TinaGuo posts

Super Mario Goes Metal :D

Hi Everyone, Happy St. Patrick's Day! I wanted to share a live video of a show from this past weekend at SXSW at the SXSW Gaming Awards! I play in a Video Game Music Band called CRITICAL HIT, and this is Bowser's Castle, metal-ed out! Excuse the quality- I used my iPhone to record the Twitch Live Stream Capture :) CRITICAL HIT Tina Guo, Electric Cello Michelle Jade, Electric Violin Peter McConnell, Guitar Joel Taylor , Drums Music Arrangement by Adam Gubman (I embedded a video from FB, if ...

2015-03-17 17:14:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Kung-Fu Cello-ing coming soon!

Hi Friends! I'm very excited to be shooting a new music video in a few weeks at my parents' home in San Diego! There is a piece of land with some very pretty trees and I don't want to give too much else away, but it'll be for my cover of "Oogway Ascends" from Kung-Fu Panda. I hope to have it edited by the end of the month, or possibly early April. Thank you so SO super much for your generosity and support, and for your interest in my music. I really appreciate it and I hope you have a wonde...

2015-03-11 18:31:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Patron-Only Update!

Hi Guys! I'm currently working on 2 albums, one of them being an album of Hollywood Themes reimagined on the cello, electric cello, and erhu. I'll be shooting a music video for my version of Oogway Ascends from Kung-Fu Panda later this month, and Now We Are Free from Gladiator next month! I haven't released this information anywhere else yet, and wanted to share with my special Patreon Supporters first the other songs that will be on the album! Game of Thrones- Main Theme & Rains of Casta...

2015-03-07 08:05:36 +0000 UTC View Post

New Video! Yay :)

http://youtu.be/DPaL-wABsuM Good Morning! I just posted my cover of Taylor Swift's Blank Space on my YouTube Channel! I hope you like it, and thank you so much for sharing it on your page if you wish to do so. I also wanted to give a special thanks to my Patreon patron, William Jackson for the mini-model of Snow Guo that you can see in the opening of the video, as well as to Super-Patron James Young and all of my wonderful sup...

2015-03-05 17:45:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Photos from the Blank Space Video Shoot!

Hi Guys! 2 more days until the release of my new music video for a cello-ed out version of Taylor Swift's Blank Space. In the meantime, I just uploaded a few photos from the video shoot out in Lancaster, where it looks nice and sunny but was actually freeeeeezing. Here is a link to the album, which also has pictures from other video shoots: https://...

2015-03-04 02:34:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Patreon Special Preview of my new video!

Hello Friends and Patrons, Happy Monday! I hope you're having a great start to your week. I wanted to share a small snippet of my new music video coming out this Thursday (March 5) of "Blank Space" by Taylor Swift! Thank you to my supporters so, so much. You make it possible for me to create my art, and for that I'm so grateful. And, thank you for being so wonderfully open-minded about all the different genres of music that I explore. For me, all music is music, whether it be Classical, In...

2015-03-02 20:11:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Mini Snow Guo!

One of my wonderful Patreons William Jackson made this miniature model of Snow Guo for me! I'm going to incorporate it into the music video for my cover of Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" today. :) Thank you so much, Bill!

2015-02-26 18:47:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Shooting a New Video tomorrow!

Hi Guys! I'm looking forward to heading out to Lancaster, CA tomorrow to shoot a new music video for my cover of Taylor Swift's Blank Space :D I love this super-catchy song, and even more-so, I love Taylor's awesomeness and her habit of doing sweet and thoughtful things for her fans and supporters! <3 You can download the single here: https://loudr.fm/release/blank-space/HNuVc or on iTunes: 2015-02-25 23:39:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Working on my new Gladiator Cover!

Hello friends and Patrons! Here is a little snippet of me recording some vocals yesterday in my home studio for my upcoming album of Hollywood Soundtracks- this song is one of my favorites, "Now We Are Free" from the film Gladiator! I had the very good luck to hear Lisa sing this live in Budapest when we were both guests of HAVASI's symphonic show, and her energy and power is incredible. I'm also going to be shooting a music video for the Gladiator song, but probably not until after March :D I...

2015-02-25 21:37:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Hello to my wonderful Patrons! Just wanted to say hi and a happy Valentines weekend to you <3 Much love and gratitude to all of you, Tina

2015-02-14 03:58:20 +0000 UTC View Post

New Music Video: Bach's Allemande from the First Cello Suite

Hi friends! I've just released my new video for a lovely piece for solo cello by Bach! Hope you enjoy it and Happy Thursday! <3

2015-02-12 18:45:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Recording Cello on the Final Fantasy XI Opera Aria

My friend Jillian Aversa asked me to be a guest in her upcoming Music Video for Final Fantasy VI Opera Aria (we shoot next week, yay!) She's the amazing vocal soloist for Video Games Live and we performed this together live with the San Diego Symphony during San Diego Comic Con last year. Here's a snippet from the audio recording that I just finished from my home studio!

2015-02-11 02:17:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Hello wonderful Patrons! I just finished editing my new music video last night, and it will be for Bach's Allemande from his first cello suite! I can't wait to share it, and will be uploading it on Thursday :) In the meantime, here is a screenshot from the video! Thank you so much for your support in making this video possible, and big Hugs!!

2015-02-10 02:27:48 +0000 UTC View Post

A fun time this past weekend!

Hi Friends! I just got back today from a weekend in Madison, Wisconsin for the Wizard World Comic Con Performance. I play with a Video Game Music Tribute band "Critical Hit" and the two shows last night were lots of fun! The Afterparty show at Badger Bowl (a Bowling Alley with a separate room for Bands, cool!) was crazy energy and there was one particular gentleman dressed as Ted (the rude bear) who was seriously metal-ing out to some of the heavier tunes we played, and I will find that footag...

2015-02-09 08:04:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Cloning Myself... meet my Twin Sister!

I thought it would be fun to play and record this arrangement of The Flight of the Bumble-Bee for 2 cellos in my living room... I was watching a tutorial this evening on masking in Final Cut and thought it'd be neat to attempt a video with a "clone" (aka twin) after watching some pretty cool samples of people having conversations with themselves and punching themselves (haha!) and here's the result! :)

2015-02-06 03:45:32 +0000 UTC View Post

Yay! New Music Video for the beautiful main theme from Schindler's List

This is one of my favorite pieces from an extraordinary and heart-wrenching classic film. <3 We shot this video this past week in a cool loft in Downtown Los Angeles, and I hope you enjoy the song. <3 Thank you for your support!

2015-02-04 01:08:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Hello hello! Happy Tuesday!

Hi Guys! Just wanted to say hello and thank you very much for your support! I'm working on some new songs and one of them that I just finished is a cover of Taylor Swift's "Blank Space." I'm looking forward to thinking up a concept for that video :D If you have any suggestions or ideas, feel free to let me know as well! Thanks so much and have an awesome day!

2015-02-04 00:20:27 +0000 UTC View Post