I realized I haven't updated my journal in AWHILE o.o

I'm mostly active posting on my Twitter if you want to stay up to date! https://twitter.com/Sybol_Music


In news that's relevant here: I'm working on Coffee Shop Vol. 2! :D

Been pretty sick over the last month or so, got one thing solved then turned around and got violently sick (possibly covid, I'm recovering)

Hoping to get a single out soon while knocking down progress on my next album, keep an eye on my Twitter if you want more frequent updates and lil samples of what I'm doing

Check it out here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/s.....ol/coffee-shop
FA Submission: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/35891911/

First album of 2020 is finally live for listening!

A blend of lo-fi chillout with a splash of trip-hop vibes to pull us away from the craziness of the world for a lil while <3

Album is effectively complete, putting the last touches on it and it'll be released

Hang tight everyone <3

Only 2 songs left to finish on my lofi album and it'll be released!

Can't wait to share some fresh stuff with you guys, the gap between major posts has been too damned long for my liking

Realized I somehow have forgotten to post a few of my recent songs to my FA SORRY!

So I'll be fixing that in a short bit :3

Dropping a single in the very near future!

Ended up making this Synthwave/Rave thing and it doesn't fit with Death by a Thousand Cuts, so I'm releasing it as it's own thing :)

Got a pair of previews live for you guys to check out <3

https://soundcloud.com/dj-comet-1/p.....hop-ep-preview
Coffee Shop is a lo-fi chillout EP, will be out first of the two.

https://soundcloud.com/dj-comet-1/c.....d-cuts-preview
Death by a Thousand Cuts is a super dark Trip-Hop album, the premise being how we destroy our image growing up in order to blend in, and breaking free of that mold to forge our own path.

Hope you guys enjoy <3

https://twitter.com/Sybol_Music

Just posting this here since I'm considerably more active on Twitter than FA!

Lots of WIPs, release notes, and general goofballery <3

Trying to get my name out there a lil more, sending a lot of my lo-fi and triphop work to a handful of playlists

If you happen to know of a playlist, or curate one yourself, that would take my style of music, please shoot me a comment <3

Putting together the beginning of a new album, working title "Death by a Thousand Cuts"

Also have a pair of EPs going and at least one single, so I'll be pumping out new music left and right for the next couple months :)

You know I need to remember I set a featured journal so I can actually make new ones without hiding the album releases lol.....also making a header so those journals will be weird for a short bit, my bad!


Got a couple new projects going that should start surfacing soon! Got a single that's going to be done within the next couple days (assuming I don't nail the mix today!), as well as a continuous EP that's turned into this super ominous trip-hop thing, working title "Another Time" <3

Bandcamp: https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/wa.....the-world-burn
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/08zZ.....SZS9TDwP8_E8Ow

Consider this to be the darker B side to Forget About the World, 6 tracks of bassy lo-fi/trip-hop <3

Gearing up for the next EP/Album!

https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/fo.....bout-the-world

Just uploaded my new 3 track Lo-Fi EP!

Took a small detour from my usual darker work to do a brighter chillout EP, pretty happy with how it turned out


Be sure to check out Blissful Ignorance, it's a microtonal Lo-Fi track that jumps between two different intonations pretty seamlessly, totally not bragging at all no sir not one bit :P

SUPPORT MY UNHEALTHY AUDIO HABITS!
https://ko-fi.com/sybolmusic
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/dj-comet-1

Experiments, snippets, and audio musings
https://twitter.com/Sybol_Music

Stream my music on Spotify!
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5zw.....lMVP40zvS4qTo2

I stream music production!
https://www.twitch.tv/thecometce89

YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1.....7X4tgwMBJKlaxA

Check out my latest album, "Music for the End Times"!
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/mu.....-the-end-times


Other albums
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/kaiju
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/ma.....ous-compliance
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/unleashed
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/pi.....he-digital-sea
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/resistance


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https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/mu.....-the-end-times
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/17lC.....R36kce8KOfxigg

It's finally live! I'm practically shaking XD

Been working on this album for 4 months now, completely changed up my mixing methodology while this and Kaiju were both in the works, (hopefully) improving on my guitar and bass work, and discovered a variety of new ways to work with tape manipulation.

