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My official entry into the NovaVision Music Contest – Ist Edition!

🎬 "I Don't Reach, I Know" (Cinematic Alternative Metal) by Into The Ether™

Don't let anyone stop you from manifesting your dream future...including yourself.

"I Don't Reach, I Know" follows Christian as he confronts a darker version of himself, representing fear, doubt, and the search for validation.

The result is a visual story about self-acceptance, inner knowing, and the realization that certainty is not something we strive for—it can be something we manifest.

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🏆 NovaVision Music Contest – I Edition
📅 Contest Show: Saturday, June 27, 2026
🕒 Show Begins: 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 GMT)

🎥 My song premiere: 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 GMT)

Watch the show here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUan_...

Direct link to my video premiere for 'I Don't Reach, I Know':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mit9f...
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Thank you if you are able to come and listen and for supporting independent music!

— iiSwanSongii from Into The Ether™

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UPDATE: This Sunday is the LAST CHANCE to enter YOUR song into the MobVision Song Contest!!! (Actual show date and times will be revealed in the next couple weeks.)

🎵 I'll be representing Pennsylvania in the MobVision Song Contest with my song "Enough" as Into The Ether™.

MobVision brings together music makers from around the world for a global showcase of original songs, creativity, and storytelling.

LAST CHANCE TO ENTER and CLAIM YOUR REGION:
📅 June 21, 2026
🕓 4:00 PM EDT / 20:00 GMT

If you'd like to check out the event and discover music from creators across the globe:

🌐 mobvision.eu

#MobVision #IntoTheEther #Enough #OriginalMusic #MusicContest #IndependentMusic #NewMusic

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My 3D-printed Runner-Up statue from Fenix arrived yesterday in the mail! 🏆
So naturally, I thought Reuben should say a few words...

Thanks to ‪@FenixStudioAU‬ for hosting a fantastic event and always supporting independent music creators. Be sure to check out his channel and the incredible artists featured on the Super Saturday Show.

youtube.com/@FenixStudioAU

#IntoTheEther #Enough #FenixAward #OriginalMusic

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Happy June! I missed the 1st again! 😮 The days are flying by I can't keep up! This monthly post, is what happened in May and what I plan on doing in June!

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

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🎵 'Miles' by Into The Ether™ featured on Slash Music.

I was surprised on May 30th, a rep reached out to me from Slash Music via email asking if I wanted to be featured in another article for my song and video for 'Miles'.

To be transparent, it is an online site that has paid placement promotions. The lowest plan, $50, they write an article on your song and you or project. They keep the article on their website forever with your embedded video and links to all your socials/website in it. They also for that amount share if you have an IG reel on their feed with a link.

On Monday June 1, they posted it and Miles got more views, very nice people commenting on it, and new subscribers from it so hello if that is you!

So if you are a music maker and ever get approached by Slash Music I would highly recommend saying yes.

➡️ Link to Article: slash-music.com/miles-into-the-ether

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✨🎵👋 FenixAU Super Saturday Show - 'Enough' Picked runner-up at first 'Fenix Awards'!

FenixAU had a first ever Fenix award show on his Saturday Show and he picked 'Enough' as runner up! So many great music makers share their music there you should really visit!

▶ Chosen as runner up: 'Enough' by Into The Ether: https://youtu.be/2lIznijUgeI

✨ FenixAU AI Plays Profile: aiplay.live/users/trespyz_nj1b
✨ Fenix Studio AU YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@fenixstudioau

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🎵 I Am Participating in the first NovaVision Music Contest

Save the date!: Saturday, June 27, 2026 at 19:00 GMT

I joined a Eurovision style contest a friend, MrWhoLab, is organizing!
There are some great music creators who are participating so if you are free that day you should really stop by to chat, watch and listen to all the wonderful music makers! I'm hard at work on my entry now! I have a wonderful friend, Temptation of the Priest, who is an amazing music maker / filmmaker teaching me about a new video making tool 'Magnific' that if you are not familiar you should look into it!
If you'd like a referral link I can give you his upon request for a discount! Let me know!

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🎵 New Merch! Cultus Artificialis Intellectus Teeshirt

Okay, people criticize so much the use of AI, I decided to poke fun at it AND 'embrace' it and say fine...I am a PROUD MEMBER of the 'Cultus Artificialis Intellectus' (Cult of Artificial Intellegence)😄

▶ Cultus Artificialis Intellectus Shirt:
intotheether.net/merch-shop/#!/cultus+intellectus+…

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🎵 MUSIC IN THE QUEUE!

Here’s what’s currently in progress or coming up for June:

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▶ Lost In The Haze (Remake) - Industrial Synth Alt Metal ✅ 6/7




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▶ I Don't Reach - I Know - Heavy Alternative Industrial Metal 🎵
and NovaVision Music Contest Entry! Premieres June 27th during the live stream!

▶ Maeflower - Grunge / Alt-Rock 🎵
▶ Too Loud for Heaven - Industrial Alt-Metal 🎵
▶ Fractured Veil (Remake) - Metal 🎵
▶ Left Unchosen - Psychedelic Grunge🎵 (Video Collab)

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▶ I Take It Back - Industrial Gothic Metal

▶ Where It Splinters - Industrial Alt Rock
▶ 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
▶ Voltage — Dark Electro Rock (planned for my super secret “The Vault” on my website)

■ 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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Into The Ether™ featured article on Slash Music.

The article explores my latest song and music video, Miles, along with the creative world behind the Into The Ether project.

