Dren McDonald
@drenmcdonald.com
drenmcdonald.com | nerdtracks.com | https://ffm.bio/9qmpxne | alterego polyheDren https://polyhedren.com/ ] NEW GameSoundtrk ALBUM "STAY: Forever Home" on AppearingRecords.com | NEW CS2 MusicKit https://drenmcdonald.bandcamp.com/album/coffee-kof-kahveh
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Grab Stay: Forever Home for 40% off with code BFCM25.
The Winter Update is just around the corner, so it’s the perfect time to jump in! ❄️🐾
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Join the community! discord.gg/H5QtNyDXJt
Grab Stay: Forever Home for 40% off with code BFCM25.
The Winter Update is just around the corner, so it’s the perfect time to jump in! ❄️🐾
meta.com/experiences/...
Join the community! discord.gg/H5QtNyDXJt
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🖤 Black Friday Deal!
Grab Stay: Forever Home for 40% off with code BFCM25.
The Winter Update is just around the corner, so it’s the perfect time to jump in! ❄️🐾
meta.com/experiences/...
Join the community! discord.gg/H5QtNyDXJt
Grab Stay: Forever Home for 40% off with code BFCM25.
The Winter Update is just around the corner, so it’s the perfect time to jump in! ❄️🐾
meta.com/experiences/...
Join the community! discord.gg/H5QtNyDXJt
Pedestrian is now on the Vevo channel on YT for your viewing and listening enjoyment. Video was directed/shot/edited by my son (currently a college film major) www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXhy...
Dren McDonald - Pedestrian (Official Music Video) (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by DrenMcDonaldVEVO
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November 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Pedestrian is now on the Vevo channel on YT for your viewing and listening enjoyment. Video was directed/shot/edited by my son (currently a college film major) www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXhy...
Lily Bloom has a new record out tidal.com/album/475116... A wonderful artist - she guests on my upcoming record as well. Anyhow, give it a spin!
Lily Bloom - Spirits
Listen to Spirits on TIDAL
tidal.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Lily Bloom has a new record out tidal.com/album/475116... A wonderful artist - she guests on my upcoming record as well. Anyhow, give it a spin!
Pedestrian is on Bandcamp now w/ a video (directed by my son!) drenmcdonald.bandcamp.com/track/pedest... In preparing the BC release, I also discovered this great BC writeup on Supercollider (this is their tune I covered) link in first comment.
Pedestrian, by dren mcdonald
track by dren mcdonald
drenmcdonald.bandcamp.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Pedestrian is on Bandcamp now w/ a video (directed by my son!) drenmcdonald.bandcamp.com/track/pedest... In preparing the BC release, I also discovered this great BC writeup on Supercollider (this is their tune I covered) link in first comment.
Pedestrian has a video too, directed/shot/edited by my son (film major in college currently) - here's the AppleMusic link but it will be elsewhere soon music.apple.com/us/music-vid... #musicsky #indiemusic #indiemusicvideo
Pedestrian (Lyric Video) by Dren Mcdonald on Apple Music
Music Video · 2025 · Duration 7:10
music.apple.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Pedestrian has a video too, directed/shot/edited by my son (film major in college currently) - here's the AppleMusic link but it will be elsewhere soon music.apple.com/us/music-vid... #musicsky #indiemusic #indiemusicvideo
My cover of Supercollider's "Pedestrian" from the early 90s is out today on streaming (in Atmos on Apple and Tidal), a whole lot of guitar and vocal layers...video should be out later today, will update. #musicsky #indiemusic #musicproducer #90s Supercollider were pals & one of my favorite bands!
November 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My cover of Supercollider's "Pedestrian" from the early 90s is out today on streaming (in Atmos on Apple and Tidal), a whole lot of guitar and vocal layers...video should be out later today, will update. #musicsky #indiemusic #musicproducer #90s Supercollider were pals & one of my favorite bands!
there appears to be a lot of magic in this box...the Ebow helps invoke said magic...will be putting several sources thru this today! #dreammachine #guitarpedals #pedals #knobs #audioexperiments
October 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
there appears to be a lot of magic in this box...the Ebow helps invoke said magic...will be putting several sources thru this today! #dreammachine #guitarpedals #pedals #knobs #audioexperiments
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🍂🎃 Cozy fall vibes + spooky new Ember costumes!
Download on Meta Free Trial and see for yourself!
www.meta.com/experiences/...
Join our Discord to learn more!
discord.gg/H5QtNyDXJt
#VRGaming #GameDev #StayForeverHome
Download on Meta Free Trial and see for yourself!
www.meta.com/experiences/...
Join our Discord to learn more!
discord.gg/H5QtNyDXJt
#VRGaming #GameDev #StayForeverHome
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🍂🎃 Cozy fall vibes + spooky new Ember costumes!
Download on Meta Free Trial and see for yourself!
www.meta.com/experiences/...
Join our Discord to learn more!
discord.gg/H5QtNyDXJt
#VRGaming #GameDev #StayForeverHome
Download on Meta Free Trial and see for yourself!
www.meta.com/experiences/...
