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[edit] Ridiculous proliferation of genres and sub-genres
From the article:
- There is a common misconception that Bitpop is the same as Chiptune or 8-bit music. [...] Related genres are chiptune, Gamewave, Picopop, and electropop.
For anyone who isn't totally into these ultra-fine nuances, that sounds like the difference between, say, "Italian light operetta music of the 1780s adapted for chamber orchestra" vs "Italian light operetta music of the 1780s adapted for chamber orchestra with one extra triangle" -- i.e, a distinction without much of a real difference. That means, I'd think, that for the absolutely overwhelming majority of Wikipedia readers, the notion that "Bitpop is the same as Chiptune or 8-bit music" is actually not "a misconception"; on the contrary, it is the idea that they're different genres -- or sub-genres or sub-sub-genres, or whatever level of differentiation this belongs to -- that is misconceived. The idea that things need to be split into these sub-sub-sub-sub-genres or sub-sub-sub-sub-genres in the first place seems to be getting out of hand; it's, like, "who cares if there's an extra triangle or not? It's still pretty much exactly the same kind of frigging music!" CRConrad (talk) 07:08, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
- I disagree. Chipmusic is a question of the instruments used, while bitpop is a style of music. It's like comparing instrumental music to classic music. // Liftarn (talk) 10:10, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
- Quite true, bitpop is a subgenre but chiptune although it is used as a term to describe a style of music, should really refer to the instrument and not the genre - much like saxophone music does not have to be blues or jazz - and piano music does not have to be classical. Chiptunes are so called because they are either produced entirely from a single synthesizer chip, or made to sound as if they are. Chiptunes can be instrumental bitpop but if one plays Mozart on a sid chip, one is no more playing bitpop than if it were on a piano. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.167.198.60 (talk) 12:09, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
[edit] Amazing video
the video animation for Rymdreglage's 8 bit trip is absolutely amazing, [1]. with 10million hits, it may deserve some mention here, not just as a reference for this song. Bands youtube channel is here. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:25, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
