Sail [Composing Sounds] @OsirisSaline@mastodon.art

I guess I should do one of those #Introductions given the influx of new members!

I'm a composer & multi-instrumentalist musician focusing on surviving while remaining in poverty. Proudly #queer and #trans, with scars & severe medical debt to prove it.

I make shoegaze, dreampop, symphonic pop, EDM bleeps & bloops, horror punk, and petrifying ambience re: #Music. I also make weird cover #Art and posters. You can hire me to do some of those for you if you like. #Commission life is tough.

Plus I do a bit of #CreativeCommons work.

- My last album is full of guitars & swirls & dysphoria: https://osirissaline.bandcamp.com/album/seek-a-new-sin

- My Patreon is full of dozens of recordings: https://www.patreon.com/osirissaline

#MastoMusic #CreativeToots #MastoArt

https://mastodon.art/media/q3H1DHYNAkMC75cpyjI https://mastodon.art/media/NZdClUggOXHUEg4qdMY https://mastodon.art/media/8W_NxmQ30P_JOzyPQJE https://mastodon.art/media/0aLP7HVd75QGxT4Wt0M

I love synth strings.

Playing God(ot) is a nice thing that features them: https://osirissaline.bandcamp.com/track/playing-god-ot-instrumental

#MastoAudio #CreativeToots

Post release time is always a mix of stress

I'm committed to not checking my music email accounts for 2 or 3 days after I put something out as it helps a ton

As much as I love that people listen/buy my stuff, I know full well I'm always gonna be a niche within a niche despite putting in dozens of hours each week. Some successful folk in the past have been shocked I've not had a breakthrough considering I keep making things despite a lack of an audience

Hey, d'you like instrumental songs? There's 26 of them on 'Lozenges For The Soul: Instrumentals'!

BANDCAMP: https://osirissaline.bandcamp.com/album/lozenges-for-the-soul-instrumentals

Or if you sign up for $6+ on Patreon, you'll get a promo code for the entire compilation, plus tons more: https://www.patreon.com/osirissaline

#MastoAudio #CreativeToot #Music #OneDollarPatreon

Okay, I have finished everything related to my own releases up until September, bar distribution details.

Now to record some guitar & vocal bits for Pais' future album, and master the crowdfunding incentive tracks for 2019 before moving onto recording for the punk album & some personal "hire me for acoustic sessions" EP recording for local venues.

Having to finish a mix on a sheer noise song made explicitly to upset me/maybe other people is hard, cuz I need this to be accepted for Netlabel Day and the deadline for submission is 2 days time...

And I dunno how much to shine it up & make it *listenable*. I should stop focusing on that and just stick with my intentions, cuz damn, not enough bizarre horror songs exist, despite us all having some ability to form up terrifying feedback noises.

Mmm, music & art being more than "content" (ugh).

I need to move an upright piano & some old fancy organ into a playable space tomorrow.

The journey is entirely up hill. ...and then the PA system and amps... :/

Well, that's my shoulders & back & arms out of order for a week or two.

[JOKE] Right now I understand why a lot of folk like to avoid learning instruments and rely on other things [/JOKE]

I just updated my release schedule! There's at least 1 release every month until September.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/19126205

The schedule now includes an additional cyberpunk melodic sh'mup EP in November!

And my December EP has turned into a gainy punk LP which will come out in 2019. I have some amazing collaborators playing throughout so I needn't bother with bass/keys myself!

#OneDollarPatreon

R-COIL update:

I think everyone should go and get it because it's incredible.

I'm #3 in the Steam leaderboards as well, so I feel like I've done well :)

Still can't get past the very end of level 3 though, which is hilariously infuriating & motivation for me to stick it out and get better. It's a rewarding learning experience, you genuinely feel improvement after 5 minutes of play :)

https://vectorhat.itch.io/r-coil

#Gameing

A few years ago I lived in a strange house. It was falling down, the electrical side of things failed often & were dangerous, and it had several gas leak concerns. The literal foundations of the place were ruined too, as I found out from a contractor before moving out.

But it was a house, and the rent was lower than a small apartment.

It also seemed to be haunted.

But it had these confusing window boxes on *every* window, which was a fire safety concern and also a joy for the wee boy.

#Cats

Oh wait, I did an Elastica - Never Here cover a while back: https://osirissalinecovers.bandcamp.com/track/never-here-elastica-cover

Coulda done better but that's the risk of one takes I guess.

*sees Elastica on the timeline*

*awaits all the Suede love that is sure to follow. Maybe. Probably not*

Maybe I should cover Blue...