Derpy McBurgles by *DocWario

Octavia Nouveau by Anjilasaurus

I can’t believe we’re already to Music Wrap-Up #10! Check out under the break for an excellent remix, an epic Bioshock-inspired track, an amazing Pinkie’s Brew instrumental, and a rare piece of disco pony music!

Watch this video on YouTube.

Mogul Dash – Find A Way (Continuity)(Mogul Remix)

I was surprisingly taken with this remix.  There’s definitely a lot of appeal in the way Mogul Dash has used Twilight’s voice.  While I really like her voice in this piece, it sounds like she’s saying “rain fondue” over and over.

Watch this video on YouTube.

Seventh Element – Daring Do and the Lost City of the Seaponies

Don’t get me wrong, I’m particularly fond of a lot of Seventh Element’s previous work, but wow.  The way he incorporates those strings just blows me away. If you’re a fan of Bioshock or of ponies, I suggest you take a serious listen to this.

Watch this video on YouTube.

Tsyolin Imitates Blake Robinson – Pinkie’s Brew by Griffin Lewis (Synthetic Orchestra Remix)

Not too much to say about this one. Fantastic instrumental based on the work of two fantastic musicians — pieces like these really just make my love for the fandom grow.

Watch this video on YouTube.

Freewave Befriends Eurobeat Brony – Disco(rd)

This is the first piece of disco that I know of coming out of the community and is it a good one.  Also, I can’t help but feel a little stupider for not realizing earlier that “Disco” is in “Discord.”  Well played, Freewave. Well played.

And that’s all for this week, everyone! Don’t forget to keep submitting!

BronyCon is proud to once again welcome the voice of Princess Celestia and Cheerilee, Nicole Oliver!

Well known for her work on shows such as Ranma ½, Littlest Pet Shop, X-Men: Evolution and Maison Ikkoku, Oliver is also a talented actress appearing in episodes of everything from Stargate SG-1 to Supernatural. In addition to those impressive credits, she’s dabbled in producing and directing for television and film. We’re honored to have her grace our stage a third time!

To read more about BronyCon’s guest lineup, visit our guest page. Don’t forget to keep an eye on our Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr for more exciting announcements!

Madame Banane – Frazpaper by Fraztov

Will you be in Paris, France, on October 26 and 27? If not, better make arrangements now to teleport there because M.A. Larson and JanAnimations will be.

You should also support their Indiegogo campaign, and maybe they’ll be able to fly in even more M.A. Larsons!

The BronyDays staff is thrilled to announce that M.A. Larson and JanAnimation will attend the convention in Paris, October 2013!

M.A. Larson is the writer who brought us amazing episodes such as Sonic Rainboom, Return of Harmony, Luna Eclipsed, Magic Duel and Magical Mystery Cure, and is overall “one of the biggest driving forces toward a unified narrative in the show”.

Photo of and by M.A. Larson

JanAnimation is a very talented artist, well-known for having animated the songs “Picture Perfect Pony”, and “Meet the Bronies” for the brony documentary.We are currently running an Indiegogo campaign which has permitted us to invite these amazing guests, and we will be able to invite even more provided that we get enough fund, so contributing would help us welcome guests of honour from all europe and beyond! Not to mention that you can get some cool rewards by donating, including a lunch with all the guests!

More info about the BronyDays here!

dos feels by CeleryPony

“If, as occasionally happens, there are two subtitles in the original (an awkward contingency), a colon normally precedes the first and a semicolon the second.” —The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, §14.98

• Google has added pony Easter eggs to Hangout, as Geek.com reports.
• Botcon gets an exclusive Transformers-MLP crossover comic cover.
• Katie Cook is at Motor City Comic Con today, as The Daily Oat reports. Go and meet her!
• Here are the Q3 2013 results for DHX Media (I wish I knew why they don’t call it Q1). Cantercast informs me that this is due to fiscal year’s not conforming to calender years. Thanks! Since it’s a Canadian company, I then would’ve expected it to run from April 1 to March 31 of the next year, but that doesn’t add up either. Oh well.
• Vectored Thrust again reminds us to remind you to say #ThankYouDHX.
• There will be a black and white reprint of the first edition of the comic (so people can learn to appreciate Heather Breckel’s coloring work). Thanks to RealZero for the submission (but it had popped up minutes earlier on our spy satellites anyway).
• Have a look at some script pages, in case you weren’t at Equestria LA or missed them.
• A new, mysterious (probably Equestria Girls) blu-ray is on the horizon. Originally slanted for “August,” the title now just says “fall,” but the date “August 6, 2013” has remained unchanged. Here an additional source from blu-ray.com.
• One of Steffan Andrews’s songs has been cut from Equestria Girls. Bugger. But Daniel Ingram approves of the trailer song, which is not his work. Furthermore, Mr. Andrews might or might not have scored another episode.
• Finally congrats to Daniel Ingram and Steffan Andrews for their Leo Award nomination for the score of Magical Mystery Cure. Congrats also to Marcel Duperreault, Todd Araki, Jason Fredrickson, and Adam McGhie for “Best Overall Sound” in Sleepless in Ponyville. More congrats to all the other nominees; here a few of those we know: Sam Vincent (Slugterra), Lee Tockar (Slugterra), Andrew Francis (Slugterra), Shannon Chan Kent (Slugterra), Vincent Tong (Yoga Town). Who did I forget?

