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eme7h wrote:Who fuckin' cares?
no hate for OP but the recent questions and discussions have been so incredibly weak
Someone needs to die, or a big-name producer needs to do lulzy shit. Or both.
i'm not going to argue with your friend by proxy. tell him to register here to talk about it himself.
They were uninterested. Close thread pl0x.
Invisible Robot Hands wrote:just that it's not music that's ever been done with genuine interest or effort
i would totally disagree with your friend on this point.
not that there's any shortage of super-basic uncey crap that some kiddo shat out in 15 minutes. but the high-caliber stuff that hits all cylinders of rhythm, melody, harmony, interaction and sound design definitely deserves more attention from abroad.
regardless, so what if it's akin to hipsters playing cardboard boxes? if hipsters find meaning in it, great. my enjoyment of chipmusic isn't determined primarily by external factors like popularity.
so tell me more about the cardboard box scene, who's worth checking out these days
Their argument was sort of going on the claim that it's not done with seriousness, and that if it were, it would be negated because chiptune folks 'only use old hardware for gimmicky reasons to begin with'. Also:
thread title fix'd.
A friend insists that chiptune is obscure and nobody has ever heard of it, and that it's the same as hipsters playing music on cardboard boxes for attention. Unlike the usual argument, they aren't actually arguing that it's "not real music", just that it's not music that's ever been done with genuine interest or effort, and is nothing but obscurity as a result. Discuss.
wheres the legions of angry nerds?
Dang old...yo, man.
danimal cannon wrote:Holy shit we just needed a goddamn dictionary the whole time.
I've solved the riddle of chiptune. You're welcome, everyone. *holds out hand* NOBEL PRIZE, PLEASE!!!
I bet you could use that technique to begin an essay, too.
I had a dream that Paza was borrowing my DMG and I forgot that he had it and went to a show and had everything but the Game Boy, and I had waited until everyone came in to set up, so I was standing there without it, and then I ended up using a really really big drum machine instead.
During sex.
Guys I want to be a teacher but I'm scared of how to say it on my resumé so nevermind
I'm kind of curious to see how Vice would handle presenting chipmusic (They wouldn't be covering drugs or politics, so they'd less likely to fuck up their portrayal).
On the topic of domestication, expect the mainstream to put a stop to chiptune guys who are "too edgy" if it picks up our little club. 10k, Narwhalz, etc. watch your backqqz.
mainstream privilege checklist:
- news publications no longer have to have a blurb explaining what chipmusic is
- the public sees chip acts as having roughly presence/stature as any other indie act so that it has no problems being on a lineup and no one has to ask why
- my real-life friends can appreciate my music on a purely musical level without needing to ask about its technical nature, if they don't want to
- the general public AT THE VERY LEAST understands the minimalist approach to chipmusic
- EDM lineups/columns/magazines are healthy interspersed with chip artists who are good at EDM
- chip artists will stop whining about whether or not they're mainstream
- major labels participate in the distribution of chip music without compromising the work in the process
- people stop asking whether or not i'm playing mario
Considering one of the greyboys.
All those wasted DMGs for a non-funny two-part joke.
ant1 wants to be serious about music?
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