Fan's tribute compilation?

[Little DiSH Z]

Ok people. This has been done twice before, with Neutral Milk Hotel.

I think it's about time that we start this up for OTC, epsecially now that we have the OTC tab database of doom going.

Now, the formula for this is simple enough. If you want on the comp, just post and say so on here. After a month or two, we'll take the ones we have, host 'em somewhere (like...say...my site), and from then on it's free sharing for all.

Now, according to the tabs thread, the following songs have alread been reserved by the following usernames. :

mikehattem - Green Typwriters I
Zachy - Sylvan Screen
auxillaryoctipus - Love Athena
Olie- California Demise 3
Little Dish Z - Grass Cannons

everything else is open.

Once we have enough people wanting to do this, we can set a deadline.

Now, be sure that the covers are something that you can do in an original style...it might make everything a little bit more interesting.

Also...for any Olivias that may be lurking around these parts: If this is something you would rather us not do, that's totally cool. Just say the word. We're not making money off this.

Let's rock, starting now.

[charrrddddd]

green typewriters IV for me, please

[FattyWompus]

i could hum I'm not feeling human.....humm humm humm hum hum hummm hum hum hum hum

[ZacharyEmerson]

not sure if FattyWompus is serious or not, but two friends and myself had begun a recording of Not Feeling Human for fun a couple of days ago, and would be more than willing to submit it. If Fatty would like to submit his humming opus, we could do something else, perhaps Train Director.

[the hurdy gurdy man]

I'll do something, but since somebody already grabbed "love athena" (which I was going to do the last time we were going to do this) I'll have to think of something else... hmm...

[imota]

why don't we make up original songs together, not otc ones?

and i know if we could write them a good hit song and then,
i know we could be in a billionair boys club too--!

[imota]

i mad a mistake. the correct lyrics is " then i could show you all the stars we could ride-----, baby!"

right? :D

[imota]

made, not "mad"

that joke isn't funny anymore

[thekingisdead]

I'm going to try Hilltop Procession. Depending on when the deadline is and when I get my recording program back, you may not want to quote me on that. I claim it for now.

[SlowCoreSadness]

I think I'd really enjoy doing Transparent Dream or maybe Hideway. This sounds like fun!!! Is there a deadline or sumthin'?

[Little DiSH Z]

mikehattem - Green Typwriters I
Zachy - Sylvan Screen
auxillaryoctipus - Love Athena
Olie- California Demise 3
Little Dish Z - Grass Cannons
charrrddddd - Green Typwriters IV
ZacharyEmerson - I'm Not Feeling Human
hekingisdead - Hilltop Procession
SlowCoreSadness - Transparent Dream OR Hideaway

That's the updated list. I'd like to add at least 2 or 3 more submissions (preferably more) before we make this an actual serious thing with a deadline and all that. Once we get enough people, we'll set a deadline, and it'll be pretty bitchin'.


So. C'mon people. Let's go!

[SlowCoreSadness]

Hideaway it is! Transparent Dream is up for grabs!

[Edited on 3-21-0606 by SlowCoreSadness]

[imota]

i'd love to play california demise pt.3. a folky/an acousticky version.
somebody is playing it already.
what is worse, i can't play it perfectly.
ngh.:(

[call me hi]

Originally posted by imota
i'd love to play california demise pt.3. a folky/an acousticky version.
somebody is playing it already.
what is worse, i can't play it perfectly.
ngh.:(

i would absolutely love to hear this. no offense to whoever already has it, but i think you should give it to imota.

since it appears we have time, why don't you put me down for gravity car. i have to figure out how to put songs on the computer first though. i'll most likely end up bailing so if anyone else wants to do it just say so. there's a couple others i'm going to try out.

[the hurdy gurdy man]

I think I'll try for Black Foliage (itself). Heck... I'll do the whole album.

[JoshTheBoyd]

i'd like to try out "i have been floated"

if you wanna check out some of my demos head over to www.myspace.com/hotbodiescollective

[braintostem]

another set of bees... anyone know the chords? i suck at that stuff.

http://www.myspace.com/seventynineclosedcircuit

[Little DiSH Z]

mikehattem - Green Typwriters I
Zachy - Sylvan Screen
auxillaryoctipus - Love Athena
Olie- California Demise 3
Little Dish Z - Grass Cannons
charrrddddd - Green Typwriters IV
ZacharyEmerson - I'm Not Feeling Human
hekingisdead - Hilltop Procession
SlowCoreSadness - Hideaway
Call me hi - Gravity Car
imota - California Demise pt.3
The Hurdy Gurdy Man - Black Foliage (itself)
JoshThe Boyd - "I Have Been Floated"
braintostem - Another Set Of Bees In The Museum

14 songs. Now we're talkin'

Imota, you will either have to pick another song, or get in touch with Olie about swtiching. It would be awesome to have you on the comp.

