Mega Ran is very much a concept album. What was the genesis of this project?
I really couldn't tell you. I literally woke up one day and got an idea to make an entire project on Mega Man beats. I gotta credit YTCracker for his NES album, which was the first time I'd heard an entire album with NES-sampled
tracks. So, 2 years later, when I read that this was the 20th
anniversary of a character which pretty much defined and shaped my
childhood, I wanted to make one track, and when I couldn't find just
one to use, MEGA RAN was born.
WHOLE STORY: I heard the music and wanted to make something cool out of it.
Random: That was an emotional roller coaster ride.
I received a message on MySpace from a guy from Capcom saying "We heard
you're doing a Mega Man tribute album." It hadn't even come out at that
time, and yet it was on IGN.com as one of their "Hot Albums," and was
all over the net somehow. This is how I learned that news travels fast
online. The email was pretty light-hearted. The guy at Capcom told me,
"Don't worry, this isn't a cease-and-desist order" with a smiley face.