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This Week in VGM #004: Beep City Special
Recorded: 03/04/10
Released: 03/10/10
Show Notes at: http://genoboost.gamemusic4all.com/2010/03/this-week-in-vgm-004-beep-city-special

Welcome to the fourth episode of This Week in VGM, a weekly podcast of news and music from the video game inspired music community. This episode is a very lengthy special in which we check out the sites, but most importantly the sounds of Beep City.

This entire podcast is all about the first release from Beep City, Love Songs From the Future Volume 1. You can download the album free at http://www.beepcity.com/music/beep-city-presents-love-songs-from-the-future. This episode clocks in at nearly an hours worth of music, talk, and more!

We go over all 12 tracks from the release. I also talk with Beep City founders Moldilox and Djinnocide, as well as several other musicians from the album.

If you would like to get in touch with news, questions, or perhaps to be a guest host alongside me in a future episode, you can email me at gamemusic4all@gmail.com

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This Week in VGM #003: 02/14/10
Recorded: 02/20/10
Released: 02/21/10
Show Notes at: http://genoboost.gamemusic4all.com/2010/02/week-in-vgm-003-021410/

Welcome to the third episode of This Week in VGM, a weekly podcast of news and music from the video game inspired music community. This episode I talk about several new releases from across the VGM community, as well as the Love SQ compilation, Pterodactyl Squad, Akira Yamaoka, and more.

Topic Links
Love SQ review – gamemusic4all.com/wordpress/2010/02/love-sq-review/
Gaijin Games Bit.Trip Runner – gaijingames.com/?p=1137
Akira Yamaoka joins Grasshopper – gamasutra.com/view/news/27084/Silent_Hills_Yamaoka_Joins_Grasshopper_Manufacture.php
Handheld Heroes – givedaddytheknife.com/HHH/

Song
Sievert – Starblaster! – Beyond the Frontier – myspace.com/8bitsievert

Pterodactyl Squad – ptesquad.com
Weezer – The 8-Bit Album – ptesquad.com/more/pte018.html
A Pterodactyl Squad Compilation – ptesquad.com/more/pte020.html

Song
Weave of K. – Bubble Sea – Short Attention Fan – ptesquad.com/more/pte023.html

MAGFest – magfest.org
Temp Sound Solutions Katsucon Recordings – theshizz.org/forum/index.php?/topic/31237-temp-sound-solutions-live-at-katsucon-16-live-recordings-afx-202/
Temp Sound Solutions releases Now Your Playing With Powar 9 – gamemusic4all.com/wordpress/2010/02/temp-sound-solutions-now-your-playing-with-powar-9-welcome-to-the-next-leval/

Song
Temp Sound Solutions – phantasy star 3 staff roll – Now Your Playing With Powar 9: Welcome To the Next Leval – tempsoundsolutions.com/

Background Music
Quarter Circle Jab – Coffee Break – Kickbutt.exe – concatenationrecords.com/qcj001.html
Tim Sheehy – Sakana no Kokyuu – The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Arrange Collection – vgmdb.net/album/13295
Blue.Nocturne – Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Sacred Flute OC ReMix – http://www.ocremix.org – ocremix.org

If you would like to get in touch with news, questions, or perhaps to be a guest host alongside me in a future episode, you can email me at gamemusic4all@gmail.com

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This Week in VGM #003: 02/07/10
Recorded: 02/09/10
Released: 02/17/10
Show Notes at: genoboost.gamemusic4all.com/2010/02/this-week-in-vgm-003-020710/

Welcome to the third episode of This Week in VGM, a weekly podcast of news and music from the video game inspired music community. This episode I talk about several new releases from across the VGM community, as well as the upcoming PAX East.

Topic Links
Videogame Orchestra album release – gamemusic4all.com/wordpress/2010/02/videogame-orchestra-werk-album-release/
TDS – trebledeathsystem.com/releases

Song
ThePlasmas – A Wild Pokemon Appears! – Beware The Invasion – http://myspace.com/theplasmasvgm

Console Alliance – consolealliance.com
OverClocked Remix – ocremix.org
Remix #1984 by Nase – ocremix.org/remix/OCR01984/

Song
Mattias Häggström Gerdt – The Person You Love Forgot This T-Shirt – We Express Ourselves With T-Shirts – anosou.com/?p=304

PAX East – paxsite.com/paxeast/

Song
Multifaros – Amateur – Dreams – multifaros.info.se/

Background Music
Videogame Orchestra – It’s My Right – WERK – trebledeathsystem.bandcamp.com/album/werk-vgo-tds013
Zircon – Super Mario World Monstrous Turtles – The Best Of Video Game Remix – Level 1 compilation – consolealliance.com/archives/the-best-of-video-game-remix-level-1/
Elfonso – 1-1 – Elfonso – elfonso.co.uk

If you would like to get in touch with news, questions, or perhaps to be a guest host alongside me in a future episode, you can email me at gamemusic4all@gmail.com

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This Week in VGM #002: 01/31/10
Recorded: 02/05/10
Released: 02/06/10
Show Notes at: genoboost.gamemusic4all.com/2010/02/this-week-in-vgm-002-013110/

Welcome to the second episode of This Week in VGM, a weekly podcast of news and music from the video game inspired music community. This episode I talk about the True Chip Till Death awards, MAGFest’s The Smash Brothers Performance, as well as the recently announced dates for Nerdapalooza 2010. We also hear new music from little-scale, The Smash Brothers, and Dual Core.