Allright everyone, this is officially a go.

a few points:

a) Participants, try and make your covers different, interesting, and something a little different than the original versions (not that i think this'll be hard...i mean, who can really replicate all that stuff?) make it fun!

b) If you have any questions about chords, etc. either ask the tabs datbase thread, or figure them out yourself.

c) email me your email addresses at aeroplaneaudio at gmail dot com. Include: your townhall username, artist name, and the track you're doing. When you're done, send your songs to that same address.

d) it's not too late for others to join! If you're interested, post here.

e) Start thinking about artwork, etc.

f) preliminary deadline for submissions is May 25th (2 months from now). That should give everyone plenty of time to get all their ducks in a row, etc. If anyone thinks that's too much time or too little time, let me know. as of right now, it's pretty flexible.

That's the deal. Have fun!
-A

[Edited on 3-26-2006 by Little DiSH Z]

[Edited on 3-26-2006 by Little DiSH Z]

[imota]

hey wait, i've got no good recorder. even 4-track one. how can i join that comp??:(

[imota]

Originally posted by Little DiSH Z
mikehattem - Green Typwriters I
Zachy - Sylvan Screen
auxillaryoctipus - Love Athena
Olie- California Demise 3
Little Dish Z - Grass Cannons
charrrddddd - Green Typwriters IV
ZacharyEmerson - I'm Not Feeling Human
hekingisdead - Hilltop Procession
SlowCoreSadness - Hideaway
Call me hi - Gravity Car
imota - California Demise pt.3
The Hurdy Gurdy Man - Black Foliage (itself)
JoshThe Boyd - "I Have Been Floated"
braintostem - Another Set Of Bees In The Museum

14 songs. Now we're talkin'

Imota, you will either have to pick another song, or get in touch with Olie about swtiching. It would be awesome to have you on the comp.

Allright everyone, this is officially a go.

a few points:

a) Participants, try and make your covers different, interesting, and something a little different than the original versions (not that i think this'll be hard...i mean, who can really replicate all that stuff?) make it fun!

b) If you have any questions about chords, etc. either ask the tabs datbase thread, or figure them out yourself.

c) email me your email addresses at aeroplaneaudio at gmail dot com. Include: your townhall username, artist name, and the track you're doing. When you're done, send your songs to that same address.

d) it's not too late for others to join! If you're interested, post here.

e) Start thinking about artwork, etc.

f) preliminary deadline for submissions is May 25th (2 months from now). That should give everyone plenty of time to get all their ducks in a row, etc. If anyone thinks that's too much time or too little time, let me know. as of right now, it's pretty flexible.

That's the deal. Have fun!
-A

[Edited on 3-26-2006 by Little DiSH Z]

[Edited on 3-26-2006 by Little DiSH Z]

i've been wondering if i could get in touch with olie?
i'd love to, his face looks exactly my type.
a good chance to approach him. aye.

[call me hi]

i'd like to switch from gravity car to mystery, please. thank you.

[Laika]

Cool, I may do Gravity Car. Maybe.

[EllertTremorControl]

Originally posted by thekingisdead
I'm going to try Hilltop Procession. Depending on when the deadline is and when I get my recording program back, you may not want to quote me on that. I claim it for now.

Soo...you still gonna do Hilltop Procession, or is it back up for grabs?

[mikehattem]

Dish

I sent you an email just to confirm that I will be doing Green Typewriters I... should have it fairly quick now that my band's record is finally done (after six months, 2 lineup changes, 1 baby, 1 wedding, and 2 hard drive crashes)...

Mike

[SlowCoreSadness]

Can someone give me the link to the OTC tab database? I can figure the chords and such out on my own, but I'd like something to reference to as well.

[thekingisdead]

I am still doing Hilltop Procession.

And I would like to try something, it may not work, but it might be cool. And if it doesn't work, I think I have a way to make it work.

Everyone who wants to (I'm hoping a lot of you, it would only take like five minutes, if you have the equipment), send a wav file of yourself singing along to the "la la las" at the end of the song to dearcassio@yahoo.com. Make sure your singing match es up. Send multiple parts if you can, so I can get all the harmonies.

Can anyone do it?

[Little DiSH Z]

Originally posted by thekingisdead
I am still doing Hilltop Procession.

And I would like to try something, it may not work, but it might be cool. And if it doesn't work, I think I have a way to make it work.

Everyone who wants to (I'm hoping a lot of you, it would only take like five minutes, if you have the equipment), send a wav file of yourself singing along to the "la la las" at the end of the song to dearcassio@yahoo.com. Make sure your singing match es up. Send multiple parts if you can, so I can get all the harmonies.

