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NMM #120: Resorting to VGM Con with Theology and Vaughn Rowles
Nerd Music Meltdown - April 11, 2024 13:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe're all taking off for the Sunshine Resort at VGM Con! Taking place April 19th-22nd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, VGM Con celebrate video games and music with live performance, panels, and more! We have Vaughn Rowles of VGM Con and The Bards Quartet along with Theology to talk about the VGM Con...
NMM #119: Mason Lieberman's Tournament Arc
Nerd Music Meltdown - March 14, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe have video game and animation composer, musician, and audio producer Mason Lieberman on Nerd Music Meltdown! His credits include PUBG Mobile, One Piece, Made in Abyss, Soundfall, Apex Legends Mobile, RWBY, and more. We talk about his start through Rooster Teeth and their shutdown, how VGM m...
NMM #118: SXSW and Nerdcore Dayz with NOIR GRIME and DJ R.O.C.K.M.A.N.
Nerd Music Meltdown - February 28, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSXSW is coming up in Austin, Texas this March and nerdcore will be repped very hard during the festivities with the official SXSW Nerdcore Showcase on March 16th, as well as the Nerdcore Dayz festival March 13th to 15th. We have Shubzilla, Bill Beats, and DJ R.O.C.K.M.A.N. to break it all dow...
NMM #117: MAGFest Prime Recap with Stemage, Katy Scary, and Jimmy from Abandon Quest
Nerd Music Meltdown - February 02, 2024 15:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSuper MAGFest Prime was 4+ days straight of video games, music, partying, and friends. Kent actually worked for the event and has MAGFest performers Stemage (Metroid Metal), Katy Scary (Klaymore), and Jimmy Granger (Abandon Quest) on to talk about the weekend, favorite moments, getting dance pad...
NMM #116: Super MAGFest 2024 preview with 88bit and Dom Palombi
Nerd Music Meltdown - January 11, 2024 14:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHappy 2024! We are kicking off the year strong. Super MAGFest 2024 is NEXT WEEK. There are a lot of new acts performing on main stage for the first time, including 88bit and Dom Palombi. We have both on to talk about their road to MAGFest, what they have planned for the weekend, how they have ...
NMM #115: GameGrooves Strikes Back
Nerd Music Meltdown - December 29, 2023 16:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsLast episode of the year! GameGrooves has been cookin' in 2023 and have even more to look forward to in 2024. We have the found of GameGrooves, Allen Brasch, on to talk about how GameGrooves operates these days and the challeneges of running a video game music netlabel. Also, what are we doing a...
NMM #114: Mahn and Carrie Escape Hell with Premium Vintage
Nerd Music Meltdown - December 14, 2023 17:45 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMahn and Carrie Wood have formed a new symphonic metal band with Masikus called Premium Vintage. (That's a Hades reference.) They just released their debut album, The Symphony of Hades. And we talk all about that, favorite parts of Hades, the upcoming sequel, possible future projects, Sega Satur...
NMM #113: Free Playin' with Lame Genie
Nerd Music Meltdown - November 09, 2023 16:53 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe lads are back on Nerd Music Meltdown to melt your faces off! Lame Genie has been tearing it up at conventions and retro game expos all over the country, dominated YouTube, and dropped a bunch of music and still crank out weekly videos! We talk about what Lame Genie has been up to, their so...
NMM #112: Lacey Johnson Gets Spooky
Nerd Music Meltdown - October 26, 2023 13:41 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Keytar Kween Lacey Johnson just played at TwitchCon and now she is back in Orlando this weekend for the OngakuVania II. We talk about that, favorite spooky games, fighting games, playing all over the place, and managing an intense schedule of releasing music, YouTube videos, performing, and ...
NMM #111: Ro Panuganti is Sitar Crazy
Nerd Music Meltdown - October 12, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBack on the show is VGM prog rocker Big Ro Panuganti! His new album "SitarCraft" drops October 20th and will have a heavy amount of Indian music influence. We discuss the album, Indian culture and music in video games, being married to another video game musician, Legend of Zelda, playing more l...
