Hey there, faithful friends/followers/listeners of these beloved music operations as a whole; hope all of you are still with yours truly as we now officially begin the "second quarter" of the 2023 year. The thing is that for me, as I briefly stated in this previous entry, I was unfortunately going through some "health turbulence" during the past 1 - 2 weeks; additionally, I was very busy writing an "opening statement" for a certain close family member of mine who as I elaborated in previous blog entries here months ago, passed away in early December of last year. Because of my "common cold" ailment (as well as a "tonsilitis issue" making it worse) that I had to endure from those past 1 - 2 weeks, I wasn't able to even make it to a planned virtual meeting to read that statement personally; however, a close family relative was able to read it on my behalf last night while I've been resting and recovering to get back to full strength for the start of this new work week (and the new month as well for these music operations).
Here's the case: I'm still in "rest"/"recovery" mode at this time (but I am closing in on getting back to full strength full force; thanks be to the Lord on that). And I am going to need to be in that "full strength" mode again because during the course of this month, I need to snag the time to see about writing that promised "music operations formal anniversary statement" for 2023 (and especially before the "summer months period" arrives come next month). As you are all already aware, the respective online form allowing you to send suggestions to me related to my preparing to write the document has now been closed until we see about doing this process again for the 2024 year. I won't disclose details in regards to what is being planned to be elaborate in the upcoming statement itself for this year, but I will say that apparently, we've got some... concerning times... coming not just for these music operations as a whole, for anyone who does videogame music arrangements opreations in general. The "threats" aimed at us have been showing themselves slowly in the past years, but not in a magnitude like what I've been personally encountering as of late. You'll find out what those threats in question are when I get that anniversary statement for 2023 written up and posted in due time. Stay tuned.
On the music arrangement planbook end regarding upcoming Super Nintendo music styled covers: I'm still checking on things on the backend before I decide on what to aim for next. I'm aware that according to our "Music Arrangements Progress Page", there are still stuff that's been in "dormancy" regarding upcoming music covers focused on songs from Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit. The thing is that I still need a clearer head so I'll get a better idea about how I'm going to attack this part of the backlog, so your patience is still greatly appreciated. Not only that, but there's also a certain "someting" that I might have to prepare for down the road that's also related to future Super Nintendo music styled covers; however, the details are still under lock and key. Maybe this will be talked about even more in the upcoming 2023 "anniversary statement" as well; God only knows.
Until then, I thank you all once again for bearing with me as I get myself resituated to get back in my music operations/music arrangement groove for this new month of April. In the meantime, if you haven't done so already, please don't forget about your able to submit a follower request at our music operation's Twitter account, submit a temporary invite link request to our Discord server, join our IRC channel on EsperNet, and make sure to follow us on SoundCloud. We definitely are still in need of new interested people of these beloved music operations to join us, especially as we get ready to enter into the "summer months" period in a few weeks from now; plus, you don't want to miss any new exciting happenings when they do arrive and that include the upcoming anniversary statement for 2023 when I finish write it up before May, God willing. Take care for now until I see you awesome people again next time around; I'm gone for now.