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Mosnonauts : Post #1

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The 1st Mosnonaut Exclusive Release. The full 7 song acoustic demo of the songs in the upcoming moon themed "miniAlbum 2: LunaVerse".  Including the lyrics to the songs, PLUS the translation of the original Arabic song "Kawakeb". They go very well with our lovely Autumn season. Get Them Here  <<< Thank you for your love. Into the creative unknown we go. Mosno Al-Moseeki Mosnonauts  /  Instagram  /  Twitter  /  Facebook

Bandcamp \\ vs // Patreon

As you may have heard, Bandcamp has recently launched a "Subscription" service for their artist and their supporters. The main idea is for fans/supports of an artist, would "Subscribe" to him/her. By doing so the supporter would pay a monthly charge to the artist through Bandcamp, and in return they get 1st dibs on new songs, and even exclusive material. The new music is automatically ready for streaming on your Bandcamp App, and you would even have the option to download it if you like. There is even an option to give Subscribers a discount on other merch, and you can of course make your whole back catalog available as well. Patreon has been doing a similar thing for a while now, but with Patreon its open for more than just music. Its for "Artists" in general. And I have to say, I do tend to find more Webcomic and Digital Artists using Patreon. I also see a lot of Video content creators on there as well, and some "Audio" artist. I'm sur...

$3 to rule them all.

To be honest, I'm following my gut on this one. If you follow me on social media (links are below if you don't), then you know I'm constantly working on projects. My current one is a 7 song moon based album, and I already have a semi-completed "Autumn, Desert, & The Moon" poetry/music/art project that will follow that. I really love sharing these projects with everyone, and one way that many artist use is this site called Patreon . Which they would have different levels for different rewards. Supporters would agree to give "x-amount" per month or per content, and in return receive what ever art that level gets them. But here is the thing, I want ALL my supporters to be able to access ALL the content. I don't like the separation part of all this. SO, I've decided to still use Patreon, but I will have only ONE price on there: $3. Yup. One price to rule them all . I have the page set up for $3/month , not per content, that way you are on...

Scare Yourself, I dare you.

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You read that right, I'm daring you to Scare yourself. No I don't mean by watching a horror movie, and putting yourself in danger. I mean it in a creative way, it will be exhilarating. This has happen to me twice thus far in the last couple of years, and I have totally grown from each time it has happened. The first time this happened was in the Summer of 2015, I got asked to play at a local festival called SOWEBO. At that point, I had always had a percussionist to perform with me, and I NEVER ask for a percussionist, unless I am able to pay them, this is purely out of respect for them and their time. So when I found out that this was a non-paying gig, I panicked a little, because I was not going to be able to pay someone to accompany me. To add fuel to this fire, I was not going to be on the "singer/songwriter" stage, I was placed on the Americana stage, right in between two full bands. I was shaking like a leaf, but I put my big boy pants on, got up there with my ...

The Nubian Racism Interview.

I had the honor of being contacted by Sudanese reporter Hana Baba for an interview on the NPR & PRI program "The World" on KALW, about the recent racist comments that were made recently to a Nubian soccer player in Egypt. The Full interview with Hana Baba Please Share, thank you. With Love Mosno

The Power of Music

I am blown away by this project,  it is brilliant, and it really does prove the POWER of music. VolsWagon & Discovery channel joined forces and were a part of this project called Sharks ReScored . Oh Man, you HAVE to check it out. They are using original music scores to actually help change the way you feel about Sharks. Like everything else on this planet, they are usually associated with not so nice things, but on top of that, the KIND of music that is played when ever they are on screen, actually helps evoke that emotion as well. So what does Sharks ReScored do? They play you a normal scene from a shark documentary, as they are swimming around, being..well, Sharks. When you move your mouse cursor to the left of the screen, you hear the typical sinister score you are accustom to, which makes you frightful of the scene. You move your cursor to the right, and you hear a much nicer score, and it TOTALLY changes the vibe of the video. Music is SUCH a powerful tool, I feel ...

Producer \\ vs // Songwriter

As many of you know, I have been working on a little EP, which is developing into quite the musical project, and I love it. It started off with me wanted to create a tiny 3 song acoustic EP for me to use to market myself, and it is now developing into a thematic, artistic album, which I'm super excited about. There is one thing different though, I've decided to join forces with my friend and talented producer Maurice Carroll of Stinkiface Studios . Maurice and I have worked in the past on original songs, that are off the beaten path, they always come out amazing. Something happened this past week that has gotten the gears in my head turning, I have always played the role of Singer/Songwriter & Producer for my songs, I even produced a song for Sahffi Lynne 's " Exceptions " album called " Heart Strings ", so it was different for me to step back and let Maurice do his thing with my song "In This Place" from the Moon album I'm working o...