Chart Toppers Authoring: RBN2 News, Releases, and Previews!

[Arcanon]

This is the official Chart Toppers Authoring News, Previews, and Releases thread. Here, I will maintain a list of all songs we have available, as well as all songs we can announce. I will do my best to keep this updated as often as possible, and of course there will be updates each time a song of ours is released.

If you've bought our songs, the staff at CTA thanks you and hopes that you've enjoyed our offerings.

ALL SONGS RELEASED BY CHART TOPPERS AUTHORING CONTAIN PRO DRUMS.

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Contests:

PON DE FIOR Pro Keys FC Contest (Type: Skill) (Prize: 800 MSP)
Twitter Follower Contest (Type: Trivia) (Prize: 320 MSP every 50 followers) (Current Milestone: 200 Followers)

Currently Available Xbox Songs:

Tiering Structure:

RBN1: (Guitar/Drums/Bass/Vocals/Band)
RBN2: (Guitar/Drums/Bass/Vocals (Harmonies)/Keys/Pro Keys/Band)

Tiers will be ranked from 0 (no dots) to 6 (devil tier). If a song has no part, its tier will be listed as N. If the song contains vocal harmonies, then the number of vocalists will be listed next to the vocal tier with a P next to it, like 2P and 3P.

Each song will link to its page on RockBand.com if released, or its YouTube preview video/other preview if unreleased.

RBN1:

Shylo Elliott – Light (1/0/0/N/0)
Shylo Elliott – Bittersweet Melancholy (3/3/0/N/2)
Shylo Elliott – Far Wanderings (4/N/N/N/4)
Shylo Elliott – Drum Exercises for the Sufficiently Masochistic (N/6/N/N/6)
Shylo Elliott – P.W.M.O. (5/5/3/N/4)
Broken Equilibrium – Epitome of Misery (2/4/2/2/3)
Broken Equilibrium – November (1/3/2/1/1)
Shylo Elliott – Alpha Strike (6/6/5/N//6)
Rainbowdragoneyes – Creatures ov Deception (6/6/5/2/6)
Shylo Elliott - Alpha Strike (2x Bass Pedal) (6/6/5/N/6)
Broken Equilibrium – Epitome of Misery (2x Bass Pedal) (2/4/2/2/3)
Broken Equilibrium - November (2x Bass Pedal) (1/4/2/1/1)
Rainbowdragoneyes - Creatures ov Deception (2x Bass Pedal) (6/6/5/2/6)
Kylie D. Hart - Firehouse Bar (4/3/1/3/3)
Jacob Chaney - Cluster #2 (RB2 Version) (6/6/5/N/6)

RBN2:

