Travis Vengroff

Travis Vengroff (born January 20, 1987) is an American musician, writer, producer, actor, and podcaster. He is best known for his work on the podcasts The White Vault, Don't Mind, VAST Horizon, Liberty, and Dark Dice.[2][3][4]

Travis Vengroff
MediumPodcast, Music
Alma materUniversity of South Florida
Years active2014–present
GenresHorror, Paranormal, Short Stories, Post-apocalyptic, adventure, drama, comedy
Spouse
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(m. 2016)​
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Parent(s)Harvey Vengroff
Carol Vengroff
Websitehttp://www.TravisVengroff.com

Biography

Vengroff was born in Centerport, New York, and moved to Sarasota, Florida when he was three.[5][6] As a child, Vengroff liked to listen to audiobooks which led him to podcasting.[7] He also was engaged in acting and real estate.[8][9] In 2006-2009, Travis Vengroff studied acting at the New York Film Academy, game design at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and business management at USF.[10]

Career

On November 17, 2011, Vengroff became the president of Vengroff Williams Inc.[11] From 2013 to 2019, he also worked with his father and brother in real estate in Sarasota, Bradenton, Orlando, and Memphis.[12]

Vengroff started creating fiction podcasts with K.A. Statz in 2015.

In July 2015, he started to work on Fool & Scholar Productions with Statz, and it was incorporated in December 2016. In 2016, Vengroff and Statz became Parsec Award finalists (“Best New Speculative Fiction Team”), and Liberty: Critical Research was an Audio Verse Award finalist.[24][25] Vengroff became one of the founding members of the Audio Drama Coalition (March 2018) and the Audio Drama Roundtable (December 2018). He was a speaker at New York Comic Con, Austin Film Festival, Podfest, Emerald City Comic Con, MAGFest, the USO, and TEDx.[26]

Publications

In 2013-2018, Vengroff was a regular contributor to the Russian magazine Mir Fantastiki.[27] He is the writer and creator of the Liberty comic book series[28][29] and podcast Dark Dice. Since 2018, several adventures for Dungeons & Dragons on the DM's Guild became Platinum bestsellers.[30] Since 2015, Vengroff has released several Liberty stories and books.[31][32][33]

Music

In 2005, Vengroff was an accordionist and founded the band Random Encounter and was the only member to remain involved until 2015 (under the nickname Careless).[34][35][36][37] Random Encounter was recognized as the Best Rock Act in Central Florida (2013), the Best Indie Act in Central Florida (2012), and the Best Folk Act in Central Florida (2011) by the Orlando Weekly.[38][39][40]

He founded a second band, Careless Juja, in 2011. It took part in the Dwelling of Duels internet music competition and won five awards from 2011 to 2019.[41] The album Those Who Fight was released in 2021.

In 2019-2022, Vengroff directed an orchestra, a 40-person choir, and more than 30 medieval instruments for the soundtrack of the Dark Dice podcast.[42]

