First of October is back! Here are the links! Album stream on Andrew's Channel: ua-cam.com/video/my2GmzXPDaw/v-deo.html Merch: store.dftba.com/collections/rob-scallon “Round 6" is streaming everywhere! Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/4lyBvzErUjuWOFZ1L7Ww1g Apple: music.apple.com/us/album/round-6/1780095492?i=1780095494 Anyone on either of our Patreons in November will have their name included on the cassette release, modeled after a vintage video game box, as a “game developer.” www.patreon.com/RobScallon www.patreon.com/andrewhuang Thanks for being a fan of our one-day-a-year band! :D
Booth Rob deserves more credit. That man is somehow able to wrangle all the childlike madness and enthusiasm of Andrew and Rob regularly. Pay him double on First of Octobers.
Booth Rob needs a First of October production madness video. It would be so interesting to see everything from the production side and the need to keep up with these two.
@@LogicalNiko There's an interview where Rob Scallon and Rob Ruccia talk about that. Bookkeeping during all ten or twelve hours on a dozen or more tracks is quite a feat.
What a legend: walks in, unannounced, to a room full of people chanting his name, and immediately inspires yet another song about him. Long may Greg reign 👑
This FOO was particularly special for me. I got my own bipolar diagnosis after Rob's video made me go "Oh that's what I'm experiencing". Right now I'm in a slump where it's been hard for me to write anything and seeing Rob now back happy and creative has really gave me hope there's an end to the tunnel I'm in right now.
57:41 Rob if by any chance you see this, please tell Rob Ruccia that seeing him working in the studio with you guys during the first albums inspired me to become a sound engineer! You three are my heroes!
Teared up at Andrew's comment about him and Rob being friends in every universe. I've been obsessed with FOO ever since the first year and it's so nice to see the excitement and creativity you put into these albums has only grown over the years.
Shampoo commercial Andrew and irrepressibly cheerful Rob are unstoppable. The discipline around time constraints is extraordinary for a band that's only been together for a week or so.
Another year saved, by the legendary First of October! Can’t believe it’s been six years, I’m definitely gonna make FOO as my kids’ best childhood memory if I have kids! LOOOOOOVVVVVEEER you guys so much, and hope you have your rest of this year and the next year fabulous!!!
Thanks so much for the support! I'm already so excited for your eventual kids haha Can't believe we'll have been a band for a full week next year. Have a wonderfully FOOy year!
Rob, tell Jake that cut transition at 54:13 to 54:19 is the most perfect cut transition ever. I didn’t even clock it the first time. I thought you some how slipped your guitar on him and walked out.
47:21 Hearing Rob talk about being able to enjoy FOO again makes me so happy. Seeing the smile on his face in the studio really gets me. Love you Rob, Andrew and First of October!
I LOVE the idea of having an album theme every year and having instruments that support that theme. It was such an obvious source of inspiration and made for some EPIC tracks
I saw the auto-generated songs of the album in my recommended but I refused to listen to any of it until the video officially dropped. LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Last year in October, I fell into a deep depresion. During many months of what seemed to be a hopeless fight, the song "Usually" from the last album somehow always managed to make me feel better... The year has passed, and now Im in a way better place, surrounded by people who I love. When I first heard, "It's time to move on", I burst into tears. Thank you, Rob, Andrew, and the whole First of October Crew. You guys are amazing, and Im certain that I'm not the only person who You helped with your Music. Lots of love.
Same. "Usually" has been my theme song since it dropped, and "Time to Move On" sounds like the perfect follow-up. Sidenote: "i'm here whenever you need me" from Sonic Boom has also brought a lot of comfort too.
As a firm believer in writing lyrics from the subconscious, I can absolutely guarantee that Same Old Game is about Andrew/Rob. "I like that it's these two characters, that are in this same old game, and they kind of come together like we need eachother"
I think..these albums all have one thing in common: two artists who met and created a beautiful friendship and created something unique that inspires both musical energy and the core of what great friendships are-- sometimes crazy , very often hilarious, sometimes sad, and always nostalgic. Love you guys , I can't wait till the next one ❤
It's so heartwarming to see you guys having so much fun, especially after last year - and personally for me is even more special, 'cause last year was tough for myself too. Anyway, thanks for that letting us be a part of it and for share those momento of joy with us!
