TalonBot
09-08-2009, 06:13 AM
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Cranius (http://www.wow.com/tag/cranius) has built one heck of a reputation as a World of Warcraft fan songwriter. His music and video credits include Big Blue Dress (http://www.wow.com/2008/04/14/wow-moviewatch-big-blue-dress/) and the incredibly moving Darrowshire (http://www.wow.com/2008/04/03/wow-moviewatch-darrowshire/). This year, he (and machinimator partner Legs (http://www.wow.com/tag/legs)) achieved the first place prize at the BlizzCon 2009 (http://www.wow.com/tag/blizzcon-2009) machinima contest for their every-man video, Don't Make Me Get My Main (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/24/wow-moviewatch-dont-make-me-get-my-main/).
All this background makes it awesome to point out that Cranius has released his music through Amazon, all collected on an album titled Big Blue Dress (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002LP17JK/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1250403575&sr=8-2). The album is pretty cheap, coming in under $5.00. It includes downloads of Big Blue Dress, Darrowshire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dTxcHulFBI), and The Lament of Captain Placeholder, as well as his new pieces, Happy Place and Don't Make Me Get My Main. The only piece I felt was missing was Ulduar (http://www.wow.com/2009/04/02/wow-moviewatch-ulduar/), but I can think of a few reasons it didn't appear.
At the cheap price, it's nice to be able to throw a little support at an artist who's brought so much music to the community. He's not been alone in this, of course, as both Oxhorn (http://www.amazon.com/Oxhorn-Brand-Music/dp/B002BPMEJ2/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1252110821&sr=301-1) and Myndflame (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/04/myndflame-loot-being-offered-for-donations/) have released their music in one form or another. I think it's a wonderful opportunity, and something I support wholeheartedly. I obviously have purchased it, and am playing it on my computer even now.Filed under: Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), Machinima (http://www.wow.com/category/machinima/), Fan art (http://www.wow.com/category/fan-art/)
Cranius music available on Amazon (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/08/cranius-music-available-on-amazon/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Cranius (http://www.wow.com/tag/cranius) has built one heck of a reputation as a World of Warcraft fan songwriter. His music and video credits include Big Blue Dress (http://www.wow.com/2008/04/14/wow-moviewatch-big-blue-dress/) and the incredibly moving Darrowshire (http://www.wow.com/2008/04/03/wow-moviewatch-darrowshire/). This year, he (and machinimator partner Legs (http://www.wow.com/tag/legs)) achieved the first place prize at the BlizzCon 2009 (http://www.wow.com/tag/blizzcon-2009) machinima contest for their every-man video, Don't Make Me Get My Main (http://www.wow.com/2009/08/24/wow-moviewatch-dont-make-me-get-my-main/).
All this background makes it awesome to point out that Cranius has released his music through Amazon, all collected on an album titled Big Blue Dress (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002LP17JK/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1250403575&sr=8-2). The album is pretty cheap, coming in under $5.00. It includes downloads of Big Blue Dress, Darrowshire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dTxcHulFBI), and The Lament of Captain Placeholder, as well as his new pieces, Happy Place and Don't Make Me Get My Main. The only piece I felt was missing was Ulduar (http://www.wow.com/2009/04/02/wow-moviewatch-ulduar/), but I can think of a few reasons it didn't appear.
At the cheap price, it's nice to be able to throw a little support at an artist who's brought so much music to the community. He's not been alone in this, of course, as both Oxhorn (http://www.amazon.com/Oxhorn-Brand-Music/dp/B002BPMEJ2/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1252110821&sr=301-1) and Myndflame (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/04/myndflame-loot-being-offered-for-donations/) have released their music in one form or another. I think it's a wonderful opportunity, and something I support wholeheartedly. I obviously have purchased it, and am playing it on my computer even now.Filed under: Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), Machinima (http://www.wow.com/category/machinima/), Fan art (http://www.wow.com/category/fan-art/)
Cranius music available on Amazon (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/08/cranius-music-available-on-amazon/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Read (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002LP17JK/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1250403575&sr=8-2) | Permalink (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/08/cranius-music-available-on-amazon/) | Email this (http://www.wow.com/forward/19151266/) | Comments (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/08/cranius-music-available-on-amazon/#comments)
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