It seems to me that, while Melody has its fans, most patrons are still really there for DMD. Given that, it seems like most of them might be prepared to accept smaller Melody updates if it meant the thrice-monthly DMD update felt more like three months' worth. So he could do three weeks of Melody, one of DMD (Melody release), three weeks of Melody, one of DMD (Melody release) and then four weeks of DMD (super-size DMD release). I don't know the process of making these games, so maybe that's just not logistically workable, and I'd be surprised if the option hadn't been mooted among the team. But if it would be possible, I think that would be a good option.