21:58 If I had a nickel for every time Rob's strap has failed on a schecter bass on First of October I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's odd it's happened twice lol ((Ik the first time it was his 5 string, but still, also not to say you're ever gone Rob, but it's so good to have you back and happy in this video!))
It happened to me twice with the same singer-songwriter on stage. A very quiet and introspective show. Guitar fell down in a very dramatic bang, breaking one knob in tiny shards. The kind of amateur crap that still haunts me.
BTW the bracelets were awesome. If there was a traditional album back I could totally see each track just being the all the bracelets lined up on down an arm. That is such a cool concept image. And Round 6 is killer.
I am very happy to see Rob in a much better place after what he went through from last year. These kinds of videos are always a joy to see both of you being there for each other, making music and having a fun time.
rob at the beginning: i've been in a video game mood recently. let's use some video game instruments rob for the rest of the video: Dude I love bear bells so much
My girlfriendfriend and I have been watching your First of October album in a day videos together, for I think 4 years now, and this is now one of our favourite yearly traditions to do together. This year was especially fun and lighthearted. We both really enjoyed how much joy and laughs the team shared throughout the process. Love you guys so much! We can't wait for next year ❤🤘
You’ve hit both side of my happy place for the past few years. Weird stuff, funk, jazz, rock and some classic 60-70’s type stuff. Keep going strong guys. Happy to see rob smiling 🙂
On the actual first of October this year I couldn't help but think about Rob and hoped he was doing better than he was last year. So glad to see him say exactly that here. Love you both
Well done this year on the album Rob, you're so brave to talk about your issues that you've been having for years, and it brought a tear too my heart to see you finally move on and be more open with us, the album turned out great!
You helped me more than you know. Thank you for being open to talk about your struggles to your audience earlier this year. I was suprised at how many symptoms I had that were similar to you and your video encouraged me to reach out to a therapist and psychiatrist. Turns out I have bipolar and didn't know it. I was unmedicated for years and wondering why I was always so fatigued and had times of extreme creativity and other days I'd be too depressed to do anything. I am so thankful to have a wonderful therapist, psychiatrist, and wife who all care about me but I honestly don't think that I would have ever gotten to where I am now if it wasn't for you. Keep being you, and keep making music. You have truly made a positive difference in my life. Thank you
Every year I think about how much of a task it is to edit together these 12 hours and multiple cameras and audio tracks into this concise hour video. I think I'd enjoy piecing it together, hopefully the workflow isn't too difficult to manage.
Absolutely love every one of these more than the last you won’t believe how stoked my daughter and I got when we saw this video uploaded! Please never stop reminding us why we play music in the first place
Rob, Andrew, you probably won't read this. But, These videos have helped me so much mentally. Last year I found the 2023 Album in a Day just about a week after reconnecting with my friend whom I wrote and recorded all of my bands over the years with. I had been over 7 years since I'd heard from him after he vanished from my life without a clue why. It also just so happens I was being diagnosed at 31 with ADHD and figuring out why I have some of the episodes I have since I was around 14. I stopped writing or really doing anything musically for those 7 years because I can't produce or record. I'm a writer, not a producer or studio guy. Soon as he was back, the spark came back to me and I wrote 12 songs. 8 of which I am proud of, and will hopefully be recording soon. Maybe even with that friend involved. Because he came back, that was enough to inspire me to write again. I'd be lying if I said what you guys have is unlike what I feel myself and my buddy have. Even though he and I both struggle with things, and I may be a little better at hiding it at times, it's just nice to see that dynamic a bit in some other people. It makes me feel like I'm not so alone in what I go through. Anyways, love that this one came out so video game inspired. Usually is a song I still bop and this one has so many cool sounds on it. I love Track 2 the most (Haven't learned the titles yet but I'm sure I will)
There is no other work of cinema, theater, media, music, or broadcast so thoroughly entertains and excites me as much as 1st of October does. It is my favorite holiday. Even when it's late. No hyperbole.
