Hello all,
I've been asked to give a lecture on the history and culture of '8bit' music during a music symposium at the university I attend. I'll be lecturing in front of, and during, several of the school's electronic music classes. Being a music major here, I was asked because either a) they needed to fill the time slot to broaden their genre during this music symposium, or b) The professor finds it interesting and has no other knowledge of the subject.
I've made up a handout, or outline of sorts to follow, and was wondering if the gurus here could look it over and make sure I'm not lecturing upon phony facts! Keep in mind that I've only joined this community about 6 months ago, and a lot of my data comes from Reformat the Planet, which I intend to credit as such (as well as all other mentioned sources in the lecture). The symposium is in March, so this outline is just the start of my research, and will definitely change and grow while I make my facts more accurate. The narrow-mindedness of the microprocessing history will probably be laughable to most of you, but I've had no knowledge of that specific area before this, so I'm trying, haha.
I'll also be giving them live examples of songs I've composed from LSDj and Famitracker. Being a music crowd who probably has heard a small amount about these techniques, that'll probably blow their minds a bit.
Here's the link to the .pdf:
http://www.mediafire.com/?7d9t0p1huh296dh
Also, the list of artists at the bottom, I admit, is very skin and bones, as I didn't want to throw everyone's name in there. The more available I make it for them, the more they'll want to put in effort to collect said music. If you happen to be on the list and wish to be taken off, I will gladly do so ( though it will lead to exposition, as 200+ electronic music students will be seeing this;) ).
-Matthew Janik