Kurodust - Doll in the Dust (4/1/1/2 (3P)/N/N/3)
Askari Nari - Mercury Blooming (1/2/3/N/2/4/3)
LeetStreet Boys - Expert Mode (6/4/1/2 (3P)/6/6/4)
Shylo Elliott - Cool Concoction (6/6/1/N/6/6/6)
Winter Crescent - Battle of Egos Part I (6/6/5/3 (3P)/N/N/6)
Winter Crescent - Battle of Egos Part I (2x Bass Pedal) (6/6/5/3 (3P)/N/N/6)
SNMT - PON DE FIOR (4/3/5/N/6/6/5)
Psyguy - Wha-Chow Theme (Feat. ShadyVox) (6/6/N/3 (3P)/N/N/6)
Askari Nari - Cluster #2 (N/6/5/N/6/6/6)
Pierce the Veil - Caraphernelia (4/6/2/3 (3P)/1/2/4)
Active Knowledge - Dance Battle Alpha (3/4/4/N/5/6/5)
Paul and Storm - Fuzzy Man (Fuzzy Nation) (3/2/0/3 (3P)/1/3/3)
Daryle Stephen Ackerman - Run Away With Me (1/N/0/1/0/0/1)
Shylo Elliott - Dark Escape (5/6/4/N/4/5/5)
Active Knowledge - Reality Down (4/0/2/N/4/5/4)
Rainbowdragoneyes - Heavy Weather - The Storm ov The Undead (6/6/6/6 (3P)/6/6/6)
Rainbowdragoneyes - Heavy Weather - The Storm ov The Undead (2x Bass Pedal) (6/6/6/6 (3P)/6/6/6)
Active Knowledge - The Fractal Reason (6/6/4/N/5/6/6)
Askari Nari - A Tadg30 Song (5/5/6/N/6/6/6)
Nod 206 - Ocaso Escarlata (2/4/2/1 (3P)/0/0/3)
Broken Equilibrium - Culling the Weak (3/4/4/3 (3P)/N/N/4)
Broken Equilibrium - Culling the Weak (2x Bass Pedal) (3/5/4/3 (3P)/N/N/4)
Winter Crescent - Battle of Egos Intro (2/5/3/2 (3P)/N/N/3)
SIMPL3JACK - Song For Meg (3/3/1/3 (3P)/N/N/3)
Spassm - Ghost of Fallen Pluto (Instrumental) (5/2/2/N/2/3/3)
Rainbowdragoneyes - Creatures ov Deception (RB3 version) (6/6/5/4 (3P)/6/6/6)
Rainbowdragoneyes - Creatures ov Deception (RB3 2x Bass Pedal) (6/6/5/4 (3P)/6/6/6)
SNMT - SEX (3/N/N/0 (3P)/2/2/3)
Bikey ft. Dapper AJ - No Shaking (2/2/0/0 (3P)/1/1/1)
Bikey ft. Alyce - I'm Dancing! (0/2/0/1 (3P)/2/2/1)
Sifting - All the Hated (3/5/3/1 (2P)/N/N/3)
Skylliton - Crabplosion (2/5/3/1 (3P)/N/N/4)
Nod 206 - En Donde Duermen Los Sueños (1/3/1/1 (2P)/0/0/1)
Straight Outta Junior High - Dudes and Guys and Things and Stuff(4/4/2/2 (3P)/N/N/4)
brentalfloss - This is the Album You've Been Waiting For (4/3/3/3/6/6/5)
Daryle Stephen Ackerman - Sarah (0/2/2/2 (3P)/3/4/3)
SIMPL3JACK - At War With the Cherubs (2/3/1/2 (3P)/N/N/3)
John Daly Project - Don't Drink the Bottle (1/0/1/2/N/N/1)
SIMPL3JACK - O-Ren (1/3/1/1 (3P)/N/N/1)
Eurobeat Brony - Discord (The Living Tombstone Remix) (1/0/1/5 (3P)/1/2/2)
Daryle Stephen Ackerman - Tear My Heart in Two (2/3/0/1/3/4/2)
Zing Experience - Faster Than a Bullet (2/N/N/1/N/N/2)
Active Knowledge - Supertronic Lazering (3/5/0/N/4/4/4)
Shylo Elliott - Phantasmal Cruise (0/5/6/N/6/6/6)
Shylo Elliott - Phantasmal Cruise (2x Bass Pedal) (0/5/6/N/6/6/6)
SIMPL3JACK - Carny Asada (3/3/3/2 (3P)/0/0/3)
Winter Crescent - Battle of Egos Part II (5/6/6/3 (2P)/N/N/6)
Winter Crescent - Battle of Egos Part II (2x Bass Pedal) (5/6/6/3 (2P)/N/N/6)
Eurobeat Brony ft. Odyssey - Discord (EuroChaos Mix) (4/6/2/3 (3P)/6/6/6)
Rainbowdragoneyes – Thrashbaath (4/6/3/3 (3P)/4/5/5)
Rainbowdragoneyes – Thrashbaath (2x Bass Pedal) (4/6/3/3 (3P)/4/5/5)

Currently Available PS3 Songs

LeetStreet Boys - Expert Mode (6/4/1/2 (3P)/6/6/4)
Pierce the Veil - Caraphernelia (4/6/2/3 (3P)/1/2/4)
Paul and Storm - Fuzzy Man (Fuzzy Nation) (3/2/0/3 (3P)/1/3/3)
Rainbowdragoneyes - Heavy Weather - The Storm ov The Undead (6/6/6/6 (3P)/6/6/6)
Rainbowdragoneyes - Creatures ov Deception (RB3 version) (6/6/5/4 (3P)/6/6/6)
Eurobeat Brony - Discord (The Living Tombstone Remix) (1/0/1/5 (3P)/1/2/2)
brentalfloss - This is the Album You've Been Waiting For (4/3/3/3/6/6/5)
Active Knowledge - The Fractal Reason (6/6/4/N/5/6/6)
Eurobeat Brony ft. Odyssey - Discord (EuroChaos Mix) (4/6/2/3 (3P)/6/6/6)

Songs in Quarantine:

None.

