2022, but this makes when I actually finished it and started performing it live.

EVERYTHING clicked here: I found a range and delivery that fits me perfectly, and it's "What if a Disney Villain sang turn of the millenium pop punk?" I mentioned this was originally supposed to a collab with Teddy Wynton, but as schedules changed I finally decided to knuckle down and finish it myself. 

The song is about just not... feeling right when a good opportunity presents itself. You're out with friends, peoples are getting all up ons, but you're just not there, and you have to force yourself to tell the little voice inside your head to just shut up.

Props to Bark Dango for mixing and mastering!

OTHER COOL SHIT I DID

Music Work The Adventures Of Fox In The Fedora

this came to me in a living fever dream and god DAMN it's so sick. Granted, I made it up in a Pomodoro stream when I decided to tune my guitar to Drop D and let it rip, but that's neither here nor there. All I was given was

A. The character is a mashup of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast and all those fake man-names from the MST3K episode of Space Mutiny.

B. "Anytime I think of a fake theme song, I think of Macgruber"

Fox is no slouch in the music department himself. He's not a composer, but my job on the FITF podcast this season was JUST musical arrangement, and he picked out the (royalty-free) tracks to use. For someone who claims he has no musical knowledge, a lot of his picks were inspired and on POINT, even suggesting transitions and ways to Frankenstein the track to what's needed.

He has given his 100% to every aspect of production on this where you don't even NOTICE that it's done independently. 

VO Work On Chord Progressions

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Chord Progressions is a slice-of-life VN that takes place in a music store, and, even in its early stages is very charming as you play Eddy, a fox from a country town who moves to the big city. There's a lot of sweet moments and plenty of intrigue in what's only the first couple "days" of story. I liked Extracurricular Activities, and this is very much along the same lines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I voice Darrell, a big ol' hunky lion who plays metal! It's fun seeing everyone's reactions to this, and in the next build, you can listen to a song the author BowserPuma and I worked on called "Fuck Around and Find Out".

And thanks to me, he now knows how to use Reaper!

Made Music For Pawperty Damage

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FUCK YES, my music finally made it into a video game! 

While it's not much, I'm still pleased people enjoyed this to varying degrees. It's still very well put together, and now you can put your OWN models! Wait, I do have a couple models from VR Chat/VSeeFace...

Scent Collab With HUFFAromas


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 This was a fun one I NEVER saw coming, but that's the great thing about the furry community: You'll find creativity in unexpected places to help magnify the expereince!

From the copy: 

The show's all wrapped up, and lucky you! Thrash invites you out behind the venue where he's got something stiff for ya! With notes of rosemary, lime, tequila, woods, pits and balls musk~ Note this does come with the 18+ label. Proceeds go to the thrash panda himself!
Shoutouts to ENBIETY for helping me arrange the meeting and for their input with the scent. 

The base of this was a drink called the Salty Raccoon, which is made up of Tequila, rosemary syrup, and lime juice, but then EN came up with the suggestion of forest-y stuff, and trash. Then the "story" of the scent clicked together: a post-show hook up with Thrash where he's brought a stiff drink and stiff... muscles.

TREND I LIKED THE LEAST: "AI Will Put You Out Of A Job!"

Ma'am, I'm an Engineer. And my job is in no risk of being automated.

But I love making art and those who make it, and as I say on my Pomodoro Streams:

ART IS A SERIES OF DECISIONS

If you can't do something, or feel something else, and still proceed, THAT'S A DECISION.

We may not always get "why", but at the base level we can shrug and go "well, that's we got at the end"

Those championing AI, cackling with glee over putting "those creatives" out of a business, while they waste water on images of Drake doing 9/11 or whatever, are no one special. They're either salesmen looking to profit off of it, or are so afraid of producing something to be judged on that they offset it by having a program automate everything.

As Bianca Del Rio put it, what DO you do successfully?

TREND I LIKED THE MOST: Won't Get Fooled Again

WELL, despite the people above, the Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild of America both got great deals for their strikes, and people for the most part seemed to be on their side!

