Music by Computer Games (Darren and Chuck's Band)

Computer Games Street Team wrote:


Computer Games have entered a contest that runs from May 10^th through July 3^rd.

If they win this contest, they will be the OPENING ACT for the worldwide streamed iHeart Radio Music Festival, which means BIG EXPOSURE for the band.

We have the power to make this happen for Chuck and Darren via a combined voting effort. Here is how you can help:


# 1: MACY’S IHEART RADIO VOTING PAGE:  [ http://www.iheartradio.com/risingstar ]




The official Macy’s iHeart Radio Rising Star page is a quick way to submit a spurt of 50 votes to the band.

You are given the option to submit 50 votes max per Facebook/Instagram/Twitter/Google+/iHeart Radio account you have.

That means that if you have one of all five of these types of accounts, you can submit a total of 250 votes per day for Computer Games. 

Simply refresh the page to log into/submit votes with another account!

If you are mobile, don’t open the page through the twitter app! You’ll experience problems! Open it through Safari/Google/preferred mobile browser.

You will know that your votes went through when you see this:



Go ahead and share the post for an extra vote!

Every new voting day begins at 12AM EST and ends at 11:59PM EST.

If you have more than one of each of these accounts (i.e. 3 Twitter accounts and 2 Instagrams) that means that’s another 50 votes max per day, per account, that you can submit!

USE ALL YOUR ACCOUNTS EVERY DAY. THIS INCLUDES SAVED ACCOUNTS.

BUT THERE’S MORE YOU CAN DO:

You have a max of 50 votes each day per account [for purposes of entering the sweepstakes for you to attend the Music Festival], but that’s just the easy voting numbers you can give the band! When you submit those votes, you’re also being entered into a sweepstakes to attend this Music Festival. That’s where the entry limit comes in.

YOU CAN STILL SUBMIT MORE VOTES ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA; they just aren’t entries for the sweepstakes!

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Compuer Games Street Team wrote:
# 2: TWITTER



On Twitter, there are three ways for your votes to count towards this contest. Your tweet MUST INCLUDE #RisingStar PLUS, either Computer Games, #ComputerGames or @weplaycomputers, AND must also be tweeted from a PUBLIC account. This applies for all retweets. If your account isn’t public, none of your tweets or retweets will count.

To clarify, your tweet can say:

“Sending in my Computer Games vote for #RisingStar”

“Sending in my #ComputerGames vote for #RisingStar”

“Sending in my @weplaycomputers vote for #RisingStar”

“I just dropped a jar of pickles, whoops.  #ComputerGames #RisingStar”

AND ALL OF THESE TWEETS WOULD COUNT, as long as your account is public.

You can tweet and retweet an UNLIMITED amount of times, so have fun with it!




If you don’t mind it, go ahead and like this tweet as well so other fans know that it’s okay for you to send votes to your mentions instead of spamming up their friends’ twitter timelines:

https://twitter.com/WPCStreetTeam/status/862369896960638976

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Computer Games Street Team wrote:
# 3:  TWEETDECK



Remember your saved accounts? They still have more use! If you have saved Twitter accounts available, there is a web application called Tweetdeck that allows you to be logged into multiple accounts at once and tweet/retweet from them simultaneously. I highly recommend that you use this application for mass voting efforts. It’s super easy to use as well!

First, go to tweetdeck.twitter.com and log into an account. I have my personal account as my main account and the many other accounts I run were added on for easy access.



Once you’ve added all your accounts to Tweetdeck, you can start tweeting, selecting certain ones or all of them:





You can even retweet from all the accounts simultaneously with little effort:



So put those saved accounts to good use and let’s rack up some votes!

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Computer Games Street Team wrote:
# 4: INSTAGRAM/FACEBOOK



To put it simply, if you can share it and post it publicly, you should.

Just make sure to include #RisingStar, PLUS [either] Computer Games, @weplaycomputers OR #ComputerGames somewhere in the post.

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Computer Games Street Team wrote:
FINALLY:


It’s important to note that the contest has two voting periods.

Voting Period One:
5/10/2017 at 6:00am ET - Voting on Top 10 Begins
6/4/2017 at 11:59pm ET - Voting on Top 10 Ends


Voting Period Two:
6/12/2017 at 6:00am ET - Voting on Final 5 Begins
7/2/2017 at 11:59pm ET - Voting on Final 5 Ends


Winner Announced:
7/5/2017

WE HAVE TO KEEP COMPUTER GAMES IN THE TOP FIVE TO MAKE IT TO VOTING PERIOD TWO.

After Voting Period One ends, the votes will reset back to 0, putting us at a fair playing field once again [at the start of Voting Period Two].


This contest is a long one, so we don’t recommend burning yourself out right away, but if we want to give this opportunity to Computer Games, we have to be persistent and keep pushing for more votes! You will have us as cheerleaders the entire time and we have every faith in our fellow Gamers!

Please share this post and let’s grab the top score for Computer Games!

