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It's been 10 years already !!! And to celebrate our anniversary, here is a tribute album to video game music classics by the amazing members of our community ! It features 38 tracks from series such as FF, Zelda, Metroid, Sonic, Castlevania, Gran Turismo, Crash , Spyro and more ! fanlink.tv/10thBD

From Battlefield to Broadway, from the Wii to the West End, the arrangers and musicians of GameGrooves bring you GameGrooves: The Musical! Featuring 2 GameGrooves original musical numbers plus 8 covers! Pre-order: lnk.to/gg-musical #musicals #musicaltheatre #musicaltheater #broadway

Happy MAR10! Here is my cover of Rosalina the Observatory ft. my new bari sax! This is my entry for the @pixelmixers.bsky.social cover contest. #mario #mar10 #nintendo #music #saxophone www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVha...

Hey we are voting to decide what our next album will be, and you can participate to that vote too :) Check this poll: forms.gle/tGhNDuwSwujE...

Sometimes the mission is to make epic orchestral prog arrangements. And then, there are the ones that are just Vaporwave 🤗 Thanks to @icrescendo.bsky.social and @acmenesmusic.bsky.social for making everything sound so amazing www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5LU...

The #CommunitySpotlight this week hit arrangement prowess for @icrescendo.bsky.social - a saxophone jammer during Pixel Mixers compos, an album contributor in multiple scenes, and the lead arranger to an #RSFanChoice candidate from last year! Check more: www.youtube.com/@iCrescendo #SEGAMixerDrive

Congrats @icrescendo.bsky.social for "The Whims of Fate" from @gamegrooves.com being a #RSFanChoice 2025 Remix nominee! 💙 ✅▶️ Vote now @ radiose.ga/fanchoice until January 31st GMT!

Pixel Mixers' January Contest is First Worlds/Stages/Levels: forms.gle/TUU4G6eeDvX7... More details in the form. Entries are due by February 2nd, 6pm Seattle time. @pixelmixers.bsky.social #pixelmixerscontest #vgm

I turned a ballad into a ballad. Not a great pitch, but I hope you like Snake Eater! 🙂 This is my entry to the @pixelmixers.bsky.social cover contest. It might even include some new instruments! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEeg...

I got some great help for next cover! 😊

Happy new year gamers!

Happy Holidays! #vgm #winters #earthbound

Do you like Final Fantasy? Do you like soprano sax. Do you like reverb? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you might like my new cover! :) It's a solo soprano sax performance of Aerith's Theme! This is my entry to this months @pixelmixers.bsky.social cover contest. YT ink in the comment!

Tragic backstory time! Here is my new smooth ballad cover of Alleycat from Persona 5 for this months @pixelmixers.bsky.social cover contest! You can watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZpB...

PREACH 🗣️

Pixel Mixers' July Contest is Atlus vs Namco: forms.gle/3ncvmeA6hQBd... The only condition is that the games are developed by either Atlus or Namco. Entries are due by August 1st, 6pm Seattle time. @pixelmixers.bsky.social #pixelmixerscontest #vgm

This was so fun to play on! Thanks for having me @icrescendo.bsky.social! Go check out the track.

Played some trumpet on this FUNKY track from @icrescendo.bsky.social! Go give it a listen! 😄

Here is my new Parliament classic funk inspired cover of Waluigi Pinball from Mario Kart World! This is my entry to the @pixelmixers.bsky.social monthly cover contest. I was joined by a full groovy band, go check them in the comment! You can watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY0C...

📣 The best of @gamegrooves.com‬: -“Battle” @biscore.bsky.social, K. Ragone, @covertcharisma.bsky.social -“The Whims of Fate” @icrescendo.bsky.social @wurtzel.bsky.social D. Newt @steven-hewitt-vgm.bsky.social @rorybutler.bsky.social @nightotlivingday.bsky.social @thebassoonist7513.bsky.social

Going all in with this amazing cast of cats! Here is my new video of The Whims of Fate! I made this cover for Lounging in the Velvet Room, the new album of @gamegrooves.com! Link to the album and all my collaborators in the comments! You can watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3F7...

Then there was @icrescendo.bsky.social - and with this arsenal of musicians, "The Whims of Fate" was flat out turned into a crooning jazz standard. And I can't have it any other way x) gamegrooves.bandcamp.com/track/the-wh... #SEGAMixerDrive

We're proud to announce our latest album, Lounging in the Velvet Room, featuring 15 lounge jazz arrangements from games across the Persona franchise! Buy it on Bandcamp or listen on your favorite streaming services: lnk.to/velvet-room Video by @ropanuganti.com #persona #persona5 #persona4 #jazz

I got to make a swiniging bigband cover for the newest @gamegrooves.com album! Go listen to the whole album on lnk.to/velvet-room. Video will follow soon!