Every cynical ploy going "Well, golly, those GREEDY WRITERS AND ACTORS want to take away SPIDERMAN from you!" was met with "well then pay them"

Which paved the way for UPS and the Auto Workers to ALSO go on strike and get better deals!

And now, with what's going on in the Gaza strip, the public seems to for the most part, seems to support a full on ceasefire, even Republicans! Though I think that's more "Finish your Ukraine first >:("

"B-but Hamas!"
"Yeah, and that was absolutely horrible, however, we've been through 9/11 and now we know how bad all that stuff the US did looks on the other side. No thanks, stop the genocide. Free Palestine."

WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY TELL ME ABOUT THIS SOONER? Dead By Daylight

Played this a long time ago on the Xbone as part of Game Pass, but didn't put much time into it. However, I also had gotten it free via Epic Games Store, and during a Backlog Blitz, I actually played a few matches, and enjoyed it!

"Enjoyed" is actually a very strong word here, since it was more "a very engaging tension", but you know, you get the deal. 

Basic premise: You play as either a survivor who, along with three other survivors are tasked with repairing five generators, or you play the killer who has to down the survivors and "sacrifice" them by hanging them on a hook. 

Sometimes the game can get away from you on either side, and as I've learned with Lethal Company, unless I'm a big fucking pisspants baby I am magnetically attracted to Things Killing Me. Regardless, the developers put a lot of effort and attention to making each killer FEEL different, and like the movies themselves, make them entertaining spectacles.

As I said before, I die a lot playing survivor so I'm unable to get that much nuisance out of the different survivors, but who doesn't love a good "OH SHIT, THAT WAS CLOSE!" moment. 

The honeymoon period for the game is over, and I haven't touched it in a while, but I wholeheartedly recommend it if you are interested in ANY major horror franchise. They'll find someway to get you. 

*cries in 2 Resident Evil DLCs*

I DIDN'T REALLY LISTEN TO TOP 40 RADIO THIS YEAR OR NEW MUSIC IN GENERAL SO LET'S JUST MOVE ON TO THE GAMES

OLD GAME OF 2023 RUNNERS UP:

5. Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People (PC)- The best from Telltale's infancy period that I finally put to bed this year, which made my old Millennial ass feel relevant again, if only for a bit. 

4. Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Daughter (PC)- A game that, while a tad overloaded with minigames, does a really good job by providing a fun, episodic adventure that puts me in Sherlock Holmes's hot Ral-Zareky shoes for a bit. 

3. Adastra (PC)- I now get why all you people simp for Amicus, and like all Echo Project games, while it's presentation is straightforward , it is exceedingly well written for what started at off as "I got in a fucked up mental place while writing Echo, now I want wolf sm- oh i acidentally wrote a text on queer identity and murdering fascists"

2. The Darkside Detective Series (PC)- Can be obtuse at times like most point and click adventure games, but DD 1+2 use the opportunity to make even the most mundane interactions entertainingly silly. 

#1 OLD GAME OF 2023: Final Fantasy 6 (PC)

I have never been one for JRPGs, as the overarching plots always feel too long, and the side bits too numerous to be overwhelming, but Final Fantasy 6 is the one that got through to me, and I enthusiastically wrapped up every last morsel I (reasonably) could.

A lot of people praise the game for things like combat, or writing, but I loved its PACE. Each play session (of about 2 hours) is felt like the episode of a TV show: A character would be introduced, or there would be one new development, or one location we'd have to go to, and I was eager to return to it week after week. 

One major departure that you can say got my attention was the setting: instead of a typical swords and sorcery fantasy setting, it takes place after a major war has essentially rid the world of magic. Everything runs on "MagiTek", combining Magic and Machinery, putting FFVI more in the realm of Steampunk as opposed to full on Fantasy. The game also starts with your party fully powered, so you have a chance to play around with the combat before each new character introduces their new mechanic. 