If you want to snag a copy, it's $7 to support my unhealthy music habits :D

SUPPORT MY UNHEALTHY AUDIO HABITS!
https://ko-fi.com/sybolmusic
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/dj-comet-1

Experiments, snippets, and audio musings
https://twitter.com/Sybol_Music

Stream my music on Spotify!
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5zw.....lMVP40zvS4qTo2

I stream music production!
https://www.twitch.tv/thecometce89

YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1.....7X4tgwMBJKlaxA

Check out my latest album, "Kaiju"!
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/kaiju


Other albums
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/ma.....ous-compliance
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/unleashed
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/pi.....he-digital-sea
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/resistance


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Music for the End Times is effectively complete, will be getting the whole thing uploaded to Bandcamp this week, with my streaming sites hitting over the next week or two as they get approved :D

Planning on shifting to 3-5 song EPs for a little awhile, these big albums are burning me out near the end and I need to get more music uploaded to Spotify, so it's a win-win to do a few of these before taking on another big album

SUPPORT MY UNHEALTHY AUDIO HABITS!
https://ko-fi.com/sybolmusic
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/dj-comet-1

Experiments, snippets, and audio musings
https://twitter.com/Sybol_Music

Stream my music on Spotify!
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5zw.....lMVP40zvS4qTo2

I stream music production!
https://www.twitch.tv/thecometce89

Check out my latest album, "Kaiju"!
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/kaiju


Other albums
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/ma.....ous-compliance
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/unleashed
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/pi.....he-digital-sea
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/resistance


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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1.....7X4tgwMBJKlaxA

Just got my first video uploaded where I talk about how I do cassette lo-fi in my music, check it out!

Planning on actively uploading to the channel now that I have an idea where I'm going with it, aiming for a video each week or so :3

SUPPORT MY UNHEALTHY AUDIO HABITS!
https://ko-fi.com/sybolmusic
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/dj-comet-1

Experiments, snippets, and audio musings
https://twitter.com/Sybol_Music

Stream my music on Spotify!
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5zw.....lMVP40zvS4qTo2

I stream music production!
https://www.twitch.tv/thecometce89

Check out my latest album, "Kaiju"!
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/kaiju


Other albums
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/ma.....ous-compliance
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/unleashed
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/pi.....he-digital-sea
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/resistance


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https://open.spotify.com/album/3C0g.....WRBWPQyfVD4Ga1

It finally happened, Kaiju has gone live on Spotify!

And without any weirdness on the renders either woo!


Go check it out, drop some likes if you enjoy my music ^^

SUPPORT MY UNHEALTHY AUDIO HABITS!
https://ko-fi.com/sybolmusic
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/dj-comet-1

Experiments, snippets, and audio musings
https://twitter.com/Sybol_Music

I stream music production!
https://www.twitch.tv/thecometce89

Check out my latest album, "Kaiju"!
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/kaiju


Other albums
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/ma.....ous-compliance
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/unleashed
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/pi.....he-digital-sea
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/resistance


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I have completed my remasters of Kaiju!

The full album on both SoundCloud and Bandcamp has been updated to include the remastered tracks, if you purchased the album through Bandcamp, hit that download email again for the updated tracks <3


In Spotify news, I signed up with Distrokid to get my music on Spotify and a ton of other streaming services, expect to see Sybol on those services within the week <3

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sybol/kaiju

SUPPORT MY UNHEALTHY AUDIO HABITS!
https://ko-fi.com/sybolmusic
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/dj-comet-1

Experiments, snippets, and audio musings
https://twitter.com/Sybol_Music

I stream music production!
https://www.twitch.tv/thecometce89

Check out my latest album, "Kaiju"!
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/kaiju


Other albums
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/ma.....ous-compliance
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/unleashed
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/pi.....he-digital-sea
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/resistance


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Okay so now that I have studio monitors I've been going crazy listening back on a few songs from Kaiju, so instead of wallowing I'm going back and remastering the tracks one by one. I'm going to be updating the submissions themselves everywhere I post, including Bandcamp, so after I say I'm done, make sure to redownload off of Bandcamp if you purchased my album in the past.

In other news, Spotify has funky standards for their service, so I have to make a second render just for them at -14 LUFS -1 TP. Normally I aim for -7 LUFS ~0-1 TP, so this should be interesting.

SUPPORT MY UNHEALTHY AUDIO HABITS!
https://ko-fi.com/sybolmusic
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/dj-comet-1

Experiments, snippets, and audio musings
https://twitter.com/Sybol_Music

I stream music production!
https://www.twitch.tv/thecometce89

Check out my latest album, "Kaiju"!
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/kaiju


Other albums
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/ma.....ous-compliance
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/unleashed
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/pi.....he-digital-sea
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/resistance


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Going to be making this jump a lot earlier than planned, the metrics I'm seeing from other artists who have made the jump with a similar size following tells me I'm crazy for not doing this already.

The plan is to go through Ditto Music Promotion (of the services I've researched, I like their system the best, and pricing's good), and get Malicious Compliance and Kaiju up. Depending on how I'm feeling about them, I may include another older album for good measure. Next payday I'll begin making the jump, I'll still be posting to all my usual sites, FA included, like I normally do as well!

I'll likely do some remastering to clean up some tracks I feel the need for, especially Forget Your Past (the lower mids are way too loud).


In other news, starting up making content for my youtube channel, will keep you guys posted when I start uploading content.

