The album will be releasing over the next two months - singles in the next month or so, album releasing publicly on June 28th. It takes a lot of time to query to things like Spotify playlists and press coverage, these things have long queues and require long buffers so they have time to review your release ahead of the release date. And I'm hoping for a strong release :fingers_crossed:
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This album has been an on and off labor of love I've been focusing on for the last year or so, and certainly, it would not have been done without all of your support.
Even if just a little bit or in a little way, the support you folks have given me has allowed me to focus my time on making this album, something I had a great passion for and have been wanting to do for a very long time. I am thankful for your support no matter the kind.
So, truly and genuinely, I want to thank you, all of you. This album is not just mine, but belongs to all of you as well. I am forever grateful for the opportunities I have been given from my supporters. Bless you for blessing me โฅ
Please enjoy the album! I will be moving away from the creatively exhausting process of production into the strangely unfamiliar process of promo and promo materials. So please feel free to let me know your thoughts on the album, or if you have any ideas on how I should put it out into the world!!
Wanted to preview another track from my upcoming album "Lo-Funk / Night Drive" ~ some of you have maybe heard early versions of this one before on stream previews...
At this stage, the album is nearly complete. Recording is finished, I am simply mixing and touching things up. You can expect the full album to be available to hear for patron's first and foremost ๐
Thank you again for all of your continued support and patience on this!!
I wanted to start by saying, thank you to everyone for your continued patience and continued support as I work away at the latest Marble Pawns (non-Zeldawave) album.
It means the world to me how many of you have stayed on and continued to provide support while I have mostly been working quietly and privately to myself. Thank you again for what you've offered me.
Trying to finish this album has been a mix between being indecisive, insecure, but still feeling like the ideas are worth pushing through. For those reasons, I'm still working away, but I am getting closer and closer to the end.
With all this in mind - I think it is about time I share something in-progress for you folks to listen to on your own time. Please let me know what you think!
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This song is called "Starry" and it is the 2nd track off of my upcoming 12-track album, "Lo-Funk / Night Drive"
Please note it is still a work in progress, refining the mix and details, etc... but this is a decently close enough version of the song that I'm (reluctantly) finally willing to share. No thanks to pressure from my wife, friends, and many of you ๐
So anyway, thank you again for your support, your patience, and for your time reading this post and listening to this song.
I will be posting more songs from this album very soon, but for now, please enjoy Starry! โจ
Note - this is a pre-order and will not ship until we receive the vinyl records, expected July 2023.
As a Gold member (or higher) of this Patreon, you are granted guaranteed access to this new record. In other words, you have anytime in the next 30 days to purchase this record via the midwest collective store.
This is a Patreon-exclusive item at this time, the link and password should not be shared with anyone. In the event the link is shared - we are checking and reverifying emails on a per-purchase basis to ensure the sanctity of this page/club.
Thanks for your patience on this one folks, we really really appreciate it! The vinyl business is a tricky one..
For anyone wondering about other releases, there are more shipping/ordering details being sorted out for things we plan to announce announce soon (including many of your requests).
So stay tuned if you're looking for something I haven't posted yet, I've heard ya, and we're workin' on it ๐ช
Thanks again for all of your love and support โค
Please let us know if you have any issues accessing the link, thanks again!
I'm pleased to finally be able to share Zeldawave: Temples, with you, in its entirety.
This collection was originally requested via polls by Patreon/Discord members, and while it has taken some time, I'm really glad to finally be able to get this out of my hands and onto the internet for y'all.
This will be a Patreon-exclusive for now (feel free to show your friends) but I am also planning to do a public release very soon, most likely for new years day.
Thank you so so much for all of your financial support, donations, record-purchasing, or even just keeping me company on stream or giving my videos views. You folks are the reason I'm able to do this, and I hope I'm able to please with this release!!
More info to come very soon regarding a number of physical releases, not just for this collection...
I hope you've had a great holiday and are keeping well, I look forward to making more music for you in the new year ๐ค ๐ฝ
Last preview video before the FULL Temples video is released, which all of you fine folks will get well and early access to!
Hope you like it, this one was a challenge to make. The Spirit Temple has so many cool rooms and I took so many shots that I couldn't use ๐ญ Oh well ๐
Thanks again for all of your support! These songs have officially been sent off for vinyl mastering.. and... well.. you know what that means. Safe to say Drew Wise (same artist as last two ZW covers) has nailed the the album art once again. Think y'all will love it.
Anyway thanks again! Go leave a like and comment on the video if you wanna confuse the normies when I post this thing publicly ๐
To be totally honest & transparent with you -there was a bit of a miscommunication in this. If you received notice from my or Midwest Collective's Bandcamp last night, you were supposed to hear about it from me first! If this is the first you're hearing about this, forget what I just said...
Some Important Things
1. All of these records are open pre-order, meaning, they will be not shipped until likely May 2023
2. If you're a Gold member or higher, you get a guaranteed copy to each of the editions that you'd like.
You can either purchase from Bandcamp now, from the links above, or from the Marble Pawns / Midwest Collective store at a later date.
There's no immediate rush on purchasing as a Gold member - we have lots of time before the records finish printing and are shipped out.
On Bandcamp, you'll note it says limited 300 pre-order, but this does not necessarily apply to you folks as well.
