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 (2000)
• 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