A New Big (Band) Project! (Patreon)

Hey Patrons!

I've been radio silent for the past few weeks because I've been hard at work creating something gigantic. After discovering the 8-Bit-Big Band last year, I had started to think to myself that I could create something similar, and that's exactly what I'm in the process of doing!

I've rounded up about 30 fantastic musicians from Berklee to put together 3 video game medleys. The medleys are each themed on different types of game music: Overworld/Main Themes, Ballads, and Battle/Boss themes. Each of these medleys is arranged for full big band, strings, orchestral percussion, and the Ballads medley has orchestral woodwinds too!

We're going into the studio April 26th to record these 3 medleys. These 3 medleys will be filmed, and released as videos on the channel! Unfortunately, since the Berklee studios are being used for this, I can't sell the recordings, so they will not be available on iTunes/Spotify, and I will not be running ads on the video. However, I still plan to release them as paid posts on Patreon, which is actually where the budget from the musicians is coming from!

Doing some quick math, my current per video total is $1,167. $1,167 per video x 3 videos / 32 musicians = $109 per musician. I think it's very important to pay musicians for their work whenever possible, and I'm so thankful that you Patrons have pledged to donate to enable these musicians to be compensated fairly!

I've attached an audio mockup of the first medley titled "Movement I: The Joy of Gaming", as well as a score for you to read along if you please.

I'm excited for what's to come!