If you're a Gold Member, we will either make sure you get one of the 300 or print an extra one just for you.
If you're just seeing this email a bit later and there are no copies listed on the Bandcamp website - do not worry - you are still guaranteed a copy.
I will be posting another link to purchase from later on once we've got an open (unlimited, patron-only) order form set up on our site.
Sorry about the confusion!! Please please please feel free to DM me if you have any confusions about this.. you folks are my number one priority as my biggest supporters and I want you to get the records you want!!
3. For the VHS - the the framing of the image/video content will depend on your VHS player/device. Some images in the Zeldawave video, like the text from dialogue, will be closer to the edge than on others. We're looking into the best way to do this and reviewing some test copies.. just a general FYI for VHS tapes!!
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Ok that's all for now, again, sorry about the confusion and thanks for your understanding. Let me know if you have any questions at all!!
Hey hey!! Happy early Halloween, here's the spookiest track video preview from temples.
The full album/video is nearly finished and will be yours to see first!! As Patrons you will have first access, more time than this particular video.. cause it'll be publicly available on Halloween ๐
Hope you're doing well, thanks for your support!! I couldn't have put this album together without your patronage, thank you again โฅ๐
The last existing to-be-sold copies of the ZWI and ZWII colour vinyl (previously released) are now available to be purchased on Bandcamp.
These are not Patreon-exclusive items at this time, meaning the public will also be notified shortly... though you all get the first heads up ๐
If you've purchased any of the recent vinyl, this is the same edition. We are selling off the remaining stock for the second pressing of this version. These were previously released earlier this year... and now this is all that we have left (very limited)
So if you haven't bought either these editions yet and you're interested - now is your LAST chance to get a ZWI or ZWII vinyl
Another preview, another song you maybe heard before! Here's the video preview for โจ The Legend of Hyrule โจ ~ from the upcoming ๏ผบ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ผ๏ผด๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ
Listen closely to the legend, hero of time ๐บ
P.S. Streamin' some more Wind Waker HD later today on YouTube and Twitch.. come sail the ocean with me before I get the sea-crazies... lots to do 2day
Just wanted to share a quick lil video clip for a song you might have heard before, Temple of Time / Prelude of Light from the upcoming ๏ผบ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ผ๏ผด๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ
Hope you like it, hero of time ๐บ
The full video for Temples will be dropping on Patreon first! Soon, keep an eye out
P.S. Streaming some Wind Waker HD later today on YouTube and Twitch! Maybe I'll see you there ๐คฉ
P.S. Streaming later today ~ playing Twilight Princess. The second last one before we finish the game! Come hang by if you need a friend or feel like listenin' to me blather ๐ฆ
I had previously said I wasn't planning to preview any more songs from Temples, but given that I'm still working on it... I thought I'd just share one more anyway.
Hope you like it! I may end up previewing more, but I'm also trying to get temples as a whole wrapped... but I also wanna keep sharing music with everyone.. so its hard to say. Lemme know if you have any thoughts!
In other news, vinyl records are shipping out this week if yours didn't already go out this weekend!
Thanks as always for your support! Appreciate y'all โฅ
Happy to share with you a preview/early access to the FIRST song off of Chronowave, a collection of Chrono Trigger songs curated by ๐ KakaCarrotcake ๐ and remixed by yours truly. Thank you KakaCarrotcake for being a diamond member ๐
Stay tuned for more updates! (And more Chrono songs)
I'm staying busy! Love y'all โฅ
- Mr Marble
P.S. I'm streaming later today at 3PM PT - come say hi ๐ฝ
Announcing two upcoming streaming events ~ playing through Ocarina of Time LIVE on YouTube
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โจ THIS Friday, April 15th @ 2:00PM PT / 5PM ET / 9PM GMT
โจ NEXT Saturday, April 23rd @ 1:00PM PT / 4PM ET / 8PM GMT
(regular schedule tbd)
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This is a new and weird experience for me - but I think it'll be fun!
Casual playthrough, mostly just playing a game I love, so I can reminisce and look for new things to notice (also need to get to the Temples so I can make the Temples videos).
I'll have my camera on (๐ณ) so you can see the Marble face while we chat n' hangout.
My plan is to try out a few different times and see what works for a regular schedule. On Discord we voted for OOT over other games, maybe we'll vote on which ROM hacks I should play next? That was a good suggestion.. Or maybe something else??
Anyway if you're the type to enjoy a stream I'd love to see ya โฅ or lemme know when you'd like to see me stream next
Thanks for all of your support ๐ I appreciate y'all so much โฅ
Announcing the long-awaited second pressing of the "cerulean swirl" ZW vinyl.
This is a re-pressing of the previous release, including mastered-for-vinyl audio ๐คฉ
Patrons with โญ Gold โญ or higher memberships will get access to the pre-order link (to the Midwest Collective site store) on April 22nd @ 12pm PST.
Make sure you purchase or reach out before the public release - the store link for this release/vinyl will close on May 5th, one day before the public release on May 6th.
$25 USD + shipping, the link & password will be sent out via Patreon & Discord on the release date (business as usual)
Thank you for all of your support โฅ
Let me know if you have any immediate questions, more info to come! -Mr Marble
