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Posted on April 19, 2024April 20, 2024 by mystik

Unveiling the Cosmic Symphony: Mystik’s Journey into Starlight

Hey party people, Mystik here, bringing you some exciting news straight from the heart of the music-making universe! 🚀 Guess what? I’m teaming up once again with the legendary Greg over at Alien Science Games to whip up some sonic magic for his latest gaming masterpiece, Starlight! 🌟 Yep, you heard it right – we’re diving headfirst into more cosmic realms of game audio development, and I couldn’t be more stoked about it. Just recently, I caught up with Greg at the Game Developer's Conference (GDC) right here in my hometown of San Francisco. We got to chatting about his…

Posted on December 12, 2022December 15, 2022 by mystik — Leave a comment

ManyNames “Whatchu Know About What!” (Mystik Remix) Released on SEHU – 12/12/2022

Whatchu Know About What (Mystik Remix) The Mystik remix of ManyNames' track "Whatchu Know About What!) has finally been released on the SEHU label, artist and label owner Julian Reyes' new label extension since Keyframe Entertainment. This label is now distributed by Proton Music which has a bit of a different set up to the previous InGrooves distribution that Keyframe had in place. Needless to say I'm stoked for this release. It was a lot of fun to put together. I did several versions of it initially and am excited we settled upon the final version and have managed to…

Posted on September 30, 2021October 16, 2021 by mystik

Mystik Groovebox Showdown! Which is the Best? My favorite is…

All of them! LOL! But, keep reading if you want to know which one individually takes the crown. Also, let's all acknowledge this is totally subjective. Everyone will have their own experiences. These are obviously insights drawn from my experiences. They're based on a bunch of criteria, mostly use cases. Actual use cases, tangible experience and general utility as well as looking at the overall facility as an "all-in-one production" studio. Here are some of the primary criteria we'll be looking at in broad strokes. Controls / KnobsSynthsDrumsFX ModulationArrangerSong ModeTrack Count I/0ProsConsSummary Ok, so there have definitely been great reviews…

Posted on June 18, 2021November 2, 2021 by mystik

Music collab for adventure game on Steam “Exo: Into Starlight”

Mystik has started preliminary discussions with Superframe Media to contribute some musical inspiration and concept audio for a newly released game called Exo: Into Starlight, which was developed by a longtime friend and otherwise business collaborator on several previous projects, rockstar game, VR and 3D developer Greg Bowen. It's an exciting development and we've already offered up 4 tracks as potential inspiration or as material for consideration and future development, isolation of key sounds and orchestration of desired moments and layers of intensity. The game consists of an android explorer and drone assistant exploring various exoplanet environments. We're also excited…

Posted on March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 by mystik

Performing Rights Organizations vs Distributors

Ok, so one of my band's Mystik Luminate have just been asked to register for either ASCAP or BMI in order for our label manager to register us for our latest release's performance royalties. This is leading me & my brother to start discussing & investigating which performing rights organization (or PRO) to use... BMI is free, where as ASCAP has a $50 fee for songwriting & also for publishing... Or so it seems according to this video I just found which discusses a bit more about them, including how they differentiate for publishing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvum75E14Jk COUNTER ARGUMENT Aaaand for a…