At 10/16/24 10:36 AM, Cyberdevil wrote:True true, I've definitely seen some famous people on stages. XD Very cool... oughta make an effort to meet more artists after shows too, maybe some appreciate it even, some audiences have been pretty small.
Yeah, at the smaller venues it can be very cool and usual (certainly in Brighton) :)
Future-proofing content for formats of the past hmm, sounds a bit odd to say but indeed good to do. :D Hmm come to think of it Eminem has had some recent albums with A and B sides to them too, at least the Music to be Murdered by ones... length-wise not sure they actually match others formats. But the traditional division's there too. Maybe it's coming back.
They do say that vinyl sales are on the rise so always good to plan as such, but in general I feel like the break is good from a narrative point of view anyways, as to keep things interesting and not tire out the listener (from an attention point of view). Depending on the story you want to tell of course!
Ahh bummer the gigs are halting again, seemed like y'all were really starting to warm up to it. Hope you get back to it for sure, maybe all the more relevant after the upcoming release. Interesting to know re:gig guitar setup. :)
Yeah... the drummer injured his ankle around July time so I'm not sure how he's doing drum-wise but hopefully we can get back to it soon. The distance between all the members (mainly me) makes things tricky...
I will see yes. :) Looking forward! Ahaha well as long as the final speed suits the speed of the music I suppose the actual footage duration isn't so important, maybe loopable too somehow. :) I do believe technical limitations actually often boost the experience, both visually and audially so definitely! The grittier and grainier and more saturated and fuzzy possibly the better it gets! XD Been watching some interesting mini-documentaries about how certain older movies can't be replicated particularly because of technical limitations, for example horror movies that were shot in film formats no longer used, that were upscaled, or color-coded differently, and just became vastly more discomforting because of it. The crisper and clearer it gets the less eerie... of course you can emulate visual limitations and artifacts digitally too, but it's hard to get the results the same entirely. It looks emulated more than it does actually old. Not much to do with music that but to conclude: yeah, I do think so! :D Will be fun to see how it turns out anyhow.
Hehe, I know the feeling regarding old formats. Back in the 80s people we super careful about the noise of tape for example, but now things are mostly digitally recorded, it's very usual for people to add tape simulation plugins to get that grit back in XD Same thing for oldschool digital samplers! Funny how things go around :D People want "the sound" rather than pristine sound XD
Mhm! Maybe dates per se aren't as captivating. But numbers that simplify, or multiply, incremental ones. 3 Killer Techniques. Top 10 Plugins. 2 Covers of... stuff like that?
Ah yes... the very clickable titles... makes sense!
Aye, hope you get that proper copy soon too! :) Hmm are Internet cafes a thing over there maybe, public library computers and such? ;) Looking forward to it!
Cheers and while public libraries are a thing over here, I can't really say I've heard much about internet cafes (certainly these days). Not sure how the connection would be for super big files either. Let's hope proper connections get sorted here soon XD
November 2024 Patreon & News Post: Jabun's Nephology Early Access on Patreon, new studio ups and downs, Cyberdevil's Inktober 2024 + an exclusive beat download + YouTube videos and playlists and more!
Hi everyone and hope you had a great October (and Halloween yesterday)! It's the beginning of another month and after the huge disruption last time, things are starting to get back on track though are maybe a few months behind where I wanted to be in some aspects... Taking the good stuff along with the bad though it's been a super busy month of both fun AND pain so let's dive into the details!
First of all some studio updates: After a near (computer) death experience following September's studio move and the hard work and research from some friends, we FINALLY got the computer to boot up again (without a reset or clean install) and things are almost back to normal now! I've even been back to some JabunAudio client work again (which was a big worry this time last month), and cut a first track in the new studio too (more on that later)! The only thing that hasn't seemed to survive the fixes is unfortunately the virtual horns I use for Better Than The Book... They're stuck in demo mode! I've been in touch with Native Instruments tech support to try and figure things out so hopefully something can be done, but if not it might be time to look for some new horns... what crummy luck! As If I didn't need even more stuff to worry about too just earlier this week my main guitar amp for the last 17ish years went BANG a few times then silence... it's currently in pieces under my desk awaiting some new part and hopefully will join the resurrected equipment club later this month. I sure hope so...
Away from problems though, the studio overall is starting to shape up again, sort of... I need to figure out a new design layout eventually but for the moment everything's back in that was in there before while I look out and plan for new furniture etc... The organ rig is back together and thankfully as sturdy as ever too, and I've started on the acoustic treatment but there's still a long way to go which means lots more headphone work than usual. Overall things are getting there though and I finally had the time (and tools) to finish some things off I needed to, so I'm super pleased to finally announce:
Jabun's new Nephology ambient album is fully complete and launching for FULL Early Access to the $10+ supporters on Patreon! I'm giving early access to the artwork package to the rest of the patrons this time too! Downloads include the full artwork package (including album art, album art photo, and alternative art), and if you're a $10 Patron you have the master high quality WAV files, and the Mp3s too! Links to Patreon at the bottom of this post!