Songs in Peer Review:

Active Knowledge - Approaching the Science Limit
Askari Nari - Looks Good
Broken Equilibrium - Etchings
Christina Marie Magenta – Lunatic (KharmaGuess Remix)
Christina Marie Magenta - Snake
Daryle Stephen Ackerman - Gave It My All
Fist of the North Star - Roaches
Jeff Burgess - Trixie
Lechuga - O Vurdón
Rocket Ship Resort - Postcard
SIMPL3JACK - Terrance Is An Alien
SIMPL3JACK - Humanoid
Superfluous Motor - Schizophrenic Seizure (ft. Paolo Viteri)
Viktor Cepeda - Legend of Hobo Main Theme
Winter Crescent - Furrow

Songs in Playtest:

Active Knowledge - Your New Time Spiral
Broken Equilibrium - Devour
Broken Equilibrium - Separation
Christina Marie Magenta - Loyalty
Collapse Under the Empire – The Last Reminder
Collapse Under the Empire – Incident
Daryle Stephen Ackerman - Half a Chance
Daryle Stephen Ackerman - The Mississippi Flows
Dasha and The Living Tombstone - Good Girl
Ed Tanguy - Sun in Your Eyes
Eurobeat Brony ft. Odyssey - Luna (NIGHTMARE MODE)
Exit of the Envious - The One That Released Its Terror
FantomenK - Playing With Power
First Floor Fire - Friend or Foe?
Fist of the North Star - Burning Out
Fist of the North Star - Voices
Fist of the North Star - Waiting for the End
Jim Morris Band - Level 8
Jim Morris Band - River of Blood
SIMPL3JACK - Lizard Wash
SIMPL3JACK - Racewalker
SIMPL3JACK - Tomorrow
SIMPL3JACK - No Cojones
Stone Ticket – Put Out the Fire With Gasoline
Stone Ticket - Wildcat
The Distractions - In My Arms
Winter Crescent - My Last Will
Winter Crescent - Winter Crescent
Winter Crescent - Lost in Dreams

Announced: (Songs marked with * will have a 2x Bass Pedal Version)

Active Knowledge:

Achieve the Impossible
Why Are We Come Alive?
Blastometer

BR1GHT PRIMATE:

Please Me
I Cry
Reach

FantomenK:

Platforms & Pitfalls

Paul and Storm:

Opening Band (RB3 Version)

SIMPL3JACK:

Mae Fong
SIMPL3JACKJOHNSON

SNMT:

!!!!zzz

Stone Ticket:

When the Lights R Low
Catch My Fall
Fantasy
I Can't Find My Way
You're So Vain
The Queen of Rock and Roll

Superfluous Motor:

Fragmented Metamorphosis
Broken Metronome
Breaking the Rhythm
A Conglomeration of Broken Ideas
Busted Up
Shattered Groove

Yogurt With Sprinkles:

Snazzy
Sarsaparilla
Stellar Evolution

[Arcanon]

Hey guys! Having a good Friday? Well, let’s see if we can make it even better! We’ve got a HUGE update post to make here, and I recommend reading the whole thing if you like new awesome RBN songs.

We’ve been mostly on radio silence since RBN2 launched, but I think we’ve got enough stuff put together to make a few announcements.

I was a guest on the latest Rhythm Authors podcast! Check it out here! We talk about how Chart Toppers Authoring got started, the latest Thursday RBN release schedule, and some amazing RBN songs from us and Rhythm Authors!

