Study into chiptunes fandom. (Page 1 of 4)

i will take your survey!!! but i will say that this site is mostly used by people who make chiptunes i think so if you are covering people who "just" listen to chiptunes you may also want to look at the chiptunes reddit and maybe facebook or other places i don't know about as well

Hey sandneil and arlen, thanks very much for getting involved with the comments.

sandneil - Cheers dude that's very much appreciated. Thanks very much for the heads up, however, I'm just looking for fans of chiptunes and I think that a large portion of chiptunes fans are actually makers of chiptunes, so, it's all relative.

arlen - Hey. Again, thanks for commenting. Ummmm, sorry if I'm wrong, but I'm guessing your comment is a joke right? Cheers.

yeah im with you on that, its just way too easy to make chiptune to not at least try making it.

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also, I'm not one to hate the term, but I would have to agree that "fandom" doesn't really describe what we have going on here. All in all though, I wish you luck, good sir.

Hey guys. Wow! So far there's been a really good response, 43 people so far. So thanks to everyone who has taken part, and please, anyone who hasn't, jump in!

I feel that I should try to clear up the term 'fandom' though because it seems that there is a bit of a negative connotation associated to it. I certainly don't want people to walk away with anything negative. You are correct Victory Road, chiptunes isn't a fandom, its a genre or a movement, or a style, or an ethos, or a culture, or a sub-culture, or just some fun you have with your mates, or whatever anyone wants it to be.

However, anyone who likes something could be considered a fan, just as Picasso would have been a fan or art or J.R.R Tolkien a fan of words etc. So the term fandom is more about the social aspect that links all the people who like and enjoy chiptunes together, like this forum and community.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that a fan is someone who is a supporter of what they like, and many of you certainly are that, as you contribute to chiptunes by making them, putting on gigs or events etc, or even subscribing to chipmusic.org. There isn't anything like a 'tumblr culture' here, there is only chiptunes culture (or whatever you want to call it), and fans, you guys! So my sincere apologies to anyone who thought that I'm a fat cat trying to monetise chiptunes and turn it into some sort of Starbucks machine. I make chiptunes as well as other types of music and try to make computer games too, I'm definitely a fan of both!

Another way to title this thread would have been 'A study of people who like chiptunes' the word fandom is just saying, the fans, a study into people who like chiptunes.

I hope that explains a little more.

Hey Cortuor, yeah I thought they'd be tough ones! ha ha.

And thanks again for everyone who's taken the survey.

Cheers!

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