In case you’re reading this via a feed or something, or are too lazy to scroll down two posts, Press Start is my first feature-length film score. It’s a comedy about a trio of adventurers who are the video game world’s ray of hope against a hilariously twisted evil sorcerer. Along the way they meet [...]

Wow. NOTHING escapes the internet, huh? I still can’t talk about it, save for what’s now public knowledge: That I’m responsible for audio in Contra 4. I’m surprised by how positive the response has been, given that I’m so early in my career, and the difficulty of living up to such brilliant past soundtracks. For [...]

Hello, friends!
First off, a new song: Sock Patterns, An unapologetically cheesy early-90s pop song in the style of Janet/Michael Jackson, and other Teddy Riley new jack swing-style stuff. If you don’t like sugary indulgent pop, you should avoid it. But you also should go die.
I made this using only sounds on my new Motif XS6, [...]

Wheee! I was invited back after all. 10 PM, The Tank NYC. Bring friends.
This time, I’ll have Prozax with me, and we’re planning to ROCK THE PLACE. Come on out if you’re in the NYC area or even (especially) if you’re not. It’s guaranteed to be a great time. Dan and I, performing as brand-new [...]

Let’s face it, friends - virt.vgmix.com is a mess. It’s always been a more of a gallery than a business site. Terrible for trying to attract clients. Under “Demo Reel” I have junk that’s like 4 years old. There are 400-something songs laying around randomly, most of which contain cocker spaniel samples.
So, after years of [...]

Bit of a short notice, but whatever:
BLIP FESTIVAL!
Basically, this is the Woodstock of chiptunes and retro game music. If you don’t come to this, you will have missed probably the most important event in chip history - 32 acts from the US to Europe to Japan, including such insane musicians as YMCK, Goto80, Jeroen “WAVE” Tel, [...]

  
  
So, last night was one of the best nights of my life, and absolutely worth the insane finger-bloodying practices and gear-lugging across two subway lines. There’s no way I can even begin to do it justice with words - every single act blew me away - but I will give a quick rundown of each performer (And [...]

Last night was again surreal and incredible. In addition to the mind-bending artistry, there were a lot of surprise dudes showing up (Like my friend Mike, who I met last month at a business meeting [he’s a fellow mobile audio guy] - and, we just learned last night, who had seen Hally perform in Japan [...]

Fuck tomorrow:
Hally. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god.
Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god.
[prozax] haha i thought that said “oh my goat”
[virt] haha hang onOh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god.
That is all.
p.s. Oh my god.
[nullsleep]: “What the hell are you doing over here? Are [...]

As I sit here typing away, bobbing my head, Bubblyfish and Mr. Neil Voss have been rocking out on the last night of the festival. I can’t believe I’ll be back at work tomorrow, no longer getting my eardrums blown out with square waves, no longer passing by chiptune legends every 10 feet and yelling [...]