Here I am, up early on Tuesday… the day after we passed our initial goal to fund the project. I couldn’t sleep, I was so excited! Thank you. Thank you a million times over. I am floored by the support that you have shown us and continue to show us. We would not be able to continue to do what we love without your support and I can’t thank you enough for that!

Yesterday was amazing. If you missed it, we hit our initial goal during a 5 hour stream where I was writing a track together with our Twitch viewers. We came up with a full song concept that will hopefully be on Cinematic Soundscapes Volume 2 on release! I am so pumped for this album you have no idea. You can watch the video of when we hit the goal here: http://www.twitch.tv/approachingnirvana/v/7598479

As of today, we have 11 days to go on this project. Ahead are some stretch goals! The first of which is upgraded headphones for those who have backed in the Headphones or VIP Gear Rewards Tiers. We’re already 75% of the way there to this goal and I think we can do it! Join me on stream all week to have some fun writing music, playing games, and DJing on http://twitch.tv/approachingnirvana

Thanks again. Thank you so much. We have the best community and fans - friends - in the world. Now let’s go and hit those stretch goals!


- Andrew
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Original post on Kickstarter

Approaching Nirvana started in 2009. For 3 years it was just 2 guys who had never met, making music together and collaborating online. Until 2012, when our fans banded together and helped us meet for the first time with the help of Kickstarter. Through the support of our amazing fans we produced our very first album together, Evolve. And now we felt it was the right time to reach out again for a project we've had on the back of our mind for a very long time.

Since the beginning, the vast majority of our releases have been in the electronic genre. But there is one album in our release catalog that sticks out:

Cinematic Soundscapes Vol.1[music.approachingnirvana.com]

Volume 1 was one of our first releases. We were able to experiment with amazing new sounds and ideas without the mold of modern dance music. The combination of orchestral sounds & cinematic tone fused together with gritty electronic synths & energetic beats was where we began. It’s been 6 years since we’ve been able to focus on a project of this scope and it’s time to return to where Approaching Nirvana all started.


Cinematic Soundscapes Volume 2 is more than a collection of Cinematic tracks from Approaching Nirvana. It is an experience. It's meant to be listened to from start to finish. While we're starting off with 7 total tracks, our goal is for Cinematic Soundscapes Volume 2 to include 20+ tracks. We are targeting a release date in December of this year (2015). The album will be copyright free for use on YouTube and Twitch. One of our biggest dreams with this album is to be able to have a live orchestra perform it once it's completed and to have you come see it.

One of the cool things about this album is that we're going to be chronicling the creation of it on our Twitch Channel.[twitch.tv] We will be streaming regularly throughout the latter half of the year and viewers will be able to watch the creative process unfold throughout. We will be creating Cinematic Soundscapes not only with the help of our Kickstarter Backers, but also with the day-to-day help of our Twitch viewers.


We make a living through our album sales; it is what has allowed us to continue to do what we love. That being said, in order to keep moving forward, we have had to release albums on a pretty tight schedule. Cinematic Soundscapes is a much larger undertaking than our usual projects and we want to make sure that we really knock it out of the park. We can’t produce this album on that schedule and with the ability to spend more time on the album without the pressure of a looming release, we feel like we can get better results.
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Please take a look at our Kickstarter page for more details: Kickstarter[kck.st]

On saturday, januari 31st, there will be a Garry's Mod server open for all the Approaching Nirvana fans to play in on that day! We will be hosting the populair Garry's Mod game mode called "Prophunt"! For instructions about the game mode itself, please take a look at this thread below.

Date/Time?

• When: Saturday: Januari 31st
  
• Time: Evening: 3PM EST / 8PM GMT

Server info:

• Server Name: ANimals Prophunt
  
• Server IP: gmod.accudio.com
  
• Server Password: angame
  
• Hosted by: Accudio[community.approachingnirvana.com]

How to join:
There are multipile ways to join the server.

• You can click on 'Join game' when you look at my Steam profile
  
• Click on 'Find Multiplayer Game' while you are in the Garry's Mod main menu and go to Legacy Browser. You can type in the server name here to find it!
  
• You can also join the server by using the Garry's Mod console. you can do this by typing the following:
  
  password <password>; connect <domain/ip>

Rules:

• Be nice to the other players.
  
