FoxxDragon

Hey guys!

 

Today i have some amazing news. DOD Is totally going to go mainstream, thanks to MTV. I met up with some people last week at GDC and we got to talking and MTV really wants to break into the new mega fad that is VGM, and now we can make it happen! This is exciting times for DoD, BUT also us as a scene. We're basically lumping everything that isn't OCR under the "DoD" label- especially since everyone knows it's always been OCR in their own world, and EVERYONE else in their own.

 

So whats this mean? Well theres going to be a ton of new content coming, in the usual high quality MTV way.

 

Reality shows about your favorite VGM artists:

-Where the hell is XOC? what does he do when he disappears off the face of the internet? We'll find out!

-Whats it like to go into the deep underbelly that is the Shizz suite?

-How Tony REALLY getas all his music done (Hint: paid chinese labor)

-PIMP MY GEAR! Bling bling for all your whmmy bars, yo.

-MAGFEST gone wild

-Justin Bieber remixes your remix

-AND MORRRRRRRRRE!

 

 

NO MUSIC WHATSOEVER!:

the best part is that instead of making more music all the time, you guys will instead just be able to kick back and basically act like total trashy douchebags, while scoring tons of revenue! MTV wants to see the REAL side of VGM. And by that I mean the fabricated one we're gonna make with nothing but off kilter reality TV. We'll just take the music we already have (years worth) and after we crush it down to 10 approved tracks from nintendo and etc, we'll re-run them whenever we actually want to show music for like, filler or something. And just keep auto tuning it as we need to make more.

 

Ready to sign up?

I'm taking all the music anyways, but if you want to get in on this hot hot new chance to make an ass on yourself with cable TV, just throw down a show pitch, and the salary you're after.

And if you're wondering about Crimson, don't worry, we're just going to buy him out. =D

 

And just so everyone has no doubts about this being real, here are some photos from the GDC weekend!

 

Me with MTV Execs Kristi and whatshername. RAWR.

 

WATCH OUT! It's the VP of Marketing! Valerie Gablesonsmith!

 

Posing for the Camera with the entire cast of India's Whos Ready to Dancing Starz

 

 

These guys have the weirdest hiring processes!

 

I was over visiting VikingGuitar earlier today.  He left the room and was FOOL ENOUGH to leave his Facebook logged in!  WHAT A MORON!  I clearly had to take advantage of such idiocy, and typed in a status update PRETENDING I WAS HIM!  CLASSIC!!!

 

After that, I decided to check the Shizz.  Now it's off to Rockage in San Jose with mrtame!  I better be sure to log out of the Shizz, lest VikingGuitar seek retribution for my prank on Facebook...

 

Oh, by the way, here's a pic of my from MAG this year!

 

Lauren Liebowitz of former Descendants of Erdrick (also played in Those Who Fight during magfest), just put out an album:
http://laurentheflut...m/moogles-flute

 

It's incredibly well done, but if thats not enough.. there is some singing on the album, and Holy crap, I had no idea she was capable of that too.

 

Lauren is starting a new band called The Returners, which.. is a mystery right now! But with Talent like this, you better keep an eye out for it!

 

ALSO..

She did this for her birthday. So if you enjoy it, flag her down and say Happy Birthday!

 

Flute is one of the rare instruments in this scene. If anyone knows other good examples of it, I encourage more

We have another Acoustic Duo on the scene, guys!

I'm just going to past what they said:
William and I have been hard at work on a side project to supplement The OneUps' growing repertoire; we will focus on jazz guitar duets of popular video game themes.

We will be playing a short set at MAGFest 11 on Saturday, January 5th from 6-6:30 in the Jamspace. (The OneUps will still be mainstage on Thursday 8pm)

Enjoy!

I for one, am extremely excited


EDIT:
So excited I typo'd the topic title wrong.
not FORM the one ups FROM
Some mod please fix that x_x

Today the follow up album to last year's Harmony of a Hunter, released:



http://www.shinespar...rmonyofahunter/

With it, comes a new website, THREE more discs of music that is still absolutely FREE, plenty of returning guys from the first album, and tons of new artists you've never heard of- but are amazing in their own right. Rock, some jazz, orchestra, choirs, chiptune, even electronica and dubstep (don't worry, it's only a few, and they're well done), and so much more. Even mixing genres!

If you're a Metroid fan, this is for you. If you're a video game music fan, this is also for you.


Shizz people on this album are: VikingGuitar and Cursed Lemon, and VOMITRON
and OCR people: Pyro Paper Planes, Mazedude, and others
And then Video Games Live greats like: The video game pianist, and Laura Intravia
AND MOOOOOOOORE!

For my part, I did a ton of new artwork, as well as recruiting my brother and a friend into the mix. It's currently the most art ever released on a project I've worked on. Here are Two.

Mine:


And Kurt's:


Me and Kurt have these for sale, and a handful of others:
My Store- http://www.redbubble.../141444-metroid
Kurt's- http://www.redbubble.../168193-101-run

If you remember last year's album, we had hard copies shipped posters and a bunch of awesome stuff like that. UNFORTUNATELY, that isn't happening this time. Not my call, the director of the project didn't want to do it again.
But the artwork is at least available, and I WILL have prints at Mag

Still though, I hope you enjoy the album!