I've been working on a little discord bot to help with the @ivgorchestra.com charity streams for @mndassoc.bsky.social. Still flaky, but kind of cool! Our community can schedule streams, track hours and plan goals, and even manage the official twitch schedule Do follow! twitch.tv/irishvideoga...

Here's a wild idea, get rid of executives instead of the passionate people in the industry who know what they're doing

stay away from the summoner

stay away from the summoner

That time of year where the family raises funds for Almost Home Animal Sanctuary in Northern Ireland, helping fund their amazing work. If you have a few quid please donate and receive some of my wife, and sons art www.justgiving.com/page/almosth... www.almosthome-ni.org

A wonderful time at @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social. So many people to thank for their generosity, so watch this space. Bonus pics of @samanthabeart.bsky.social and @adamh.ivgorchestra.com raiding the @naturalsix.bsky.social stall. Don't tell them. For now though, it's home time.

Fed up with our government. I made charts today to track their spending on the arts, particularly in a scheme meant to provide musical instruments to groups that need it. 75% of the money has gone to marching bands thanks to @gordonlyons.bsky.social and the DUP. Sickening.

@neilnewbon.bsky.social hi Neil! We'll be streaming later today with Sam, in aid of MND Association. Would love to see you there if you're able! Best wishes from Ireland :) bsky.app/profile/ivgo...

kudos to bbc for choosing an appropriate thumbnail for today's AWS status

I'll be taking part in this on Tuesday in aid of @mndassoc.bsky.social! Looking forward to chatting with @samanthabeart.bsky.social about their role in #FadingEcho 🎮♥️ 2pm BST, Tuesday 21st October! @newtales.bsky.social @fadingechogame.bsky.social #twitch #youtube #gaming #GameOver

Last few hours to grab Hob's Barrow at 50% off on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/...

Our violinist @mollynina.bsky.social headed to Rome this week and made us all jealous by visiting the Amano Corpus Animae exhibit! Amazing artwork 🎮❤️ #FinalFantasy #YoshitakaAmano @square-enix-games.com @ffviirjp.bsky.social

I'll be heading to #egx London this month! If any game studio or gaming-adjacent brand representatives are heading there too, I'd love to chat about the @ivgorchestra.com and our plans for next year: big, ambitious plans with a massive orchestra and well known special guests 👀 Oct 24-26! #vgm

I'm 35 now and have been doing some form of live music for more than half my life. So these comments don't really bother me. However, we are a group of musicians with a wide range of experience. What we don't show are the more targeted comments. Those get deleted. People are awful behind a screen.

I am awash with great voice acting choices right now.... #FinalFantasyTactics, #FadingEcho alpha, and #GhostOfYotei?! How am I meant to get anything done with this banquet of gaming? Shoutout to @samanthabeart.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @erikaishii.bsky.social and everyone for their work!

It's been a busy 24 hours of coding, editing videos, after effects stuff on top, making shorts, scheduling shorts, sharing shorts, and all the other social media tasks that aren't my favourite thing in the world to do But now, it's lunch time, and I am taking an hour to play Tactics! #finalfantasy

🎮 Day 334 of sharing my video game music daily on Bsky! While wandering through the ancient forest you stumble upon the ruins of an old church... #videogames #gamedev #indiedev #gameaudio youtube.com/shorts/kcbXD...

Give this a listen if you want to learn more about what goes into creating a GRAMMY-winning video game arrangement and the amazing communities surrounding video game music covers and arrangements!

Do you play an orchestral instrument? Do you enjoy video game music? JOIN US! We're recruiting in all sections, but particularly interested in Violins, Violas, French Horns, Bassoons and Double Basses. Link in comments to our new member form! #vgm #orchestra #belfast #ireland

Nice kit @ericwbrown.bsky.social 🥁♥️ My drummer friend reliably informs me it's a Tama star classic drum kit with a pearl free floating brass snare And he's impressed 😎

🚨New video!🚨 Tune in on our YouTube channel to hear two of @jasongravesmusic.bsky.social's pieces from Heroes of Might and Magic! Thanks Jason 🎮♥️ Link below! Because we don't need to worry here unlike other platforms 👀 #vgm #gamemusic @ubisoft.com youtu.be/EMvIyqRkHwI

As a quiet socials person I often do things and forget I need to post about it Recent doings: - fundraising for @ivgorchestra.com - three secret #vgm projects collaborating with some awesome musician - my actual software job 🫠 - music directing for @ivgorchestra.com, new arrangements and videos 👇

Rehearsals this week included a little Metal Gear Solid... 📦🐍 Listen out for our violinist Julie cheering at the end! #metalgearsolid #METALGEARSOLIDΔ @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp @konamina.bsky.social

thanks for coming to the premiere of VS. Rival!! the new track AND one other new one are now included in the Bandcamp album, which is now 66 whole tracks!! you can hear them both in-game in the milestone update tomorrow!! radicaldreamland.bandcamp.com/album/beasti...

