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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 8h

I (Adam) very explicitly don't want people harassing you at all, I just wanted to cite the thing I was correcting. I would hope the very small number of people who read this newsletter aren't the kind of people who do that.

Re: your other questions - not ignoring them, but do want to think on them

Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 9h

happened afterwards, we had to correct it, and then tell people why.

I hope this brings some kind of clarity on this at least. This project is exclusively meant to be a way to tell people about new & upcoming albums & shows & to promote cool things happening in the community. That's all we want.

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 9h

-Also, speaking as me (Adam) for a sec - I really agree with Peter on the "don't like it, don't buy it" & the "if I didn't like an album, I didn't promote it" points! If part of this conversation happened before the newsletter went out, these albums wouldn't have even gone in. But since it...

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 9h

-I would again like to just point out that rather than saying "THIS EXACT PERSON USED GENAI IN THEIR ALBUM AND FUCKING SUCKS," we just scrubbed it out and gave a reason for it. The only way folks will know who it was at any point in the future would have been if they looked outside the newsletter.

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 9h

so that one's on me (Adam). We had some meaningful contributions from folks who have used other flavors of AI in the comment section of that post, and between those and a number of Peter's complaints about how AI and genAI are not the same thing, I agree we need to go back and edit for clarity.

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 9h

That update points to this post which we released concurrently, which functionally says that we don't want to promote work made with generative AI. The terms "genAI" and "generated with AI" get used somewhat interchangeably - & you know, it looks like there's a nuance there I wasn't aware of...

CM's Stance on Generative AI in Chiptune | Chiptune Monthly

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 9h

provided their evidence that these albums were most likely created using genAI. At that point, we made the choice to pull those albums from the newsletter and update it with this statement - which notably does not include the name of the artist.

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 9h

-At no point has this newsletter called anyone AI slop. What we did do was after being alerted that some albums were suspected of being created with genAI, we talked about how we felt about promoting content made that way. In the meantime, folks who know more abt spotting this than I (Adam) do...

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 9h

-The people who write the newsletters are @iknowadamseats.bsky.social and @donutshoes.bsky.social. We might get tips about upcoming releases from other people, but at this time there are no other and have been no other writers for Chiptune Monthly. Do not attribute this newsletter to anyone else.

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 9h

A few corrections on this:

-CM explicitly does not review new albums. We started a thing just this month about telling folks about older releases to check out but calling those reviews might be a stretch. We're not trying to be TCTD, C=W or anything else. Just telling people abt new shows & albums.

Peter Swimm @peterswimm.com · 1d

Coming back to Sabrepulse, aka Ash. A new monthly flavor of blog called chiptune did a review of his latest releases after a long hiatus and dismissed them as ai slop chiptunemonthly.carrd.co

Chiptune Monthly

A monthly chiptune community newsletter where you send us your music and we promote it for you, for free, forever.

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 5d

Now that we've had some time to get off work & confer & write things down, we've put out a quick statement, removed the albums from the October newsletter, and will be making sure that folks know when they submit their albums (which these were not, btw, we were tagged) that we won't promo AI "art."

CM's Stance on Generative AI in Chiptune | Chiptune Monthly

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 5d

Now that we've had some time to get off work & confer & write things down, we've put out a quick statement, removed the albums from the October newsletter, and will be making sure that folks know when they submit their albums (which these were not, btw, we were tagged) that we won't promo AI "art."

CM's Stance on Generative AI in Chiptune | Chiptune Monthly

www.patreon.com

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 8d

October issue of Chiptune Monthly is out! Featuring releases by:
@postvoron.bsky.social
@megus.org
@calaveralovesyou.bsky.social
@danimalcannon.com
@shemusic.bsky.social
@surasshu.com

& throwbacks to
@hangongetready.bsky.social
@makeupandvanityset.bsky.social

Chiptune Monthly #17: October 2025 | Chiptune Monthly

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 11d

Later this week we will be compiling our October issue of the Chiptune Monthly newsletter. If you have an album you've recently released and want to have it featured, submit it to us through our submission form! The link to the submission form is on our carrd chiptunemonthly.carrd.co

Chiptune Monthly

A monthly chiptune community newsletter where you send us your music and we promote it for you, for free, forever.

chiptunemonthly.carrd.co

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HangOnGetReady™️ @hangongetready.bsky.social · 11d

Just removed as much of me as I could from Spotify. Fuck em. Let's celebrate, here are some #bandcamp codes!

Redeem: hangongetready.bandcamp.com/yum

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Reposts encouraged, support appreciated, much <3 to you all
#musiciansky #chiptune #free #freecode

Red sun on a checkerboard landscape -- A cropped version of the cover art for HangOnGetReady's AnyYes EP. I'm off Spotify, pls grab me on bandcamp :)

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 11d

Later this week we will be compiling our October issue of the Chiptune Monthly newsletter. If you have an album you've recently released and want to have it featured, submit it to us through our submission form! The link to the submission form is on our carrd chiptunemonthly.carrd.co

Chiptune Monthly

A monthly chiptune community newsletter where you send us your music and we promote it for you, for free, forever.

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · Sep 8

Rest in peace, Kageyama-san. May his memory be a blessing.

Most of us here at CM got to see him perform at MAGFest this year along with many other Brave Wave collaborators - what an absolute legend to see live. (This whole video rules, but this link jumps to his bit.)

youtu.be/Ms6HmMrHBgA?...

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am can write english ok

Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · Sep 5

Friendly reminder to subscribe to our newsletter on patreon (It's completely free) and also if you have any releases or events you'd us to know about for future editions, send them to us via our submission form! All relevant info here: chiptunemonthly.carrd.co

Chiptune Monthly

A monthly chiptune community newsletter where you send us your music and we promote it for you, for free, forever.

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⊏𝗡⊐ @nullsleep.bsky.social · Sep 5

“IT’S BANDCAMP FRIDAY” the horrible voices scream in unison

a deafening cacophony of spoken URLs follows, instantly reducing your ears to a fine red mist

a single URL sticks in your mind like some kind of weaponized memetic cordyceps

nullsleep.bandcamp.com

you click, and buy everything

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saria lemes 🏳️‍⚧️ @pedipanol.bsky.social · Sep 5

And if you can believe it, it's bandcamp friday once again! Remember to support your favorite artists over there today!

This musician who speaks to you also needs help with medical bills so any support would be appreciated!

pedipanol.bandcamp.com
#BandcampFriday