Michael Hoffmann

The Game Brass The Game Brass is a brass quintet (and friends) who make covers of video game music. Their mission to become the brass quintet of video games, bringing classical chops to the game world, and showing o...

Bandcamp Friday returns! They waive their share of revenue for today only. It's the best day to support artists.

This applies to our music of course, and also to our merch and sheet music!

thegamebrass.bandcamp.com

The last Bandcamp Friday of the year is here! But don't take it from us. Let our friend, Donkey Kong, show you some of the highlights of this year that you can buy right now as digital downloads, CDs, and tapes!

Get 'em here: gamegrooves.bandcamp.com

#bandcampfriday #bandcamp #bcf #vgm #gamemusic

Ten Summoner's Tales is one of my favorite 90s albums. Definitely give the whole thing a listen. I've actually used Seven Days to demonstrate 5/4 and 10/8 time signatures to students.

Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.

Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

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Michael Hoffmann's artist spotlight Are you excited for The Ivalice Chronicles? Yes. I've never played the original Final Fantasy Tactics all of the way through, so this new release will be a great opportunity for me to finally play it with a bunch of quality of life improvements. What's your favorite aspect of Tactical RPGs like FFT? I really like being able to micromanage and build a bunch of characters. Especially later in the game when you unlock more jobs and can try making super powerful job ability combinations.

Arranging fan favorite battle track Apoplexy, @michaelhoffmann.bsky.social's exciting solo piano highlights the urgency of this classic piece!

Available on #bandcamp and streaming: lnk.to/brave-sonata

#piano #finalfantasytactics #fft #pianosolo #solopiano

I propose November 1st as resurgence day. Halloween ends, and we all pick up the phones again. MasterCard and Visa, bare minimum, once per day. Every day. All of us. They are only hiring the usual number of holiday workers, this would frighten credit card companies. “It’s not going away”

The conditions at the Broadview ICE facility are getting worse. This is why we keep coming back.

Our neighbors are not alone. You can join us in demanding transparency + accountability at 1930 Beach Street.

I stopped titling my exports “final mix” years ago. I was tempting fate every time I did it. I think my record has been seven versions of a “final mix”.

Another good list to subscribe to if you'd like to keep the assholes out of your feed and mentions.

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.

Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.

This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

US gov accounts are here to harass people, quote direct trouble

blocklists interface can be a little counterintuitive if you're unfamiliar with them, because Subscribe understandably sounds like the opposite of what you'd want to do, but that's where the option is to block all. it's what I'm doing🥷🏼

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...

(using a list has the advantage that when/if? the gov returns to some semblance of sanity, you can easily reverse all the blocks / won't just kinda forget they're all blocked... but you know... "if")

Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu says he's “never used generative AI, and never will.” Hardship is what makes the creative process rewarding - AUTOMATON WEST Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu discusses the history and evolution of game music and shares opinion on generative AI.

Glad to see this from Nobuo Uematsu. In a time where we're seeing a bunch of idiotic games companies rush to jam genAI into anything and everything, it's nice to see that some industry veterans are rejecting it. automaton-media.com/en/news/fina...

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More via @ConsumerReports AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.

Honestly at the rate that Microsoft is pulling shit Linux might actually have a shot.

Activision Blizzard’s Platform and Technology Workers Form Union with Communications Workers of America Today, nearly 400 video game workers within Blizzard’s Platform & Technology department have voted strongly in favor of union representation with CWA.

It's great seeing more workplaces in the game industry unionize. Especially at big companies like Activision Blizzard.

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I don't know that I ever thought I'd see a cis politician say Sylvia and Marsha's names, let alone one advocate for continuting the work they were part of. Thank you, Zohran, maybe a world that doesn't want us dead is possible?

YouTube video by Dead Domain BREAKING: Trump's Plan To Use Texas National Guard Nationwide, UNDERCOVER At Protests, And More

I’ve received a report from anonymous active duty personnel in Texas that the Texas National Guard will be moving out nationwide to ICE Protest sites, possibly in civilian gear, and changing their unit patches to hide origins.

Full report here:

youtu.be/jtpXI-6PxaU?...

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Bandcamp Friday @ Gamegrooves on gamegrooves.bandcamp.com On Bandcamp Friday, Bandcamp waives the cut it normally takes, giving more money back to the musicians who post their music there. Support GameGrooves this Bandcamp Friday.

It's #BandcampFriday today! #Bandcamp is the best place to get all of your favorite GameGrooves releases like our latest album, Brave Sonata. Get high quality downloads in the format of your choice to listen to on whichever system you have.

gamegrooves.bandcamp.com

#videogamemusic #gamemusic #vgm

Happy Bandcamp Friday! In September, I released an album of Undertale arrangements I've put out over the years, and today would be a great day to pick that up if you're interested. Check it out over at dougperry.bandcamp.com!

She is one of our true elders and there are so few left. She deserves the best healthcare available, but this is America.

Full story: www.advocate.com/news/stonewa...

Our newest album, Brave Sonata, a Final Fantasy Tactics piano collection, is out now on #Bandcamp! 11 piano-centered arrangements bring Sakimoto and Iwata's enchanting original soundtrack to life!

Get it here: lnk.to/brave-sonata

#FinalFantasyTactics #piano #pianocover #theivalicechronicles

Brave Sonata, by GameGrooves 11 track album

Happy Final Fantasy Tactics release week! To help celebrate, a bunch of us from @gamegrooves.com have released a piano focused cover album of the music from Final Fantasy Tactics today! I had the honor of arranging and performing the battle theme Apoplexy. gamegrooves.bandcamp.com/album/brave-...

Brave Sonata, by GameGrooves 11 track album

Happy Final Fantasy Tactics release week! To help celebrate, a bunch of us from @gamegrooves.com have released a piano focused cover album of the music from Final Fantasy Tactics today! I had the honor of arranging and performing the battle theme Apoplexy. gamegrooves.bandcamp.com/album/brave-...

Brave Sonata featuring album artwork by Maria-Francesca Massaro-Guglielmo

We're excited for our Final Fantasy Tactics album! The cover features artwork by @aggressionrose.bsky.social depicting Alma playing the piano. Her artwork was also featured on the covers of Welcome Home and Lounging in the Velvet Room.

Pre-order: lnk.to/brave-sonata

#finalfantasytactics #piano