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While it was in the gameboy when it was off.  The LEDs light up when I plug it in, and theres a little blink when I plug it in.

hahahahahaha

I want to see Shnabubula, but not at Blipfest.  He might feel like he has to do something more than just play the piano.  Nothing gives me more joy than watching Sam play the piano.  I was giving requests to him at MAGfest just because I didn't want him to stop.

Shnab improv for Blitz Lunar :DDDDDDDDDD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmX3fW_Rzm0

Dude is the best musician... like ever.

I have used the paypal cart for years and love it!

One thing I like is being able to have a final product immediately after I finish writing.  Throw on some mastering and YAY RECORDING

^^^  I started off as the kind of person who was into the result, but now that I am a composer I'm also into the process.  What I've found is that the gameboy is a surprisingly robust and expressive instrument.  The only thing is, there are no presets, there's only your imagination and your attention to detail. 

I find when I compose on LSDJ I have to have an extremely critical eye for music production, paying attention to vibrato strengths and start points, slides, legato, volume gradients, panning and stereo field awareness, timbres, drum humanization... the list goes on.   For me, these challenges are fun!  I could easily make a tune with fruityloops presets, and I've done that.  But what overcoming these challenges and paying attention to details does is make me understand the nuances of music production, arrangement, and playing my instrument much more than previously.  And that makes me a better overall musician with a comprehensive understanding of it.   That's one reason I love chip.   The limitations FORCE me to sink or swim.  And I'm swimming.

What attracts me to chip is the same thing that attracted me to videogame music in general. 

The specific limitations of old chip stuff, specifically limited number of monophonic channels... LEND themselves to arrangements that are extremely melodic.   A lot of music today is devoid of melody (obviously not COMPLETELY).  Vocals tend to be as close as you get, guitars tend to just play chords.  Movie scores... look at John Williams stuff, anyone can hum the melody to Indiana Jones or Superman, can you hum the melody to any movie score made in the last 10 years? 

Obviously chip has graduated into having its own aesthetic, but the original limitations just lent themselves to such fantastic melodic arrangements, since you couldn't count on having HUGE DRUMS and guitars, and sexy chords had to be implied.