I'm autistic but also newly married and by default the dad to a 7 year old. I listen to your music when I go to sleep. I climb to your music. I lift to your music. I work to your music. I illustrate to your music. You have literally built the soundtrack to my life and I am so god damn grateful for you.
I think it's really neat that you took the time to make this video. Few people seem to do so. Dungeon Ambiance/Synth composers are oddly rare on TH-cam. I think TH-cam only recommended me your channel because I listened to Wulfsige's stuff a lot. I'll watch until the end another time. I just wanted to say something.
Dude I love your stuff. Something about that mood strikes my soul. Maybe, it's just up to personal preference but that's the kind of fantasy my mind longs for.
also have to add that the aesthetic consistency through all the art is so sick. and also big ups for labelling your music to inform that its not AI. AI gen music is a plague on youtube.
I'm not an expert on this new subgenre often called "dungeon synth", but I've been into it on YT, and you're the best. A real artist. Thank you for making music.
It's truly wonderful that you've decided to share your creations with us! Your music speaks to the soul. Thanks for sharing your thought process and inspiration! All the success you get is well deserved!
I’m so grateful that channels like yours exist where the ambience side of TH-cam has very rapidly become infested with AI claiming it is not. So thank you, so much for making this music and these compositions
Thank you for giving us a peek into your creative process. I love your music and it's pretty awesome you gave us an idea of how you concoct a brew while having a chill chat. Looking forward to the one about the visuals.
Great Video. I like that you showcase the simplicity of doing this sort of thing. Hopefully demystifying how music is made and stressing that you don't need $1000's of equipment, will inspire more folks to take up the mantle. We need more creatives getting their work out there! Go forth and make some music folks! Thanks again Witch Bolt, keep on keeping on; may this endeavor be forever sustainable for you!
Never listened to much dungeon synth, but your music is just perfect for when I write and the artwork is gorgeous. Thank you for talking about your process!
@@WitchBoltMusic Nah lol. We already got logo and stuff done. We went with Tomb Witch instead. We already released a single and more stuff to come. Really diggin the process though. I need to do some shit like this at least for some intros to some songs. Can't wait to hear more. Cheers!
I love your music! I discovered it searching for background music for D&D Curse of Strahd campaign I'm playing in and it's far and away the best sound for that campaign setting that I've found.
I've been stuck on a D&D scene in my graphic novel and was searching for atmospheric music that would help inspire my muse and unblock my mind. Nothing felt inspirational until I landed on "The Peace of Wild Things". From one creative to another, thank you for the inspiration. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for putting this together! Super interesting and inspiring as someone wanting to get into making dungeon synth. I've listened to your music for all my writing sessions of my most recent fantasy book.
It makes me so happy to hear when my art can help encourage or be a part of someone else's. Thank you for listening. If you want to try making dungeon synth check out my feed. I'm giving away a synth to someone who wants to make an album
The recognition is well deserved, dude! I find it fascinating to hear you speak about struggling to finish and not adding too much. For my part, I really enjoy the laid back compositions and how you create such a thick atmosphere with seemingly little means; although that recordings session proved me kinda wrong, of course. I discovered you maybe 6 months ago and quickly fell in love. I totally vibe with your kind of melancholy and found myself "binge listening" to your stuff in these cold, grey winter days up here. Thank you so much for having the courage to put yourself and your art out there! May the new year bring even more positive developments along your way!!
@@WitchBoltMusic Yeah man, I feel ya - I think a creative mind is always thriving and looking for new impulses, so it can be hard sometimes to focus on something linear...you do a great job and finished a lot of excellent work - so cheers to that! ;)
Upon seeing this video I loudly exclaimed "Oh my god!" Thanks so much for making this and sharing your insight! *edit* Thanks for taking and answering my questions 🖤 I meant no offense but was projecting my own difficulties and seeking shared experience
Thank you for the great questions and for listening. I was making a joke. The joke being that I was pretending I felt targeted by the question bc I'm THAT insecure about my difficulty finishing projects. Sorry if that didn't come through. ❤️
Your music and art are a great inspiration for our studio! Please keep making such great and precise pieces of art. I founded our studio by the same creative viewpoints and mentality. I hope you don’t mind that you are in our inspiration list. Yes, we also work in Mörk Borg.
