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Moriokun wrote:

not have to worry about hauling gear from the 4 corners of the globe just for a slight possibility of being able to play.

Bringing tons of  gear to an open mic performance makes no fucking sense. You spend more time rigging/de-rigging than actually playing and it's annoying for the other people who want to play.

Open mic should have a rule of "must be set up in 2 minutes".

AdamGetsAwesome wrote:

Not to be an asshole but wouldn't everyone want to play a blip pre/after party? Everyone stating it on the board is just restating the obvious. If people want you to play, you'll know. That's my 2 cents.

Open Mic would be a great way for noobies to play some of their material to a crowd that can give solid constructive criticism since they'll know the scene and genere better.

However, it would nice if people could sign up for a slot in advance so they're guaranteed to play and not have to worry about hauling gear from the 4 corners of the globe just for a slight possibility of being able to play.

Decktonic wrote:

Let me just say that what you guys are talking about goes by a few names... "soundtrack" or "theme" music are good examples. What people usually refer to as "chiptunes as a genre" is not exclusive to chiptune or videogame hardware.

And I know that those arps and patterns can be very complex and you think they are only possible on a tracker, but I'm pretty sure a full orchestra with a clever conductor could play that just as well.

What a clever conductor and his orchestra can play is completely irrelevant in this matter. They could probably play Purple Haze as well, but that doesn't make hard rock any less of a genre.

danimal cannon wrote:

OK pretentious serious cap on for a second.

While Chiptune is to been seen as a synthesizer or instrument, NOT a genre...

Because of the uniqueness of the instrument and the way music is composed for it, I posit that there are chiptunes that defy modern classification and thus could be seen as their own genre that is exclusive to chiptune.

Thoughts?

I agree with you Danimal; Chiptunes also at a certain feel for each genre just because of the feel of the instrument.

I also feel as though the music for older game soundtracks have developed their own genre of music for their field and for lack of a better term sometimes that genre (which actually is a genre) is often referred to as chiptune. A couple of those old soundtracks are in a league of their own and deserve their own genre classification.

Also, there are a few genres chip has founded based on the sweeping arpeggios and complex patterns that are really only possible on an instrument like a gameboy/tracker.