By Madison Remrey
The Louisiana Tech Concert Association will host the ninth annual North American Conference on Video Game music with keynote speaker, Mega Ran, this Saturday.
This conference is an academic conference where graduate students and professors who are music theorists, music historians or musicologists who study the sociology of music and interactive media present their research on video game music.
Speaking at the conference is Mega Ran, a video game influenced performance artist. A former teacher, Mega Ran now releases music that charts above notable artists and albums such as Dr. Dre’s “Compton.”
Dr. Michael Austin, founding director of the School of Music at Louisiana Tech, said that he is excited for the fresh perspective that Mega Ran will be bringing to the conference.
“As part of the music industry studies program and a lot of other things happening on campus, we want to make sure we have a lot of different genres of music represented in the programs and that there’s diversity among the performers that come to present,” Austin said.
He continued that Mega Ran is “somebody who could speak to the video game stuff, who has a unique perspective on video game music and sound– someone other than just writing orchestral music.”
In conjunction with the conference, Mega Ran will be performing a concert beforehand. This will also be hosted by Louisiana Tech in Howard Auditorium.
The North American Conference on Video Game music will be held on April 2 at 7 p.m. in University Hall on Louisiana Tech’s campus. Those wanting to attend are encouraged to register ahead of time. Tickets are free for high school students, community college students and those who attend Louisiana Tech and Grambling State. For more information visit https://vgmconference.weebly.com/.