Awesome video! TH-cam just put you on my radar, and im glad for it. Its always interesting to see how different artists approach the creative process so thanks for sharing yours ⚔️
Wow, it is fascinating to see your process. I'm an indie tabletop RPG designer and I listen to your stuff all the time when I am writing and illustrating. I really appreciate your work, it's so great!
Cool to see another GB user! It's kind of the perfect sized DAW for DS. Add just a few free plugins for polish and you can make some pretty cool stuff without too much fiddling. Cheers! PS also really interesting to see how similar your approach is here with the expanded lore. Looking forward to seeing more of the story unravel!
I just recently found your music - you deserve all the praise, man! Thank you for sharing your creative process! Always good to hear stuff about composing process, different from mine in particular - I never had troubles finishing stuff, rather starting and then thinking too much about sound design. I barely finish one part, start layering (I tend to not do much here, like 3 layers at max) and then hearing annoying resonances and start EQing them. Another thing is kinda troublesome to me are transitions from one part to another. Sometimes it take me really a while to come up with suitable part. Also - Francis Roberts mentioned! he is the guy who inspired me to try writing music and dungeon synth in particular, and I send him a few track for a review - his tips were really useful. I second on his channel recommendation.
Thanks so much for posting this. I enjoy your work very much and I’m happy to see a real artist at work and not someone shilling AI junk. Maybe another videos about the creation of your album art? That art is what drew me in the beginning. Thank you!
The work you put into these extensive albums must be staggering given your release schedule. As someone who loves Grant Moros' "Mysteries", a bunch of work from Vangelis and even some of André 3000's new albums- i listen to your soundscapes just as much. Gorgeous, meditative work, thank you to your partner for convincing you to share it and thank you yourself for posting it :)
This is great to see.. With the amount of music dropped last year alone, I was sure I was listening to someone's AI music grift. I am really happy this is a real person's creation.
I really appreciate that you made this and focused heavily on the production side of your art. I've been trying to make my own music, so this spoke to me. Side note, but I love your cassettes man. I'll buy whatever you put out! Keep the good music coming!
this video was very inspiring, I was talking with a friend about getting into music writing again (I did it in my youth). thankyou for sharing this with us.
thank you for sharing! i make dark ambient/dungeon/creepy synth music myself and i break your rule of threes all the time, oop-- but i try to either work it into a drone or keep it interesting with samples/found audio. a little bit of a different process (still use Garage Band, on my ipad though), but i'm gonna try taking some of your helpful advice and try out a few different things next time i write a track!
Very interesting video to watch, thanks for sharing! You've got talent and I agree with you that it is difficult to find music like yours, so please make more! About what you said about nobody noticing the small details that you obsess about, I for one appreciate how polished your music is. The way I see it, music mainly affects us subconsciously, which is why such details can make a massive impact on how people perceive the music. I think people kind of feel the difference it makes even if they are not able to pinpoint exactly what aspect in the music causes it to feel so nice. So.. yeah, maybe people don't notice it in such a way which enables them to express appreciation for it, but I don't think they have to notice it in such a way for them to enjoy it. So in the end it is a balancing act between quality and quantity and I think you are very close to the sweet spot
super interesting, Thank you for sharing! The producing part was helpful. Im usually making orchestra stuff, but I fell in love with dungeon synth and ambient folk, started making music in this genre and it feels great. My new year resolution is to release a short album.
Most "background" DnD music is way too distracting for me to use, but your stuff is perfect for vibes without throwing off all my thought processes! Thank you
this is so cool hearing from you and hearing the voice of the person behind this music that's seemed to come out of nowhere and resonated. i love hearing all the world behind all that. are you willing to share some of your other or older projects? whats the game footage at the beginning from?