Rob, this has been one of the hardest years of my life. I appreciate this yearly ritual with Andrew more than you’ll ever know. Thank you both for what you do ❤
Such a pleasure to see the magic connection between you two (also with the other team members) , great stuff as usual, thank you for this wonderful energy!
Please never stop. It's just annual celebration of music and friendship. Probably the best thing on UA-cam. Seriously. Love you guys, you are so inspirational, this is very important for me and thousands of other people, especially beginner musicians. Thank you for what you do. See ya next year!
Rob, your energy and excitement are so real this year. What you were talking about at 47:21 is on display for everyone this year. And to have come through the year you had last year and to be able to talk about it so openly was such an encouragement to me and so many others this year. You've given a lot of us an extra little push to get through hard things, and we're grateful for it! Much love ❤
So excited for this to be back again. It's one of those videos where once I see it in my sub box I drop everything and watch! Also, so happy to see you doing well again, Rob. So proud of you!
I don't know which is more "First of October" -- Rob and Andrew in different rooms working on different songs, or when there are like four people in the booth at once. Love y'all, see you next year
Seeing Rob smile so much makes me so darn happy. Heart warmed. Also this album is FIRE, and also, huge shoutout to Ruccia. On top of all of the work he has, his energy is infectious.
I genuinely look forward to this every single year amongst all of my favourite things, It's an absolute gift of creativity and I love you guys. I always make sure to watch this when I have future free time because I find it SO inspiring to watch you both just have fun, fully in the right hemisphere of the brain just streaming stuff out, it always puts me in that mode too.
Literally gasped and audibly said "NO WAYY! #6 LET'S GO!!! " When i scrolled across it. I absolutely love this project and both of you. Thank you for always creating. ❤❤❤
Every now and then throughout the whole year I think about this and already look forward to the video. And now after it's done I'm gonna listen to the whole Discography of the First of October again!
When rewatching I couldnt unhear some of the parts they were so good. It is crazy how much variety yet flow there is in the songs. The writing is so exciting yet emotional. You guys always somehow out do youself. I can only imagine if you guys made a album with unlimited time.
Time to add Retro, Chiptune, and Rap to the list of genres that is First of October! Also don't think that smooth door transition at 54:17 goes unnoticed ;)
Great to see Rob running at full steam again. I'm so /glad/ you were able to discover your problems with bipolar and get them under control (I mean I'm sad that you were affected by it, but I'm glad that when it did impact you it impacted in with people who could support you, you learned a lot about it, and were then able to get on the road of recovery). Another awesome album.
It’s not just seeing you happy doing this, but watching those closest to you getting to see you be happy doing what you love and enjoy it with you, that is gratifying. You’ve come a long way, and those who were there to help you are getting to share in this with you. Congratulations to all of you!
Watching Rob, Andrew, Rob, and Company every year have so much joy with this project is so infectious. I look forward to this every year and I hope they keep going. I love everyone involved and it's so heart warming to see Mr. Scallon back to himself this year
My life has been so chaotic and busy I totally forgot this was going to happen. All the love to Rob, Andrew and the whole team. That is also the SICKEST shirt haha. Edit: Wow, the whole album package sold out already!
this feels like one of the best years, seeing rob so happy warms my heart, and he wrote maybe the most emotional First Of October song ever with time to move on.. this series is the best thing on youtube period, every year I find myself waiting for this video and then every time it puts me through a rollercoaster of emotions, switching from laughing to crying multiple times and back. also the increased musical chemistry between you two (probably thanks to sonic boom) is obvious! if the first albums were like "andrew songs" + "rob songs", this year you really worked in symbiosis
Watched it through and through. Seeing you so excited for the project again makes me so happy after the last time, such a fun video. Love it so much. As someone involved in chiptune I smiled when I saw the gear too!!! Yall's energy is unmatched, this vid is like a huge ball of positivity that I very much needed to hit my face brutally. Good stuff.
I think this is the best FoO album to date. Also I realized with this one that I've been experiencing these albums the wrong way the whole time. I listened to the album at work and I'm now watching the video. Listening to the album blind was great, not knowing what I was gonna hear next.
