To mark my return to new official projects for
@sonic_hedgehog
, I'm dropping a very special version of my favourite song from Sonic R! 💋
Listen here - 👈
Now that this song is no longer attached to any projects, studios or companies, I didn't want to wait to share it with you! 🫶 While we get this one ready, if you preorder my anniversary album "Memoriam" you can get this track sent to you as a gift right now! 💋
#Sonic3
Woah, wasn't expecting so much love over this. 😭♥ I'm so touched by all of your kindness. 🥰 Gonna respond to as many messages as I can after I've had a lil break today after such a hectic week. ✌️
To mark my return to new official projects for
@sonic_hedgehog
, I'm dropping a very special version of my favourite song from Sonic R! 💋
Listen here - 👈
Every damn time I take steps to returning to Sonic, the SAME people make me instantly regret it. 😔 Through vindictive behaviours and petty backstabbing. A thread. 🧵
As well as Silver (of course) I have a soft spot for Shadow too, since his standalone game was the first Sonic title I made music for. 😋 Have loved seeing his evolution over the years, and now in the upcoming movie!
But this community gives me so much love and joy, I've decided to go ahead and put all this new music out MYSELF. On my own terms. 👏 I'm hoping you'll support all of my latest work that's about to be released, that I've put so much heart and enthusiasm into. ❤️ 🧵
But rest assured, some of these staff members that you blindly follow and support are NOT very nice people. 😔 I think the time is coming for me to finally explain that my experience working on Sonic was unpleasant and traumatic... 🧵
...simply due to how awfully I was treated by some of my childhood idols. 💔 Hopefully that will give better context to my journey, why I stepped away for so long, why it's been so difficult to come back, and help you understand why some of my latest work is so precious to me. 🧵
Diamond in the Sky is now available on all platforms! 🤘 Go add it to your
#Sonic
playlists - and add the Ballad Version to your Valentine's playlist while you're there! 😜😘🫶
To mark my return to new official projects for
@sonic_hedgehog
, I'm dropping a very special version of my favourite song from Sonic R! 💋
Listen here - 👈
Not surprised that time has revealed what certain composers are REALLY like. 😒 I've had a much MUCH worse experience of him (with receipts). 🤦♂️ It's time companies STOP facilitating such unprofessional attitudes instead of kowtowing to brats notorious for throwing tantrums.
@Crush40Johnny
Wow, thanks Johnny! 🫶 I'm so glad you like it. I've made that clear a few times now, both here (and other socials) before release and as a pinned comment when I dropped the track.
@JokumthePikson
@Xacxon
I've had 10 years experience since then and categorically will 👏 not 👏 stand 👏 for someone throwing their weight around and bullying a fellow composer. It's time people are held accountable and companies play their part in not allowing this toxic behaviour. 👊
@JokumthePikson
@Xacxon
...said "he does this all the time, you just need to deal with it." 🤷♂️ NO. 👊 He does this all the time because these companies let him get away with it. I was a young composer relatively new to the industry at the time. I felt helpless and completely unsupported. 😔...
@JokumthePikson
@Xacxon
He sent me a string of abusive emails (which I still have) bullying me when Sumo/SEGA brought me in to do the main theme of All-stars Racing coz he wasn't happy about it. 😔 What was most disappointing about it was when I went to Sumo and SEGA Europe for help they essentially...
Blimey. 🤦♂️ Immediately noticed something was DRASTICALLY amiss when they referred to Mega-Drive/Genesis Sonic 1 as 8 bit. 😬 And then I started scrolling. 💀
I'm giving this one away as a FREE GIFT to everyone who's preordered my anniversary album "Memoriam"! 🫶 Preorder yours before release on September 27 to download this exclusive track! 💋
Yes!! I made it, level 38!! 🤘🥳 There were moments this past year where I didn't think I'd make it, but I somehow managed to SLAY. 😈
This next year is going to be fucking insane.
Are you excited for another incredible performance by the amazing
@Bentley_Jones
?! 💙 Followed by a Sonic, anime and emo DJ set by our friends
@OtakuDrive
all the way until 3am!! ✨💕
Who's coming to
@sonicconuk
tomorrow? 😍 Come find me in the Guest Hall in the afternoon, and stick around for a LIVE PERFORMANCE on the Sonic Stage at 5:30pm - can't wait to see you all! 💋
Without a pop or a bang, just a quiet descendo into silence... after over 2 years of hard work, I finished my final recording session for my anniversary album
#memoriam
today. 🥰
The new era is teaching me how much freedom I have with my work and you guys. Theoretically, 😉 how would you feel about me casually throwing in a thrash J-rock track next to my electro dream-pop?