Topic Links
True Chip Till Death awards – truechiptilldeath.com/awards/aw09/
The Tank – thetanknyc.org
Hally – last.fm/music/Hally
The J. Arthur Keenes Band – iimusic.net/catalog/2009/10/the-j-arthur-keenes-band-pamplemousse
Handheld Heroes – givedaddytheknife.com/HHH

Song
little-scale – Wake Up, Space Cadet! – Nothing Has Been Left Unspoken – little-scale.com

MAGFest – magfest.org

Song
The Smash Brothers – Onett/Earthbound – Bacon EP – thesmashbrothers.com

Nerdapalooza – nerdapalooza.org

Song
Dual Core – Painting Pictures – Next Level – dualcoremusic.com

Background Music
Ville Wannabe – Sunburn (Muse cover) – Muse: An 8 Bit Tribute – Volume 2 – 8bitcollective.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=17070
Zelda Reorchestrated – Kakariko Village Orchestra Version – Ocarina of Time – Complete – zreomusic.com
Doug Leinen – Another Space Song – Songs to Sing in Space – gamemusic4all.com/dougleinen

If you would like to get in touch with news, questions, or perhaps to be a guest host alongside me in a future episode, you can email me at gamemusic4all@gmail.com

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NOTE: After releasing this episode I realized at 9:22 into the show I say “Nerdapalooza 2009 saw their fourth release in just as many years.” but meant to say “Dual Core saw their fourth release in just as many years.” Sorry for the confusion!

NOTE: This pilot episode is a little over a month out of date at the time of release, as it is just a test run and I will see how things go from here.

This Week in VGM #000 Pilot Episode
Recorded: 12/22/09
Released: 12/27/09
Show Notes available at: genoboost.gamemusic4all.com/2010/02/this-week-in-vgm-001-pilot-episode/

Welcome to the pilot episode of This Week in VGM. I hope to make this a weekly podcast of news and music from the video game inspired music community. This episode I talk about the just passed Blip Festival, and the upcoming MAGFest which takes place December 31st through January 4th.

Topic Links
GM4A Records – gamemusic4all.com/gm4arecords

Comptroller – Heavy Crab – Challenge! – gamemusic4all.com/comptroller

Blip Festival 2009 – blipfestival.org/2009
8bitpeoples – 8bitpeoples.com
Gaijin/Robotube Battle of the Brands – robotubegames.com, gaijingames.com

Minusbaby – A Few Years Later – Left – minusbaby.com

MAGFest – magfest.org
Pause Netlabel – iimusic.net

EvilWezil – Singularity Falls – Chronophobe – myspace.com/evilwezil

Background Music
The J. Arthur Keenes Band – Stoic – Sea of Ice – iimusic.net/catalog/2009/02/sea-of-ice
disasterPEACE – Gobber Grove – Neutralite – disasterpeace.com
The OneUps – Summers – Bound Together – theoneups.com

If you would like to get in touch with news, questions, or perhaps to be a guest host alongside me in a future episode, you can email me at gamemusic4all@gmail.com

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But not because I haven’t been busy! Well okay I haven’t been busy, at least not until the past week or so. Allow me to explain. The day after Christmas I unfortunately broke my old computer. So sadly I was left sans computing power for several weeks until I gathered enough spare change to head down to Fry’s and grab myself a new one. I accomplished that feet about two weeks ago, give or take. And since then it has been a slow trek to getting things back in order. I think I have done well for myself in that respect thus far.

I have been able to get This Week in VGIM back on track. Started releasing new episodes of Ballad of the Wind Fish once again. Not to mention GM4A’s upcoming concert.

Another thing I am proud of is the slow but steady success of the GM4A Records netlabel that has started up merely two months ago. Since then we have been lucky enough to have two great album releases in Comptroller and Doug Leinen. Also several exciting upcoming projects which I hope will see the light of day as well.

Now to change things up a little.

That there is a simple astronaut man I drew in tribute to the Comptroller track Galactic Hero, which I have gone on record as saying highly visualizes the moments building down to a heroic launch into space. That also leads me to another artistic endeavor I am undertaking, although I don’t want to reveal what that is just yet. I am not sure exactly when it will be popping up, but I have been putting a ton of thought and some bit of work into it, and hope that it comes to fruition soon because I am very excited about it.

One more thing, before I was sadly ripped away from my former computer last year, I was working on another new thing, which explains that blank post below this one. Though it has not seen life just yet, I am happy to be resurrecting it very soon. That should be exciting as well!

Winter’s cityside
Crystal bits of snowflakes
All around my head and in the wind
I had no illusions
That I’d ever find a glimpse
Of summer’s heatwaves in your eyes