Patrons. Hear it first. Brand new Turbo Volcano song called "I'm Not Going on Carousel"
Also, first look at the artwork for Turbo Volcano 4 called "She Wears Pink but Flies a Blue Lion." Full album releases on June 4.
I don't really like to document my production process because it shatters my concentration, but this song is a beast and by far the most comp...
2022-05-19 22:02:24 +0000 UTC View PostHey yo! What up?
I thought I would take a music break but decided fuck it, I'm going right to work on Turbo Volcano 4 which has the working title "She Wears Pink but Flies a Blue Lion". It may be a shorter EP with a few disco funk future laser disco songs. I'm still tinkering.
I attached a first draft clip of one of the first songs in production called (wor...
2022-04-30 12:46:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Enjoy.
https://vimeo.com/698353046/3b4536a56f
Mark
2022-04-12 14:05:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Super early access. Because why not. Enjoy!
https://vimeo.com/696771363/eab5677658
Behind the scenes, I have been in pre-production with two video series. They're just starting to get into filming now.
While was tweaking an edit. for yuks, I thought it might be fun to mix my own music in...
2022-04-07 12:13:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Early access! New video and final mix for Supernova Robot Dungeon on the upcoming Turbo Volcano album titled... Supernova Robot Dungeon!
https://vimeo.com/694160233/1eb1eb89d3
You may have heard an early mix of this song in a podcast. The final mix was rebuilt with Roland synthesizers and the Nord Drum 3p...
2022-03-30 20:29:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello. It's been a pretty frustrating couple weeks here on Planet Earth. I suspect most people probably feel this way. It's hard to focus on "fun" and "entertainment" while there are daily images of kids being bombed by the Russians. While there has always been war, and there's always something bad happening on a daily basis, this particular war feels especially cruel, callous, and completely u...
2022-03-16 01:32:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh man, where to even begin. I opened the floodgates to all hell breaking loose.
As you'll hear in tomorrow's podcast, Turbo Volcano will be releasing its debut album on...
8-Track
It'll also be on cassette. Both special editions with high-res digital copies. This spring.
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
I scheduled the first EP to drop in about a week digi...
2022-02-17 19:05:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Hear an early cut of the new Turbo Volcano song in development, Universe Tim.
This is a rough edit - it's the first song using my new analog synthesizer gear. The middle is VERY rough because my headphone adapter broke and I'm waiting for a new one. I mix loud and my family almost killed me yesterday after hearing the beat for like three hours straight. So.... mi...
2022-01-30 16:20:24 +0000 UTC View Post
This should be a crowd pleaser. Tell me that Vectrex isn't GORGEOUS...
Enjoy!
Mark
2022-01-28 03:07:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings from Future Year 1982! Hey, are you ready to rock the weekend with some new Turbo Volcano tracks in development? If so, you're in luck! I just uploaded four brand new tracks to TurboVolcano.com
You can also listen on Vimeo and Youtube. I'll be working on Amazon shortly. Here you go:
Get it early! Clearly this is taking on a life of its own.
https://vimeo.com/667970952/542e6c60d5
As you'll hear, Turbo Volcano is a real thing. It's hard to explain, but when the made up future band is the tip of the marketing machine used to deliver the 1970s Space Vibe of CGR, I can spend a LOT m...
2022-01-19 22:03:42 +0000 UTC View Post
What a week in Future Year 1982!!
The new Intergalactic Space Arcade is up and running. There's a bunch of CGR Studio videos in production, all with new bangin' tunes from Turbo Volcano.
I did some work on the Turbo Volcano website www.TurboVolcano.com today. It has a long way to go, but you can hear the first four test...
2022-01-16 21:53:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha.... IT WORKS!!!!!!!!
Fish can be funky.
Mark
2022-01-13 17:48:22 +0000 UTC View Post
It's red and blurry and awesome.
Hope you're having a great week. I had some fun in the studio last friday. Heading back in tomorrow for some production shots.
Retromegatrex 2 and Robot Kitten Factory 3 will be out next week. Slowed down with the studio build, but they're in final QA now. This week's podcast is about production (i think).
Next week's is about Retromegatr...
2022-01-12 03:16:49 +0000 UTC View Post
The first of many! On Friday I filmed the first CGR Studio video (working title, I guess...) the first of about 1000 of these things. This is why the studio can exist, and why we're getting podcasts and Turbo Volcano! These little product pieces.
Nothing fancy here, obviously. It's a book...
2022-01-09 20:46:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hear it first. Enjoy!
https://vimeo.com/663126348/77085affa5
Here's the link to the Kickstarter---> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/josephmpierce/all-your-base-are-belong-to-t...
