Put Down Your Pickaxe: Difference between revisions

"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
Neon and the Argie Bees singles chronology

VisualWikitext

Revision as of 13:37, 4 November 2023

"Put Down Your Pickaxe" (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version) 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, due to the Soundtrack genre not being able to be applied, as it is not part of a larger soundtrack album.

Background

Sometime in 2017, the 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 Queensland Rock, The Aussie Goldmine's home base.

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

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 / 2019 Epic version) on Bandcamp
Put Down Your Pickaxe (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version) on Myspace
Put Down Your Pickaxe (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version) on SoundCloud
Put Down Your Pickaxe (2017 Demo version) on YouTube, in its original, un-remastered 2018 upload with test credits

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 Boomplay

Also available on

Instagram/Facebook
TikTok/TikTok Music/Resso/Luna
Pandora
Tidal
iHeartRadio
Claro Música
JioSaavn
Anghami
KKBOX
NetEase Cloud Music
Tencent Music
Qobuz
JOOX
Kuack Media
Yandex Music
Adaptr
Flo
MediaNet Music
Snapchat Music

@@ Line 65: / Line 65: @@
 === 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.
+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 Queensland Rock, The Aussie Goldmine's home base.
 === Release ===