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OlympicCarrier wrote:

dude looks pretty pale in those youtube videos...

He's probably a 'basement dweller'.

Renegade Runner wrote:

SoundMatrix wrote:

Renegade Runner wrote:

He welds a Keytar and a KP3 together

Just pointing out that it's not a keytar and it's not a KP3. It's one of the kaoss products that is designed for video, and it's a normal synth I think.

Oh the Kaoss Pad Entrancer? I guess that explains it's size, just saw a bulky kaoss pad and thought "KP3!!"

And a synth held like a guitar, even if it isn't shaped like or labelled a "Keytar" is still one in my book

Edit
Pretty sure the synth is a customised Microkorg XL

Found this, for whatever it's worth:
http://cosmicblooper.com/?p=135

Big props for all the community for keeping an eye on the thieves.

the beauty of creative commons is menaced by this people, but thankfully, several members of the chiptune community take care of other artists interests, that's something we all should really appreciate.

And for this guy... he REALLY have some good tastes stealing, and he is a caricature of a musician. I really don't know how anyone haven't noticed before his "skills" manipulating that fancy hardware like he is doing.

His DREAM... the thing that keeps him awake at night, and hopes to one day be known for... something that he'd steal for, and stop at nothing to achieve...
is to be cool enough to play a keytar.
...What a dong.
I hope his girlfriend leaves him. It kinda bothers me that he has one and I don't. Maybe I should lie more.
...
... Dear God... it's me, Mike... I know we don't talk much... and every time we do it seems like its only because I want something... but... c'mon... really?
... REALLY?

Ro-Bear wrote:

So I'm going to send an emial to the events coordinator of the Con that this occured at and it goes like this :Hello,
    My name is Robert Joffred and I am writing you to inform you that an artist who performed at Game Core last weekend under the name of TV Death Squad is a fraud.  I might be writing to the wrong person about this matter and I would hope that you would forward this to the appropriate person.  I have not looked too far into the matter, however one of the songs here performed can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRCqzJEA … r_embedded   It is a song originally by the artist Random titled Sitges Savepoint.  I realize that of course there is nothing that can be done now about the matter, however if you could inform other conventions about the artist that would be a great help.  Also, being that the convention is in Philadelphia, there is a brilliant chiptune (or 8-bit music) community going on this city.  Some of the 8-bit musical acts from Philadelphia include Cheap Dinosaurs, Animal Style, Autoscroll (which is an 8-bit group who even performs video game covers) and myself, under the stage name Ro-Bear.  Philadephia's 8-bit scene is also very unique in having some of the greatest chip visualists around such as VBlank, Enso, and No Carrier.  In fact, there is a monthly 8 bit show in Philadelphia called 8 static that is running tomorrow night.  Under the Friends of Game Core website the VGXPO is listed and this year, I believe that all of the artists are performing at that convention. As a Philadelphia college student who was born and raised in Wyomissing, I hope that you will consider requesting honest acts to perform for your event.

Any revising suggestions?

Rather than posting you haven't researched it, I have. Put this in instead. It's always better to have proof.

The song "The Aftermath" on TV Death Squad's page is actually Goto80 - Ter4 (from the EP Contech). Here is a link to the official release on the well regarded label 8bitpeoples. Click on that song name and you'll hear it is the same.
www.8bitpeoples.com/discography/by/goto80
If that link does not work for you, if you go to discography, it is release number 44 on page 6.

The song "Random strange places" on TV Death Squad's page is actually Random - Sitges Savepoint (from the Bad Joke EP). Here is a link to the official release, also on 8bitpeoples. Click on the song name and you'll hear it is the same.
www.8bitpeoples.com/discography/by/random
If that link does not work for you, if you go to discography, it is release 79 on page 3.

The song "Mr Turbo Sailor" on TV Death Squad's page is actually Wiklund - Mr Turbo Sailor (from the Wing Beats album). Here is a link to the official release on CrunchyCo. Click down on the little green arrow to download that particular song, and you will hear they are the same.
www.crunchyco.com/music/wiklund.html

The song "I Am A Pirate" on TV Death Squad's page is actually Combatdave - I Am A Pirate (released on 8bitcollective.com). Here is a link to the official song, uploaded on August 26th 2007. You can stream the song on the player.
www.8bitcollective.com/music/combatdave/I+Am+A+Pirate/
or you can also see the video on youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClnzYf0-kro& … r_embedded

I messaged him on myspace, and got a reply:

TV Death Squad wrote:

random,


ive had the whole world pissed off.. FIRST off i am a VJ, not a musician... i specialize in visuals, i am no different than an 8 bit dj with vocals... i have done nothing but help promote how bad ass your music is and even do visuals over it.. EVERYONE at the event knew who wrote every song, thats why i had the setlist with the artists names !! i can understand why your pissed, but it sincerely is not what you think.. anyways, if you or random or wik are upset ill remove any promo for you guys.. let me know

As you can see, he's really bad at lying. Here's my reply:

Random wrote:

Hi,

I have a hard time believing you because:
1. You are clearly making some sounds in the beginning of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRCqzJEA0yw. VJs don't make sounds as far as I know.

2. You have a Game Boy on stage, and you pretend to play with it. Why would you do that if you were a VJ only? You are obviously pretending to play the music.

3. You are listed as a live performing band on the Game Core website (http://www.gamecorecon.com/events.html)

4. You say everyone at the even knew what music you were playing, but some one from the Game Core crew has commented on my website (http://randomizer.se/2009/09/another-music-theft/) saying "If we knew we would not have let him play that is BS." - and if the organizers didn't know, I simply don't believe you when you say "EVERYONE at the event knew who wrote every song".

5. You had my music uploaded on your myspace profile, and you renamed the tune. So what's this bullshit about "setlist with the artists names"? Again, if you were a VJ, why would you do that?

6. None of the other videos I've found on Youtube or Vimeo have any information of what music is actually played. It really looks like you're pretending to be the artist in all of them, no matter how I look at it.

To sum it up: things don't look so good for you in this case. If you still have anything to say in your defence, go ahead, but I doubt it will do anything but make you look even more like a liar.

It's good that you've removed your myspace profile and the videos on youtube, though. "Thanks".

animalstyle wrote:

http://filefreakout.com/miscelaneous/sp … _squad.jpg

i call it "sperm death squad"

*this was created under the art instruction of my gf anna~!

Real classy Anna

big-chip wrote:

Guys we are really missing the most important piece of information here.

Was his girlfriend hot?

I don't mean to be mean, but wrong thread... -> http://8bitcollective.com/forums/viewto … 57&p=1

apart from the fact that he is a fucking asshole/thief etc.

i really hate to see that such a dick is able to buy all the gear, its really painful dont know why, perhaps the feeling of waste has something to say here...

big-chip wrote:

Guys we are really missing the most important piece of information here.

Was his girlfriend hot?

She was alright. Unsuprisingly, he's deleted me from Facebook now

8bitcollective, I love all of you.  This fucker needs to be brought to justice.

http://digg.com/music/TV_Death_Squad_th … theif_ever

I can't contribute much here, but I can offer that, so digg up!  I sincerely hope all of this work gets serious attention - so without further ado, get Nitro's article on the front page!

Last edited by Beverage (September 19th 2009 8:54 AM)

Got a similar reply. The VJ claim is infuriating. He's got a lot more musical gear on the table in his performance videos than your average VJ. He's also unique among VJs in that he doesn't bother teaming up with musicians.