OH, THE CHARACTERS! After every new introduction, I was able to make a silly little description that jumped out:








Then as the game progresses, their story changes, not just in reaction to the main plot (dictatorship and The Joker try to revive magic so they can solidify their grip on the world), but we learn more about their history, which in turn can change how we perceive them.

Every FF fan is going to have their own favorites, and some may argue this was a TERRIBLE one to start with or not as good as some other one, but it's the Final Fantasy I finished, and it left enough of an impression on me to make it my number one old game of 2023.

NEW GAME OF 2023 RUNNERS UP:

5. Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triangulate (PC)- I guess this is the year of "Two Homestar Runner Games in the #5 Slot" where I still find this now relic-y webseries entertaining after all this time!

4. Advance Wars Reboot Camp (Switch)- Two games from my teenager-dom now spit-polished and readily accessible, with the music even MORE ear-wormy!

3. Baldur's Gate 3 (PC)- I know this feels a little too low, for a game where I can make my DnD character, solve problems in numerous ways, fuck a bear, while STILL happening upon something new around every corner, but I... didn't beat it yet, which with a game as meaty as this is (hopefully) understandable.

2. Chants Of Sennar (PC)- Thanks to Nyx for getting this for me, because this game is very much My Thing, where I'm left to figure so much out via context and I feel like a smarty when I get the right answer AND can see the evolution of the languages you have to decode and how they relate to the societies you find yourself in.

#1 NEW GAME OF 2023: Hi-Fi Rush (PC)

Despite all of the layoffs and fuckery at The Game Awards, it was a pretty good year for gaming, and Hi-Fi Rush, for me stood head an shoulders above the rest. I was awestruck at Chants Of Sennar's ending, but Hi-Fi Rush made my cry.
 
A game that came out of nowhere starring a dork who wants to be a rockstar in a brightly lit cartoony hack-and-slash rhythm action backed by alt-rock? 100% Bastardcore Game. 
 
Combing Rhythm Games and other genres have been a mixed bag in the past: Metronomicon mixed RPG spellcasting and Amplitude, but it was a little TOO easy to fall into a zen-like state and leave strategy by the way side. Metal Hellsinger I couldn't get into, because I don't play shooters the same way I play rhythm games, so it was too much for me to get into the rhythm game flow state, but that meant my shooting strats were in effective.

Hi-Fi Rush finds the sweet spot that makes EVERY action feel quick and easy to do by giving me a variety of attacks on beat, a grapple hook to get to far away enemies, and a parry, so I don't break flow by having to move too much for a better vantage point and then get back on beat. 
 
This is a Wwise-ass game, by which I mean, this game uses every part of its soundtrack. The environment pulses in time to the background music, from basic level features like pipes and bushes, to platforms and conveyor belts you have to jump on. The guitar notes that accompany successful hits are in the same key. As you build up your combo, so does the background track. Stages of a boss fight are broken up into the "Verses" and "Choruses" of the licensed soundtrack.

Now, in this age of streaming and overzealous copyright infringement, there is a "Streamer Mode" where you can use alternative tracks, and the in-house cover bands did a wonderful job.
 
We can argue about how "dated" the licensed tracks are, but Hi-Fi Rush follows in the footsteps of Martin Scorcse and James Gunn to absolutely NAIL the needledrops at the right time. "Lonely Boy" by The Black Keys, a song that's felt generic for a while and used in 100s of soundtracks and commercials, starts off our little adventure as previously mention Dork Who Wants To Be A Rockstar, Chai, makes his way through Vandelay Industries (From Importing and Exporting to Robotics?) as part of the Armstrong Robotics progress, ignorant of those scheming behind the scenes. 
 
"Invaders Must Die" by The Prodigy, a song you use when you want to give your action movie a bit of nerd cred, is the the background of all out brawl in the employee cafeteria. In a company that only employs robots. 
 
Not going to go into spoilers, but there is one section in the game where Chai goes, "I AM a rockstar!" that I mentally keep drifting back to get me through the rest of the year.

And all THAT, is what puts Hi-Fi Rush as the best 2023 release I played in 2023!