KURODUST’s “Doll in the Dust,” which we announced earlier, is making its way through Peer Review and I expect it to be through in time for next week’s store update! It’ll be our first song with harmonies, and it’s totally awesome, so you should check it out! Here’s the preview video if you missed it the first time around.

Remember JACOB CHANEY’s “Cluster #2 (RB2 Version)”? It was the last RBN1 song we released. Most of you figured out that the (RB2 Version) tag meant an RB3 one was coming, and we’re proud to finally release a video of it! Now going under the artist name ASKARI NARI, here is the new, keys-updated version of “Cluster #2!”

That isn’t all from ASKARI NARI, though. We’re also doing one other track off of the debut album. This track, “Mercury Blooming,” is mellower than Cluster, but features some awesome keys, some pretty interesting drum work, and a bass solo! That’s right, our first song with a BASS SOLO! Check out the action here!

Next up, we’ve announced this before, but not in any widespread form, so for those of you who didn’t know, we are bringing a new RAINBOWDRAGONEYES track from his latest EP, “The Primordial Booze.” The new track is called “Heavy Weather – The Storm ov The Undead,” and it will BLOW YOUR MIND. The level of difficulty on this thing is so great, we’re having it go for a round of testing before we even make the preview video just to be sure that what you see is indeed what you get! You won’t have to wait long though, since the song is already in playtesting! Prepare yourself, especially you drummers, because this song will also feature a 2x Bass Pedal version!

Another returning artist is BROKEN EQUILIBRIUM. Unfortunately, the singer and bassist are no longer with the band, and the band appears to be on hiatus, but before doing so we have licensed FOUR more tracks off their debut self-titled album. The tracks are “Culling the Weak,” “Devour,” “Etchings,” and “Separation!” They’re all really fun tracks in their own way, and will all feature harmonies! In addition, “Culling the Weak” and “Devour” will also have 2x Bass Pedal versions, and “Etchings” will feature a BASS SOLO, our second one ever! You guys have been wanting bass solos, and neither “Etchings” nor “Mercury Blooming” will disappoint! Look for preview videos for all four songs coming soon.

Another returning artist is, of course, SHYLO ELLIOTT, who still has to finish putting his entire debut album on RBN. We’re working on two additional tracks, “Cool Concoction” and “Dark Escape.” The first track, “Cool Concoction,” is a jazzy, bubbly type of tune that features two “guitar” solos, an INTENSE drum solo, an amazing synth solo, and a SYNTH/GUITAR DUEL! This is a literal duel; both parts trade off the same riffs, so whoever gets the highest percentage wins! Overall, it’s a really fun track. “Dark Escape” goes more towards the progressive side, with a constantly-moving and very fun bassline, a couple awesome-sounding guitar solos, a unique drum part, and TWO synth solos that will test how well you play notes while holding others. Overall, it might be the most refined song Shylo has ever made. Videos for those are coming soon, and they will be hitting Peer Review soon as well!

To close this off, we’re gonna make a new artist announcement that’s a little bit out of the ordinary. From Murfreesboro TN, courtesy of netlabel Black Flower Music, we’re going to bring post-no-wave outfit SNMT to the Rock Band Network! SNMT challenges traditional musical conventions, and the results are probably the strangest Rock Band tracks that will ever hit the Network. Seriously. I DARE anyone to find anything more out of the ordinary than this. Whether or not you like the sound, you’ll definitely enjoy the charts. We will bring three initial tracks from SNMT, “PON DE FIOR” off of the “An Lucky” album, and both songs on the “!!!!zzz/SEX EP,” which are, as you might guess, “!!!!zzz” and “SEX.” This EP was made for Rock Band in a specific manner; “!!!!zzz” is a 10-minute long song with some pretty funny vocals, and “SEX” is a 34-second song with some very unique harmony parts. That’s right, this EP will add what we believe to be the longest AND the shortest RBN songs ever! Check out a preview for “PON DE FIOR” here, and read more about SNMT here!