I'm sure I've previously said, but Nephology is a long form ambient collection of 3 2 hour tracks which are each remixes of the tracks from my 2nd album 15-4-20 and inspired by cloud watching! They're less something to listen to intently and more something to have on in the background while doing something else, or just to create an ambience for a space. It was a fun experiment and I hope you enjoy the vibes! In terms of the project itself, it's fully complete now and all that's left to do is finish the marketing and promotional materials and literature which will likely take a while so I'm not putting a concrete release date on things just yet, but will be aiming for the end of November, beginning of December time! For those of you waiting on Better Than The Book's new album, I'm making sure to pace myself with all this work so unfortunately that's not looking to be out in full this year anymore, BUT I do hope to have SOMETHING out before 2024 ends to start that hype train rolling again! Plans are being made, so keep watching the usual spaces, and I'll keep you posted when I can! Thanks for your patience!
Next this month, @Cyberdevil has been back to his usual INKtober madness for the 6th year in a row! For those of you not acquainted with the challenge, each October he sits down to write, record and release a new rap EVERY DAY of the month, and in this case, some days even have 2! As usual I took some time to throw a beat his way to see what he'd do with it and for the 2nd year in a row I made it purely on my KORG EM-1 Electribe groovebox with just some mastering in Ableton before I sent it over! Cyberdevil took a dark but thought provoking turn with the lyrics this time so trigger warning, but I hope you appreciate the vibes! Check out the full track below which is free to download at Newgrounds:
And if you're a supporter on Patreon you have the instrumental beat too in this month's download rewards!
Some insider backstory on the title. B35 refers to pattern bank b35 on my Electribe which happens to also be the same as the model number of a bomber aircraft developed shortly after WW2 which which I'm sure inspired Cyberdevil's lyrical take and title. There's a whole bag of different vibes to explore this year though so I highly recommend checking out the full INKtober 2024 playlist below, and a huge well done to Cyberdevil and everyone involved with special mention to @larrynachos who undertook their own "Tunetober" challenge this month as well as being on a tonne of the Inktober beats this year! I hope you enjoy it!
Next and finally this month over to YouTube Videos! I've been keeping up with my 2 a week as usual which is now scheduled up until the end of the year! Not only that but with SO many videos now I decided to make a few playlists for interest groups so that people didn't need to skip through the main one. Check them out below:
Guitar, Organ, Synths & Gear Videos (the usual playlist):
VOX K-ON! Yui Hirasawa amPlug: Pop Punk (blink182 + Fall Out Boy)
VOX K-ON! Yui Hirasawa amPlug: Clean Ska (Goldfinger)
Next month will be a goodbye studio tour along with some piano and organ and more! Hope you enjoy what's to come!
And that about wraps things up for this post! I'll be busy getting the Jabun Nephology album prepped for release along with continuing to set up and repair the studio and with any luck next time you hear from me will be when the new Jabun album drops! Until then, I hope you have a great November to come and thanks as always for supporting my music and projects in all the ways you do! Take care and all the best!
At 11/1/24 09:47 AM, Jabun wrote:https://www.newgrounds.com/playlist/404721/inktober-2024
Many thanks for the promo. :) It was a blast to collab this year too, turned out one of the better ones this year, and indeed that's an accurate assesement of the alternative implication of the track title. :D
Good to hear the PC's operational and all too; hope you get some even better horns going if the Native Instrument ones can't be activated again somehow... good things going on overall it seems!
As for the guitar amp, did something literally explode in it? Fried component? Do you know what happened?
Seems I missed the response above earlier btw, appending...
At 10/17/24 04:48 AM, Jabun wrote:Yeah, at the smaller venues it can be very cool and usual (certainly in Brighton) :)
Sounds cool. :)
They do say that vinyl sales are on the rise so always good to plan as such, but in general I feel like the break is good from a narrative point of view anyways, as to keep things interesting and not tire out the listener (from an attention point of view). Depending on the story you want to tell of course!
Ah I didn't know it was getting more popular still, that's good to hear! Indeed some kind of break's probably good, though you get miniature ones between tracks too, I wonder if a halfway point one specifically is really a requirement. Seems almost like you get two albums in one if there's a clear distinction between sides. Which is cool too, but I reckon you could easily have an hour that feels wholesomely consecutive in itself. Seems more an artistic choice on what kind of - if any - division you'd like to make if it doesn't cater to a specific format...
