HUGE NEWS: Announcing the Save The Ska Show fundraising compilation album featuring 60 bands including one track by Better Than The Book! Let's save The Ska Show with Beefy! (Releases this Saturday 30th January)

Hi everyone and I have some HUGE news to share with you today! Those of you who've been following Better Than The Book over the past few years have certainly heard of the amazing Ska Show with Beefy, based in Melbourne and proudly the 2nd most listened to Ska music podcast in the world! The show has played a tonne of Better Than The Book since my debut on there in 2019, but with all that's happened over the past year and finances running low, the future of the show is looking uncertain...

But when things are looking dire, people come together, and so Beefy along with 60 ska/skapunk bands/artists around the world (including myself) have put our heads and hearts together to release a 60 track fundraising compilation album to keep the show on the air! There'll even be one BTTB track on there! Which one? You'll have to wait and see! Pre-orders for the album are now open and the album releases this Saturday 30th January! Check it out on Bandcamp below:

https://theskashowwithbeefy.bandcamp.com/releases

It's been an absolute honour to be part of this fundraising compilation, and if you're a lover of ska music and/or the show, then that's 60 tracks from around the world for as little as 12 Australian Dollars (not even £7), with the option to donate more if you wish. Let's keep the skanking going and save this great show!

That's it for the news today and I'll be back on Wednesday for some more Patreon rewards as well as on Saturday when the album goes live! Until then, I hope you have a great week ahead, and thanks as always for supporting my music and all the things related to it in any way you can! Take care and keep on skankin'!

Cyberdevil & Jabun's "Away Fear" (single) featured on The Tribune Phonograph Vol. 28 here on Newgrounds.com!

Hello everyone and a quick bit of cool news to share with you this morning! Cyberdevil and Jabun's most recent collaborative single "Away Fear" was featured in this week's @TheTankTribune's Tribune Phonograph playlist Vol. 28 here on Newgrounds.com! Thanks so much for sharing even more of our music, and check out the full playlist below:

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/7a1628488d0ca66a3ea72f38928041d9

And read The Tank Tribune No. 28 below too:

https://thetanktribune.newgrounds.com/news/post/1139715

That's it for this quick post, but I've got a HUGE announcement to share with you this afternoon so stay tuned in for that! Until then, I hope you have a good day and I'll be back in just a moment! Take care!

Jabun's Home (single) featured on The Tribune Phonograph Vol. 27 here on Newgrounds!

Hello everyone and a quick bit of cool news to share with you today! Jabun's "Home" (the 2014 single version) was featured in this week's @TheTankTribune's Tribune Phonograph playlist Vol. 27 here on Newgrounds! Thanks so much for sharing the music, and check out the full playlist below:

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/d3ea1a6bcf44529373a64faf187c6aa3

And read The Tank Tribune No. 27 below too:

https://thetanktribune.newgrounds.com/news/post/1138365

That's it for this quick post, but I'll be back next Wednesday at the latest for another set of Patreon rewards! Until then, I hope you have a great week, and thanks as always for supporting my projects in all the ways you can! Take care!

Get more from Jabun on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NickStanding

Jabun's 15-4-20 album receives a Front Page Award here on Newgrounds.com!

Hi everyone and hope you're having a great day so far! Some amazing news to share today: Jabun's 15-4-20 album just received a Front Page Award here on Newgrounds.com! Thanks so much for the love folks!

Hope you enjoy the music, and if you like it, pick up a copy on Bandcamp below:

https://jabun.bandcamp.com/album/15-4-20

Or grab it with the entire Jabun and Better Than The Book discographies + all past rewards for your tier when you become a supporter on Patreon for as little as $1 a month! More music to come soon!

Find out more: https://www.patreon.com/NickStanding

See the past rewards: https://www.patreon.com/posts/44575319

That's it for today and it's looking to be a busy one so I'll be off promptly, but until next time, thanks as always for supporting Jabun, Better Than The Book and my various projects however you can and I hope you have a great week to come! Take care!

Jabun's full 15-4-20 album is now streaming and playlisted on YouTube and Newgrounds!

Hi everyone and hope you're having a great start to 2021 so far!

