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Biography
Eric Buchholz, also known as ebuch, is a college freshman studying music theory/composition at the University of Minnesota Duluth. His online contributions include NintendoFreaks (2006-2008), World Zelda Music Radio (2008-2011), Zelda Reorchestrated (2008-present), and Radio Hyrule (2011-present). As the current owner and director of Zelda Reorchestrated and Radio Hyrule, he claims to be one of the biggest Zelda music fans in the world.

Early Beginnings (2006-2007)
Buchholz started working with video game music when he was 14 years old, arranging various game themes for his high school's band. He started writing news articles for NintendoFreaks, a website once dedicated to video game news and regional gaming events.

World Zelda Music Radio / Radio Hyrule (2008-present)
On Christmas Day 2007, Buchholz met FireGS, founder of the Zelda Reorchestrated project, on their IRC network. After learning of the deceased World Zelda Music Radio (WZMR) project, an online radio station featuring ZREO's music, Buchholz created the Reorchestrator's Radio Network, a similar idea which encompassed other music projects in addition to ZREO. Later in 2008, he decided to resurrect WZMR and created a new website under the old name. WZMR's popularity grew rapidly, but the site's shared server was the victim of a hacking disaster in mid-2010, effectively destroying the site. For the next six months, the site (but not the radio itself), was out of commission, as Buchholz was busy putting time into other projects being worked on simultaneously.The site reopened early 2011, and was well received by many new visitors. In August 2011, WZMR's name was changed to Radio Hyrule. The site has made a few upgrades, and has plans to continue making improvements in the future.

Zelda Reorchestrated (2008-present)
At about the same time as the resurrection of WZMR, Buchholz was inducted into the ZREO Team and started making MIDI contributions. After several weeks of consistent effort, he was promoted to Lead Transcriber on the site and began creating a majority of the new songs being released each week. Involvement with the Twilight Symphony project eventually put a halt on new songs to be added regularly to the ZREO library. In October 2009, Buchholz met up with a majority of his teammates at the VGXPO in Philadelphia, PA, where they had their own booth set up. Other public appearances include E3 2010, E3 2011, and PAX Prime 2011. Buchholz officially became the owner and director of Zelda Reorchestrated in Summer 2011.

The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony / Symphony of the Goddesses (2011-present)
In Spring 2011, Buchholz was invited to work with the team responsible for producing The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony, later becoming the Symphony of the Goddesses tour. He helped with music and video preparation for Nintendo's E3 2011 press conference and served backstage during the event as a production assistant. More work was completed for the Skyward Sword Bonus CD and at the recording session. Buchholz is also responsible for creating a few of the videos seen during the segments at the concerts.