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Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:52 am
by fluffy
Still haven't even started on mine, even though I've known what I've wanted to do ever since I got sick. Maybe I'll manage to get it done this weekend, as I've been feeling a lot better lately.

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:42 am
by Albatross
Well, crapola. Something's come up and I won't be able to work on this over the weekend like I'd planned. I'm totally hosed as far as the current deadline.

I have every intention of doing this. Stiffing my giftee outright is not an option.

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:51 pm
by bgm
Learned song and transposed it to a key where I can actually hit the notes.
Now to actually record something.

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:34 pm
by Caravan Ray
bgm wrote:Learned song and transposed it to a key where I can actually hit the notes.
Still working on the second part of that.

Hope I finish in time - but I will finish. I have a fantastic song to do - an one I had never heard before.

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 4:50 am
by j$
I'm done, bar a mix on speakers. Probably get it ovah there on Saturday or Sunday. The song i chose is one I don't particularly like by a band I generally do; I am not sure the finished product is much like the original, but it sounds harmonious (bar my crappy cack-handed keyboard playing) to these ears.

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:38 pm
by LSK
I have a solid plan of attack but didn't get in touch with my collaborator until last week. I'll get there.

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:42 pm
by fluffy
I seem to be over my various illnesses well enough to work on music but I'm still busy catching up on all the other stuff I couldn't do while sick. Maybe tomorrow I'll get something recorded.

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:37 am
by Jim of Seattle
Done. Reasonably happy with it. Whew.

Fascinating internal process though, learned a lot. I struggled with this for six weeks, with no idea which one I was going to do. The songs were all about their grooves, so as soon as I would take a shot at one, the original groove would be lost and the bottom would fall out of the song. As always seems to be the case with me (sorry, blood pressure) I fretted over it until the last minute, then Saturday finally came up with something.

Thanks, ____ for the inadvertent music lesson.

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:44 am
by signboy
heh, glad I could help ;)

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:19 am
by HeuristicsInc
having trouble with this... my baby girl has a cold and is having a lot of trouble sleeping around 11pm-1am, my prime recording time. i could have something done for the due date, but i could have something better later.
-bill

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:21 am
by RangerDenni
I'm sorry you have a sick kiddo :(

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:48 pm
by Paco Del Stinko
I'm in. I may not have done a radical re-interpretation of it, but I think my smell rubbed off on it. Looking forward to the tunes!

EDIT: Oh! And I'm going to remove my links, so I hope whoever got me, got them.

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 1:45 pm
by Jim of Seattle
Hey Niveous, when should we start thinking that they oughta be available?

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:01 pm
by bgm
What is the cut-off time tomorrow?

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:54 pm
by BoffoYux
BYD is finished. Well, close as we're going to get to finished. We can tinker with it all day, but you gotta let it out in the world sometime.

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:18 pm
by inevitableguy
Done, but I'm having some slight volume issues with the final master. I will play with it tomorrow and submit it while it is still January 17th in my time zone...

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:44 pm
by Caravan Ray
98.3% finished. Just fiddling around with some backing vocals and final mix. Maybe a new bass track. Maybe some goanna.
I will probably be a little late (when was this due?) - but it will just be a few days. Not weeks.

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:36 pm
by Billy's Little Trip
Music done. Still singing as I drive around getting vox ready to record. I'm trying to match the singer, but I'm realizing something...I suck. :)

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:53 am
by Niveous
Jim of Seattle wrote:Hey Niveous, when should we start thinking that they oughta be available?
Well, songs have to be in by the night's end....give Eddie some time to do all that website good stuff....the usual asking for an extension...it's up in the air.

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:00 am
by HeuristicsInc
I had pretty good success last night, so finishing the mix & master tonight as long as no babies go crazy!
-bill

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:46 pm
by RangerDenni
Almost finished. I have only to "remove some of the distractions" to finish up some things; and then change my identity and book a flight out of the country after I've done what I gotta do to get some peace and quiet around here.

Re: 9th Annual Gift of Music

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:59 pm
by Jim of Seattle
I'm excited to hear these songs.

How many of you, once you find out who got you, are going to scroll back through this thread and see what that person was saying about their experience?