Retro video game music are timeless pieces of cultural history as much as classical music is. One wouldn’t think that these two would have anything in common, until the birth of Arcade, Classical California’s new 24-hour streaming channel which is dedicated to playing some popular and nostalgic video game music alongside classical music.
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Jennifer Miller Hammel hosts the stream, and plays a selection of video game music as well as requests from listeners. In proposing the concept to her producers, Hammel curated a 12-hour playlist of video game music which she remembered from when she was a kid. They agreed with the suggestion of adding classical music into the mix, which many video games now incorporate as well.
Reception for the streaming channel has been great so far with fans of both video games and classical music, as well as people who have no experience in either, finding it enjoyable with one major donor even remarking how she loves listening to the channel despite having no knowledge of video games.
Anyone can jump in and listen to the Arcade channel at anytime.
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Source: neatorama