Join our Discord to learn more!
discord.gg/H5QtNyDXJt
#VRGaming #GameDev #StayForeverHome
My cover of Supercollider's "Pedestrian" (all 7 minutes of it) is available to presave on yer preferred service (BC coming soon) & on Tidal/AppleMusic it comes in Stereo & Atmos/Spatial ffm.to/j7y7a2z.bio
Pedestrian
Choose your preferred music service
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October 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My cover of Supercollider's "Pedestrian" (all 7 minutes of it) is available to presave on yer preferred service (BC coming soon) & on Tidal/AppleMusic it comes in Stereo & Atmos/Spatial ffm.to/j7y7a2z.bio
A new single on its way! music.apple.com/us/album/ped... There will be a music video as well as Atmos mix. A cover of Supercollider's "Pedestrian", one of my favorite bands from the LBC/LA 90s scene (they also did a great Residents cover for my Eyesore tribute comp). Also I sing on this one #muicsky
Pedestrian - Single by Dren Mcdonald on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 1 Song
music.apple.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A new single on its way! music.apple.com/us/album/ped... There will be a music video as well as Atmos mix. A cover of Supercollider's "Pedestrian", one of my favorite bands from the LBC/LA 90s scene (they also did a great Residents cover for my Eyesore tribute comp). Also I sing on this one #muicsky
BUSY w/ a lot of projects but the next thing coming is a single/music video (that my son directed/edited) I'm doing a series of singles this year that are more 'songlike' (lyrics, vox, verses etc) & this will be the 1st. This song originally recorded by Supercollider, friends from 90s LA scene
October 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
BUSY w/ a lot of projects but the next thing coming is a single/music video (that my son directed/edited) I'm doing a series of singles this year that are more 'songlike' (lyrics, vox, verses etc) & this will be the 1st. This song originally recorded by Supercollider, friends from 90s LA scene
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Write a letter to your members of Congress urging them to support the Living Wage for Musicians Act! The bill would create a new streaming royalty paid directly to artists, bypassing powerful pla...
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September 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Just so someone says it, the new Spinal Tap movie is truly laugh out loud funny, i was crying from laughter. So many little subtle jokes (nigel has a gtr with a 6 or 8 coil pickup?! but no one discusses), a lot of inside musician humor. Really worth a trip to the theater! #spinaltap #stonehenge
September 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Just so someone says it, the new Spinal Tap movie is truly laugh out loud funny, i was crying from laughter. So many little subtle jokes (nigel has a gtr with a 6 or 8 coil pickup?! but no one discusses), a lot of inside musician humor. Really worth a trip to the theater! #spinaltap #stonehenge
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Hi, everyone. As you probably know, NPR lost its federal funding this year. So NPR Music is trying something new to keep the music playing: Tiny Desk Donations on YouTube.
If you’ve ever enjoyed our little series that could, please consider showing your support 2day: www.youtube.com/live/Q2CW9TZ...
If you’ve ever enjoyed our little series that could, please consider showing your support 2day: www.youtube.com/live/Q2CW9TZ...
Ed Sheeran: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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September 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Hi, everyone. As you probably know, NPR lost its federal funding this year. So NPR Music is trying something new to keep the music playing: Tiny Desk Donations on YouTube.
If you’ve ever enjoyed our little series that could, please consider showing your support 2day: www.youtube.com/live/Q2CW9TZ...
If you’ve ever enjoyed our little series that could, please consider showing your support 2day: www.youtube.com/live/Q2CW9TZ...
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Amazing concept of a cave with Ember lighting the way, one of the amazing things that came out of our teams Game Jam.
Check out the whole display in our Discord.
Windupminds.com/discord
#VR #indiegames #StayForeverHome
Check out the whole display in our Discord.
Windupminds.com/discord
#VR #indiegames #StayForeverHome
September 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Amazing concept of a cave with Ember lighting the way, one of the amazing things that came out of our teams Game Jam.
Check out the whole display in our Discord.
Windupminds.com/discord
#VR #indiegames #StayForeverHome
Check out the whole display in our Discord.
Windupminds.com/discord
#VR #indiegames #StayForeverHome
A form vs. function issue I guess? These @chasebliss.bsky.social devices are great but complex & I can't read the tiny fonts w/low contrast & i'm not willing to use bright white lights in the studio. I love my label makers (yes, I have 2) & use them on everything!
August 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A form vs. function issue I guess? These @chasebliss.bsky.social devices are great but complex & I can't read the tiny fonts w/low contrast & i'm not willing to use bright white lights in the studio. I love my label makers (yes, I have 2) & use them on everything!
Mic maintanence day today - the Lauten Audio Oceanus needed it's tubes (yes, plural) replaced and it's shock mount needed new bands - really needed the new bands, look at how stretched out the old ones are! I use this mic a lot (as well as the Lauten Clarion) love them both!
August 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Mic maintanence day today - the Lauten Audio Oceanus needed it's tubes (yes, plural) replaced and it's shock mount needed new bands - really needed the new bands, look at how stretched out the old ones are! I use this mic a lot (as well as the Lauten Clarion) love them both!
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Stay: Forever Home – Update 3 is live!