FuseTV wrote:
FUTURE ASIAN & PACIFIC HISTORY MONTH: DARREN CRISS’ MULTIFACETED TAKEOVER

May 11, 2017

The singer-actor-festival-creator is conquering different fields of Hollywood and doing so with grace and pride.

Fuse is celebrating Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month by looking at a variety of rising forces who are creating Future Asian and Pacific History before our eyes. While many have entered and gained a mega boost of fame from their Glee days, few are making the variety of impact that Darren Criss is today.

Since his days of playing the beloved Blaine Anderson in the Dalton Academy Warblers, Criss has since gone on to conquer a slew of different areas in Hollywood. He’s left his mark in the worlds of…and take a deep breath here…music (releasing a solo EP and currently promoting with his ‘80s-inspired duo Computer Games), Broadway (acting in successful stints with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Hedwig and the Angry Inch), television (appearing in The Flash, Supergirl, and landing a role in the upcoming American Crime Story series), movies (making his feature film debut in Girl Most Likely alongside Kristen Wiig and Annette Bening), and even festival curation (he co-founded the annual Broadway-pop festival Elsie Fest). All the while, Criss has continued to be staunch advocate and ally to the LGBTQ community, being a major supporter to The Trevor Project, and speaking out for organizations like Rock the Vote, UNICEF, and Amnesty International. Got all that?

Furthermore, Criss acts a shining success story of the underrepresented Asian American community in Hollywood. Along with his brother and Computer Games band mate Chuck, Darren told Fuse about the pride they have from being raised by a Filipino mother. “As you get older and you meet people who have other cultural backgrounds, you start to realize the differences and you either enjoy that difference or maybe it drives you nuts,” Darren shares in the video above. “I happen to really enjoy the fact that we’re half-Filipino, mainly because it’s such a sneak attack. Most people think we’re straight-up white kids.”

With his projects boasting as much range as his multi-octave voice, there’s no doubt that Darren Criss can continue his multifaceted approach to taking over Hollywood and doing so with major pride for his culture and background.

Papermag.com wrote:
DARREN AND CHUCK CRISS OF COMPUTER GAMES ON MAKING MUSIC AS BROTHERS AND EMBRACING CHEESY DANCE MUSIC.

05/11/17

Music has always been at the center of brothers Darren and Chuck Criss' lives, but it took them in different directions. 32-year-old Chuck made a name for himself in the indie rock scene as a part of the band Freelance Whales and his 2013 solo album. For 30-year-old Darren, the first taste of success came from founding a musical theater production company called Starkid Productions--and then in the role of Blaine Anderson on Fox's little music club show, Glee. However, creating a project as brothers has always been in their minds. Now, Chuck and Darren Criss have finally decided to release some of the music they had been making together over the years under the moniker Computer Games. While the brothers aren't sure how long Computer Games will last (a full-length is still up in the air), their EP Lost Boys Life pays homage to their childhood love of pop music, playing video games, and cheesy '80s synths.

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What other projects have you guys been working on? Chuck, have you been working on any other musical projects since Freelance Whales? Darren, have you been working on any TV projects since Glee?

Chuck: I was working on a lot of music on my own post-Whales. The more I did it, the more it started to fit Computer Games. I was like, "I should work on this with Darren."

Darren: Before Glee, my main squeeze was my group Starkid. Basically, out of college, my big break was an internet comedy group that changed my life. Starkid was my musical, creative outlet. That's when I realized I could be a songwriter for a living, which is why I eventually ended up writing songs for Glee. The last songs I wrote was right when I joined Glee. That was the last Billboard record I had. Anyway, that was my outlet for writing songs. Right after Glee, I have a singer-songwriter EP in the can, which I'm waiting to put out later this year. I was originally going to put out the singer-songwriter EP at the same time I put out the Computer Games EP. After being absent for a while, I didn't want to confuse fans or people who weren't familiar with myself, to focus on one thing at a time. I have a TV pilot I've been in development with for a while. There's a lot percolating. That's also why it was important to get Computer Games out, because it's only three songs. We thought it was cool to put out the songs, tour and let it incubate before we put out a full-length. We're using the "figuring it out as we go" model.

Is this a one-off project?

Darren: It could be, but I hope it's not. It's a promise Chuck and I made to each other as teenagers. We're doing it for us. We hope people like it, but if it doesn't catch on, there's no harm done. This is a total passion project. We hope there's enough interest where we can keep it going at some level. While I hope it isn't a one-off project, we're open to all avenues.

Jeremy wrote:
The references in the beginning of the Fuse TV video seem nice but I don't understand what it's about 

Btw, I may be a bit lost but weren't they supposed to release a music video ?

Poppy wrote:Yes, I agree, music videos are important in terms of helping giving more visibility to the music artist.  And I also liked "Every Single Night's" video, and also would enjoy a music video with Darren and Chuck in it.  I imagine that video will be lots of fun. 


This is great:  Today (Friday) Computer Games is at the top of the Leader Board at http://macysrisingstar.iheartradio.com/ !    There are some very dedicated fans of Darren and Chuck who are tweeting and retweeting hundreds of times (maybe a couple of thousand times) each day.  Big kudos to such dedicated fans, who really want to see Computer Games be the opening act at iHeartRadio Music Festival!  

 


Aw, it's nice of Darren and Chuck to acknowledge their fans' dedication.  So sweet. 

From dailydarrennews:





May 19, 2017






From Darren Criss Army:


Via Chuck’s Instagram Story 5/19/17 #ComputerGames #RisingStar

Lilikoiluv wrote:
Go, fandom, go! 
We can do this! 

I'm excited to see what they have in store for us during the facebook live after their AIDS walk performance (it's so great that they're going to be a part of that)!  

Music Video please. 

I really hope their music finds its legs and gets radio air time.  "Every Single Night" and "We Like It" are such perfect summer songs! 

Billboard wrote:
Watch Darren Criss & His Brother Chuck Dance Like No One's Watching in Computer Games' 'Every Single Night' Video

5/21/2017



Computer Games, Darren Criss’ alt-pop band with his brother Chuck, released a music video for their track “Every Single Night” on Sunday (May 21).

Reminiscent of Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” music video, Computer Games’ new video features the band and friends grooving against a solid-colored background in mouse suits, sequined mermaid tails, unicorn horns and more


Throughout the video, the sibling duo wears turtleneck sweaters that look like they could have been borrowed from The Wiggles, but they fit in perfectly against everyone else’s crazy attire, including pirate costumes and a drummer with a baby doll strapped to his chest.

“Every Single Night” is featured on Computer Games’ debut EP, Lost Boys Life, which arrived in March 2017.

Check out the new music video below:

People wrote:
Darren and Chuck Criss Release 'Unapologetically Fun' New Music Video

May 21, 2017



Quoting what the Beatles said at the height of their fame in the ’60s, Darren and Chuck Criss are “just having a laugh” as they bring their own band, Computer Games, full speed ahead.

PEOPLE joined the brothers on set for their new music video for “Every Single Night,” and there was no shortage of laughs as they enlisted the help of their childhood and college friends to dress up as unicorns, mermaids and pirates.

“Being an artist, and being a band, it’s such a pain in the ass,” says Darren. “We might as well try and have as much fun as possible, so that’s what we’re trying to accomplish with the creative process.”

Chuck adds of their music: “We want it to be inclusive and just unapologetically fun.”

The band’s upbeat tune is already being pegged the “song of the summer” — an acknowledgment the two don’t take lightly as they join the ranks of their all-time favorite songs of summers past, including Len’s “Steal My Sunshine” and Smash Mouth’s “All Star.”

“Put that on my tombstone: ‘Writer of song of the summer before the summer starts,'” jokes Chuck. “To hold that title would be a dream come true, honestly. To me, that’s my favorite song of the year. There’s always that one summer song.”

Darren continues: “It’s a really democratic process. There’s no Grammy attached to it, it’s pretty undisputed. The idea of making that many people have a good time with a beer in their hand by the pool — that’s bulletproof. You can’t take that away from somebody.”

Though Computer Games is the first official project the brothers have collaborated on, they grew up playing and creating music together in their hometown of San Francisco.

“Chuck and I were always close, but once we started playing music together, rock or pop music in our basement, that really augmented our relationship,” Darren explains. “That became the backbone of the way we connected to each other.”

[. . . ]


Their late ’80s and early ’90s pop infused sound wasn’t intentional, but as they recorded their songs and a sound took shape, they embraced it.

“While I can’t ever possibly think we’re on the same level as Quincy Jones‘ production, those are the things we try to shoot for as far as sonic layering and making things as big and fun as possible,” says Darren.



Since Darren has been busy in other aspects of the entertainment industry, including appearing as Versace’s killer in FX’s upcoming Versace: American Crime Story, the two decided it would be best to go an independent route as opposed to signing with a label.

“I don’t know that we’d be able to accomplish what we did with this EP if we had been with a label,” Darren says. “It’s mainly the freedom of choices especially with all the other things we have going on.”

[. . . ]


“We share the same musical vocabulary so there are no road blocks when we’re exchanging ideas,” says Chuck, as Darren chimes in with an example: “It should sound like this song from this album mixed with that episode of Seinfeld.”

Chuck responds: “And that makes sense to me. There’s less embarrassment about bad ideas. What makes things hard is Darren is a very busy guy and has a ton of energy. I’m a father to kids — I spent one weekend with Darren and I come back like, ‘I’m going to have the flu for nine weeks.'”

In the end, the two are just hoping to have fun.

“I turned a corner a couple of years ago where I so desperately wanted to be my heroes, but the truth is I’ll never be anywhere close to my heroes and my heroes will never ever be me. And that’s ok,” says Darren. “All the people who were profound and did something amazing were just being themselves so if our particular variable to the equation is being fun and silly, then so be it. We hope that has a positive impact on it’s own.”

Computer Games is currently nominated as one of Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Stars and is competing to open the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas in September. Fans can vote for Computer Games here.

The Lost Boys Life EP is out now.