Had a great birthday weekend filled with my favourite things: sweet treats, coffee and TV with @aileenhumphreys.bsky.social, making music, and playing #silksong and Alan Wake II. A lovely friend gifted me silksong without even knowing it was my birthday, what are the chances?! 🪲

After 2 days at Gamescom please enjoy my alarm clock strategy for the flight home #gamescom

I am a burger in Düsseldorf #gamescom

Is there anything more Irish than an automatic food delivery robot saying "Here I am!" and an old Irish man shouting "HOWAREYA?" yes, grass and rain

where are you all going Dublin it's 5am En route to #Gamescom!

If you're at #gamescom this week - so are we! Let's chat: 🎮Partnerships for our 2026 concerts 🕹️Permission to arrange and perform cool music! 📰Promotion! Would love to connect with media reps Our AMD @adamh.ivgorchestra.com is there Wednesday/Thursday in the business area! #vgm #gamemusic

Turned down for public funding again, 2nd time in a month. The advice remains: "try again next time" - we've been trying for 10 years! Meanwhile, surviving on our own The arts scene in #NorthernIreland is deprived, with the minister in charge completely absent... We'll keep promoting #vgm though

one small annoying side effect of getting news like this is that the 100 things I had planned to do today are now off the table because I have to think about this now

Turned down for funding again by Arts Council #northernireland. That's two applications in the space of a month. Disappointing - convinced they only exist to fund special interests rather than the actual arts. Our own National Youth Choir forced to close over a measly £60k... #belfast #arts #acni

I will be representing the @ivgorchestra.com this year at #Gamescom! If you want to meet up and talk #vgm send me a message! (This serves as a warning to our wonderful industry friends - I will be invading your inboxes soon 👀) #Gamescom2025 #devcom #gamemusic

Hob's Barrow is 45% off on GOG until July 31st! www.gog.com/en/game/the_...

This sure was a lot of driving, from home to Lyon/Montreux and back home again, 2250 miles. The first car I did this in years ago almost died, thankfully this time was breakdown free 🚗

It's me, I'm the driver 🚗

Just arrived in Paris feeling good about the drive from Ireland only to see a camper with Japanese plates 感銘を受けた

My first stop in France, I swear I am not intentionally trying to insult the country known for its cuisine

And off again! Next stop Paris

Two weeks off... Time to restart the 日本語 study?

Incredible concert last night at Cadogan Hall by @benyaminnuss.bsky.social! It was a real pleasure to hear amazing #nier arrangements performed so well. Two standing ovations! Lovely to meet you Benyamin, and always great to see @shonekonyan.bsky.social and @choiby.bsky.social - isn't #vgm great?

It's me, I'm the crazy person

Life has been very very busy for the past few hours/days/weeks... Hopefully back to something normal soon and FINISHING PROJECTS In the mean time, here's a puppy

Unlock 18 hours of free comprehensive lessons on mixing and mastering my brand new score for Still Wakes The Deep: Siren's Rest. Dive into the music with exclusive access at Sulcata University. Did I mention it's all completely free? :) sulcatasound.com/learning #AudioSkills #MusicProduction

🚨BELFAST! TONIGHT!🚨 We are performing at @themacbelfast.bsky.social for our 10th Anniversary show! The set is - to quote @jasongravesmusic.bsky.social - 'stacked' 🎮♥️ Come and celebrate #vgm together #Belfast #Ireland #NorthernIreland youtube.com/shorts/KtRu7...

I did not get a #nintendoswitch 2 or #mariokartworld... But I did spend the night playing bass with it! Awesome remixes so far 🎮♥️ youtube.com/shorts/IhT-Z... #vgm #gamemusic #nintendo #mariokart #bass

Very excited to see the post arrive today. No switch 2 here... It's a score book for Journey! Thanks @awintory.bsky.social - this is such a great resource 🎮♥️

Composing is just asking “is this anything” whenever you write a new note

Spent the night doing budgets for funding applications... Who knew that if you want to focus on music you also have to do accountancy? The opposite of fun