02-09-2023, 12:07 PM
Most Music Videos Updated
The videos themselves have been updated, just so people have something to cool look at. Very little has changed musically, but I did clean up the mix a bit. I might update the audio score later, but I'm more interested in pushing forward to making new music.
Here is a list of all the videos that have been replaced, and what is still old (and unlikely to be changed if it hasn't been changed already.)
List of Brand New Videos
List of Old Videos (Nothing Has Changed)
New Music Written For BEACH EP (and the 2024 LP)
OK, so the short EP has been planned and most of the music has been written. Haven't practiced it much, but some of it is simple enough.
What makes this album different is it will be recorded as a "clean" channel electric guitar rock album. There is still a slight chance of encountering some distortion and some overdrive, but I'm plotting to keep it subtle and effective. Not grunge, not metal, nothing highly technical, just some simple party rock grooves.
Trying to Find Out What People Like (or Don't)
Videos seem to matter way more than I thought they would've.
Even music with terrible videos did better than music with a static image so I feel there is an importance to keeping a relevant visual pulse going. Now that those old terrible videos are being phased out for higher quality videos, the analytics is showing better numbers and an overall better experience. Thanks to the ShaderToy, GLSL Sandbox and Book of Shaders communities I was able to apply some even better eye candy to the mix!
Granted, these weren't the videos I was going to do (I was going to do some gameplay / RGL videos) but the REGAL Engine ran into a problem. The core engine itself is fine, but there is a 3rd party library component that failed and needs addressed...
Anyways...
I just got a huge spike in viewers yesterday. This was before I even announced the change in videos or updated this thread.
The videos themselves have been updated, just so people have something to cool look at. Very little has changed musically, but I did clean up the mix a bit. I might update the audio score later, but I'm more interested in pushing forward to making new music.
Here is a list of all the videos that have been replaced, and what is still old (and unlikely to be changed if it hasn't been changed already.)
List of Brand New Videos
- Logo
- After Hours
- Ambushed
- Hellrazer
- Coastal Mist (same video, cleaned up solo)
- Surfside Groove
- Desert Travelers (entirely re-recorded the music / made a brand new video)
- Exploring the Unknown
- Funk You Up
- Unsolved Mysteries
- Tough as Stone
- Shrouded in Darkness
- Darkness and Despair
List of Old Videos (Nothing Has Changed)
- Logo / After Hours / Better Be Careful
- Hostile Environment
- Cold, Dark Place
- Technocratic Nightmare
- Shattering Skulls
New Music Written For BEACH EP (and the 2024 LP)
OK, so the short EP has been planned and most of the music has been written. Haven't practiced it much, but some of it is simple enough.
What makes this album different is it will be recorded as a "clean" channel electric guitar rock album. There is still a slight chance of encountering some distortion and some overdrive, but I'm plotting to keep it subtle and effective. Not grunge, not metal, nothing highly technical, just some simple party rock grooves.
Trying to Find Out What People Like (or Don't)
Videos seem to matter way more than I thought they would've.
Even music with terrible videos did better than music with a static image so I feel there is an importance to keeping a relevant visual pulse going. Now that those old terrible videos are being phased out for higher quality videos, the analytics is showing better numbers and an overall better experience. Thanks to the ShaderToy, GLSL Sandbox and Book of Shaders communities I was able to apply some even better eye candy to the mix!
Granted, these weren't the videos I was going to do (I was going to do some gameplay / RGL videos) but the REGAL Engine ran into a problem. The core engine itself is fine, but there is a 3rd party library component that failed and needs addressed...
Anyways...
I just got a huge spike in viewers yesterday. This was before I even announced the change in videos or updated this thread.