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Happy October! Another month, September, gone by SO fast!

Welcome, and thank you to both current and new subscribers!

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🎵 WITCHCRAFT | EPISODE 2 is now LIVE on my channel

The NEW episode of WITCHCRAFT continues the story of Marko, Reuben, Adam, and Tom and what life is like now after seeing their futures from the fortune tellers tent at the fair. Was it real and if so can it be changed?

A seemingly harmless encounter becomes a supernatural nightmare.

▶ WATCH 'WITCHCRAFT' EPI. 2: https://youtu.be/_aeqg5PZBuU

▶ WATCH FROM THE BEGINNING: Prologue: https://youtu.be/dG39m4zY_H8

Music by:
▶ SUBSCRIBE: Temptation of the Priest: youtube.com/@Temptation-Of-The-Priest
▶ SUBSCRIBE: Into The Ether: youtube.com/@iiswansongii


🎵 WITCHCRAFT MERCH | Your Support Contributes to New Episodes

I wanted to find ways to give fans of WITCHCRAFT the ability to own a piece of the show. This support of WITCHCRAFT merch will help contribute to the creation of new and future episodes.

Our WITCHCRAFT tees and hoodies are now available.

▶ Shop WITCHCRAFT Apparel:
intotheether.net/witchcraft-merch/



🎵 NOVAVISION SONG CONTEST | OCTOBER 17th! 20:00 CET

MrWhoLab is having the 2nd edition of his NovaVision Song Contest and I'm participating again because it was such a blast last time!!! I'm hard at work finishing my entry and it will premiere on October 17th during the NovaVision live stream on MrWhoLabs Channel!

▶ NovaVision Song Contest Discord: discord.gg/Pt4R9JPCR
▶ MrWholab YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@MrWhoLab



🎵 MUSIC IN THE QUEUE!

Music videos have taken a bit of a back seat to promo creation / promo work for WITCHCRAFT, but I think I have a better plan moving forward this month to continue to make time to work on more music and music videos in the coming weeks for my channel. So I plan to finish and share some of these songs that have been in the queue since April if you can believe it.

Here is the current queue I'll be working on and will keep updated as I finish and share:

■ RELEASED
Updated as they are released.


■ WORKING
▶ Almost Happened - Industrial Grunge
▶ Left Unchosen - Psychedelic Grunge🎵 (Video Collab w/ MrWhoLab)
▶ Shadow to Light (Reuben Remake) - Synth Alt-Rock 🎵
▶ Maeflower - Grunge / Alt-Rock 🎵
▶ Too Loud for Heaven - Industrial Alt-Metal 🎵
▶ I Take It Back - Industrial Gothic Metal 🎵
▶ Where It Splinters - Industrial Alt Rock 🎵

■ PENDING

▶ Through - Industrial Symphonic Gothic Metal
▶ Through - Symphonic Black Metal
▶ This Desert - Grunge
▶ There's Something (Acoustic Session)
▶ I'm Breaking (Acoustic Session)
▶ Bury The Ashes (Acoustic Session)
▶ I’ve Outlived This Version — Goth Darkwave
▶ Carry What You Feel - Industrial Alt-Rock
▶ The Lever - Psychedelic Grunge
▶ I Don't Reach - I Know - Heavy Alternative Metal
▶ I Fall Away - Grunge Alt-Rock
▶ Between the Blinks (Remake) - Metal (Vocals by Reuben)
▶ If I Had To Pick Just One - Industrial Alt-Metal
▶ Where the Name Falls Away — Alternative Rock
▶ Still Spinning — Goth Rock / Grunge
▶ When the Ground Remembers — Metal
▶ When the Silence Arrives — Dark Hard Rock
▶ Still in the Distance — Dark Alternative / Post-Grunge
▶ Signs I Chose to Miss — Post-Grunge / Nu Metal
▶ Too Late to Open the Door — Modern Metal



■ COVER SONGS
I have started to consider again moving forward with covering a few of my favorite songs on here. I need to buy custom licensing for them though and one fee covers 5 songs so I need to find 3 more that I really want to do. Here is a list of 2 I have so far I want to do:
-- No Ground by Eleven
-- It's Okay by Eleven



■ ABANDONED (may revisit later):
- Where Tomorrow Learns My Name ❌
- Before You Drift Away ❌
- The Promise ❌
- The Weight I Used To Carry ❌
- Rush ❌
- Breaking Point ❌
- Where Fears Have Stood ❌
- Misplaced ❌
- Build In The Dark ❌

Progress Key:
✅ Completed 🎵 In Progress 🧪 Experimental ❌ Abandoned (for now)

Thank you for checking in and seeing what’s new!

