Nerd Music Meltdown

From a desert in Parts Unknown, The Icarus Kid pops in on the Nerd Music Meltdown to talk about his love for both EDM and video game music, restarting his music career multiple times, his take on making electronic live performances exciting to watch, performing at VGMCon, and mental health coaching.

You can follow The Icarus Kid at https://www.youtube.com/c/TheIcarusKid. Support Nerd Music Meltdown at patreon.com/ongakuoverdrive.

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Two of our favorite homies are back on tour and also on the show. It's Ran and Richie and they talk to Kent about the upcoming Generation of Miracles Tour that goes from Seattle to MomoCon in Atlanta this month. We also talk pandemic stories, new music, Sammus, Rustage, PAX East, Super Bitfest, the rise on anime rap on YouTube, and more! Plus, Kent is going to talk about the latest controvery in nerdcore.. Oh boy... Follow Richie Branson: https://linktr.ee/richiebranson Follow Mega Ran: https://linktr.ee/megaran

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As we march toward episode 100 of Nerd Music Meltdown, we have a new face in our community who making some great progress. She is Allison Martin, a trombonist who creates brassy renditions of video game music. Kent met Allison briefly at MAGFest, so we talk about that, being a part of the "Line Them Up" project, living in Japan, favorite game soundtracks and composers, the importance of collabs in the community, and her upcoming album See The World. Kent also gives some life and event updates in the open. You can also support Nerd Music Meltdown at patreon.com/ongakuoverdrive.

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We got a full event recap of VGMCon: Lift Off, a video game and music convention that took place this past weekend in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Special guests Mahn, Gunderslam, and H808 performed at the event and recap the whole weekend, plus the Game Music Remix Awards and the big news for VGM coming out of this year's edition of the Grammy's!

Follow Mahn: https://linktr.ee/mahnplaysmusic Follow Gunderslam: https://linktr.ee/Gunderslam Follow H808: https://linktr.ee/h808_beats

You can also support Nerd Music Meltdown at patreon.com/ongakuoverdrive.

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It's been a while since there was an episode of Nerd Music Meltdown. March was just too crazy for a lot of reasons, including ONGAKU 20XX in Orlando and Virtua Ongaku XIII on Twitch. Kent goes solo and reflects on what was a crazy month and how everything went down. If you want to hear how things go from an event runner's perspective, this is the show for you! With things calmed down, we'll work on getting podcasts with guests out regularly. But if you want to hear about what goes into concerts in our community, this is a great episode to listen too.

You can support Nerd Music Meltdown at patreon.com/ongakuoverdrive. Music: Lame Genie - Yogurt Yard (Kirby's Adventure) - https://youtu.be/aU6fhpD7U3M Lacey Johnson - Ryu's Theme (Street Fighter II) - https://youtu.be/FrD4qj-RlIo "The Meltdown" theme by RoboRob

Look who's back on Nerd Music Meltdown It's Marc with a C, who we have not talked to in a long time. We're talking about his plans to redefine who Marc is as a musician, what "Phase II" means to him, surviving cancer and how that affects is music career. Last but not least, we discuss everything that went into his brand new album Thantophobia and why it is so different from everything before.

Marc with a C has a virtual show on his Patreon in March. Be sure to check that out. You can also get all of Marc's music at marcwithac.com.

ONGAKU 20XX: Wily's Revenge takes place on Saturday, March 5th at The Abbey in Orlando, Florida. Tickets are available at ongakuoverdrive.com. You can also support Nerd Music Meltdown at patreon.com/ongakuoverdrive.

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Orlando has a new video game band with an Earthbound-inspired name! Trash Burger is comprised of our guests Stevie Albano and David Yasensky, as well as a couple of new faces. We talk about how the band came to be, how Under Polaris and Random Encounter tie in, the ONGAKU 20XX show that Trash Burger will be performing at, virtual concerts, and what the goals of the band will be. See Trash Burger's Virtua Ongaku performance: https://youtu.be/lMKcy115kWo

ONGAKU 20XX: Wily's Revenge takes place on Saturday, March 5th at The Abbey in Orlando, Florida. Tickets are available at ongakuoverdrive.com. You can also support Nerd Music Meltdown at patreon.com/ongakuoverdrive.

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We have the good lads Lame Genie, the finest video game band from Rhode Island on the show to talk about everything from BT Jones to Gilbert Gottfried, being inspired by first-gen video game bands, YouTube shenanigans, OSW Review, upcoming releases, and more! Lame Genie will be performing in Orlando, Florida on March 5th at ONGAKU 20XX: Wily's Revenge with Bit Brigade, The OneUps, and trash Burger. Tickets are available at ongakuoverdrive.com. Get more of Lame Genie at lamegenie.com and youtube.com/c/LameGenie.You can also support Nerd Music Meltdown at patreon.com/ongakuoverdrive. "The Meltdown" theme by RoboRob

Happy New Year! Kent started things off strong with a trip to Super MAGFest. What was this year's event like? Kent brought on MAG performers Tiggs and Dom Palombi (of Game Night) to talk about the whole weekend and favorite moments.

Follow Tiggs: vrmaxfield.com Follow Dom Palombi: www.dompalombimusic.com

See Virtua Ongaku 12 on January 29th on twitch.tv/ongakuoverdrive. You can also support Nerd Music Meltdown at patreon.com/ongakuoverdrive.

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Once upon a time, MAGFest was owned and ran by the guy who would become chiptune legend Inverse Phase. We talk about what MAGFest was like back in the day, how the festival inspired Inverse Phase to publish music seriously, meeting Trent Reznor, the bassy farts of the Sega Genesis soundchip, de-making Pretty Hate Machine and Guilty Gear in 8-bit, and much more.

You can check out Inverse Phase at inversephase.com and inversephase.bandcamp.com. He also owns and operates the Bloop Museum in Baltimore, MD. Inverse Phase will be performing at Super MAGFest in January and we'll be there too! You can also support Nerd Music Meltdown at patreon.com/ongakuoverdrive.

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