
After L'Manberg's creation and to the current date, the Dream SMP became comprised of "scripted improvisation," where major plot points are pre-planned and the rest of the story improvised. Prior to the creation of L'Manberg, the storyline of the SMP was not scripted. Wilbur's resurrection (Second, successful attempt).$10,000 Dollar Taco Bell Gift Card Hunt.

See also: Timeline of the Dream SMP, Wars, and Category:SMP eventsĮvents that have happened on the SMP sorted by timeline era. For a list of Tales from the SMP books that were written on the SMP, see Dream SMP books/Tales from the SMP books.For a of the non-lore books that were written on the SMP, see Dream SMP books/Non-lore books.For a list of lore books that were written on the SMP, see Dream SMP books/Lore books.For a list of books that were written on the SMP, see Dream SMP books.The SMP also has many important books that have been written over its history. For a list of Important Items, see Important Dream SMP items.The Dream SMP holds many important items, most of which are important to lore and hold plot significance. Freedom Coalition (Punz, Sapnap, Awesamdude, Ranboo, CaptainPuffy, BadBoyHalo, Ponk, Nihachu, Jack Manifold, HBomb94, & Antfrost).Anarchy Bros (Dream, Technoblade, & Philza).L'Manberg Doomsday Defense Force (TommyInnit, Tubbo, Quackity, Jack Manifold, Ponk, CaptainPuffy, Punz, Callahan, Eret, & Sapnap).Bedrock Brothers (Technoblade & TommyInnit).Dream Team SMP military alliance (Dream, GeorgeNotFound, Sapnap, & Punz).Team Chaos (Dream, Sapnap, Punz, Technoblade, BadBoyHalo, Antfrost, Awesamdude, & Skeppy).Manberg Defense Force (Dream, Punz, Schlatt, Sapnap, & Karl).SWAG2020/SCHLATT2020 Political Coalition (Jschlatt, Quackity, & GeorgeNotFound).Pro-Omelette/Anti-Eggpire (CaptainPuffy, Awesamdude, Foolish, Technoblade, & Ranboo).Plan to kill Dream (TommyInnit, Tubbo, & Ranboo).Quest to find/save MICHAEL (Technoblade, Tubbo, & Eret).The Hunters (Tommy, Sapnap, & Sam Nook).Dream's secret plan (Dream, Punz, & Ranboo).The Revengers (Technoblade, Tubbo, & Eret).The Syndicate (Technoblade, Philza, Nihachu, & Connor).In addition to factions, the SMP also has multiple alliances formed between members who share common interests. The SMP has many unique factions, which are bound together through their respective ideologies.įor a complete list of locations on the SMP, see Locations on the SMP. “And I’m always after a ‘feel.’ If I can create that, I know I’m on my way.A map of the general SMP area, mapped by Eret on May 29, 2021 “When the music starts or the melody starts, if somebody starts singing or somebody starts playing, things start to move and you can create a ‘feel,’” Penn says. His tunes still primarily come out as Sixties R&B, he notes, but it’s always been about seeing what happens in the room with collaborators. But I had the demo, and it was Ernie Cate singing and his brother Earl Cate playing guitar.”Įlsewhere on Living on Mercy, Penn takes that Memphis groove and ties it to a tale of Nashville struggle and success in “Down on Music Row.” There’s a Bill Withers-style acoustic groove that anchors “See You in My Dreams,” and in “Soul Connection,” Penn nods to the funky gospel-soul of Stax duo Sam & Dave and Steve Cropper’s guitar work. We wrote ‘Edge of Love’ and ‘Living on Mercy.’ They put them down for us, but we never could get a deal together for them and it just kind of dissipated. were putting down some of their songs in their little studio in their house and me and Wayne were out in the car writing songs for them. “We were up in Springdale, Arkansas, about 20 years ago. “That’s my personal favorite on the album,” Penn says. Penn wrote it with late songwriting legend Wayne Carson (“Always on My Mind,” “The Letter”) and originally intended it for Arkansas duo the Cate Brothers. “You got me walking on a high wire baby/Somewhere between yes and maybe/Maybe the fall might save me,” Penn sings in a soulful purr, selling it with a sly wink. In “Edge of Love,” premiering Wednesday, Penn weds a muscular blues-rock groove and Memphis horns to a depiction of falling in love and defining a relationship. The best I can do is stay away from all that stuff.” “The world be damned, it’s gonna do what it does.

“I don’t have any motives like that when I’m cutting or writing for me or others,” says Penn, who splits his time living between Nashville and his hometown of Vernon, Alabama.