Yeah... the drummer injured his ankle around July time so I'm not sure how he's doing drum-wise but hopefully we can get back to it soon. The distance between all the members (mainly me) makes things tricky...
Oh dang. :/ Sorry to hear that. Hope his ankle heals up well, and that y'all do manage to make it work somehow.
Hehe, I know the feeling regarding old formats. Back in the 80s people we super careful about the noise of tape for example, but now things are mostly digitally recorded, it's very usual for people to add tape simulation plugins to get that grit back in XD Same thing for oldschool digital samplers! Funny how things go around :D People want "the sound" rather than pristine sound XD
Aha. XD Fascinating how technical limitations become a feature with time... I wonder if it's just nostalgia in cases like this, or if it objectively really does add a desirable audial element even if you didn't grow up with the background noise that's being emulated... yeaaah it's a bit like how the more auto-tuned and pitch perfect vocal performances become, the more you want just an unplugged performance instead, we strive to improve a product till we lose the human element of it it seems, then it becomes soulless, then we strive to find the soul again... fascinating journey and loop fo shizzle. :)
And an interesting balance you always have to get with both sounding as good as possible and... real, I guess, somehow. Whatever that entails.
Ah yes... the very clickable titles... makes sense!
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Cheers and while public libraries are a thing over here, I can't really say I've heard much about internet cafes (certainly these days). Not sure how the connection would be for super big files either. Let's hope proper connections get sorted here soon XD
Aaand it seems they did! :D Glad they did! Good to know re:libraries and all too. Ours have pretty good Internet backbones, though indeed Internet cafes are pretty much extinct now, if they ever existed over here...
At 11/1/24 12:42 PM, Cyberdevil wrote:Many thanks for the promo. :) It was a blast to collab this year too, turned out one of the better ones this year, and indeed that's an accurate assesement of the alternative implication of the track title. :D
Woot woot and no worries it was a blast to be a part of things :D
Good to hear the PC's operational and all too; hope you get some even better horns going if the Native Instrument ones can't be activated again somehow... good things going on overall it seems! As for the guitar amp, did something literally explode in it? Fried component? Do you know what happened?
FINALLY managed to get those Native Instruments Horns working again using a older version of the software (but not as old as the one I had before). Great to have them back again, and fingers crossed for no future troubles. Re the amp, I'm not sure... there were some loud bangs (and then silence), but it doesn't seem like there's any obvious actually exploded stuff in there. I've got a new cooling fan coming in the post, and some diagnostics suggest potentially some metal fatigue across the FX loops gaps preventing the circuit from closing properly when not plugged in, so I'll be doing some more tests once the new fan is fitted and hopefully it's as simple as that. We'll see...
Ah I didn't know it was getting more popular still, that's good to hear! Indeed some kind of break's probably good, though you get miniature ones between tracks too, I wonder if a halfway point one specifically is really a requirement. Seems almost like you get two albums in one if there's a clear distinction between sides. Which is cool too, but I reckon you could easily have an hour that feels wholesomely consecutive in itself. Seems more an artistic choice on what kind of - if any - division you'd like to make if it doesn't cater to a specific format...
I know that 2 albums in one feeling. Too true on the artistic sentiments too. Depends on what story you'd like to tell :)
Oh dang. :/ Sorry to hear that. Hope his ankle heals up well, and that y'all do manage to make it work somehow.
Me too...
Aha. XD Fascinating how technical limitations become a feature with time... I wonder if it's just nostalgia in cases like this, or if it objectively really does add a desirable audial element even if you didn't grow up with the background noise that's being emulated... yeaaah it's a bit like how the more auto-tuned and pitch perfect vocal performances become, the more you want just an unplugged performance instead, we strive to improve a product till we lose the human element of it it seems, then it becomes soulless, then we strive to find the soul again... fascinating journey and loop fo shizzle. :) And an interesting balance you always have to get with both sounding as good as possible and... real, I guess, somehow. Whatever that entails.
Again I guess it just comes down to artist choice as well. Sometimes it's nice to be pristine, other's dirty, other times super tight, other times a bit more loose :) Nice to have the options though!
Good to know re:libraries and all too. Ours have pretty good Internet backbones, though indeed Internet cafes are pretty much extinct now, if they ever existed over here...
(and various nods). To be honest, I don't really remember internet cafes here either...
Nephology is a 6+ hour collection of 3 long-form ultra ambient remixes of my 2nd album 15-4-20 inspired by cloud gazing. Each track is a 2+ hour long soundscape showcasing a different atmosphere and mood, and the album as a concept aims to be an auditory and musical expression of cloud watching.
You can read all about it on the Nephology Bandcamp page, and I'll be streaming the album track by track on my JabunAudio YouTube channel in the coming weeks too!
