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Soundtrack Music by Chip Michael
The Last Person Soundtrack
Hear all the music from the emotional two-part episode, digitally remastered. Revisit all the moments in the episode through the music of Chip Michael. Over 30 tracks with 60 minutes of music. There are even two bonus tracks.
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We feel fortunate to know so many wonderful musicians. The music featured in our podcast comes from a variety of talented musicians. Here they are with links to their music (list in order of appearance). Enjoy!
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We are releasing a series of short mini-episodes this summer to help you pass the time until Season 4 begins on August 1st. These are a series of special glimpses into the minds of our heroes. This summer we will be getting a deeper look into the private thoughts and struggles of Justin, Abigail, Erasmus and Petronella as they struggle to come to terms with the realities of Transmigration.
M01: Dr Sage, In the Laboratory
We discovered a series of hidden documents and will be transcribing them throughout the summer. This first recording was discovered separated from the rest of Dr. Sage’s records.
M02: Professor Savant, A Journal Entry
In this episode, the Professor sheds a little of his naivete – but will it be enough to help him find his love?
Justin and the Computer known as LUCI work on re-establishing the telesensation connection with Doctor Sage. Can the vastly superior technology of the far future help us discover what the doctor is up to?
In this episode, an article for entanglement takes us back in time to a Petronella we’ve never met before – a young student arguing for her chance to become a scientist before the man who would become her adversary.
These special episodes are available on our Patreon page. There are more to come!
More about the music behind the episodes
Every month I write a new sound track for the upcoming episode for The Tales of Sage and Savant. Sometimes I begin playing with themes and settings before the episode is recorded, but most of the time I don’t begin the music until the episode is finished, voice, sound effects and all. In some respects, this is like a film, the score comes after everything is is done.
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Journey back to the opulence of the Russian Czars
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Bright Spots in Dark Places Soundtrack from Episode 305
The most comprehensive soundtrack yet, with over 40 minutes of music from the episode.
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By the Numbers
A look at the statistics of downloads
We track how many downloads our episodes get, mostly because numbers fascinate me (Chip). It also gives our egos a nice boost when we see numbers going up.
The picture above is a look, season by season, of the average daily downloads the episodes received. It starts with 2017-18 (Season two) and tracks each month with the total downloads for all the episodes of the season and then divided by the number of days in the month and the number of episodes in the season. So, for example, October 2017, had 31 days, season one has 14 episodes, with an average of 6.12 downloads per episode per day. Season two averaged 9.65 in the same month, but they were only three episodes out and the latest episode always has more downloads than the rest.
Season Two has more downloads per episode than Season One through May 2018, as there was a new episode out each month. Then we get to June and July and the numbers flip (if only slightly). Season One has slightly more downloads per day per episode than Season Two. Why? Well, people start with episode one of Season one, but not everyone goes on to listen to the entire series. So, after the latest episode, episode one of Season One has the next highest number of downloads.
Thinking about that, we also monitor how the episodes do with regard to listener dropoff—those who don’t continue on to the next episode. We used to have about 75% of those who listened to episode one (in a given month) also listening to episode two. Then we remastered Season One for a better quality sound experience. Now we have roughly 87% listeners continuing on to episode two. We get nearly 95% listening to episode three and from there the numbers suggest listeners continue on through the podcast, at least through season one.
Again to the above chart, Season Two is getting slight less downloads per episode per day than Season One. Although you can’t see it in the chart here, Season Three has a significant drop off. The latest episode is still really strong, getting over a thousand downloads in the month, but the episodes from previous months are not getting as many downloads as Season Two. We’re watching this number to see if begins to increase as we get further into Season Three. Perhaps people want to binge episodes, and are waiting for us to get far enough into the season to make it a marathon this. It is also the holiday season. We saw a drop in downloads last November and December. So, there is definitely something seasonal in the decline.
Only time will tell.
Soundtrack Episode 304: First We Practice To Deceive
The soundtrack Episode 304: First We Practice To Deceive – Our adventurers travel back in time to Scotland during the clearances, so the music takes on a very Celtic feel.
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The music from The Heartless Mansion
The sound track from episode 303 is available for your listening pleasure–over 30 minutes of orchestral music.
Music from episode 303: The Heartless Mansion – Things go bump in the night as our trio of adventures inhabit the bodies of paranormal researchers in a deserted mansion on a dark and stormy night.
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