That’s all for this update, but that’s not all for us! We’ve got a TON of amazing new songs and artists on the way, including our first metal signing, some piano-based tracks you’ll love to play and hear, and our first full-on partnership with a record label! Stay informed by following our Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube channels, and by keeping an eye on our official website! Also follow this thread; as you can see, all the above information has been compiled up at the top, and now that keys and harmonies are here, we’ve updated our tiering model. If you’re just now finding out about us, check out our awesome catalog, we’re sure you’ll find something you like.

Have an amazing weekend!

[rab39]

I've got a fever and the only prescription is more theremin.

SNMT sounds hypnotic....can't wait.

[Arcanon]

Loving the overall reactions to SNMT. It's a good balance of "WTF" and "awesome." Which pretty much describes the songs and charts.

Quick update to the OP: "Doll in the Dust" has passed Peer Review, and should be available in the store when it updates Thursday! It's our first RBN2 track and our first with harmonies!

[alicethesister]

Man that SNMT sounds like a bunch of raucous. What kind of sick person would make that sort of stuff?

[Arcanon]

Man that SNMT sounds like a bunch of raucous. What kind of sick person would make that sort of stuff?

I know man, what kind of twisted individual could spawn such a creation?

[Arcanon]

Kurodust's "Doll in the Dust" is now available for download! It's our first RBN2 song featuring 3-part harmonies and a pretty sweet guitar solo. Pick it up today, and also pick up Kurodust's full-length debut album "Containment Failure" absolutely free!

We're hoping to make some announcements very soon, so stay tuned and thanks for supporting us in our quest to bring RBN amazing new music!

[DrowGamer77]

... and also pick up Kurodust's full-length debut album "Containment Failure" absolutely free!

I'll take that, thank you

[Arcanon]

Hey guys, how is everyone doing today? I hope you’ve all been enjoying our latest release, “Mercury Blooming” by Askari Nari. If you haven’t picked it up yet, what are you waiting for? It has the 3rd ever bass solo in the Rock Band platform, and was picked as an RBN Highlight! Buy it now for only 80 MSP!

Now you guys probably want to hear about new songs and artists right? Of course you do…you didn’t come into this thread to hear about this one time I saw a bird eat a cicada! (Which totally happened.) Let’s see, what do I do first…oh yeah, how about some preview videos! We got two videos of previously announced and totally awesome Shylo Elliott songs right here!

Shylo Elliott – “Cool Concoction”
Shylo Elliott – “Dark Escape”

Something messed up with the video of the new Rainbowdragoneyes track, so expect that to be up sometime next week. All three of these songs are making their way through Peer Review right now!

Now for the new stuff. We’re proud to announce that we’re going to bring the LeetStreet Boys to Rock Band! You may know them if you frequent anime conventions, as they are one of the most requested bands at those places! They sing about a lot of stuff gamers and otaku would love, including Rock Band itself! That’s right, we’re bringing you “Expert Mode” off of their Otaku Hearts album! Dawg, I herd you like Rock Band, so we’re putting Rock Band in your Rock Band so you can Rock Band while you Rock Band! (Did I mention the song is about Rock Band yet?) This track has two blistering guitar solos and unrelenting keyboard, as well as epic 3-part harmonies! Check out a preview video here, and look for it coming soon, as it’s headed to Peer Review!

The other announcement we’ll make today is that the Greek progressive metal band Winter Crescent is coming to Rock Band! Winter Crescent, hailing from Heraklion, Crete, will be bringing 6 out of 7 songs from their 2009 “Battle of Egos” demo CD, rewarded “Pick of the Month” by the Greek Metal Hammer in September 2009. They are our first non-electronic metal signing, and they will rock you. Hard. For you hardcore drummers out there, each song will also have a 2x Bass Pedal version! Check out a preview here of the first song, “Battle of Egos Part I,” which will be hitting playtesting soon!

That’s all for now, but we expect to have a few more exciting announcements sometime next week, including some new chiptune stuff! Seriously. If you somehow still aren’t excited about all this stuff, maybe the next things we announce will get you pumped. Stay in the know by subscribing to our Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts, and thanks for all your support so far as we continue to bring Rock Band more amazing music.

[DragoonXD]

The other announcement we’ll make today is that the Greek progressive metal band Winter Crescent is coming to Rock Band!

Wow, excited to see them coming to Rock Band!