Can anyone do it?

I dunno, getting all those to match together would be realy really tricky. What you might want to do is make a click track and post that online and have people sing the part while listening to that with headphones. I can host that click track if you need it.

[the hurdy gurdy man]

good idea, Small Eating Utensil Letter. Otherwise the timing and rhythms will all be off.

Click track... brilliant.

[thekingisdead]

I'd really like to work on the cover art.

[snake oil pete]

I'll see if I can get something going on NYC-25

[braintostem]

another set of bees in the museum. CHORDS???????

ah screw it. ill just miffle around.

[thekingisdead]

I started thinking about the artwork, and started a preliminary concept sketch that my girlfriend scribbled all over when she got angry. She ruined what I had so far, but you can still kind of see it. Anyway here is how far I got in the experiment:
http://www.imageuploader.org/uploads/8fdfd72dec.jpg

Dummy girl.

Also, what are we going to call this?

I vote for "Fanfare at Cubist Castle"


[Edited on 4-5-2006 by thekingisdead]

[braintostem]

nice work. i say Admir Foliage Room (Bark, Flags, Trees)

by the way. im going crazy trying to figure out another set of bees... can someone please help??????

[Little DiSH Z]

mikehattem - Green Typwriters I
Zachy - Sylvan Screen
auxillaryoctipus - Love Athena
Olie- California Demise 3
Little Dish Z - Grass Cannons
charrrddddd - Green Typwriters IV
ZacharyEmerson - I'm Not Feeling Human
hekingisdead - Hilltop Procession
SlowCoreSadness - Hideaway
Call me hi - Mystery
imota - California Demise pt.3
The Hurdy Gurdy Man - Black Foliage (itself)
JoshThe Boyd - "I Have Been Floated"
braintostem - Another Set Of Bees In The Museum
Snake Oil Pete - NYC-25
Laika - Gravity Car (maybe?)

Allright...we have 16 now.

A few more updates:

a) A lot of people still need to email me. Right now I only have emails from mikehattem, thekingisdead, and braintostem. EVERYONE ELSE: If you want to be on the comp, send me an email to aeroplaneaudio at gmail.com. In this email please include:

Your townhall username
You band or artist name
The song that you're doing.

This is just so i have a definite idea of who is going to be on the comp.

b) braintostem - the link to the OTC tab thread is >>>right here (http://www.e6townhall.com/viewthread.php?tid=4929&page=1) (though it seems all of hypecity's posts have been replaced with...uhh..toasts.

I'm funny, i swear.

Anyways, I know alot of the same people post on there that do here, but it can't hurt to ask and see who responds. If you're stil finding it totaly impossible, you're more than welcome to switch songs. There's still a ton of good ones avaliable.

c) artwork - thekingisdead, that's some nice work, keep it coming. Everybody try and brainstrom ideas for layout and such.

As for the name, I like Fanfare at Cubist castle, but my only beef with it is that it limits itself to a specific album, instead of the wide range of stuff that's actually going to be on the comp.

that may matter a lot less than i think, though.


that is all. please continue to co-exist peacefully.
-A

[Edited on 4-6-2006 by Little DiSH Z]

[thekingisdead]

Originally posted by Little DiSH Z

As for the name, I like Fanfare at Cubist castle, but my only beef with it is that it limits itself to a specific album, instead of the wide range of stuff that's actually going to be on the comp.

[Edited on 4-6-2006 by Little DiSH Z]

I thought the same thing, but isn't Cubist Castle a recurring theme in OTC's music?

[thekingisdead]

Here's how far I am on a possible cover. The title is open to change. Any suggestions?
http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/7128/robbyart7is.jpg

[braintostem]

sweeet.

[SlowCoreSadness]

Woah! That's awsome.

[ZacharyEmerson]

Hows about "Define a Paranormal Animation" tee hee, fun.

[imota]

how about "define a traumatic dream" teehee. :D fun..?:o

[braintostem]

landscape grains.
ice and rings.
watercolor coat.

[SlowCoreSadness]

How about "Olivia Clothesoff"!

Or maybe "Define a Peculiar Noise"?

[Edited on 4-9-2006 by SlowCoreSadness]

[imota]

"define a trans parent's dream".

it doesn't make sense. :P

[clouds-chan]

the priincess turns the key to 1906

[carrotus_rex]

No one's claimed Jumping Fences yet, right?

I'm pretty sure I can get that done easily

[el topo]

This project is starting to look really cool. I will give a shout-out at my blog when it's done, if that's all right.

[thekingisdead]

Can we decide on a title? I'm getting anxious about finishing this.