Via Anonypony

There has always been a lot of talk about the “Portal to Equestria.” Would you go if you could? What if you couldn’t come back? What if this? What if that?

If you ask me, this line of thinking is missing the point. The portal to Equestria isn’t a great big hole in the wall. The portal to Equestria is our hearts.

You go there every time you show kindness to a stranger. When you stand up and tell the truth regardless of the personal cost, when you make someone laugh and bring a smile to their face, when you are generous with what is yours to give, what you’re really doing is reaching out and touching a piece of Equestria.

Ponyjoy is an energy. You can use that energy to make the world a better place. Even if you only do it in small ways, (with a listening ear, or a helping hand), you are still bringing Equestria home. Because Equestria is a dream – the kind of dream that changes the world. But the problem with dreams is that they can only begin to take on lives of their own when you act on them.

Equestria isn’t some place you can step into and leave all your friends and family behind, and hope to live happily ever after. Equestria is that feeling you get when you stand by the ones you love, even when Earth happens to suck.

It’s not some far away, out of reach place that you can never find, no matter how hard you wish for it. Equestria is right here, right now, right under our noses. It’s the spark of friendship that, as Twilight Sparkle put it, “lives in the hearts of us all.”

Equestria is us.

Equestria is you. When you stop and think about it, it always has been.

—Sprocket

You can now also follow Help, My Heart Full of Pony at heartfullofpony.tumblr.com.

djtetsuo. Performing at Equestria LA 2013

EQLA – The Editorial

My thoughts were filled with hopes that this visit to Equestria LA would be as good as last year. When I left, I couldn’t imagine how any convention could beat what I just experienced. It was an amazing weekend, filled with great panels, new friends, and the general badassery that is the pony community. Some of the best times I had in general are conventions, and this is definitely no exceptions. I’d really recommend anyone go to a pony con just for the amazingly humble experience that is us!

I had some awesome interviews, not with the show staff nor community guests, but with the vendors, I felt like they are a greatly under appreciated part of the con scene, and I want to shed some light on what it is like to make your way as a vendor.

Questions from anonymous, successful vendors

Is there any difficulties in being or starting out as a vendor you can specifically name?

One, definitely, is that I have a hard time picking the merch I want to sell at whatever convention I go to. This one is obviously an exception, but yeah, probably picking what I am going to sell.

Are there any tips you can give for convention vendors?

I’d definitely say to overstock, and bring more than what you expect to sell, and more than anything, work on promotion while you are on duty, give away business cards, or even free samples to show off your work!

Where do you make the bulk of your money: Etsy, or conventions?

Conventions, this is our full-time-job. We make and sell fan products at various conventions. It isn’t always the most glamorous lifestyle, but we get to travel, and meet some amazing people!

What kind of profits do you get at any given con?

Depends on the size; at a smaller con like this, we make maybe 1-2k in profits, at larger cons, like PAX prime, or Comic-Con, we can get anywhere from 10k and up.

Questions to Athena’s Wink

What is your most successful single product on the market?

Definitely our rainbow dash caps, they sell at every convention without fail.

What made you think of “Pony body butter”?

I had already worked with perfumes in the past, and felt like trying something new. It was originally intended to be a lotion bar, but we felt body butter is much more easily applied.

Questions to Sac Brony Expo

What was it like, trying to get your foothold in a niche con scene?

So far it’s been pretty tough, mostly getting the foot through the door. But we are progressing, and we hope to get there.

How did you come about the idea for “Sac Brony Expo”?

We had a meet-up at Sac Anime once, and it turned out to be a wild success, and took up quite a bit of space, so we felt we should try to make it our own!

Questions to Bronycon Head of PR, Logan Biscornet

How long have you been working for BronyCon?

I have been with them since shortly before Summer BronyCon 2012.

Are there any memorable events or happenings that you distinctly remember?

Yes, one time, we had a mentally challenged young man come to our convention, sure he had bought tickets to get in with he and his parents, but, it turns out they had not, and since we did not sell reg at the door, we had to pull some strings to get the boy and his family in. And after the convention, his parents came up to me, telling me I had given him the best time of his life.

