For everyone who has not seen my topic asking if this was a good idea: We all know it probably isn't and it will end horribly, but I'm certain we will enjoy ourselves along the way.
Basically, my idea was to have musicians on this board participate in making an album. It won't be cohesive, because I'm sure everyone has different styles they like.
But Vincent, I don't have any musical skill whatsoever, can I still participate? Some skill is preferred, but only creativity is expected. I want to have a good mix of talented musicians and just people dicking around on this. So if you really want to submit that chiptune thingy or beat you made in fruity loops, go ahead.
Who will judge what goes on the album and what not? In an ideal situation every user that's submitted will be on there with at least one of his tracks. If I really feel that this user just submitted for 'lulz' or some other dumb thing though, he or she probably won't be on it.
Can it really be anything I want? Yes. And no. It has to be a completely original track made by you. If it has samples, that's okay. Covers are not allowed, unless I feel you have done something really original with an already existing song. Even then, if it's a corny classic please don't. Remixes are allowed but not encouraged, just don't submit a dubstep remix of Nyan Cat or ANYTHING in that trend.
And what about comedic tracks? That's allowed, as long as it's done in a quirky way and it HAS to be about board 8. If you write a serious song it can be about anything, but 'joke' tracks should be related to board 8. What's NOT okay is to completely bully/flame another user in those tracks. Even if I hate the user myself, I won't allow it on this record. Don't want any stupid board 8 drama seeping through on this. If it's one line about a user in your song that's not so kind it's okay, but don't make a track completely dissing someone.
Can I collaborate with another user on here? Yes. It's not only possible, but encouraged. I think it will spark some creativity here. I would be glad to collaborate with someone on here myself, too.
For example: One could make a beat, another user could rap over it. It could also just be a folky duo, a DJ duo, a rock duo, whatever.
It could even be a collaboration with multiple users. The POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS
Can it be any genre? Yes. Even things I hate. As long as other people like it (I will always ask around on board8chat and even this thread for opinions), it will be on there.
How many tracks can I submit? Let's say two is the limit. If you collaborate with another user, that limit will increase to a whopping four. So you can have two tracks of your own submitted and two tracks with other users.
How big will this thing be? It could be a single album of ten tracks if there's not much people. It could also be a double/triple/quadruple album. I don't care, as long as the tracks are good or quirky enough.
Will you be on this? Yes. I am not the one who has the say all on everything though. To be fair, I will only put one track of mine on there, and one or two collaborations if people are up to it.
So who's in? Everyone's allowed, even if I think you're a douche. As long as that douchiness doesn't find its way to your tracks you're okay!
this sounds cool, make sure to keep me updated. not much musical talent in anything computer-related, can't sing, and sucked at clarinet for 8 years of my life, but I like music and I can maybe help listen to things and give feedback!
also, nominating jdizzy for music video performance
-- ~Peaf~ "Later that day, I f***ed a panda." - PSO
Oh, I also have a mandolin now that I bought my fiance a few months back. I have a few things I've been messing around with that I might be able to make into something.
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The Zombies - Time of the Season New Pornographers - Streets of Fire(?) The Band - The Weight something with Mark Lanegan on vocals so I can sing >_> (aside from In the Fade, I'm actually doing something with that on my own) something classic and Rat Packy, but arranged in a more modern way ("Summer Wind"? "Come Fly With Me"?)
and something big and involving almost everyone. i've always wanted to do Sufjan's "The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts" with like 10 players.
From: VincentLauw | #035 Spoilers I'm trying to encourage creativity and originalitiy, I don't want the hundreth cover of a song on this ep/album
As I said if it's original/inventive I'll allow it but a note by note cover just doesn't seem that interesting to me!
If all musicians thought like you, then we'd never get anywhere. You can do a note for note cover and have it be meaningful for an entirely different reason than intended!
From: VincentLauw | #038 If there's really a lot of people that want to cover something I'll sleep on it, but I don't want this to become a cover album by any means.
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