In 2005 his video game music
performances included, in March, performing at the San Francisco Walk of Game ceremony with Gavin Newsom in attendance and performing at the Game Audio Network Guild Awards at the Game Developers Conference, in May, performing at the BradyGames booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo along with an MTV interview, on July 6, performing his piano and vocal arrangement of Final Fantasy VII — Sephiroth's Theme with vocalists Cindy Shapiro and Laurie Robinson at the Hollywood Bowl in the inaugural Video Games Live show with 11,000 people in attendance, on August 26, performing a video game music and classical music recital at Penny Arcade Expo in Bellevue, Washington, on October 13, playing 21
encores after his first video game
solo recital at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas.