GameGrooves Uncovered

GameGrooves Uncovered

By Ro PanugantiMusic
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GameGrooves Uncovered episodes

  • GameGrooves Uncovered EP 32: Ian Martyn moves Beyond the Winds
    Ro speaks with Ian Martyn about his completion of the 2022 GameGrooves Album Challenge, releasing Beyond the Wind, VGM and vocal-driven game music, and a long history of community involvement and instrument playing. They discuss the exciting JRPG vocal music and growing scene for performing game music live, as well as the ability to choose songs for the EP.
    Participants: Ro Panuganti, Ian Martyn
    Plugs:
    https://twitter.com/IanMartynMusichttps://ianmartyn.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-wind
    1 hr 11 min
  • GameGrooves Uncovered EP 31: VGMCon Rhymes with Vaughn
    Ro speaks with Vaughn Rowles about the upcoming VGMCon 2023 in Minneapolis, MN featuring exciting guests, panels, and celebration of game music. The two discuss the event's origins, what viewers can expect, the virtual and streamed music, Gamer's Rhapsody, and what the Zelda theme will bring.
    Participants: Ro Panuganti, Vaughn Rowles
    Plugs:
    https://vgmcon.org/
    https://twitter.com/VGMCon
    56 min
  • GameGrooves Uncovered EP 30: Mahn Plays SNES Metal Music
    Ro speaks with Mahn about his new album Mode 8 featuring classic SNES tracks arranged for heavy metal and includes a variety of collaborators from the VGM Space. The two discuss Mahn's interests in game music and playing guitar, exploring the community, as well as performing live and virtually in different game music spaces.
    Participants: Ro Panuganti, Mahn AKA MahnPlaysMusicPlugs:
    https://mahn.bandcamp.com/album/mode-8
    https://www.youtube.com/mahnkiman2
    1 hr 9 min
  • Press WASD with Austin Green AKA Katajun
    Ro speaks with Austin Green (Katajun) about the upcoming WASD project's album ESCAPE, the preparation for a full band MAGFest show, running and participating in the Dwelling of Duels community, and geek out on modern production tricks for making heavy metal. The two also swap favorite reference tracks and discuss different entrypoints and accessibility into the VGM community.
    Participants: Ro Panuganti, Austin GreenPlugs:https://wasdband.com/https://wasdband.bandcamp.com/album/escape
    https://linktr.ee/WASDBand
    1 hr 5 min
  • GameGrooves Uncovered EP 28 - Arwings and Albums with Ro Panuganti
    Returning host Peter Gillette talks with host and progressive-metal musician Ro Panuganti about the process of releasing a new album "Arwing Odyssey: Music from Star Fox 64" and the changes in producing his 15th project in the current VGM space. The two discuss continuity between tracks, good advertisement and PR strategies, engineering music videos and promotional videos, and what makes for interesting albums in game-music. 
    Participants: Peter Gillette 
    Plugs:
    https://twitter.com/RoPanugantihttps://ropanuganti.bandcamp.com/album/arwing-odyssey-music-from-star-fox-64
    1 hr 1 min
  • GameGrooves Uncovered EP 27 - Celestial Fury unleashes Modern Metal
    Ro speaks with Alasdair aka Celestial Fury about his djent/modern metal sound, working on 7-8 string guitars, recording albums, and finding the VGM community through local musician scenes. They discuss the resources for mixing and producing modern metal and his experience performing at the VGMTogether Virtual convention.
    Participants: Ro Panuganti, Alasdair Cooper AKA Celestial Fury
    Plugs:
    https://twitter.com/alasdair_cooper
    https://www.youtube.com/c/CelestialFury
    https://open.spotify.com/artist/0YAER6hS3BG9vlm8xlCqTp
    1 hr 9 min
  • GameGrooves Uncovered EP 26 - FirahFabe Gives the World Rondalla

    Ro speaks with FirahFabe AKA Fabian about his work in VGM, fusing Filipino music styles of Rondalla and Kulintang, and the rich origins of these musical styles. They discuss the representation of Asian folk music in video game music, communities, and similarities between Filipino music and other folk styles.

    Participants: Ro Panuganti, Fabian (FirahFabe)

    Plugs:

    http://www.twitter.com/firahfabe
    https://firahfabe.itch.io/
    https://learnfilipinorondalla.netlify.app/
    https://open.spotify.com/artist/5MwSQ5vfamJ2RZSeP12ql5
    57 min
  • Uncovered Chats - November 1st, 2022

    In this GameGrooves Chats, host Ro Panuganti discusses the 2022 vgmtogether virtual game convention, the unique experiences that newer performers and panelists shared, and how the showcase and performances worked together.

    Links Mentioned:

    https://www.game-grooves.com/

    https://vgmtogether.com/

    https://www.youtube.com/vgmtogether

    16 min
  • GameGrooves Uncovered EP 25 - Daniel Dockery Writes Monster Kids

    Ro speaks with Daniel Dockery about his writing credits on fandom and video game culture, specifically Pokémon and its huge influence beyond the core game series. They discuss the brilliance of its release, how the world reacted to PokeMania, Dockery's research for his book "Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All" and unique discoveries about the monumental series.

    Participants: Ro Panuganti, Daniel Dockery
    Plugs:

    http://www.twitter.com/dandock

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0762479507?tag=hacboogrosit-20

     

     

    38 min
  • Uncovered Chats - August 28th, 2022

    In this GameGrooves Chats, host Ro Panuganti discusses the way game conventions specific to game music host myriads of social events, community-minded fun, and work to represent and celebrate the growing scene. Ro also discusses the ways virtual festivals can include more musicians and recounts his experience with conventions early on.

    Links Mentioned:

    https://www.game-grooves.com/

    https://www.magfest.org/

    https://vgmtogether.com/

     

    8 min

About GameGrooves Uncovered

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GameGrooves Uncovered is a show built around the eponymous community of musicians and cover/remix artists tied to the video game world. We take look at the artists behind VGM, see their inspirations,…