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Dr. Gregg Rossetti
@greggrossetti.bsky.social
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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!

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Cool, can I have a Grammy nomination, too?
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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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
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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...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Early access tomorrow!!
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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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?

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Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64, 1996) OST - Music Transcriptions - YouTube
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November 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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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
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...
store.steampowered.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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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
October 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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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
Nature's Army & Medieval Kenshi !game - nookrium on Twitch
nookrium went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Beyond the Grove VOD now.
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October 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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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

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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...
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September 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Wow, just realized I have 1,000 followers here. What do you all want to know!?
September 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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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)

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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...
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September 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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I really hope my students aren't using this shit.
August 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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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
August 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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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
August 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Demo coming soon! Please wishlist if you haven't already.
August 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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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
Mélodies de la vie, by MiDGaR Ensemble
8 track album
midgarensemble.bandcamp.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Here is some new music! This album features my arrangements of some video game music for voice and guitar. Featuring @8bitaria.bsky.social.

#videogamemusic

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Mélodies de la vie
MiDGaR Ensemble · Album · 2025 · 8 songs
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July 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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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.
beyondthegrove.bsky.social Beyond the Grove @beyondthegrove.bsky.social · Jul 13
Introducing our new opening cutscene! We've made lots of iterations and improvements over the last half-year!

#beyondthegrove #indiegames #indiegame #gamedevelopment #indiegaming #pcgaming #SteamGames #GameArt #GameAnimation
July 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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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!
July 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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I uploaded my 800th transcription to this channel!

#videogames #FinalFantasyVII #music #vgm #ludomusicology

youtu.be/6zE7uixRwpU
Still More Fighting - Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation, 1997) OST - Boss Battle Music Transcription
YouTube video by VGM Transcriptions
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July 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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beyondthegrove.bsky.social
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
From the Games community on Reddit: Beyond the Grove - Not a Duck Games - Charming RTS-Inspired Autobattler with Golem Crafting
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June 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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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
July 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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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

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The Transcription Process: Notating Music from the Sony PlayStation with Final Fantasy VII
YouTube video by VGM Transcriptions
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June 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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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
The Metropolis of Fourside - EarthBound (SNES, 1994) OST - Town Music Transcription
YouTube video by VGM Transcriptions
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June 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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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
Area 1 - Blaster Master (NES, 1988) OST - Music Transcription
YouTube video by VGM Transcriptions
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June 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM