One more thing I forgot: Be professional. There's also a business side to making music, and the people who own a venue, technicians, promoters, those are your business partners. Be polite, don't be careless with paperwork, don't put on airs- a lasting good impression is valuable. My experience with this side of music is admittedly slim (a few chance encounters, I don't want my music to become more than a hobby), but that lesson stuck; don't get a bad rep with the people in the biz.
577 Jan 20, 2010 4:07 pm
Re: How do YOU promote yourself? (58 replies, posted in General Discussion)
578 Jan 20, 2010 3:41 pm
Re: How do YOU promote yourself? (58 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I think the most important thing is to be recognizable, that is, distinguishable. Whether you use RushCoil's 'white' list or my 'black', presentation of oneself and ones work is what counts. Having a grasp on visual arts can help a lot to round up the profile with a theme (8GB, minusbaby), and small things like 8BW's recognizable star icon can help too.
My list was a little bitchy, but I'll maintain that having consistency in one's musical style also helps.
579 Jan 20, 2010 3:22 pm
Re: Upcoming features: Uploads and stuff (163 replies, posted in Rules & Announcements)
Configurable in profile, maybe? (Not now, but at a later point)
580 Jan 20, 2010 12:16 pm
Re: TWITTER (274 replies, posted in General Discussion)
581 Jan 20, 2010 8:21 am
Re: How do YOU promote yourself? (58 replies, posted in General Discussion)
RushCoil: One thing I already like about this place is that the users appearently have an attention span that lasts longer than three lines of text. Yours was a good post, no need to twitter-size it. 
582 Jan 19, 2010 7:44 pm
Re: How do YOU promote yourself? (58 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I'm a grumpy german! I'm entitled! >:[
Wasn't so much aimed at the chip music scene (although it works here too, I daresay) but more at the popular popular artists (ie pop).
583 Jan 19, 2010 7:22 pm
Re: How do YOU promote yourself? (58 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I don't promote myself, but I've seen this work:
1. Your music is of secondary importance
2. Stand out. Wear a big mouse mask, own a tank, be quirky
3. Cater exactly to the expectations of your target audience. Don't put artistic integrity over them. Don't experiment
4. To gain momentum, attach yourself to bigger names, in whatever way possible
5. All press is good press
6. Spam your persona and music. Especially on non-music related events/hubs of interest to your target group
7. Only change if attention is declining. Then emulate something more popular
8. Bow to above, kick the below
9. Troll
10. Never overestimate your audience
584 Jan 18, 2010 11:44 pm
Re: new posts button (19 replies, posted in Bugs and Requests)
I like the single post view, because you can easily go from there to the thread, and it's most useful when I'm looking for a discussion I had but don't remember where. Plus you can fav threads you want to keep taps on.
585 Jan 18, 2010 7:20 am
Re: Upcoming features: Uploads and stuff (163 replies, posted in Rules & Announcements)
Yay for putting things into the hand of the user, that's perfect. Sweet.
586 Jan 17, 2010 10:33 pm
Re: Unknown artists that are cool (93 replies, posted in General Discussion)
La belle indifference are cool
http://8bitcollective.com/members/la+be … ifference/
587 Jan 17, 2010 10:18 pm
Re: Upcoming features: Uploads and stuff (163 replies, posted in Rules & Announcements)
Yep, with BY-NC you allow that remixes may be released under a different license, as long as the derivate itself is not used commercially.
Edit: This includes other licenses than CC, if I remember correctly
My suggestion is to make BY-NC-SA the default.
588 Jan 17, 2010 10:11 pm
Re: Upcoming features: Uploads and stuff (163 replies, posted in Rules & Announcements)
I edited my post with my suggestions, but you guys are too fast (or my copy-pasting too slow) 
Akira: That would be BY-NC-ND. As the author you have the right to override license restrictions if you wish.
589 Jan 17, 2010 10:02 pm
Re: Upcoming features: Uploads and stuff (163 replies, posted in Rules & Announcements)
Well, that would still leave out the option to demand that derivative works must have attribution and must be released under the same license. I think it's ok if you include attribution with share-alike, those two usually go together.
Edit: So my suggestion for license options would be:
BY-NC
BY-NC-SA
BY-NC-ND
590 Jan 17, 2010 9:43 pm
Re: Upcoming features: Uploads and stuff (163 replies, posted in Rules & Announcements)
Looking good, thanks for the work!
Question about the license selector: Is this multi-select? I.e. I want to release under AT-NC-SA, is that possible?
591 Jan 17, 2010 8:44 pm
Re: A Scary Monster Biting Forever (19 replies, posted in Graphics, Artwork & Design)
That one reminds me eerily of Promachoteuthis sulcus
D:
592 Jan 17, 2010 7:38 pm
Re: ReVisit (6 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Yeah, I think the beta build can do this (also insert machines into chains by clicking on the connection, which is cool, because it was a hassle de- and reconnecting). I haven't come around to install it yet because most of my tracks use a legacy mixer that is said to be incompatible, and I fear what parallel installs would do. 