Update Post! January 20th (Patreon Album report!) (Patreon)

I was hoping to get FFV Decisive Battle up tomorrow but I just got the first song draft finished earlier, so it'll probably be a few more days while I smooth it out and record/edit the video. I should have the early download up this weekend so keep your eyes out.

I actually spent a lot of time working on the Patreon Album songs, and I'm happy to say I got a lot done this past week. I'm almost entirely done with the drums/arrangement portion for all the album songs: 6 completely have drums, and 3 partially do, and as you know Saturos is already complete (speaking of Saturos, I'll be remastering it to the 2017 sound for the album). Next week, along with working on the next song (which I'll reveal in a moment), I should be finishing up the drums on those final 3 and getting the rhythm guitar/bass down on at least half of them.

I've got someone working on the album art as well. I'm really hopeful to get all these songs done and the album released to you all in February. I'm also considering getting some physical copies made and maybe giving them out to some of you in a drawing or something like that.

I'm also considering a bonus track for BandCamp.com and the Patreon release. Something special. :)

To go over again  how I plan to do the public release, if the album is released here on Patreon in February, I'll be releasing the videos a month later, in March. I'll be uploading 1 song from the album per day over a 2 week span (maybe taking a 2 day break or so after 4-5 songs), so whatever month that may be (hopefully March) will be a pretty heavy song count month, so again I recommend you check to make sure your monthly limits are set correctly (if you go to 'My Pledges' and 'Edit Pledge', you'll see the option) so I don't end up making you overspend. But hey, if you want to pay for all 10 songs, feel free! xD

TL;DR: The public album release month will be a 10+ song month, so double check to make sure your monthly limits are set correctly ('My Pledges' -> 'Edit Pledge').

In other news, I'm hoping to get the acoustic short channel up within the next couple of weeks. I've had one artist send me art for like 5 different songs and another send me one piece for a song, so my next step is to contact some people to see if they mind if I use their art on the channel for the other songs. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't mind xD but yeah, I always like to ask around first. If you're an artist and you missed the post I made , check it out if you're interested in contributing to the channel. It'll be a good way to get your name out there.

I also might have another Youtube Live-Stream when I get the acoustic channel going to spread word of it's release, as well as teasing the Patreon album some. When I decide on a date for that, I'll let you all know at least a week ahead of time.

Lastly! I've determined the next song for January after Decisive Battle. It's looking like this will be a 3 song month by the way xD, but at least I got a lot of other GaMetal-related things done.

Anyway, I'm going to try this year to get to a lot of songs that I've always had on my to-do list that I've always pushed back, some even for several years, like this one:

I've ALWAYS wanted to do this song, it's one of my favorite Mario Kart songs, and we really need some more Mario Kart tunes on the GaMetal roster. The GBA Bowser Castle has also appeared Mario Kart DS, Wii, and 7, so it's not entirely unknown. Check it out if you're not familiar with it!

Also it's technically a Bowser song so that's always a plus. xD

After this song I'll probably follow it up with a personal choice from the Patreon request list. I'll let you know when I get around to that. :)

Thank you all as always for your ongoing love and support, you all are the best! Every day I wake up inspired to make this the most phenomenal GaMetal year ever, and I'm determined to do just that. I have more awesome things in store, stay tuned, you all are the greatest! :D