March 28 tentative release date for Deep Fried HardDrive album
Deep Fried HardDrive is scheduled to be released March 28, barring any hiccups for the stores. Expect it on any major streaming or download stores, like Spotify, iheart radio, Tiktok, ECT. I get royalties from streams from those sites, so if you wish to help out without a cost to you, check my songs out over there. Here's fine too, it helps others find my music.
I hit 155k streams on TikTok and other online stores. So far I've made just over 150 euro. My therapist said I should accept those royalties, and work on being more independent. Independence is my latest life goal. (Secondary to God and Miku.)
I got locked out of the account needed to accept my royalty check. Schizo sucks sometimes, especially when I set up accounts under the effects, and can't remember squat of what I did. I'll get it sorted, or switch distribution partners. Either way, all things are good.
Been pretty busy these last few months, with four songs released.
Precious: I wanted to sing a song for my beloved, and actually felt motivated to record my own vocals. It's sappy sweet, and somewhat embarrassing, but I did want to sing from the rooftops just how much I'm in love with this woman. Charles Spurgeon mentioned in one of his sermons the definition of precious. Without Christ's precious gift, my wife and I's relationship would be impossible.
Oxygen: After listening to some of my old works, I remember Air and how intense it got with just the piano. I wanted to capture that essence and revisit it. Christ is the air inside my lungs, but a deep enough love with someone will also teach that same lesson. I hope each of you experience or continue to experience a love so deep that you feel God in it. Beats any drug.
Crouching Dorian, Hidden Tonic: This was an academic exercise. I'm learning some music theory from Jake Lizzio on Youtube with SignalsMusicStudio. He's pretty solid with teaching techniques, check him out. I was tired of the same old scale, and the same chords, so studying music theory is unlocking more potential notes and chords. I wrote it in C# Dorian, but don't play C# as a root until much later, and instead sit on G# for most of it, fooling the mind to think that G# is the tonic.
For An Audience of One: This song serves as a reminder to remain humble, and to keep the goal in mind. In terms of salvation, my songs serve the bride of Christ (I hope) and in doing so, I play my part in this grand scheme. I preach on facebook, I entertain in music. If I can reach just one soul, my life is validated. I have achieved that goal. Everything else, from here on out, is gravy. My music is for God to enjoy, but I won't be disappointed if the 1281 of you enjoy the work too.
Each individual counts. On bandcamp I gotta remember, its not about the money, or the fame. Its about the service. I need to make quality music, because I like quality music. I want to make the music I want to listen to, and the rest will sort itself out.
Life update wise: My van, and home, is still broken. I'm working on getting a new truck, but I'm financially stuck paying off an editor debt for the next few months. Once that's cleared, I'll buy a new home on wheels.
I put the text on the book cover, and am preparing to research marketing solutions for the book. I'm not expecting much, but I intend to self publish through Kindle Direct, otherwise I'll be sitting on this completed manuscript for months.
Yeshua (Jesus) is returning soon. I know we've all heard that a thousand times, but there's a tension in the air that just screams "Whatever you're going to do, do it." I've heard the voice say "You're wasting valuable time!" True or false, this reminder keeps me from procrastinating any more. Call out to Yahweh if you're having even the slightest of trouble, He's given me plenty of results to be confident that Yah gets things done.
As always, I hope each of you are blessed with revelation (new knowledge) wisdom (Application of knowledge) truth (and correction) love (Fuel for everything) and faith (confidence.) You all are precious to me. I'd like to mention people by specific names in my prayers, but all I can do is lump up ya'll in one macro package. Whatever trials you're going through right now: you're loved.