[Little DiSH Z]

I'm a fan of Fanfare at Cubist castle. it has a nice ring to it, and I decided that I don't really care that it only references one OTC album.


If everyone else generally agrees, then make it so.

[thekingisdead]

Progress continues on the album art:

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL929/4419070/9345191/139055627.jpg
is this incredibly blurry to anyone?



[Edited on 4-13-2006 by thekingisdead]

[Edited on 4-13-2006 by thekingisdead]

[belefonte]

i call hideaway

[Edited on 4-13-2006 by belefonte]

[Edited on 4-13-2006 by belefonte]

[SlowCoreSadness]

Sorry, pal, I'm already covering that one.

[clouds-chan]

I'd like to try my hand at I'm not feeling human

I realize someone else called it, but it's about the only thing i have some confidence that i could pull off

[Edited on 4-13-2006 by clouds-chan]

[clouds-chan]

eh, nevermind. i tried. my laptop doesn't agree with me.

[mikehattem]

my Green Typewriters is done... I'll post a link in the morning

Mike

[Little DiSH Z]

This thing has legs.

Changes in the lineup from last time: carrotus_rex has joined and taken the song "Jumping Fences." Belefonte has expressed interest in contributing, though his first pick was already taken. Braintostem swtiched from doing "Another Set of Bees..." to making a few "animation themes" that will run between some of the songs.

With those changes: this is the current list:

[list=1]
mikehattem - Green Typwriters I
Zachy - Sylvan Screen
auxillaryoctopus - Love Athena
Ollie - California Demise 3
Little Dish Z - Grass Cannons
charrrrddddd - Green Typwriters IV
ZacharyEmerson - I'm Not Feeling Human
thekingisdead - HIlltop Procession
SlowCoreSadness - Hideaway
Call me hi - Mystery
The Hurdy Gurdy Man - Black Foliage (itself)
JoshTheBoyd - I Have Been Floated
braintostem - (animation themes)
Snake Oil Pete - NYC-25
Laika - Gravity Car (Maybe?)
belefonte - ? (Hideaway is taken)
carrotus_rex - Jumping Fences
[/list=1]

More stuff:

1) THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT STILL NEED TO EMAIL ME.
[list=1]
Auxillaryoctopus
Olie
Call me hi
The Hurdy Gurdy Man
Snake Oil Pete
Laika
Belefonte
[/list=1]

Please do so, to aeroplaneaudio @ gmail .com. All I need is your artist name, your townhall username, and the song that you're doing. This is jsut so I can have a good idea of how many people are confirmed to be on the comp. Plus, it means I can email you guys all at once, which makes life simpler for me :).

2) The deadline is still May 25.

This may be changed still if i don't get a whole bunch of songs in by then, but for the most part it should stay.

3) Releasing

We need to discuss and decide how exactly we want to release this tribute album. I would like to have a hard-copy CD release, especially when we have such awesome cover artwork. If we end up doing this, though, you would have to pay to get a CD, just so I can cover the costs of duplicating them.

I suppose i can also involve my label i'm starting into this, but once happens then money starts becoming important and I'd really rather not attach monetary stuff to this kind of a project.

It might just be easier to release it online.

4) As always, more submissions are welcome...

[mikehattem]

Here it is...
GREEN TYPEWRITERS - National Steel

http://www.guitaristworks.com/forum/download.php?id=4418

This is from a site I post songs at once and a while...
Let me know what you think... and where to email a better bitrate version... I started this at about 8pm last night and didn't finish till after 2am...

Mike



[Edited on 4-16-2006 by mikehattem]

[thekingisdead]

In case I never finish Hilltop, I do have some animations to supply.

[braintostem]

since im doing those animations from black foliage....you know that arrangement that it is in several of them, each with different instruments.. is it

well, at least on the glockenspiel, it sounds like its this...
C-C-C-D-C-D-C-C-C-D-C-D-C-A-A, or are the A's G#'s

[Edited on 4-18-2006 by braintostem]

[Little DiSH Z]

Originally posted by mikehattem
Here it is...
GREEN TYPEWRITERS - National Steel

http://www.guitaristworks.com/forum/download.php?id=4418

This is from a site I post songs at once and a while...
Let me know what you think... and where to email a better bitrate version... I started this at about 8pm last night and didn't finish till after 2am...

Mike



[Edited on 4-16-2006 by mikehattem]

Man...good job, dude.

[mikehattem]

did you like it man?? The bass is gonna be redone by my bass player but otherwise I played all the guitars, keys, sounds, and all 3 vocals... I tried to keep the basic feel of it but to do it as if I were recording one my own band's songs... I took that approach and gave it my basic National Steel instrumentation (B3-Mellotron-acoustic gtrs)... if you like this cover of GT man, then check out my band's site - this is a pretty good representation of our sound "on record"... our myspace has three songs from our new record which I recorded and produced myself (playing everything except the bass) over the winter...
I'm really interested in hearing what you guys think of the cover version??