ANNUAL REMINDER I SHARE A BIRTHDAY WITH MC BAT COMMANDER:


 


Sunday, October 8, 2023

Status Quo Sunday Makes The Most Of The Space

 

 

 Hey oh, what one of these? All riiiiiiight!

MEGAPLEX RECAP

Megaplex 2023 | Theme Reveal - YouTube

Megaplex was a bit stressful to say the least: I had a lot of panels to manage on TOP of my show, it was in a new, bigger hotel, and Ron Desantis's Fucktarded Bullshit led the con to be only 18+.

What panels you say? WELL ALLOW ME TO BREAK IT DOWN: 

FRIDAY

Furry Musicains: From Hobby To Career

This ran very similarly to the Anthrocon Panel, but me and CK9C were joined by Whsprs, a VRChat musician from Austria, and Aviators, a synthpop act that mostly does songs about video games. Everyone was super nice, and it was great to get to know them better, especially Whsprs's panel the next Saturday, when whe went more in depth on his VRChat setup.

My Show!

One thing that came with being in a new hotel is not being a 100% sure how to use the space, so panel rooms didn't have much of a flow to them as previous years. I wasn't on main stage, so I was in a panel room, that was off the beaten path, even though everything was very well sign posted. 

The show itself went very well, even though it is show #0293-01385 where I do realize I have to invest in monitor.

Still, I gave it my all, and the crowd walked away VERY happy!

 SATURDAY

Scratch Game

This came together WAY better than I expected! I was able to get 5 panelists, and it turned out to be just enough to fill up the hour and get three full rounds.

Bara Panel

This started off a little awkward getting the setup ready, but we had a packed house and hopefully got people an education in drawing beef men. I also got my chest drawn on, and it got weirdly emotional toward the end.

Even though I was commentary, me and Anubis worked VERY well together, and it was so popular we were meeting up with people at 3 AM afterward!

Sunday I just sold in Artist Alley. I also did the escape room, which was card game themed this year, so I was into it. Very Yu-Gi-Oh reliant, so I wasn't able to blaze through it as quick as I could, but regardless I'm always impressed by escape room tech.

Some other highlights:

1. Got to meet Xeno/Scronce, for the first time IRL. He's done so much for me and has been such an enthusiastic supporter of my music that it was an HONOR. also he gave me uppies

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2. I full suited for the first time ever!

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I learned a lot from taking it for a field test, namely what works and doesn't work walking around for extended periods of time.

3. I kept meeting a lot of people from the fandom I recognize, and also are familiar with my work, including Renard, who I commissioned a story from, and WANTED to reference my music in the story!

4. I have a scent from Huffaromas which I debuted at Megaplex! Which dovetails nicely into...

NEW MERCH AVAILABLE!

1. Thrash's Backstage Pass - Huffaromas Scent



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The show's all wrapped up and lucky you, Thrash invites you out behind the venue where he's got something stiff for ya! Featuring rosemary, lime, tequila, the woods and some other "behind the venue" scents!

Scent by Huffaromas

Art by Mafekoba 

2. Thrash, Raucous Raccoon Poster


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another MTG poster in the vein of my Burninator one, this one features more raccoon beef, and YOU can tap him!

3. Daddy Doinkies



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This shirt blew up a bit on Twitter and Bluesky, so I bit the bullet and made the design available.  

A shirt with for men, women and otherwise with chests to be proud of! If you can bench three plates, or bang out a lot of pushups, this offers some helpful suggestions on how to refer to your prodigious prized pecs!

JAM OF THE WEEK: "I Don't Wanna Be Me" by Type O Negative

Peter Steele is one of those hunky men Kelly Turnbull is always going on about, and when aforementioned Jeff dropped this in my Discord, my curiosity to FINALLY hear what this large man sounds like piqued. 

He sounds fucking awesome. 

Now, I HAVE heard that this is one of their more straightforward songs instrumentation-wise, but this is EXACTLY my speed, even if the rest of their catalogue is more gothic. It's this heart-wrenching, primal growl of a song about how Peter Steele, due to his addictions and health issues, didn't want to be himself anymore, but he had to keep going.  

