Makes It All Worth It / Makes It All Worth It / Makes It All Worth It

I wrote these songs immediately after attending Furality Umbra, my first VRChat event.  I was inspired by the immersive world and diverse programming that ultimately brought in more than 20,000 attendees over the weekend.  By Sunday evening, these songs were basically pouring out of me, and I was really surprised by the ease with which I was able to write and record them.

I've been listening to a lot of songs by bands like boy pablo, Swimming Tapes, and Sun Daes recently, and making this album seemed like the perfect excuse to really dive into that jangle/bedroom/dream/indie pop aesthetic.  I was also heavily inspired by Danny Grey's boy pablo music videos, some of which were filmed in previous Furality worlds.

I really hope that you enjoy these songs and have as much listening to them as I did making them!

All Music and Lyrics by Ian Martyn
except Pure Imagination (Track 3): Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley

Ian Martyn - vocals, guitars, synthesizers, bass, drum programming, brass programming

Mixing by Ian Martyn
Mastering by Ro Panuganti

Cover photo taken by Tsuyoto
during the Furality Umbra fireworks show
used with permission of Furality, Inc.

Mechanical Licensing for "Pure Imagination" by Affordable Song Licensing.

Special thanks to Ro Panuganti, Drew Gibson, Gryff, and Dima Foxpaws for listening to these tracks and giving helpful feedback, all of which ended up in the final tracks.  And yes, Gryff, I left in the horns on the last track; thank you for the suggestion.

Special thanks to Tsuyoto for showing me around VRChat, taking a ton of photos of us hanging out together at Furality Umbra, and ultimately inspiring me to hang out in VRChat more and write original music based on my experiences there.

Special thanks to Triac for giving me the computer that allowed me to get on VRChat in the first place.

Special thanks to the Furality team and the world they created in Furality Umbra that inspired me to write and record these songs.

Of course, huge thanks and much love goes to my partner, Denver, who listened to these songs over and over and is probably sick of them by now.  Huge thanks also to my parents who have always supported my musical endeavors.

Equipment used:
ESP Horizon
Schecter C-1 E/A w/ Bare Knuckle Pickups Juggernaut and BLK / TRI Frost Giant
Warwick Thumb Limited Edition 2003
Korg minilogue
Korg MS2000
AKG P420
Cherry Audio DCO-106
EastWest Hollywood Brass
Logic Pro
Joey Sturgis Tones Bus Glue

"Nine is divisible by three." -Linda