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Dr. Gregg Rossetti

@greggrossetti.bsky.social

I compose, teach, and produce music. Faculty at Rutgers and Montclair State. I'm into retro video games, transcriptions, ludomusicology, music technology, and staunch proponent of the Oxford comma. Reach out for collaborations! www.greggrossetti.com

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Looks like the love for G. Amato broke the internet.

26.11.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beyond the Grove Review for Steam Early Access - Gaming Cypher Beyond the Grove review for Steam Early Access;

Full article: gamingcypher.com/beyond-the-g...

11.11.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cool, can I have a Grammy nomination, too?

10.11.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Save 20% on Beyond the Grove on Steam Summon nature’s army in this charming RTS-inspired autobattler. With your troop of mushroom warriors and over 50 unique elemental Golems by your side, command your fun-guy forces to push back the corr...

While you're all waiting for election results to come in tonight, why not play a game?

"Early access" to Beyond the Grove is now available on Steam to play on PC.

store.steampowered.com/app/3516420/...

#indiegame #gamedev #roguelike #rts

04.11.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Early access tomorrow!!

04.11.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64, 1996) OST - Music Transcriptions - YouTube

I never really played the Nintendo 64 because it gives me motion sickness. But I want to know...are these tracks adaptive? I.e.: do the additional musical layers in part 2 and 3 turn on and off based on the player's location?

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

04.11.2025 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beyond the Grove on Steam Summon nature’s army in this charming RTS-inspired autobattler. With your troop of mushroom warriors and over 50 unique elemental Golems by your side, command your fun-guy forces to push back the corr...

It's Steam Next Fest! If you haven't already, please play the demo of Beyond the Grove and add it to your wish list. You can enjoy even more of the game when we launch as early access next month!

store.steampowered.com/app/3516420/...

#indiedev #indiegames #gamedev

13.10.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #SteamNextFest day! Beyond the Grove Demo is playable - we've updated the demo with some new animations, fixes, and balance changes. Good luck to all!

#beyondthegrove #indiegames #indiegame #gamedevelopment #indiegaming #indiegamedeveloper

13.10.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not able to attend GameSoundCon this year (didn't have anything ready to present), but I plan on going next year - hopefully will see you then so I can add another instrument to my collection!

13.10.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nature's Army & Medieval Kenshi !game - nookrium on Twitch nookrium went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Beyond the Grove VOD now.

Awesome, this Twitch streamer noticed my audio engine choices in Beyond the Grove (i.e.: how each element is assigned a specific musical instrument).

(Wish list now!)

twitch.tv/videos/2588791007

11.10.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beyond the Grove - Demo 1.1 Now Live: New Tutorial, Game Glossary, and Japanese/Chinese - Steam News Hello Current and Future Grove Keepers! Demo 1.1 is now live on Steam! Like mentioned in a previous post, it includes a new glossary, a new tutorial experience, and Japanese/Simplified Chinese transla...

Demo 1.1 Now Live on Steam: New Tutorial, Game Glossary, and Japanese/Simplified Chinese Translations!

#beyondthegrove #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #indiegaming #roguelite #pcgames #roguelike #pcgaming #screenshotsaturday

store.steampowered.com/news/app/351...

27.09.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, just realized I have 1,000 followers here. What do you all want to know!?

28.09.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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VGM Transcriptions This ever-growing channel features sheet music transcriptions in standard notation for ludomusicological purposes. I do not own the rights to the recordings. These are not arrangements, but literal no...

I got my first YouTube payment today!

Thanks to all that have watched, liked, and commented on my video game music transcriptions. Please subscribe for updates!

(I have a Discord and Patreon, too...links on my channel)

www.youtube.com/@VGMTranscri...

21.09.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I remember this episode, but haven't thought about it since it was new. Thanks for bringing back to 1990!

09.09.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I really hope my students aren't using this shit.

12.08.2025 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

The demo is available now! Most of the music is real-life human performers with an adaptive soundtrack that is contingent on what decisions you make while playing.