You guys are the only childhood youtubers I still watch, it amazes me that if it weren't for you guys I would've never been a musician. And if it wasn't for FOO I would never have the courage to write my own album
So glad to see Rob doing better. He's clearly such a good dude, who deserves happiness. His openness about his struggles is a huge inspiration to me. Also, the new haircut looks really great!
Rob, you have no idea how happy it makes me to see you feeling like yourself again, and loving the music that you and Andrew make. All the love in the world, from a fellow Illinois native
First of October is back! Here are the links!
Album stream on Andrew's Channel: ua-cam.com/video/my2GmzXPDaw/v-deo.html
Merch: store.dftba.com/collections/rob-scallon
“Round 6" is streaming everywhere!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/4lyBvzErUjuWOFZ1L7Ww1g
Apple: music.apple.com/us/album/round-6/1780095492?i=1780095494
Anyone on either of our Patreons in November will have their name included on the cassette release, modeled after a vintage video game box, as a “game developer.”
www.patreon.com/RobScallon
www.patreon.com/andrewhuang
Thanks for being a fan of our one-day-a-year band! :D
Seeing Rob so happy in the whole video feels my heart with joy
Especially after seeing how he was last year, this really is smth special! So deserved too
First thing I noticed when the video start. I'm so glad Rob got better.
But like, a healthy amount of happy not an insane unmaintainable happy...
Glad he got help and is looking great.
❤ it’s really nice to be back
Booth Rob deserves more credit. That man is somehow able to wrangle all the childlike madness and enthusiasm of Andrew and Rob regularly. Pay him double on First of Octobers.
Check the interview Scallon did with him. People do appriciate him!
rob ruccia is the third member of the band imo
Booth Rob needs a First of October production madness video. It would be so interesting to see everything from the production side and the need to keep up with these two.
@@LogicalNiko There's an interview where Rob Scallon and Rob Ruccia talk about that.
Bookkeeping during all ten or twelve hours on a dozen or more tracks is quite a feat.
Love this album, love you Rob, love you fans!
MR HUANG, MR SCALLON, YOUVE OUTDONE YOURSELVES!
Love you two both as well. ❤
WE LOVE YOU TOO ANDREW!!!
thats nice to hear, thanks andrew. love you guys to
❤❤❤
31:24 holding up the tradition of Andrew writing something pretty while Rob gregs it up
HAHAHA I should have known I would find you here
I don't think anything will top Miracle and Grandad's Dinner Party
What a legend: walks in, unannounced, to a room full of people chanting his name, and immediately inspires yet another song about him. Long may Greg reign 👑
Long live Greg.
greg is well known for walking in places unannounced
G R E G
Greg lore goes crazy
@@uwukiaeither that or VERY announced
This FOO was particularly special for me. I got my own bipolar diagnosis after Rob's video made me go "Oh that's what I'm experiencing". Right now I'm in a slump where it's been hard for me to write anything and seeing Rob now back happy and creative has really gave me hope there's an end to the tunnel I'm in right now.
Keep going, it will get better ❤
Hugs hugs, big bear hugs to yoouuuu❤❤❤
i’m also diagnosed with bipolar. it gets better and i know everyone says that but know that the foo family has your back!
Hang in there, I have been struggling with the low of bipolar too. It will get better.
It's actually crazy how first of october became a new holiday I wait for every year
Same
no seriously same
Ikr
Same. If the video release falls on a weekday I will unashamedly book the day off without a second thought
My favourite show, literally
57:41 Rob if by any chance you see this, please tell Rob Ruccia that seeing him working in the studio with you guys during the first albums inspired me to become a sound engineer!
You three are my heroes!
24:01 Syd Barrett visiting Abbey Road Studios while Pink Floyd were finishing Wish You Were Here, 1975 (colorized)
😂😂😂
Best comment of all time
this is simply perfect! hahahah
Waiting for the solemn Greg tribute that's 20+ minutes long
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
Teared up at Andrew's comment about him and Rob being friends in every universe. I've been obsessed with FOO ever since the first year and it's so nice to see the excitement and creativity you put into these albums has only grown over the years.
