User:Richvreeland

Rich Vreeland (born on June 29, 1986) is an American video game music composer, musician, and sound designer. He is best known as the creator of the soundtrack for Fez, and as a prominent member of the chipmusic scene.

Early life & Education
Born in Staten Island, New York, Vreeland started taking guitar lessons in high school, and enrolled at the Berklee College of Music in 2006. He graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor's Degree in Music Synthesis.

Career
Vreeland began writing music in 2004, shortly after beginning to learn the guitar. In 2005 he discovered chipmusic, and began writing under the pseudonym Disasterpeace. Vreeland started writing music for video games in 2006, and has written music for more than 25 games to date.

In 2007, Vreeland started performing as Disasterpeace, and has played shows across North America. He has been a featured performer at events such as Blip Festival, PAX East, MAGFest, XOXO Fest, and Indiecade. During performances, Vreeland generally plays electric guitar over the original recordings of his songs. In 2011, he started performing with Roger Hicks, a drummer and independent game developer.

In 2009, he interned at Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, and pursued a freelance internship with Pi Studios, during which Vreeland and classmate Filippo Beck-Peccoz wrote music for Bomberman Live: Battlefest.

Personal
Vreeland lives in Berkeley, California.