Lacey Johnson: Keytar Kween

Lacey Johnson from Southern California brings a live show packed with your favorite video game tracks from several genres, some serious Keytar shredding, and high-energy good vibes to go around!

 

Music Videos

Check out all the latest music videos and subscribe to Lacey's YouTube channel to get all that keytar action.

Merch

Harness the power of the Keytar with offical Lacey Johnson Music merch.

Bandcamp

Check out my bandcamp page where you can purchase physical and digital copies of my albums!

Live Performances 2023

Super Bitfest – San Antonio, TX Jan 27-28th 2023
Nerdcore Dayz @ SXSW – Austin, TX Mar 13-19th 2023
Midwest Gaming Classic – Milwaukee, WI March 31st-April 2nd 2023  
VGM CON 2023 – Minneapolis, MN April 14-16th 2023
The Icarus Kid, Lacey Johnson, & Ian Cowell @ The Redwood Bar – Los Angeles, CA – April 27th 2023
Do Better Fest 2023 – Virtual- June 30th 2023
GacuCon Cruise – Cruise Catalina/Ensenda, MX – July 10-14th 2023
Pints & Power Ups- Project Barley Lomita- July 15th 2023
Southern Fried Gaming Expo 2023 – Atlanta, GA – July 29th 2023

BitGen Gamer Fest XVI – Baltimore, MD- August 5th 2023 

UltraNOVA- Crescendo Studios – Falls Church, VA- August 11th 2023 

Lacey Johnson & Quick Save – International Groove Records – Newark, Delaware- August 12th 2023 

About

Lacey Johnson: YouTuber, Producer, “Keytar Kween”.

Lacey’s style has best been described as “Nerdy with a twist of pop punk”, “Bursting with energy” and has been “spreading the gospel of VGM (Video Game Music)” wherever she goes. Her passion for performance is captivating and it’s easy to see why so many people love her music.

Lacey is a Southern-California based Video Game Musician currently creating bi-weekly covers on her YouTube channel in which she is the sole musician, producer, and arranger. Armed with a Keytar and a formal Classical Music Education, Lacey prides herself on creating musically diverse arrangements of well-known video game music. Lacey’s biggest joys of YouTube are collaborating with other musicians all over the world and, in turn, creating an unbreakable connection of joy with video game fans everywhere. Lacey also streams live video game music performances and gaming on her Twitch Channel.

JRPG (Japanese Role Playing Games), Anime, and Pop Culture are all huge cornerstones in Lacey’s musical influences (Final Fantasy being her favorite game franchise and her reason for staying in classical piano lessons as a kid). She also draws inspiration from Classic Rock, K-Pop, Jazz, and Baroque music in her writing and performance style.

In 2020, Lacey released her first Cover EP titled “Limit Break”: A synth-rock mini-album dedicated to the music of Final Fantasy VII. In 2021, Lacey followed up with a Full-Length Physical Release Album titled “The Midnight Channel” with 10 tracks from the game, Persona 4. And in May of 2022, Lacey released her album “Next Mission” Dedicated to the music of the Metroid Franchise.

During the Pandemic, Lacey took to the Internet: performing virtually in festivals, concerts, and raising over $4000 for charity on Twitch working closely with the teams of Direct Relief and St Jude Charities. She regularly fundraises with the Zeldathon team on Twitch playing live video game music for charity. Growing as an artist and a brand lead to several wonderful performance opportunities: headlining “The Whims Of Fate”: a stacked show in Orlando FL hosted by Ongaku Overdrive, performing in MAGWest 2021, as well as rocking the Mainstage at Super MAGfest 2022 in National Harbor, MD and shredding the Hero Stage at VGM Con 2022 in Minneapolis, MN! Lacey is currently booking shows for 2023!
 

Recently, Lacey provided vocals for EVO Tournament 2022 in “We Are Who We Are” written by David Gibson McLean and Zaid Tabani for the game: Granblue Fantasy Versus and the song was placed in the Game: Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising. 

 
  

"The Empress of VGM"

Kent Ward of Ongaku Overdrive

Gear/Affiliations


Tsunami Cables Family Artist
Soundrop Affiliate
Direct Relief Fundraising Partner
ASCAP Artist


Keytar: Roland Ax Edge, Korg RK 100-S
Keyboard: Nord Electro 3 73
Guitar: Ibanez Axion 7 String, Strandberg boden 7, ernie ball music man majesty
Bass: Sire Marcus Miller V7 5 String
Strings: Ernie Ball Slinky
In Ear Monitors: Ultimate Ears UE7 Pros
Microphone: Shure SM7B
Interface: Universal Audio Apollo Twin
Main Camera: Sony A7SIII

"Her videos practically ooze with personality, and if I had to describe her aesthetic in a single word it would be fun"

Allen Baggins of Gamegrooves