The final (for now) weekly new music upload is here and Jabun's full 15-4-20 album is now available for streaming on YouTube and Newgrounds! Check out and relax to the full 15-4-20 album below:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoNxP6aKAaE

Or check out the playlisted songs on the platform or your choice:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6tKVPNjy1_DhYHr_G4zBVb0B4U7XvXCr

Newgrounds: https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/afd0c486bbd149e1ba77435e0d5ee8ae

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/04UWDI1dPv1eVO674eZy1w

And if you like what you hear, pick up the 15-4-20 album on bandcamp:

https://jabun.bandcamp.com/album/15-4-20

Or grab it with the entire Jabun and Better Than The Book discographies + all past rewards for your tier when you become a supporter on Patreon for as little as $1 a month! More music to come soon! Hope to see you there!

Find out more: https://www.patreon.com/NickStanding

See the past rewards: https://www.patreon.com/posts/44575319

And that wraps up the promo posts and uploads for Jabun's 15-4-20 album! I hope you've enjoyed these ambient soundscapes and I'll be back shortly for the next batch of Jabun tracks in the spring! The next set of Patreon rewards will be out at the end of January as usual, but until then, I hope you have a great month ahead and thanks as always for suporting Jabun, Better Than The Book and my various projects in all the ways you can! All the best, take care, and enjoy the music!

Announcing PATREON REWARD ARCHIVE posts for 4th October 2018 -> 1st January 2021 including the full Better Than The Book & Jabun Discographies, Mp3s, WAVs and Art + behinds the scenes articles, demos and more!

Hello everyone and a happy New Year for 2021! Today I announce the second set of Patreon reward archive posts for all rewards covering from 4th October 2018 (when I started on Patreon) to 1st January 2021 for the convenience of Patreon supporters and new patrons!

These months' rewards cover the full discographies (as of 1st January 2021) for my ska punk / pop punk project Better Than The Book and electronic / cinematic / ambient project Jabun, as well as a few bonus tracks and covers, and the REWARD ARCHIVE is here for your convenience so you can pick up all these rewards (Mp3s, WAVs, artwork and more depending on your tier) in one place when you sign up. No need to search through all the posts manually: Just click the link to the REWARD ARCHIVE below (which will be pinned to the top of your feed when you sign up), select the archive for your tier, dig in and enjoy the music! Hope to see you in the comments! 

Become a patron for as little as $1 a month to access the REWARD ARCHIVE below and all new music as it's released:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/44580119/

And find out more and become a patron below:

https://www.patreon.com/NickStanding

Music rewards include: 

Better Than The Book's full discography (as of 1st January 2021):

• One Small Step EP
• Heartbeats [The Knife] + GG [Good Game]
• Meteor Shower 2017 demo, MLGG + Stars Racing {Patreon exclusive}
• Two Years On album
• Two Years On [Instrumentals] album
• A selection of pre-BTTB demos {Patreon exclusive}
• Hopes and Dreams album + press photos, lyric sheets, and a behind the scenes studio photo and story
• Get A Haircut [Radio Edit] {Patreon exclusive}
• Hopes and Dreams [Radio Edit] {Patreon exclusive}
• Mark Your Wall & The Bigger Call, Maybe... {Patreon exclusive}
• Hopes and Dreams [Instrumentals] album

Jabun's full discography (as of 1st January 2021):

• Bergamot
• Diamond Eyes - Nine Fifteen Ft. Jess (Jabun Remix)
• 3rd September 1939
• Apollo
• Clare Jeffrey - 60 Days [Jabun Orchestral Mix]
• Distance
• Home
• Verlies Projekt - (Feels Like) Heaven [Jabun Hardcore Remix]
• The Ocean Above + Noir
• Jabun [Alternate Reality] - Warrior (Kesha METAL Cover) {Patreon exclusive}
• Daydream album
• 15-4-20 album

As well as:

• Erase Stuff (Mashup) {Patreon exclusive}
• Nick Standing - Nothing Else Matters (Metallica cover) {Patreon exclusive}

For those of you on the $10+ DEMOlition Pigeon tier, you'll also have access to all the work in progress, demos and behind the scenes monthly articles too including:

