{"id":2265,"date":"2012-12-10T12:01:19","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T18:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loopcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2012-12-10T12:01:19","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T18:01:19","slug":"sophmore-64-making-music-on-a-gameboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loopcommunity.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/sophmore-64-making-music-on-a-gameboy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophmore 64 &#8211; Making Music on a Gameboy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c-5zFnLGm8Q\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sophmore64 &#8211; Making Music on a Gameboy using LSDJ.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sophmore64.com \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.sophmore64.com\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How long have you been creating music?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We have been creating music since 2011. We were in a band prior to starting Sophmore 64, we were both guitar players.\u00a0 In August of 2011 Jake had to have spinal fusion surgery and we needed something to keep us occupied as he healed so we decided to use gameboys and the commodore 64 to create music.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What has inspired you in your creativity?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Henry Homesweet, who also makes chiptune music in England.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What programs or software are you using to create your sound? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>We record our music with Propellerhead Record 5 and use LSDJ to create it.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<strong>What excites you about the music you create?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The reaction of the people who hear our music is what drives us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Explain LSDJ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is a software that we write onto a blank Gameboy cartridge.\u00a0 It turns our Gameboy into a totally customizable sequencer.<br \/>\nWe program certain notes and sounds using all the setting that are within LSDJ.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<strong>What do you guys see for the future of Sophmore 64?<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We just want for our music to reach out to as many people as possible, so that they can experience this style of music and hopefully appreciate it as much as we do.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #6666cc;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Check out this video for more info on LSDJ and making music on a Gameboy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tLBnK60IWr4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sophmore64 &#8211; Making Music on a Gameboy using LSDJ. http:\/\/www.sophmore64.com\u00a0 How long have you been creating music?\u00a0\u00a0 We have been creating music since 2011. 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