I heard a story about a bunch of famous pop guys doing this, and as someone with a congenital inability to stick to self-imposed deadlines, a little peer pressure sounds like it might be helpful.
The rules are:
-You submit a song (written that week) by an agreed upon deadline each week.
-If you don't submit anything, you're eliminated
-last person standing wins
Really, the deadline is the most important part, so the rules can be pretty flexible. Anyone else interested?
HOWEVER since I'm only away a few hours per day on a 2nd hand store, and others may have full time jobs, that's a bit unfair advantage in my opinion.
So let me have "special rule": One song per week, but once every month I need to submit an extra song more than others. :flex:
However, what requirements for the songs? Do they need vocals, or are instrumentals okay? I understand you are allowed to make how advanced songs you want, but what about a 1:30 minute long punk song?
What about the production/sound... Are full fletched productions preferred or would a 1-guitar track to programmed drum loop be allowed?
However, what requirements for the songs? Do they need vocals, or are instrumentals okay? I understand you are allowed to make how advanced songs you want, but what about a 1:30 minute long punk song?
What about the production/sound... Are full fletched productions preferred or would a 1-guitar track to programmed drum loop be allowed?
I'd say the bar is as high as you set it. If you submit a song, you're in. I want make sure this is open to as many people as possible, so I'm not worried too much about the quality of the production (Also because I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to that, and I don't want to immediately exclude myself. :lol
And if you want to submit more than one a week, go for it!
As long as there's at least one instrument doing something musical, I'd call it good! It just has to be a complete composition. Something like a solo guitar song would be totally cool, but if someone wrote a maiden style song and only submitted the guitar tracks, that might be a bit more iffy.
Sounds fun but some of us know about a billion songs, does it exclude songs you already know? It almost has to, then the honor system is in effect I guess?
You know, this sounds cool. as long as i don't have to care about it sounding amazing, this could be my avenue to writing the rest of the crap songs I need for winnebago pentagram.
or just for writing a "song" that I can then tear apart/make better for other stuff.
I'm guessing songs can be any style, and once you've picked something you don't need to stick with that particular sound?
It'd probably also be cool to set "rules" like a set key, tempo and meter etc One composer network I'm in tried this but with a list of emotions and people trying to compose something to express that emotion.
That level of detail makes me not want to bother with it, like, I couldn't give two shits what key I'm in or what tempo the song is; those elements should serve the song, not be the box in which the song is written.
That means one can use the free time during weekends to write the song (which can be the most time consuming) and then the coming week for recording and mixing etc.
And then when friday hits, it's party time :flex: (hopefully most of us submits new songs we can listen to)
Should have at least some kind of theme or element that changes each week so at least everyone involved knows for sure that the song is new and not just pulled from an archive.
I'm keen but agree with no structure rules and if the deadline is a Friday it would have to be kicked off the Friday before because I really have no time during weekdays so I'd be working on it 2 days only
Actually, a soundcloud or bandcamp or whatever page, or somewhere to upload it that is common would be good, as then we can check upload times, and maybe arrange every week as a "mini" album
I've done very limited recording. If I'm able to participate it will likely only be guitar only. I do own EZ drummer but have never really spent the time to figure out how to program drums.
Actually, is it perhaps worth starting a mini-season 0 as soon as we can, that'll help people work out best days for it, any recording kinks etc and then start proper in mid January?
Call it a prototype. Or something.
(For those of us without firm holiday commitments it might mean we even get a few songs done this year - ha, like I'll finish anything!)
Actually, is it perhaps worth starting a mini-season 0 as soon as we can, that'll help people work out best days for it, any recording kinks etc and then start proper in mid January?
Call it a prototype. Or something.
(For those of us without firm holiday commitments it might mean we even get a few songs done this year - ha, like I'll finish anything!)
The problem with that, though, is that the second season would have to be tiny since most of the people would still be in the first season. Maybe once a month, or every other month?
My vote would be for each one to be at least a month. Going week by week scares me because I know for a fact that I'd forever be putting it off until the next week. :lol:
You can always just say, "We'll start, and then see where it goes". If you end up starting with say, a dozen guys, have 3 left in week 4 and the same three in week 7 maybe you just start over for week 8 and declare a draw. If it's really for fun and to get people using all their toys and having fun with it, it doesn't really matter, it's about trying to write better, etc. Keep it light and fun and it will succeed. Make it Congress and you know what happens
Yep, I like this, start off with a trial, see how it all flies, then pick a point where everyone starts again. It is supposed to be fun, so the less weird restricting rules the better. I'd actually say since we are near the end of november that we should start in earnest first week of january, i mean, january sucks, noone has any money to go out anyway after xmas, and it's a miserable month.
Doesn't mean we can't have a "beta" trial run now though, that way we can setup soundclouds/bandcamps etc, see what works, what doesn't and get rid of a few teething problems along the way?
i'd be down to try this .... i hit the wall all the time and then all my shit will drop off for months.
really trying to build some discipline and consistency. Plus for some stupid reason I respect your dumb opinions and feedback is never a bad thing when you're breaking out of boxes.
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