MikeD

[thekingisdead]

That's actually one of the best fan covers i've ever heard.

[clouds-chan]

wow. this is great.

[mikehattem]

i can't wait to hear what everybody else does... are there spots open still for Animations cause I'll do one thats like a minute long maybe...

Mike


My "Green Typewriters" for OTC Fan Tribute:
http://www.guitaristworks.com/forum/download.php?id=4418

[thekingisdead]

should animations be built around the "black foliage" theme or can they be original?

[mikehattem]

if we wanna do freeform original animations we could just call them "reanimations" - I guess its up to the project captain Little Dish Z

Mike

[braintostem]

im already on the list to do the animations. i was going to keep the black foliage theme. hence my previous post.

[thekingisdead]

I was just thinking of doing like one or two different sorts of animations, the Black Foliage bits are all yours.

I'll post some in a few minutes, they're quite humble, I assure you, nothing compared to mikehattem's cover.

[thekingisdead]

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=88053
http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=88055
http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=88059

Here are a few "reanimations" that could be used as intros or outros or what have you. Hopefully at least one of these is useworthy.

What do you guys think?

[thekingisdead]

Are th9ose links working? for some reason I can't download my own files.

[mikehattem]

dont worry man... they work... i liked the first one I heard (filename was Sound 10, I think)... I could see that being usable... i wouldn't mind collaborating on one of these if somebody wants to... I don't have the time to concieve and start one from scratch but I could add some cool stuff to somebody else's... i.e. reverse tape loops, synth sounds, effects, maybe even some weird harmonies if its that kind of thing... maybe something like 60 seconds...

Mike

[thekingisdead]

If any of that stuff is salvagable, you're welcome to it.

[the hurdy gurdy man]

I don't think I'll be able to partake in this most excellent compilation. I don't have the time...

my apologies...

[mikehattem]

thats a damn shame man...

<i mean that deadly seriously>

as you can tell by one of the banes of my existence on this rock besides for misspellings on store signs - the dreaded double adverb

miked

[magneticrollerskater]

if no one minds may i have ..JUMPING FENCES.. i just have to figure out the tabs for the chorus =(

[clouds-chan]

i think carrotus claimed that one

[call me hi]

sorry guys, it looks like i'm out. i couldn't quite get mine to work the way i wanted it to. plus i don't know if the sound quality would be up to par. with finals and such, i just don't have the time to work it out properly. so i guesss mystery is up for grabs.

[SlowCoreSadness]

For alot of the same reasons (I can't get the song the way I want it to be, poor quality, etc) along with a very sudden financial emergency, it looks like I am out as well.

Hideaway is open.

[Little DiSH Z]

Dropping like flies!

Ok, guys...progress report. How's everybody else's covers going? Do we need more time?

[clouds-chan]

I'm going to figure out something to do.

[the hurdy gurdy man]

well... if you bumped back the date I MAY be able to do something....

and if no one is going to do Hideaway, I would do that one.

or if slowcore still wants it, I will still do black foliage (itself)

maybe.

time is honey.

and I'm diabetic.

[mikehattem]

Originally posted by Little DiSH Z
Dropping like flies!

It kinda sucks but it happens alot... I think mostly because people get genuinely excited about doing something for a fanfare but then realize they don't have the time or whatever... It makes them harder to organize I guess but its good that so many people are interested in contributing in the first place...

Mike

[call me hi]

i guess another reason i didn't want to is because i've never played any of my stuff for anybody and i kind of chickened out. i would've still contributed if my song was really good, but i really couldn't see it on the same cd as mikehattem's green typwriters. that was really good. basically i wouldn't have been paying much of a tribute.

[mikehattem]

call me hi.... now I kinda wished I hadn't posted it just yet... i don't want anybody to NOT contribute... I probably just have a little more time on my hands to get this stuff done... JUST DOING SOMETHING IS PAYING TRIBUTE!!! thats what a fanfare project is all about... certainly we're not judging you against anybody else's submission... besides, I'm sure its a lot better than you think... I play and record music as my main gig (no real money yet, and self-releasing records) but its what I do mostly and because of that I have a lot software and other stuff (and spend way more time on it than somebody who has a life)... Hearing a heartfelt cover even if its just acoustic guitar and vocal through a radio shack mic is just as cool and its those kinds of tracks that give the Fanfares their heart... you know what I mean?? Come on man, SEND IT IN!!!!