For sure. Bears is the one I'm most proud of maydaymaydayrecs.bandcamp.com/album/the-halloween-tree The game is one I made. Gloriel's Shield. It's on itch.io
Thanks so much for making this video. Its pretty ironic as I just googled to see if you had anything like this online to my estimation about 30 min before you uploaded this video.. Pretty wild :) One question - do you always use the qwerty keyboard, or do you have a midi controller? lol
Thanks for watching! I have a couple. I have some other gear as well, mostly just use GB and Arturia Microfreak. My setup is in transition right now so just using the keyboard. I also wanted to show people that you don't need expensive gear to create
Lovely to meet you, Nick! Thank you for taking the opportunity to introduce yourself and your art. If you are having a hard time trying to figure out how to flesh out the characters and the World you are creating, please don't worry! Half the fun is the part you don't mention in the video descriptions because it allows the listener/reader fit what they think works. In many ways good writing allows the reader to be an active participant (beyond reading) by adding to it themselves. For instance, when I'm reading "The Lord of the Rings" I imagine how the characters and the World look like with Tolkien's words, but Tolkien also allowed the reader to use their imagination to build the World as the story progresses. As you say in the video: trust the Listener. 😉 Another solution is to collect all you've written and stick into your own Wiki page for your Worldcrafting. Please keep up the great work and thank you for being a real human being making music! 💚🫂🌲
I'm autistic but also newly married and by default the dad to a 7 year old. I listen to your music when I go to sleep. I climb to your music. I lift to your music. I work to your music. I illustrate to your music. You have literally built the soundtrack to my life and I am so god damn grateful for you.
The legend speaks
I think it's really neat that you took the time to make this video. Few people seem to do so. Dungeon Ambiance/Synth composers are oddly rare on TH-cam. I think TH-cam only recommended me your channel because I listened to Wulfsige's stuff a lot.
I'll watch until the end another time. I just wanted to say something.
I really appreciate that ❤️
Your music has become my go to while prepping RPG sessions, its so evocative and always kickstarts my creative process. Thanks for doing what you do!
Thanks for listening!
Exact same for me haha - so good for prepping dungeon layouts and settings
It began for me that way too, but sometimes it's just nice to walk around listening to it, great stuff always
I play this during Gloomhaven sessions and everyone has said oh wow what is this?!
Dude I love your stuff. Something about that mood strikes my soul. Maybe, it's just up to personal preference but that's the kind of fantasy my mind longs for.
Your music is very honest. Listeners can sense how much it means to you and we respond accordingly.
also have to add that the aesthetic consistency through all the art is so sick. and also big ups for labelling your music to inform that its not AI. AI gen music is a plague on youtube.
I'm not an expert on this new subgenre often called "dungeon synth", but I've been into it on YT, and you're the best.
A real artist. Thank you for making music.
It's truly wonderful that you've decided to share your creations with us! Your music speaks to the soul. Thanks for sharing your thought process and inspiration! All the success you get is well deserved!
I’m so grateful that channels like yours exist where the ambience side of TH-cam has very rapidly become infested with AI claiming it is not. So thank you, so much for making this music and these compositions
Thank you for giving us a peek into your creative process. I love your music and it's pretty awesome you gave us an idea of how you concoct a brew while having a chill chat. Looking forward to the one about the visuals.
I thought this was only music wtf. Very much HYPED
Great Video. I like that you showcase the simplicity of doing this sort of thing. Hopefully demystifying how music is made and stressing that you don't need $1000's of equipment, will inspire more folks to take up the mantle. We need more creatives getting their work out there! Go forth and make some music folks! Thanks again Witch Bolt, keep on keeping on; may this endeavor be forever sustainable for you!
Thanks. That's my exact goal!
Goodly Witch Bolt. Thy wondrous tunes doth transport mine soul to enchanted realms. Pray, continue weaving thy harmonious sorcery. May thy goblets overflow with inspiration. Eternal thanks ! 🏰✨
May the divines bless thy path kind traveler 🍄
Really great to see your process, thanks for sharing!
When I'm writing for my d&d campaign, i always throw your albums on. They're super inspiring! Thanks for sharing your process, and the music itself!
