{ "arrangers": [], "barcode": "199999468240", "catalog": "N/A", "categories": [ "Artist Discography" ], "category": "Artist Discography", "classification": "Vocal, Original Work", "composers": [], "covers": [ { "full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/16/154561/154561-160acec223db.png", "medium": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/16/154561/154561-160acec223db.png", "name": "Front", "thumb": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/16/154561/154561-160acec223db.png" } ], "discs": [ { "disc_length": "36:39", "name": "", "tracks": [ { "names": { "English": "Introit: My Dreams" }, "track_length": "1:07" }, { "names": { "English": "Eighteen Mile Hike" }, "track_length": "3:23" }, { "names": { "English": "Lost Inside My Head" }, "track_length": "5:11" }, { "names": { "English": "What I See" }, "track_length": "2:19" }, { "names": { "English": "We Made Our Dreams" }, "track_length": "4:29" }, { "names": { "English": "We Built Pillow Forts" }, "track_length": "4:51" }, { "names": { "English": "This Is Not Goodbye" }, "track_length": "5:15" }, { "names": { "English": "Somna Means Dreaming / My Dreams Are Real" }, "track_length": "6:02" }, { "names": { "English": "Multnomah, Call Me" }, "track_length": "4:02" } ] } ], "link": "album/154561", "lyricists": [], "media_format": "Digital", "meta": { "added_date": "2025-11-08T09:22", "edited_date": "2025-11-08T09:25", "fetched_date": "2026-06-04T23:26", "ttl": 86400, "visitors": 347 }, "name": "My Dreams Are Real", "names": { "en": "My Dreams Are Real", "ja": "My Dreams Are Real", "ja-latn": "My Dreams Are Real" }, "notes": "I wrote these songs immediately after attending Furality Somna, my second VRChat con but first one with a headset, a Meta Quest 3S that I got just a couple of weeks before.  Like with Furality Umbra, experiencing Furality Somna's vast, colorful worlds got my creative juices flowing, and I was grabbing whatever free moments I could during the con to write down lyrics and record quick drafts that would later become the songs on this album.\nAlthough there's still influence from beach pop and indie surf bands like boy pablo, Swimming Tapes, and Sun Daes, I decided to lean more heavily into bands I have been listening to recently like Good Kid, Tipling Rock, and Majak Door.  Good Kid in particular inspired me a lot for songs like Eighteen Mile Hike and Lost Inside My Head, and I found myself feeling immersed in their rapid-fire, high-energy brand of indie rock.\nI really hope that this album captures some of the magic of Furality Somna and lets you relive the good times as we wait for next June!\nFor fans of: Good Kid, boy pablo, Tipling Rock, Swimming Tapes, Sun Daes, Polite Fiction, Majak Door, Two Door Cinema Club, DIIV, Hot Freaks\nAll Music and Lyrics by Ian Martyn\nIan Martyn - lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, electric bass, synthesizer, keyboards, glockenspiel, drum programming\nChorus vocals on Track 8: Ampyluxe, Bucker Fuskyote, Darby Cupit, Kipp Kingdom, KOMODOMODE, Leo Martyn, Niko Fox, Simon Shirley, Tuhsano, Ursa Starsong, Yao\nMixed and mastered by Ian Martyn\nCover photo taken by Bucker Fuskyote\nin the Furality Somna Dealer's Den\nused with permission of Furality, Inc.\nDreamers Chorus:\nAmpyluxe\nBucker Fuskyote\nDarby Cupit\nKipp Kingdom\nKOMODOMODE\nLeo Martyn\nNiko Fox\nSimon Shirley\nTuhsano\nUrsa Starsong\nYao\nSpecial thanks to Tsuyoto for continuing to go on adventures in VRChat with me that inspired a lot of these songs.  I really love not only the creative work that we do together on this platform but also just getting to hang out with you and explore.\nSpecial thanks to Triac for giving me the computer that allowed me to get on VRChat in the first place.\nSpecial thanks to the Furality team and the world they created in Furality Somna that inspired me to write and record these songs.\nSpecial thanks to the Paws On Paper community and everyone in it, some of whom sing in \"My Dreams Are Real\" in the chorus.\nOf course, huge thanks and much love goes to my partner, Denver, who helped a lot with mixing advice for these songs. 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