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All hand made from 100% bio chips too. Lovingly crafted under a full moon, entirely naked save for a kilt made of ham.

I'm like.. a method actor, of chip music. For a week, I actually lived as a squarewave, just to get the feel for it.

Now with 20% more pulp.

Inspiration can't be forced. But the thing that you DO have control over, is your toolkit and workbench. It's important to be in a place where you're comfortable to sit and work for a few hours at a time. Yet not too relaxing that it doesn't feel like a work area anymore. For many people, the computer desk is exactly that so it's not a big stretch. Then there's your choice of tools. Maybe for you its LSDJ, maybe its Piggy... For me it's Klystrack. Hack at it, try stuff, get to know it. Don't try to make the next great album...this will come with time. Just concentrate on having fun and *trying new things*. Make little songs, it's not important if they're good or bad, just use every new song as an opportunity to try a new technique or trick. Eventually you'll reach a point where the tools disappear, where they're completely transparent. It's at that moment that great music will come out, when you're not struggling with the technicalities anymore.

And don't forget that the most inspiring thing you can do, is doing. Most of the songs I finish are the ones I start when I have nothing to do and I just fire up klystrack to go noodle around with the software. As I fuck around in the software throwing random ideas, something might stick. Then I develop on that.. and from that point on, the song is basically writing itself. I'm not composing music as much as I'm a slave to the song. It tells you what to do next. But you need some fucking around and a few false starts to get there.

So all in all.. just fucking do it.

I stole that one from Twiggy Ramirez heh

/me burns his bra

Not at this particular moment no, and while vinyl is making a comeback these days I don't think many people in the chip scene even have access to a decent turntable. But damn wouldn't it be nice? A big fat 33rpm with my name on it.

Aye, there's definitely a 90s demoscene influence on many of my tracks. That's where I learned to track But I did try to go a bit beyond the demoscene sound on a few tracks, try something more modern. Not *too much* though, when I stray too far from it, I tend to think it doesn't sound chiptuney enough and at that point I'm just making.. yknow.. "electronic music" so I might as well drop klystrack and just use Cubase and all sorts of gloriously over produced VSTs.