This is a truly phenomenal collection of work and if you're into top-of-the-line video-game-type jams, you're gonna love it.

This a fabulous place to start - a wonderful beginning, if you will - thank you so much for coming along. Can't wait to see what's next.

Stay frosty,
Star, @slide20xx.com

and last, but not least, Matilda, for crossing T's, dotting I's, and enthusiastically keeping us on tract. icon of email. queen of the spreadsheet. I will never not use your notion.
esperansart.com

Jacqueline MC, for once again supporting my work and offering a fabulous balance of realness and professionalism.

TV-MA, for their exceptional mastering job and helping make sure our ears are up to industry standards.
www.tvmanoise.com

Lucian Hardner, for bringing a level of coordination, production, and organizational expertise that I have only dreamed of in legend. I will update the Trello, I promise.
lahardner.carrd.co

Michael 'Skitch' Schiciano, @skitch.bsky.social, for helping us kick things off, helping us coordinate our composers, and donating his time, energy, and helpful spirit to the fund.
www.michaelschiciano.com

A few more special thanks are in order!! Thank you to:

Akash Thakkar, for his incredible business acumen and tireless support of all things Star Victoria Power, Slide20XX, and by extension, Rising Star - I owe so much of my career success, and my personal success, to you.
akashthakkar.com

Stream it on Spotify or wherever else you get your music!!
open.spotify.com/album/3PLad4...

Stream it on YouTube (and like, comment and subscribe!!!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwEL...

If you already donated to support our first release, you'll be receiving an invite to the Rising Star & Friends server as a token of our appreciation!

Thank you again for your generous support - can't wait to share with you tomorrow!

and for those of you feeling _extremely_ generous and able to support, more regular in-depth updates about our goings-on throughout the year and an opportunity to have a quarterly call with our organizers.

www.patreon.com/c/risingstar...

Benefits of various membership tiers include access to our (new!) Rising Star and Friends Discord server, advanced listening on releases, access to WIP content...

This will help us cover costs associated with continuing to exist as an entity (email, domain name, etc etc), allow us to continue finding ways to support composers as funds become available, and aid us in creating more releases!

Lastly, we have officially launched a Patreon! If you're a fan of the music and the work we've been doing, you can support the organization itself through our Patreon!

We'll also be hosting a little listening party tomorrow morning on Bandcamp & YouTube! I'll be hanging out in the chat, so feel free to stop by if you're able and give the album a little debut listen!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwEL...
slide20xx.bandcamp.com/album/beginn...

We wouldn't want to deprive you of the opportunity to support our artists, though, so: we've launched a Ko-Fi! All donations received by Rising Star from today through the end of the year will be distributed evenly amongst the 6 artists on our debut release!

In the spirit of our start together.. we'll be hosting a little online listening party!! Details coming soon, so stay tuned 👀

The inspiration for this one is, of course, old school video games. I wanted something that captured that excited moment of startign a new video game - sitting on the floor in front of the tv after school; cartridge, disc, or download ready; excited to step into a world of brand new adventures.