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vgmt monthly is a monthly newsletter that offers a centralized place for the VGM community to make announcements about songs, events, conventions and more! The newsletter will be posted on vgmtogether's social media and archived on this website. You are free to print or share the newsletter!
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You can submit a news item to our newsletter via the link below. If you have multiple announcements, please fill out the form once for each one. You can submit multiple announcements each month, and in as many months as you would like! (The deadline for inclusion in the following month's edition is the 21st of each current month.)
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Upcoming vgmtogether initiative
VGM Artist Collaboration Directory!
Looking for someone to collaborate with? Sometimes it is hard to know who to contact, and how to contact them! vgmtogether will soon be inviting you, the VGM community, to share information about yourself–your interests, your specialties, and how other musicians can best contact you–so that we can make a VGM directory just for you!
Keep an eye on our social media for an upcoming link to our interest form if you would like to participate. We hope that you will find it to be a great way to connect with the community!
Album Releases
- Self-Referential
- Towns Well-Traveled
A tribute to Pokemon town themes spanning many different styles of jazz.
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- Shea's Violin
- Liminal Echoes: A String Tribute to Chrono Trigger
To celebrate 30 years since the release of Chrono Trigger, I put together a collection of my favorite songs from the album, arranged for strings and percussion and strings as percussion. This soundtrack has always been special to me and I hope this helps others celebrate it as well!
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- Split Screen
- Local Area Network
Split Screen is back and ready to party with “Local Area Network!” Featuring smash hits and deep cuts from throughout the last 30 years of gaming history, this album is sure to have something for gamers and jazz fusion fans from all walks of life. Join Split Screen as they gear up for the biggest LAN party of the year!
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Song Releases
- Ro Panuganti
- Dave the Metal Diver - A Fan Film Tribute to Dave the Diver
A filmic comedic tribute to Mintrocket’s Dave the Diver featuring several tracks from the game, 3D Animation and Cooking Montages galore! A year in making, a diver dedicated to saving a restaurant, and guests galore!
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- Virtual Video Game Orchestra
- Project 21: Memories of Mondstadt - A Genshin Impact Medley
Virtual Video Game Orchestra is proud to present our twenty-first project, “Memories of Mondstadt” from Genshin Impact, along with end credits arrangement “Ruu’s Melody” from Genshin Impact. These two performances feature 135 submissions on 58 unique instruments from 61 individual players across the global video game music community.
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Live Events
- UltraNoVA: Reunion
UltraNoVA returns in its third year! “Reunion” will take place, on Saturday, March 22nd at Crescendo Studios in Falls Church, VA!
Lineup:
Knight of the Round – Final Fantasy metal legends
Premium Vintage – Orchestral prog straight from the depths of Hades
NIJI SAGA – High-energy, crunchy punk for killer nerds Megatronix – Power metal and synthwave in a tasty combo
Lionmight – Masterful string renditions of VGM favorites- Event Link
- Mahn
- WMGSO Presents: Our Land
The Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra (WMGSO) is proud to present our first choral showcase production: Our Land: A Choral Concert. The concert will be performed live at St. Mark’s Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on 3/22 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern as well as streamed on Twitch.tv/wmgso
This performance will feature Christopher Tin’s Calling All Dawns, along with collection of arrangements inspired by Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, various Final Fantasy games, and more.
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- Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra
- Beeps 'n Bops Winnipeg
We’re taking our Beeps ‘n Bops VGM showcase across Canada! Stop one on our Beeps ‘n Bops Two City Tour is returning to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Featuring the metal wails of SuperFX, the jazz fusion beats of 8-Bit & the Single Players, the beeps and thrashes of Danimal Cannon, and the soothing harp of Samantha Ballard. The evening also features a “Name That Tune” contest run by There Is No Easy Mode Trivia, a cosplay contest, and raffle prizes.
Use code TOGETHER at checkout for 20% your ticket price!
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- Bonus Stage
- Beeps 'n Bops Edmonton
The second stop on our Beeps ‘n Bops Two City Tour has us heading to Edmonton, Alberta. It’s another eclectic video game music showcase, featuring the groovy tunes of Experience Points, the nerdy melodies of Pure Octane, the iconic guitar licks of Thennecan, and the small but mighty classical styles of the Open World Ensemble.
Use code TOGETHER at checkout for 20% off your ticket price!
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- Bonus Stage
Virtual Events
- VGM CON Charity Album Jam 2025
This year’s VGM CON charity album jam is March 6-9, 2025! It’s a 72-hour jam where participants arrange and record VGM tracks to be released on a streaming compilation benefitting VGM CON’s charity. Participation is open to all whether or not you’re attending VGM CON.
The jam will happen online in the VGM CON Discord server, linked below. Visit the role selection channel to get the role to see the album jam channels.
Please contact Ian Martyn or V-Ron Media for more details.
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- VGM CON Charity Album Jam
- Let's Listen | Chase Bethea: AGROUND ZERO Original Soundtrack
The world has ended. You are deep underground, and all alone with a cheery AI companion. You will have to mine and build to survive, and search for other survivors to help you. Will you be able to reach the surface? And what will you find when you get there? Let’s Listen!
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- Bonus Stage
- Let's Listen | Super MadNES: Defenders Of The City (Special Preview)
Join us for a sneak peek at Super MadNES’ upcoming epic, Defenders Of The City, an album of 80s arcade street action and Judas Priest style heavy metal.
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- Bonus Stage
- Bonus Stage Presents WARP STAGE at VGM CON
Looks like we’re blasting off again!! Bonus Stage is rocketing toward VGM CON: Dimensional Riff where Josh and MooMan will host their livestreamed WARP STAGE!! Featuring performers, interviews, interactive games, and more spacey shenanigans than you could shake an asteroid at! If you can’t make it in person to VGM CON, beam down to Twitch for 3 days of intergalactic fun.
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- Bonus Stage
Submit your news to vgmt monthly!
vgmt monthly is a newsletter that offers a centralized place for the VGM community to make announcements! The newsletter will be posted each month on vgmtogether’s social media and archived on our website. You’re free to print or share the newsletter once it is released, but please do not alter it in any way.
If you have multiple announcements, please fill out the form once for each one. You can submit multiple announcements each month, and in as many months as you would like!
The deadline for the following month is the 21st of the current month. For example, an event submitted on Jun 18 will be part of the Jul newsletter while an event submitted on Jun 22 will be part of the Aug newsletter. If you have any questions, reach out to Nujj on Discord (nujjjj) or Twitter/X (@kmelbone).