Shampoo commercial Andrew and irrepressibly cheerful Rob are unstoppable. The discipline around time constraints is extraordinary for a band that's only been together for a week or so.
Exactly a week next year 😁
With "Game Over" and "Time to Move On" as song titles, I was really happy to hear that "see you next year" at the end 😅
Another year saved, by the legendary First of October! Can’t believe it’s been six years, I’m definitely gonna make FOO as my kids’ best childhood memory if I have kids! LOOOOOOVVVVVEEER you guys so much, and hope you have your rest of this year and the next year fabulous!!!
Thanks so much for the support!
I'm already so excited for your eventual kids haha
Can't believe we'll have been a band for a full week next year.
Have a wonderfully FOOy year!
@@robscallonone WEEK? That’s a pretty long time.
Rob, tell Jake that cut transition at 54:13 to 54:19 is the most perfect cut transition ever. I didn’t even clock it the first time. I thought you some how slipped your guitar on him and walked out.
Wait, I missed this cut too. So good!
same here! flawless cut there!
Whoa that was juicy
Yall just keep getting better every year. Very unique stuff.
Thank you! We really appreciate you supporting it!
💯
47:21 Hearing Rob talk about being able to enjoy FOO again makes me so happy. Seeing the smile on his face in the studio really gets me. Love you Rob, Andrew and First of October!
I think my depression will be fixed for a year now. This album feels so wholesomey vibey!
Haha we’re here for you every year :)
I LOVE the idea of having an album theme every year and having instruments that support that theme. It was such an obvious source of inspiration and made for some EPIC tracks
I'd buy a "Greg Name Tag on the Bottom of Rob's Shoe" sticker
I found myself getting extra emotional knowing the journey you've been on. I can tell just how healing it was. Congratulations guys!
I saw the auto-generated songs of the album in my recommended but I refused to listen to any of it until the video officially dropped. LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I really thought I was the only one doing that. 🤍☠️🖤
I want to acknowledge that scene transition at 54:10 bc it was sick
Damn, didn't notice that, that's pretty cool.
Last year in October, I fell into a deep depresion. During many months of what seemed to be a hopeless fight, the song "Usually" from the last album somehow always managed to make me feel better...
The year has passed, and now Im in a way better place, surrounded by people who I love. When I first heard, "It's time to move on", I burst into tears.
Thank you, Rob, Andrew, and the whole First of October Crew. You guys are amazing, and Im certain that I'm not the only person who You helped with your Music.
Lots of love.
Same. "Usually" has been my theme song since it dropped, and "Time to Move On" sounds like the perfect follow-up.
Sidenote: "i'm here whenever you need me" from Sonic Boom has also brought a lot of comfort too.
"Usually" unironically causes me to cry every time I hear it
As a firm believer in writing lyrics from the subconscious, I can absolutely guarantee that Same Old Game is about Andrew/Rob.
"I like that it's these two characters, that are in this same old game, and they kind of come together like we need eachother"
The year of the bear bells 🧸🛎️ Let’s goooo! 🚀
Thanks for holding down 2nd cam this year Jessica! :)
Jess so happy to see around! hope to see Rob and you jammin' soon!
For whom the bears toll.
Now we need a concept album for Dungeon Man. Where he goes on a quest to find Greg.
Seconded
'thank you dungeon man! but your greg is in another catsle!'
Been waiting for this all month(all year really)!
extra anticipation since we had to push it back this year haha
thanks for being here!
Same, remembered early October, looked at the other years and was a little sad that I had to wait until mid November… Worth it!
ROB!!!! I’m the guy who was at the Knocked Loose Concert you gave the inside scoop to this video after the show!! HELL YEA!!!!
Is it just me or has Rob's vocals improved drastically the last few years, he sounds majestic!
he did make another album recently so I guess he practiced a lot!
Thought the same thing. He never seemed to have this much confidence on the mic unless he was doing funny voices.
