In December, I finally made the decision to sunset the alias "TomboFry", and going forwards I'll be using this username. That's not news, evidently.

Something I have really always wanted to do is release all my chiptune covers onto streaming services (as much as I hate streaming services...). This includes almost everything from 2012, when I released some covers from Muse's "The 2nd Law", until 2024, when I last released a cover of Muse's "Futurism" (to be fair I didn't think Muse would be both the first AND last thing I would make chiptune covers of. Quite apt, actually, considering that's what I was most well-known for, for a long time).

My plan is to release them in sections. Maybe three volumes - 2012-2016, 2017-2020, and 2020-2024? I'm not sure yet. I released quite a lot around the mid 2010s, and there's 105 songs in the "Chiptune Covers" playlist on YouTube.

For a fun little comparison, here's the old version of a chiptune cover - No Surprises, by Radiohead:

Compared with the new version. This was among one of my first released covers, and it was pretty bad, with missing parts and just generally sounding thin. I don't even think I was massively happy with it back then, but I just didn't have the skill to make it better. It's SO much different now.

Anyway, that's what I plan on doing in the next couple of months, and I've been posting previews on BlueSky, so you should follow me there for more frequent and auditory updates until it's done! Stay tuned 😎