VGM Jam Sessions NYC
Live video game music jam sessions in NYC!
VGM Jam Sessions NYC is a grassroots community that seeks to partner with NYC venues to cultivate, and ideally maintain spaces where people from all walks of life can express their love for music, video games, and the intersection of the two. Our events showcase jazz-inspired performances of retro and contemporary video game music(VGM), accompanied by a jam session where musician-gamers of all levels can express themselves free of judgment. VGM, a genre spanning over 40 years, contains aesthetic and cultural references to countless global music styles. Moreover, nearly half the world's population identifies as current or former gamers, making video games one of the most widespread hobbies on earth. Our overarching goal is to encourage musical practice and appreciation by bridging gaming to the arts.
VGM Jam Sessions NYC Presents: Player’s Guide!
Over the past 3 years, thanks to an amazingly supportive and passionate community, we've been able to bring these monthly jam sessions to jazz musicians and VGM fans alike at the coveted E-Sports venue OS NYC. During this time, a repertoire of music formed that became classics within the community itself. The one common question asked by newcomers to the session is "What's the rep for these jams"? Now, with this album, we're able to show just a taste of what the NYC VGM scene has to offer! Here’s "Player's Guide", a video game music album featuring a handful of the standards within the NYC VGM scene!
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Dom Palombi's Game Night!
Dom Palombi's Game Night! is a Funk-Fusion Video Game Music Band with sounds similar to Vulfpeck, Scary Pockets, Lettuce, Snarky Puppy, and Louis Cole. Dom’s band brings a fresh new twist to the scene playing Dom's unique arrangements of video game soundtracks, and original compositions inspired by gaming concepts.
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The J-MUSIC Ensemble
The J-MUSIC Ensemble is an NYC-based, jazz-rooted instrumental band that is devoted to bringing new perspectives to modern Japanese music. This strikingly sonorous 8-piece band combines the elements of the electric guitar, keyboards, bass, and drums with a full horn section--saxophone, trumpet, and trombone--to deliver a full and powerful, yet dynamic, sound.
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VGM Collective
Founded by Max Boiko, VGM Collective is a 6 piece ensemble dedicated to paying homage to the compositional talents of late 20th century Japanese Video Game Composers, [such as Junichi Masuda (Pokemon) Jun Ishikawa (Kirby) Manami Matsumae (Mega Man) and many more] in the context of a live band.
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Champion Shogo & The Elite Four
Led by Saxophonist Jasper Shogo Dutz, the ensemble debuted in 2021 as the house band for VGM Jam Sessions NYC's monthly jam session and has swiftly become a staple of the anime and vgm cover scene in NYC.
