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I was actually really impressed by this. With a bit more attention paid to details and making sure you mix things well, this could sound great. Better than most things I have heard on this forum claiming to be "nintendocore." Just work on writing more songs and figuring out what kind of sounds you like, it's a really good first attempt.

Little bit of DJ history:
For about 50 years they were the people who played records over radio broadcasts and were the moguls that made new (and good) music accessible to audiences. They were not mixers, mashers, or masters of scratching razzle dazzle. They were people who listened to tons of music, and simply played it over the radio. During times of racial tension in the US, white DJs pretended to sound black (jive, slang, etc) and would spin black music like blues and early rock'n'roll. Later, white kids would listen to the music on the radio, and liked the abrasiveness (abrasive to what their parents listened to) of the announcer and the music. The white (and some black) DJs who played black music over the air were forced out of their broadcasting jobs due to pressure from higher ups at broadcasting companies, and got gigs playing for clubs and bars where it wasn't so tense. There was a demand for the music to never stop, which was the birth of turntablism, and things eventually involved into what they are today.

tl;dr They weren't/aren't the people who change CD's at parties, real DJ's are people who know music worth listening to or dancing to for sizable groups of people. How they choose to make that music accessible is up to them.

Chip musicians who are "DJ's" are rare. I DJ at a local bar from time to time, but it doesn't make me a "DJ'ing chip musician." I mix my own tunes up, and mash up others, it's not DJ'ing. As long as I am playing someone else's music, it is like I am being a disc jockey in some fashion. When I am "performing" my works live, it is all done "in the mix." It's just how I feel, but whatever. DJ'ing is a rather new art, and chipmusic is even newer. I feel like it's not easy to debate this given the actual lap of overlap between the two, despite the similarities between sampling and (re)production techniques (from my perspective).

Hasbro-pop?

I played a few open mics at a Starbucks on campus. The hipsters liked it for one song then asked if I could play guitar like everyone else.

I tried playing some tunes at a bluegrass bar, and got a lot of positive reception. Given, I played some very "folk"-y music for that.

I once played trombone at the chip open mic after BRKfest with Gameboy backing. People there ate it up. I also managed to randomly solo over kkrusty's cover of "The Final Countdown," it was pretty fun. Afterwards I played along with my thrashy cover of "The Pretender" by the Foo Fighters.

Open mics are fun, you just have to know how to work the audience. It sometimes helps to play them a song they know, it helps ease them into chip sounds.

I have been taught music in an acedmic sense for so long that I think that where I am right now, it will make or break me as a composer. Too many years of being told how to play things, write things, and hear things. I feel bad for trying to push it on other people. I think that I am just now *really* finding my sound now that I am thinking beyond instruments, staff paper, and convention on a regular basis.

Stolen on last.fm, and it's not even my less-crappy music. <_<

Chances are we were just dealing with the fact that Kitsch isn't perfect, but he does his very best to deliver It's a good thing it's not like an iPhone release or somethine where people line up outside for hours. Honestly, a 35 minute delay isn't nearly as bad online as real life.

Kudos for rolling these out for the hopefuls, kitsch!