The last thing I ever wanted when I recorded that for the fanfare was for it to discourage somebody from contributing... actually I was kinda hoping it would spur everybody who was on the fence to say fuck it and give it a shot...

Mike

[call me hi]

don't worry about it man, i was just a little serious in my last post. i'm not as intimidated as i sounded (although yours is definitely on another level). if i did have more time to spend on it i most likely would still send it in. it's not like i'm ashamed of my song, it's probaly the most rocking tune i've ever recorded, but it definitely needs a lot more work. i might even post it here when i finally get it done, although that might be ages since i usually go for quantity over quality with my songwriting. but, these cover projects seem to take a long time to get off the ground, so i may make the deadline yet. i'm going to keep working on it regardless.

[Little DiSH Z]

Originally posted by call me hi
don't worry about it man, i was just a little serious in my last post. i'm not as intimidated as i sounded (although yours is definitely on another level). if i did have more time to spend on it i most likely would still send it in. it's not like i'm ashamed of my song, it's probaly the most rocking tune i've ever recorded, but it definitely needs a lot more work. i might even post it here when i finally get it done, although that might be ages since i usually go for quantity over quality with my songwriting. but, these cover projects seem to take a long time to get off the ground, so i may make the deadline yet. i'm going to keep working on it regardless.

Until further notice, I'm keeping you on the list. I'm sure that your cover rocks, big time. I honestly can't wait to hear it.

Updates coming soon.

[magneticrollerskater]

Originally posted by clouds-chan
i think carrotus claimed that one

aw thats too bad...im looking forward to hearing it ...thats one of my fav's.....i was thinking about doing a song off of Singles and Beyond any way...let me know if i can

[mikehattem]

i cant wait to hear it man...

Mike

[hockywierdo]

i Call "Today I lost a Tooth".
Its closely related to picked versions of and E major chord.

[Little DiSH Z]

Originally posted by magneticrollerskater
Originally posted by clouds-chan
i think carrotus claimed that one

aw thats too bad...im looking forward to hearing it ...thats one of my fav's.....i was thinking about doing a song off of Singles and Beyond any way...let me know if i can

You're in! The deadline will be extended, so don't feel like you have to rush.

More details coming...

[Little DiSH Z]

Update time.

These people have been removed, which means that the songs they are doing are open:
The Hurdy Gurdy Man - Black Foliage (itself)
SlowCoreSadness - Hideaway

Here's the new list:
[list=1]
mikehattem - Green Typwriters I
Zachy - Sylvan Screen
auxillaryoctopus - Love Athena
Ollie - California Demise 3
Little Dish Z - Grass Cannons
charrrrddddd - Green Typwriters IV
ZacharyEmerson - I'm Not Feeling Human
thekingisdead - HIlltop Procession (or animations)
JoshTheBoyd - I Have Been Floated
braintostem - (animation themes)
Snake Oil Pete - NYC-25
Laika - Gravity Car (Maybe?)
belefonte - ? (Hideaway is taken)
Call me hi - Mystery
carrotus_rex - Jumping Fences
clouds_chan - (He's going to figure out something to do)
hockeyweirdo - Today I Lost A Tooth
magneticrollerskater - (something from singles & beyond)
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THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT STILL NEED TO EMAIL ME.
[list=1]
Auxillaryoctopus
Olie
Call me hi
The Hurdy Gurdy Man
Snake Oil Pete
Laika
Belefonte
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(to aeroplaneaudio at gmail dot com, send me your artist name, your townhall username, and the cover of the song you're doing)

THINGS:

1) THE DEADLINE IS EXTENDED!
Due to the fact that we've had some new people join up recently, combined with the fact that it doesn't look like too many are very far along with theirs (myself included), i'm pushing the deadline for this back to late June. Let's say....JUNE 25th.

2) IF YOU ARE DONE, SEND ME YOUR STUFF!
...yep. aeroplaneaudio at gmail dot com. That's where it's at. Also, if you can avoid it, don't post the files on the board just yet. That way we won't be releasing a compilation of a whole bunch of things that people have already heard. This isn't meant as a slight toward the national steel dudes at all. I'm just sayin...

3) WE ALWAYS WELCOME MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN!
If you're interested in being on this comp but are jsut finding it now, worry not! jsut choose any OTC song that isn't already taken, post a message saying that you're gonna cover it, email me (see above), and you're in!

Keep the updates comin, folks. Where's everybody in the recording process now? I jsut got back from college, so now that i'm near my recording equipment i've been able to lay down a few basic tracks that i'm gonna add to tomorrow.

As for the animations, I'm really down with whatever. if you two watn to collaborate, that's great, and if we would rather have a bunch of animations by a few different people, then that's fine too.

