Thursday, September 7, 2023

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

KORG DS-10 | Original Song 2


Great track and performance

also a good use of mutes which can be the deal breaker when having a lead melody that you do not want to keep repeating

Nintendo DS | KORG M01 Song


a couple years old but a fun song

Thursday, August 17, 2023

Opening act 23 contest explanation (updated -placed 4th)


UPDATE: I wound up in 4th place and did not make the final round but it was a great experience overall.

pros and cons if you decide to do this next year

-you will get more plays on youtube or whatever you post on the opening act site
-you will get votes from people you have not talked to in a while and it's great to reconnect
-have to update your online info and what you have on social sites will also need updating
-promoting yourself is hard and seems at times annoying asking for votes
-you will get lots of spam of promoters or paid voters...ignore this
-people will do a quick google search and warn you it's a scam (I thought this early on as well)
-make sure everything is done through the opening act contest site





In this video I briefly talk about a contest that can potentially get you on a
stage with major label acts such as Billie Elish, Weezer and Lizzo.

The idea is simple you post some of your music and people vote on it.

It is a benefit concert for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

If you get a chance to vote for me (michael nervOus aka the person that
posts on this blog) please do. I would love to have a ds-10 cart on 
a big stage!


TOFU BOY - KORG GADGET SWITCH - EUROBEAT



Check out this awesome track!

Thursday, July 27, 2023

One Decade of DS-10 album on bandcamp

 


Give this a listen it holds up over time! Long live the ds-10!!

from the site:

DS-10.jp is a group of volunteer users of the Nintendo DS software "KORG DS-10" series, which was released as an analog synthesizer simulator in 2008. We operate this site ( https://ds-10.jp/ ) and Twitter account ( @ds10jp ), and conduct community activities related to the DS-10, as well as music activities such as composing and performing with the DS-10.


Ten years have passed since the DS-10 was born.
I decided to do something for the 10th anniversary, and with the help of 37 people, I was able to make a compilation album.

ONE DECADE OF DS-10

Today, July 24, 2018, 10 years after the release of DS-10, it will be released from Bandcamp first.


My life changed a lot before DS-10 and after.
Until then, I had been making music for a long time, but it was with the DS-10 that I started sending music to the outside world.

Last week, I was invited to a party and performed live.
At that time, I used two DS units and two DS-10 cartridges. 10 years later and I'm still using it. I will probably use it for the rest of my life.

Well then.
track


Monday, July 24, 2023

KORG GADGET VR で遊んだ①

Looking for submissions for all chiptune related, mobile device, gadget music, circuit bending and hardware hacking

 connect on the site of your choice

these are my social sites above for submissions

I will briefly review but 99.9% will be approved for post

Use your best judgement I am 48 and not much shocks me 

Gadget and ds-10 related content goes right up

your music and art is what I want to see more than the cool toy that makes it

we all love cool toys though so try and get that in the video 

youtube is best as most can see the work

streaming sites are fine but not all have them


OP1 ** PO SYNC Amplifier & Splitter // OP1 & Nanoloop Mono DMG

djay Pro App With Korg Gadget - ableton link - Remix

Saturday, July 15, 2023

opening act contest (details in description) michael nervOus opening for a major label artist?


All the music I have up right now is made with korg gadget or the korg ds 10. If you get a chance to vote for me to open up for a major musical act in new york, that would be greatly appreciated. Also it may be fun to see the ds-10 being used in front of an audience of that size....also me or an experimental act opening for a major act would probably be an experience that those fans would not normally get to see.

Thank you

links are in the description and the voting starts 7/17/23 and its a stramge system. any person can vote once a day and there will be multiple tiers to get through so voting often helps as well. the starnge part is you can buy votes to vote more than once a day (its asking a lot for a free vote so not sure who would do this).
anyone can sign and get approved for the contest. it may be too late for this round.