➡️ Link to Article: slash-music.com/miles-into-the-ether

Thank you Slash Music ❤️

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 4

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Guess I joined a “cult” 😏
Okay… maybe not a cult… but definitely a movement 😄
This is a cheeky nod to anyone who still refuses to see the value in AI…
So I guess I’ll just be a proud member of the club.

The Latin on the design:

“Cultus Intellectus Artificialis”
→ “Cult of Artificial Intelligence”

“Usu consummatur intellectus”
→ “Understanding is perfected through use.”

In other words…
you don’t really get it until you start using it. ❤

👉 intotheether.net/merch-shop/#!/cultus+intellectus+…

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I'm not MIA! I'm working on 3 ambitious music video projects simultaneously!

So they are taking a lot of time right now. Thought I'd share some sneak peeks into the who and what ❤ One is a collaboration with another talented music maker, MrWhoLab, which will be my first collaboration!

I look forward to premiering
- 'Miles' (Industrial - This week / Monday for sure!)
- 'Left Unchosen' (Alt-Grunge - TBD)
- 'I Don't Reach, I Know' (Industrial Symphonic Metal - June)

~ I look forward to sharing when done! ❤

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I’m really grateful to have been selected as Runner-Up in the first-ever Fenix Award on the Super Saturday Show by Fenix for my song 'Enough'!

There were so many great songs and videos featured—I highly recommend checking out the full show on Fenix’s channel.

🎧 Full show / Fenix channel (Replay of May 16th Show):
https://youtu.be/UPSw3zYdQ-w

🥇 1st place winner:
“4 F...of Life - The Only Rule You Need” by Tasha Clarke Music:
https://youtu.be/PIoQEwQc1XQ

🏆 My entry (Runner-Up):
“Enough” by Into The Ether™:
https://youtu.be/2lIznijUgeI

Thanks again to Fenix for a great show!

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🎵 Started a new playlist on the channel: **Music Maker Shout Outs**

▶ Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj...

Just a growing collection of songs I genuinely keep coming back to and wanted to share with others.

A lot of underground cinematic, alternative, electronic, industrial, ambient, and genre-blending music from creators making really interesting things.

If you’re looking for something new to discover, give it a listen.

Peace, love, and empathy.

— iiSwanSongii

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Happy May! I wanted to share about a press feature and about some internet radio shows. I'll explain where and how you can listen since there are so many more music makers out there I'm so inspired by you should have a listen too!
Welcome, and thank you to both current and new subscribers!
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Here are some updates on what I’m doing and what I have planned for the month of May!

🎵 Past Streaming Sessions (Internet Radio Shows / Watch Party)
During the month of April I found out about aiplay.live. It's a website where there are 'music maker friendly' internet streaming shows that people host to allow everyone to share their music. So far I've done one and my song was picked at random (thank goodness)!

✨🎵👋 FenixAU Super Saturday Show
Here is a link queued to the place where 'Through the Spiral Gate' was played and the chat and hosts had some nice commentary afterwards and were so funny (about my persona they called Jason Momoa... for the record I do see what they mean....momoa-esque I suppose but never crossed my mind lol).

Saturday Show: 'Through the Spiral Gate' clip:
▶ youtube.com/live/--6lvvJFzdA?si=vy2NRs_UtMZuSMKQ&t…


🎵 Future Streaming Session: Zanzibar's Video Nexus
I only want to submit to ones I know I'm going to be able to attend so the next one I submitted for a 'chance' for my song to be played on is one by:

Zanzibar's Video Nexus
on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 8PM EST

Link to Watch Stream:
▶ aiplay.live/sessions/9S0le_CofbVEiCXgGAq6S
Visit this link if you want to join and click 'Watch Stream' button.

I don't know if this is setup the same way with a random wheel of chance to be played so I'm hoping mine gets picked if yes. What I love is seeing what everyone else is making and being so inspired by it all! Another difference I saw with Zanzibar's show is they allow longer videos (more then 5 min.) and my recent 'Threshold of the Aftermath' is a 6m 40s video so thought I'd submit that one being my latest and current favorite. <3

If you have time to watch the stream come say hi!

🎵 Into The Ether™ featured on Slash Music.
A rep reached out to me out of the blue with an article they wrote about my song and video for 'Overcast'. Full disclosure to be transparent, this is an online site that has paid placement opportunities for promotion. Them finding my song, and writing the article WITH my video embedded along with all my social medias linked was a plus. Also I liked how they explained the song, my project and my name I go by iiSwanSongii. That little voice told me to just do it so I got the pricing. To be transparent the cost was $50 for the article to be shared on their homepage and stay under their 'rock' section forever(?) and for my 'overcast' reel on Instagram to be shared twice in their Instagram feed with links. So I took the offer. My views doubled in 2 days on that video, and I got some new subscribers from it so hello if that is you! So if you are a music maker and ever get approached by Slash Music I would highly recommend saying yes.

▶ Link to Article: slash-music.com/iiswansongii-overcast


🎵 MUSIC IN THE QUEUE!

Here’s what’s currently in progress or coming up for May:

■ RELEASED
Blooper Reel (of videos Threshold of the Aftermath and Not The Enemy)✅ 5/5
Faded Hour (Acoustic Session) (by request — thank you, R!) 👋✅ 5/8
Miles — Industrial Metal ✅ 5/25


■ WORKING
I Don't Reach - I Know - Heavy Alternative Industrial Metal 🎵
Left Unchosen - Psychedelic Grunge🎵 (Video Collab)
Maeflower - Grunge / Alt-Rock 🎵
Too Loud for Heaven - Industrial Alt-Metal 🎵
Fractured Veil (Remake) - Metal 🎵


■ PENDING
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 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
Voltage — Dark Electro Rock (planned for my super secret “The Vault” on my website)

■ 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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