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oh, no doubt.   but i'm willing to bet that most hobbyist composers don't even have a concept of what spec work is, which makes them among those who are most susceptible to being taken advantage of.   

although i have enough common sense to ensure i'm being compensated fairly, i only learned of the term "spec work" yesterday, and my only experience being commissioned to do sound design and songwriting work was for the company i already work for, which already communicated the proper rights and compensation details.

Double Dragon II: The Revenge

IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT

that in music, there is no such thing as an instrument in a traditional sense.

where all you have at your disposal as a composer is your compositional prowess.  this is the only way you can communicate anything to your listener.

the purity.  the interplay of melody and harmony.  the notes are just notes and nothing else.

all musical concepts disintegrate converge into a singular entity.  civilizations rise and fall in the blink of an eye.  your mom is also your dad.  new episodes of Firefly begin to air.  2 + 2 = 3.1415926535.  matter and energy coalesce into a soup of something else altogether.  you don't know what is exactly, but it is becoming clear.  all photons in the universe that have ever existed reverse direction and return to their common point of origin, to the genesis of all things.

BAM

that's chipmusic

i'm picturing a big ceremony where hizmi stuffs a gameboy with loads of explosives and blows it up in spectacular fashion.  hizmi, please do this.

no no, this is how you write an 8-bit song:

You're my 8-bit Girl, In computer architecture,
8-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units
Are those that are at most 8 bits (1 octet) wide. Also,
8-bit CPU and ALU architectures are those that
Are based on registers, address buses, or data
Buses of that size. 8-bit is also a term given to a
Generation of microcomputers in which
8-bit microprocessors were the norm.

The first widely adopted 8-bit microprocessor
Was the Intel 8080, being used in
Many hobbyist computers of the late
1970s and early 1980s, often running the CP/M operating system
It had 8-bit data words and 16-bit addresses.
The Zilog Z80 (compatible with the 8080) and the
Motorola 6800 were also used in similar computers.

(TRIANGLE WAVE SOLO)

The Z80 and the MOS Technology
6502 8-bit CPUs were widely
Used in home computers
And home consoles of the '70s and '80s.
Many 8-bit CPUs or microcontrollers
Are the basis of today's
Ubiquitous embedded systems.

There are 2^8 (256) possible values for 8 bits. (x4)

DAMMIT

i'm actually going to be in toronto for a week or so

but not until the 20th

do you TO guys have any other plans around that time?  impromptu show mayhaps?  something i could hop in on? otherwise i'm interested in just hanging out for a beer or six.

(also, screw deadbeatjake for having a crazy awesome time in europe the ONE time i'm in toronto

thank you for giving me hope in this area.