Discography
Studio albums
  • Neo Symbiance (EP) – Random Encounter (2006)
  • Random Encounter (Self Titled) (Demo LP) - Random Encounter (2010)
  • Unavenged - Random Encounter (2011)
  • Pixel Glass (LP) – Careless Juja (2011)
  • 72 Hours in The Ocean with your Mother (Single) - Random Encounter (2012)
  • Dead Labs (Single) - Random Encounter (2013)
  • Cool Cool Cool-laboration (Single) - Random Encounter + Random Encounters (2013)
  • Let Me Tell You a Story - Random Encounter (2013)
  • The Big Blue LP (LP) - Random Encounter (2014)
  • Prof. Layton and the Bay Harbor Butcher (LP) – Careless Juja (2014)
  • Super Galaxy Squadron original Soundtrack - Random Encounter (2015)
  • Legend of the Boar Knight (LP) – Careless Juja (2015)
  • For Naughty Children (EP) – Careless Juja (2015)
  • Lost Frequency - Random Encounter (2017)
  • Careless Juja World Tour Live Album (LP) – Careless Juja (2017)
  • Those Who Fight (LP) – Careless Juja (2020) [43]
  • Gamble Your Sanity (LP) – Dark Dice Soundtrack (2021)
  • Season of the Allshadow (LP) – Dark Dice Soundtrack (2022)
Guest Appearances
  • Welcome to World 2 - Game Music 4 All (2008)
  • Bitavenged - Bitavenged (2012)
  • Spectrum of Mana - Nate Horsefall (2013)
  • Final Fantasy VII Gametabs Tribute Album - Gametabs.net (2014)
  • Super VG Christmas Party - Patient Corgi (2014, with Random Encounter)
  • Rogue Legacy: Reborn- Tettix & A Shell in the Pit (2014)
  • The Legend of Zelda Tribute Album - Gametabs.net (2015)
  • SOUND WAVES: A Tribute to Ecco the Dolphin - Patient Corgi (2016)
  • Tribute Album 64 - Patient Corgi (2016)
  • Video Games Live: Bonus Round 3 - Video Games Live (2016)
  • Chronicles of Time - Nate Horsefall (2016)[44]
  • Final Fantasy I - The Legacy - Pixel Mixers (2017)
  • SPIRA: Music from Final Fantasy X (Zanarkand Mix) - Materia Collective (2017)
  • Secret of Mana - Whispers from a Verdant Grove - Pixel Mixers (2018)
  • EIDOLON: Music From Final Fantasy IX - Materia Collective (2019)[43]

References
  1. "Podchaser Interview with K.A. Statz & Travis Vengroff". Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  2. "Willamette Week - Authenticity of Fool and Scholar Productions". Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  3. "One Stop Housing - About Us". Archived from the original on March 27, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  4. "Travis Vengroff - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
  5. "Sarasota Magazine: The archetypal entrepreneur". January 1, 1996.
  6. "Sarasota Magazine: Harvey's Way". Retrieved April 1, 2003.
  7. "The Benefits of Audiobooks". Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  8. "Hardcore Gamer Magazine Interview with Travis Vengroff". Retrieved May 29, 2007.
  9. "Sarasota Herald Tribune: Poverty numbers paint 'bleak picture' in Manatee". Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  10. "Austin Film Festival Official Bio". Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  11. "How we grew our podcast to a million downloads". Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  12. "WFTV9 Kissimmee Motel Conversion". September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  13. "How Content creators find success". Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  14. "All Comics Considered Interview with Travis Vengroff". Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  15. "HorrorWriters.com Interviews K.A. Statz". Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  16. "The White Vault on Page 22 - Top Podcast Recommendations by Pod Bible" (PDF). Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  17. "Webbie Awards 2019". Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  18. "Audio Verse Awards 2019 Forbes Article". Forbes. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  19. "Mark Time Awards 2018". Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  20. "Playing with Strangers". January 17, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  21. "Vigilance IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  22. "Podcast Engineering School". August 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  23. "Birdgerton'S Adjoa Andoh to Star in Don't Mind Cruxmont". January 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  24. "Parsec Award 2016 Nominees". Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  25. "Audio Verse Award 2016 Nominees". Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  26. "List of Speaking Events". Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  27. "Noisetrade". Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  28. "Charlie Barnette on The Arrow talks about Travis' comics". Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  29. "Major Spoilers Wayne's Comics Podcast Interview With Travis Vengroff". March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  30. "KBOO Interview with Travis Vengroff & K.A. Statz". November 23, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  31. "AP2HYC Interview with Travis Vengroff". Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  32. "Yahoo Finance – Liberty Launches". Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  33. "MF: US Comic Book Creation". March 2, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  34. "Nerdy ShowInterview with Random Encounter". Nerdy Show. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  35. "RoboAwesome PvP Tour Show Review". Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  36. "Orlando Sentinel Interview Travis Vengroff". Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  37. "On The Road Again". Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  38. "Sarasota Band rocks Orlando's Nerdapalooza". Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  39. "Badass Random Encounter Review". Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  40. "Random Encounter Preps for European Tour". Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  41. "DoD Bio – Careless Juja". Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  42. "Indie Podcast News – Audio Drama Soundtrack". Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  43. "Video Game Music Database". Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  44. Good, Owen S. (February 14, 2016). "Huge Chrono Trigger soundtrack tribute available now". Polygon.com. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
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