SUPPORT MY UNHEALTHY AUDIO HABITS!
https://ko-fi.com/sybolmusic
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/dj-comet-1

Experiments, snippets, and audio musings
https://twitter.com/Sybol_Music

I stream music production!
https://www.twitch.tv/thecometce89

Check out my latest album, "Kaiju"!
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/kaiju


Other albums
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/ma.....ous-compliance
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/unleashed
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/pi.....he-digital-sea
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/resistance


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Today marks me and  bastionsorel 's 4th anniversary together <3

Love ya cutie, here's to more years of putting up with my weirdness <3

SUPPORT MY UNHEALTHY AUDIO HABITS!
https://ko-fi.com/sybolmusic
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/dj-comet-1

Experiments, snippets, and audio musings
https://twitter.com/Sybol_Music

I stream music production!
https://www.twitch.tv/thecometce89

Check out my latest album, "Kaiju"!
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/kaiju


Other albums
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/ma.....ous-compliance
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/unleashed
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/pi.....he-digital-sea
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/resistance


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https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/kaiju

Dropped the price down to $7 if anyone wants to support my unhealthy music habits~

SUPPORT MY UNHEALTHY AUDIO HABITS!
https://ko-fi.com/sybolmusic
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/dj-comet-1

Experiments, snippets, and audio musings
https://twitter.com/Sybol_Music

I stream music production!
https://www.twitch.tv/thecometce89

Check out my latest album, "Kaiju"!
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/kaiju


Other albums
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/ma.....ous-compliance
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/unleashed
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/pi.....he-digital-sea
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/resistance


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Now that Kaiju is out, I feel like I'm in a position to start making a few moves to chase my dream of doing music full time.

I've got a few things I'm going to be working towards:


Some EPs: This is probably the most immediate thing on my end, I've been wanting to do some more of those smaller albums with a theme like I did when I started posting to Bandcamp. Of course this doesn't mean I won't be doing big full albums anymore, think of these more like side projects I pick away at while doing my main album.


Promotion: Not going to lie, despite a degree in broadcasting, I'm pretty bad at getting my name out there.

Right now I've got an ad out for this month on FA, but I'm going to be making an effort to get a little better known. Ideally, I'd love to do collaborations and such, everyone wins in that scenario, but I have to work with what I've got being an overnight worker.


Spotify: Literally just waiting for their service for artists to become available, then I'm there. I can get on there via third parties like CDBaby right now if I wanted to, but the monetary investment is something I can't make at the moment, despite all the extra services they provide.


Youtube: Technically, I already have this channel set up and ready to go with no content on it. I've had this idea of starting a channel for my experiments and oddball stuff that's too much for a twitter post, but not worth creating a full track out of.

I have a kind of plan for it, as far as structure and all that are concerned, although my camera is super low budget. I want to embrace the self-taught nature of the stuff I do, do lots of stuff experimenting with new concepts and unconventional nonsense with my instruments.


Streaming: I do have my stuff set up for Twitch, and have done a few streams to see if there's any interest. If you guys are interested in watching me work, I can always bring this back on a whim.

The only challenge that has kept me from doing it has been the ass kicking work hits me with, I'll probably need to schedule things in a way where I can get a nap in after work, then stream in the late morning.


Patreon: This is something I want to do down the line a bit, once I establish a decent listenership. Tied in with the YouTube stuff, I'm going to need to figure out what kind of stuff beyond my albums to make a subscription worthwhile. I have some ideas, but if you guys have suggestions, PLEASE hit me up in the comments.

If things work out, Patreon seems like one of the best ways to secure the means to make music a full time deal for me, and let me drown you guys in as much cool stuff as I can in the process :3


The Dream™, Full-time Musician: This is the big one, I doubt it's something I can achieve in any short period of time, but it's the big goal for me.

I think my goal is something like $1000/month (which as big as that sounds, is really 120ish album sales a month), I figure if I have all my levers pulled, Patreon subs, album sales, and YouTube ad revenue (as paltry as that can be) can make this a reality.

It'll take a ton of work to pull off, but I'm hellbent on doing what I love as a career instead of killing myself in overnight retail to get by.

SUPPORT MY UNHEALTHY AUDIO HABITS!
https://ko-fi.com/sybolmusic
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/dj-comet-1

Experiments, snippets, and audio musings
https://twitter.com/Sybol_Music

I stream music production!
https://www.twitch.tv/thecometce89

Check out my latest album, "Kaiju"!
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/kaiju


Other albums
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/ma.....ous-compliance
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/unleashed
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/pi.....he-digital-sea
https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/resistance


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https://sybol.bandcamp.com/album/kaiju


I am beyond excited to finally get this 15 track beast of an album completed!

A blend of Breakbeat, Jungle, a lil Jazz Fusion, and some Lofi goodness <3


Already started work on the next album, working title is "Music For The End Times"