Wizwars wrote:if you have no social skills, drink. it helps. if you're heavily anti-alcohol, whatever. but i'm fucking socially retarded and i've found that at the very least a couple of shots before i play completely makes it possible for me to interact with the crowd. also makes it easier to talk with people at shows off the stage and whatnot. the more you drink, the easier it becomes, just don't throw up on stage, unless that is one of your transitions.
I'm totally the same way. I don't know why but when I'm sober, I'm super shy and if or when I actually try to talk to someone new, I just stutter a lot and sound like I only have a quarter of my brain. But once I get about 2 beers in me, I become super talkative and friendly and the stuttering goes away.
I'm gonna go on a limb and assume 90% of people at chip gatherings/shows are drunk
]]>if you have no social skills, drink. it helps. if you're heavily anti-alcohol, whatever. but i'm fucking socially retarded and i've found that at the very least a couple of shots before i play completely makes it possible for me to interact with the crowd. also makes it easier to talk with people at shows off the stage and whatnot. the more you drink, the easier it becomes, just don't throw up on stage, unless that is one of your transitions.
I'm totally the same way. I don't know why but when I'm sober, I'm super shy and if or when I actually try to talk to someone new, I just stutter a lot and sound like I only have a quarter of my brain. But once I get about 2 beers in me, I become super talkative and friendly and the stuttering goes away.
]]>I've seen meneo playing 4-5 minute songs with a single gameboy, and loading them in 20-30 seconds. Meanwhile he justs speaks to the audience telling fun stuff. But you'll need a good stage-persona to connect with the people.
i guess this doesn't work if you're like me and have no social skills at all
]]>thebitman wrote:Your audience's applause and cheering should fill the gaps between songs.
That is not a good way of conduct if you try to make electronic dance music, which requires the maintenance of a continuous rhythm. In the event I visit a dance club, I am always put off when the music stops between songs or the rhythm of the next song is too different. It stops my dancing. My dancing should not stop.
Not all chipmusic is EDM, and chiptune shows aren't raves / dance clubs. Now, if you're going for the straight up EDM style, yeah, you probably shouldn't have silence between your tracks. I write stuff people can dance to, but I also write stuff that's good for moshing.
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At PAX, Nickelpunk suggested this.
]]>I've manage to make a 24 minute mixes with this technique. Then just tell a joke and while you're at it simply change into another same lengthy song proyect.
I've seen meneo playing 4-5 minute songs with a single gameboy, and loading them in 20-30 seconds. Meanwhile he justs speaks to the audience telling fun stuff. But you'll need a good stage-persona to connect with the people.
]]>My personal method to not having any dead air between songs has been to make ambient transition noises in a DAW and just fade them in and out on an ipod or something while I switch between songs that don't blend together well. It masks my dumb fumbling around and also helps set the tone of the performance I think.
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why hasn't anybody ever done this before?
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