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This is now the Ryan from Bandcamp appreciation thread.

This is what I do:
https://vimeo.com/41122073
I'm the one in the black hat.

a life well spent, to me, is to simply have the privilege of crossing paths with interesting and passionate people that are wellsprings of talent and creativity.

Roughly two years, mostly experimentation with not much to show for it.

I've been "writing" music since 2003 starting with fruity loops compositions. I always wanted to make my own music but couldn't because I have not been able to properly learn how to play an instrument.  I was always able to sing rather well but that doesn't translate to full compositions.  When I learned that I could write and compose music on a computer without the need to be skilled at a real instrument it was pretty much on like donkey kong.

I use a modded DMG and LSDJ.  I've also experimented with other software and hardware

I listen to a rather large pool of musical genres.  However, the one's that have inspired me the most are Post-rock instrumental and IDM.

I am very lacking in my musical training. I know the very basics and if I am writing with theory in mind I am almost always looking things up in a theory book or website.  For the most part I end up composing by ear, which is both a blessing and curse.  Some people will argue that composing by ear with limited theory knowledge frees what I write from the confines of pure theory and allows for very interesting things to occur.  While this is true it often makes composition a long and arduous process as I cannot prototype a song's structure, resolve chord progressions and even classify the song's key signature.  In high school I was part of an advanced choral study class, but that is the extent of my musical training.

The simplest answer to this question (assuming the person who is interested in making chip has no prior experience in writing computer music) is Famitracker.  Famitracker provides the lowest barrier to entry as a new user does not need any special hardware and does not have to learn how to use/process/make samples.  Instead a new user can immediately jump into learning instrument design, and tracker composition (Things that are the basis for most chip composition environments) and these skills can translate very well to other chip mediums.

I have performed several local shows at bars and house parties.

So far Brooklyn, Lindenhurst, and Babylon all in New York.

Because live music is fun!

2 game boys and a mixer. I have used a microKORG as well before but only when performing a cover of 6955's One off his Fez EP.