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Detroit, MI

Oh wow. It's been a while since the last post. We've been far from non-acitivity... tons of events that happened in Michigan this year!

PPD has grown into a collective of over 30 artists (music and art) and now we have our own netlabel with highly talented staff.

What we did 2012:
- 12 Consecutive Monthly Open-Mic at Lab Cafe - Ann Arbor, MI (20~50 avg audience)
- Chip Charged! Chiptune Show - Ann Arbor, MI (80+ on sunday night)
- 8-Ball Saloon at Blind Pig - Ann Arbor, MI (regular show)
- University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI (student collaboration)
- 1-Day Mini GameStop Tour - Ann Arbor, Taylor, Ypsilanti, MI (awesome tour)
- Penguicon 2012 - Dearborn, MI (great friends)
- Invitation to Wreck-It Ralph Premiere - Birmingham, MI (love from disney)
- Detroit Luvs Robots - Detroit, MI (hometown)
- Maker Faire Detroit 2012 - Detroit, MI (diy fever)
- Youmacon 2012 - Detroit, MI (this is where we were born)
- Piko Invades Canada - Windsor, CA (global invasion)

This year, we have launched a kickstarter project to reach out to a larger midwest region.
http://kck.st/VvQGji

Some cool rewards for anyone who can help!
And we're also looking for Midwest artists to help put together a regional compilation album!

Thanks! As usual.

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Pledged for a T-shirt.
Keep up the hard work!

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Chicago, IL

Wow, I used to go to the Blind Pig and see ska bands when I was like 17 big_smile...I'm not in Michigan anymore but thats cool you got something going there...come to Chicago! smile I seriously don't have a dime to spare right now, but maybe I'd help you guys with some ANSI art if you'd like..

Last edited by BeatScribe (Jan 6, 2013 1:07 pm)

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pikoboy wrote:

[...]

Some cool rewards for anyone who can help!

[...].

They are sure cool.
But i don't got a Credit Card sad

Worst thing so far in 2013.

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Madriz, Supain

I was going to pledge for a shirt too, but 15 dollars for sdhipping kills me. So, have a one dollar support instead, hehe

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D D D Detroit, not the burbs

im pledging this week homey, my debit card is MIA

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Detroit, MI

I wonder if there's cheaper ways to ship internationally... We just don't want to risk losing money from a 'fund raiser' project. We'll make sure we have some options to get things outside in the future!

We're looking for midwest artists to contribute music and art for the Midwest Compilation!
We'll ship a physical copy to you, and will help fund travel costs when we host a show in Michigan.

We'll try to get into the Chicago scene sometime this year!

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Detroit, MI

I just realized the shipping is over priced on each reward (some shipping is already included on backing price!).

So, I added another reward for international supporters:
$32 no extra shipping fee - Piko Loves World! - A Piko-Panda Shirt of your own size and color and some random swag for all international supporters! [Plus: 8-Bit Thank YOU!]

This way backers should get more the the buck, and it's very much worth our loss if we can get some fans around the world!
That's a shirt and extra stuff if we find we're making enough money to support all of our productions!

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Detroit, MI

Actually, I went ahead and added cheaper shipping options for all of our major rewards! (Piko Loves World #1~3)

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Detroit, MI

Here's an update on the Midwest Compilation album!
- Compilation of Midwest State artists (and Canada due to our strong relationships with Windsor)
- New or newer music to represent the current movement of 8-bit inspired music in the region.
- Deadline to submit music will be announced when funding reaches 88%.
- Project will not be initiated if funding goal is not reached.

Current List of Contributing Artists!

Anti-Cheat - Michigan
Arctic Spaceman - Michigan
barbeque - Michigan
DJ Cactus - Michigan
Germinal Influx - Illinois
Kkrusty - Illinois
Kommisar - Canada
Little Mack - Michigan
Mu & Yo (DMUVW) - Michigan
Nikola Whallon - Michigan
Obtuse - Michigan
Otto Vector - Michigan
PANDAstar - Wisconsin
Parabola - Michigan
Pikoboy - Michigan
plants>humans - Illinois
Raubana - Michigan
s.p.r.y. - Ohio
Snesei - Michigan
softRESET - Michigan
The Laohu - Wisconsin
The One Electronic - Michigan
Theta_Frost - Wisconsin
Watabou - Michigan

Is anyone from the Midwest region?

I have also added a reward for the album at a more affordable backing!

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Chicago IL, USA

I'm from the midwest and it actually inspires me a lot. Lots of my stuff is really mellow and sad-ish because when I make music I think "will this sound good driving in my car at 2AM down roads surrounded by corn fields?" It'd be swell if I could be part of this, I have no money to help the cause though sad

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Milwaukee, WI

The artist list is turning out really cool!

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Michigan

bump! help support the growth of a community in the midwest! the compilation will blow minds!

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ohgodno, Indiana
pikoboy wrote:

Here's an update on the Midwest Compilation album!
- Compilation of Midwest State artists (and Canada due to our strong relationships with Windsor)
- New or newer music to represent the current movement of 8-bit inspired music in the region.
- Deadline to submit music will be announced when funding reaches 88%.
- Project will not be initiated if funding goal is not reached.

Current List of Contributing Artists!

Anti-Cheat - Michigan
Arctic Spaceman - Michigan
barbeque - Michigan
DJ Cactus - Michigan
Germinal Influx - Illinois
Kkrusty - Illinois
Kommisar - Canada
Little Mack - Michigan
Mu & Yo (DMUVW) - Michigan
Nikola Whallon - Michigan
Obtuse - Michigan
Otto Vector - Michigan
PANDAstar - Wisconsin
Parabola - Michigan
Pikoboy - Michigan
plants>humans - Illinois
Raubana - Michigan
s.p.r.y. - Ohio
Snesei - Michigan
softRESET - Michigan
The Laohu - Wisconsin
The One Electronic - Michigan
Theta_Frost - Wisconsin
Watabou - Michigan

Is anyone from the Midwest region?

I have also added a reward for the album at a more affordable backing!

forgot to add my honky ass >.<

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Bay City, Michigan

yeah, forgot me too ha, seems like a couple more people join each day big_smile so exciting

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Mishawaka, IN

Donated and am making a track that's turning out quite amazing IMO.