NMM #110: The Limit Breakers
Nerd Music Meltdown - September 28, 2023 13:43 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRepresenting DUUUVAL with pride are Florida fusion rock video game band The Limit Breakers. We have Jisun, Dani, and Lukas on to talk about what the band has been cooking this year. This includes a super successful Twitch fundraiser that got them to VGM CON, how they maintain a band their size, ...
NMM #109: Documenting Marc with a C with Jo Canterbury
Nerd Music Meltdown - September 21, 2023 13:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThere is a Marc with a C documentary coming! Half Serious, Half Kidding: The Digital Footprint of an Obscure Rockstar chronicles 20+ years of Marc with a C's career as well as Orlando music history. Kent talks to director Jo Canterbury about how the documentary came together, how he got to know ...
NMM #108: Bi Scorin' with Ian and Carrie
Nerd Music Meltdown - August 24, 2023 13:09 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe're back from another hiatus and settled into a new studio! Kent gets everyone caught up and brings on the newest, funky video game duo of Ian Cowell and Carrie Wood, otherwise known as Bi Score, to chat about making music for people to score to from TWO different coasts. And being bisexual wh...
NMM #107: EyeQ x Substantial are Friends & Fam
Nerd Music Meltdown - May 22, 2023 15:12 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsEyeQ and Substantial are in the final week of their Friends and Fam Tour, which goes through MomoCon this weekend and concludes in Orlando on Memorial Day! We talk about the current state of live shows, fun moments of the tour, free comic book day hauls, fan conventions finally embracing black...
NMM #106: Mustin's Mixtape and VGM CON Reflections
Nerd Music Meltdown - April 25, 2023 15:51 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBack on the show is Mustin of The OneUps. He and Kent reflect on being at VGM CON in Minneapolis and what a time it was! PLUS, Mustin has a new album that he worked on with his 17-year old son called Mario Mixtape. We break that down, give thoughts on The Super Mario Bros Movie, discuss the n...
NMM #105: Theology and goin' to VGM CON!
Nerd Music Meltdown - April 11, 2023 22:03 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis weekend is VGM CON in Minneapolis and we have featured performer Theology on to talk about the event, the recent Midwest Gaming Classic, applying his club DJ background to VGM, Secret of Mana, and more! His new album, Theology of Mana drops this Friday on all platforms. You can follow The...
NMM #104: String Player Gamer and Tiggs are Scarlet & Violet
Nerd Music Meltdown - March 29, 2023 16:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsString Player Gamer and Tiggs are back on the show, offcially teaming up as Scarlet & Violet! We talk about how they got together, performing at MAGFest, the current state of performing on Twitch, Pokémon, World of Warcraft, Zelda, and their Orlando debut at Ongaku Overdrive's 10th Anniversary S...
NMM #103: Talkin' WASD and Dwelling of Duels with Austin Green!
Nerd Music Meltdown - February 21, 2023 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIt's a loaded episode with Austin Green, who is the founder of PC-gaming tribute band WASD as well as the site admin for video game remix competion community Dwelling of Duels. Kent and Austin talk about those things, WASD's latest album Escape, performing at MAGFest last month, Steel Samurai, V...
NMM #102: Speedrunning VGM with Bit Brigade
Nerd Music Meltdown - January 23, 2023 16:49 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBit Brigade speedruns NES games with a full rock band playing the game's soundtrack for incredible live concerts, and we have bassist Luke Fields on to talk about how Bit Brigade came to be and their process of putting their shows together. We also debate future potential games that work in th...
NMM #101: Super MAGFest 2023 Memories
Nerd Music Meltdown - January 13, 2023 13:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMAGFest is the biggest event in our community and there was a whole lot to talk about this year. Kent gets Lauren the Flute, Allen of GameGrooves, and Jisun of The Limit Breakers to talk about the epic weekend, including favorite moments and performances, the evolution of MAGFest, and what we wa...
