Men of Mega wrote:

Amen. Spot on.

I think that was sarcasm

sarcasm or not, I think it is true. Plus maybe it is not the fact that "we" do 8bit popcovers as the cause of the "scene" not being taken seriously, but the fact that we use old-fashioned kid's toys. Just saying.

calmdownkidder wrote:

but we know knife city, and he's been approved, so he's allowed to have fun.

Amen. Spot on.

I think that was sarcasm

chunter wrote:

I'm gonna leave this old news here and you can draw your own conclusions.

but we know knife city, and he's been approved, so he's allowed to have fun.

Amen. Spot on.

knife city is the king of awesome covers.

I'm gonna leave this old news here and you can draw your own conclusions.

okay this is insanely awesome. hahahahahah

but we know knife city, and he's been approved, so he's allowed to have fun.

You've made my point, though please consider if this is the reason why teen-pop covers happen. (If it is part of the reason, it is not the whole reason.)

Also, emphasis.

I'm gonna leave this old news here and you can draw your own conclusions.

but we know knife city, and he's been approved, so he's allowed to have fun.

Thoughts: let's stop doing chip versions of shitty pop music so we, as a community, can be taken seriously.

the song is great, though "before you came into my life, I missed you sooooo bad"

I'm glad someone mentioned Speak, success of Anamanaguchi and Speak are the main source of credibility, if you feel you need some.

Why are you folks so desperate for chipmusic to be 'taken seriously'?  If you make serious music, then it's totally fine for you to present it in a serious way, but why get all anal about what other people are doing?

'Chiptune' isn't exactly a genre of music.  If someone did a ska guitar cover of Call me Maybe I don't think the serious classical guitarists out there would get all angry that people weren't taking guitars seriously.

The serious ska fans and artists probably would be annoyed if they don't like pop. Long live Ska! It lives! BTW, I think the classical guitar ship has sailed in regards to prominence in the public popular eye...

That'd be a tiny drop in the bucket compared to the amount of serious guitar work out there. The guitar has been established for centuries as a serious medium. Ukulele is a bit closer to what chiptune probably looks like to the non-initiated/non-invested. The typical 8bit pop covers are a dime a dozen... they are usually better than the originals, but still...

A ska (or any other genre-based) cover of the song would be more interesting to me personally, because I like to see how different tunes can be adapted to different rhythms and aesthetics and genres. (Coincidentally: My ukulele ska cover of chibitechs moe moe kyunstep )

Chiptune covers are interesting, because they can go from the super faithful, to extremely experimental reinterpretation, but it's just a very strange situation, with chiptune being a relatively new less-established medium compared to guitars and pianos and the human voice and stuff. Edit: I think remixes are coolest when they come from the original artist, though. Like Troupe Gammage chiptuning his band SPEAK's song "Carrie".

I'm gonna leave this old news here and you can draw your own conclusions.

I'd love to hear if you guys think something like this makes chiptunes more or less legitimate:

http://proximalrecords.bandcamp.com/tra … city-cover

http://www.beatport.com/release/thats-my-jam!-ep/402308

in complete transparency, I think it's really cool that a record label would commission Knife City to do a cover of what is essentially a pop-dance track and release it on Beatport and such.

That being said, stormkraft, I listened and I did enjoy your track, assuming you are taking this in a serious way.