Put Down Your Pickaxe

"Put Down Your Pickaxe" (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version)
"Put Down Your Pickaxe" (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version)
	Album cover art by NeonWabbit,; featuring Aurora Australis' original beta design
Single by Neon and the Argie Bees
Published	March 18, 2018
Released	November 3, 2023
Studio	Studio RGB-Newt
Genre	Country; Folk;
Length	1:15
Label	Fishal Project Records
Composer(s)	Darien Brice Dickinson
Producer(s)	The Fishal Project
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"Put Down Your Pickaxe" (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version), also released as the EP "Music from The Aussie Goldmine's Original Pitch Pilot", is a single by Neon and the Argie Bees comprising of two versions of the same song, one being a remaster of a 2017 instrumental originally uploaded to the internet on March 18, 2018 in an unlisted YouTube video as the stand-in "Ending Credits" theme for the original pitch pilot of The Aussie Goldmine's cancelled 2017 animated series, and the other being a more orchestral version of that theme, which was made in 2019.

It was officially released worldwide on November 3, 2023, as a digital download and on streaming services, such as Spotify, via Distrokid. Its genre is classified as Country/Folk/Classical wherever the Soundtrack genre is not able to be applied, as it is not part of a larger soundtrack album.

Background

Sometime in 2017, the demo track was put together in the DAW software LMMS using high-quality MIDI soundfonts.

In March 2018, when a test render of the end credits for a version of The Aussie Goldmine's animated series pitch pilot required some music, this track was used, and named, for the first time.

Composition

2017 Demo version

The track features an acoustic guitar playing over a deep growling bass, clapping, and twinkling percussion noises reminiscent of both metal ores being mined by someone constantly striking a rock with a pickaxe and an old cash register providing a payout.

2019 Epic version

The "Epic" version takes a more orchestral, medieval, and even disconcerting approach, slightly going off-key during the middle, and also ending with a sustained organ note and deep, rumbling choir going "ooh" and "ahh".

Production

Album artwork

The album artwork was adapted from a poster by NeonWabbit advertising the original 2017 pitch pilot of a potential animated series for The Aussie Goldmine. It features Aurora Australis in her original beta design, before the character was redesigned by Kappapeachie, holding a pickaxe in front of the sun shining down on the fictional Queensland Rock, a potential home base location for The Aussie Goldmine, which houses a large green and gold crystal.

Release

The single was released on November 3, 2023, and was only meant to contain the 2017 Demo version, but had to be reuploaded with the 2019 Epic version to comply with streaming service song length requirements. On many streaming services, it still retains a release date of March 18, 2018, as that is when the 2017 demo was first uploaded to the internet, despite the inclusion of the 2019 Epic version to pad it out.

Reception

Track listing

Music composed and arranged by Darien Brice Dickinson.

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Put Down Your Pickaxe" (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version)	1:15

Extended play
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Put Down Your Pickaxe" (2017 Demo version)	0:41
2.	"Put Down Your Pickaxe" (2019 Epic version)	0:34

Personnel

Darien Brice Dickinson – bass, guitars, keyboards, percussion, composition, MIDI programming, production
Studio RGB-Newt – production company
The Fishal Project / Fishal Project Records – producer, record label

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog No.
Worldwide	18 March 2018 / 3 November 2023	Fishal Project Records	Digital download	NW-S17FPR01

References

External links

Self-published

Put Down Your Pickaxe (2017 Demo version) on YouTube, in its original, un-remastered 2018 upload with test credits
Music from The Aussie Goldmine's Original Pitch Pilot on SoundCloud
Music from The Aussie Goldmine's Original Pitch Pilot on Bandcamp
Put Down Your Pickaxe (2017 Demo ver.) on Newgrounds

Distributed via Distrokid

Put Down Your Pickaxe (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version) on Spotify
Put Down Your Pickaxe (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version) on Apple Music / in the iTunes Store
Put Down Your Pickaxe (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version) on YouTube
Put Down Your Pickaxe (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version) on YouTube Music
Put Down Your Pickaxe (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version) on Amazon Music
Put Down Your Pickaxe (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version) on Deezer
Put Down Your Pickaxe (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version) on TIDAL
Put Down Your Pickaxe (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version) on iHeartRadio
Put Down Your Pickaxe (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version) on Boomplay

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v t e Neon and the Argie Bees
Neon Mascot Flye Frie Nyah etc. Actual members: Darien Brice Dickinson
Studio albums	The Thirst Tides (2024) 2... 2! (TBA) Farewell Stairwell (TBA) Album of Celestial Abandon (TBA)
Singles	"Put Down Your Pickaxe" (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version)
Other songs	"Flying Free" (Flye 'n' Frie theme song) List of songs (by genre)
Compilations	The Thirst B-Sides Flye 'n' Frie: 8-Bit Series — Reimagined Flye 'n' Frie's Historic N Series — Reimagined Flye 'n' Frie's Handheld N Series — Reimagined Flye 'n' Frie's Retro Remains — Reimagined
Soundtracks	Amaze-ing Sounds Skysound Scales Tunes of Tails & Talons Scalesound Skies Flight Through the Fire Sounds The Cacophony of Claws Ex-Planetarium Sound Symphonium A Fabled Finalé of Sound Super Soaring Score Ultra Scaled Skies OST Wet 'n' Wild Soundwaves Freedom Frequencies (New!) Freedom Frequencies Forever The Joyful Euphony Monochromatic Melodies Virtual Red Tones Vivid Vibrations Aerial Anthems Duelling Dragon Musicians Lit Tracks from Fire Flight 3D Feather 'n' Flame: Phonic Home Driftin' Dragon Car Radio Music from the Harpy's Hard Drive Global Grooves Risky Rhythms Take a Listen Echoes of an Emotional Ensemble Axis of Soundscapes Barbershop Duet
Side projects	Mira & Fret
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v t e Neon and the Argie Bees songs
Discography Videography
Music from The Aussie Goldmine's Original Pitch Pilot EP	"Put Down Your Pickaxe"
The Thirst Tides	"Adrift at Sea" "Flying Free" (The Thirst Tides album version) "Seagulls" "Seabreeze" "Chromatic Currents" "Lighthouse, Darkhouse" "Serene's Serenade" "In Waves" "Re-Surfacing" "Endless Ocean" "The First Tides" "Skipping Stones" "Neon Rain" "Drifting Ashore" "What's in the Bottle?"
The Thirst B-Sides	"Anchored at Bay" "Ibis Business" "Seals Pretending To Be Mermaids" "the grey inbetween" "Serpent Seamonster" "Drowning" "Clear Skies" "A Message Unsent" "A Thirst Quenched"
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