I truly appreciate all of your likes and feedback—keep them coming.
Have an amazing day!

Peace, love, and empathy <3

~iiSwanSongii

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🖤 Own a piece of WITCHCRAFT.

Our WITCHCRAFT tees and hoodies are now available in the shop!

Every purchase helps support the creation of new and future episodes. Thank you for being part of the story.

▶ Shop WITCHCRAFT apparel:
intotheether.net/witchcraft-merch/

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Some things follow you home.

WITCHCRAFT — Episode 1 is out now.
▶ Watch here: https://youtu.be/_wqyol-1LHc

Four friends left the fortune teller’s tent. What they saw didn’t stay behind.

The next chapter of our supernatural horror series is here. Watch, then tell us: whose story has you most worried—Marko, Tom, Reuben, or Adam?

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Today I’m sharing something a little different from my usual: THE CATCHERS, is an animated short.

It’s a quieter kind of storytelling, and I’m excited to share it with you.

🎬 Watch The Catchers: https://youtu.be/VQS0GtBzUPc

There’s no dialogue. Music, sound, and animation tell the story of two friends who share letters, music, and magic across distance, then rediscover their connection after life pulls them apart.🎶

Max Kai created the original story, artwork, visuals, music, and video edit. I assisted with the final music edit and mix.

Have you ever had a friendship that picked up right where it left off—even after years apart? Who did this story make you think of?

#TheCatchers #AnimatedShortFilm

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WATCH THE REPLAY: Episode 25: Into The Ether
www.twitch.tv/videos/2868227823

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WATCH LIVE: www.twitch.tv/warrgrimm1

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be joining The Monday Post Live as a special guest!
Tune in Monday, September 7, from 7:00–9:00 PM EDT for music, conversation, and an evening with Into The Ether. Come hang out with us and say hello in the live chat—I’d love to see some familiar names there!

Into The Ether on YouTube:
youtube.com/iiSwanSongii

#IntoTheEther #TheMondayPostLive #IndependentArtist #LiveStream

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Happy September! August just went SO fast!!! Here I started writing this on 8/31 at 10:11pm and now finishing it at 7 pm on 9/1 to make sure I get it posted in time TODAY!

Welcome, and thank you to both current and new subscribers!

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🎵 WITCHCRAFT | Created by Temptation of the Priest

On August 27th, 'Witchcraft' a 13 minute Music / Short film launched!

When a group of friends enter a fortune teller’s tent to learn their futures, a seemingly harmless encounter becomes a supernatural nightmare.

This was a dream video for me to see 'happen' every step of the way that is solely the brain child of Temptation of the Priest
and detailed my part of the collaboration in the video description if you'd like to learn more.

▶ WATCH 'WITCHCRAFT' Prologue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG39m...
▶ WATCH 'WITCHCRAFT' Epi. 1: https://youtu.be/_wqyol-1LHc

▶ SUBSCRIBE TO: youtube.com/@Temptation-Of-The-Priest



🎵 SPECIAL GUEST ON MONDAY POST LIVE STREAM | September 7th at 7pm EDT

WATCH THE REPLAY: Episode 25: Into The Ether
www.twitch.tv/videos/2868227823

I very much appreciated and accepted a very kind invitation by Warrgrimm to be a special guest on his 'Monday Post Live' stream on Twitch scheduled for September 7, 2026 at 7pm EDT!

I'm a ball of nerves but also excited about it because I've never done anything like this before! Walter and Erik on the show are really good at providing the wonderful technical feedback (that I love to get) when fellow music makers share their songs on the stream. They provide a no holds barred take on first impressions, and any advice they can think of to share.

If you would like to check out his show on Monday nights or the night of September 7th (when I'll be on), you can visit and follow his twitch channel linked below!

▶ www.twitch.tv/warrgrimm1




🎵 SLASH MUSIC ARTICLE | 'I Walk Alone (The Hollow Road) and After Ashes EP' featured

Full disclosure for transparency, these Slash Music articles are 'paid promotions' but I do think they help with discovery. Any music makers out there interested in promoting their music should reach out to 'Slash Music' to see if they will do that for you. They 'found' my videos and reached out to me (which is how I learned about them) but I'm certain if you pitch your music to them they very well could be able to help you with discovery. They have low cost options and they will write and share articles of your music on their platform. 🤗

Read 'Slash Music' Latest Article about my song 'I Walk Alone (The Hollow Road):
▶ slash-music.com/iiswansongii-into-the-ether-i-walk…




🎵 SEPTEMBER CHANNEL GOALS | MORE MUSIC AND VIDEOS
Augusts' goal of more videos and more music didn't happen because the universe basically wouldn't let me! LOL From internet issues (changed carriers) to a power outage to work schedule...when it rains it pours! So needless to say I'm going to try to post at least 4 music videos this month (1 per week).




🎵 MUSIC IN THE QUEUE!

Here is the current queue I will keep updated as I finish and share:

■ RELEASED
▶ Before The Road Divides - Dark Grunge Alt-Rock ✅ 9/14


■ WORKING
▶ Left Unchosen - Psychedelic Grunge🎵 (Video Collab w/ MrWhoLab)
▶ Shadow to Light (Reuben Remake) - Synth Alt-Rock 🎵
▶ Maeflower - Grunge / Alt-Rock 🎵
▶ Too Loud for Heaven - Industrial Alt-Metal 🎵
▶ I Take It Back - Industrial Gothic Metal 🎵
▶ Where It Splinters - Industrial Alt Rock 🎵


■ PENDING

▶ Through - Industrial Symphonic Gothic Metal
▶ Through - Symphonic Black Metal
▶ This Desert - Grunge
▶ There's Something (Acoustic Session)
▶ I'm Breaking (Acoustic Session)
▶ Bury The Ashes (Acoustic Session)
▶ I’ve Outlived This Version — Goth Darkwave
▶ Carry What You Feel - Industrial Alt-Rock
▶ The Lever - Psychedelic Grunge
▶ I Don't Reach - I Know - Heavy Alternative Metal
▶ I Fall Away - Grunge Alt-Rock
▶ Between the Blinks (Remake) - Metal (Vocals by Reuben)
▶ If I Had To Pick Just One - Industrial Alt-Metal
▶ Where the Name Falls Away — Alternative Rock
▶ Still Spinning — Goth Rock / Grunge
▶ When the Ground Remembers — Metal
▶ When the Silence Arrives — Dark Hard Rock
▶ Still in the Distance — Dark Alternative / Post-Grunge
▶ Signs I Chose to Miss — Post-Grunge / Nu Metal
▶ Too Late to Open the Door — Modern Metal



■ COVER SONGS
I have started to consider again moving forward with covering a few of my favorite songs on here. I need to buy custom licensing for them though and one fee covers 5 songs so I need to find 3 more that I really want to do. Here is a list of 2 I have so far I want to do:
-- No Ground by Eleven
-- It's Okay by Eleven



■ ABANDONED (may revisit later):
- Where Tomorrow Learns My Name ❌
- Before You Drift Away ❌
- The Promise ❌
- The Weight I Used To Carry ❌
- Rush ❌
- Breaking Point ❌
- Where Fears Have Stood ❌
- Misplaced ❌
- Build In The Dark ❌

Progress Key:
✅ Completed 🎵 In Progress 🧪 Experimental ❌ Abandoned (for now)

Thank you for checking in and seeing what’s new!

I truly appreciate all of your likes and feedback—keep them coming.

Have an amazing day!

Peace, love, and empathy <3

~iiSwanSongii

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Would you stay—or walk away?

Four friends visit a fortune teller expecting a little fun—but what she reveals about their futures changes everything.


Watch WITCHCRAFT, the complete 13-minute supernatural horror short film:
▶ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG39m...

After watching, tell me: Would you have stayed for your reading—or walked away?

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WITCHCRAFT — The Story Begins at 4:44 AM EDT 8/27/26

Four friends believed their secrets would remain buried—until one day at the fair changed everything.

WITCHCRAFT, a supernatural horror short film by Temptation of the Priest × iiSwanSongii / Into the Ether, premieres August 27 at 4:44 AM EDT.

Set your reminder on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG39m...

#Witchcraft #HorrorShortFilm #SupernaturalHorror #YouTubePremiere

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Happy August! This monthly post, is about what happened in July and what I plan on doing in August!

Welcome, and thank you to both current and new subscribers!

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🎵 MAIN AUGUST FOCUS ON MORE MUSIC AND VIDEOS
I noticed my 'amount' of videos has gone way down per month since February. I'm keeping this month light on goals and my focus will be on 'more' music videos to share! <3


🎵 MobVision Song Contest - 3rd Edition | RESULTS

On Monday July 27th, was the grand final show of the 3rd edition of MobVision!

One thing they did for grand final artists is take our characters and put them on the MobVision stage! I LOVED seeing Reuben on stage singing and they gave him a band! I've included links below to the show if you want to see it. I loved it!