I think..these albums all have one thing in common:
two artists who met and created a beautiful friendship and created something unique that inspires both musical energy and the core of what great friendships are-- sometimes crazy , very often hilarious, sometimes sad, and always nostalgic. Love you guys , I can't wait till the next one ❤
47:20 So happy to hear this!! We love you Rob ❤
For real
I feel like I'm gonna cry listening to it
It's so heartwarming to see you guys having so much fun, especially after last year - and personally for me is even more special, 'cause last year was tough for myself too.
Anyway, thanks for that letting us be a part of it and for share those momento of joy with us!
It's good to see Rob in such hogh spirits.
Thanks to Andrew for his friendship and support
21:58 If I had a nickel for every time Rob's strap has failed on a schecter bass on First of October I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's odd it's happened twice lol
((Ik the first time it was his 5 string, but still, also not to say you're ever gone Rob, but it's so good to have you back and happy in this video!))
It happened to me twice with the same singer-songwriter on stage. A very quiet and introspective show. Guitar fell down in a very dramatic bang, breaking one knob in tiny shards. The kind of amateur crap that still haunts me.
"I'm stumblin', and I need you." "Time to move on." How is everyone in the room not crying their eyes out? So glad to see Rob like this.
BTW the bracelets were awesome. If there was a traditional album back I could totally see each track just being the all the bracelets lined up on down an arm. That is such a cool concept image. And Round 6 is killer.
We are so back! Cant wait to watch this best day every year!
Woo! Thanks for the support :)
@@robscallon It's FOO, not Woo! 😝
I am very happy to see Rob in a much better place after what he went through from last year. These kinds of videos are always a joy to see both of you being there for each other, making music and having a fun time.
Rob, seeing you so excited for this makes me so happy. From one brother struggling to another, this is beautiful. Much love
I love that I just watched Jess on Drumeo and then followed up seeing her doing cameras for this video. Love this whole crew!
rob at the beginning: i've been in a video game mood recently. let's use some video game instruments
rob for the rest of the video: Dude I love bear bells so much
Rob every year = "I Think we just start high energy"
i love the experimentation with a new style. i hope to see a more acoustic based first of october one year
Might be fun to have it in a log cabin some year
hell yeah log scallon @@robscallon
@@stefevri read that as Log Scallion and now I'm pictureing a log cabin made out of green onions
First of October feels like coming home for the first time in a while. Thank you rob and andrew
BABE WAKE UP!!!!
Oh wait, I’m still single. Anyways, a new First of October video dropped
My girlfriendfriend and I have been watching your First of October album in a day videos together, for I think 4 years now, and this is now one of our favourite yearly traditions to do together. This year was especially fun and lighthearted. We both really enjoyed how much joy and laughs the team shared throughout the process. Love you guys so much! We can't wait for next year ❤🤘
You’ve hit both side of my happy place for the past few years. Weird stuff, funk, jazz, rock and some classic 60-70’s type stuff. Keep going strong guys. Happy to see rob smiling 🙂
On the actual first of October this year I couldn't help but think about Rob and hoped he was doing better than he was last year. So glad to see him say exactly that here.
Love you both
Well done this year on the album Rob, you're so brave to talk about your issues that you've been having for years, and it brought a tear too my heart to see you finally move on and be more open with us, the album turned out great!
It's the Nineteenth of October, today!
Let me get the Gregorian calendar people on the phone and see what we can do...
@@robscallon you mean, the GREGorian calender?
@@toba303 insert Family Guy "Ha haaaa!" ostrich
You helped me more than you know.
Thank you for being open to talk about your struggles to your audience earlier this year. I was suprised at how many symptoms I had that were similar to you and your video encouraged me to reach out to a therapist and psychiatrist. Turns out I have bipolar and didn't know it. I was unmedicated for years and wondering why I was always so fatigued and had times of extreme creativity and other days I'd be too depressed to do anything. I am so thankful to have a wonderful therapist, psychiatrist, and wife who all care about me but I honestly don't think that I would have ever gotten to where I am now if it wasn't for you. Keep being you, and keep making music. You have truly made a positive difference in my life. Thank you
Its really cool to see Horse the band reunite without any of the original members
My thoughts exactly
omg horse the band
Every year I think about how much of a task it is to edit together these 12 hours and multiple cameras and audio tracks into this concise hour video.
I think I'd enjoy piecing it together, hopefully the workflow isn't too difficult to manage.
Absolutely love every one of these more than the last you won’t believe how stoked my daughter and I got when we saw this video uploaded!
Please never stop reminding us why we play music in the first place
This blew me away. I can't believe you guys did this whole album in just one day, you're both becoming too powerful.
Just wait and see what they can do when they've been a band for a whole WEEK
Rob, Andrew, you probably won't read this. But,
These videos have helped me so much mentally.
Last year I found the 2023 Album in a Day just about a week after reconnecting with my friend whom I wrote and recorded all of my bands over the years with. I had been over 7 years since I'd heard from him after he vanished from my life without a clue why. It also just so happens I was being diagnosed at 31 with ADHD and figuring out why I have some of the episodes I have since I was around 14.
I stopped writing or really doing anything musically for those 7 years because I can't produce or record. I'm a writer, not a producer or studio guy. Soon as he was back, the spark came back to me and I wrote 12 songs. 8 of which I am proud of, and will hopefully be recording soon. Maybe even with that friend involved. Because he came back, that was enough to inspire me to write again.
I'd be lying if I said what you guys have is unlike what I feel myself and my buddy have. Even though he and I both struggle with things, and I may be a little better at hiding it at times, it's just nice to see that dynamic a bit in some other people. It makes me feel like I'm not so alone in what I go through.
Anyways, love that this one came out so video game inspired. Usually is a song I still bop and this one has so many cool sounds on it. I love Track 2 the most (Haven't learned the titles yet but I'm sure I will)
There is no other work of cinema, theater, media, music, or broadcast so thoroughly entertains and excites me as much as 1st of October does. It is my favorite holiday. Even when it's late. No hyperbole.
So glad to see the whole crew! Makes me happy to see Jessica back to help with filming!
Rob, this has been one of the hardest years of my life. I appreciate this yearly ritual with Andrew more than you’ll ever know. Thank you both for what you do ❤
Never give up, friend ♥️
Such a pleasure to see the magic connection between you two (also with the other team members) , great stuff as usual, thank you for this wonderful energy!
Please never stop. It's just annual celebration of music and friendship. Probably the best thing on UA-cam. Seriously.
Love you guys, you are so inspirational, this is very important for me and thousands of other people, especially beginner musicians.
Thank you for what you do. See ya next year!
I think you guys created a new genre.... GREGGAE!!! 🎉
Rob, your energy and excitement are so real this year. What you were talking about at 47:21 is on display for everyone this year.
And to have come through the year you had last year and to be able to talk about it so openly was such an encouragement to me and so many others this year. You've given a lot of us an extra little push to get through hard things, and we're grateful for it!
Much love ❤
So excited for this to be back again. It's one of those videos where once I see it in my sub box I drop everything and watch! Also, so happy to see you doing well again, Rob. So proud of you!
I don't know which is more "First of October" -- Rob and Andrew in different rooms working on different songs, or when there are like four people in the booth at once.
Love y'all, see you next year
Seeing Rob smile so much makes me so darn happy. Heart warmed. Also this album is FIRE, and also, huge shoutout to Ruccia. On top of all of the work he has, his energy is infectious.
I genuinely look forward to this every single year amongst all of my favourite things, It's an absolute gift of creativity and I love you guys.
I always make sure to watch this when I have future free time because I find it SO inspiring to watch you both just have fun, fully in the right hemisphere of the brain just streaming stuff out, it always puts me in that mode too.
Literally gasped and audibly said "NO WAYY! #6 LET'S GO!!! " When i scrolled across it. I absolutely love this project and both of you. Thank you for always creating. ❤❤❤
seeing such joy in BOTH of you this year fills my heart
I don’t think you can find more creativity in one video. Always happy to see October, 1st every year.
Man it's actually so incredibly nice to see Rob feeling better. This might be my favourite FoO album ever!!
Every now and then throughout the whole year I think about this and already look forward to the video. And now after it's done I'm gonna listen to the whole Discography of the First of October again!
It's so wonderful seeing Rob happy again. And it feels genuine. It feels like the Rob Scallon I watched in high school.
I feel like we need a 24 hour album. Hours 16-24 songs would be wild.
Ben levin and Adam Neely did a couple of 24hour albums during Covid. Quite different to this, but really cool too
imagine being creative for 24 hours?!!?! that would be sooooo exhausting! 🤣
When rewatching I couldnt unhear some of the parts they were so good.
It is crazy how much variety yet flow there is in the songs. The writing is so exciting yet emotional. You guys always somehow out do youself. I can only imagine if you guys made a album with unlimited time.
47:44 seeing Tamara getting emotional about Rob's reflection is so heartwarming T-T
I swear First of October ballads just hit different... wow
I kinda love a friendship bracelet that says "Let's Fight"
Wonderful, as always! (And yes comfort[re]verb is a must.)
Time to add Retro, Chiptune, and Rap to the list of genres that is First of October!
Also don't think that smooth door transition at 54:17 goes unnoticed ;)
Great to see Rob running at full steam again. I'm so /glad/ you were able to discover your problems with bipolar and get them under control (I mean I'm sad that you were affected by it, but I'm glad that when it did impact you it impacted in with people who could support you, you learned a lot about it, and were then able to get on the road of recovery). Another awesome album.
WE’RE SO BACK!
Awww yes! My wife and I look forward to this EVERY year! This has to be the best album yet guys keep it up! Long live First of October!!
“I have too many instruments”: gets rid of bells
“Album in a day 2024”:
More bells
It’s not just seeing you happy doing this, but watching those closest to you getting to see you be happy doing what you love and enjoy it with you, that is gratifying. You’ve come a long way, and those who were there to help you are getting to share in this with you. Congratulations to all of you!
Andrew as a vocalist is insane - I guess, add rapping to his infinite bag of vocal tricks... :D
Watching Rob, Andrew, Rob, and Company every year have so much joy with this project is so infectious. I look forward to this every year and I hope they keep going. I love everyone involved and it's so heart warming to see Mr. Scallon back to himself this year
I love the use of the sound chip, it just is so nostalgic
My life has been so chaotic and busy I totally forgot this was going to happen. All the love to Rob, Andrew and the whole team. That is also the SICKEST shirt haha.
Edit: Wow, the whole album package sold out already!
Love how the audio engineer from the first one is just part of the team now
this feels like one of the best years, seeing rob so happy warms my heart, and he wrote maybe the most emotional First Of October song ever with time to move on.. this series is the best thing on youtube period, every year I find myself waiting for this video and then every time it puts me through a rollercoaster of emotions, switching from laughing to crying multiple times and back. also the increased musical chemistry between you two (probably thanks to sonic boom) is obvious! if the first albums were like "andrew songs" + "rob songs", this year you really worked in symbiosis
I can't describe how much joy and inspiration this gives me. By the end of the video I had half a song in my head. Gonna start recording now.
Watched it through and through. Seeing you so excited for the project again makes me so happy after the last time, such a fun video. Love it so much. As someone involved in chiptune I smiled when I saw the gear too!!!
Yall's energy is unmatched, this vid is like a huge ball of positivity that I very much needed to hit my face brutally. Good stuff.
I think this is the best FoO album to date.
Also I realized with this one that I've been experiencing these albums the wrong way the whole time. I listened to the album at work and I'm now watching the video. Listening to the album blind was great, not knowing what I was gonna hear next.
You guys are the only childhood youtubers I still watch, it amazes me that if it weren't for you guys I would've never been a musician. And if it wasn't for FOO I would never have the courage to write my own album
Genuine love for this project, makes me revisit these albums every year for a small while. See you guys next October!
So glad to see Rob doing better. He's clearly such a good dude, who deserves happiness. His openness about his struggles is a huge inspiration to me. Also, the new haircut looks really great!
Let's gooooooooooooooo (or fooooooooo?) Been looking forward to this for so long, love everything about this year's album!
Rob, you have no idea how happy it makes me to see you feeling like yourself again, and loving the music that you and Andrew make. All the love in the world, from a fellow Illinois native