Musicians

   

Laura “Flute Link” Intravia

Equal parts performer, composer and arranger, Laura “Flute Link” Intravia is a classically trained musician and recent graduate of Ithaca College, with degrees in Music Composition and Vocal Performance. A skilled, frequently commissioned composer of concert music, Laura is an experienced performer both as a classical soprano and flutist. Nine months after her famed “Flute Link” act at Otakon 2008’s Masquerade, Tommy Tallarico discovered the video of her skit on Youtube and invited her to perform with Video Games Live in the summer of 2009. Laura has been dressing up as a ten-year-old boy for a living ever since, performing both as flutist and vocalist with VGL.
   

Jake "Virt" Kaufman

Jake "virt" Kaufman is a composer, sound designer, and arranger. From Nintendo chiptune metal to Disney waltzes to 70s soul to electro house, he bombards countless genres and communities with tasteless pastiche. He spends most of his life squinting at a monitor in near-pathological focus, but can also be spotted bouncing around stages, clad in rainbows, with men dressed in maid costumes. Join him in his 8th year at Magfest to talk shop about all things musical, blow your mind with square waves, and headbang until you throw up.
   

Overclocked Remix

Founded in 1999, OverClocked ReMix is an organization dedicated to the appreciation, preservation, and interpretation of video game music. Its primary focus is www.ocremix.org, a website featuring hundreds of free fan arrangements, information on game music and composers, resources for aspiring artists, and a thriving community of video game music fans. OCR recently completed the soundtrack to Capcom's Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, out on PlayStation Network & Xbox Live Arcade, the first ever major game soundtrack entirely created by the fan community.
   

Renard

Renard is the owner of LapFoxTrax, an independent Canadian record label for electronic music. He’s also the lead creative force behind Mungyodance, a freeware dancing game based off of the Stepmania engine, for which he created a good portion of the music and the majority of the stepfiles. A very notable aspect of Renard's musical releases is his use of different aliases for different genres of music, all with their own unique visual design. Overall, Renard is an amazing driving force in the independent scene, and is coming up fast in the electronic scene as well, with blazing fast releases and excellent prices, and even lots of free material. A true musician in practice and in heart.
   

Josh Whelchel

Since his initial success with The Spirit Engine 2, Josh has been busy as both a professional composer and a wild college student, both of which are great reasons for him to be at MAG. He has stayed true to his indie-roots, composing for freeware games and several indie titles (including Bonesaw: The Game), and also recently wrote the music and dance steps to the MTV VMA's 2009 game: "The Moonman Dance-off". He very much hopes that Kanye didn't see it! Josh has recently written the music for the UbiSoft game "TMNT: Double Smash" and for the successful iPhone game, SkullPogo.
   

Blake Althen

See Blake Althen.
See Blake start really cool music company Human Factor.
Blake has fun at work.
Blake makes musical artists sound better than they are.
Blake writes music for TV shows and other stuff.
Blake helps musicians get their songs in TV and Film.
Blake likes playing video games.
Blake talks a lot.
Sometimes Blake writes stuff down in books and trade journals.
Blake doesn’t pick his nose (in public).
Blake thinks he’s a bad enough dude.
Blake is going to be at MAGfest 8.
   

Human Factor

Human Factor is a respected music licensing company based in Arlington, VA. Human Factor knows music is best when it comes from the soul. So their productions all contain organic elements - keeping it real. When they look at the business of music, they do the same thing. Business of any kind is all about relationships and the entertainment business more than most. That's why every artist and client interaction at Human Factor has a personal touch. Join the Human Factor family and let them help you make more of your music career.

Some Musicians we've had at previous MAGFests:
Howard Drossin
Grant Kirkhope
Tommy Tallarico
Mark Cromer
Vincent Diamante