‘Endless Echoes’ – My Debut LP as MegaGlitch
Hey everyone, it’s Fabz here a.k.a MegaGlitch. If you’re new to this website, welcome! It’s awesome to have you here. It gives me enormous pleasure to announce the release of my debut LP, ‘Endless Echoes’, which I’m so excited about.
Here’s a bit of backstory. What started off as a chilled lockdown project in early 2020, with no real intention, other than to have a bit of fun making music again, has turned into a real passion. That passion has now turned into my first LP.
How it all started!
So, I work as a freelance web designer, front-end developer, and digital content creator at my business Van Marciano Media.
My business took a hit during the pandemic. In the sense that the web design clients that I was getting slowly diminished.
I also have a passive income business through blogging, which continued to grow and has been running on autopilot. So with few clients, and plenty of time on my hands I decided to make a comeback to creating music, after almost 20 years.
Back in the day, when I was young and making music on a daily basis, I was using an old Roland VS-880ex portable recording studio and a Korg analog drum machine and keyboard.
The VS-880ex is now a relic, but it was an awesome bit of kit. I had a lot of fun using it with the band I was recording with at the time.
Fast forward 20 years and a lot of things have changed. I had a lot of catching up to do with regards to using a DAW, VSTs, plugins, hardware synths, etc. But it really didn’t take me long to get back into the swing of it all, and before I knew it, I was hooked again.
I have used DAWs in the past, but they were just becoming popular when I gave up making music to chase other ventures.
I’ll definitely write a post in the future about the gear that I’ve used in the past, and the gear that I use now for creating synthwave music.
My ‘work-in-progress’ home studio
Back in the day, I played keyboard and guitar for several local bands. But after getting married and having kids, building a business all that stopped. I picked up the guitar now and again, but nothing serious.
Why release an LP now?
Honestly, I had no intention to do this. I wanted to see what I could do and how far I could push this little project out.
And whilst ‘Endless Echoes‘ was essentially a solo effort, the connections I made with other like-minded electronic music artists, via social media groups, pages, and forums have been incredible.
I received a ton of help and advice along the way, which I’m extremely thankful for. The synthwave community in the UK is an exceptionally strong and supportive one.
Remember, there was no Facebook, Instagram, or even YouTube back in 2001, so the only way to get your music noticed was to get out there and do small gigs at dead-end venues, smokey pubs, and basements. Oh, and give your CDs away to all your friends and family for free.
So, yes, things have changed a lot from a technology standpoint. So now has never been a better time to start creating music, in my opinion.
Also, coming from a digital marketing background with over 20 years of experience, I was excited about the opportunity of promoting something new and fresh.
I’m having a blast making new music right now, I’m just testing the waters, and if the response I get from this LP is good, then great. If it isn’t, that’s OK too. I’m quite happy, even if this is just a vanity project that fades away in a year or so. It’s a hobby, nothing more.
Why synthwave music?
I discovered synthwave back in 2012 when I heard songs by Kavinsky, Tesla Boy, and Powerglove for the first time. I was mesmerized and began exploring similar bands and artists in the genre.
I love synthwave, it’s grown so fast in the last few years, and it’s a genre I can relate to. A lot of the songs are meant to be nostalgic, and therefore takes me back to my childhood days playing video games on my old Sinclair ZX Spectrum with my brothers!
My favorite movies growing up were “Flight of the Navigator”, “The Explorers”, and “Back To The Future”, of course. I’m a huge fan of that franchise.
I wasn’t born in the 80s, I was a kid during the 80s and so experienced an amazing decade of what is considered now as iconic, right? A lot of technology was new! The video games, movies, and music of that time are incomparable.
Listening to some of the earlier synthwave tunes just keeps bringing me back, and I just felt that this was the genre I should be into. And rather than follow the rest of the crowd, I didn’t want to create music that sounded like a ‘me too’ synthwave LP, but rather offer my own twist on the genre.
What next?
Well, the LP is out there now. It’s either going to be loved or hated.
No, seriously, I enjoyed recording the songs and learning new things on the first run. Connecting with like-minded peeps has been awesome. I’ve already been in touch with a few very talented synth-wave music producers to collaborate with them in the future, so I’m very excited about that.
I’ve also invested a lot of my spare time, energy, (and money) into this venture so I’m in it for the long haul… I hope.
I’ll be promoting ‘Endless Echoes’ both on Bandcamp, iTunes, and Spotify until early 2022. Also, a video is in the works for the track ‘Solar Drift’ which is something to look forward to sometime in October.
Update: Here’s the video to the track ‘Solar Drift’.
The merch store is open so I’m going to get my creative hat on and come up with some new cool designs! The ‘Glitch City’ t-shirt has proven to be a hit too.
Another idea that I had was to create some “behind the scenes” videos for my YouTube channel and Instagram of how I create my music, the hardware, the software that I use, and my songwriting process. Maybe I’ll wait a few years for this ha ha.
