CW: Sexual Violence

Allen Brasch speaks with Cass Cuttlefish about the chiptune community and Ikenfell. The two also discuss preventative efforts in the chiptune community against violence and harassment.

Participants:

Allen Brasch, Cass Cuttlefish

Plugs:

https://soundcloud.com/casscuttlefish

Allen speaks with David Kang AKA Legendav about his musical experience coming from metal and math rock into VGM. They discuss his love of Persona 5, anime, and defining his own style mixing meters, tapping, sweeping, and fun metal.

Participants:

Allen Brasch, Legendav

Plugs:

https://www.youtube.com/Legendav

Peter speaks with Charles about their experiences getting into the video game cover scene and eventually learning at Berklee School of Music. The two discuss arranging big jazz fusion projects and growing more through the game music scene.

Participants:

Peter Gillette, Charles Ritz

Plugs:

www.youtube.com/CharlesRitz

Allen speaks with Andy-Ru about his experience joining the GameGrooves Album challenge, an ongoing event to invite artists to develop a video game cover album with helpful guidance and resources from the label. They discuss its challenges, motivation, the workflow, and choosing Super Mario Galaxy as its basis.

Participants:

Allen Brasch, Andy-Ru

Plugs:

https://www.youtube.com/c/andyru

Peter speaks with Eric L. about his experience marathoning music covers for a month to observe trends, and push himself. They discuss his work ethic, ability to produce quickly, and takeaways to his grand experiment.

Participants:

Peter Gillette, Eric Ladish

Plugs:

http://www.youtube.com/EricLadish

Peter speaks with composer David Wise about his history composing for the Donkey Kong Country franchise and his most recent works. The two discuss the impact his work has on cover artists and the approaches Wise takes to composition today.

Participants: Peter Gillette, David Wise

Plugs:

https://www.instagram.com/mrdavidwise/?hl=en

Host Allen Brasch speaks with Lacey Johnson about her streak of high-quality Youtube music videos, rock and synth-oriented covers, and breadth of collaborations with other musicians in the scene.

Participants: Allen Brasch, Lacey Johnson

Plugs:

http://www.youtube.com/LaceyJohnsonMusic

Participants: Ro Panuganti, Diwa Felipe de Leon
Plugs:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZF_RZUVo-5jUfdlp76G-lQ

SPG Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HaGjPC-CYY

VGM: From Carts to Hearts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AihKnpbUsB8

GameGrooves Article: https://www.game-grooves.com/blog/7-tips-success

Savvy Musician Show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-savvy-musician-show/id1346925621

Participants: Peter Gilette, Ro Panuganti
Plugs:

http://www.youtube.com/RoPanuganti

Peter talks with FamilyJules about everything from his work on Cadence of Hyrule to becoming the "Door Bell Guy". The two discuss Jules' breadth of work from Youtube video game covers to live performances and composition.

http://www.youtube.com/FamilyJules 

Jules' VGM Recommendations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiEgF-KugOA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnaeR29vVE8