Post your favorite chiptune on Destructoid and win 2 Blip Fest passes
It looks like my inside sources were correct — My journalistic allies from Destructoid have acquired two 3-day passes to Blip Festival 2009, and they are giving them away to one lucky individual who can eloquently and passionately describe their favorite chipmusic song. Just find a link to your #1 chip jam and post it in the comments here, along with a short explanation. Here’s mine:
‘Choppastyle’ by Virt
MP3: http://www.8bitpeoples.com/mp3/get/448/8bp071-05-virt-choppastyle.mp3
Live Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OOEFFLkpkk
I heard this live at MAGFest two years ago and it’s pretty much what made me decide to start making music. Virt creates some of the most catchy, stylized and compositionally rich chipmusic out there, and I know close to a dozen people that have completely changed their opinions on chipmusic after listening to ‘FX3’, myself included. The things this man does with a NES soundchip are the stuff of legends.
Layered counter-melodies - Dynamic drum solos - Soaring, jazzy leads… Until a few years ago, these were things I would never expect to hear from decades-old videogame hardware. Hearing Virt’s music not only challenged my perception of the hardware’s technical limitations, it introduced me to a whole new world where seemingly soulless pulsewaves could be transmogrified into screaming guitars, singing saxophones or melancholy violins. The raw talent and bold innovation that exudes from the people in this scene will never cease to amaze me.
Good luck!
