Tantacrul

Music Elitism: Let's FIGHT!

Thank you all so much for your support throughout the making of this video. It was a really difficult production and I'm so proud to have had so many people stick with me while I got it done. It really means a lot.Thank you again for your confidence!Next video will be a relatively short one abou...

Elitism Video Release Date

Hey everyone,This is just a notice to let you know that my new video on musical elitism will be released next week on Friday (April 8).The video is going to be somewhere between 50m and 1h 10m in length. I have not actually stitched it all together yet to really know how long it is yet!Thanks very m...

Ancient China Section of Elitism Video

Since I shared the storyboard for this section a few months ago, I thought it would be fun to share the final product. This was by far the most time consuming and difficult section to put together.The overall video is not far off completion and I'll be releasing it in the next 2 (or possibly 3) ...

Watch 3 Chapters from my Elitism Video

Hi everyone,This video is coming along nicely now and I think it is reasonable to assume that I'll be able to release it by the end of this month.While you wait, here are 3 chapters I completed recently that occur early on in the video. I hope you enjoy them.The first chapter (about the author D...

Watch a Segment of My Elitism Video

Hey all, as I mentioned before, this video is quite massive in scale and will take a good bit more time to create. While you are waiting, I thought I would share a few sections in advance, beginning with this one. It is a short section that occurs mid-way through the video.It also gives you a small ...

Preview of a storyboard for my 'Elitism' video

Hello everyone! I thought you might enjoy this clip from my upcoming video, which is in its raw storyboard stage. Since the final product will be quite large in scale and varied in subject matter, I've decided to enlist the help of an illustrator and editor. This allows me to continue refining m...

My Video about Elitism

Hey everyone,I wanted to give a quick update about the progress I am making with this video. When I pitched this idea (along with several others) for you to vote on, I had a reasonable sense of what I wanted to say. In particular, I wanted to push back on a tendency to use the term 'elitism'...

New Video Topic

Hello everyone,So... that MIDI chord pack video was a nightmare to make. I'm glad the reception has been so good but I'm also VERY glad to see the back of it :)So, what's next?When I asked you to vote on my next video a few months ago, the results were... interesting. Initially, 'MID...

New Video is Out!

Thanks so much to all of you for sustaining me your support while I made this video. I really appreciate it and I'm pumped to begin working on the next one right away.More info about that really soon.Martin

New Music Listening Evening on Discord

Hello again!Just so you know, we've set up a new music listening stream on Discord called Gramophone, where we listen to and discuss music submitted by members of the Discord server. Gramophone takes place at 20:00 UTC every second Saturday.Tonight's stream is live now!https://discord.gg/3dS...

Next Friday: New Video!

Hey everyone. Just to let you know that my video on the Unison MIDI chord pack will be out on Friday next week. It has been a very difficult and time-consuming project. Unexpectedly so.It needed a ton of effects work, design work, a few practical effects (which turned out to be more tricky to achiev...

Editing My Unison Chord Pack Video

I thought you might find it interesting to see how I am sourcing usable footage for this video.Since Unison have a history of issuing DMCA takedown notices on anyone who publishes a criticism of them, I thought it would be advisable (and fun) to find creative ways to talk about them without showing ...

My Proxy MIDI Chord Pack Brand

Because Unison Audio are VERY trigger happy with Takedown notices, I've had to think outside the box a little in order to describe their sales tactics (probably the most fun part of the video).Here's a look at my new MIDI chord pack company name. My reasons for choosing this name will be app...

New Video Update

Hey everyone. So my MIDI chord pack video is going really well. I'm pretty sure you'll all get a big kick out of it.In this case, the moment I started poking around, I noticed all kinds of interesting aspects of Unison and their business model. As a result, I've done a bunch of interview...

New MIDI chord pack video on the way!

For those who are looking forward to my upcoming video about the Unison MIDI chord pack, here's a wonderful contribution from Ben Levin, who'll be featuring as one of my 'influencers'.Here's a DropBox link, since Patreon keeps screwing up the preview: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mo...

Next Video

Hey everyone,Thanks a lot for voting on what my next video should be. The top two (to my surprise) ended up being 'Elitism' and 'MIDI Packs'. At the time I began writing my script for MIDI Packs, it was the #1 choice. However, 'Elitism' has since just slightly popped in front...

Please Choose My Next Video

Hey everyone. Below are a bunch of videos I'm planning at the moment. They're all going to happen... but I'm having trouble figuring out which I should focus on right now. Please help! Read below for a synopsis of each video and then vote on the one you want to see. Comments would be ver...

New Video Out! Yes... it's a bit mad...

Hope you enjoy!

New Video out on Friday! 2pm BST

Hey everyone,Just letting you know that my super secret video will be released on Friday next week. It's a very unusual one that involved a lot of other people and was quite tricky to organise. It really is a 'once in a lifetime' type of video and I'm looking forward to seeing your r...

New Q&A Video

Let me know what you think!Martin

Another Q&A?

Hey everyone,I was thinking of filming another Q&A tomorrow. If you have any burning questions, please ask them RIGHT NOW!Thanks!Martin

Next Video

Hey everyone. Just a quick update. The response to the last video was great. It's still chugging away getting decent views and I'm now quickly getting the script together for my next video.This next one will be weird. First: it needs to get out quickly.... there's an urgency to release i...

New Video is Out!

Hey everyone, thanks so much for the support over the last few months. Hope you enjoy it!I've already sketched out my next two videos, which I think will be released in relatively short order. 2021 is already off to a much better start than 2020 in terms of output. I mean... anything is better t...

New Video Out on Friday at 2pm GMT

Hi everyone, just to let you know that my video about reality TV music & reification will be out this Friday. It's 30 minutes long and filled with all kinds of nonsense, including a cameo from John St. John (the voice of Duke Nukem).When released, it'll have been just over 2 months since my ...

Video Making: Writing BG Music for My Next Release

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/la36m0cqyzwt04g/AAAM9oTieOYAGSPMgzKSqfQHa?dl=0Hey everyone!I thought you might like to have a listen to some of the BG music I've created for my upcoming video. Apart from 'Tantatheme', which I wrote for a David Bruce video, the rest are new.Nearly all my video...

Oh Look! Actual Behind the Scenes Footage!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/eytyspa6wwkd00u/MVI_7040_%2A%2A.MP4?dl=0David Bruce and I went filming a few months ago to provide some B-roll for my upcoming video.It was an AWFUL shoot :) Absolutely freezing, incredibly windy. In addition, I hadn't had a haircut in ages and I had food poisoning, so ...

My Next Video

I thought I'd update you on my next video, which is all about musical tropes on television. I'll be focusing on nature documentaries and Reality TV in particular, observing where they converge... and why. It's going to be a REALLY silly video.One of the aspects I'm really excited abo...

We are LIVE!

TantaUpdate. Video Out Tomorrow!

Hello everyone!Today, we've finally been able to release MuseScore 3.6! This unlocks my ability to release my font video! So you can expect it tomorrow at 2pm GMT.If you're interested in getting a copy of MuseScore to see our engraving improvements, you can check it out here: https://musesco...

Interesting in Trying Out My New Font?

Since a few people have mentioned wanting to try the new font out, we've released a Beta version of MuseScore 3.6 here:https://musescore.org/en/downloadThe font can be fount here:https://github.com/MuseScoreFonts/LelandAt the moment (apart from MuseScore) the font can also be installed in Dorico...