1,169 Reply by Decktonic

(186 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Cityscape, Go! wrote:

TLDR: Why do people choose soundcloud as a place to upload their music? What is it's function? Is it there for easy embedded players on social sites? Is  it there so randoms can see what you have downloaded? I don't understand its popularity to be honest, but then again I haven't used it much.

It's actually a really good community for musicians to share their work with each other. The utility may not be obvious to chip musicians that already have their community websites, but Soundcloud is used in a lot of way by other musicians that do not have such communities:

- Record labels use it to accept demos & showcase upcoming material in their catalogs.
- Musicians use it to share stems, loops & field recordings for collaborative works, and to find these things from other musicians.
- they also use it to share demos, bootlegs and free tracks.
- they also use it for online storage, streaming, and for cool looking (& customizable) music players to put on their websites and on social networks.
- they also use it to share private tracks (demos, work-in-progress, etc) with others for constructive criticism.

That last point is probably the most useful feature for me.

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1,170 Reply by Decktonic

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This sounds like fun.

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1,171 Reply by Decktonic

(186 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Just delete old stuff!

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1,172 Reply by Decktonic

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I'd play it just for the lulz. Would hate myself for it, but 1500 people sounds like a good time.

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1,173 Reply by Decktonic

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L-tron wrote:

lighten up here, fellas.  It was obviously a joke and meant to be very light-hearted.

But then again, the internetz is real life! >:(

;p

Love you guys. no homo?

L-tron wrote:

lighten up here, fellas.  It was obviously a joke and meant to be very light-hearted.

But then again, the internetz is real life! >:(

;p

Love you guys. no homo?


L-tron wrote:

lighten up here, fellas.  It was obviously a joke and meant to be very light-hearted.

But then again, the internetz is real life! >:(

;p

Love you guys. no homo?


L-tron wrote:

lighten up here, fellas.  It was obviously a joke and meant to be very light-hearted.

But then again, the internetz is real life! >:(

;p

Love you guys. no homo?


L-tron wrote:

lighten up here, fellas.  It was obviously a joke and meant to be very light-hearted.

But then again, the internetz is real life! >:(

;p

Love you guys. no homo?


L-tron wrote:

lighten up here, fellas.  It was obviously a joke and meant to be very light-hearted.

But then again, the internetz is real life! >:(

;p

Love you guys. no homo?

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1,174 Reply by Decktonic

(95 replies, posted in Collaborations)

Just give it another week, and if no one has submitted anything, release whatever you have. Something is better than nothing.

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1,175 Reply by Decktonic

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kineticturtle wrote:

Image is rarely cited outright, but seems to be relevant in terms of wanting to be involved in a "scene".

Yeah I know this is off on a tangent but when Nullsleep was comparing the chip scene to the punk scene of the 90s in RTP, it kinda bothered me, because I kept thinking to myself, "oh great, people are gonna get into this just because it's 'alt' and 'underground,' not because they have much of an appreciation for the music." Not that I disagree with his point, but yeah... there's an "image" aspect underlying it all; an opportunity to be part of something underground, to get some street cred, to be able to point two middle fingers at all the douchebags playing guitars and drums and say "I'M COOLER THAN YOU BECAUSE I MADE ALL THIS ON 1 GAMEBOY." Stuff like that.

Also, on the subject of nostalgia, there are quite a few users on 8bc/cm.org that when asked, "why do you make chipmusic," cited nostalgia as one reason. I'll say that it's one of the reasons I started listening to chipmusic, but not one of the reasons I started trying to make it myself. As for the outsider that listens to this stuff but is not a musician by any means, the nostalgia is definitely a factor in their interest. I saw one of those stick-figure-meme-images from Reddit a while back in reference to Anamanaguchi that said something like:

1. Hmm, what should I listen to today?
2. Oh look, Anamanaguchi. Never heard of 'em. *play*
3. !! They combined rock music with videogame nostalgia !!
4. IT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE

So yeah, even if it's not why we make the music, it can certainly be a big selling point. As I said before, I want people to like the music for other reasons, and I want to make music that *doesn't* sound like it should be in a videogame, but you get what I mean.

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1,176 Reply by Decktonic

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Jay Tholen wrote:
magoni wrote:

maybe this year's blipfest could be just artists starting with the letter J

sounds good to me

+ J Arthur Keenes, Je Mappelle

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1,177 Reply by Decktonic

(41 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Only in Baltimore.

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1,178 Reply by Decktonic

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calmdownkidder wrote:
an-cat-max wrote:

GOD DAMMT THIS IS THE LAST TIME I MAKE A JOKE ON THIS BOARD.

yes, kindly leave.

So much LULZ.

I love you guys. Don't change 4 no 1 xoxo

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1,179 Reply by Decktonic

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If it makes you feel any better, I'm not mad at you.

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1,180 Reply by Decktonic

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godinpants wrote:
Rainbowdragoneyes wrote:

Also, the chip world is also one of the only times where your performance can be judged on how well you manipulate your source files.

Surely this is what a DJ does. Or for that matter a turntablist or similar.

Yeah also remixing. This is not exclusive to chip, it's more something very typical in electronic music overall. I think this goes back to the invention of the sampler.

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1,181 Reply by Decktonic

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RG wrote:

Is it worth having these self-imposed limitations if everyone's music starts to sound as though the same person made it?

Yeah I don't think you listen to amateur rock or edm or any other forums for people who are still learning XYZ genre. A lot of amateur stuff sounds the same. It's has nothing to do with the platform and mostly everything to do with 2 factors:

- limited skillset of the "artist"
- imitating whatever is popular

I mean, we all know that everyone making music with LSDJ follows the same LSDJ tutorial, then does some covers and videogame remixes, then makes the same hyper techno stuff because that's what's popular with all the kids.

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1,182 Reply by Decktonic

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Andrew Winzenburg wrote:

I don't see why people assume that having an affinity for the sound of the hardware must be due to nostalgia or other sentimental reasons. Can't I like it because it sounds good??

+1 agreed

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1,183 Reply by Decktonic

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OrionOrbit wrote:

Yeah, but E* asked, and I have no other means of communicating with E*. It may seem brazen to you but I see little difference between that and anything else 8bc related.

Seriously? Send him a PM.

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1,184 Reply by Decktonic

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godinpants wrote:

decktonic: you say the limitations are a challenge, but you would enjoy not having them as well.
would it have much influence on your music if the limitations didn't exist? or would you even use the platform?

Hmm... I make music without those limitations in other software, and it's still repetitive, so maybe it's more a matter of me being comfortable with the limitations because they aren't a big hurdle to the kind of music I make. Maybe this is something I need to think about more... I know I enjoy the challenge _sometimes_ but I really do wonder what it would be like if they weren't there.

Also something else that is interesting and hasn't been mentioned too much in this discussion is that I had a very good experience learning to make music within these limitations, whereas I couldn't learn working with software that had very few limitations. Basically, I learned a lot working with a limited platform before I was able to get really comfortable with using a platform that wasn't so limited. I think this is related to what's known as the "kitchen sink" problem.

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