i always said there just needs to be a group made on soundcloud. like the chipmusic.org group. everyone has a soundcloud. we add our songs to the group. simples. once its going can always have sub-groups. like chip unce / chip electronica etc.

I think the problem with that idea is that it'll only be our stuff getting shared, not new stuff or stuff from people we haven't heard of or don't know about here.

That could be the kinda site that op wants. I never used last.fm but this looks pretty cool.

I think a Last FM style site specifically for chiptunes would be great and quite interesting to develop. It would need a lot of hard drive space though, i've just had a quick look on 123reg and it costs £75 a month for a vps with 300gb so would the site would need a way to fund itself.

there are way cheaper hosting deals than that

But this is what i like about discovering music though. Stumbling on links, finding shit sometimes, but finding total gems others. Also its how i find some stuff that i wouldn't have gone looking for originally. Im not trying to piss on your cornflakes - but i dont see the need for such a site. S While i dont think you're idea is pointless, I dont think its particularly needed. But thats just my opinion, personally i like searching more music and going on weird tangents to find good stuff.

Fair enough points. I just often wonder how much music I'm missing out on just because I'm not following the person or didnt happen to see the only blog that mentioned their album. I do agree with you though that theres kind of a sense of accomplishment when you find something awesome on your own..

I think a realistic goal (without charging a monthly fee) would be a site that has embedded soundcloud/bandcamp players for things you select or like and it puts them all on a list together.

That's a pretty good idea. To focus on chip music, hosted around the web, and create a social context for discovering and talking about music. Soundcloud is a good option.

I often download huge chunks of stuff, and then sort through it and end up deleting most of it since it’s not the style I’m into. Its kind of a lot of work and it seems like there should be a better way. I follow lots of blogs, but you usually only get a smattering of releases that writer knows about, it’s not super comprehensive. Since I don’t buy most of these albums before paying, looking at previews on bandcamp is particularly time consuming.

But this is what i like about discovering music though. Stumbling on links, finding shit sometimes, but finding total gems others. Also its how i find some stuff that i wouldn't have gone looking for originally. Im not trying to piss on your cornflakes - but i dont see the need for such a site. Soundcloud nowadays is pretty good at playing through tunes similar to the one you originally loaded. Just last night i was listening to a friends page and after his track it started playing something related (i think it was a song my friend had liked), but as we share similar tastes - it was one of the best tunes id heard in ages. Also i sometimes see who has my records in their bandcamp fan page and check their collection. Often because i find it interesting to see what the people who have bought my music are also into....and this way i find a bunch of cool shit. While i dont think you're idea is pointless, I dont think its particularly needed. But thats just my opinion, personally i like searching more music and going on weird tangents to find good stuff.

-first phase is to catalogue every chip release from 2012 (or as many as I can find), since we had one for 2011 but not last year
-second phase/step/pie-in-the-sky-idea is to make a site listing every chip release (or, again, as many as I can find) in an orderly fashion

What I mean by orderly fashion is having "genres" (like ones I guess we'd have to make up? Or maybe consoles the music was made on?), date/year published, artist, netlabel, region/country, etc. I'd group artists' releases. So...yeah basically a wiki without a lot of background info. Just the previously listed info.

I can see how having a sort of last.fm type page would be helpful, but having an aggregate site as a library for all releases (not counting soundcloud "singles" or random songs posted on every chip site, just LPs/EPs) would be really beneficial, I think.

All the above is just planning/ideas, but I'm in the process of completing at least the first step. I'd definitely be looking for collaborators, your idea, mine, or both.

I'm pretty sure he just means reddit styled site, upvoting, downvoting, links and sections, not necessarily the same userbase as reddit.

I think this is pretty cool idea, I don't use reddit much myself, I think I've only been there 3 or 4 times, but the layout doesn't seem to bad, and your idea sounds promising.

Yes, thats the ONLY way I want it to be like reddit. I think reddit's interface is HORRID and slow. As was also mentioned, it would cost a lot to run a last.fm type site where you can actually PLAY the music. I think a realistic goal (without charging a monthly fee) would be a site that has embedded soundcloud/bandcamp players for things you select or like and it puts them all on a list together.

If anyone knows a web programmer, I might try to put together a little kickstarter for it. It'd all depend on finding a programmer and how much it costs...

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I'm pretty sure he just means reddit styled site, upvoting, downvoting, links and sections, not necessarily the same userbase as reddit.

I think this is pretty cool idea, I don't use reddit much myself, I think I've only been there 3 or 4 times, but the layout doesn't seem to bad, and your idea sounds promising.

It'd need to be more Last.fm and less reddit (/r/chiptunes is awful and badly moderated), but preferably with a more user friendly interface.