Update Video #5

Misguided River

Furthermore: Probably one of the most underated bands I'm aware of. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkVkkbduFaU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkVkkbduFaU</a>

Lady Goggles

My favorite band is VNV Nation - are you familiar with them? Start with their Futureperfect Album <3 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78499AB19F3B6E53" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78499AB19F3B6E53</a>

Celeste Robinson

This is way late but it's been busy: I love Sego: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig_L6nQY434" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig_L6nQY434</a> . Hope you enjoy!

Celeste Robinson

I second this. Plus when the hardware gets out of date you can switch it out on a desktop, lowering the cost quite a bit. I would say the life of hardware being up to date with most recent games is at most three years, and less for any but the most expensive gaming laptops.

Solid updates! I liked the chipzel album too. Here's hoping you're still browsing the comments 3 days later! I think you'd get a kick out of Haywyre's music. He's got a super cool blend of eletronic/jazzy ambient music that's great for working or studying. Here's a super dope playlist of his stuff! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGVHbomBXAY&amp;list=PL10cyjMa7ugJnjcR64eYBvVD_ur9Q6JAY&amp;index=1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGVHbomBXAY&amp;list=PL10cyjMa7ugJnjcR64eYBvVD_ur9Q6JAY&amp;index=1</a>

Sarcasmitron

Adobe's terrible at customer support but Premiere is way more user friendly if you're doing any sort of editing more complicated than assembling footage. So you're definitely making the right choice. As far as music is concerned, the new MGMT video is pretty great.

Seconded!

Also based on your recommendations I'd suggest Bibio, he's a UK dude who dabbles in electronic, folk, ballads, funk, hip-hop, and lots of other stuff. Check out the album "A Mineral Love"

I used to live in Somerville so when I heard the news I almost fell out of my chair! But I live in Japan now. Oh well. I'll try and force my friends who live there to go, they loved the Alt-Right Playbook video.

Nathan Klassen

I noticed on your OST that the singer from Man Man is also in the band Mister Heavenly. Their album Out Of Love is available for free on youtube, I'd recommend checking it out

The Packbats

I also love <a href="http://www.shemusic.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">She</a> - <a href="https://sheofficial.bandcamp.com/album/days" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Days</a> is a fun concept album, and if you go to her website you can download a copy of Chiptek (really high-energy electronic music) for free.

The Packbats

A while ago I saw <a href="https://youtu.be/2m8s18LrJxk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">a video of an electronic artist - Ronald Jenkees - recording a track live on camera</a> and eventually I looked up his Bandcamp and got a big kick out of his other stuff, too. <a href="https://ronaldjenkees.bandcamp.com/album/alpha-numeric" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Alpha Numeric</a> is a full album. <a href="https://shnabubula.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Shnabubula</a> is really great and puts out stuff on a pick-your-own-price model. Great piano-plus-electronic music - I bought a copy of <a href="https://shnabubula.bandcamp.com/album/nes-jams" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">NES JAMS</a> a while ago and did not regret it.

mud

also Handmade cities by Plini

mud

Any Animals as Leaders album(the first one probably has the best compositions though)

Will these presentations be available on YouTube or something so we can watch? Edit: Just watched the vid. Also, been playing a Japanese band called Toe on Spotify while reading. Upbeat instrumental rock.

Ada Null

Oh, yeah, I guess I should pitch in: if you haven't already heard of Caravan Palace, they're basically the forerunners of the Electro Swing genre right now. If you like this: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQgXeY_zi4," rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQgXeY_zi4,</a> you'll like everything they do. Oh, yeah, heads up, that video is weird.

Ada Null

THANK YOU for the music recommendations! My music taste seems to basically just be 'good stuff'; I struggle to find any genre I can call home outside of Electro Swing, and so algorithms seem to find it hard to find stuff I'd like. Actually, just looking at my Spotify recommended playlist now, it's a total hodgepodge of randomness. You got me into Man Man from that outro you had on your LiS video, and I'm already completely into Chipzel from the phrase 'the woman who did the soundtrack for Super Hexagon'. Can't wait to see the January stuff!

james

cryptovolans and staffcirc will blow ur mind if you're into that kinda thing. first tape is an infinite rabbit hole of chords, textures, and modulation, and crypt appears on the tape in the second link. the person who runs staffcirc (k faraday) also is making music for the game Burrito Galaxy 65 which you should DEFINITELY CHECK OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD YET <a href="https://cryptovolans.bandcamp.com/album/global-understanding" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://cryptovolans.bandcamp.com/album/global-understanding</a> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sexytoadsandfrogsfriendcircle/sets/staffcirc-vol-4-switched-on" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/sexytoadsandfrogsfriendcircle/sets/staffcirc-vol-4-switched-on</a> <a href="http://www.burritogalaxy.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.burritogalaxy.com/</a>

Luis

Hands That Thieve is such a good album

Steam Powered Giraffe's "Vice Quadrant" is a phenomenal audio space opera across 2 discs created and performed by the band, who is a trio of folks who perform as 100s of years old steam powered robot alter ego's of themselves. Link - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0S7We3GmOY&amp;list=PL5Z_Ad4LDKGRKW2Jm7Ure706swssZk6b5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0S7We3GmOY&amp;list=PL5Z_Ad4LDKGRKW2Jm7Ure706swssZk6b5</a>

Alba

oh! absolutely the wonder years "no closer to heaven" it's a beautifully melancholic album about growing up in the modern era. if you're looking for specific songs to try out: the titular 'no closer to heaven', 'saints and cigerettes', and 'you in january' are good starting points!

