I played 23 Video Game Covers at the Bit Awards | Gig Vlog

Zac Zinger organized a hell of a house band for the Bit Awards, an indie game awards ceremony held at Parsons at the New School, put on by Playcrafting. I got a chance to play his killer arrangements.

Music Director/Arranger/Sax/EWI/Flute/Cat Wrangler - Zac Zinger

Bass - Me
Drums - Josh Bailey
Guitar - Shu Odamura

Playcrafting put on this event -

TRACK LISTING

1:32 The Take - The Hider
2:00 The Take - The Seeker
4:08 Overwatch - Victory Theme
4:40 Sim City - Main Theme
5:03 Age of Empires - Victory Theme
5:23 GTA V - Intro Theme
5:50 Persona 5 - Life Goes On
6:18 Pokémon - Victory Theme
6:44 Chrono Trigger - Victory Theme
7:17 Final Fantasy X - Travel Agency
8:17 Civilization 2 - Harvest of the Nile
8:38 Civilization 2 - Fantasy
8:57 Civilization 2 - Augustus Rises
9:40 Super Mario Bros - Bowser’s Theme
10:13 The Take - Title Theme
10:56 Final Fantasy VII - One Winged Angel
11:11 Persona 4 - Victory Theme
11:49 Hamsterdam - Medley
12:53 Final Fantasy VII - Victory Theme
13:26 Just Cause 4 - Title Theme
15:32 Persona 5 - Victory Theme
15:49 Legends of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Afterschool Hours
16:13 Final Fantasy VII - Farm Boy

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[AdamNeely]

The clean(ish) audio for this gig vlog came from a Zoom H6 that acted as overheads for the drums, then use of all 4 channels of inputs on the Zoom including a bass drum mic, an xlr out from the bass guitar, an AKG-214 taped to Zac's music stand, and an SM-58 draped over the guitar amp. The gain was set wrong on the SM-58, so I couldn't use it, which is why the guitar is so quiet.

[TrayFTW]

This freaking leader guy holy shit he knows what's up

[JonahNelson]

Doing the rehearsal mixed in with the performance makes this so interesting to watch

[EmptyDomoKanti]

not only is their woodwind/ewi/sax player a massive nerd, but he plays the shakuhachi too
what a nerd

[RudyAyoub]

6:52

"isnt this a SICK tune?"

Adam: "it's strange"

[alexd]

Man... The level of musicianship on display here is impressive.

Well done, everyone!

[yadielmercedes]

10:26 Did he just give a hi-five while playing sax, this guy is a legend

[kaiserped]

Zac was brilliant and pulled the best out of each performer. If I were a musician I would be glad to follow his lead.

[fetB]

The sax guy seems the be just the man for the job. He's super into it

[yadielmercedes]

12:42 The excitement in the guy's "let's go" gives me life 😂

[shyguyinfinity]

Ok so the number of Adam Neely videos with an arrangement of Bowser's theme that uses a 1/2 time metal drumbeat is now 2

[mauritsoever]

the style of constantly going between preperation and performance is cool as hell. Reminds me of ocean's eleven.

[benjaminaustnesnarum]

Zac Zinger could be an eccentric genius in either a comic or manga; the double Zs combined with witty charm, a sharp suit, charismatic leadership, and playing the sax like sex, really makes him a character. Great video!

[dinospumoni]

I liked the inclusion of the parts with the band leader explaining things. He did an excellent job, as did you and the other musicians.

Also, "I love that groove! Did I write that?" -- "You wrote that." -- "Oh, awesome." Cool that he's a fellow JRPG fan as well.

[freeallinfo]

Superimposing the actual performance audio over Zac scatting his parts during rehearsal was an awesome idea. Amazing editing throughout.

[jakeywakey]

This is a video I watch probably once a month. The editing is masterful, weaving between the little prep before the gig and the gig itself, combined with the obvious easy and mastery every person here has over their instrument and a killer or set list from Zac, really all around wonderful. Thank you Adam for this and all the videos you make, I’m a life long fan

[JosephGarcia]

This is just insane how you’re sight reading all this stuff

[samcomfort]

I love how this is done, rehearsal and performance together. Super interesting

[josejalaeno]

I’ve never heard of the Bit Awards but I think it’s really cool that they actually have a live house band playing, it’d be so easy to just play the actual themes and music over the PA like a bunch of other award shows but I appreciate that they go the extra mile. Solid playing all around!

[benwarters]

"have you ever seen the movie whiplash" 3:40 LMAO