You guys like opposites? I've got you covered. Two new variants today: a solo piano rendition of "Shelter at Last" and a heavy metal version of "The Cogs." As I spend more time on Music d20, it's inevitable that I'm going to start making tracks that veer farther and farther from the established "...
2020-05-20 15:10:39 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all! I've got two new tracks for you today. To be totally transparent: these were supposed to be released as part of a big collaboration with a bevy of other Patreon creators. However, there have been some scheduling conflicts, and ultimately the release of that project got pushed back unti...
2020-05-20 14:59:31 +0000 UTC View Post
If you're new to Music d20, or just want to grab everything in one place, this is where you can do so! I'll be updating these links whenever I can, but you can still feel free to just email me to see if there's anything you're missing. Here's how this works:
This is where you can download .zips of all of my Variant tracks, looping tracks, and minis. The name in the .zip will specify when this file was most recently updated. If you want all of the non-looping standard tracks as well, you can grab them from the 2020-05-16 15:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been itching to do a collaboration with Alex of Neutral Party since I first started Music d20. He's one of the OGs of RPG map makers on Patreon, and his work is always stellar. Luckily, we finally found a time and t...
2020-05-16 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Introducing my new homebrew class The Specialist! This is a martial class that can fill many roles in a party, from a ranged damage dealer, to the face, to a debuffer. This is a highly customizable class, able to focus on any Ability Score they choose and selecting from a long list of "Signature ...
2020-05-14 15:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I bring you something I've been cooking up for a long time: my new homebrew class The Specialist! This is a martial class that can fill many roles in a party, from a ranged damage dealer, to the face, to a debuffer. This is a highly customizable class, able to focus on any Ability Score the...
2020-05-14 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostDang, I don't know about you all, but I'm starting to get pretty lonely in quarantine! I feel like now just might the best time to get the community of Music d20 folks a little tighter. As such, I'm sharing a 24-hour-long invite to the Music d20 discord. Normally, this is only available for the A...
2020-05-12 18:55:26 +0000 UTC View PostI know that synths and weird mechanical wooshes somehow aren't what everyone's looking for from Music d20. I totally get that! I'm a big fan of the strange crunches and sci-fi soundscapes that can elevate a fantasy soundtrack into something more distinct, but a lot of y'all need strictly...
2020-05-07 15:04:21 +0000 UTC View Post
A few weeks ago, I brought you a brand new collaboration with Venatus Maps, a regional map for his setting The Great Expanse....
2020-05-07 15:01:47 +0000 UTC View PostIt looks like we're finally done with Winter here in Central Michigan, so that can only mean one thing: it's officially been Spring for almost a month and a half! I've actually got a few tracks already in the vault for May, but I'm looking to get a little weird with it this month. Let's ...
2020-05-02 14:45:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, I was going to post a new poll today for your May track requests, but I realized I hadn't actually solicited y'all for ideas. If you have any suggestions for new tracks, please drop them in the comments! It's always fun when a patron suggestion ends up winning, because I feel like (...
2020-05-01 21:16:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey y'all! I just posted a massive adventure from my friends over at Team Superhydra. If you haven't seen it yet, definite...
2020-04-28 15:52:24 +0000 UTC View Post
This adventure is designed for three to seven 2nd- to 4th-level characters and is optimized for five characters with an average party level (APL) of 3. Characters outside this level range cannot participate in this adventure. The adventure takes place on the isla...
2020-04-28 15:37:17 +0000 UTC View PostIt's finally here!
After a lot of toying around, I finally have the playback app ready for use! As it stands, Music d20 Player could very well be the only app you app need to tackle all of your in-game RPG music. Here's a quick rundown of how it works:
Currently, Music d20 Playe...
2020-04-21 23:51:41 +0000 UTC View PostI admittedly go a bit overboard with my orchestration sometimes. Oddly enough, it seems many of my most popular tracks are the least busy... maybe there's something for me to learn there. With that in mind, I bring you a pared down version of "Streets of Iron and Blood." It retains the general ch...
2020-04-20 20:10:53 +0000 UTC View PostPlenty of your time spent in RPG cities consists of walking from shop to shop, talking to quest givers, and inquiring at taverns. However, not all RPG cities are created equally, and some are constant gauntlets of deadly encounters. Maybe it's a city of thieves, or you're deep undercover in enemy...
2020-04-20 20:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostMy goal for "The Great Expanse" was to make a theme song to fit a Western setting, but one of the hallmarks of Western fiction is the emptiness of the frontier. Yes, there are busy saloons, shootouts, and raging rivers, but a lot of the American West is just... prairies and dunes. For those momen...
2020-04-18 14:20:10 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, I've got a super neat collaboration with the fabulous Venatus Maps. He's been working on a Wild West inspired campaign setting, and he tapped to me to make a "theme song" of sorts for his patrons and players. I...
2020-04-18 14:14:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! Believe it or not, I'm just a few tracks away from finishing up Music d20: Vol. 2. Right now the track list is looking like every Standard track I've released since "Those Who Writhe Below," plus ~5 tracks that I've written but haven't released yet. Generally speaking, I divide these tra...
2020-04-16 13:16:50 +0000 UTC View PostAfter posting my track "Honeycoral," patron Вениамин Байков requested a dark and sinister version for dangerous and dreadful deep sea adventures. I thought that was a swell idea, so here's my new variant! Thanks Вениамин!
This version ups the anxiety with some thumping...
2020-04-15 18:50:32 +0000 UTC View PostWhile water levels are the bane of my existence in most video games, I think aquatic-themed locales in TTRPGs are often a lot of fun. A little bit magic, imagination, and hand-waving allows for some pretty neat encounters even in DnD (an RPG with like, what, 3 paragraphs on how aquatic combat wor...
2020-04-11 19:31:24 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! Three quick pieces of news:
First of all, my release schedule for this month might end up being a bit lopsided. Almost all of my planned tracks are part of collaborations that depend on the timing of the folks I work with. You'll still be getting a lot of music this month (maybe mo...
2020-04-10 01:29:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's another new Spotify playlist to fill your RPG session audio needs: DnD Eastern! If you have a martial arts dojo, a cherry blossom festival, or a pagoda dungeon, the ty...
2020-04-08 20:24:12 +0000 UTC View PostI live in Central Michigan, and I received my Masters from Michigan State. "Band" music has been all around since me 2015. Trumpets. Snares. Volume Moderately exotic harmonies. I've heard it all, and I'm generally not a huge fan of the sound, but it has clearly infiltrated my psyche.&nbs...
2020-04-04 02:29:32 +0000 UTC View PostLook, tactical combat is fun. I love roleplaying, dungeoneering, storytelling, downtime, puzzles, and all of the other facets of TTRPGs, but well-balanced engaging combat encounters are still some of the most satisfying segments of my RPG experiences. Sometimes, you need a little plot ho...
2020-04-04 02:22:58 +0000 UTC View PostWelp, we've made it to April! If I had to guess, I'd say 2020 is just going to keep getting better and better from here on out!
Apocalypse or not, I'll still be pumping out new tunes, and I need your help in deciding what comes next. I was a bit short on patron-generated suggestions, so mos...
2020-04-01 15:35:28 +0000 UTC View PostSometimes even crummy slums are bustling with activity. This variant of "Grimdocks" has a bit of a nautical theme to it, and brings to mind images of crowded docks, slow lapping waves, and beat-up sailboats itching to leave the harbor. This makes for perfectly good city or village music, and can ...
2020-03-31 21:00:57 +0000 UTC View PostThere's a common trope in RPGs of dingy, wet, slum towns. These often make for good beginnings to adventures, perhaps because these towns are plagued by laundry lists of solvable problems (i.e. quests and sidequests), or perhaps because REAL WORLD medieval villages were pretty muddy, dreary, and ...
2020-03-31 20:54:25 +0000 UTC View Post
First off, here's another great time lapse from Jog Brogzin. This one features a variant version of my track Permafrost Wasteland. I hope you dig it!
Next up, here's a track from my first collaboration with YouTube c...
2020-03-29 21:03:06 +0000 UTC View Post