I've liked what Kaufman's been doing from the shorts, but I seriously can't listen to this genre of music anymore after listening to Episode 26 of The Lazlow Show. It just kinda zapped all the fun out of it.

DarkMaze wrote:

Tebor wrote: ...after listening to Episode 26 of The Lazlow Show. I think you lost me there. What's that?

I'm working on ripping the sample now.

DarkMaze wrote:

Mind you, chiptunes don't appeal to everyone. And for what it's worth, Jake does loads more than chiptunes stuff. You can hear a broader range of his work at jake.vgmix.com and virt.vgmix.com.

Thanks for the links. I remember going there before from the links from your site and I think I've linked there somewhere else... in a place that's a secret (albeit a secret in need of updating) to everyone.

Tebor wrote:

...but I seriously can't listen to this genre of music anymore after listening to Episode 26 of The Lazlow Show.

I was refering to this bit on their show here. It's just an excerpt from when they were talking about Second Life and DarkCon and using video game footage to make movies.

While a disagree with somethings they said on the show, I've found myself getting more and more annoyed by 8-bitish music except from the lovable tunes I grew up with. I don't know what it is. It started before I heard their show, but it's still a progression I feel.

Actually, I think I know what it is. I have no problem with digital sampling. I was working with a band to do a cover of "Doomsday Zone" from Sonic & Knuckles. Basically, the guitars and drums were all live insturments and I sampled in the midi keys from the game. I prefer this kind of musical integration. Michael Giacchino used to do a similar thing on "Alias" before he went entirely orchestral in the last two or three season. Just hearing pure digital tunes seems so amateurish to my ears now (probably because of my own musical work with GarageBand) that I can't listen to it anymore without it bothering me.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH JAKE KAUFMAN! I've been listening to the album while I've been mucking around with this post and I think he's done a marvelous job arranging. I HIGHLY suggest having a good listen. It's not quite jazz, but it's smooth.

Irony: Lazlow is one of the writers of the GTA games and he's frequently on the radio stations in the series.