The results for 'Enough' as it advanced in each round were:
- Qualifier 3 - 5th Place
- Semi Final 1 - 11th Place
- Grand Final - 23rd Place

My biggest takeaway from all of this is seeing the amount of people who are committed to building communities and events (in their spare time mind you!) for everyone who loves this wonderful technology. There are places to talk about tools, share creative ideas, cheer each other on, share our music, art, and music videos, and receive technical feedback that we all need to get better in this wonderful craft.

What struck me most is how this also creates opportunities for genuine friendships to form between creative, like-minded people from all over the world.

I would absolutely love to be part of MobVision Edition 4. This was such a fun and rewarding experience for me and so grateful to everyone who voted for 'Enough' to make it to the Final.

▶ MobVision E3 Grand Final: https://youtu.be/fMp4UbGhZmI
▶ MobVision E3 TeleVotes: https://youtu.be/L2fGZRCyjP0


🎵 'Into The Ether' on Streaming Platforms - PRE-SAVE on SPOTIFY
Moved this 'goal' to August when July became much to busy for me! It's my fault though, I decided last minute to 'remaster' the 7 tracks on my EP before uploading them to my distributor so I will make time this month to get my EP remastered and shared on there. 🤗

✨UPDATE: This is Done! Pre-save my EP on Spotify

PRE-SAVE 'After Ashes' EP on Spotify
▶ distrokid.com/hyperfollow/intotheether/after-ashes


Watch Music Video Playlist of the songs from After Ashes:
▶ www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

'After Ashes' EP Available on Compact Disc:
▶ intotheether.net/order-after-ashes-ep/

Downloadable 'Into the Ether' Music (MP3 / WAV)
▶ intotheether.net/shop/



🎵 MUSIC IN THE QUEUE!

I'm on a mission this month. I need to make more music videos in August so here is the current queue I'll be working on and will keep updated as I finish and share:

■ RELEASED
▶ Fractured Veil (Reuben Remake) - Dark Alt-Rock / Psychedellic Grunge ✅ 8/23

▶ Witchcraft - Gothic 80s Synth Rock 🎵 (Video Collab w/ Temptation of the Priest)
✅ Premieres August 27, 2026 4:44AM EDT
WITCHCRAFT | A Supernatural Horror Short Film
https://youtu.be/dG39m4zY_H8

■ WORKING

▶ Left Unchosen - Psychedelic Grunge🎵 (Video Collab w/ MrWhoLab)
▶ Shadow to Light (Reuben Remake) - Synth Alt-Rock 🎵
▶ Maeflower - Grunge / Alt-Rock 🎵
▶ Too Loud for Heaven - Industrial Alt-Metal 🎵
▶ I Take It Back - Industrial Gothic Metal 🎵
▶ Where It Splinters - Industrial Alt Rock 🎵

■ PENDING

▶ Through - Industrial Symphonic Gothic Metal
▶ Through - Symphonic Black Metal
▶ This Desert - Grunge
▶ There's Something (Acoustic Session)
▶ I'm Breaking (Acoustic Session)
▶ Bury The Ashes (Acoustic Session)
▶ I’ve Outlived This Version — Goth Darkwave
▶ Carry What You Feel - Industrial Alt-Rock
▶ The Lever - Psychedelic Grunge
▶ I Don't Reach - I Know - Heavy Alternative Metal
▶ I Fall Away - Grunge Alt-Rock
▶ Between the Blinks (Remake) - Metal (Vocals by Reuben)
▶ If I Had To Pick Just One - Industrial Alt-Metal
▶ Where the Name Falls Away — Alternative Rock
▶ Still Spinning — Goth Rock / Grunge
▶ When the Ground Remembers — Metal
▶ When the Silence Arrives — Dark Hard Rock
▶ Still in the Distance — Dark Alternative / Post-Grunge
▶ Signs I Chose to Miss — Post-Grunge / Nu Metal
▶ Too Late to Open the Door — Modern Metal


■ COVER SONGS
I have started to consider again moving forward with covering a few of my favorite songs on here. I need to buy custom licensing for them though and one fee covers 5 songs so I need to find 3 more that I really want to do. Here is a list of 2 I have so far I want to do:
-- No Ground by Eleven
-- It's Okay by Eleven


■ ABANDONED (may revisit later):
- Where Tomorrow Learns My Name ❌
- Before You Drift Away ❌
- The Promise ❌
- The Weight I Used To Carry ❌
- Rush ❌
- Breaking Point ❌
- Where Fears Have Stood ❌
- Misplaced ❌
- Build In The Dark ❌

Progress Key:
✅ Completed 🎵 In Progress 🧪 Experimental ❌ Abandoned (for now)

Thank you for checking in and seeing what’s new!

I truly appreciate all of your likes and feedback—keep them coming.
Have an amazing day!

Peace, love, and empathy <3

~iiSwanSongii

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