Dan Tompkins On The Future Of Tesseract... and Metal?

This week Special Guest ‪@DanielTompkins‬ of Tesseract joins our regular crew of ‪@SteveOGRock‬, ‪@DrewFortune97‬, and ‪@METALBIRB‬ for another episode of The Metal Roundup. Listen in as Dan and the boys talk about where we are in Tesseract's release cycle and the War of Being game, his upcoming solo project 'The Prince of Failure', as well as some discussion around the rise of backing tracks and autotune in the live music scene. Keep up with Dan Tompkins and Tesseract via their socials: YouTube:    / @danieltompkins   YouTube:    / @tesseractofficial   Instagram:   / tesseractband   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/23ytw... Access the special bonus episodes as a Member of this channel or on Patreon with additional backstage access! -   / themetalroundup   0:00 Welcome to Special Guest Dan Tompkins! 0:28 A New Era for Tesseract 8:25 Crafting a jaw-dropping live show 13:59 The Concepts driving Tesseract 24:23 War of Being Video Game 33:05 The joy of gaming 37:34 Dan's favourite games? 40:24 Separating the music and the game 42:33 THAT vocal performance on Legion! 48:45 METALBIRB'S first Tesseract show 52:56 Levelling up your vocal game 55:54 Late 90's/Early 00's metal was peak 59:53 The Prince of Failure 1:06:18 Listening habits of reactors 1:08:47 Honest feedback is crucial 1:13:06 The shifting digital landscape 1:20:43 Are live backing tracks too prevalent? 1:34:41 Dan's advice for his younger self 1:37:26 Closing remarks #tesseract