Brandon Patton

Brandon Patton is an American game designer and musician.

Brandon Patton
Also known as	BL4k Lotus
Origin	United States
Genres	Pop, Rock
Years active	1996 – present
Website	brandonpatton.com

Games

Game Design

• Caps & Stems: Mushrooms of the World (board game, in-development)^[1]
• Super PACS: The Game of Politics About the Game of Politics (2016, TableTip Games)^[2]
• Healing Blade: Defenders of Soma (2016, Nerdcore Medical)
• Occam's Razor: The Diagnostician's Dilemma (2013, Nerdcore Medical)^[3]

Music

Awards

• Winner of the Vox Populi for Best Story Song of 2009 (for "Mixed-Up Modern Family") by the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards,^[4]
• 2009 Finalist in the USA Songwriting Competition in the Rock / Alternative category.^[5]
• Featured on NPR's song of the day Oct. 8, 2009.^[6]
• "Top Music Artist" at the 2005 Temecula Film and Music Festival.
• The album Should Confusion was a finalist for "Album of the Year" in the 2004 Independent Music Awards.
• Finalist in the 2004 Newport Folk Festival New Talent Showcase.

Solo albums

• How I Allegedly Bit a Man in Gloucestershire (2011)
• Underhill Downs (2009)
• Should Confusion (2004)
• Nocturnal (1997)^[7]

Other albums

• Jukebox Stories, The Official Bootleg (2008)
• three against four, Hey Sparkle Eyes (2002)
• three against four, Some of Us Are Here (1998)

Compilations featuring Patton

• Nerdcore Rising: Music From the Motion Picture (2008)
• Indie Pop Cares A lot (2005)^[8]
• Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival 2005 Compilation (2005)
• The WSVNRadio Hall of Fame, Vol. 14 (2004)
• Oasis Acoustic Vol. 47 (2004) note: due to a printing error, he is listed only as Brandon

Music festival appearances

• SXSW Music Festival (2012)
• Truck America (2010)
• Heart of Texas Quadruple Bypass Music Festival (2008)
• Newport Folk Festival New Talent Showcase (2005)
• Temecula Film and Music Festival (2005)
• NXNE Toronto (2005)

Musical groups

• MC Frontalot (2006–2016)
• Futureboy
• Jonathan Coulton
• The Famous
• MC Lars
• Steve Songs
• Solea
• three against four (1997-2000)

Theater and film

Theater

• Jukebox Stories 3: The Secrets of Forking (2013, performer)
• Jukebox Stories 2: The Case of the Creamy Foam (2008, performer)
• Love Sucks! A Punk Rock Musical (2007, composer)
• Jukebox Stories (2006, 2007, performer)
• The AtrainPlays (2005–2007, composer)
• Young Zombies in Love (2004, bassist)

Film

• Remedy (2013) background music
• The Muslims Are Coming (2012) background music
• Nerdcore Rising (2008) as himself
• Mutual Appreciation (2005) background music

References

1. "Caps and Stems". boardgamegeek.
2. "Super PACS". Boardgamegeek.com. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
3. "About us". Store.nerdcoremedical.com. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
4. "Tim Easton, Vienna Teng, Spinnerette, Cooper Boone, Alaska In Winter and Danielia Cotton Among Those Honored By Music Fans". Retrieved 2022-10-10.
5. "Winners of USA Songwriting Competition". Songwriting.net. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
6. "Brandon Patton: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do". Npr.org. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
7. "Brandon Patton | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
8. "// Indie Pop Cares a Lot // A Charity CD for Tsunami Relief //". 22 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-02-22. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

• "Love Sucks". Nymf.org. 2007-10-01. Archived from the original on 2007-05-29. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
• "Indie Pop Hearts Generosity". Metafilter.com. 2005-04-05. Archived from the original on 2005-04-06. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
• Layton, Jennifer (2004-02-07). "Indie-Music.com Brandon Patton Should Confusion". Indie-music.com. Archived from the original on 2004-02-26. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
• "4th Annual Independent Music Awards Finalists". Independent Music Awards. 2005-01-01. Archived from the original on 2005-01-01. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
• "ACM Records (Artist lookup)". ACM Records website. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
• Olsen, Gabriel (2005-09-14). "Patton travels across continent to perform North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County News - NCTimes.com - Californian.com". North County Times (The Californian). Retrieved 2007-06-17.
• "IMDB page for Nerdcore Rising". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2009-09-24.

External links

• "brandon patton -:|:- oversharing through song". Brandonpatton.com. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
• "MC Frontalot's Nerdcore Headquarters". Frontalot.com. Retrieved 26 December 2020.