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Gilly’s Equinox Echoes

This was a last-minute signup for Gilly’s Cave of Music’s spring show!

Trying out Symphonic

I’m trying to put my stuff back on streaming (minus Spotify, of course) and for this I am trying out Symphonic. So far I’ve just uploladed Transitions, which is awaiting approval.

Here’s a quick review of the experience so far.

The usual Bandcamp Friday stuff

I am still not a fan of Bandcamp Friday, but it still keeps on happening and this is still the best way to support musicians by buying their music. So, just as a reminder, I have a very large discography available and I’ve also recently reduced the prices on a lot of things, so you can get about 17 hours of music from the past 26 years for under $50. I think that’s a pretty good deal! (Of course you can pay more if you want, and I would absolutely appreciate it if you do.)

Of course, if you’d prefer to support me on a platform other than Bandcamp, the same discography is available for about the same price over on Mirlo, and also my artist page on Subvert has recently been activated as well, although my entire discography is not up there just yet.

And if you prefer physical media that can be arranged, and if you want to go a bit more analog, there’s a place for that too.

Anyway, this month I actually do have a new release, although it isn’t much of one, and it’s also pay-what-you-want-including-$0.

Current goings-on in the Sockiverse

Hey y'all, the band has taken a bit of a break from working in the studio to recharge, but now we’re back in action and finally getting stuff done!

Briefly, here’s what’s going on:

• We are finally working on recording Misfits, our next album. The overall theme is “children’s music, but for grownups.”
• We’re also working on some game music, as we’ve been approached by three separate teams working on games for Strawberry Jam 10 (hey, that’s another one for the success list)
• And of course we’re doing some VRChat performances
• fluffy’s also been busy editing some past live performance videos
• Also as a reminder, we are totally an actual band with so many people in it and not just fluffy pretending to be a bunch of people through clever production tricks and writing in the third person plural for some reason

Moonlit NA

I performed a short set of songs at Trans Academy’s' Moonlit gathering! Join group TRANS.7885 to join future events like these, or watch on twitch.

VRelium Arcadia

I performed at VRelium Arcadia, their special show celebrating the second anniversary of VRelium’s formation! Join group RELIUM.8220 for access to future shows.

As is typical, this show was a benefit fundraiser; this time the charity was Shatterproof, an organization that’s working to stop the addiction fatality epidemic through evidence-based efforts. Please consider making a donation!

Phoenix Haven

I performed at a show celebrating the growth of Phoenix Haven, a VRChat group about giving people second chances. Join VRChat group PHOHEA.2927 for access to thr group!

VR performance setup 2.0

Last September I wrote about my VRChat performance setup, based on some new changes I was trying in order to do more to integrate backing tracks into my performances. I quickly ran into some limits with the approach I was taking, and have ended up completely changing how I do things since then, with a setup that is much more reliable, more capable, and higher-quality. It also allows me to use the same audio setup for both mic-boosted and streamed performances.

So here’s how my performing setup works!

VRelium: Furever Christmas

I’m pleased as punch to have performed at VRelium’s 2025 holiday show, benefitting The Trevor Project. I did not come up with any holiday-appropriate music to sing.

Gilly’s Winter Melodies

I performed a set with Gilly’s Cave of Music for their holiday show! I decided to just do it acoustically, like the good old days.

Lorenzo’s Music Podcast

I was a guest over on Lorenzo’s Music Podcast, where we talked about a bunch of topics including VR-based performances, creative self-expression, and the future of federated music streaming, among other things. Thank you so much to Tom Ray for having me on!

On success: a recap and a look ahead

It has been one year exactly since I last wrote about my thoughts on what it means to be successful, and I’d like to share where things have gone since then.