"Please don't dress in black
When you're at his wake
Don't go there to mourn
But to celebrate"
is SUCH a fucking hard line that's like "I don't want people to mourn the end of my life, but to celebrate the end of my suffering and that attitude has gotten me through so many losses of loved ones over the years. And THEN it's followed by wailer of a guitar solo.

The music video is Balls Of Fury guy doing shtick. 


Sunday, August 6, 2023

Status Quo Sunday Totally Remembered To Do That

HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW HUMANS? I TOTALLY REMEMBERED TO MAKE AN UPDATE POST ANTHROCON!

I WAS AT ANTHROCON!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was it, my biggest con yet, and it took a while to get there. It was a hectic day, and I was nervous as fuck, but during my set, all that anxiety melted away. Special thanks to ChaoticK9 for having me on his Furry Musicians Panel, and for Pepper Coyote for allowing me and the other musicians some space at his table. 

 You can watch the full set here!

 

Now, some general impressions: 

1. I don't know what Owen's talking about, Pittsburgh is a perfectly cromulent city. Then again, there was a smoke warning during the weekend, so uh, that might have set some things back.




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 A lesson I'm learning from these cons is to just go off grounds more and take public transit because A. it's cheaper and B. I get to see more of these locations that are just beautiful.

2. Speaking of seeing more of the city, Anthrocon has a little street fair and while I didn't see much of it, it was nice having this little bit where we can walk outside, get food truck food, and eat outside at the many restaurants that were like "Fuck it, why not?"













 


3. They had Pawperty Damage in the game room! I don't know how people took it, but WHO CARES?!? It's there!











 


4. Fursuiters brought out their A Game: 














 


5. I just got to meet up with a shit ton of people I know from online, and several of them were like, actually excited to meet me! Namely a couple members of the crew from the Visual Novel I'm doing VO work for, Chord Progressions.

 (that's me, 3rd from the left)

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MEGAPLEX 2023: OH GEEZ I'M GONNA BE SO BUSY YOU GUYS

Because, let's break it down:

Furry Musicians: From Hobby To Career
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th, 2023
3:00 PM-4:30 PM, PANELS 1

Ever wondered what makes music tick? Multiple furry musicians from different backgrounds have come together to share their different approaches to writing songs, marketing their work, making music videos and growing their communities as well as how they are turning creating music from a hobby into a career path. Along with a Q&A session at the end of the panel, each musician will take turns describing their work and their journey to how they became a part-time or full-time musician as well as their plans where they want to take their work in the near future. With a combined total of nearly 1 billion plays across the internet between the panelists, each brings a unique perspective to the topic of being a furry musician online in 2023.

I was on this panel at Anthrocon this year, and it was great answering a lot of people's questions and passing on what we all knew!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Rhythm Bastard: Hardcore Nerdcore Punk Rock

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th, 2023
8:00 PM-9:00 PM, PANELS 2

Hardcore Nerdcore Punk Rock comes back to Megaplex when Rhythm Bastard cranks it up to 11! You like video games? Comics? Card games? Songs about Thrash Punk playing raccoons? Come on down and open the pit up!

Not a Main Event stage, but hopefully I still have a good set up!


 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Scratch Game

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th, 2023
11:00 AM-12:00 PM, TOURNAMENTS 

You've heard of Match Game, you've heard of Snatch Game, now get ready for SCRATCH GAME! Contestants try to match answers given by "celebrity" panelists to fill-in-the-blank questions!

I get to pretend to be RuPaul, only without the fracking! I hope I get some people to be panelists who actually know what Match Game is!

Anubis's Bara Corner
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th, 2023
1:00 AM-2:00 AM, TOURNAMENTS 

In this panel Anubis is gonna help you master the art of drawing Bara bodies and how to draw big muscled dudes.

 Anubis draws Bara, I am Bara, works out perfectly.