• Do not spam in the chat or use caps too much.
  
• You will get kicked or banned when using agressive language.
  
• Do not use cheat or noclip.
  
• Obey the Admins and Moderators.

How the game works:
Prophunt is like Hide and Seek. There are 2 teams in this game, The Props and The Hunters.
The Props can disquise themselves as random items that you can find around the map (For example a melon or a chair) and they will need to be in a hidden spot so the Hunters cannot find them easly.
The Hunters will be blinded for the first 20seconds at the start of each game, this will give the props a opportunity to search for a hidding spot. After the 20seconds, the hunters are released and can now search for the props. their objective is to find and kill all the players of the props team.

Extra info:

• The server shutsdown after about 4-5 hours, there isnt realy a time planned for this.
  
• Taunt ingame by clicking on F3!

Credits:

• Server hosted by: Accudio
  
• Event setup by: Accudio, Arnold217

Hi Everyone

It has come to my attention that we’ve been having huge problems with our merchandise. It’s Christmas Eve tonight and we’ve been receiving lots of message over the last week about merchandise. We’ve been in contact with many people individually but I wanted to let everyone know what is happening and make sure that each and every one of you out there who have supported us aren’t left in the dark.

Lots of people who supported us by purchasing merchandise in the past few months have yet to receive it or it has gotten lost in shipment. Especially with our Cyber Monday sale, we saw huge support coming from our community.

First and foremost, I’d like to personally apologize. In our music we strive to be the best. To create exciting, meaningful melodies and blend them with upbeat energy. We are always looking on how to improve; to provide you, the fans, with something greater than the last. We are always trying our best to do the same in the other areas that we operate in and recently with Merch, we have failed you. I’d like to be open and honest with you so that you are aware of what has happened, what’s currently changing so that we can fix the situation, and what’s going to change in the future so we can avoid situations like this.

Recently, our records showed that packages stopped going out. The fulfillment company that we use claimed that the packages were shipping, but a glitch in the system was preventing them from getting tracking numbers or being marked as shipped. In the meantime, we were receiving many emails and messages from our fans wondering where their packages were. Some people have received their packages and some people haven’t. But without tracking numbers, we can’t be sure who’s affected by this.

Currently, we will be obtaining stock counts and tracking numbers from the fulfillment company. We will have these early next week. Our goal is to make sure that ALL orders that have been placed will be shipped. Long term, we are in the process of switching Fulfillment companies and will be receiving all of our merchandise back from the old fulfillment company. During the transition, we will be shipping out all packages ourselves until we can be confident in a company we can trust to deliver the quality that we desire and that you deserve.

We are truly sorry for your inconvenience. Those who have been ordering for the Holidays and whose packages won’t arrive on time, we want to make it up to you. Since packages won’t arrive before the Holidays, we’d like to offer a free download of our new album, Reboot or an album of your choice. If you would like a refund, please let us know and we can set up a Paypal refund. You can contact us here: CONTACT US[gmail.com]. Please provide information on your order so we can assure that your email can get a timely response. Please be considerate and only email us if you are affected by this – this will ensure that we can respond quickly to those who are affected.

Again, we apologize for this mixup. We can’t thank you enough for all your support and it saddens us that this has affected our fans. You have all been very patient in a time and situation where you could have been angry. Thank you.

We will keep you in the loop as soon as we have an update. Happy Holidays!

All the best,
Andrew
Approaching Nirvana

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Source: http://approachingnirvana.com/merch-update

Hey everybody! Our new album Reboot released today. Get the album on iTunes and all your other favorite stores:
iTunes
Spotify[spoti.fi]
Amazon[amzn.to]
Bandcamp[music.approachingnirvana.com]

It has 13 original tracks on and 16 tracks total. Check out the title track - a collaboration that we did with BigGiantCircles: Reboot


Thank you so much, as always, for all of your support! We wouldn't be able to keep writing music without all of you. We tried some new things on this album and went with a lighter tone. We are really happy with what we came up with. We also included many of this year's Let's Music tracks on the album as well.

We hope you enjoy the album and we're excited to tell you about some more awesome new things in 2015. Let us know what you think of the album on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, or right here on our community forums!

Happy Holidays!

All the best,
Andrew, Sam, & Bloons