The Wind Wakers: Difference between revisions

'''The Wind Wakers''' is the name of a brass orchestra consisting of over 70 [[Nintendo]] employees and led by [[Eiji Aonuma]].{{Ref|name=1up|[[Interview:1UP October 17th 2007|1UP, October 17th 2007]]|Yeah, in a Nintendo brass band called The Wind Wakers. It started out as me and five friends at Nintendo, but then it expanded to over 40 people. The band's actually been around for about 12 years. I'm the leader and I play Latin percussion.|[[Eiji Aonuma]]}}{{Ref|name=gi|[[Interview:Game Informer February 21st 2015|Game Informer, February 21st 2015]]|We began with just a few members, but now we are up to 70-something people. We hold these really large concerts inside the company about three times a year and we also have the occasional opportunity for outside performances, as well.|[[Eiji Aonuma]]}} The orchestra was started around 1995 by Aonuma and five other Nintendo employees,{{Ref|name=1up}} and plays three to four concerts per year just for Nintendo employees.{{Ref|name=gdc|[[Interview:GDC Roundtable May 17th 2004|GDC Roundtable, May 17th 2004]]|Well personally, I like music a lot. Yesterday, I don't know if you noticed, but I was wearing a T-Shirt that said "The Wind Wakers" on it, which is the name of this Wind Orchestra—basically an Orchestra that is made up of Nintendo employees—that I'm a member of. I play percussion in the orchestra: bongos, congas, timpani, things like that. And we do four concerts per year—and they're not big concerts or anything—they're just for Nintendo employees.|Eiji Aonuma}}{{Ref|name=gi}}