Your family's thought on chip? (Page 5 of 6)

My parents don't really know much about chip, other than that I listen to it sometimes. Every so often one of them will come in when I'm listening to Micro D, or one of the compilation albums I have downloaded. My friends aren't massive fans, most of the time, they either don't know what it is, or don't care, although I do have one friend who has a slight interest in it, enjoys some of the tracks I show him, and is infact the guy who bought me my first DMG as a birthday present. When it comes to the band, the reception is varied. The Bassist likes some tracks, but doesn't really do bouncy, dancy stuff, likes gritty tracks, and the guitarist doesn't like it that much.

I think it's better when my parents don't know about what i do, the difference between your parents knowing what you do and Ignorant of it, is the difference between going out to eat with the family and going to a night club.
My friends think that's a joke. A friend asked what he should do as a hobby, he has been the most accepting and knowing of my chip activities so i told him to take up tuning. When my other friends heard about it they said stuff like, "he has even more of a life than you (me) to do that." Five minutes after suggesting that he try, he asked me what he needed, and since then he has put some time into trying and appreciates my music after trying it for him self.

When i asked my mom if it was alright if i made a trip down to Lexington for BRK fest she was skeptical, which is funny because she lets me go to heavy metal Norwegian bands, she either thinks that im going to an orgy or thinks im with a cult.

Allot of times if im playing some chip my friends will be like "Turn that Pokemon crap off".

My sister thought some of it was cool because she is a "Musician" her self, and a huge wanabe hipster.

I would say my most accepting friends are you guys.

Parents are parents- but mine are also very supportive.
Brothers and sisters are cool with chip and my brothers are generally big fans of retro stuff and of course remember the heyday of C64 and stuff, so they are also fans of chipmusic in a broad sense.

It's a very chill environment in that way.

Friends mostly don't get the fuzz but think it's OK/pretty cool.

Both of my parents are the best. They support 100% and even bring out their friends to shows and stuff. They love it. My dad used to play drums and is a concert maniac. He's goes and films tons of shows (mainly rock stuff). But yeah he'll spread my tracks through his social networks and stuff. It's awesome.

Family wise in general i have great support. My aunt always films my shows, even if it's just an open mic or something. I have a cousin who is an EDM producer so we always work together and i'll come up with some 8bit square wave stems for him and such.

My friends also support it alooot. They're always interested in hearing new stuff. Or when i'm out on the road on skate trips, some of the guys like to hear the writing process in the car and give feedback as i'm moving along with the track. It's awesome.

My friends and family are the best.

one time i played chipmusic to my dad and he said "slag off you idiot. YOU IDIOT!!!!" he said you idiot twice i couldn't believe it

I've showed my songs to my parents. They like my music and are supportive of my creativity. My little brother thinks it's boring and is very up front about that. He's not much of an electronic music person though. He likes rap.
Aside from that I haven't really shown many people because I'm kind of embarrassed and don't want to show people if it's not actually as good as I think it is. My friends sort of find out gradually and when they listen to my music they're like "Holy shit I didn't know you made stuff like this! This is awesome what program do you use?!"

I played one show and my parents and other family members were there. They love me and all of my bloops.

It's just my grandma and me, she thinks it is cool but doesn't really grasp it. My brother thinks it's neat but doesn't seem personally interested. I've tried showing friends trackers and stuff but they mostly see it as novel or "video game music"
I did however find a friend who has genuine interest in it, she had heard of unicorn kid and I got her listening to some I Fight Dragons and is cool if I play it while she's over. I showed her a couple things I did tracker and gameboy wise and she was pretty impressed.
Also did a school speech on chiptune as a demonstration, I missed the deadline and made it up after school but the teacher and everyone thought it was actually really cool, and a close friend actually gave me his gameboy pocket (in near mint condition!) for free as a token of appreciation. I link some friends some covers and stuff and they seem to range from liking it to indifferent but so far no one has ever really hated it (or at least told me to my face).

Last edited by Monotron (May 8, 2013 11:59 pm)