do people ever mix traditional instruments with chiptunes or is that like watching a serious guy get dunked on by a muppet
guys guitar doesn't count it's like the doctor who immortal time traveler guy it just shows up everywhere and you're like yup this is normal
ok so the broader thought experiment here is i'm really enjoying learning the mandolin, and i'm really enjoying building and exploring mollytime, and i'm feeling a gap where i'm not really good enough to play music with people but it is nevertheless an unmet need but i could maybe use a sequencer to practice with but mollytime mostly sounds like snes sounds which makes it a somewhat odd pairing so like how do i make that not sound ironic or like i didn't buy enough daw plugins to sound good lol
@aeva I mean people did put weird instruments into a rock band and made it work https://youtu.be/T4RHuXd5pMg
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Music is art. Experiment! Be original! Do the weird thing!

I love when someone makes seemingly incompatible instruments work together.

Above example is a good one. Artcore is another where they mash motifs and instruments from classical, electronic and Japanese pop together and it usually sounds epic.