it's like old disco, but nu. obvs

I would agree to an extent... The decision was made to give members a voice to post questions, collaborate or get creative ideas.

After some thought, I decided it is indeed worth my time to respond to this because something like this could set the tone for the whole year.  I got the point but it could have been made without stating opinions like they are facts.  This seemed like it was going to be an inclusive community when I joined, and to see a post making prescriptions and telling people what to do just doesn't fit.  Vocal music is NOT better than instrumental music - thats just like.. your opinion man.  I happen to enjoy music without vocals more, especially if its some vocoded nonsense.  I feel that samples and vocals can often ruin a good song, but that's my opinion, and I don't expect nor would I want anyone to change themselves for my tastes.  Instead of telling people to put down the gameboys and hop on some nu-disco, it might be more constructive to state your preferences or say that you hope to see chipmusicians branch out in this or that way.  Don't get me wrong, I agree with the sentiment of this post, but why would you direct ultimatums at the community if you didn't want them to take it personally?  I even agree that multi-band compression is usually superior to standard, but for the love of god, be nice when you say it.  Perhaps I take music too seriously, but I'm really hoping this challenge is going to be a place for growth and constructive criticism and when I see a post like this, it makes me wonder..

Lazerscale only had a handful of people - communication was easily taken care of over IRC or email if needed.

There are many more people doing WeeklyBeats. It makes sense to have a forum to foster a community and make collaborations easier as well as sharing thoughts etc.

I appreciate the decision to add a forum to this endeavor, as long as it stays civil I feel some good insight might be thrown out by participants.  Everyone has a negative opinion towards something and they'll likely come out on the forum, that's what it's there for, to handle all conversation.

Furthermore, I think all artists will find that sticking to this will foster some sort of inner creativity and drive for experimentation with other methods of composing and instrumentation.  For Lazerscale I personally found myself experimenting with all sorts of musical styles ranging from noise to improvisational jazz to chillwave to breakcore.  Hell, for a few of the songs I built entirely new musical devices of my own design.  There's so much to explore and creative expression will strike as time passes working on this.  The pressure to create at a constant rate will push you to new realms.  I can't wait to see how everyone flourishes during this project.

Last edited by Beverage (January 3, 2012 10:24 pm)