80s + 90s pop, video game soundtracks, anime soundtracks, j-pop, latin, jazz fusion, world music, progressive rock, synth rock, electronic music, experimental / "idm", breakcore, drum n bass, "chiptunes", general MIDI... whatever!
Artists:
Casiopea, Masashi Hamauzu, Hayato Matsuo, Jamiroquai, Vince Dicola, Soyo Oka, Jun Ishikawa, Koji Kondo, Dream Theater, Kenji Kawai, Yasuhisa "YACK" Watanabe, Mu-Ziq, Junya Nakano, Squarepusher, Motoaki Takenouchi, Weather Report, Hiroki Kikuta, Yasunori Mitsuda, Buddy Rich, Venetian Snares, Norio "NON" Hanzawa, Kazuhiko Uehara, Tim Follin, Ayako Saso, and loads more.
Some tedious background info. I've always enjoyed music profoundly since a young age, but I didn't start developing a serious interest in music until our family got our first computer in 1998. I was introduced to General MIDI, which kick-started a more active interest in music. I became a big collector of midi sequences for many years, and I eventually got a cheap sequencer and MIDI keyboard in 2000. I started studying GCSE Music later that year, and began writing music in my free time. Following this, I studied both A level Music and A level Music Technology, and over the duration of all four years I also received jazz keyboard tuition, which not only helped me to play keys semi-competently, but also taught me a lot about jazz harmony and provided me with a musical toolset for my own compositions. Good thing too, as I never liked the performance element of it!
I went on to study a BA(hons) degree in Creative Music Technology at Bath Spa University.
I'm very passionate about video games and their soundtracks - both as a composer and a consumer. I help run the videogame music archive, and tend to involve myself in various similar game music communities (2a03.org, omidia, vgmix, vgmdb, ocremix, battleofthebits, hcs64, 8bitcollective and others). I listen to and enjoy all-sorts of music, artists, bands and composers - good music truly does transcend genres. That said. I've a particular fondness for fusion and other jazz-influenced music, experimental electronica and chip music. Music preference is a notoriously hard thing to quantify with few words, and possibly not that useful anyway. Check the tracks out and see for yourself!
Always looking for like-minded people to speak to, so don't hesitate to add me.
Damn, dude. That certainly meets all of the qualifications of the demand... I was just wanting to see myself on your page, but hey. I ain't complainin'!
Hi Dave,
many compliments to you, you are a real vg music composer! It's a pity that nowadays videogames have lost the magical art of chiptune sound.
I listened to your demo roll and, ARGH, I need at least two complete tracks. Near 3:54 and 5:00, but I am not so sure, there are some melodies that really impressed me.
You are very ecelptic, keep goin'!
hey dave its dan masey here, this is the clubnight i play at, maybe see you soon. were playing voda rev in town on march 10'th, see you there, NEW CITY SOUND
