Ronald Jenkees

Full Discography Sale: 25% OFF on (signed) CDs

July 27, 2016 8 Comments

Now you can buy all of my physical CDs (signed) in one-go, for 25% OFF. Been meaning to do this for a while. Finally did the math, financial calculations, and got it approved by HQ. If you're after digital stuff, there is still 30% OFF my Full (Digital) Discog here: Bandcamp

I'm really thankful to have anyone listening to my music in whatever way works for them, but I will always love handling this real stuff that I made whether it be CDs, shirts, or maybe some vinyl in the future. With downloads and streaming, it's crazy to me that I still ship CDs out at all these days, but I love it because it's a tangible thing. I made it, when someone buys two or more I still sign them, and then I have to make sure it gets delivered. It's totally clerical and not-so-creative, but it's a fun process when you're the maker of that thing, and it gives the other parts of your brain some rest.

More RJCD5 stuff – Dr. Goose Robbins (both parts!)

April 7, 2016 11 Comments

Heyhey! I've been working on this one for a while. It came together in two pieces and today I uploaded the second half. Super excited that one song spurred on two videos. 2 videos, same song, same hat. Would you just look at that. I'm still working on RJCD5. It'd be awesome if I had it out late this year. I don't know yet - so much is still in the mix. Making videos slows things down for me (production-wise), but they also push me to jam more which is important for my health. :) Thanks for watching and listening!

PART 1:

PART 2:

Expensive Ice Chill Cuts Delux (clip)

January 5, 2016 14 Comments

Happy 2016! Been working on this chill thing, whatever it is, for a good while. I keep wanting to return to it to work on it more, so I thought I'd pause and share some. Hope you dig it, and thanks a million for listening to my tunes! Big thanks to my friend Tnevs for his guitar on here.

Christmas order-by dates, other stuff

December 7, 2015 8 Comments

Heyhey!

If you're ordering my tunes or shirts for Christmas gifts or for yourself, thank you so much for doing so! If you need me to have them to you before Christmas, here's when I need to get the order:

USA: Order by Dec, 18th 2015
International: Dec 1st was the official cutoff time, according to USPS. Normally things take 2 weeks or less to get overseas, but things are different over the holidays.

Other stuff:

The old Triton Le hasn't really left my desk since Try The Bass. I've even had to replace the pitch/bend wheel since then. There are a couple of leads on this keyboard that just make me want to jam. I'm running those sounds through FL Studio doing similar stuff as I did in Try The Bass where I routed the audio from that keyboard into FL to add effects, change the sounds up a bit, and add some tasty crunch. It's making me want to jam more vs. click around in software (which is still fun and necessary, but jams are important for my health), so for now, the old Triton isn't wearing out the welcome at all. Hope to have a youtubes or two out of some of these projects early next year.

RJCD5 is going well. Lots of work to do - still have pieces of things lying around everywhere, connecting dots and what-nots, experimenting and then just playing. Jams are happening, though, and anytime that's the case, life is good. :)

Hope everyone has an awesome holiday season!

New Single! “Try The Bass” (hello youtubes!)

June 22, 2015 27 Comments

Thanks a ton for checking out the new tune!! Feel free to email if you have any problems w/ orders or if you just want to say haaay. I try to reply to as much email as I can.

7/22 update: I'm restocked on all t-shirts and working to fill a few backorders. Almost caught up. July has been crazy thanks to the bass.

Here are links to some stores starting with what's most direct to me:

CDs and/or shirts (I'm still doing free USA shipping right now), My MP3 store, Bandcamp, iTunes, Google Play, and it'll be on Apple Music soon. :)

New Album: Alpha Numeric

November 5, 2014 69 Comments

Download the MP3s

Order the physical CD - I sign them if you buy 2 or more of any CD, or 1CD + a shirt.

4th album is done! I will say they don't get any easier, especially on that last stretch, but I'm very happy with how it turned out and hope you are, too. The first 6 tracks were composed for Iridium Studios' "There Came An Echo". Be sure to check out the complete soundtrack w/ other original tunes from Big Giant Circles and a collab between the two of us (Throwing Circles). Super cool of Jason Wishnov of Iridium to to allow me to release tracks 1-6 before the game release. Also huge thanks to him for 2 years of technical and creative input from him on those tracks while still allowing me to make them my own. Such a fun process.

The physical CD is packaged in a high-quality digipack like my other CDs (digipacks are a step up from a normal jewel case). I designed the cover art this time and had awesome help with the inside and technical details from an artist named Mary Betowt. She's the artist who designed my portrait shirt.

- Stores list: My MP3 Store (directly from me), Bandcamp, iTunes, Google Play... I think it's out just about everywhere now.

Thanks a million for continuing to listen to and purchase my tunes. I'm super thankful for it, and I'm pumped about this release!

RJCD4 coming out in a few days

October 31, 2014 35 Comments

Iridium Studios has been cool enough to allow me to release my album before the release of There Came an Echo in Jan, 2015 (half of my album is soundtrack stuff I made specifically for the game). Anywho, I'm looking at Nov 4-6 for the release of RJCD4. Can't wait!!

If you ever want updates when I do release stuff (I send very few emails, haha), you can enter your email on this secret page (or up top there, see it?) -- https://www.ronaldjenkees.com/updates

Tangible Orchestra

August 26, 2014 13 Comments

For this, the artists asked me to split my song "Loui" up by instrument. That took a couple of hours, believe it or not, but it turned out to be worth it. Standing by a pod activates that instrument of the tune. A great, interactive setup, and I'm glad they wanted to use my music. The artists, Picaroon, got nominated for this installation and public voting is now open if you want to throw "Picaroon" a vote: http://3dprintshow.com/global-awards/artist-of-the-year/

New shirt is in! And a some more newnew for RJCD4

August 12, 2014 10 Comments

New Shirts are in! Can you spot the keys on the E's? They're up for preorder - shipping this week.

Also, some newnew I'm working on for RJCD4. Named this song "All The Circles" in honor of Omnisphere. Jimmy Hinson of Big Giant Circles personally recommended it to me (we're working on TCAE soundtrack together). Too many circle references not to have it in the name of the song. ;) I'm shooting for an October or November release for this year on RJCD4. Can't wait!! Hope you dig the All The Circles preview:

One Hundred Three Degrees – more new RJCD4 stuff

May 21, 2014 11 Comments

This track has come together a lot in the last couple of weeks. Wanted to share the intro and a bit into it. RJCD4 will be out in October of this year, timed with the release of There Came an Echo. ;)