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^ this is exactly what im talking about, and the top comment... is also exactly what i was talking about. when electrohouse and dubstep had the huge buzz, quite a few well-liked chip artists bailed for that style, and yet still do chip tours/events and vaguely bill themselves as chip. and further, now that the guch had their big $ kickstarter, a lot of those same people are now suddenly making chiptune again XD Which again isnt some terrible thing, just amusing to watch!

that would be a very short (or very long) list indeed.

bawwww thanks jefff

I can't believe I'm in SF for this'd FMLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

I'm obviously just still mad my shirt never came XD

goddamnit where is that spongebob vid where patrick is on the phone with a radio DJ singing dimension reversing polarities?

great release of course

its a little confusing to be sure. basically, the typical modern understanding of scales and harmony is different than how it was taught in the 1600s-1900s. the melodic minor is a way of easily conveying, in scale form, what was actually the "sound" of a V7-i progression (which is non-diatonic, or not "natural", to the minor scale) that, for whatever reason, classical ear loved so much. Similar to the picardy third, which was the practice of using a major chord resolution at the end of a minor (or modal) piece of music.

its not *really* a different scale going up and down,  just that in traditional counterpoint, even if you were in a natural minor key you would still use a dominant 7th or some sort of tonicization before a cadence to the I chord, so in practice the approach notes of the melody would be that of major scale. but since nobody learns counterpoint, its easier to just explain it as "minor scale, with a #6 & #7 when approaching the tonic".

since its basically a progression rather than a scale you could say there are plenty others that are commonly used in western music, but most of them just fall into the general area of "well known melodies found in modal harmony, substitutions, pivot chords, etc." and are not awarded sexy scale status.