#indiedev #gamedev #videogames #ludomusicology

07.08.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Demo approved! We need to make some last minute minor bugfixes, but we're on track to release the demo in a couple of days. Stay tuned!

#beyondthegrove #indiegames #indiegame #gamedevelopment #indiegaming #pcgaming #SteamGames

05.08.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Demo coming soon! Please wishlist if you haven't already.

02.08.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MΓ©lodies de la vie, by MiDGaR Ensemble 8 track album

Today is still #BandcampFriday! (Is that even a thing on Bluesky?) If you like acoustic renditions of *songs* from video games, check out this short album!

midgarensemble.bandcamp.com/album/m-lodi...

#NewMusic #VideoGameMusic

01.08.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MΓ©lodies de la vie MiDGaR Ensemble Β· Album Β· 2025 Β· 8 songs

Here is some new music! This album features my arrangements of some video game music for voice and guitar. Featuring @8bitaria.bsky.social.

#videogamemusic

open.spotify.com/album/6n2tJI...

27.07.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Fun fact: I had my bassoon out because I hadn't played it in years and thought about selling it...but instead recorded a few notes for this expanded cutscene.

19.07.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exciting day for us! We're pausing feature development and branching for the demo version. We'll need to do some heavy QA, and then our demo will be live! Targeting 1st week of August!

10.07.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Still More Fighting - Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation, 1997) OST - Boss Battle Music Transcription
YouTube video by VGM Transcriptions Still More Fighting - Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation, 1997) OST - Boss Battle Music Transcription

I uploaded my 800th transcription to this channel!

#videogames #FinalFantasyVII #music #vgm #ludomusicology

youtu.be/6zE7uixRwpU

11.07.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From the Games community on Reddit: Beyond the Grove - Not a Duck Games - Charming RTS-Inspired Autobattler with Golem Crafting Explore this post and more from the Games community

It's our turn for #IndieSunday! An upvote would be greatly appreciated! www.reddit.com/r/Games/comm...

#beyondthegrove #indiegames #indiegame #gamedevelopment #indiegaming #pcgaming #SteamGames

29.06.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Added a new effect for when the Grovekeeper "freezes" time to issue orders and summons golems.

#beyondthegrove #indiegames #indiegame #gamedevelopment #indiegaming #pcgaming #SteamGames

03.07.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Transcription Process: Notating Music from the Sony PlayStation with Final Fantasy VII
YouTube video by VGM Transcriptions The Transcription Process: Notating Music from the Sony PlayStation with Final Fantasy VII

Here's my PlayStation process video, using Final Fantasy VII as an example.

The PS1 could also play DCPM, but I chose a game that uses the console's on-board sound chip.

#finalfantasyvii #videogamemusic #playstation

youtu.be/VwMQw7cbNCY?...

15.06.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Metropolis of Fourside - EarthBound (SNES, 1994) OST - Town Music Transcription
YouTube video by VGM Transcriptions The Metropolis of Fourside - EarthBound (SNES, 1994) OST - Town Music Transcription

Someone requested this a while ago but I put it off because it was so difficult. But now as I'm playing the game again and got to this part, I thought it'll be a good time to get back to it. There is so much attention to detail in this soundtrack!

youtu.be/xRnYblaWAH0

11.06.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Area 1 - Blaster Master (NES, 1988) OST - Music Transcription
YouTube video by VGM Transcriptions Area 1 - Blaster Master (NES, 1988) OST - Music Transcription

Sunsoft games always have great soundtracks because they really push what the NES soundchip can do. Try to follow along with the triangle channel, which is functioning as both a bass line and a percussion part. youtu.be/DE1tNqiO-3I

06.06.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Transcription Process: Notating Music from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
YouTube video by VGM Transcriptions The Transcription Process: Notating Music from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)

If anyone's interested in my Super Nintendo music transcription process, I'm un-gatekeeping it here: youtu.be/fVtoth9Zj8I
#snesmusic #videogamemusic #ludomusicology

11.05.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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