How do you feel your staff handles situations at the con?

Well, our staff cleared out a building of 4000 people in a very short time, I think that all of our staff have been very well informed and trained.

How did the higher-ups at BronyCon deal with the rumors of Everfree trying to sabotage your con, and vice-versa?

Well, for one, I had no idea why or how those rumors had even started. But, we did handle them very nicely. They were quickly dismissed. They are on the opposite coast, we had no reason to be real rivals. Only a friendly rivalry, but either way, We would all love to see both cons be very successful and spread the love of pony around.

What changed when the fire nation attacked your con?

Everything.

Questions to djtetsuo. (Twitter, SoundCloud, Facebook)

How did you get into spinning?

I wanted to do something different with my time. One of my old teachers, Laura, who still spins down, Pacific Beach in San Diego, taught me the techniques I still know now, and teaching myself all the digital interfaces and various equipment.

Why specifically did you choose to DJ for ponies?

Ponies chose me, after Canterlot, everything blew up, and when doing one of my routines at an anime con, Klisk looked at me and saw potential, and invited me to CG. I also feel that the fandom needed an experienced DJ, instead of a new producer, that can travel anywhere, and I want to be the fandom’s DJ. The rest is history.

Have you ever had a bad experience working pony cons?

Not at all, only minor problems. The only thing I can think of is at Big Apple Ponycon, my computer kept freezing up, nothing to do with the con its self. Word of advice for DJ’s: Use a mac if you need to do field work. All ponies love apples anyway, wink wink.

What kind of equipment do you use?

I used to use a Sony Vaio, Traktor S4, now I use a Black Mac Book, Custom Mapped Maschine, two CDJ 900, Traktor F1, and a DJM 800.

What is your favorite genre of music to mix?

I love to mix Nudisco, there are a lot of good artists for that particular genre, I also like to do a lot of Electrostatic and French House, as well, if I am in the mood, Trap.

What can we expect in the future?

Expect a lot of collaborations, lots of them, look for stuff with Silvahound, Alex S., and Additive Subtractive. At Fiesta Equestria Additive and I have an awesome set-list for all of you called Daft Pony!

LeekFish’s vendor booth. Photo Credit: Everfree Network

Questions to Christina Cornford

How did you like doing official art at EQLA?

Oh gosh, it was amazing! It felt pretty surreal, actually; I guess it wasn’t until I saw my artwork mass-printed on the posters, shirts, and so on that it really sunk in, and even then I could hardly believe it! I probably seemed like such an excitable dork whenever I found my artwork somewhere or had someone approach my table for a signature. (In fact, I think that whole weekend I probably came across as an excitable dork. Sorry about that!) It was kind of mind-blowing to see so many attendees enjoying my work.

But yeah, it was really great working for EQLA and I’m super glad they’ve expressed that they’d like to keep me around to do more artwork for EQLA 2014; they really have a great staff and I got to have a lot of fun with the artwork I made for them, especially that poster! Actually, most of my assignments went through Karen (aka Glittering Pony, the con chair of EQLA) so I guess for some reason I hadn’t fully realized that the rest of staff actually knew about me, haha. Upon arriving at the con on Day Zero I was given quite the warm welcome and such positive words about the work I did for them!

How did you enjoy doing your first vending table?

It definitely had its challenges in regards to selling my work as well as its pros and cons (such as the opportunity to discuss my artwork with others vs. having to miss out on a lot of great events) but overall I thought it was pretty great! I learned a lot, met some fantastic people, and had a lot of fun.

Do you feel that there are any different strategics you can employ to be more successful, if so what?

I’m not entirely sure if I understand the question; my apologies! But I did learn a few things about pricing my work, what people like, which sorts of styles people enjoy seeing from me, etc. Working for EQLA and having a vendor’s table was definitely a great way to get my name out there and network with others, too!

Was there any bad experiences at EQLA, and are there any memorable good ones?

Hmmm… I can’t say I really had any bad experiences, honestly. There were of course moments of stress, things that went a bit wrong or simply not as planned, and instances that were perhaps less than enjoyable, but the memories that really stick in my mind are all overwhelmingly positive. Brenda Crichlow (the voice actress behind Zecora) especially made my weekend when she gave me particularly high praise and even asked me to sign one of the convention posters for her! I also had visits to my table from some other show staff guests, a “Psy-Pie” dance party at my table when I was cosplaying as Gala Pinkie Pie, and anyone following Cindy Morrow on Twitter probably saw the photo of us that was taken at the autograph session where she even wore my prop goofy glasses, just to name a few memories!

How do you feel the pony community has treated you?