2022-01-07 01:54:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Early look at the new 80s Comics. The series will continue on the website. Probably weekly or so along with the podcast. Breaking in the camera and the lighting. Completely new studio, pain in the ass but fun to rebuild.
https://vimeo.com/663023060/d3ce4eab42
Also, tomorrow I'll announce the news that I'm...
2022-01-06 19:13:43 +0000 UTC View Post
There's so much going on which is EXCITING that it's hard to keep up. First of all, I work in bits and pieces. All year you'll be seeing bite sized chunks begin to form one cohesive whole giant thing. But it'll literally take all year.
https://vimeo.com/660790421/0f46be4b22
TURBO VOLCANO
I ordered a...
2021-12-29 00:15:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Yoooo Joe! New podcast up a day early because I have some family kinda stuff to do tomorrow (like drinking beer, ignoring my children and watching Lethal Weapon.)
I hope you also have a festive family holiday (drinking, ignoring, Riggs and Murtaugh)
Enjoy a new podcast all about the pas...
2021-12-24 00:03:37 +0000 UTC View Post
https://vimeo.com/658763232/f1a5c4de41
Some old friends return to the new studio. Had a few casualties over the past few years in storage, but most of the remaining arcade games still function.
Going to take months to work out the studio aesthetics, but if my vision for Operation Turbo Volcano comes to fr...
2021-12-20 23:13:41 +0000 UTC View PostNew podcast! A sonic adventure through the history of Classic Game Room's music and a peek at where the CGR sound may be heading in the future.
Podcast #5 early access - it'll be out on Podbean tomorrow.
mark
2021-12-16 20:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
New studio setup day 2. Enjoy. Just breaking in the gear and unpacking storage.
https://vimeo.com/657214795/e6e855099d
There seem to be a few things in the works. They're pretty out there though, which is fun for me. I like to be unexpected. And thankfully, after two years of real work, I can get back to ...
2021-12-16 00:45:49 +0000 UTC View Post
A little dusty, but they still work. Testing some new gear. Enjoy.
https://vimeo.com/656743457/08a5b2e912
2021-12-14 20:38:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings and happy Saturday! At the end of 2019 I had no choice but to sell off my beloved Canon 1DX camera, the Sony 4K camera, all of the mics, the SSD drives, amps, cables, high-end cards, connectors, and everything else related to video production. Video wasn't working, in fact, it was causing more harm than good. So, I had to free up those resources to change direction.
Here everyone, enjoy the listen! Running around like a madman the past few days and I didn't get a chance to post it early this week so I'll add the link to the podbean website instead (I barely know how this thing works.) LORD KARNAGE RADIO DRAMA (aka CGR Publishing Podcast) (podbean.com)
Episode 2 is titled "You Wo...
2021-12-01 01:15:54 +0000 UTC View PostPatrons hear it first. I recorded it while scanning my trolley negatives. My precious trolley negatives!
It's a full 20 minutes now, so if you heard the teaser, keep listening.
Lord Karnage Radio Drama 2021.1
Mark
2021-11-18 19:16:07 +0000 UTC View Post1st recording in bout a year.
Talking with some buddies about marketing stuff. My friends were trying to get me back on social media and I'm a hard NO. I hate social media.
However, I felt the need to bring up the supply chain issues in a timely way which brought me back to the Lord Karnage Radio Drama (which I forgot about) and I guess it clicked that I can mix marketing mess...
2021-11-17 23:24:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Halloween! It has been a while since I've made a post, my apologies. Been very very very busy. Today CGR Publishing hit 230 published titles. This has been a massive undertaking and I'm pretty tired to say the least.
The most difficult thing that I've ever had to do, professionally, is turn around a company that was nearing bankruptcy in 2018. I'd say that CGR was about six mo...
2021-10-31 17:37:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Focus your thought lasers, it's time to check out progress on Retromegatrex 2: The Art of Mark Bussler 2018-2021. Coming out November, 2021.
This massive book (hardcover and softcover) will contain an original adventure and a short story that you're seeing rough art from in this post. Also, it'll have all this stuff and more:
The Intergalactic Space Arcade was the l...
2021-08-31 00:47:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Attached to this post is Robot Kitten Factory #1. Enjoy!
HAPPY ROBOT KITTEN FACTORY DAY! Issue #2 is released. I'll start marketing in the fall, but you heard it first. Issue #3 will be out in November. It's awesome. I love it. And so do you (because you have great taste) It'll be on Amazon. Alternate cover versions are being released on Barnes and Noble this fall.
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2021-08-26 23:48:44 +0000 UTC View Post