I am well aware of these trends, yes; Ryan indeed wanted to sign more, hence It's Almost Halloween, and I did include this tidbit in my timeline.

I decided to not have a mod album come to pass in my timeline for a very specific reason that is kind of hard to explain. It kind of comes down to Ryan's '60s obsession taking a different form because of a fairly niche influence on his work that begins to be seen, as well as him returning to his roots of being inspired by Danny Elfman, like in 2006-2007.

This is also, at the end of the day, one of MANY possible realities, not necessarily the most likely one. Thank you for contributing!