SulaMoon

Yay! All the luck next year :D Also, maybe consider a custom desktop if you're on a budget? Probably can get better hardware for games and editing in a single strike. :)

Eris

My music tastes are rather diverse, and I could be recommending anything from jazz to synthpop, with a thousand other things in between, so with diverse tastes in mind, I want to recommend a pair of albums, The Hands That Thieve by Streetlight Manifesto and The Hand That Thieves by Toh Kay. They are the same album in two different styles; Streetlight Manifesto is ska and Toh Kay (the singer/writer/guitarist for SM) is acoustic folk. Both albums are pretty rockin (though I'm more partial to the Toh Kay one, personally), but they're even more interesting in the context of each other. They're a little difficult to get ahold of, because the record label was kinda pissed by the Toh Kay solo album which wasn't strictly done with the label's permission, but both albums are on youtube. Streetlight Manifesto: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4QeP0jf6SY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4QeP0jf6SY</a> Toh Kay: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eAY7nOnL1o" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eAY7nOnL1o</a>

Alex Landry

Good upbeat grooves for your enjoyment Vintage Trouble is a rhythm and blues band that i powered through without finding a bad song. Blues hand me down is the in. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fbMmrDItSg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fbMmrDItSg</a> Oh the Larceny- Check it out has this killer beat and chorus that's hard to get out of your head but it's also happy to be there. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8wRzS_DSy0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8wRzS_DSy0</a> You Don't Know (Featuring Glen David Andrews And The Rebirth Brass Band) by Galactic is the best thing i took out of Fargo season 3. Nothing beats an old passionate black man with a mic. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxNFYbCDkrY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxNFYbCDkrY</a>

Tomás Grau

As a person who usually writes papers from his home, I totally get your desire de look for a studio. I try to take long walks every day to at least make some excersive, but the sheer pressure of just feeling like your house is the only thing that exists in your life is something I'm very familiar with. Hope you can find some cool place to work in soon! And by the way, amazing music recomendations. I'm gonna buy Chipzel right away.

Ian Danskin

Now now, your pledges are already paying for these things, no need to pay extra!

Ian Danskin

That's where I'm from, and where I go to see my family for the holidays.

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What brings you to CA?

Eli Bosnick gets to change his patron name because patreon gave up on his blog too

Request for you to put up an Amazon wishlist when you figure out what microphone, tablet, and computer you want so we can buy it for you like a creepy stalker Also listen to “the last time I freaked out by Miley cirus” she is Mozart

boringcactus

Voyager by As Seas Exhale is good post-rock: <a href="https://asseasexhale.bandcamp.com/album/voyager" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://asseasexhale.bandcamp.com/album/voyager</a> also Epoch by Tycho is good ambient stuff: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3ao5Y3quvPy0kmw10-UWybcWYLFz_Fy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3ao5Y3quvPy0kmw10-UWybcWYLFz_Fy</a>

Luis

Shameless plugs are best plugs

Luis

Also, I am contractually obligated to recommend The Mountain Goats, because they are The Mountain Goats

Kitsunelaine

Music recommendations? Well, I think way more people need to listen to Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns. I believe it's their magnum opus-- an apocalyptic concept album that I think is really underappreciated. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuzFV-hv5pw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuzFV-hv5pw</a> And since I'm an artist too, I'll take the time to toot my own horn and suggest some ambient style stuff I made recently! <a href="https://starlightmasquerade.bandcamp.com/track/blue-eclipse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://starlightmasquerade.bandcamp.com/track/blue-eclipse</a>

Check out Ludique <a href="https://ludique.bandcamp.com/album/ludique" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://ludique.bandcamp.com/album/ludique</a> and this whole label <a href="https://touched.bandcamp.com/album/touched" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://touched.bandcamp.com/album/touched</a>

Luis

adult mom is a really great softcore-queer-indie-punk band from my area, headed up by an enby queer woman. Their new album is called 'Soft Spots' but my favorite album of theirs is 'Momentary Lapse of Happily.' Links to both are below. Enjoy :) <a href="https://adultmom.bandcamp.com/album/soft-spots-3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://adultmom.bandcamp.com/album/soft-spots-3</a> <a href="https://adultmom.bandcamp.com/album/momentary-lapse-of-happily" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://adultmom.bandcamp.com/album/momentary-lapse-of-happily</a>

Ian Danskin

Oh, hey, I know some Ludo! I'll check this out.

Broken Bride by Ludo is my unknown favorite. It's a horror-ish rock opera about a guy inventing time travel to bring his wife back to life. Broken Bride, Parts 1-4: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoSQ6RwCqq4iqEglRDUTLr5128fdurIEZ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoSQ6RwCqq4iqEglRDUTLr5128fdurIEZ</a>

Ian Danskin

You'd best be posting a link, fam.

Nikki

Good luck on all of this! I personally enjoyed Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 3 a lot. :)