12: Smiles and Tears (Earthbound)
Recorded for "1994 Month" in December 2019.
The theme this month was to cover any game music from a game released in the year 1994. 1994 has good games. 1994 also has Earthbound. I don't know why I didn't cover Smiles and Tears on my 2014 Earthbound album, but whatever I did it here. I have to give jmr credit for the Dilbert 3 sample used in the end. If not for that it would have been the original "I Miss You" or "Epstein Didn't Kill Himself" or something else jarring and out of place.
It’s calculated chiptunes meets ambient swirling guitars. These guys are good friends of mine. And having never mixed chip before, I feel super fortunate to have been involved on the album’s mix. Cory Johnson
An album I helped produce for my best friend. It was recorded across multiple years, multiple apartments, multiple studios, and on multiple continents--all to come together to this point. Cory Johnson
supported by 21 fans who also own “Smiles and Tears”
i appreciate that the album art is in space considering what a stellar recording of a stellar assortment of tunes this is from a stellar lineup of a stellar band Jim Nomad