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he also released 6 EPs in .it format over at inpuj under his _-_m-e-ek alias.
syndrone - triskaideka
machine drum - now you know
machine drum - urban biology
= all impulse tracker.
this is complete news to me. wow.
come on . . . dont mention calvin harris in a machinedrum thread. thats insulting : P
hey I like Calvin
but I agree.
A Future .... http://squaresoundsfestival.com/
it's beautiful!
Thought you guys might appreciate this:
http://www.ableton.com/articles/machine … requencies
I used Impulse Tracker to produce music for almost 12 years before I switched to Ableton Live. [Impulse Tracker] is a sample-based sequencer originally based in DOS and later emulated for Windows and Mac. There is no MIDI or VST instruments in Impulse Tracker so you’re forced to rely only on samples. This method of sampling and searching through long recordings to find the perfect sound has stuck with me to this day, so it’s kind of second nature for me in a way.
pretty cool.
I say we should call the next comp "Chipmusic Equals Serious Business" and it'll just have a black cover with off-white white helvetica lettering; proper kerning of course. We would advertise it using tastefully printed off-white placards that we hand out in person only to fellow aesthetes that have passed our rigorous taste-litmus.
There have been plenty of comps like that, none ever had as many downloads as Chiptunes = WIN.
I think that's what bugged me the most about this thread. Everyone is talking about how we can better promote ourselves and here is a comp that is topping the charts on Bandcamp, getting thousands of downloads and featured in major websites like Destructoid, and people just bash it without even knowing. Brandon's methods work really well, better than pretty much anything else I've seen in the past few years. You can write it off immediately and miss the boat or you can take notes.
P.S. I shouldn't have to say this, but I will: if you want to make a new style of music succeed, you should try to reach young people. They don't have preconceived notions about what music should or should not be, and they tend to have large social circles of influence. If Brandon's methods are reaching young people at the expense of old people, that's a good thing.
$0.02
Decktonic wrote:I love this idea.
I like it too.
But what about spam and inappropriate comments?I guess everyone hates spam, and real-life viagra ads or people flooding would ruin the gig
Depends on the gig. If it's a seapunk thing, I'm sure viagra ads would be a perfect fit.
thanks guys! Uploaded the riddims for the remixes too!
thanks!
someone make wavs and send them to me please thanks.
this sounds amazing. those basslines, so sick, and overall just so well produced. love it.
I wonder how it would work out if, during a live show that is also being ustreamed, the chatroom was projected onto a wall. It'd be like being there.
I love this idea.
wow these tracks go HAM.
That's just something I've been wanting to do ever since I heard about LSDJ (I was going to post a feature request for it until I heard of MuddyGB). I personally like the live "instrument" performance element myself, and kind of wish it happened a bit more often with Gameboys.
It could possibly be a good way to get a foot into the "one simply does not perform electronic music" door/sell your soul. Or maybe not.
I've sold my soul by strictly playing dance music and playing my tracks with smooth transitions, like a DJ would (like Henry Homesweet would, actually). Judge me however you will.
In another thread we are having a lively discussion about how to move chipmusic forward and then I come to this thread and it's the usual bashing of "don't do stuff your way, do it my way instead."
What really gets me is reading this from people that would probably have a fit if I told them how to do things, but they see nothing wrong doing the same thing to others. And worse, in a forum where this really isn't outside the realm of possibilities (see any release thread by ant1).
Also, ITT: damn kids these days, get off my lawn, etc.
Back to the topic at hand: I'm excited about this comp! Dat lineup.
O2star wrote:So thats it then? it came and went?
It still happens. We (KeFF, Kodek and I) played Strøm in Copenhagen barely a month ago. To name one.
The problem is, in USA, "electronic music" means Skrillex and deadmau5, and those are the "festivals" you get.If you want a real, high level electronic music festival near your area, do yourself a favour and go next year to Mutek in Montréal (where, lo and behold, Bubblyfish and Glomag have performed in the past).
It's crazy how places like Montreal and Toronto are light years ahead on this stuff.
USA doesn't have electronic music festivals, we have EDM festivals. Though there are a few fringe weird electronic music events here and there, you just have to know where to look. I think chipmusicians should rub elbows with the synth community more often, it could help!
@Decktonic: Gameboy musicians could use MuddyGB to improvise over the tracks (if they don't do the Live Mode thing).
You are missing my point completely. Promoters in the IS do not understand that electronic music exists outside of the DJ context.
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