With over 3.1 million monthly listeners and billions of streams, the gaming supergroup K/DA, comprised of League of Legends characters, is one of the biggest virtual bands in the world. The group’s creator, Toa Dunn, joins us to look back at his ten-year tenure as head of music at Riot Games. We discuss K/DA’s meteoric rise to success, how Riot Games used music to market its IP, and how to build a successful music and gaming strategy.
00:06:18 - News
00:27:04 - Topic introduction
00:29:06 - Topic interview - Creating League of Legends’ smash hit virtual artists, with Toa Dunn
01:07:18 - 60 seconds recommendations
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We're GXM (Games X Music), a fortnightly podcast exploring video game music and the intersection of video games and the music industry. Your hosts are freelancer Tom Quillfeldt (also Laced Records community manager + A&R) and journalist Mat Ombler (also Laced Head of Music and Game Partnerships.)
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GXM #17: Creating League of Legends’ smash hit virtual artists K/DA with Toa Dunn