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When I was in New York I went to a restaurant and whilst flipping through The Onion noticed a section on Blip Fest! I kept the article and handed it to Mike on the 2nd night. He had excellent things to say about you. Obviously your efforts didn't go unrecognised. 
*high five!*
Yup.
Your opinion is both insightful and valued in this discussion.
Wow, I feel a little weird reading that about PR people. I will not bring friends to a show if I didn't think they'd like it. I'll take a beer, but don't expect me to bring my posse.
Who said anything about expecting you to do anything? It seems that PR has quite a negative connotation for you. A sucessful PR manager should tap into nieche groups that may well already have a common or similar interest as those promoted by your organisation. It's not about conning people to come to a show that you'll know they'll hate. How is that sustainable?
I for one will bring my crew along to something I enjoy. Generally I associate with people who share common interests as myself. But I'm not about to ask my little sister to accompany me to a breakcore/glitch party...
Glomag has also played in Australia
What's that got to do with the price of chips?
- Get a bunch of PR people working for it. There's people that will always go to your shows. Spot them, pay attention to them, and offer them to get in for free and get a couple of free beers next time if they agree to bring some people over. Extend this network of PRs to your heart's contents. Best parties are those where people bring their friends to party, and in place their bring their friends, etc.
The list you just thew up is exactly what we've done so far. The only one I didn't think of was this.
I was litterally just talking about how much I'd love a PR team at work and this could be an excellent solution.
We have also sent media packs to local and national radio stations.
I can probably help. Send me a PM.
[considering that I'm somewhat more removed from the scene and cannot answer technical questions...
But that's the perfect answer! You ticked both the boxes that I think are essential in getting the concept across.
1) You explained that it's written generally on vintage hardware and synthesised on the sound chip.
2) You explained that it is a medium, not a genre.
/me throws dosPrompt a toffee.
Seamless.
Is there a chance someone can sticky this topic?
Your wish is my command.
µB wrote:This thread got depressing rather quickly
Nah... I think it's healthy to just let your significant other have their hobby and not really give a shit about it.
"Me Time" and all that jazz.
Or... you could be like me and my girl and organise and promote chip music parties.
I like my situation better. 
I'm lucky in that my girl is entrenched within the scene.
/me waves at dosPrompt
Sure. I'll take the most hipster/poser shot I possibly can when I get home.
the only thing i'm excited about is heavy rain
It's going to either be amazing or terrible. I hope for everyones sake it's the former.
Uncharted 2 is one of the best games I've ever played I think. Also my girl has been playing Ratchet and Clank 2 : A crack in Time. It's AWESOME.
My girlfriend bought me this for a present.
Poster done. Thanks ILKke!
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