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Posted on Sep 23, 2015

This Country Singer Makes Music On His Game Boy In His Spare Time

Dillon Hodges is an award-winning guitarist whose chiptune covers will hit you right in the feels.

by Kelley Dunlap

BuzzFeed Staff

This is firekid, aka country singer Dillon Hodges.

The 24-year-old bluegrass artist is a gifted singer, songwriter, and fingerpicker.

When it comes to that last one, Dillon is more than just "gifted" — in 2007, he won the National Flatpicking Guitar Championship and became the second-youngest person to ever win the title.

Most of the time he makes bluegrass-influenced country-rock that sounds like this:

But sometimes, in his spare time, he uses his beloved Game Boy to make 8-bit covers that sound like this:

Or this "Trap Queen" cover:

Or this 8-bit rendition of TLC's "Waterfalls":

Or this Beach Boys one:

Occasionally he fuses bluegrass and bit music to create a weird, wonderful new sound:

While Dillon is an admitted newbie to the world of chiptune, his hobby gets a lot of love at his shows and on his Instagram account.

Dillion admits that the "nostalgia factor" plays a big role in his affection for Game Boy music.

Chiptune: eight bits and a million feels.

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This Country Singer Makes Music On His Game Boy In His Spare Time

This is firekid, aka country singer Dillon Hodges.

The 24-year-old bluegrass artist is a gifted singer, songwriter, and fingerpicker.

Most of the time he makes bluegrass-influenced country-rock that sounds like this:

View this video on YouTube

But sometimes, in his spare time, he uses his beloved Game Boy to make 8-bit covers that sound like this:

Or this "Trap Queen" cover:

Or this 8-bit rendition of TLC's "Waterfalls":

Or this Beach Boys one:

Occasionally he fuses bluegrass and bit music to create a weird, wonderful new sound:

While Dillon is an admitted newbie to the world of chiptune, his hobby gets a lot of love at his shows and on his Instagram account.

Dillion admits that the "nostalgia factor" plays a big role in his affection for Game Boy music.

Chiptune: eight bits and a million feels.

This Country Singer Makes Music On His Game Boy In His Spare Time

This is firekid, aka country singer Dillon Hodges.

The 24-year-old bluegrass artist is a gifted singer, songwriter, and fingerpicker.

Most of the time he makes bluegrass-influenced country-rock that sounds like this:

View this video on YouTube

But sometimes, in his spare time, he uses his beloved Game Boy to make 8-bit covers that sound like this:

Or this "Trap Queen" cover:

Or this 8-bit rendition of TLC's "Waterfalls":

Or this Beach Boys one:

Occasionally he fuses bluegrass and bit music to create a weird, wonderful new sound:

While Dillon is an admitted newbie to the world of chiptune, his hobby gets a lot of love at his shows and on his Instagram account.

Dillion admits that the "nostalgia factor" plays a big role in his affection for Game Boy music.

Chiptune: eight bits and a million feels.

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