#visible spectrum

This has been something on my mind for a long time now and something that is very difficult to write. After two years, I am ending Visible Spectrum.

There are a few reasons why. The main reason being that I no longer really get anything out of the project. The format of Visible Spectrum can be and has been very stressful to keep up with and is very restrictive in what I’m able to make. It doesn’t give me a lot of room to try new things and make the music I really want to. It was a fun studio project that I learned a lot from and had fun doing but at this point in my musical life it becomes very difficult to find passion for it.

The other main reason is a struggle to find an audience. I’ve been struggling to find a foothold and grow the project. I’ve been thinking a lot about what a content creator I look up to said in a podcast once: “As much as it was a passion project, if I kept doing this and it wasn’t going anywhere, I’d probably be moving on to something else.” Unfortunately right now, as much as I love making music for fun, the amount of time, stress, and work that goes into the project isn’t producing the results I would hope it would. That doesn’t mean it was a waste of time, but just that I feel like it’s time for me to move on to other things.

That being said, there still are a few new songs that are coming out. The last two Gatewatch themes for Voice of All will still be coming out, and I may still make music for the podcast, just not under the name Visible Spectrum. Finally, I have a song for Ixalan I want to finish just because I feel like it needs to get finished. It’s going to be by far the biggest undertaking of the project and will be a good way to send it off.

I don’t want to sound ungrateful for the many people who have shown support for me and my music over the years. I’m extremely lucky even one person ever listened to any of it and the fact that people have decided to follow me and my work is amazing to me. I will still be around on Tumblr and will still be posting about Magic (I’m not quitting the game!). I’ll also be leaving my music up in case anyone wants to continue to listen to it. If you want to keep up with other music I make, follow my production page @countersongproductions.

Tagging people that have helped me a lot through this and who would find this relevant. Thank you all for everything. I’m eternally grateful for the friendships I’ve made and the people that have helped me grow with this project. Always feel free to message me here or on Facebook.

@ravnican@magus-of-the-color-pie@sarkhan-volkswagen@voiceofallmtg@pepperapb@flavoracle@blogging-phelddagrif