JAM OF THE WEEK: "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit Ft. Jess Glynne


This one's been bouncing around in my head a lot, and I've mentioned before that I'm a sucker for some 90's house music. I rediscovered it after Professor Shyguy covered it during one of his streams and it hit me how much I loved this song. 

It's light and uplifting, and it eases you in with violin and soft synths that sound like wind chimes. For those of you looking for the definition of "ear candy", look no further, as "Rather Be" knows when to add a little something to improve the texture: The synth drop in during the repeat of the refrain, the violin becoming more present in the second pre-chorus, and descening piano before the bridge keep this song as an active listen. 

The music video, even though the plot is "girl goes crazy from seeing Clean Bandit everywhere" is just so soothing. It's long shots of urban Japanese life and for however hectic it can be, the chaos keeps things simple. It makes me feel nostalgic for back when I lived in New York and trips into the city were a regular occurrence.

One criticism though? Those business guys in the restaurant have NO sense of rhythm.

Sunday, June 4, 2023

Status Quo Sunday Is Blowing The Hell Up

 I've done a bunch of shit since the last SQS, so let's go!

FURRY WEEKEND ATLANTA

 

WOW, WHAT A WEEKEND! I'm serious, this show popped the FUCK off, and I couldn't be happier! I made a bunch of new fans, sold a lot of merch, and most importantly...

THEY GAVE ME A MIC STAND!

Also I was a host for the live Fastest Furs event, which while relatively uneventful given my timeslot, was a great place to meet people I've only seen on the other side of a Twitch stream, and really, why else do we show up to these conventions?

Still incredible that we made 60% more than our goal for the Animal Park Conservatory!

Excited to go back next year, and yes, I will be getting TWO MIC STANDS! Maybe three? I dunno. 

Atlanta's also been the city where I've been putting a lot of my job applications, because as you might have seen in the news, Florida ain't going too great... 

A funny story I got is that I got a call for a job interview on the elevator at the con... while on my way to a Himbo Hooters meetup!



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FUTURE SHOWS

Anime Festival Orlando- June 17th, 2023, 8 PM Open Panel Room


 

 

 

 

 

 

AKA The only anime convention that hasn't pissed me off yet! I remember actually doing pretty well, but this year it's the same weekend as CommanderFest Orlando, so I'm trying to get some cross promotion going. Of course, I will make it plenty early so everyone can jam in some commander games with me :D

Anthrocon- June 30th, 2023, 5:30 PM, DLCC Spirit of Pittsburgh


 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the big time, y'all! I'm going to be crammed in a room, but this is the best way I can make it work on such short notice. THE PREMIERE furry con (well, at least until Midwest Fur Fest) but this is such a big opportunity, I'm making it count! 

PAWPERTY DAMAGE

 

Hey, a game I did music for made it to the final game! It's a tight little package that is a well constructed experience. There's not a whole lot there mind you, but what is there is 100% solid. 

I would like to do more music for it, especially if and when they plan to make more content for it. Hopefully someone else can run with it. 

JAM OF THE WEEK: "Call Of The Void" by Mutoid Man



My friend Milt introduced me to these guys through the series "Two Minutes To Late Night", where they are the house band. Coincidentally, 2M2LN directed the video, and Jordan Olds/Gwarsenio Hall makes an appearance as an "Imagineer"/Jonesy Spencerson. Mutoid Man is the name of a boss from the game Smash TV, and this is the closest I've seen them pay homage to its namesake.

"Call Of The Void" FUCKING GOES. It's constant motion and whining, screeching chaos that belies a song about avoiding despair, which GIVEN EVERYTHING is very necessary. I can "hear" everything without it devolving into noise or "Put Me In Clone Hero" shredding. Just a well put together song that varies up its central conceit to keep it recognizable without having it get dull or overly "pop"

One thing I like noticing in TV shows and such is when a character that's a robot has mechanical whirring effects dubbed in later like Jimmy The Robot from "The Aquabats Super Show". Here, the band is portrayed as an animation band, and YUP, the got the little whirs. Don't worry nothing bad happens, trust me.