UPDATE: Returning 01.10.10

8bit FM is an awesome source for all things video game music, but for right now it looks like it might have run its course. Royalties vs. revenues are a little slanted and although many of the great artists who were featured on 8bit are not asking for us to pay up, there is enough of a percentage of our artists that need to be paid through ascap / bmi and others that to continue with the current format might not be the best thing for this labor of love. However, we are still considering bringing it back as a true 100% chiptune channel for emerging artists.

This is not a condemnation of the publishing reps! We’re all artists and artists need to be paid for their work! So don’t go complaining to them. If enough listeners want the old format to stick we’d love to work with some people who wouldn’t mind running relay streams. This would take some of the sting off of our bandwidth costs and in-turn it would ease some of the overall expenses. Additionally, there were some major security issues with Joomla that had us down quite often. In trying to plug those leaks we saw that it was taking us a huge amount of time to manage the stream… which we just didn’t have while in pre-production for “The Arcadian”.

We’re not looking to make ANY money with 8bit, but we also don’t want to lose any. If you think you can help us out by volunteering to help manage the stream, or with bandwidth mirroring let me know. If it works out we can probably keep it going, but we don’t want anyone working too hard at it. If it fizzles out there are plenty of other awesome places to get your 8bit fix like 8bitpeoples and 8bitcollective!

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Every year at this time we celebrate the glorious day when Jesus Christ arose from his slumber to walk the Earth again…

We celebrate the arrival of Zombie Jesus with hard-boiled eggs, giant rabbits, and a movie that takes place centuries before Jesus was ever born. Hooray for crypt-defying Jesus! Beward Romans, he’s got a taste for your brains!

REJOICE!

One Click PWNIES Ep.1 – Boston Sci-Fi Marathon from Dekker Dreyer on Vimeo.