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So I was just listening to a chipmusic EP the other day when all of a sudden a DX 7 electric/bell piano sound slapped me out of nowhere. Instant delete. Got me wondering if anyone actually LIKES that sound? Don't think I've met anyone yet.
On the other hand, I love hearing Mellotron Choir.... especially where I least expect it.
Discuss.
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Hey, sorry if I came off as a jerk. The articles do seem helpful, but I don't think you're going to find much interest here. Especially when it comes to tips on 'breaking into the industry' and other such things.
And all the ads and links to for-profit audio sites make it seem a lot more like something of a ploy for that book.
hey guys, let's do a cover album of just this song
from King Crimson i get ze message zat good musicians don't need to play zeir whole hand at once and don't need to dumb down for ze audience, zat chords and rhythm can be beautiful without ze need for melody, provided zey're interesting, and zat songs you can listen to more zan once are more valuable zan songs zat shock & awe ze first time and are never played again. Magma reinforce every one of zese points!
listening to __________ i realize beauty isn't ze only goal of a song zat doesn't try to take over ze body. listening to Edith Piaf and 50s film scores i am reminded zat even accompaniment can be very avant-garde and risky until it is accepted as being traditional, zat zere are old musical tropes which are now memes which could once have been considered unlistenable and unthinkable elements.
listening to 4-to-the-floor dance music makes me dread music which attempts to hook you by taking control of your body, especially since when it fails zere is nothing left in ze song of any interest. :F
^^^ King Crimson, Magma, and the philosophy stuff. All of that is spot on.
A huuugge influence on me is Brian Eno... namely his first 4 art-rock records. Big into Soul-Junk (especially his hip-hop stuff) lately. Other prog rock like Gong, Gentle Giant, and early Genesis. Krautrock too... too much to name. Charles Ives and John Cage on a purely philosophical level.
While I respect and enjoy a lot of chipmusic, none of it really influences me.
aww thanks fellas
When discussions devolve into the old "BUT WHAT IS ART?!" thing, they should probably just end.
got it in 5 days ago... loved the art/packaging... and the music
woo!
~~~`WHERE IS ALL THE DEEP PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION?!?`~~~~
Hi. So I noticed that a good chunk of my chip music library involves skulls and disembodied heads. Why do we love them so much? Do we enjoy tunes more if they're associated with skulls?
Maybe there is something deeper at work here. A primal urge. Could the skull serve as a symbol? A symbol of the human stripped of it's ornamentation... in the same way that our music transcends society's limits? Yes.
Ha! That's what I was going for. I think it's a reaction of the manic feeling of my last release... I wanted to stay on one simple 4/4 progression and kind of chill. My only regret is not turning up the King Tubby-ish drums near the end. Glad you enjoyed it.
PS - EVERYONE BUY THIS.
Thanks guys! Ha.
Kinetic: Glad I could make your day a little better. It's nice that you have so much faith in my music, hahaha.
C-Jeff: Thanks... just wait till you hear what I've got in store for Danny II... I think yer gonna flip. And thanks for posting it on Ubik's FB and all too.
DP: Thanks man! I tried to cut back on the improvisation this time... just a smidgeon. Happy that you like it.
Thanks.... I kind of screwed up the back cover though, hahahaha. Put the first song title in wrong.
Anyway guys, seriously give this a complete listen because I worked hard on it.
^^^ Ditto!
Also, that album art is sweet.
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