I uploaded a test version of this track a couple weeks ago without realizing it was the test version. This one's the full version!

Stormtamer

Drawn From Dreams

Another NOFX cover, again from Punk In Drublic. Lots of folks hail so long as the king of NOFX albums, but you gotta hand it to Punk in Drublic. Damn fine record.

Thanks to everyone helping me out by purchasing my original material, which is available at http://shawndaley.bandcamp.com/album/comic-book-music-vol-1

More stuff to come. Send requests if there's something you want to hear.

Linoleum 8bit NOFX Cover

Mythos Of TerraQuill

Named after Jeff Lemire's newest creator owned comic series, TRILLIUM. It's only two issues in, but it's totally awesome. Check his everything out at http://jefflemire.blogspot.ca/

Still working on covers, just taking the last few weeks to get some of the originals out of my brain. So don't sweat it - the BR and NOFX stuff is on the way and your requests are being added to the list.

If you dig this stuff, check out http://www.shawndaley.bandcamp.com and pick up the album or download the tracks. You'll help keep my art supplies in check so I can continue to live properly.

And if you're a fan of comics/superheroes/art, check out http://www.shawndaley.ca.

Thanks!

Buy for $1

Trillium

After a month of knocking out some originals, the covers are back in production.

Come Join Us is from The Gray Race, which happens to be one of my favourite BR albums believe it or not.

If you like the original 8bit stuff, they're all on sale at http://www.shawndaley.bandcamp.com so feel free to stop by and pick them up.

Visit http://shawndaley.ca as well for some art and comics.

Next up is a NOFX cover.

Come Join Us - 8bit Bad Religion Cover

Another for fun! Everything's up on Spotify now too, and there's another album on the way. You can listen on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6queS8odnpzkw6nln1WUot

Essence Flux

Download this track for a measly dollar at: https://shawndaley.bandcamp.com/track/red-lanterns

This one's named after an ongoing DC comics title that ties into the Green Lantern books. 

Red Lanterns is currently being written by a dude named Charles Soule, and he's doing a crazy good job at the moment. All of his books are great, so go check him out if you want a healthy dose of fantastic comics.

Also, shout out to fellow chiptunist/good fellow Viridian Forge. He's good people.

Next up : more covers.

Red Lanterns

Read Mind MGMT here: https://digital.darkhorse.com/browse/series/197/

Download this track for a dollar right here: https://shawndaley.bandcamp.com/track/mind-mgmt

Named after Matt Kindt's Mind MGMT comic, which is one of the best creator owned titles currently on shelves. The watercolour art is fantastic, and the storytelling is awesome. 

If you like serial mystery shows like LOST, you'll love Mind MGMT. Especially for all of the little easter eggs scattered around each issue. Mind MGMT is a book for those who want a little more depth than that which most big name comics contain.


Mind Management

Three Trials

So here's something unusual. I scored an 8-bit game not long ago and, to my delight, the game happened to be western-themed. So that's what all of this is. In order, we have:

- Title sequence
- Level 1
- Level 2
- Level 3
- Boss
- Kill Screen

There's a few more tracks not added, like fanfare, but no one wants to hear that. I composed all of the SFX too but those have been left out.

Anyone need an 8-bit OST for their game? I'm running low on Kraft Dinner and coffee, so if you could help me help you, that would be great! If you like the chiptunes I've thrown together, they're also all available for sale (cheap as a button) at http://shawndaley.bandcamp.com

8-bit Western Jam

Last song of the new album! It's available now on Spotify and other streaming services.

The Ceremony

Turn this one up nice and loud. This is a theme made for a podcast called The Throwdown, which you can check out here: 

http://www.stfuandplay.com/podcast/category/the-throwdown

I'm always taking commissions for theme music, message me if you need some work done.



Throwdown

Greatest Generation

First song from the companion OST for my upcoming book, ILLÜMON: Seven Rays of the Sun. Hitting Kickstarter Jan 6th!

