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4/30 Patron Livestream: 2024 FIRST THIRDLY REPORT

The business RETURNS.Tuesday 4/30 @ 5pm PTTHE FIRST THIRDLY REPORT OF 2024(I'll post the livestream link ~30 mins before)We're having one of my favorite types of special bonus streams: the Thirdly Report. Here, I shall present to my shareholders (you) a slide deck full of updates on the busi...

froghorn.exe - SONG/STEMS/SCORE?

it's froghorn.exe's Song and Stems!!! and a Trumpet Score????That's right, I did a quick export of the trumpet solo into a PDF, just in case any of you play the trumpet and want to attempt this literally impossible trumpet solo (because it turns into a three part harmony). I know that th...

The Making of "froghorn.exe"

Sometimes, you need to spend 16 minutes talking about a video that is less than a minute long. Here's how I made "froghorn.exe!"A little sidebar: I'm trying out Patreon's built-in video player for all of my exclusive videos instead of using Vimeo and making it password protected!...

NEW VIDEO: froghorn.exe

The first video of this weird album project is complete! And of course it might be the weirdest one!Here's "froghorn.exe," a video that I made because I can't stop clicking on videos that are less than a minute long of weird little guys made in Blender. I talk more about this in my &...

Brian Brecommends: SUMO WRESTLING

I have already ignored my rule of only recording for 10 minutes/editing for 50 minutes because I am simply TOO EXCITED ABOUT SUMO. I LOVE SUMO. SUMO IS PROBABLY 80% OF WHAT I THINK ABOUT ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. It's been so great to completely lose myself in a sport that I didn't know a singl...

March 2024 Progress Report!

Let's hop right into it, shall we?WHAT'S NEW ON THE PATREON?Brian Brecommends: PROBLEMISTABONUS VIDEO: Scam Slam JamSCAM SLAM JAM - Song, StemsWas expecting this to be a very dry month on the Patreon, but luckily(?) the scammers helped me make a new thing! So thanks, scammers?WHAT HAVE YOU B...

SCAM SLAM JAM - Song, Stems

Hey hey, sorry for taking a little longer on this post! I had to figure out how best to export stems from Ableton, since this is the first real-ish song I've produced in that program. Nice!Here's the full scam song and all of the stems, too! Feel free to remix it however you want. That's...

BONUS VIDEO: Scam Slam Jam

Hey y'all! Remember how I said I wasn't going to post a video on YouTube until July? A new terrible development changed that!You might have seen me talking about this/making this song on my Watch This While You Do Your Art stream a couple weeks ago, but I've had a couple different people...

Brian Brecommends: PROBLEMISTA

IT'S MARCH! AND PROBLEMISTA COMES OUT (in Los Angeles and NYC) TODAY (and I think nationwide on March 22)! WHICH IS WHY I AM UPLOADING THIS VIDEO RIGHT NOW!Problemista is an A24 film, so it will (hopefully) become well loved. But since it just came out, I think it counts as underappreciated for ...

Feb. 2024 Progress Report (BIG UPDATE!)

HEADS UP! This is a big post that talks about a new BIG VIDEO ALBUM PROJECT I'm working on! It means I won't be posting a video (on YouTube) until July, with the hope that I can post a new video every other week until the end of the year. If you're wondering, "Hey, why isn't Bria...

BELIEVE (Cher Cover) + SPA DAY

Hey Novelty Instrumentalists! It's been a minute since I've uploaded new music for you, but I've got TWO songs that were made during a new stream I've been testing (WTWYDYA: Watch This While You Do Your Art). The first is a cover of Cher's iconic "Believe," and the second...

BRIAN BRECOMMENDS: Laika: Aged Through Blood

Welcome to February's episode of Brian Brecommends, where I am brecommending the indie "motor-vania" LAIKA: AGED THROUGH BLOOD!Here are some links to the things referenced in this video, in case you want to check them out: Laika: Aged Through Blood Trailer Laika Wiki Music from Laika Twe...

Jan. 2024 Progress Report

Hello and welcome to the first progress report of the new year! Things have been progressing! Let's report on it!WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON?Quite a lot this month! I finally did the Patreon refresh I've been talking about for years, and though things are still shifting around, I think we'...

SONGFEST 2024 (Jan. 23, 1-6pm PT)

The Patreon Refresh keeps on going!TL;DR: SONGFEST 2024, THE LIVESTREAM WHERE I MAKE THE BASIS OF 5 SONGS IN 5 HOURS, WILL GO LIVE ON TUES, JAN. 23 FROM 1-6PM PTFirst, thanks so much for the feedback on the Patreon Refresh post! There were some great new perk ideas, so I'm doing another test of ...