Your music immediately became one of my top goto’s for work and writing. Your album art is also inspired. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for listening! 🍄
Never listened to much dungeon synth, but your music is just perfect for when I write and the artwork is gorgeous. Thank you for talking about your process!
Thanks for listening 🍄
17:43
Chorus of angels all getting their tracheas stomped simultaneously: AAAAUGH!
The Witch Bolt: You... no, yuck.
So I am in a thrash metal band and I was going to name the band Witch Bolt but then I found your music. Love the music dude. Keep it going!
Pfft go for it man! Or add a hyphen or one word or something
@@WitchBoltMusic How do you keep getting cooler?
@@WitchBoltMusic Nah lol. We already got logo and stuff done. We went with Tomb Witch instead. We already released a single and more stuff to come.
Really diggin the process though. I need to do some shit like this at least for some intros to some songs. Can't wait to hear more. Cheers!
Just checked it out, it's fuckin awesome!
Looking forward to hearing more
I love your music! I discovered it searching for background music for D&D Curse of Strahd campaign I'm playing in and it's far and away the best sound for that campaign setting that I've found.
Wow thanks for the kind words!
This is EXACTLY my experience! It could not be more perfect for a Curse of Strahd D&D campaign if it tried. Beautiful atmosphere, so wonderful. ❤
Thanks so much for this video! Super interesting, especially because I vibe with your aesthetic SO MUCH!
This is such a great video. I love the music and the approach. There are so many analogues between our paths.
Excellent! Ive been looking for videos like this for synth stuff. Great music!
Holy guac, it's here o-o Thanks for everything you've done and made last year and here's to another one!
I've been stuck on a D&D scene in my graphic novel and was searching for atmospheric music that would help inspire my muse and unblock my mind. Nothing felt inspirational until I landed on "The Peace of Wild Things". From one creative to another, thank you for the inspiration. Keep up the great work.
The comments that bring me the most joy are when I hear that I played a tiny role in someone's creative process. Thank you for listening 🍄
@WitchBoltMusic It's a pleasure listening to your work while I work.
Thanks for putting this together! Super interesting and inspiring as someone wanting to get into making dungeon synth. I've listened to your music for all my writing sessions of my most recent fantasy book.
It makes me so happy to hear when my art can help encourage or be a part of someone else's. Thank you for listening.
If you want to try making dungeon synth check out my feed. I'm giving away a synth to someone who wants to make an album
Stoked to see this video! Very interested to hear more behind your creative process
The recognition is well deserved, dude!
I find it fascinating to hear you speak about struggling to finish and not adding too much. For my part, I really enjoy the laid back compositions and how you create such a thick atmosphere with seemingly little means; although that recordings session proved me kinda wrong, of course.
I discovered you maybe 6 months ago and quickly fell in love. I totally vibe with your kind of melancholy and found myself "binge listening" to your stuff in these cold, grey winter days up here.
Thank you so much for having the courage to put yourself and your art out there!
May the new year bring even more positive developments along your way!!
Wow man, thank you for saying that and thanks for listening.
Starting a project is easy for me. Finishing anything...
@@WitchBoltMusic Yeah man, I feel ya - I think a creative mind is always thriving and looking for new impulses, so it can be hard sometimes to focus on something linear...you do a great job and finished a lot of excellent work - so cheers to that! ;)
Upon seeing this video I loudly exclaimed "Oh my god!"
Thanks so much for making this and sharing your insight!
*edit* Thanks for taking and answering my questions 🖤
I meant no offense but was projecting my own difficulties and seeking shared experience
Thank you for the great questions and for listening.
I was making a joke.
The joke being that I was pretending I felt targeted by the question bc I'm THAT insecure about my difficulty finishing projects.
Sorry if that didn't come through. ❤️
I like the story of shroom and doom. Would like to see more little stories like that
God dude, I love your artstyle. Thanks for sharing this stuff with us!
Thank you. I've been loving your music and am excited to listen to your future projects
Your music and art are a great inspiration for our studio! Please keep making such great and precise pieces of art.
I founded our studio by the same creative viewpoints and mentality. I hope you don’t mind that you are in our inspiration list.
