My label and Community put together a lot of great concept albums with interesting genre mashups, and began a lot of cool events for newcomers and seasoned arrangers alike! There's a lot to learn and grow, but we have exciting 2026 plans to put in the work! Did you have a favorite 💿 from GG?

🚨New Drum Clip🚨 Song: Gang-Plank Galleon ( @premvintageband.bsky.social ) Album: Konged Loose ( @gamegrooves.com ) GameGrooves put out a killer metal tribute album to the Donkey Kong series and I’m stoked we were a part of it! I’ll post the link below as well. youtube.com/shorts/fst09...

Welcome Lowlander to the Super MAGFest XP Stage lineup! Hailing from the lowlands of Glasgow, Scotland, Lowlander and Co. (Ro Panuganti, Colby Terry, and Alyx Guevara) are smashing together video game music and metal in ways that make head banging a near guarantee!

Feeling alone despite being surrounded by people is a very deep void that I do not enjoy. Been going thru the wringer a wee bit lately. This too shall pass though, I’m sure.

The last Bandcamp Friday of the year is here! But don't take it from us. Let our friend, Donkey Kong, show you some of the highlights of this year that you can buy right now as digital downloads, CDs, and tapes! Get 'em here: gamegrooves.bandcamp.com #bandcampfriday #bandcamp #bcf #vgm #gamemusic

@premvintageband.bsky.social also showed up on the monstrous new @gamegrooves.com album "Konged Loose". It was produced by @ropanuganti.com & @drewbertisms.bsky.social and it's just phenomenal! gamegrooves.bandcamp.com/track/gang-p...

Hear @ropanuganti.com and @drewbertisms.bsky.social talk about producing GameGrooves's latest album, Konged Loose. GameGrooves Uncovered #podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/5XWg... Konged Loose album: lnk.to/konged-loose #progmetal #progressivemetal #donkeykong #donkeykongcountry

⚠ COMMISSIONS AVAILABLE 🎥 🎧 Lmited slots for Production (Mixing/Master), Songwriting/Composition, and Music Video Editing this month due to stuff changing up and am actively looking to produce your next album, make your music video next-level, or write your new theme song! DM/E-mail if interested!

Having a day. Played more guitar than ever over the last 2 years, yet feeling like I’ve regressed in the last 6mo and gotten worse over the course of the year. 🙃 Also doesn’t help that I have things I need to finish and just can’t get done rn, feels like I’ve got this physical wall in front of me.

I am giving away 5 copies of Melodyne Essentials to our members this Thanksgiving. Are you in the GameGrooves Discord already? You should be. We will be having several giveaways between now and New Year for both our album participants and our public community. 🤙🏻💜 discord.gg/qUwynKQzpB

I am giving away 5 copies of Melodyne Essentials to our members this Thanksgiving. Are you in the GameGrooves Discord already? You should be. We will be having several giveaways between now and New Year for both our album participants and our public community. 🤙🏻💜 discord.gg/qUwynKQzpB

Check out @chernabogue.bsky.social's explosive version of Welcome to Crocodile Island featuring @nahtony.bsky.social! Out now on Konged Loose: lnk.to/konged-loose #donkeykong #donkeykongcountry #metal

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

In the same vein as these, here are some very crudely drawn stamps you can utilize for free on your website stating that you do not make use of genAI in your music or on your records. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

In the same vein as these, here are some very crudely drawn stamps you can utilize for free on your website stating that you do not make use of genAI in your music or on your records. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Just announced this in the GameGrooves server but I'm putting the call out more publicly: I'm co-producing a Street Fighter II album to release in line with the game's 35th anniversary. With all women as primary artists. If you're not already in GG, join the discord here: discord.gg/HswzcZqW

The nightmares that hit you when you’re a parent are on another level man, fuck sake.

Thank you SO much for all the listeners, friends, and eager viewers watching me eat basically all the Spicy Bananas as I made it to the Bayou in DKC2. Thanks to musicians that made Konged Loose, contributed, feedbacked harder than ever, and pieced together one of our communities heaviest albums!

Join us in just 3 hours for our Konged Loose album party hosted by album producer @ropanuganti.com! Featuring a full album playthrough, interviews with track producers, music videos, and Ro's Spicy% playthrough of DKC, there's something for everyone! See you on YouTube: youtube.com/@RoPanuganti

Enormously proud of the work that @ropanuganti.com and @drewbertisms.bsky.social put into making this project happen for GameGrooves. Also so stoked for a new, non-Hades track from @premvintageband.bsky.social to debut on this! Mark, Angel and I have a gnarly take on Gangplank Galleon on here!

From jungles to the oceans, snowy mountains to pirate ships... Konged Loose takes on Donkey Kong's historic game soundtracks to modern blistering metal and exciting progressive-metal heights. Available now on Bandcamp as a download and CD! On #Bandcamp now: lnk.to/konged-loose #donkeykong #metal

Forever addressing all my homies as gorgeous or handsome. 🤙

I hereby declare November 10th to be National 'Punch Your Democratic Senator in the Face Day' and you're entitled to a free day off work.

the thing that upsets me about this the most is that Dems had all the momentum, republicans were reeling, and we were getting intra-GOP fighting over the filibuster, all while voters were blaming republicans for their incompetence this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch

Belated NGD post for my new Music Man Cutlass HT, after buying B-Stock and cashing in unused CC rewards, snagged for about half MSRP+tax. I swapped out the black pickguard for a white one to contrast the body. Music Man electronics don’t fuck around, that was a nail biter for a bit!

