"THE SONG OF GLITTER AND SMOKE" - A COLLABORATION BETWEEN CRRISSA_THE_CYBERBARD, HAMMETA, AND CASEY BOWEN

 

What happens when you put together three professional musicians from various backgrounds and various musical styles all together and they all want to make music? You get the glorious debut of the concept album of "The Song of Glitter and Smoke."

When one musician reaches out in a private message and simply asks one question "Do you want to collab on a project with me?" and the answer is an astonishing "YES" all the while bringing in a third person to join the endeavor and offer his immaculate production skills.

This absolute stunner of an album goes through the slow process of ideas and concepts to writing and recording all the way to the finish line of a completed project. 

And the kicker is that all three musicians live in varying places across the globe and therefore are coming together through the fast paces of the online world via the Internet to do their work. 

The one thing about this album that I must include here is that the full and entire process of planning, making, writing, and recording the whole thing happened on live streaming on the live streaming platform of Twitch. Done in front of a live audience 100% of the time beginning in February of 2025!

This labour of love isn't something that anyone would want to sleep on. The album's entire process was made through rapacious manners of all kinds over several month while live streaming every step of the process all on Twitch. 

This excellent concept album with the tale as old as time is brilliant and exceptionable. 

The devil and angel on your shoulder, the battle between good versus evil and the person in between upon the shoulders from which they rest on, night and day, 24 hours a day - seven days a week. 

"The Song of Glitter and Smoke" is a multi-genre production which gives the listener a heart pounding, gut wrenching thrill ride that would be worthy to be put into production as something to be performed live on stage. Whether or not that happens in the future remains to be seen, for now, we have this great opportunity to fill our ear holes with majestic and bombastic original musical content. 

The album can be found here:

Also, it can be found by naming your own price through Hammeta's personal Bandcamp page.

A link to the Lyrics Video Playlist that is on Crrissa's YouTube channel can be found here.

As an added bonus, check out the full concept album book here.

To learn more about each participating musician click the links below: 

Hammeta's Twitch Channel

Crrissa_the_Cyberbard's Twitch Channel

Casey Bowen's Twitch Channel

 

"DID I SAY THAT OUTLOUD?" - JULIE JULES

 

Once in a while, or even in a lifetime, you cross paths with someone who has the greatest influence, charm, character, and most importantly, talent.

Julie Jules is that example. 

After finding her on Twitch a number of years ago, Julie has now released her debut album. It is the collection of musical numbers that we all have been missing all of our lives, and now it is available!

Her vocals are nothing less than celestial. And if you pay close attention, you just might find a little bit of humor in her lyrics that washes over you in a way that melts away any ounce of bad day that you might be experiencing. 

Julie Jules is an undiscovered gem, and I hope that lots more people will find her music. I am fortunate and happy to have found her when I did.

"Dandelion" and "Ocean" are my absolute favorite tracks from the album. 

The album is unapologetic and sincere. You won't find any fluff on the album, just pure magic straight from the heart. 

Find Julie and her album here.

"THE RECKLESS PURSUIT" - SARAH CAMERON

 

Hang on for the ride of a lifetime! The debut album by singer-songwriter Sarah Cameron is finally seeing the light of day and rushing over into your ear holes for an audio cacophony that any music lover will never forget. 

"The Reckless Pursuit" is currently breaking down barriers and breaking hearts at the same time with a mighty BANG!! 

It takes you through an emotion journey as you listen track after track after track. A couple of very notable songs on this album would be "Whisper" and the last couple of tracks on the album which includes "Hold On" and "Live Out Loud".

The unashamed faith of Cameron can boldly be discovered sprinkled throughout the whole album. And I personally give props and totally respect Sarah Cameron for it. 

It is a physical impossibility to go through the entire album without shedding a tear or in the very least feeling emotions that you may have had bottled up for a long time. 

The influences upon this album are evident. The album has vibes of Taylor Swift, Avril Lavigne, and others. Fans of them will be fans of Sarah Cameron. 
 
The album is a force to be reckoned with for sure. And can stand up amongst anything else in the music industry.