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I think they were still a bit surprised to see me at another show 6 months later when I offered to spontaneously perform what I had written. They were into it so I made this record and they invited me to come on tour with them for a bit.\nThis project hasn't been entirely free of controversy, however. A lot of the gaming nerds who love their music hate what I do to it (even tho they can still buy it and listen to it free of me.) When I briefly joined The Advantage on tour during the Summer of 2006, I was viciously heckled at our first show in Boston (it was largely my fault, as I had made the decision to give no explanation on anybody's part to a capacity crowd about what we were doing.) There are also lots of entertainingly negative comments on our MySpace page (myspace.com/AdvantageproGrammar) and the iTunes page for this album (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=193411161&s=143441).\nThe dope thing about The Advantage's music, from my perspective as a writer, is how some of the songs are perfect for singing, and some for rapping. It seemed tailor-made to me or an artist just like me.\nI recorded this album in Caitlin's bedroom in Brooklyn and Paul Gold mastered it at his former room at Brooklynphono. Click here to view the REMIX of this album mixed by Eric Ronick and mastered by Michael Sarsfield.\nCaitlin Rosen featured on Sebastian & Lulu (a song about her sugar-gliders;) Tim Perry featured on Aluminum Hybrid Cars; Charlie Gilbert, Greg Mackenzie, Timmy Dowling, Tim Perry featured on Jennifer.\n-proGrammar", "organizations": [ { "names": { "en": "Media Mackenzie" }, "role": "publisher" } ], "performers": [ { "link": "artist/3546", "names": { "en": "Advantage: proGrammar" } }, { "link": "artist/1452", "names": { "en": "The Advantage" } } ], "picture_full": "https://media.vgm.io/albums/92/7729/7729-1206821768.jpg", "picture_small": "https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/92/7729/7729-1206821768.jpg", "picture_thumb": "https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/92/7729/7729-1206821768.jpg", "platforms": [ "NES (Famicom)" ], "products": [ { "link": "product/7325", "names": { "en": "Wizards & Warriors", "ja": "伝説の騎士エルロンド", "ja-latn": "Densetsu no Kishi Elrond" } }, { "link": "product/12034", "names": { "en": "Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones", "ja": "双截龍III　ザ・ロゼッタストーン", "ja-latn": "Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone" } }, { "link": "product/18468", "names": { "en": "Marble Madness", "ja": "Marble Madness", "ja-latn": "Marble Madness" } }, { "link": "product/7286", "names": { "en": "The Goonies II", "ja": "グーニーズ2 フラッテリー最後の挑戦", "ja-latn": "Goonies 2: Fratelli Saigo no Chousen" } }, { "link": "product/9421", "names": { "en": "Bomberman II", "ja": "ボンバーマンII", "ja-latn": "Bomberman II" } }, { "link": "product/24772", "names": { "en": "BUBBLE BOBBLE", "ja": "バブルボブル", "ja-latn": "BUBBLE BOBBLE" } }, { "link": "product/6055", "names": { "en": "DuckTales", "ja": "わんぱくダック夢冒険", "ja-latn": "Wanpaku Duck Yume Bouken" } }, { "link": "product/2071", "names": { "en": "Mega Man 2", "ja": "ロックマン2 Dr.ワイリーの謎", "ja-latn": "Rockman 2: Dr. Wily no Nazo" } }, { "link": "product/416", "names": { "en": "The Legend of Zelda", "ja": "ゼルダの伝説", "ja-latn": "The Legend of Zelda" } }, { "link": "product/2126", "names": { "en": "Bionic Commando (NES)", "ja": "ヒットラーの復活 トップシークレッ (NES)", "ja-latn": "Hitler no Fukkatsu: Top Secret (NES)" } } ], "publish_format": "Doujin/Indie", "publisher": { "names": { "en": "Media Mackenzie" }, "role": "publisher" }, "related": [], "release_date": "2006-09-06", "release_events": [], "release_price": { "currency": "USD", "price": 9.9 }, "reprints": [], "stores": [ { "link": "http://cdbaby.com/cd/programmar5", "name": "CD Baby" }, { "link": "http://itunes.apple.com/album/advantage-programmar!/id193411161", "name": "iTunes" } ], "vgmdb_link": "https://vgmdb.net/album/7729?perpage=99999", "votes": 0, "websites": { "Official": [ { "link": "http://www.programmar.net/music/advantageprogrammar/advantageprogrammar.html", "name": "Advantage: proGrammar \"Advantage: proGrammar!\"" } ] } }