One of my favorite things about the MLP community is that it’s so welcoming and friendly; I felt beyond honored to have the opportunity to create artwork that ended up in the hands of every staff member and attendee, and even more honored to see everyone enjoying it! Visitors to my booth were very encouraging, and I was totally floored by the positive feedback I received. I have to say though, even before I began doing artwork for brony conventions, I’ve found it really easy to make friends within the fandom (especially when cosplaying, haha!) So in short, I feel the community has definitely been nothing short of fantastic to me.

What other types of art do you do?(Painting, embroidery. etc)

Oh, goodness. Where to start? In addition to digital art I also know my way around traditional media to an extent such as markers and colored pencils, I create costumes, and I also tend to dabble in various other mediums such as sculpture and plushie making (though I certainly could use improvement with those…) As an artist I believe it’s great to not limit oneself to a single medium (don’t get me wrong though, specialization is good!) because a lot of mediums can sort of overlap at times and you never know what skills will be helpful.

Do you prefer digital or traditional art?

Digital art for sure! I love both, but I’ve always felt that I had a lot of freedom with digital media, and can experiment with new styles and techniques without the risk of completely destroying a piece thanks to that nifty little “undo” button! It doesn’t come without challenges, but there’s just so much I can do with digital media that it feels virtually limitless and I just love it to bits.

Have you ever thought about taking cosplay commissions?

Sadly, I haven’t; truth be told, I’m actually sort of a newbie to the whole making-my-own-costumes thing! Making my Gala Pinkie dress was my first time sewing at all, though she served as a crash course in sewing thanks to the help and patience from some wonderful friends of mine. And besides, I’m kept constantly busy with school, my job, and convention work that I hardly even have any time for my own projects!

All Sold Out by Perrydotto

Can’t buy any more soused herring (“Matjes”)? Then how about an awkward segue to DRM-infected online purchases instead?

GalaCon kindly forwarded the following information to us.

Our partner and sponsor EDEL:Kids is proud to inform you all that as of last Monday the first season of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is now available in SD and HD on the German iTunes. Currently only in German, but within the next weeks all episodes will also be avaiable with 5.1 English audio.Volume 1 is available for €9.99, all others for €8.99.

The links:

https://itunes.apple.com/de/tv-season/my-little-pony-staffel-1/id637500164

https://itunes.apple.com/de/tv-season/my-little-pony-staffel-2/id637502136

https://itunes.apple.com/de/tv-season/my-little-pony-staffel-3/id637503489

https://itunes.apple.com/de/tv-season/my-little-pony-staffel-4/id637505106

Funko has listed off some hints for their SDCC exclusives, which reference ponies. Feel free to check it out yourself, or be assured that Derpy is getting a clear variant. The hints aim at there being a clear Rainbow Dash vairant, too.

SDCC exclusives can be pre-ordered by people attending the event. You can also pick them up there. Info is on the link above. Info from 3377345 from the MLP Arena.

Breyer600 of the Arena got an entire case of wave 8 blind bags and shared the codes. Unlike before, the codes are two letters, with the first being A and the second corresponding to the pony inside. The codes are embossed on the bottom of the bag below the MLP URL and can be read from the front.

A = 01 Applejack
B = 02 Big Macintosh
C = 03 Royal Riff
D = 04 Mosely Orange
E = 05 Gilda
F = 06 Flam
G = 07 Flim Skim
H = 08 Fluttershy
I = 09 Skywishes
K = 10 Granny Smith
L = 11 Princess Cadence
M = 12 Golden Harvest
N = 13 Flower Wishes
O = 14 Pinkie Pie
P = 15 Sassaflash
R = 16 Comet Tail
S = 17 Rainbow Dash
T = 18 Sunny Rays
U = 19 Gardinia Glow
V = 20 Lemon Hearts
W = 21 Rarity
X = 22 Ribbon Wishes
Y = 23 Lotus Blossom
Z = 24 Twilight Sparkle

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Dear Princess Luna,

Well hello there fair princess. I promised a few weeks ago to give our lovely Princess of the Night a little fair treatment. So may we entertain you with the music of fandom? On this episode Midnight Shadow guests while sandy is out. And Markarian, Bejoty, and Pony Tim of Everfree Northwest come on to talk shop about their upcoming convention. In addition to telling us what really psyches them for next year we get into Equestria LA discussions, if streaming makes sense for conventions, continued discussion on Equestria Girls, and custom voiceboxes I may need to make a reality! Anyway, enjoy princess and may you sleep well.

Sincerely,

Apple Cider

PS – Show notes can be found on the following Google Doc.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JtsgO51BFp_08dEHFlczhMI2Zsu_e8E3TZ

Episode page: http://bronyshow.com/?p=1067