Hey everyone, just wanted to drop a line and share the news that my bro Random aka Mega Ran is releasing his new album, Castlevania: The Nocturnal Cantata on Tuesday (June 4), and I produced the lead single! I LOVE the Castlevania: Symphony of the Night soundtrack (and have remixed it on a couple of occasions) so it was my pleasure to flip Marble Gallery to create Aria of the Bloodline.

Production on this album was also handled by Mustin, Sammus, and Ran himself, so it was an honor for me to be included. Cop the album at Mega Ran’s Bandcamp page here (physical CDs are coming soon). Thanks so much for your support!

I’ve always loved Case of the Ex since I first heard it (13 years ago!) and it’s always been near the top of my remixing “bucket list.” I didn’t wanna recreate the poppy vibe of the original, but instead looked to one of my older songs, Sincerity, to draw inspiration from. I’m rather proud of this song – at least now I can say I finally remixed it – and maybe Mýa will even hear it someday (well I can dream, can’t I?).

I’ve actually had this acapella since around the time Black Materia was released. I made this beat and had chopped up Mega Ran’s vocals to make a DJ Premier-esque chorus, but I soon realized that I am no DJ Premier and scrapped that idea. I still liked the marriage between the instrumental and Ran’s vocals so I put together what we have here. Perhaps I should have flipped something from FF7 to go with Cloud’s story, but there’s always next time.

This was my contribution to OverClocked ReMix‘s Donkey Kong Country 3 remix album, Double the Trouble! As soon as project director Emunator sent me an invite to participate in the project, I checked out the OST and fell in love with the first few seconds of the Game Over jingle. Now, had I known the WHOLE SONG was a few seconds long, I might have passed on it, but it was a fun exercise turning a 15-second jingle into an almost four-minute piece. Maybe I’ll try it again sometime.

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I just released my new EP, VGM Beetz. It’s a compilation of hip hop beats sampling and rearranging tunes from different games. There are familiar tracks on it such as instrumentals for Nairobi Hop and Cheetahs Never Win, as well as some brand new ones. It’s free to download below or at my Bandcamp site, but if you want to pay for it, I would most definitely appreciate it. Thanks!

I don’t call attention to this much, but on the sidebar of this site and Urbanizm Music’s site, there’s a donate button. The reason I bring attention to it now is the following… [cue sob story]

As many people know, I got in a bad car crash last year and jacked up my spine, as a result, I’ve spent a lot of time out of work. As you can imagine, if one spends a great deal of time out of work, one does not get paid. Sooo the ol’ finances are hurting. This isn’t something I would do were I not desperate, but if you were ever a supporter of me, my music, or Urbanizm, please make a donation. It doesn’t have to be a lot, but if you’ve got a couple bucks you can spare to a brother who needs it, I’d be most grateful.

If you’re not the type who wants to give without getting something back, get one of my EPs on my Bandcamp page – they’re pretty chill tunes IMO. If you’re the rappin’ type, you can cop one of my old beetz from http://www.soundclick.com/sonicskillz and we can work out a deal. If you can’t afford to donate & know someone who might, please point them to this site or UrbanizmMusic.com.

New music will be coming soon, when I can stop with my regiment of pain meds & crazy procedures that aim to keep me from walking like a pain-ridden Neanderthal.

To to sum it up, please help out if you can, and spread the word if you can’t. Thanks for reading. Be cool.

For anyone who might care, today (September 25) is my twenty-eighth birthday. As many people do on their birthdays, I plan on spending the day looking to the future and what ways I can change for the better going forward. One change I decided to make was with regard to this website. While there was nothing necessarily wrong with the old design, it never hurts to get a makeover – I promise that very soon there will also be some new music to go with this new look (everything’s still at a halt while I take care of a few health issues).

I’ve also got a lot of plans for my own music career and for Urbanizm Music. Between the aforementioned health issues as well as working a full-time job, some of my goals take a lot longer than I like to accomplish. But I’m still working on getting many things done (from new video game remixes and vocal mixes, to continuing to strengthen the Urbanizm name), no matter how long it takes. Thanks so much to everyone who’s supported me; we’re gonna make it!