Enter Fables

New punk rock ep on the way! Themed around Magic the gathering for some reason

Any Target (Instrumental)

This one was an attempt at a Mega Man X styled track. It was made for a developer as a 'test flight' to see if they wanted to use my 16-bit style in their game.

Sure enough, the devs went with another sound designer. No problem on my end as 8-bit is what I'd rather spend time doing. But not I have a damn good reason to practice 16-bit stuff in my spare time.

So here's my failed attempt at a 16 bit track. Enjoy!

Testflight

I'm composing a chiptune soundtrack for ILLÜMON, my next book! Here's one of the tracks.

ILLÜMON - Bonder Battle Theme

Just for fun! Testing out a new bass tone.

Stories And Dust

A track off of the upcoming new EP! More chiptunes for all!

The Eight - Branched Tree

This one was inspired by the new series from Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini. It's a sci-fi story about a family in shambles attempting to put themselves back together. It's infinitely more interesting than that sentence makes it seem, so go get it now. It's only three issues in, and you can grab them DRM free below.

https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/low-1



Back with another non-cover composition. Evidently, it's much easier to SAY that you're going to stay away from original material than it is to actually stay away from original material.

Anyhow, sticking with tradition, this one is named after an awesome comic called Nailbiter. It's created by Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson, and is published by Image Comics. Pretty much the best horror book on stands right now, it's definitely worth a look. 

You can pick it up DRM-free at https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/nailbiter

Nailbiter

Because I'm reading Secret Wars and actually enjoying it, this one is titled after the current Marvel event. The Marvel U is destroyed, and replaced with a frankensteined universe called Battleworld. A weird concept when it was announced, but surprisingly fun if you're reading the right tie-ins.

Also Ribic is on art, which means I don't have to say anything else.

Secret Wars

I'm reading a book called The Woods right now. It's 15 issues in at the moment, and worth reading every one. If you're a fan of shows like LOST, with an ensemble cast and weird mysterious happenings in a strange environment, then you should give The Woods a shot.

You can give it a shot here if you're down: https://www.comixology.com/The-Woods-1/digital-comic/95003

The Woods

Had some downtime, and wanted to jump back into original compositions.

Level 66

If you're a fan of Dragon Ball, you should be watching Dragon Ball Super right now. It's pretty rad. Kind of surreal that after all these years, we're getting new Dragon ball content. More surprising? It's actually REALLY GOOD. 

Everything is is getting rebooted or relaunched these days, and I hear a lot of complaining (from myself as well, sometimes) about it. But each Saturday night during every episode of Super, when I realize I feel like a kid watching cartoons after school, I forget that I ever cared about re-this and re-that, and just want good content.

And Dragon Ball Super delivers.

Dragon Ball Super - Limit Break X Survivor 8-Bit

Love it or hate it, you can't deny LOST's impact on the way we enjoy television serials today. Without being spoilery, this song is indeed about Ben from LOST. He may or may not have had a literal paper tiger, but the phrase is much more meaningful if you understand the underlying message beneath the words. It might help if you watched the damn show too.

The thing about LOST though, is that it's not in syndication any more. This makes it impossible to absorb the extravagant, jam-packed experience that was the program. When in syndication, no one knew how it was going to end. Assuming the writers had woven the entire story prior to telling it, we followed them assuming they were truthful. This made for an extremely enveloping viewing experience. 

Why?

Well, I and many others couldn't get enough LOST. We had to theorize. We had to discuss. But most importantly, we had to share. I can't count the number of online (and not so online) communities dedicated to LOST 24 hours of the day. Message boards, subreddits, chat rooms, Facebook pages, basements and living rooms... they were all places to go after an episode and talk about what happened, how each piece of the puzzle fits with it's counterparts, and what's next. 

You can't really do that now. And half of the fun that made LOST what it became, was sharing your ideas and theories. Even debunking your ideas and theories. Having to wait a week between episodes (and months between seasons) gave us time to think and talk. With the entire series now readily available at the push of a few buttons, there is no wait time. No time to think and theorize. It's just "on to the next episode."