A Little Patreon Refresh/A Little Test of a New Perk!

It's time for the thing I've been talking about since... oh my god, 2022? I've been putting this off for 2 years?Well, the long overdue PATREON REFRESH is finally here!WHAT'S NEW?Here's a list of the things I've changed: Updated the about page Updated the member benefits Adde...

DEC. 2023 PROGRESS REPORT

Happy New Year's Eve, everyone! We've made it through another full year, which means another probably-too-long-but-it's-the-end-of-year-so-I'm-allowed-to-wax-poetic PROGRESS REPORT.WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON? Breakfast Sandwich BloopersAnd the brief Patreon pause from last month is ov...

Breakfast Sandwich Bloopers

Once again, I find myself with a blooper reel that is more than half the length of the main video. And thanks to the amazing editing of Jeremy (Nativebirds), it's just as powerful as the main video. Might be even more powerful. I leave that to your judgment.WATCH THE BLOOPERS HEREpassword: badtr...

Nov. Progress Report (and a short Patreon pause)!

TL;DR - I’m pausing Patreon payments for a month! Full explanation below, but I’m posting this up top in case you’re confused as to why you aren’t charged this month. Billing will resume on Dec. 27, 2023!Look at me posting my Progress Report a few days before the end of the month. I’m so o...

OCTOBER PROGRESS REPORT

Welcome to a very SPOOKY Progress Report!! READER BEWARE! It's HALLOWEEN! And who KNOWS what kind of CREEPY DELIGHTS might UNEARTH THEMSELVES in this PROGRESS REPORT!Okay I don't actually have anything spooky to share except Karen and I dressed up as a red and silver bokoblin:WHAT'S NEW ...

Beautiful Mind DEMO

Howdy y'all! As was the case with the Louie Zong collab, the Tom Cardy collab is split the same way—I get to post the main video to my YouTube channel, and the song proceeds go to him! So the best way to listen to the song is to check it out on his Spotify!So instead of the full song, I've...

Beautiful Mind BLOOPERS

finally, after so many months, the Tom Cardy collab has arrived.WATCH THE BLOOPERS HEREpassword: fourteengerbilsThis was so much fun to make. Tom is an amazing musician, and a very funny guy, and an all around delightful human being. Here's hoping we get to work on something again in the future.

September Progress Report

This has been a surprisingly big month, even though I didn't manage to get a video out! So I get to simultaneously experience the two emotions of "excited about the big things that have happened" and "guilty for being unproductive"! My favorite combo of emotions.WHAT'S NEW ON...

SETTING UP A SHOOT | Sept. Process Stream

Hey y'all! I'm going to be setting up the shoot for my next cooking video, and I'm very excited about it.WE'LL BE LIVE TOMORROWMONDAY, SEPT 25THAT 2PM PTIt'll be fun to show you how I have to clean/light/set up cameras in a part of my house in order to make it ready for a shoot. ...

August Progress Report!

Hello hello! I posted a really weird video this month! I said I would in July's Progress Report and I did it! Hooray!WHAT'S UP ON PATREON?Got a good chunk of Patreon posts this month!- making a tiny power ballad | August Process Stream- Aug. Goofy Livestream Info & Poll for September- AUG 20...

a dream i had the other day | SONG, STEMS, SFX

iI's been a minute since I've had SO MANY AUDIO FILES to give you.First off, it's the song! I think I managed to make it sound extremely karaoke-esque while still being catchy and enjoyable to listen to. The final piano part is Karen's playing—I wrote the music and then gave it to ...

THE MAKING OF "a dream i had the other day"

I say this a lot, but this is probably my strangest video to date.WATCH THE MAKING OF HEREpassword: mysonI'll also say that it's probably the most fun I've had making a video in a very long time. A lot of that is because—as you'll see in The Making Of—I spent a large portion of t...

making a tiny power ballad | August Process Stream

GOES LIVE AT THIS LINK TOMORROWAUGUST 18TH AT 11AM PTWe're gonna write a shortie song that will be integral to August's video! That's right! There's an August video! So long as I finish this shortie song! And also edit it and ADR the whole thing because I've decided to make somet...

July Progress Report

Heyoooooooo it's the end of July! I'm writing this in a Toyota maintenance waiting area. Let's talk about what I've been up to.WHAT'S UP ON PATREON?Here are the Patreon posts from this month:- July Livestream Info!- CRAFT STREAM! | July Goofy Livestream- Finishing up the Collab |...

sneak preview of the collab video!

Hello folks! Since there's no video for August, I figured I'd give you a little sneak preview from the collab video I'm making with Tom Cardy.I've finished all the main edits and need to go back in for a subtitles pass, but it's in good enough shape that I feel comfortable showin...