👗 Ember’s new summer outfits are here!
❗Free Trial Currently in Testing and Available to some users Today!
🛠️ Behind-the-scenes fixes & performance upgrades
www.meta.com/experiences/...
Now’s a great time to jump in 🐾💛
#VRGaming #MetaQuest #CozyGames
👗 Ember’s new summer outfits are here!
❗Free Trial Currently in Testing and Available to some users Today!
🛠️ Behind-the-scenes fixes & performance upgrades
www.meta.com/experiences/...
Now’s a great time to jump in 🐾💛
#VRGaming #MetaQuest #CozyGames
Stay: Forever Home on Meta Quest
Stay: Forever Home is about Ember, a magical creature who comes to live with you. You can play together, go for walks, collect and trade items, and interact with a strange magical world just outside y...
www.meta.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Stay: Forever Home – Update 3 is live!
👗 Ember’s new summer outfits are here!
❗Free Trial Currently in Testing and Available to some users Today!
🛠️ Behind-the-scenes fixes & performance upgrades
www.meta.com/experiences/...
Now’s a great time to jump in 🐾💛
#VRGaming #MetaQuest #CozyGames
👗 Ember’s new summer outfits are here!
❗Free Trial Currently in Testing and Available to some users Today!
🛠️ Behind-the-scenes fixes & performance upgrades
www.meta.com/experiences/...
Now’s a great time to jump in 🐾💛
#VRGaming #MetaQuest #CozyGames
Happy Texas Chainsaw Massacre Day!
a silhouette of a man standing in front of a window with a curtain that says ' a ' on it
Alt: leatherface, from the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre film, is opening the curtains to look through the window
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August 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Happy Texas Chainsaw Massacre Day!
RockThePIgeon just posted a very thoughtful review of the STAY soundtrack! Thanks RockThePigeon! Also the game is currently 25% off right now rockthepigeon.com/2025/08/16/d...
Dren McDonald Releases Stay: Forever Home Vol. 1: CHAO (Original Game Soundtrack) - ROCK THE PIGEON
In July 2025, acclaimed composer Dren McDonald unveiled Stay: Forever Home Vol. 1: CHAO (Original…
rockthepigeon.com
August 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
RockThePIgeon just posted a very thoughtful review of the STAY soundtrack! Thanks RockThePigeon! Also the game is currently 25% off right now rockthepigeon.com/2025/08/16/d...
Stay: Forever Home is part of a Meta sale for the first time ever!
Go meet Ember today!
www.meta.com/experiences/...
Go meet Ember today!
www.meta.com/experiences/...
Stay: Forever Home on Meta Quest
Stay: Forever Home is about Ember, a magical creature who comes to live with you. You can play together, go for walks, collect and trade items, and interact with a strange magical world just outside y...
www.meta.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Hey it's another swell review of the Stay: Forever Home soundtrack over at @bsidesbadlands.bsky.social (thx!) I love that they mention the magic of the music/game, a big part of it. bsidesbadlands.com/dren-mcdonal... #musicsky #indiegamedev #indiegame #indiemusic
Review: Dren McDonald conjures magic with ‘Stay: Forever Home Vol. 1 CHAOS’ game soundtrack -
Musician Dren McDonald creates a special listening experience with his latest project, 'Stay: Forever Home Vol. 1 CHAOS' game soundtrack.
bsidesbadlands.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hey it's another swell review of the Stay: Forever Home soundtrack over at @bsidesbadlands.bsky.social (thx!) I love that they mention the magic of the music/game, a big part of it. bsidesbadlands.com/dren-mcdonal... #musicsky #indiegamedev #indiegame #indiemusic
I had Marica Petrey (Girl Swallows Nightingale) in the studio this week doing some vocals for my upcoming record. I don't even need to write harmonies for her...we record a line and she says "i have two other harmonies for that", & she just comes up with the greatest improvised parts. #musicsky
August 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I had Marica Petrey (Girl Swallows Nightingale) in the studio this week doing some vocals for my upcoming record. I don't even need to write harmonies for her...we record a line and she says "i have two other harmonies for that", & she just comes up with the greatest improvised parts. #musicsky
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10 must try games in MR - including @stay-forever-home.com! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlQA...
10 Must-Try Meta Quest 3 Mixed Reality Games! [Volume II]
YouTube video by GameList+
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August 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
10 must try games in MR - including @stay-forever-home.com! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlQA...
To hop on the #bandcampfriday train, here's the soundtrack for Stay: Forever Home, getting a lot of nice reviews! The $4 price for this would be the same revenue for about 3million streams on spotify (or something) #musicsky #bandcamp #gamemusic drenmcdonald.bandcamp.com/album/stay-f...
Stay: Forever Home Original Game Soundtrack Vol. 1 Chaos, by dren mcdonald
6 track album
drenmcdonald.bandcamp.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
To hop on the #bandcampfriday train, here's the soundtrack for Stay: Forever Home, getting a lot of nice reviews! The $4 price for this would be the same revenue for about 3million streams on spotify (or something) #musicsky #bandcamp #gamemusic drenmcdonald.bandcamp.com/album/stay-f...