For those who frequently play chip music live, how long are your sets, on average?
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30 minutes, 45 minutes, an hour maybe. Anything more than that is usually too much of the same, and anything less is not really worth it usually.
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As LONG AS THEY'LL LET ME PLAY
Then 10 more mins.
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New York City
I played 2 hours of original material in Milan. Then I DJed for 2 more hours.
But if you play at New York they cut you at 20 minutes less than you agreed (HELLO THE ANNEX!)
Last edited by akira^8GB (Jun 14, 2010 9:42 pm)
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philly
25-40 is an ideal length for a normal set, with 30-35 being a pretty good cutoff if you're not headlining. There are exceptions, of course, but I feel like this is a pretty safe standard that applies to lots of music outside chip music. Most punk and indie bands going over 40 minutes would be overdoing it for a lot of settings.
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IL, US
ive been known to play as little as 15-17 minutes, as much as two hours...sweet spot feels like 25-35 for me though
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nɐ˙ɯoɔ˙ʎǝupʎs
I generally play music for 15 minutes and talk for 45.
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hardcore, Australia
And play with the hole in your pants for 10.
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Nashville, Tennessee
hmmm.... 30 minutes really does feel like a sweet spot, but if you're playing at a festival or rave or something bigger, then longer is certainly a better option. 
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Ciudad de méxico, MX
40 minutes is really nice, when there are more artists.
i've played 4 hours of chiptune+LGPT madness, no one complain (anyone but the sound guy )
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4444
depends on crowd , if everyone is on drugz then 30 minss is definetly too short ; D
but if crowd is moar into listening then 30-39 mins is enuff !
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This thread illustrates the difference between us rock club driven culture versus European club based culture.
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New York City
If you are going to play shitty game boy music then spare my ears and don't play more than 15 minutes.
To me I feel like there's no time to build anything in 30 minutes, unless you put too much too soon. A proper set takes time to develop (hello euro club culture, Peter xD), otherwise it feels rushed.
I feel sometimes there's too much energy concentrated in too little time and I don't get to enjoy what could have happened if time was not a barrier, specially when you see thers play. When I play, I HATE to feel like the clock is ticking.
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45 + encore is probably my standard, bearing in mind you get variety in there and keep the energy high I'd say that's pretty much perfect, though it depends on the artist. A more dancefloor oriented set could easily last for 2 or 3 times that.
Last edited by Stevens (Jun 15, 2010 1:25 pm)
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nɐ˙ɯoɔ˙ʎǝupʎs
godinpants wrote:
And play with the hole in your pants for 10.
Gotta fill time somehow. ;-)