Video Games Live

On the topic of Metroid (an important one), there was a performance of some Metroid music on the Orchestral Game Concert CDs, so there is an arrangement out there, Tommy! GET IT!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Maybe he's on vacation! Anyway, they seem to be really busy with VGL and stuff. Check out our coverage of the BlizzCon special performance, though, it was amazing:

http://www.music4games.net/Features_Display.aspx?id=162

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The publisher, IMC, wants to wait until after the holiday season. Hopefully with this CD and the previously announced CD/DVD, we'll have a lot to look forward to at the beginning of the year.

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Originally Posted by Miles

I regret not being able to go to the San Fransisco concert this month. I really wanted to go and check it out but my boss is off on that Friday so I have to stay late and cover for her.

It was a great show, but I think you'll be able to catch most of the new segments at other shows as well. I talked briefly about the new stuff here:

GDC08: Video Games Live.

It was awesome to finally hear Metroid live. The visuals selected were perfect. I know Tommy had been putting a lot into the segment, and it's great to finally see the result.

The best thing about the GDC shows are the meet and greets though, because they drag everyone in from the conference. I recommend VGL because it's so much fun, but even more so if it's around any sort of industry event, because that's when everyone is gathered in one place!

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Here's a look at the San Diego performance for Comic Con:

Original Sound Version » Blog Archive » Comic Con 08: Video Games Live Rocks, Plus Tommy’s ‘Precious’

Awesome new Guitar Hero segment. Plus, I think Tommy is turning into Gollum!

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Tommy Tallarico

Thanks for listening.

Wow.

Well, I've seen VGL about 8 times now, and I happen to love the show. I realize that it's a different experience than a "traditional" classical concerts out there, and I really wish there was a bigger market for game music so VGL wouldn't be competing with the other shows. I also enjoyed the VGL CD.

Tommy, you and I go back and forth all the time about how many musicians are in your show versus other shows, and really, I don't know what to make of it (I'm not really familiar with the intricacies of orchestras and arrangements, as you've pointed out), but VGL does come off well, and I've enjoyed the shows I've seen. If anything, I think the shining moments in VGL are the interactive segments because there really is an atmosphere of fun in the crowd, and I always find myself laughing, especially when you're offering to keep in touch with 12 year olds through MySpace! (I'll never let you live that one down).

Anyway, I think we all know that game music fans, by definition, are passionate people. Why else would they be into such a niche area of music or gaming? So, with all these passionate people, of course they develop preferences and build loyalties towards composers, and now, productions that they enjoy. Nobody is going to refute that VGL is the biggest concert around, but for those of us who also enjoy the traditional classical concerts, because, again, you're competing for the same audience despite being entirely different, we lose out on that other side as well.

Regarding Leipzig, I don't really have all the information to pass any judgment. I've only heard your side. Again, of course people are going to miss Games Concert. It's been there for what, 5 years or something like that? So of course they're on the defensive.

Anyway, that's my input. You may say Mr. X is sensationalizing the whole "this concert versus that concert" thing, but really, even though nobody is competing with VGL (VGL is in a class of its own), it seems that you're not leaving room for anyone else. And it's a business, that's what you're supposed to do, but yeah, you should expect some annoyed people along the way. And if they exist, I don't think personal issues between you and other concert promoters/staff should really be public conversation.

Gonna send you some more via PM, but yeah, that's what I make of the whole thing.

EDIT: I'm not suggesting Tommy brought up personal conversations here, I'm just saying, in general, what goes on between these people isn't really any of our business.

ALSO, for the record, I completely defend downloading music. There's too much out there to buy it all. What I am against are people who feel they don't have to purchase anything even if they like it because they can download it for free. So I freely admit that I download a lot of stuff myself, but I also have a pretty sizable collection that I've purchased over the years as well, so.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?