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defiantsystems wrote:Fudgers wrote:Now, speaking of music theory as a broad umbrella, I really don't see how you can compose recognizable music without any knowledge of theory.
I did it for years. I just learned chords and jammed.
It's good to learn the rules so you can break them.
Technically you are putting theory into practice, you just don't know how or why except that it sounds good. Even if you just "learn chords', if you even know the names of those chords you can infer the relationships of the intervals by their lettering, or by where they are on the guitar/piano, etc. But I know the holes and flaws in this statement that I just made so no need to point them out. 
my.Explosion wrote:bitjacker wrote:Music theory kills creativity.
Well to a certain degree I can relate to this.
There's a noticeable dip in quality when one first starts to learn the intricate details of whatever it is one is doing. First when you're starting out you have that "stupid" confidence that only people who don't know what they are doing have, then a bit later you start to understand what the things were that you were fooling around with and this is where the low-point is. It makes the work one puts out worse, it affects motivation to do it and yes it does impact on creativity too. Because suddenly you're slammed in the face with thousands of rules that you didn't have before. You automatically hamper yourself to protect yourself from "failure" (which too is a valuable thing to do. Failing that is, if you're not failing, you're not learning).
But after that it gets better. And keeps going as long as one cares to.
You are on a roll, man.
I wonder if this is at play when an artist with a bangin' debut puts out their sophomore album and it's just really not that good because they (or their producers) are trying to repeat past success by following the "rules" of the previous album.
my.Explosion wrote:The only thing I see it as (and am talking to you as a person with NO knowledge of music theory at all, I go by ear mostly) is that music theory helps in understanding the 'why' of things. You don't necessarily *need* it if you're not completely tone-deaf. But it helps. And I imagine that at some point or another it becomes a very valuable tool.
Yes.
@Boddrick: Advice: Try to do a little bit more than just power chords. Don't make the chippies do all the work 
And.... don't limit your "chiptune elements" to a mere square-wave. I strongly suggest you actually DO try to delve into actual chiptune so you can see what the real deal is and then use what you've learned in the other stuff you do.
This is really nice. Reminds me of lo-fi Ape Escape music, with that light-hearted island feel. Really cool.
Edit: And silly, yes 
This is what I always think of when somebody says "Pixel art tutorial"
http://www.yarrninja.com/pixeltutorial/
Man I remember when back in the day when I was young it was the most important thing to make sure people knew that halfway between your birth-anniversaries you weren't just "7" but seven-and-a-HALF, haha. I'm not a kid anymore but some days I said I wish I was a kid again...
This thread has given me a nice little nostalgic feeling. Unfortunately it's probably going to be locked soon if somebody doesn't say something quick about finding shows.
Ah! Try school talent shows, busking in the streets if that's legal, karaoke bars with artist spotlight or something event, open mics, if your city has county fairs and stuff you could try getting booked there or setting up a booth, or if your city is too big you could go to a smaller town and probably have a better chance and less competition and cheaper.
Listened through on bandcamp. @_@
I must say! I was really blown away by the stuff you did in Track 1. Particles set the bar waaaay high for what's to follow! I'd have been satisfied with just that track alone, haha. There were a few really outstanding remixes that really jumped out at me, and it was just really good overall. Well done everyone.
Now I just have to go crack open that bonus content.
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while listening to your 1xLSDJ remix of Ellipse I couldn't help thinking "wouldn't this be awesome if Bit Shifter remixed it in an "Information Chase" style, haha. Man I would love that...
What a coincidence. I was just having a chat the other day about midi music and the capabilities thereof. I'll definitely check this out.
I've tried it, but not in depth, and I backed off real fast because it was a bit daunting and I didn't really know much about fm synth anyway.
Maybe it's the name? When I first saw the name "Fallout Boy" I thought it was going to be painted with an asymmetrical hair-style and guitars.
YES! Been filling up on the original in anticipation of this.
You're welcome! Sorry for cutting the joke short‽
4mat wrote:No that's not my point, the tools are kind of irrelevant.
Did my edit: "I'm saying people whos music is primarily and predominantly old-gaming/computing-electronics based who are actually trying to get into the mainstream." make more sense?
I was trying to say that it would be interesting to see somebody who either uses the actual hardware or simply the aesthetic of chiptune while staying within the """constraints""" with not much added to it aside from some effects and stuff actually try to go full mainstream with it. I don't know, maybe they have, maybe most do, but the general attitude I see seems to imply that many people don't think it is worth it, and so don't make that one of their goals. I think Wizwars and Invisible Robot Hands are on the wavelength of what I'm talking about.
It's the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Show, guys.
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