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Working on my next cover

Here's a short clip of me practicing my arrangement of "Pokemon League" from DPPt for my next cover.

What's immediately obvious is that unlike my previous covers, this one is 100% solo guitar, which means the whole thing needs to be played in one continuous take (without mistakes)! For a 3-...

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New Year's Update

We're almost through January already so I hope it's not too late to call this a "new year's update" but anyway, I hope you all enjoyed the holidays and had a good start to the year! I just wanted to post a little update to assure you that I'm still alive and continuing to work on new music.

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DPPt Medley: Lossless Quality Audio

Supporters of the "Lossless Quality Audio" tier or higher: a download link for a FLAC copy of the medley has been sent to your Patreon email addresses; enjoy! If you didn't receive it, one of the following is possible:

  • (1) It got filtered as spam
  • (2) You subscribed or upgrade...

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DPPt Medley: Early Access Revision

To those that have had a chance to listen to the medley already, thank you for the positive response so far! I'm glad to see you all enjoying it.

After watching the video a few more times, I noticed a small issue with the audio so I made the decision to upload a new version with a fix. Any...

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DPPt Medley: Early Access

Enjoy being one of the first to watch the DPPt medley. Thank you for your support!

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Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Music Medley

It's here! Thank you once again for your patience and to those with early access: enjoy the medley!

As stated in my previous post, I'll create dedicated posts for each of the following tiers in a staggered fashion:

  • Early access (with the link to the video) will...

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Release Date + Tracklist Reveal

First of all, sorry for keeping you waiting since my last post. The last few weeks were the final stretch of this project so I wanted to focus my efforts on working towards its completion with minimal distractions. Big thanks for your patience!

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Progress Update

Direct link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YBcbsUZHz2kw3RygNDhB6rjsJTKMRLVo/view

You're probably expecting this to be the release post, but alas, it's not quite there. Once agai...

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Wrapping up filming + updated release estimate

Direct link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QscN0uB20x_TIRARrk6ERh-POjjpg_IZ/view

At long last, filming is a wrap! This was one of the last steps of production so we're quickly a...

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Grand Piano Session Footage

Direct link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1667aeG3UXHto3j0uMTm9ZxYcNS4PwRjl/view

A couple of weeks ago I rented out a room in which I recorded a bunch of grand piano footage fo...

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Filming organ for "Cynthia Battle"

Direct link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gxI4nc-L3AXqGbWQ2uLGLdVg_-zUNSEX/view

As I mentioned in my last update post, tracking is complete and filming has begun, so here's a l...

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DPPt Medley update: zoning in on a release date

A lot has happened since my last post; things are starting to fall into place so it's time for a bigger update this week!

Since my last post, I:

  • Completed recording of the organ tracks; that was the last instrument on the list so apart from a few small outstandi...

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Recording organ for "Galactic Eterna Building"

Direct link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rtDyiCEFfPMxhBXV6IJ2QD597ygsyFzC/view

An instrument that's easy to overlook but one that has gradually become a core part of my sound ...

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Recording piano for "Dialga/Palkia Battle"

Direct link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lj4bXmOMmzhSZ2vsvW5l1pZqfttfT2tu/view

For many, this is the defining theme of 4th gen, so of course I had to include it in the medley!...

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Recording piano for "Route 210"

Direct link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cCQWPBpM7B81dzvgAVkeg7-2NSLtSyrO/view

Piano - one of the stand-out instruments from 4th gen!

Over the past couple of weeks I've ...

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Recording Accordion for "Solaceon Town"

Direct link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11uVuLBqbbIGbLNRAHgy7_gzsXM7YknTJ/view

Short clip this week but I wanted to give you all a sneak peek at a new instrument that I've lea...

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Recording guitar for "Eterna City"

Direct link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-kqO9vRcZJLgXG1V4WZqgKCg9hg5DaF1/view

After 3 straight weeks of recording almost daily, the last of the acoustic guitar tracks are co...

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Recording Acoustic Guitar for "Route 209"

Direct link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1daQuryVvs2B2q2jR1gl5Zeb7ZKbHS5x8/view

Acoustic guitars - they're not the centerpiece of the medley by any means but they play a cruci...

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Leads are complete! Playing through some of the hardest parts in the medley

Direct link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eJf1qxvOBnhzOnbbEEUM3w9zY_F1-CgA/view

Tracking of the lead guitars (and all electric guitars by extension) is finally complete! It's b...

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Recording guitar for "Cynthia Battle"

Direct link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zcBmlFIkzTCYyIcreal8CWAVHqJkYXwm/view

The medley wouldn't be complete without one of the most beloved themes of this generation: Champ...

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Recording guitar for "Gym Leader Battle"

Direct link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/164ajOsFaMs9bon2WGnUIFzM9_a5E_wdI/view

Slowly but surely progress is being made on the medley! This week I'm working on the high-gain ...

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Recording guitar for "Route 205"

Direct link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gGxRiZuuJ6wjkROQt9S8NqAPYA2ZevkR/view

Over the past couple of weeks I've been hard at work tracking guitars for the medley! I'm reall...

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"Galactic Building" Guitar (+ DPPt Medley Update)

Link in case of issues with embedded playback: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XCEkgUldJiLc6HqXaVNRwq7XVAjfaqlP/view

Over the past week I've been putting my new guitar (75th anniv...

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[Sneak peek] Route 210 Lead Guitars

Over the holidays I recorded a bunch of videos for the medley, mainly keyboards but also some guitars! Here's a little taste of how the leads are shaping up to look and sound. That little lead-in lick is without a doubt one of the most technically challenging guitar parts of the medley!

Lin...

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Filming piano for "Solaceon Town"

Happy new year! I'm back at home for the holidays and taking the time to record and film the piano parts for the Diamond & Pearl medley. With that said here's a little taste of how Solaceon Town is shaping up; I did my best to learn the part as true to the original as possible which required ...

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Tracking bass for "Route 210"

The bass tracking continues! Today I'm brushing up on my slap bass skills for the absolute banger that is Route 210. This is without a doubt one of the trickiest bass parts of the medley (and also one of the most fun to play)!

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Tracking bass for "Sandgem Town"

Over the past few weeks, I've been hard at work laying down bass tracks for the medley. Here's a look at one of the (many) takes I did for "Sandgem Town".

Note that most of what you hear won't actually make to the final product - the final audio is usually a combination of several different...

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Welcome! (+ DPPt Medley update)

Welcome to my Patreon page and thank you for your support! I'll be posting updates here from time to time on projects that I'm currently working on.

As you probably know, I'm currently hard at work on the upcoming Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Music Medley, so here's a quick...

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