More Patreon rewards have been sent out: Jabun's "Apollo" + an in depth look into Better Than The Book's "Hopes and Dreams" for the $10+ patrons!

$1 rewards (mp3 + artwork): https://www.patreon.com/posts/31102211

$5 rewards (mp3, WAV + artwork): https://www.patreon.com/posts/31102206

$10 rewards ($5 rewards + an in depth look into Hopes and Dreams): https://www.patreon.com/posts/31102207

Become a patron and find out more: https://www.patreon.com/NickStanding

Hi everyone and hope you're having a great start to December! It's the first Wednesday of the month which means another set of reward posts for the $1+ patrons are out ($5 and $10 posts were out last week), and this time we're continuing with the 2013 Jabun back catalog of music with another original track: "Apollo"!    

"Apollo" was released back in March 2013, and was another track where I was still experimenting with finding my own voice as Jabun too. It's got a more beat driven chillstep vibe to it, and the instrumentation and overall feel were heavily influenced (perhaps a little too much) by one of my finger-drumming heroes Araabmuzik, known for his lovely MPC performances. Interestingly too, "Apollo" is the only Jabun track to date which features my own lyrical sung vocals, and was the first track which I recorded vocals with my SM27 mic too. Of course having received such a crisp and clear sounding condenser mic for Christmas, the first thing I did was negate all that clarify by running the vocals through a telephone style effects chain XD Whatever the case though, I'm still pretty happy with the way this one turned out, and it was probably the first Jabun track to get a little bit of external attention too, even if that was by someone using it to launch their own YouTube music showcasing channel without asking permission first... oh well! In any case, without further wait I hope you enjoy "Apollo"!  

Listen here on Newgrounds:

For the $10+ patrons, I'll be diving deep into the creation of the final and title track from Better Than The Book's recent "Hopes and Dreams" album! Become a $10+ patron to access that article and many more now, and remember that you'll gain access to all historic rewards and posts for your Patreon tier too when you become a supporter! With the new REWARD ARCHIVE tag it's never been easier to catch up with all those posts and music downloads you've missed too! I hope you enjoy them :)   

Check out Hopes and Dreams on Newgrounds:

Become a patron and find out more: https://www.patreon.com/NickStanding

That's it for this post! Another Jabun track will be coming next time as we continue with another remix from 2013's Jabun discography, but until the next post, I hope you have a great December to come and thanks as always for supporting Jabun, Better Than The Book and my various music projects! Take care and enjoy the music!