Keep rockin.
-A

[Edited on 5-15-0606 by Little DiSH Z]

[Edited on 5-15-0606 by Little DiSH Z]

[josaphax]

any objections to me doing hilltop procession? if sooo i have some shit you can use for animations and/or a song i threw together that sounds otc inspired. i dunno, let me know.

[Zachy]

I think "thekingisdead" already called hilltop. See the post above yours for a list of songs people are already doing.

[josaphax]

eh okay, i didnt much feel like desacrating an otc song anyways. it just feels like such a task when youre doing it by yourself. i could however let otc inspire me to makes some noise. yeeah, i think ill do that.

[josaphax]

this is the link for my tribute. the otc songs will site themselves as its very clear its not me. i dunno, i guess im just looking for feedback, advice and or somebody to collaborate with. ( hope i link it correctly)




eight tracks of sunshine - otc on e makes driving a breeeeze:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=2930ECE07608FF45

[Edited on 5-23-0606 by josaphax]

[clouds-chan]

woah, the deadline is on my birthday.

[ZacharyEmerson]

alright, looks like we're set to record our track next week, should be fun. we will have it on time!

[thekingisdead]

I know now that I won't be able to finish hilltop, for educational purposes. So it will be up for grabs.

IMPORTANT NOTE: I will be going to a summer program at SCAD this summer and I'm not sure if I'll be able to upload the back cover. I would've had it complete by now, but I can't until all tracks are finalized. If I cant upload it, we'll be waiting till the end of July.

[tito00]

Hi OTC fans, where can I find their tab database ?:)

[tito00]

If "a place we have been to" is avaible, I'd like to cover it:)

[call me hi]

Originally posted by tito00
Hi OTC fans, where can I find their tab database ?:)

check out the "veritable bonanza of toast" thread. it's just a few down from here.

[mikehattem]

oh man.. lil' dish did I mess up by putting a link up to it??? btw - National Steel is my band but I do the recordings myself (except for the bass usually) - but on the GT I played everything on it... I record our records in my basement on my used Dell desktop with a $200 acoustic, an electric guitar that won't stay in tune, a Roland keyboard my neighbor found in the garbage and a $60 microphone. Hardly hi-fi, but i just try to get the most out of what I got and maybe one day I'll get some nice gear and be able to make a really good record. anyway, sorry about jumping the gun man. PEACE!!!

Mike

[josaphax]

Originally posted by thekingisdead
I know now that I won't be able to finish hilltop, for educational purposes. So it will be up for grabs.





i call hilltop procession!

[carrotus_rex]

Wow, I'm not sure if I can get this done. All my recording gear decided to shit the bed at once, and I got a new job so I've been busy as all getup. But I'm working on getting one of those newfangled MacBooks (dual processor say what?) with my new job money. So HOPEFULLY Jumping Fences will be recorded soon. We'll see though.

[ZacharyEmerson]

I can't imagine the comp without jumping fences... please do it! or if not, someone do it!

[clouds-chan]

I said i'd figure out something to do, but it's not looking like it's going to happen in my current situation.

[ZacharyEmerson]

so uhhh... didnt the due date pass?

[carrotus_rex]

Originally posted by ZacharyEmerson
so uhhh... didnt the due date pass?

You're obviously unfamiliar with how things work around here...

[tito00]

time is an abstract thing

[clouds-chan]

time is relative on the INFORMATION HIGHWAY

[carrotus_rex]

Will someone hand me a towel?

[Little DiSH Z]

yeah, ok, i've gotten a bit lazy.

I didn't calculate that I would be gone for the World Cup on the due date.


But, honestly, i have no idea what kind of status everybody is at for this thing.

So, EVERYONE INVOLVED, give a short state of the union type thing as to where your cover is, can you realistically complete it, etc.

Because if we're back to having maybe 4 or 5 people that actually will ahve something done, it might be better jsut to ditch the "comp" idea.

Let's hear it.

I started trying to wrok out how I was going to to Grass Cannons. I think I can do it. I ahve the time and the equipment and everyhting. So there's no reason I couldn't have it done by the end of the summer.

[tito00]

I've sent you my cover for "A Place We Have Been To".
Did you receive it ?

[sunjoe]

Oh man... I just found townhall and this comp- is it too late to get in on this?

[Navarond]

man, the sylvan screen. wish Zachy and I could have finished it. the intro is kick ass, then the mixing got all funky and it was raining and we were tired and the basement was a mess and our voices were screwy and and anadn and

[carrotus_rex]

Laptop should be in soon... then we can really get down to business and sink our teeth into this project. Not that I can't do it on the computer I have now, but I don't want it to sounds like lo fi crap. Not that my stuff usually sounds like lo fi crap, but you know what I mean.

