hey everyone, i've got a new narrated video! you know stock music? the stuff you hear in cheesy old instructional videos and such? it's good actually. however... www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pFb...

i love this video + comment section combo

NEW MIX: today, we're exploring some epic redbook rock tunes from the PC Engine CD addons. er, wait, these songs seem kinda... cheesy? oh well, may as well revel in it! (premieres 15 minutes after this post goes live! join us!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PftZ...

A phrase I remember being coined by Yahtzee that gets more true as time goes on goes something like "how a game is made is as much a story as anything in the game itself", and it's a wonderful thing, truly

i think this is the ideal. you don't just see the video game(s), but the many, many hands that touched them, each hand with its own opinion and voice about the future of the medium. art is made by people, and it's a delight to be able to hear from so many of these people.

one of the biggest complaints i got about my witchcraft video is that the background music is too loud. using the multi-language feature of youtube, i added an audio track that's a little better balanced. just select "English (US)". it's not a crazy difference, but i think it's an improvement!

thinking about this comments i got... i actually have exactly one thing to say about moon child: it's cheerful and optimistic in a way that i think everyone yearns for right now. that's the end of this video essay about moon child thanks for watching

How do you emulate the sound of a distorted guitar when you have the power of the TurboGrafx's tiny wavetables? That's what we're exploring today. Hop in, let's rock!

I'd like to share a discovery with you. Behold: Axel フ

ever notice how some of the tunes in Ecco Jr were super lush? how about the depths of funk in Genesis sports titles? turns out there was a billboard-topping composer behind that. today we're exploring the works of Andy Armer. ---- video premieres in ~15 minutes! join us in chat!

me citing a past video i made in the references section of a new video im making

If you come at us you better come correct

NEW MIX! So, you're tasked with writing a CD quality chill song for a PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16 in America) game, but there's a problem: the year is between 1995 and 1989. How do you do it? Today, we're exploring a few different approaches from the era! --- premiers in about 15 minutes!

NEW MIX: we're finally starting the PCE era! and I've made a discovery: this chip is kinda lush?? join me for some chill chip tunes

in the mid/early 90s, everyone hated the word "multimedia". it does have a specific definition: text, audio, video, and data combined into a single package. but it was overhyped and lost all meaning. these usenet posts illustrate the sentiment. neat right? anyway, have you heard of AI?

in the mid/early 90s, everyone hated the word "multimedia". it does have a specific definition: text, audio, video, and data combined into a single package. but it was overhyped and lost all meaning. these usenet posts illustrate the sentiment. neat right? anyway, have you heard of AI?

OK NEVERMIND AGAIN this does have interesting implications for the timeline of John's Sega Channel Menu song, though. but I already voiced that in my original apparently-correct-the-first-time video

i had a suspicion that this song was scored by someone else but couldnt find a source. well, the easiest way to find a source is to be publicly wrong 😭 sorry to David Javelosa!

NEW MIX! today, we're exploring the works of John Baker, from his start(!) with Toejam&Earl and beyond. it's funky. premieres in about 15 minutes! let's go!

these are techniques i've used to find consistent bangers in record shops. if you aren't watching gst you're missing out so hard.

QUICKVID: how do you find music like game music? i have some thoughts.

As part of our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel, we have recovered OVER 100 new Sega Channel ROMs, including the legendary lost game Garfield: Caught in the Act - The Lost Levels. Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/

"some sort of algorithmic trickery." yknow, i might be kinda slow but uhh. this is prolly related to noodle's excellent video that delves into a similar message about how the medium shapes the media. it's kind of funny contrasting how we approached similar ideas.

this video is popping off again recently. some sort of algorithmic trickery. i still read all the comments. there's still a pretty consistent spread between people who completely miss the point of the video and ppl who don't. it's kinda fascinating

in my head, i have a nebulous idea of what goes to GST Channel and what goes to my personal channel, but sometimes I'll make something that I think both audiences would enjoy. so, here, have a little animated art piece i made. just for fun

NEW MIX surprise Sonic R styled cheesy happy hardcore mix thing! just for funshine. let's feel the sunshine :D www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2VY...

i can not overstate how much i love this. a dream project of mine is to pick a game and interview EVERYONE in the credits and ask them to describe what they actually did. point to what they're proud of. etc

to reveal how far behind i was: only yesterday did i finish my PCE trawl 😅

yeah i'll cosign this. "GEMS is a bad driver" is a fun and simple story, but that's smearing a lot of history and details on a quite capable driver

NEW MIX! one last romp through funky jet set radio-alikes. i saved the best for last :3c

The music for Gigalopolis Zone in 'Sonic Chaos' is different between Master System and Game Gear. Turns out, the Master System version uses the song "Oh Yes!1 (SONG 0)", which is a demo tune from the KORG M1 synthesizer. Here's a comparison of the two.

I'd like to share this old video of hers, where she talks about her time working on the 3DO port of Doom. it's a wild story that stuck with me, and a reminder that sometimes "bad games" have amazing people working on them

i do think there's a funny thread connecting captain beefheart, jsrf birthday cake, and 100 gecs...

unsure if this phrasing was wise... still, it's a great mix i swear

NEW MIX! more jet set radio alikes! mom aint getting any sleep with this one. let's get funky!

i love the innocent and joyful tone of this comment. oh no, the website belonging to a person that disappeared from the internet 23 years ago is down :(

NEW MIX! more exploration beyond the bounds of just "game soundtracks", but within the realm of FUNK JET SET RADIOOOOOO www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCyl...

doin research, lookin over old notes... jon miller was such an incredibly cool dude. idk how to process the fact he's gone now

NEW MIX today, we're exploring beyond the bounds of just "game soundtracks". no words. just beats. let's get scratchin' JET SET RADIOOOOOO

NEW MIX today, we're exploring beyond the bounds of just "game soundtracks". no words. just beats. let's get scratchin' JET SET RADIOOOOOO

QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT VID: pce mixes are delayed, sorry. but i have a cool set of mixes that i'm planning to post instead. within this announcement, i have subtly hinted at what these might be

Just an old brief style study trying to make Acid Breaks in FM simulating squelchy distorted 303s. Dated January 2021. God, it didn't even feel like it was that long ago.

hey everyone, i have a dark secret to share: i don't actually have a PCE mix ready for this month. 😔 im gonna make a little announcement video about it but basically, i still havent finished checking out all the PCE soundtracks. i cant feature what i havent heard.

checking out the latest wagon christ album and he's COOKIN with this one but also that progression in "Sidney Groovey"? that's tim follin's bionic commando (c64)!!

weird spot: i want to change my channel name to Melosylexia but it doesn't feel right without a like. rebranding party and huge announcement. a gender reveal forest fire for a line of text

doin some unguided research. i love love the anthropologically phrased description of "being online" from the early 00s (text from Rene T. A. Lysloff's "Musical Community on the Internet: An On-line Ethnography", 2003)

hey check out this really cool remix of "His Theme" from Undertale that i found in the Japan-only 1992 NEC Super CD-ROM2 game Gate of Thunder

One of the best to do it, @gst.melosylexia.com profiles (and arranges, as probably the first to do so!) musician Yoko Wada, a criminally underrated and unknown Master System / Game Gear composer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C1J...