Returning to monke for this months @pixelmixers.bsky.social cover contest and @soundole.bsky.social #SoundoleChillOut2025! Youtube link in the reply 🍌🐵

Here is my new saxophone cover of Aquatic Ruin Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for this months @pixelmixers.bsky.social cover contest! You can watch it here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5U3...

The Soundole Chill Out Cover Competition is an annual celebration of chilled-out video game music covers. I hope you can join me for its eighth year! Entries for #SoundoleChillOut2025 open when this video goes live on the 1st of May: youtu.be/7PTD8oP-LzU

Happy VGMCON 2025 weekend everyone! And thank you to the GMRA committee for nominating my arrangement of Bon Voyage, Amigo from Mother 3 from last year's Pixel Mixers album - so here's the video release! HUGE thanks to @slamb0b.bsky.social for playing the fretless solo here; others featured below ⏬

BLUEY!!! I made a big old trombone collab to spread positivity and desire to help those around us 💙 For me, it's for Faye, who is a young Bluey fan battling leukemia. I wanted to do something to help! Now, more than ever--we need to help each other. I hope this video inspires us all to do that!

I was joined by @acmenesmusic.bsky.social to turn this beautiful tune by @lena.fyi into an acoustic duet. Here is my new cover of #celeste 's Little Goth for this months @pixelmixers.bsky.social Cover Contest! Listen to it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsyg...

MAGFest needs to fly out FLUTE GUY Pedro Eustache as a guest of honor

This post is too long for the character limit here, so I put it in the image/alt text. TLDR: Please, PLEASE support human artists. Even if they aren't me. In a few years, there won't be anything else left if artists can't afford to make art.

Little bit of Animal Crossing dootin' for this months @pixelmixers.bsky.social cover contest! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qui-...

Winner of the Pixel Mixers January contest was @icrescendo.bsky.social with this Persona 5 cover: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ero... @pixelmixers.bsky.social

You can hear my trumpet playing on @sean081799.bsky.social and @icrescendo.bsky.social’s awesome Pokémon town arrangements! Make sure to give the whole album a listen! 😄

We're very excited to share @selfreferentialvgm.bsky.social's GameGrooves Album Challenge 2024 entry, Towns Well-Traveled! Journey through five different generations of Pokémon town themes in this delightful jazz EP! Available now: lnk.to/towns-well-t... #pokemon #jazz #vgm #gamemusic #vgmusic

Got to contribute a track to this Pokémon jazz EP! Enjoy!

Check out this EP by Self-Referential! I arranged a swing band version of Cianwood City for it, and played saxes on some other tracks!

Big drama in Tokyo calls for a big saxophone. Here is my cover of Beneath the Mask from Persona 5 for this months @pixelmixers.bsky.social cover contest! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ero...

Our first release of 2025 is a tribute to #Indiegames music, finally adding our past works to streaming plateformes ! :D Those 40 tracks feature games such as #Celeste, @undertale.com, #ShovelKnight, #HollowKnight, @hatintime.com, #Cuphead, #Divinity, and more ! fanlink.tv/TheLittleOnes2

RO THE METAL DIVER - A Dave The Diver Fan Film After a year in making, I invite you to take the dive. My prog-rock and metal tribute to this amazing adventure-meets-cooking game is here 🍣 FULL VIDEO ➡https://youtu.be/9zvyQO8wT-s Shares very very much welcomed 🙏

I covered The Frostlands from Octopath Traveler! ☃️ This is my entry to the @pixelmixers.bsky.social cover contest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpJL...

Got this amazing new bronze Yanagisawa tenor just before the year ended. Super excited to record new covers on it!

We are happy to share our newest initiative with you! We hope that this will be a useful tool for the VGM community. Add yourself to the directory using the link below!

NEW, FREE ALBUM with @nfpublishing.bsky.social! 🎮🎶 The Impact of Iwata! 🎮🎶 iwata.ocremix.org 16 songs for 16 chapters of @lucasmthomas.bsky.social's book on Nintendo's beloved president! VGM ReMixes of EarthBound, Metroid, Kirby, Mario & more! youtu.be/OcUdu3r9lcY OCR DISCORD! discord.gg/ocremix

I made an old school funk cover of Dreamer from Streets of Rage 2 ft. @thebassoonist7513.bsky.social, Roland (Noel) LM and Kalen Scott Thomas! This is my entry to Novembers @pixelmixers.bsky.social cover contest. You can watch the full video on my Youtube! Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3uq...

Puhuhu!! Here is my new cover of Beautiful Death from Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc! It is my entry to this months @pixelmixers.bsky.social cover contest. You can listen to it on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC_J... !