Yes, we also work in Mörk Borg.
Wow, thank you. That really means a lot
@ do you use Instagram? A month back I messaged (hopefully) your official account
I have created on but haven't started using it yet. I'll check
Been listening to Bellow and Howl while playing Baldur's Gate 3. Good stuff.
Awesome video! TH-cam just put you on my radar, and im glad for it. Its always interesting to see how different artists approach the creative process so thanks for sharing yours ⚔️
Thanks for checking it out!!
Love your stuff! Thanks for all you do!
Wow, it is fascinating to see your process. I'm an indie tabletop RPG designer and I listen to your stuff all the time when I am writing and illustrating. I really appreciate your work, it's so great!
Wow, thank you!
Cool to see another GB user! It's kind of the perfect sized DAW for DS. Add just a few free plugins for polish and you can make some pretty cool stuff without too much fiddling.
Cheers!
PS also really interesting to see how similar your approach is here with the expanded lore. Looking forward to seeing more of the story unravel!
Thanks! I've been recording since I was a kid. I've used every DAW out there and I just love the convenience of GB
Your music is soooooo good I use your music for my DnD campaign and it is perfect for the grimdark world I made for my players!! keep being you!
Whats the name of the game you're playing in the video? It looks abolutely amazing!!
It's Gloriel's Shield on itch.io
I made it!
I’m reading dying earth and the soundtrack just fits so well
I just recently found your music - you deserve all the praise, man! Thank you for sharing your creative process!
Always good to hear stuff about composing process, different from mine in particular - I never had troubles finishing stuff, rather starting and then thinking too much about sound design. I barely finish one part, start layering (I tend to not do much here, like 3 layers at max) and then hearing annoying resonances and start EQing them. Another thing is kinda troublesome to me are transitions from one part to another. Sometimes it take me really a while to come up with suitable part.
Also - Francis Roberts mentioned! he is the guy who inspired me to try writing music and dungeon synth in particular, and I send him a few track for a review - his tips were really useful. I second on his channel recommendation.
EQ probably eats up about 25% of my time 😂
Thank you so much for sharing your creative process! Your music is truly inspiring.
Thanks so much for posting this. I enjoy your work very much and I’m happy to see a real artist at work and not someone shilling AI junk. Maybe another videos about the creation of your album art? That art is what drew me in the beginning. Thank you!
Thank you very much! I'm planning on it. I have to figure out how to broadcast the iPad to the Mac and record it.
The work you put into these extensive albums must be staggering given your release schedule.
As someone who loves Grant Moros' "Mysteries", a bunch of work from Vangelis and even some of André 3000's new albums- i listen to your soundscapes just as much. Gorgeous, meditative work, thank you to your partner for convincing you to share it and thank you yourself for posting it :)
Thanks so much!
Love your stuff dude! Big fan!
This is great to see.. With the amount of music dropped last year alone, I was sure I was listening to someone's AI music grift. I am really happy this is a real person's creation.
Thanks for the kind words
No grift. Just no kids and flexible free time 😂
thank you 🌹 cheers from 🇲🇽
LETS GOOOOO CREATIVE PROCESS!!
I really appreciate that you made this and focused heavily on the production side of your art. I've been trying to make my own music, so this spoke to me.
Side note, but I love your cassettes man. I'll buy whatever you put out! Keep the good music coming!
The Collector is in production right now...
Prob 2 weeks or so
this video was very inspiring, I was talking with a friend about getting into music writing again (I did it in my youth). thankyou for sharing this with us.
DO IT!
thank you for sharing! i make dark ambient/dungeon/creepy synth music myself and i break your rule of threes all the time, oop-- but i try to either work it into a drone or keep it interesting with samples/found audio. a little bit of a different process (still use Garage Band, on my ipad though), but i'm gonna try taking some of your helpful advice and try out a few different things next time i write a track!
Haha I appreciate that. Maybe I should say the guideline of three. Send me a link to your work! I'd like to check it out
Very interesting video to watch, thanks for sharing! You've got talent and I agree with you that it is difficult to find music like yours, so please make more!
