Wow, time goes by fast....

I seriously need to bug myself into posting here more often, but no worries.

First off, I will be attending Magfest in January, along with a lot of folks from TGWTG.com.  It's looking to be a real fun time, though I'm not really going to be running any panels.  Regardless, if you bump into me, I'd be more than happy to chat about music, games, or whatever. :)

Furthermore, I've been busy with a lot of music, and I'll try to get some of the players for this site and Skitch Studio updated as soon as I can.

Lastly, I got an about.me page set up today.  You can go to here to check it out.  I'll be working on finding a picture I can use for the page, but it should be okay for now. :)  If you have ideas about content that you'd like to see more of on here, feel free to comment.

"This Week In Games" - Check it out!

I haven't posted this for the past few weeks, but I've been co-hosting a Video Game related podcast with my friend LordKat (Jason Pullara), via his site, and our newest episode has gotten posted over at TGWTG.com:

This Week in Games - Microsoft's Money

If you don't want to head over there, you can check the podcast recording here:



Enjoy it, and I'll try to get some more info and music posted soon!

Theme song for a new series from MasaKo X!

Hey there folks, a new update for you all.  MasaKo X, a great voice actor I met back at MAGFest, is starting up a new anime related series, and I got to write up a theme song for it!  Check out the first episode of Anifile right here:

What's this? An update?! (and a cameo!)

Yeah, sorry for being so, well, not around for the past few months.  Work has been crazy busy for me, and I've been working on building up some of my connections around. :)

On a side note, I have a cameo in a review Phelous did, you should check it out here, if you haven't watched it already.



I'll try to get some more stuff posted over the next few days.  Have a good one, everyone!

UPDATE - No Famicom Fridays for today...

...but I'm working on ideas for the next few episodes. Basically I'll be doing a few episodes of Famicom Fridays talking about some of the games I picked up last weekend at MAGFest, specifically ones that have specialized soundchips and otherwise. These are games that feature different music than what we would've found on the US NES, and I feel that it'd be fun to share these games with you all.

I'll make a video talking about these games briefly either after I get home from work tonight (at 1AM..), or during Saturday. I'll also talk a little bit about MAGFest in general, and answering some questions that I wasn't able to answer during the Q&A's that were held with the TGWTG crew.

Next, some video ideas I'm planning on doing include ones talking about music composition/songwriting in general...kind of in the same vein as Famicom Fridays, but focused moreso on just general music theory/composition. In addition, I'm planning on doing at least one video talking about the DSiWare game I did music for (Hot and Cold), and how I did some of the tracks for that game. There should be some time in the near future for all of this to be done. :)

Lastly, I'm making a small request out to you all. For Famicom Fridays, I'm looking for two things if possible. One is someone who can act as a Pixel Artist to help create a new logo/title screen for the show, while keeping with the idea of making it look like a Famicom/NES title screen. The other is a request for loans on particular Famicom titles that have unique soundchip/music in them for me to talk about in future episodes. These titles include the Famicom Disk System version of Gyruss and Dracula II/Castlevania II, as well as cart versions of Madara and Gimmick!

I'm not asking for permanent donations of these games, and I really don't want to ask people for money to help me get these games...but if anyone out there either has these titles, or knows someone who might have it, it'd mean a lot to me if someone could help out in getting my hands on these games to at least play/talk about them.

At any rate folks, if you are interested in helping out either with the pixel work or game hunting, please contact me when you can. :)

Updates, and a video featuring music by me!

Sorry I didn't get this update posted on Monday, but just to confirm, the game I did music for (Hot and Cold) DID get released on Monday on DSiWare. :) I'll get some music posted from the game in the players on the right so you all can listen, but if any of you can actually buy the title yourselves, it'd mean a lot to me. The main producer behind the game really went out of his way to get me to work on his title, and was extremely persistent on making sure the game got out. :)

I'm planning on doing some sort of video talking about the music from the game, but if there are any topics related to that you all want me to go into, feel free to suggest them in the comments below.

Now! On to other matters. Another week, another fun video featuring some music by me! Over at TGWTG.com, one of the newest videos is a review of the infamous "Star Wars Holiday Special," which features a little music bit towards the end with music supplied by me. Thanks goes out to everyone at TGWTG.com. :)



I'm on track to getting the next episode of Famicom Fridays done for Christmas Day. At any rate, Happy Holidays everyone, and I'll have more updates later!

Some Bad News...and Good News!

Hey all. I know this seems a little iffy for me to be making such an announcement so close to Friday, but I won't be posting an episode of Famicom Fridays this week - been busy working on a LOT of music this week, and hopefully I'll get some of it posted up over the weekend. :) In addition, I got some plans for next Friday, and something especially special planned for January 1st's installment of Famicom Fridays (just in time for MAGFest! :D).

As always, please feel free to give me info on what you'd like to see me talk about in these episodes, as I want to make Famicom Fridays as fun/interesting for you to watch as it is for me to make 'em. :)

Thanks in advance for your patience, all, and I'll see about making a small video update of some sort for tomorrow.

Oh! One additional bit of news. According to some people that I've worked with over at Majesco, there will be a DSiWare Release of a game I did music for! :) The game, Hot 'n Cold, supposedly will be released on the 21st...though I'm not 100% sure if it's confirmed or not...here's hoping, and if you can get the game, please do so to help support the folks on the dev team that allowed me to contribute over an hour of original music to the title! :)

Thanks to the TGWTG Wiki Team!

I'm working on my article for tomorrow's Famicom Fridays...but for a moment I wanted to give a quick thanks to Chris Ferraiolo and the rest of the TGWTG Wiki team for helping me get a page set up on their Wikia site.

You can check out my page (which will continue to grow in the future! :) ) right here.

Tomorrow's article will be a fun one both for me to write, and for you to read/listen to.

I have a voice! Well, Google Voice, that is...

That's right, I'm all Google Voiced up and ready to go.  If you want to leave an SMS or Voicemail to me directly (which is an idea that my friend LordKat uses!), feel free to do so at:

+1 (530) MSKITCH

In other news, the Piano is planned on being delivered on Wednesday, so I'll have some pictures or something on that day, and I'll also be underway with creating a new installment of Famicom Fridays.

Yet Another Update - More Music!

Updated how the page was set up, and added two new players. The top player features original music by me, the second one features original works made for clients/friends, and the third one features arrangements I've done for friends/clients.

Feel free to listen and comment about the tracks in this post. Enjoy, and have a great weekend!