Ladies and gentlemen, today I found out some sad news.  It seems a very beloved website has been discontinued, and it’s domain passed onto someone else for different purposes.  That website is music4games.net.  For those of you who don’t know, M4G was an incredible resource for information on video game music and VGM composers.  It had a powerful reputation among gamers and musicians alike.  One of my earliest experiences with the site was a couple years ago when OCR released Voices of the Lifestream, and we had a nice feature article there that highly praised the music.  And it was a big deal to me, to see my name dropped and music praised alongside some of the greatest game composers of our day by such a credible and well-known site.  I can’t help but feel like discontinuing the site is a bit of a disservice to video game music and it’s fans, but for whatever reason the decision was made, I hope it was for a good reason.  I can only hope that we’ll see another website step up and fill the big shoes that M4G left.

Alright, so this post is about a week old, and I would have posted it on my old site if I wasn’t planning on replacing it, but anyway, better late than never.

Some of you might know that I’ve been honing my music skills over at OCR for the past few years.  It’s given me some great experiences–I’ve made lots of great friends and contacts, as well as sharpened up on my composing and producing skills in general!  And I’ve enjoyed some of the most enriching and diverse music I’ve ever listened to!  I owe a lot to OCR, and I only hope to see it continue to thrive and grow for many years to come!
And now, the official article, taken from the site:

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