So if you had the good fortune of enjoying the show during syndication, and you interacted with the content as much as I ,and thousands of others, did... know that the experience is non replicable. And that makes it something special.

Anyway I really fucking love LOST and this is a song about what Ben did to my favourite character. That god damn bugeyed jackass.

Ben's Paper Tiger

I haven't had time for an original in a while, so I made some time, and now there's this. I'm at like 60 originals now, or around there anyhow, and hey that's not bad for like five years of fiddling around with Logic 8 and the YMCK Magical 8-Bit Plugin. 

Thanks for listening!

Third Path

First Bad Religion cover off the new album, Age of Unreason. There are a handful of killer tracks I'll try to get around to.

Age Of Unreason - 8bit Bad Religion Cover

Into The Story

Another day, another Bad Religion cover. One of the most requested ones over the last week.

In other news, I need your help. SoundCloud disables downloads after the hundredth download. This means that as these downloads rise, you eventually may not be able to actually download the tracks. 

So I'm raising $37.79 CAD for a SoundCloud pro account. I want everyone to be able to download these tracks, not just the "privileged elite". So if you're interested in sending 2 bucks my way to help pay for this pro account, please see here:

http://www.shawndaley.ca/post/47127661482/greetings-fellow-bad-religion-8-bit-fans-so

If I didn't need to eat, I would just put the 40 bucks into it myself. But I haven't yet reached the point in life where I'm dead, and thus I require food to live. So if you want to help out, thanks!

Regardless, just keep listening, enjoying, and sharing. AND keep sending requests.

By the way, this is the Against The Grain version of the song.


21st Century Digital Boy - 8Bit Bad Religion Cover

Download In Brightest Day at http://shawndaley.bandcamp.com/music

I like 50's music, and I love the Muppet Babies theme song. For those of you who don't, I apologize for the middle section of this song.

Actually no I dont, 50's music and the Muppet Babies theme song kick ass.

First book I noticed on my bookshelf was a Green lantern book, and so this one is called In Brightest Day. Fitting, I suppose, since Geoff Johns' last issue of Green lantern was released this week. Johns has been the central architect of the Green Lantern universe for almost 10 years now, so it's kind of a big deal.

Next one is a BR song. Just a reminder that I take requests, so feel free to message/tweet at/email/telegram/messenger pigeon me with requests.

Finally, visit shawndaley.ca for more music, and some horrible art. I like drawing things for people, so maybe I can draw something for you. 

And for those of you asking, my chameleon Kalamazoo is doing well. He had a run in with a spider and it scared him, which is weird because any other chameleon would just eat it up. Here he is on a carrot enjoying himself.

https://twitter.com/ShawnDaley/status/335505436923031552

Thanks to all three of my fans for reading this and listening.

In Brightest Day

Download Paper Dolls at http://shawndaley.bandcamp.com/music

Another one for the originals bin. Named, at random from my bookshelf, after the 7th volume of a comic series called Y: The Last Man. It's about a plague that wipes out all living organisms that contain a Y chromosome. All except for a man and his pet monkey. It's an epic quest kind of story with great art. Highly recommended.

In other news, NOFX and more Bad Religion 8bit before the end of the month. 

In other other news, I just released a 7 page comic which you can find right here:

http://www.shawndaley.ca/post/52382293432/heres-a-quick-7-page-comic-drawn-and-inked-on

Message me and I'll send you a free PDF version if you're interested. If not, well message me anyways because why the hell not? That's pretty sound logic. Irrefutable even. 

Stop by http://www.shawndaley.ca too and commission some artwork, or even commission an 8bit song. I'll create an original 8bit song dedicated to you, named after you, and available for download only to you (if you so choose). You'll have a one of a kind 8bit track made with you in mind. You can even pick a style or subgenre, and provide any direction or input you'd like.

Even better? It's only 20 bucks. Twenty measly dollars and you have your own unique 8bit song.

Enjoy Paper Dolls!

Paper Dolls

8bit coverer of Bad Religion/NOFX songs.

Creator of comic series TerraQuill.

shawndaley.ca

ShawnDaley

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