How it feels to get a mix back from @ropanuganti.com and @drewbertisms.bsky.social

How it feels to get a mix back from @ropanuganti.com and @drewbertisms.bsky.social

Nov 14. Barrels will be smashed.. bananas reclaimed.. and Kongs let loose. #donkeykong #metal

Had a complete computer failure this weekend where apparently it was my Mac Studio's final shut down. I have Apple Care, so I took it in and they've told me they have no idea what happened by apparently something died in either the display I/O chip or the Logic Board.

This is literally everyone in the vgm scene passing the same $30 to each other at MAGfest every year for merch, except no one is doing a cool cover of Armored Armadillo and also the economy is collapsing

It’s mail day @gamegrooves.com! Today we’re shipping out @ropanuganti.com’s brand new The Ocean - a Wind Waker Prog Metal adventure. 🤘🔥

The hardest part about arranging 6 songs that are very similar, is taking the time to try and find ways to make each one sound like its own individual experience.

Thinking about shooting videos for covers again but it’s hard to motivate myself cuz 1) I’m lazy and 2) the views/exposure to effort ratio is low as fuck.

New addition to my desk today. 🍒🌸

Wifey and I put together a cover of Hoshi no Arika (The Whereabouts of Light) sponsored by Falcom & co. Arrangement, Mix & Mastered by yours truly, incl the opportunity to bust out my nylon for some lead work. Full video on YouTube ⬇️

Wifey and I put together a cover of Hoshi no Arika (The Whereabouts of Light) sponsored by Falcom & co. Arrangement, Mix & Mastered by yours truly, incl the opportunity to bust out my nylon for some lead work. Full video on YouTube ⬇️

Lmao some spineless cunt reported me on discord for chatting in a declared chat that’s inherently for mature discussion, locked behind age verification, without saying a word as part of the conversation. I’m not a silent mfer, I will speak my mind, fuck your feelings.

It's #BandcampFriday again, and we've got lots of albums for you to choose from on the GameGrooves #Bandcamp page: gamegrooves.bandcamp.com Check out the replies for a list by genre. #vgm #gamemusic #videogames #gaming

Happy #BandcampFriday and NEW ALBUM DAY! ⛵THE OCEAN - A Progressive Metal album based on Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 🔊AVAILABLE DIGITAL + CD AT: ropanuganti.bandcamp.com/album/the-oc... Streaming on all platforms to follow... Released with @gamegrooves.com Alliance! 🎨 @leoval.bsky.social

Thank you to the Prog XP Orchestra including: @allisonmartintrombone.com - Brass @floootiful.bsky.social - Flute, Irish Whistle @chromaticapparatus.bsky.social - Cello @roninopf.bsky.social - Violin @teracmusic.bsky.social - Violin Nemo Fairlight - Viola

@sean081799.bsky.social - Frame Drum, Djembe @stevenhigbee.bsky.social - Clarinet @marimbamatt913.bsky.social - Engraving/Arranging @drewbertisms.bsky.social - Mastering/Guidance Choir credits: @tiggsvoice.bsky.social @thankyousasquatch.bsky.social @ianmartyn.bsky.social @lastursa.com

Thanks to the RPPE band and our years of live shows helping me arrange, my peers, Patrons, listeners, Nintendo and composers Kenta Nagata, Toru Minegishi, Hajime Wakai, and Koji Kondo! Enjoy, share, let me know your favorite tunes, and see you at our Listening Party on 9/6 at Twitch.tv/GameGrooves

⛵THE OCEAN - A Progressive Metal album based on Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Pre-orders Digital + CDs are LIVE now! 🔊AVAILABLE AT: ropanuganti.bandcamp.com/album/the-oc... 🎸Artwork: @leoval.bsky.social 💿Released under @gamegrooves.com Alliance 📻 Mastered by @drewbertisms.bsky.social

Also, for no reason whatsoever I have been plagued by the Monster Arena Theme from Final Fantasy X, since in the PS4 Remaster they didn't actually do a new version of it. Which is thoroughly aggravating because it's one song you are exposed to A LOT if you do any sort of completionist run.

As we reach the end of August, enjoy @rustypowers.bsky.social crushingly expansive arrangement of Mako Reactor from Final Fantasy VII, the latest track in our Summer of Sony playlist! lnk.to/mako-reactor #metal #doom #FinalFantasyVII #summerofsony

We're excited to announce that our latest album, Chambers of Time, a 30th anniversary chamber music tribute to Chrono Trigger, is out in full on Bandcamp, just in time for #BandcampFriday! On Bandcamp: lnk.to/chambers-of-... Cover art by Zachary Hero #ChronoTrigger #chambermusic #vgm

Not me bringing back obscure JRPG releases from the 2010s that 6 people played and 5 forgot about.

Have recently begun a more specific, dedicated guitar practice routine. What are your fave things to try when warming up, or working on a technique that's newer to you? I'm currently re-familiarising myself with tapping, both overall and gratuitous pick hand taps. 😅

Starting off Chambers of Time with a bang, GameGrooves veteran Felix Arifin takes us on a journey of emotions through his innovative arrangement of the Chrono Trigger Main Theme featuring piano, violin, and cello! Check it out: lnk.to/chambers-of-... #chronotrigger #chambermusic #classicalmusic