8bitweapon wrote:Music is music, if its good people will dig it anywhere, not just in chiptopia.
This is the biggest point that I try to make to people. Why try so hard to appeal only to a small group of people within the chip community, who have heard it all a thousand times, when there is a whole world of people out there who know nothing of chip music but could possibly like it if properly introduced to it.
The thing with the chip scene is, there is so much music that a lot of stuff gets lost in the pile. If you're not doing something that is incredibly innovative or amazing, chances are you sound like at least five or six other artists doing the same thing and there isn't anything that makes you stand out. I write music that I like but I've never considered it to be exceptional chip music, just something fun to listen to, which is all I've ever really intended it to be. But because of the fact that there isn't anything super special about my music (at least in my eyes) it's been fairly difficult to stand out within the chip scene.
To date I've still mostly played rock shows, and I've never had a bad experience with a crowd. I always sell CDs, get people dancing, and have fun, which is the most important thing. With more chip stuff starting to happen around LA though, it is somewhat exciting to see what will happen.
Oh, and my download numbers usually suck, but Game Boy Rock has had almost 1,000 downloads 9 months.