From the cold frozen tundra of Upstate New York comes a musical hero unlike any other. Scott Hannay (Mihali Band, Mister F) and Loose Leaf Talent Agency present Scott Hannay Plays Video Games, a one-man live-looped musical onslaught of classic video game soundtracks merged with live gameplay.

As a young boy, Hannay cut his teeth on his family’s piano by gingerly plunking out notes to his favorite video game tunes. By his teen years, he was obsessed with MIDI files he downloaded via dial-up, bought some cheap software and began transcribing entire video game soundtracks like Mega Man 1, 2, 3, Contra, Mario, and Zelda. Transcription gave way to recording, and recording ultimately led Hannay to learn guitar, bass and keys. All of which gave way to Hannay becoming a working musician.

Hannay’s skills behind the keys have led to various collaborations with a laundry list of artists including Umphrey’s McGee, Twiddle, Mihali, Dopapod, Marcus Rezak, Aqueous, Turkuaz, Pink Talking Fish, The Werks, Particle, Kung Fu, One Time Weekend, The Magic Beans, Eastbound Jesus, legendary Frank Zappa frontman Ike Willis, and many more.

...and your parents told you playing video games wouldn’t lead to anything…