ChipMusic.org - What was your first chip gig like?

Re: What was your first chip gig like?

2010-10-31T10:38:25Z

Same here.

Re: What was your first chip gig like?

2010-10-31T08:22:36Z

Starpilot wrote:

my first chip gig was shaky at best.....didn't have the prosound mod on my gameboy yet (so i sounded terrible) and also had other technical problems.....but each gig seems to get better and better

I've been playing shows for three years, never used a 'prosound' mod - the sound is fine. I don't get the obsession with them. The output is a bit clearer, but virtually unnoticeable when music is being played.

I'd say your first show isn't one that matters - you're only as good as your last performance.

Re: What was your first chip gig like?

2010-10-31T02:16:37Z

My first gig was tonight.
Got 4 clips from it.
Whatcha think? The sound is iffy... and they spelled my name wrong... haha
Pt 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yVe_vgio7w
Pt 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DNuY-gs-4E
Pt 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUcgQuqBAsk
Pt 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ4JQHXB_1o <-The only guy enjoying himself is in this one XD

I could have been more animated, I know, but my cables were short

Thoughts?

Re: What was your first chip gig like?

2010-10-25T11:20:40Z

my first chip gig was shaky at best.....didn't have the prosound mod on my gameboy yet (so i sounded terrible) and also had other technical problems.....but each gig seems to get better and better

Re: What was your first chip gig like?

2010-10-13T14:21:15Z

First chip "gig" was at my schools fun day, my friend and i were invited to play so we thought, "why not?"
Had plenty of mates cheering us on and made a few more out of it, it was a fun set.
i would have come more prepared if i did it again, took us forever to set up, and i would use non backlit gameboys, because live mode on a sunny day pre biversion days was pretty hard

Re: What was your first chip gig like?

2010-10-13T06:42:11Z

First Videovalvontaa gig was at some summercabin party in october 2005, we had no sync between GB and laptop, I had no idea of how to use my midikeyboard, there probably was lot's of pitchbending and useless knob twisting involved. We were really drunk.

First gig where there was other people than friends was in january or february of 2006. We organized it ourselves, didn't know anything about party planning. We invited couple of other bands to play. I dont remember much of the gig other than I was nervous as shit, the PA was awful (because we didn't really have a real one, only the one used for DJ:s) and during our last song we trashed as sort of ritual one NES unit. I played some gabberish beat and Keff threw (already broken, I believe there were much of insides missing) NES unit to the floor and stomped it to pieces. I think some people joined in too. I think we covered the rent of the place for evening and paid to other artists too, it was a fun night.

Re: What was your first chip gig like?

2010-10-13T06:39:53Z

like this - http://vimeo.com/15700761 !

Re: What was your first chip gig like?

2010-10-13T04:59:33Z

8bitweapon wrote:

yuh wrote:

tech tv btw
Most folks dont really know it was once techtv.

Most folks don't really know it was once ZDTV

Re: What was your first chip gig like?

2010-10-13T02:02:27Z

Beverage wrote:

and a homosexual couple ballroom danced and kissed a bunch.

its nice to know that this has happened to someone else. seriously.

first gig was almost a year ago now (dec 2009) in bumpers game room at oakland university in rochester, MI.

line up was us, NOROCK, and OctavialSilver. it was supposed to be an "educational seminar" about vintage gaming consoles as musical instruments. basically each of us dropped a little knowledge on the audience about what we were using and then proceeded to rock out.

we played terribly, but i wouldnt trade it for anything, it was my first time really hanging out and seeing the MI homies perform live and i loved it. afterwards we somehow wandered into the universities radio station booth and sat down with the DJ how was hosting her late night show. the interview started with chipmusic and ended with the legalization of marijuana...so overall...it was a good night.

Re: What was your first chip gig like?

2010-10-12T12:05:45Z

My first microparty (as a spectator) in 2003 \o/

It changed my life!
Some photos:
http://paul.bardinon.free.fr/Pictures/index.php
(clic on "Menu Principal"/Parishq/"the first one")
*I think Malcom McLaren was in the public*

Re: What was your first chip gig like?

2010-10-12T04:04:00Z

WOOPS

Re: What was your first chip gig like?

2010-10-12T03:40:10Z

My first show was at magfest in 2008. I played mp3's off of a laptop. Also I had to play after VIRT.

VIRT

It went well though. It was like 4 in the morning and all 6 people left were digging it.

I wouldn't change anything about it really.

Re: What was your first chip gig like?

2010-10-12T01:25:39Z

PlainFlavored wrote:

...and the monitors blew out during my set.

That's how you know you're doing your job!

Re: What was your first chip gig like?

2010-10-12T01:15:12Z

On September 2nd, 2009 I opened for Anamanaguchi at Ground Kontrol in Portland, Oregon. I did a split set with a friend.

It was a disaster... I wasn't ready to play live, and the monitors blew out during my set.

Re: What was your first chip gig like?

2010-10-11T19:59:49Z

Sorry for the necromancy but this is a good thread.

My first show ever was in 2007, boy did that one suck. My first actual chip show was one I helped organize in downtown Lakeland with Lissajou and Goatslacker. Just me, a few contollers, a delay pedal, and a bass player. It went pretty well.

DJ Swampy never actually showed up so we had a lot of last minute prep work to do. Here's a video from my last song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ik2ip5cCfE

The other fellas did well and I appreciated their driving so far.