On Chipmusic Nights (Page 2 of 6)

totally agree...

...but...

...I'm not up to take on the local music scene that has a more established fan base with my shitty chip music.

Last edited by Star Fighter Dreams (Dec 9, 2011 4:25 am)

well said.

Last edited by nordloef (Dec 9, 2011 4:42 am)

heh

BTW here is how I curate the PERFECT CHIP NIGHT

Act 1 - Impressive act with fan base that would come out and check him out
Act 2 - Under the radar badass who compliments act 1
Act 3 - Up and coming newster who is great but no one knows it yet.

Make sure the Open mic is tight and early. More for the heads, not for the casuals.

It would be great to see chip nights switch up act 1 or 2 with breakcore, punk rock, dubstep, electro, hiphop whatever of any complimentary focus.

down here in San Diego, we've kind of had the opposite problem. there's a pretty nice burgeoning electronic scene and a really good indie electronic/rock scene, and for the last year I've been playing gigs with some pretty great acts that both live and tour here!

the problem is that it's hard to overcome that predominant attitude of one-off-ness that we seem to get around here. it's not that people don't enjoy chipmusic or think that it's childish or whatever, but it's really hard to get anyone to "stick" to an artist, much less a style, because not only are we competing with the more established indie acts, but we also have everybody and their brother DJing top-40/electro house every night.

normally I'd be way into simply getting into one of those nights (and I'm not ruling it out), but the promoters and the people running those nights are kind of assholes in that they're totally the kind of people that make you sell tickets to claim your spot on that night (sell less than 50 tickets and you're not playing). and there also seems to be this attitude of dog-eat-dog with the electronic scene here, simply because there are so many acts that JUST DJ.

That's kind of why I've always thought we needed at least a bi-monthly here in San Diego. it's going to be a pain in the ass to promote, but if we can get a small audience to come out to an all-chip show, then I think we have a shot at making a statement in the scene at large. and it's happened before! there have been two all-chip shows that have been really great in the last year, showing us that there's at least an audience willing to listen! all we need to do is get that audience from "willing to listen" to "really wanting to listen."

Totally. There will be bad shows. I don't think any live act who's played more than a handful of shows could possibly say otherwise. Everything will go wrong. Learn from the mistakes/mishaps and bad situations and soldier on. It'll be worth it.

I love locals only hardcore nights. I love Denver's hardcore scene, but I love hardcore... I digress.

This is exactly what I needed to hear right now. Thank you everyone for their input on the subject. I'll be keeping all this in mind.