NMM #100: The Megas
Nerd Music Meltdown - December 27, 2022 12:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe have finally made it to the big hondo! Thank you all for supporting the show. Now we celebrate with a fun interview with the founders of one of the most legendary video game bands, The Megas! Eric von Doymi and Josh Breeding are on to talk about the creative process of the band, how The Belmo...
Update: WTF is going on with Nerd Music Meltdown?
Nerd Music Meltdown - November 03, 2022 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIt's been way too long since our last episode of Nerd Music Meltdown? What the hell happened? Kent gives an update on the podcast, and talks about OngakuVania, joining the MAGFest staff, and Give Kids the World. Follow Kent Ward at https://linktr.ee/greatKentWard Music: "Wood Man (Metal Co...
NMM #99: Ben Briggs brings the Essentials
Nerd Music Meltdown - July 15, 2022 11:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe have VGM Powerhouse and Tiny Waves daddy Ben Briggs back on Nerd Music Meltdown, with all kinds of tea! He has a new album dropping next week: VGM Essentials from Firaga Records. We talk about that, producing the album live on his Twitch, what's going on with Tiny Waves, K-Pop, Sonic Fronti...
NMM #98: Rhythm BastardMania!
Nerd Music Meltdown - June 30, 2022 11:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe one-man Nerdcore Punk Rock Band is running wild! Rhythm Bastard is back on The Meltdown to reminisce about the last ten years of making music and how that ties into his newest album, Hardcore Nerdcore Punk Rock. We also talk about what happened to his music in RetroMania Wrestling, how pe...
NMM #97: The Icarus Kid
Nerd Music Meltdown - June 17, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFrom a desert in Parts Unknown, The Icarus Kid pops in on the Nerd Music Meltdown to talk about his love for both EDM and video game music, restarting his music career multiple times, his take on making electronic live performances exciting to watch, performing at VGMCon, and mental health coach...
NMM #96: Richie and Ran and The Generation of Miracles
Nerd Music Meltdown - May 13, 2022 11:05 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTwo of our favorite homies are back on tour and also on the show. It's Ran and Richie and they talk to Kent about the upcoming Generation of Miracles Tour that goes from Seattle to MomoCon in Atlanta this month. We also talk pandemic stories, new music, Sammus, Rustage, PAX East, Super Bitfest, ...
NMM #95: Allison Martin
Nerd Music Meltdown - May 04, 2022 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAs we march toward episode 100 of Nerd Music Meltdown, we have a new face in our community who making some great progress. She is Allison Martin, a trombonist who creates brassy renditions of video game music. Kent met Allison briefly at MAGFest, so we talk about that, being a part of the "Line ...
NMM #94: VGMCon 2022 Recap with Mahn, Gunderslam, and H808!
Nerd Music Meltdown - April 08, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe got a full event recap of VGMCon: Lift Off, a video game and music convention that took place this past weekend in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Special guests Mahn, Gunderslam, and H808 performed at the event and recap the whole weekend, plus the Game Music Remix Awards and the big news for VGM...
NMM Bonus: Looking back on ONGAKU 20XX and Virtua Ongaku XIII
Nerd Music Meltdown - April 02, 2022 16:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIt's been a while since there was an episode of Nerd Music Meltdown. March was just too crazy for a lot of reasons, including ONGAKU 20XX in Orlando and Virtua Ongaku XIII on Twitch. Kent goes solo and reflects on what was a crazy month and how everything went down. If you want to hear how thing...
NMM #93: Phase II of Marc with a C
Nerd Music Meltdown - February 27, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsLook who's back on Nerd Music Meltdown It's Marc with a C, who we have not talked to in a long time. We're talking about his plans to redefine who Marc is as a musician, what "Phase II" means to him, surviving cancer and how that affects is music career. Last but not least, we discuss everythin...
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