[News] Distant Worlds - new Final Fantasy concert series

VGL is a pretty special case. Meet and greets for commercial artists typically run how Distant Worlds/PLAY! runs, with premium ticketing. Think about it, yeah, the artist likes to see their fans, etc, but it must be pretty tiring sitting there for that long and not really having meaningful conversation with anyone. It's the same thing over and over again, you know?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Oh, I'm not saying some composers don't enjoy it. I'm sure there are those who don't enjoy it, though.

When you open a free-for-all meet and greet like VGL does, they usually go on... and on... and on, up to three hours after the concert. Koji Kondo had to retire from the VGL show at GDC last year at 12am, which disappointed a lot of people, but yeah, I'm sure he was tired!

I love what VGL does with the meet and greet, but you have to admit that it's atypical, so I don't understand why people complain so much about paying a premium for the meet and greet when it's pretty standard in the music industry.

Anyway, please bring Eminence and Uematsu-san to California already. =)

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New interview with Arnie Roth about Distant Worlds.

Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy Interview

Interesting stuff regarding a possible DVD release, and I hope he was made aware of the other composers who have composed music for Final Fantasy titles. I doubt the set list will change much, however.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Don't take what I said as a complaint of any sort! I absolutely love what VGL does, and I think it's an impressive feat to get everyone there for 2-3 hours. I've gone through those lines, so I know first-hand how amazing it is.

I'm simply saying that I don't mind paying a premium to attend a meet and greet, since I also understand that's how it's done elsewhere in the industry, and I personally find it worth it.

Keep up the good work, Tommy. =)

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Impressions of the Chicago US debut:

Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy Chicago.

Looked like a good show. Quite cool that they added more pieces to the set list. They could have cut it at the 13 that are on the CD.

Additional Spam:

Originally Posted by Cellius

The greatest part of the evening though was seeing all the unwashed unkempt men arriving in dirty jeans and oversized hooded sweatshirts. Way to go all out with the concert attire, guys.

Oh, and about this. You should read up about the show. It's not meant to be some high-brow symphonic concert. It's for fans, and fans apparently wear jeans and hoodies.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Cellius

Surely you agree there's a difference between casual and uncouth?

Well, sure. But time and time again people have had this discussion. This is the first concert a lot of these people have attended, symphonic or otherwise.

Anyway, talk to any of these concert promoters and symphony directors, they love it. They're tapping into a new demographic, and based on the slump in orchestral concert sales around the world, that's exactly what they need. This exact sentiment is even expressed in the mission statement on the Eminence website.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Yeah, agreed. It's somewhat of a let down that some of the old school composers can't keep up with the technology. Then again, a lot of these guys weren't musicians to begin with, and didn't receive any formal training. So I don't know what to think.

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