Select Start at MAGFest (Music and Gaming Festival)!

A few years back, my little VG chamber group, Select Start, was invited to play at a gaming convention called MAGFest! It is held in Virginia every year and has expanded in size to what it is now! Select Start was invited to play at the 6th and 8th years of MAGFest back in 2008 and 2010!

MAGFest celebrates gaming and gaming music, with a massive open gaming room, a slew of arcade games, concerts by video game cover bands/chiptune artisits and a Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC) LAN party! (The gaming room and the concert areas are where I will typically be ^^)

It's a place where you nerd out with your friends all weekend, hearing amazing bands, meeting guest composers of the industry, listening to panel discussions of your favorite games, and all around goofing around and having a good time!

Select Start played a bunch of tunes, a few being ones that I arranged! My proudest one was probably Utada, Hikaru's "Hikari" from Kingdom Hearts because it was a collaboration with a wonderful drummer named Kunal and my dear friend Drew Walker on keyboard! Collaborations are so rewarding and fun! Especially when the musicians are amazing!

All in all, MAGFest is a fun time!! These past couple of years they have grown in size so much so that they have changed venues! They are now using Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor with over 9000 attendees and guests like Nobuo Uematsu and Yuzo Koshiro! Check it out! ^o^