Q: Do you listen to the tracks in Chipmusic.org's music section?

A: Fuck no.

What's funny is that you're not really supposed to upload WIP tracks. Though I'm guilty of that.

much prefer checking the releases section for finished bodies of works, not a big fan of sketches

I listen about once a week, in hopes of new Beastmode, but there's usually something worth hearing. I check out Soundcloud too, but it moves very slowly. I follow like 20 peeps, but how often can each user upload a new song? Especially if they're  are trying to make albums.

nope

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I listen if I recognize a name, or I mess up and click a track on accident.  Say what you want about the music section, but it's one of the best places to just put an NSF and have it listenable with no rendering on your end

this site was started while 8bc was very much still alive, by (mostly) ex-8bc staff... wasn't ever meant as 8bc 2.0, more of a redirection towards what we felt was important: the free exchange of advice/tips/troubleshooting/etc, so if people came here expecting it to be the new 8bc they were always going to be disappointed ... the decision to include a music section was there from the start, but it was also considered to be a less important feature of the site since by 2010 there were many other options available for someone to upload tracks and share them. part of this thought was a reaction against the perceived changes in atmosphere on 8bc after the introduction of the top ten charts, it seemed to bring in a lot of negative behavior (for example people making dozens of dummy accounts in attempts to get their preferred tracks on the charts and excessive amounts of severely harsh comments on tracks, etc)... i personally don't listen to pretty much any individual tracks on here, but i was the same way on 8bc too, after 2008 or so...

This !!! Especially the rating system !!!
Soundcloud pretty much replaced 8BC and all that shiet !

yes

here are 2 highlights from todays listening sesh:

http://chipmusic.org/wedanced/music/tension-nanoloop

http://chipmusic.org/vcmg/music/illjoy

Well yes, the layout is a bit.. Busy? But it's totally solid (not broken in a bunch of random places), doesn't have downtime, features mp3 uploads on the front page, it has an adaptive layout for mobile  devices, there's a radio feature, and it now has an API for accessing music, pictures, user profiles, comments, and I'm probably forgetting something. That means the interface can be whatever you want it to be. It's a modern version of 8bc.

I'm actually surprised at how many other people aren't listening to tracks on here tbh because this is exactly what I was thinking - this place is pretty much the only remembered community specific location for chipmusic on the internet now, so I thought listening to tracks here would be more common  o_O

True. I think the thing with ucollective is that not many people know it exists or if they hear/read "uCollective," they have no idea that it's a thing for chiptune/8bit/etc.

And soundcloud, well, is soundcloud lol XD

No, but I don't listen to tracks on Soundcloud either.  If something isn't packaged up with other tracks as an "official release" I don't really pay attention to it and assume it's a demo or a WIP.