the ultimate sidefight survivor?

Thornberry · Post by **Thornberry** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:31 pm

Oh man! I actually was on the right track! I was researching At The drive in because the first thing I thought of when i read the clue was the mars volta, and I knew that two of those members came from At The Drive In and dude had an afro. Damn me for only looking around for a few minutes!

Although I am kinda proud of myself for being on the right track

Good job Des

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:45 pm

Lots of people were on the right track. I got a few guesses of DeFacto (another Cedric band with dead members) and Phantasmagoria (another Cedric band with dead members) but only Des got FODE.

Thornberry · Post by **Thornberry** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:49 pm

Niveous wrote:Lots of people were on the right track. I got a few guesses of DeFacto (another Cedric band with dead members) and Phantasmagoria (another Cedric band with dead members) but only Des got FODE.

Fine, take away my pride and personal achievments;)

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 6:58 pm

Man ... I actually had time to look for the answer for the immunity challenge, and then after I found a bunch of clues I found out that I was out of the round.

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:39 am

I left my wallet in El Balazo.

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:07 am

Denyer wrote:I left my wallet in El Balazo.

El Balazo is very cross

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:35 am

I've been on the road since Friday afternoon, and have just now gotten a look at the round three title/requirements.
This would be a good week to have immunity. Heh. I wouldn't have gotten that trivia question though, I can tell you that.
So, to work! Don't know where I going to find female vox yet, but that's why they call it a challenge.

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:02 am

jimtyrrell wrote:Don't know where I going to find female vox yet, but that's why they call it a challenge.

Yeah, I get the impression this challenge is harder for some of us than others. Some folks seem to have a wife/girlfriend etc... that sings, others of us are having to look a little farther. Challenge indeed

jack · Post by **jack** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:15 am

man, some of you guys need to think a bit more outside the box.

ever heard of sampling? i'm sure there are plenty of female vox loops lying around waiting to be plopped into someone's mix. even female harmony vocals (oohs and ahhs) shouldn't be that hard to come by. google is your friend.

collaborating? there are females around the board. around your house maybe. in your class, at your job, walking down the street. remember, more than half the world is female.

and i did say you can fake it if necessary. it just needs to be good.

if it was easy, it wouldn't be called a challenge.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:00 am

Right. No more comments from me. I should be recording anyway.

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:14 pm

jack wrote:man, some of you guys need to think a bit more outside the box.

ever heard of sampling? i'm sure there are plenty of female vox loops lying around waiting to be plopped into someone's mix. even female harmony vocals (oohs and ahhs) shouldn't be that hard to come by. google is your friend.

collaborating? there are females around the board. around your house maybe. in your class, at your job, walking down the street. remember, more than half the world is female.

and i did say you can fake it if necessary. it just needs to be good.

if it was easy, it wouldn't be called a challenge.

Jack, slow down. I was just saying - we differ in our resources here. I have no problem with the challenge and was just engaging in a conversation about it.

I also submit that the type of resources we use may also be driven by how the challenge and title drive our creative process. I for one was immediately taken down a creative path for which a true, live, customizable female singer would be best. For others, samples or loops might work best. I prefer an approach of building the challenge into the song, rather than the other way around (i suspect most of us do). In this case, the availability of female vocalists becomes central.

This will end my comments, too. I gotta go get checked-in for my sex change.

Having lots of fun - thanks for putting your time into it!!

Ross

jack · Post by **jack** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:20 pm

survival of the fittest. nur ein. all that jazz.

i think like spud mentioned earlier, i'd like to keep the challenges somewhat open to interpretation, and it's not like i'm going to be paying more attention to monitoring of meeting the challenge than how good is this song. it's like driving without your seatbelt on. you might get dinged.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:20 pm

c'mon guys, of all the challenges so far I think this one has been the most open. "Opposite Sex Vocals", doesn't nessessarily mean vocals done by a member of the opposite sex. What about vocals written in the context of the opposite sex? Case in point.

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:24 pm

Why not vocals about the opposite sex?

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:08 pm

how about I have no idea what to write about in teh context of a restaurant I've never heard of or been to????

...this just might have to get silly.

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:24 pm

Leaf wrote:how about I have no idea what to write about in teh context of a restaurant I've never heard of or been to????

...this just might have to get silly.

I think you might have more ideas if you translate to english first.

deshead · Post by **deshead** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:39 pm

Leaf wrote:...this just might have to get silly.

Right there with ya, bud!

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:14 am

Wow, now I see how much my music is loved. Of the entries that pass, I'm last and second last. Blah.

Anyway I was away for the weekend again and have missed most of the period for working on the song. Blah. Also the immuniity challenge. Blah.
-bill

Steve Durand · Post by **Steve Durand** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:16 am

HeuristicsInc wrote:Wow, now I see how much my music is loved. Of the entries that pass, I'm last and second last. Blah.

Anyway I was away for the weekend again and have missed most of the period for working on the song. Blah. Also the immuniity challenge. Blah.
-bill

As long as you keep moving on you have a chance.

If you finish second to last in the last round then you win.

Steve

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:54 am

Leaf wrote:how about I have no idea what to write about in teh context of a restaurant I've never heard of or been to????
...this just might have to get silly.

Oi! Look at the picture. That's no happy clappy night out at a restaurant. That's a psychotic gun wielding El Balazo who doesn't like wallets left anywhere in his person... Or not.

btw, for a drummer you play mean guitar.

deshead · Post by **deshead** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:05 pm

Questions, o lauded judging panel: In which round are we dispensing with the immunity challenge? And will the "winner gets immunity" apply right up to the penultimate round?

Tangentially related: If Leaf enters a song this week, shouldn't he be eligible for immunity next week too? I noticed last week the judges didn't bother ranking Thornberry, but his song was good enough that it could have changed the rankings at the top.

j$ · Post by j$ » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:10 pm

We will review, but not score, the person who gets immunity, if they choose to record a song for the stage in which they have immunity. Immunity applies for one stage only. Immunities won't apply for the final stage.

the ultimate sidefight survivor?

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