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  Dogma Retro Game Show Featuring Daniel Brown

  July 19, 2011 | Audun Sorlie | Comments Off on Dogma Retro Game Show Featuring Daniel Brown Share this Dogma Retro Game Show Featuring Daniel Brown

  As noted last Friday, Daniel Brown took part in a 24 TV/Internet broadcast Dogma Retro Game Show that was related to all things gaming. Kusoge up the kusohole, world record setting speedruns of Wai Wai World and kinky photographs of people and their Famicom were all part to shape the whole day broadcast into a success. Daniel Brown’s 30 minute piano performance was presented as one of the main attractions, and was watched by several thousand viewers. So many were impressed that the NicoNicoDouga feed struggled to keep up due to traffic and on-screen commentary.

  And as promised, here is the recording of the entire performance. What you’ll hear is Castlevania 1,2 and 3 in near entirety, performed back to back. Brown choose the occasion to debut all new material, some of which might find its way onto a new release in the future. There was also a surprise encore, with a song specifically arranged for the show host due to it being his favorite song. The song is titled “Yin Hung Gu Si” and is sung by Jackie Chan at the end of Police Story in 1985.

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  Believe In The Piano: Daniel Brown To Appear With Dogma-Kazami

  July 15, 2011 | Audun Sorlie | Comments Off on Believe In The Piano: Daniel Brown To Appear With Dogma-Kazami Share this Believe In The Piano: Daniel Brown To Appear With Dogma-Kazami

  

  A name that has faded far too much from our recent memories, Daniel “kareshi” Brown is back at what he does second best after swooning the ladies with his origami skills, namely playing video game music on piano. Without any blindfolds to draw our attention away from lackluster arrangements, Brown always delivers very personal, affectionate takes on his favorite game music pieces and does so with genuine passion. Last we heard from the world record holder, he released his Castlevania album.

  On Saturday 16th, he will be a guest on the increasingly popular Dogma Retro Game stream show. The broadcast is a 24h retro game event divided into several sections with specific topics, and Brown will appear in an interview and live performance program. The American Piano Live broadcast starts at 7:30AM EST (20:30 JST) but for those who like to sleep in on Saturday, the broadcast will be recorded and featured on this very site the following week. In central Europe, the broadcast will start at 13:30. Among the other things you can watch at Dogma throughout the day are a playthrough of Doukyuusei at 10:30EST and Sword of Sudan at 5:30EST. So tune in for music, gaming and kinky photographs on Saturday.

  Broadcast at: Dogma

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  Piano Games Vol. 1: A Book For Video Game Piano Players

  March 17, 2010 | Audun Sorlie | Comments Off on Piano Games Vol. 1: A Book For Video Game Piano Players Share this Piano Games Vol. 1: A Book For Video Game Piano Players

  

  Andrew Fisher, a music graduate who has studied classic music in Vienna and Chicago, credits most of his musical influence to videogames. He went into the world of music hoping he could contribute and give back to the industry that influenced him so much. He also wanted to create something to create enthusiasm for musical performance for newcomers who feel intimidated by classical pieces. His first steps towards doing so are now available to the public in the form of a book called Piano Games Vol. 1! The book includes multiple arrangements written for piano from NES and SNES games.

  Some of the games you’ll find arranged here is Batman for the NES, Super Mario RPG, Tecmo World Wrestling, Earthbound and Final Fantasy IV. It is built up as if you were playing through the levels, with the art in the book taking you through the level as you play the arrangements. There is also a piece written by Daniel Brown featured for experts. Daniel Brown released his Castlevania EP earlier this year. A few hard copies were produced with a poster, but it is now released to the public through a PDF.

  You can it download at Bossies.org.

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  Castlevania Whipped Up Classical Style

  February 17, 2010 | Audun Sorlie | 1 Comment Share this Castlevania Whipped Up Classical Style

  

  This little gem snuck it’s way into MAGFest 8 almost unnoticed, but for those who managed to snag a copy, they got themselves a real treat. Daniel Brown, better known as Kareshi, the classical pianist who arranges video game music, and also a world record speedrunner (go ahead and check Guinness Game World Records 2008) recorded this Castlevania arrangement CD as a gift to Kinuyo Yamashita, but eventually he decided to run a small print for sale at MAGFest as well.

  The CD includes all the tracks from Castlevania arranged on piano by Brown himself, and also included is all his sheet music, live performances and other extras on the CD-ROM content. The live performances were recorded at MAGFest 6 along with his friend Andre Beller under the name of Pingoreshi.

  You can now pick up the leftover CDs at Brown’s website for $5 USD, way less than what I usually pay women to whip my fair white buttocks.

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