Triforce Promo Video 2011 NEED YOUR THOUGHTS! (Page 3 of 5)

I withheld from posting here so far but have been keeping watch.
I think i have to agree with celsius' first response, what are you promoting? The first time i watched this when you posted it on 8bc months ago, i turned it off after a while because it didnt seem to go anywhere. Even now having listened an hour ago, i can't remember what your song sounded like. Only the zelda track.
Promoting your band might work fine to locals and venues in a "hey guys we exist" way, but internationally like this everyone will say "yeah that's nice, but why..." Remember that most of us can't see your band play, we don't know you or recognise you, we don't have the established relationship to expect anything from you, or to get excited for what will come.
It's kind of the attitude you see in "musician wanted" pages, "we have management with gigs and a recording deal lined up. oh by the way it's just me singing, i need a drummer, bassist, guitarist and maybe a saxophone"
I know you say you've been tracking for a while, but we don't know that, until that last post I hadn't seen any reference to existing music beyond the snip heard in that video, it just feels like you've spent more time promoting (this video, the promo photos, facebook) than you have been producing content to promote. Now, it might be that you've been locked up in a studio producing your finest work and when it comes out, we might all love it, but that this point it's like telling everyone i own a big tv when no one comes to my house.

Right now from whats in the video it does come across as gimmicky that you would make such big note of the chip factor, it seems to play a minor role in the track. If anything theres more wub bass going on than there is chip.
As for claiming it to be "8bit", adding a slash doesn't nullify a term, if i called myself punk/hardcore you would expect to see a reasonable representation of both. Unfortunately in that video i see little 8bit and not much dance?

I'm not trying to put shit on you, i just think you've jumped the gun, and need to think about what you want out of this, where you want to go with it, and why you're doing things the way you are.

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I should also add that i think the chip scene (in particular in sydney really) doesn't really take itself too seriously. We all know it's ridiculous what we do, you guys seem to have taken what i'd call the "art school" approach and take your music quite seriously. I think this might be what's rubbing people the wrong way.

Last edited by godinpants (May 11, 2011 5:49 am)

fixed.

sorry to take this thread off-course, but this struck me in a very particular way:

i don't think taking oneself seriously as a musician is a problem here. to say that "we know chipmusic is ridiculous" sort of keeps us in this "revenge of the nerds"-esque way of thinking of what we do; "yeah, this shit is really nerdy and not quite socially acceptable, so what?" why not take ourselves seriously enough to tell the world "this is actually a really awesome thing we do, all appearances aside"? instead of affirming--or straight up relishing in--the outsider nature of chip, we need to take ourselves at least SLIGHTLY seriously as musicians; otherwise, chip might as well be wizard rock or nerdcore. (no offense to wizard rock or nerdcore enthusiasts on the board.)

OH HOW THE MIGHTY HATH LOL'D

um.
that response wasn't directed specifically at mister godinpants; i was actually just having a conversation about this exact topic a few days ago, oddly enough. i suppose that wasn't clear in my comment, GODINPANTS NO OFFENSE TO YOU EITHER BROUGH.

Now, to take a step further, I think you're in the wrong forums, triforce guy. There is another forum who might appreciate your music much more than us critics.

#trollface to everyone

I think there's a difference between taking yourself seriously and taking your music seriously.
i take my music seriously, enough to spend a lot on it for vinyl/transport/instrumentation all that, to put my time and hardwork into it, to get in fights with my girlfriend over touring.
What i dont take seriously is myself when dealing with my music, based off album covers im half man, half whale. i wear home made godinpants t shirts and strange hats(not so much lately on that one). and i think the attitude is largely the same in a lot of other people.
i know 10k takes incredible pride in the production values of his music, ive seen mixing/recording going down. but on stage, its almost like the music is a vehicle for comedy in between and during songs.
abortifacient gets all dressed up in corpse paint and ken dole shirts, adamgetsawesome still uses a picture of himself as a cardboard robot, even anamanaguchi do some really hi-fi recording, and combine it with art from paul robertson, who himself does some amazing drawings that just cannot be taken seriously.

I think having that space really helps people engage with what you're doing, it makes things memorable and more enjoyable.