• A sneak peek at Better Than The Book's "(The Travelling To See Eva Song)"
• Journey into Better Than The Book's "Get A Haircut"
• Better Than The Book - One Small Step's artwork story + a new mix
• A deep dive into Better Than The Book's "Meteor Shower"
• More Better Than The Book artwork stories + another first(ish) draft mix from the new album
• Work in progress artwork for Better Than The Book's upcoming Hopes and Dreams album + a demo master for track 06 "Get A Haircut"
• An in depth look into the creation of Better Than The Book's Hopes and Dreams album cover (+ demo alternatives)
• A behinds the scenes look into Better Than The Book's "The Hardest Part"
• A behinds the scenes look into Better Than The Book's "Artificial Ignorance"
• A behinds the scenes look into Better Than The Book's "And I Fear"
• A behinds the scenes look into Better Than The Book's "Brighton"
• A behinds the scenes look into Better Than The Book's "GG"
• A behinds the scenes look into Better Than The Book's "You've Got A Lot to Say"
• A behinds the scenes look into Better Than The Book's "Hopes and Dreams"
• 10 minutes of exclusive demos for upcoming Jabun tracks
• Another behind the scenes look at an exclusive Jabun demo
• Another behind the scenes look at an exclusive Jabun demo
• Another behind the scenes look at an exclusive Jabun demo
• Another behind the scenes look at an exclusive Jabun demo
• Another behind the scenes look at an exclusive Jabun demo
• A look into the artwork for the 2nd Jabun album
• A sneak peek demo at an upcoming cover song
• A behind the scenes breakdown of Jabun [Alternate Reality]'s Kesha Warrior metal cover
• An exclusive sneak peek at next year's 3rd Jabun album, demo + photo
• Another sneak peek demo from next year's 3rd Jabun album
• An exclusive first sneak peek demo from Better Than The Book's next album

More Better Than The Book will be coming soon as I'm busy writing the project's 3rd album, but the next few months will be focused on my "other" music as plain old Nick Standing, as well as Jabun's upcoming 3rd album which is due for release spring 2021! Until the next post and then, thanks so much for supporting Better Than The Book, Jabun and my various music projects, I hope you enjoy the music (and articles) above and to come, and take care!

Jabun's "15-4-20 C" is now streaming on YouTube and Newgrounds!

Hi everyone and hope you're having a great final week of December (and 2020) so far!

The next weekly new music upload is here and Jabun's 15-4-20 C is now streaming on YouTube and Newgrounds! Check out and relax to 15-4-20 C below:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tDNPCWS_TM

And if you like what you hear, pick up the 15-4-20 album on bandcamp:

https://jabun.bandcamp.com/album/15-4-20

Or grab with the entire Jabun and Better Than The Book discographies when you become a supporter on Patreon for as little as $1 a month! More music to come next year! Hope to see you there!

https://www.patreon.com/NickStanding

And the full 15-4-20 album is now available to stream on Spotify as well:

https://open.spotify.com/album/04UWDI1dPv1eVO674eZy1w

That's it for this quick post! Next week I'll be putting up a full album stream for 15-4-20 (the final video in this 15-4-20 series), but until then, I hope you have a great New Years celebration however you're appropriately able to, and thanks as always for supporting Jabun and my various music projects! See you in 2021 and take care!

Cyberdevil launches his FREE TO DOWNLOAD "INK 19" Mixtape (which I helped with) + happy 8th anniversary to Better Than The Book's Debut EP One Small Step!

Hi again everyone and hope you're ready for more big news in this 2nd post for today!

It is with great pleasure that today I share with you @Cyberdevil's brand new INK 19 Mixtape, a free to download, just shy of an hour long remastered revisit to Cyberdevil's Inktober Challenge raps of 2019! We've been hard at work for the last month polishing this and it's been a great project to be a part of! I've been on mastering and additional mixing duties as well as providing the beat to "Away Fear" which was recently (re/pre)released as a full production track (the version in here is more a legacy mix of sorts)! I highly encourage you to read more about it on Cyberdevil's website here where you can pick up a free download:

https://cyberd.org/the-fruits-why-fruits-though-why-dont-we-ever-say-vegetables-or-nuts-or-berries-or-something-of-inktober.html

And listen to the mixtape in full on Newgrounds! We hope you enjoy it!

