1 Reply by Vogon Poets Society

(59 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Edward Shallow wrote:

overload yourself with books, plays, stories, friends, films, graphic novels, adventures, and non-chipmusic. (if the main influence for your chip music is chip music, your music is going to sound like a pile of derivative shit. explore different genres. 'radiohead' is hardly bottom of the barrel stuff, expand yourself on to new music. i mean, if you aren't taking the chance with other obscure niches of music, why would people want to listen to yours?)

vary your influences, always write, whether that's words, drawings, music - just keep working, and it's hard to get shitter.

Yes. This! What you said! I'm going with this. It's so obvious now that I think of it. That's why people bought my paintings in the first place. All my influences came from stuff that was nothing like my own. Thank you, man,

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2 Reply by Vogon Poets Society

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boaconstructor wrote:

Drugs

That's usually counterproductive for me. I get ideas, but get lazy.


I just got my computer fixed and running like new. Now, I'm going to get started with stuff. Slowly, but surely.

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3 Reply by Vogon Poets Society

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You guys are right.
I am a visual artist. I paint and do photography. Most of my art is quite gratifying to me. I don't know if I want to be a musician or a sound designer or just add another dimension to my artwork. I'm going to take it slow this time. I'm going to start playing the Casio LK-55 and PT-80, and take baby steps.

Thanks guys, for telling me what I already knew but needed to hear (read) from somebody else.

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4 Reply by Vogon Poets Society

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my email is [email protected]

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5 Topic by Vogon Poets Society

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I have been away from all of my chipmusic instruments for the last 8 months. I have had a lot to deal with at home that I will not make public. I do, however, have a favor to ask of anyone who is willing. I need some kind of motivation from an outside source to get back into my music. My girlfriend might like me to get back into it since she liked my last 2 songs that I lost 2 months ago due to forgetting to back them up (stupid, stupid, stupid).
Where I live, there is almost no venue to perform, and there seems to be even less chiptune fans. Usually, if someone finds out I even listen to chiptune, I get called a fag. I don't know why, but people always go there.
I'm ranting again...
I'll just outright say it. I need help. I have a severe motivation problem that has been plaguing me since childhood, and I really don't want this to be another thing I leave behind. Some motivation, tips for Casio, LSDJ/DMG, and iPod/iPhone Nanoloop, or just constant nagging for a new song would be great. There are covers I got permission to do over a year ago that I really need to get started on, too.

Just to be clear here, I don't want to do this for money. I just want to have fun with it, and give something back to a musical community that gave me something when I desperately needed it. Spam my email with requests or nagging, please.

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6 Reply by Vogon Poets Society

(62 replies, posted in Releases)

Great album, dude. This is going right on my iPod.

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7 Topic by Vogon Poets Society

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I got 2 GB USB Smart Cards with LSDJ. I follow all the steps in the manual, but I have a hard time installing this: http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=File … dwn_id=826

Any help at all would be great. I'm running Windows 7, btw.

Thanks.

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