Random Coversong project

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:49 pm

Bored? Don't like the title this week? Caught in the Songfight! gap? 
Give yourself a random cover song assignment. 
Here's how. 
(I know this looks like a lot of steps, but it's simpler than it looks.) 
(1) Click <a target="_blank" href="http://www.random.org/cgi-bin/randnum?n ... ">here.</a>
This will open a window with a random number between 1 and 1884. Write
this number down. It is your "artist" number. 
(2) Now go look at the artist list<a target="_blank" href="http://home.socal.rr.com/rossdurand/artistlist.html"> here</a>. Find your
artist number on the left side of the screen. To the right is the name
of the artist who's song you will be covering. You'll probably want to
write this down, too. 
(3) If the number in parentheses after the name of the artist is "(1)"
that means they've only ever done 1 song - go to their archive page,
find the song, cover it, post it, link to it here. If not, go on to
step 4, below. 
(4) If the number in parantheses after the name of the artist is
greater than 1, click <a target="_blank" href="http://www.random.org/cgi-bin/randnum?n ... ">here.</a>
This will give you a number between 1 and 87 (curse that WreckdoM).
This is your "song" number. Write this down, too. 
(5) Now go to the archive page for the artist that matches your artist
number. Divide your song number by the number of songs that artist has
done so that you receive a remainder. Using the remainder, count down
their list of songs - the song you end on is the song you cover. 
For example, if the artist has done 14 songs and
your "song number" is 50 - you get a remainder of 8. Count down to the
8th song on your list - that's the song you cover. If it divides evenly (no remainder), that means you do the last song on the list.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:21 pm

What if you are left without a remainder?

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:27 pm

Niveous wrote:What if you are left without a remainder?

Do the last song on the list.

blue · Post by **blue** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:37 pm

I got Swedish Masturbation Unit's "Watch Your Face."

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:15 pm

blue wrote:I got Swedish Masturbation Unit's "Watch Your Face."

Can't wait to hear it

j$ · Post by j$ » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:19 pm

Ummm, I got ... myself? And for the sake of it, worked out it was 'Dusty Plains' - I think I'm maybe ... excluded?

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:35 pm

j$ wrote:Ummm, I got ... myself? And for the sake of it, worked out it was 'Dusty Plains' - I think I'm maybe ... excluded?

AMAZING!!!!!

Click again, man, click again.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:41 pm

Ross, I'm stuck on step #2.

I got this from your "here" link.

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:58 pm

Billy's Little Trip wrote:Ross, I'm stuck on step #2. I got this from your "here" link.

Ok, I fixed that. I think a server is down or something. It should work now - I hope you don't get yourself, too (you didn't get 179-183, did you?)

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Ross

Billy's Little Trip · Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:01 pm

I got 930. Lets try again.

edit: oh good, I got it by step 3 so I didn't have to do all of that algebra.
I got joB "boundaries" I'll have fun with that one. What's the due date?

Steve Durand · Post by **Steve Durand** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:29 pm

Hmmm. It looks to me like there are a lot of artists listed that may no longer be active on the boards or anything.

If you're going to do a cover you'd kind of like to know that the person you cover is likely to listen to it.

Steve

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:01 pm

Billy's Little Trip wrote:I got 930. Lets try again.
edit: oh good, I got it by step 3 so I didn't have to do all of that algebra.
I got joB "boundaries" I'll have fun with that one. What's the due date?

Well, I just stuck this out here as a sort of resource, I didn't imagine a deadline. I just figured that someone out there waiting for a title could get themselves a project, stretch a little, etc...I put it in "Monkey Business" and not 'Sidefights" on purpose. There are plenty of sidefights qued up already.
So do it when you want, do it more than once, whatever!

Steve wrote:If you're going to do a cover you'd kind of like to know that the person you cover is likely to listen to it.

Same comment. This was more about getting something different to do. If you want to, keep clicking till you get someone active but still have a measure of randomness (i.e. not having to actually choose). I wasn't intending a bunch of rules or strict coherence, just another way to generate a project.

WesDavis · Post by **WesDavis** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:39 pm

Oh man this is AWESOME. I hope someone gets one of mine. That would be cool.

Mostess · Post by **Mostess** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:30 am

Hostess Mostess has received A** Chic's "House In My Head". A lovely song that seems right up our alley. If there is time, O Random Number Generator, if there is time.

Post by **Lunkhead** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:47 pm

Hey Ross, cool idea. Thanks for posting the links for this.