In other news, time sure flies past as Better Than The Book's debut EP One Small Step turns 8 years old today! Man it seems like a lifetime ago, a start of something special that's really bloomed into something greater than I'd ever anticipated over the last 8 years! Here's to the past and the future and if you've yet to hear it, check it out on bandcamp:

And/or pick it up along with the rest of the BTTB and Jabun discographies on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/NickStanding

That wraps things up for this post! I hope you enjoy all the new music and revisits to old and with that I'm going to pack up for a few days and enjoy a well earned break! Until the next post, I hope you have a great holiday season (despite any disruptions that may take place) and I look forward to bringing you new music soon! Thanks as always for supporting Jabun, Better Than The Book and my various projects, all the best, seasons greetings, and take care!

Hi everyone and hope you're having a great December and start to the holiday season so far!

The weekly new music uploads have started and Jabun's 15-4-20 B is now streaming on YouTube and Newgrounds! New tracks from the 15-4-20 album will be uploaded each Wednesday until the first week of January! Check out and relax to 15-4-20 B below:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFiPTfAD9aU

And if you like what you hear, pick up the 15-4-20 album on bandcamp:

https://jabun.bandcamp.com/album/15-4-20

Or grab with the entire Jabun and Better Than The Book discographies when you become a supporter on Patreon for as little as $1 a month! More music to come next year! Hope to see you there!

https://www.patreon.com/NickStanding

And the full 15-4-20 album is now available to stream on Spotify as well:

https://open.spotify.com/album/04UWDI1dPv1eVO674eZy1w

That's it for this post! Got another exciting one coming today before I rest for the holidays so I'll see you this afternoon for that one! Take care until then and all the best!

Jabun's 2nd album "15-4-20" has been released! Patreon rewards are out in celebration + an exclusive first sneak peek demo from Better Than The Book's next album for the $10+ patrons!

Hi everyone and hope you’re having a great December so far! Today I’m super excited to finally release my 2nd album as Jabun – 15-4-20! Check out the album teaser video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-h1xzgLxI

(Featured music: “15-4-20 B” – Jabun)

The album preview on SoundCloud featuring all 3 tracks:

https://soundcloud.com/jabun/15-4-20-album-preview

And listen to and pick up Jabun’s 15-4-20 album now on Bandcamp:

https://jabun.bandcamp.com/album/15-4-20

15-4-20 is a one take per track live improvised ambient exploration and the first of its kind in my discography. The entire 33+ minute, 3 track album was recorded on the evening of April 15th 2020 with no overdubs or edits, just a single take for each track. I hope you enjoy the gently changing ambient soundscapes; a snapshot of an evening in lockdown during the strange spring of 2020!

In case you’ve not seen them yet, you can also check out the full album credits, special thanks and descriptions on the Jabun – 15-4-20 Bandcamp page! Read more below and I hope you have fun exploring:

https://jabun.bandcamp.com/album/15-4-20

All tracks written, performed and produced by Nick Standing [Jabun] Recorded, mixed and mastered at JabunAudio by Nick Standing [Jabun] Album artwork, images and photography by Nick Standing [Jabun]

Recorded on April 15th 2020

In celebration of 15-4-20’s release, there’s whole handful of rewards for my supporters on Patreon!

For the $1 patrons, you’ve got the full mp3 album and artwork including alternative album covers and the original album cover photo (with no titles)! Pick it up below:

$1 rewards: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41340585/

For the $5 & $10 patrons, you’ve got all that + the highest CD quality WAV files for all 3 tracks! The $10 patrons will also be getting an exclusive first look sneak peek demo from the next Better Than The Book album! Check out the rewards below: 

$5 rewards: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41340517

$10 rewards: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41340589

If any of that sounds good to you, then become a patron today for as little as $1 a month and remember that you’ll be also getting access to all past rewards for your tier too including the full Better Than The Book and Jabun discographies, many Patreon exclusive bonus tracks and more! I look forward to sharing more music with you in 2021!

Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/NickStanding

And that’s it for this post! Now that Jabun’s 15-4-20 album is out, I’ll be uploading tracks from the album to YouTube and Newgrounds each Wednesday until mid January 2021, and no doubt be sharing other things in the mean time too! With such a big release, I’ll also be taking a short break from rewards to update the Patreon REWARD ARCHIVE posts, but I’ll be back with new rewards for the $5 & $10 patrons on the final Wednesday of January, and the first Wednesday of February for the $1 patrons! Until then I hope you have a great holiday season and enjoy the new music, and thanks as always for supporting Jabun, Better Than The Book and my various projects! More music to come next year! All the best, happy holidays and take care!