About what you said about nobody noticing the small details that you obsess about, I for one appreciate how polished your music is. The way I see it, music mainly affects us subconsciously, which is why such details can make a massive impact on how people perceive the music. I think people kind of feel the difference it makes even if they are not able to pinpoint exactly what aspect in the music causes it to feel so nice. So.. yeah, maybe people don't notice it in such a way which enables them to express appreciation for it, but I don't think they have to notice it in such a way for them to enjoy it. So in the end it is a balancing act between quality and quantity and I think you are very close to the sweet spot
Thanks. That means a lot. I really appreciate it 🍄
super interesting, Thank you for sharing! The producing part was helpful.
Im usually making orchestra stuff, but I fell in love with dungeon synth and ambient folk, started making music in this genre and it feels great. My new year resolution is to release a short album.
If you need some motivation th-cam.com/users/postUgkxBtZD7p_iDWIC0lN2t0N8W80nIA7TMHL9?si=_GImPnAPdyV2spt2
Mythic subfeed pull
i find more and more that i want to live in your world
so rad that you just using garageband 🙌🙌
Thanks. I've been making music for a very long time. I've tried just about everything but GarageBand is so convenient.
Hell yeah dude. This is great.
Wonderful
This is cool, thanks for sharing! :D
Most "background" DnD music is way too distracting for me to use, but your stuff is perfect for vibes without throwing off all my thought processes!
Thank you
Congrats man! Love the story. Well over 50 views at this point lol.
Haha thanks 😊
I realy like your content
your music is amazin :D
i love your music
I base all my dungeons for morkborg on your albums
WHAT?! That rules !
this is so cool hearing from you and hearing the voice of the person behind this music that's seemed to come out of nowhere and resonated. i love hearing all the world behind all that. are you willing to share some of your other or older projects? whats the game footage at the beginning from?
For sure. Bears is the one I'm most proud of maydaymaydayrecs.bandcamp.com/album/the-halloween-tree
The game is one I made. Gloriel's Shield. It's on itch.io
Прекрасно как всегда!
How would Marigold answer if asked, "do you seek the Witch Bolt?"
Probably tell you a 15 minute story about the time she harvested glowmoss
What’s the game you’re playing?
Forgot to mention that. It's one I made Gloriel's Shield
nitewriters.itch.io/shield
@ ty
@@WitchBoltMusic Godot or Unity?
Thanks so much for making this video. Its pretty ironic as I just googled to see if you had anything like this online to my estimation about 30 min before you uploaded this video.. Pretty wild :) One question - do you always use the qwerty keyboard, or do you have a midi controller? lol
Thanks for watching!
I have a couple. I have some other gear as well, mostly just use GB and Arturia Microfreak. My setup is in transition right now so just using the keyboard. I also wanted to show people that you don't need expensive gear to create
Do dragons every touch your fantasy world?
Not yet. Probably at some point ...
What's the game in the background footage.
Gloriel's Shield I made it. It's on itch.io if you want to check it out
@WitchBoltMusic looks really cool, I definitely will
What game is this it looks familiar?
Gloriel's Shield, I made it. It's on itch.io
Lovely to meet you, Nick! Thank you for taking the opportunity to introduce yourself and your art.
If you are having a hard time trying to figure out how to flesh out the characters and the World you are creating, please don't worry! Half the fun is the part you don't mention in the video descriptions because it allows the listener/reader fit what they think works. In many ways good writing allows the reader to be an active participant (beyond reading) by adding to it themselves. For instance, when I'm reading "The Lord of the Rings" I imagine how the characters and the World look like with Tolkien's words, but Tolkien also allowed the reader to use their imagination to build the World as the story progresses. As you say in the video: trust the Listener. 😉
Another solution is to collect all you've written and stick into your own Wiki page for your Worldcrafting.
Please keep up the great work and thank you for being a real human being making music!
💚🫂🌲
Wow I love that. Thank you for sharing this comment. I appreciate it. And I may take your recommendation on that wiki
Hey man do you have socials? I follow some artists who I think would love your work if. + I just wanna bring more attention to your stuff