[hockywierdo]

give me till the end of the summer.
after that beulah cover im suppose to do, of montreal cover, self released single, and concept ep around the legend of zelda...

I might be better on Sunshine Fix infact. I'll claim it. cause ther are tabs on it on the board!

[Edited on 6-29-0606 by hockywierdo]

[sunjoe]

OK, well I finished a recording of No Growing... hope it's not too late... I'll gmail it in and cross my fingers--

[mikehattem]

I'd like to hear that man... little dish - you should have my GREEN TYPEWRITERS still right??? if not I can resend it. otherwise can we get a list of what you have and what's "supposedly" on the way??

Mike

[josaphax]

i dont think ill have time to do hilltop procession. i had time originally but that window has closed. i apologize for calling it but thought i could make time but i cant. so yeah.

i did an otc style noise collage type thing mixing in some otc songs and i posted it but the link has since died. did anybody hear it? and if so do you want to use it? just let me know where to send it or i can post it again if anybody wants to hear it..

[charrrddddd]

i can get green typewriters iv in by the end of summer for sure. possibly even this month.

[tito00]

My cover for A Place We Have Been To
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=449801281EA0C739

[mikehattem]

wait till you guys hear sunjoe's No Growing... he nailed it down tight. Great job Joe

Mike

[josaphax]

look at me! im invisible......

[mikehattem]

hey, where'd you go?!?!?

[ZacharyEmerson]

did you get our not feeling human? i sent it a while ago

[magneticrollerskater]

If you guys need another track done I can do Jumping fences but I need to know so I can get my friend to record it!

[vegtableman]

So how is this going to work, are you going to get ppl to send in whole songs or just parts of them. and then do the tape looping?

[josaphax]

what the hell are you talking about? and somebody tell me where to send my song, pleeeease.

[carrotus_rex]

I ran out of money. I spent it all on studio time to record my actual songs with my band. There's no way I'm going to be able to get this done without pulling more strings than I can pull. Also, I'm going on vacation next week. Jumping Fences is up for grabs.

[Little DiSH Z]

Originally posted by josaphax
what the hell are you talking about? and somebody tell me where to send my song, pleeeease.

aeroplaneaudio@gmail.com

[mikehattem]

LDZ... do you still have my Green Typewriters?? If not I can send it again.

Mike

[Little DiSH Z]

Originally posted by mikehattem
LDZ... do you still have my Green Typewriters?? If not I can send it again.

Mike

Definitely got it, and it sounds great!

Still need way more, people. Right now I've only got about 3 or 4 covers, and that includes mine.

[sunjoe]

Did you get mine too? It's of No Growing.

[ZacharyEmerson]

Ok, this is probably the third time I've asked, but did you get my "I'm Not Feeling Human" cover? I sent it probably about a month ago.... yeah... just let me know if I need to send it again...

[Little DiSH Z]

To everyone that has asked me if I got their covers:

The answer is yes.

I have 5 total, and that includes mine.

This is what I have:

Green Typwriters by National Steel
I'm Not Feeling Human by The Magic Orchard
No Growing by sunjoe
A Place We Have Been To by Quetzal
Grass Cannons by me.

If we can get even five more from anybody then this will actually make a decently sized comp.

Remember, alls you gotta do is send them to me at aeroplaneaudio@gmail.com

bam.

[clouds-chan]

i want to do memories of jacqueline 1906

[thekingisdead]

If someone can suggest a rather simple song, one that could be learned and recorded quickly, and one that would sound nice when the only available instruments are a single acoustic guitar and my voice, I think I might actually be able to whip something up. I don't know what song to use, however, as most of their songs are full of other instruments.

[ZacharyEmerson]

covers should not have a whole lot to do with the original song... unless your goal is to mimic as much as possible. speed it up, slow it down, bang on your desk for the drums... the artists are generally more interested to hear what someone else views their song as than hearing what generally sounds like a lesser version of the original. I've been really pleased with all the ones i've heard off of this board... do something obscure... do "I Don't Know" from the pre-cubist castle demos... that would sound lovely just acoustic guitar and vocals... try it!

[Little DiSH Z]

Originally posted by ZacharyEmerson
covers should not have a whole lot to do with the original song... unless your goal is to mimic as much as possible. speed it up, slow it down, bang on your desk for the drums... the artists are generally more interested to hear what someone else views their song as than hearing what generally sounds like a lesser version of the original. I've been really pleased with all the ones i've heard off of this board... do something obscure... do "I Don't Know" from the pre-cubist castle demos... that would sound lovely just acoustic guitar and vocals... try it!

What he said.

[hockywierdo]

thats why you wont be mad that im totally not gonna do the kick ass bass on sunshine fix heh/].

[sixpac_drinkur]

Is it too late to contribute to this?