a friendly pre-pre-fight

MintyHandy · Post by **MintyHandy** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:04 pm

Eric, your site also pegged me as dying at 73. Now I'm getting creeped out picturing myself at 73...still playing uke.

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:30 am

Erics' site gave me five more years. Yippee! All the way to 78! I still don't play a uke, though.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:46 pm

MC Eric B wrote:Deathclick.com only takes into account a few different factors and is not that accurate. My site at http://www.deathforecast.com is much more detailed and much better.

- Eric

The main problem with that one is the weight question is a bit vague and asks only whether you think you are overweight. Most people don't realise they are overweight if their BMI is>25 and obese if>30.

Also some very weird questions here -

Do you always wear a seatbelt?
Do you have health insurance?
Do you own a gun?

WTF?!? - this must be written for Americans

I'm checking out at 84 - unless someone gets me first

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:59 pm

This is a pre-fight thread, right?

so for what I think is the first time. I shut the file I was recording, opened another and started recording the song again totally from scratch - I hope it turns out.

anyway - I think I'm in.

Lord of Oats · Post by **Lord of Oats** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:03 am

rdurand wrote:This is a pre-fight thread, right?

so for what I think is the first time. I shut the file I was recording, opened another and started recording the song again totally from scratch - I hope it turns out.

anyway - I think I'm in.

Seriously. I'm all for irrelevance and chaos, but this thread is just over the top. Honestly, death clocks? By the way, I'm liking your last entry more and more with repeated listens. It hasn't quite been stuck in my head or anything, but it's got the honor of not being one of the ones I'm skipping when I listen, as we're down to the final couple days of voting, and the playlist is becoming increasingly shorter. A couple more times and I'll be singing along, I imagine. So what have you got in the works for this next one? Something with drums, maybe? And do you know where your brother's been hiding? I've been very eager to hear more since he so boldly took us all on that excursion to ancient Egypt. By the way, thanks for having my back over on the review thread, whatever Erik's intent actually was. I'd have responded over there by now, but I've been too busy developing music for this next fight to be spending hours typing on the boards, which I know will happen, as his question can lead nowhere but to a lengthy discussion of how to approach titling artistic works. The same goes for discussions of meat. Either way, I've got a long day ahead of me. I hope to see you at the fight!

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:59 am

Lord of Oats wrote: Something with drums, maybe?

Interesting you should mention that. I was just coming in to say

"Help! I think I need real drums for a hard rock song - pm me if you can help. I would probably need the track by 9 pm pacific in order to mix tonight. If not I'll have to use my midi ones."

Thanks for your kind comments about the song - I'm really glad you're enjoying it. Feel free to add claps to your singing along

mc_wino · Post by **mc_wino** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:21 am

i really want to submit this week. i took tomorrow off of work so when i get out today I'm probably just gonna work till like 3am and see what i end up with. something crappy probably.

EmbersOfAutumn · Post by **EmbersOfAutumn** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:21 am

embersofautumn wrote:I've already decided I'm not going to be doing this week's fight (Lotsa other projects I need to get finished), but I'm just about positive I'll do an audio review for the results when they come out.

Well, another reneg. Looks like I'm gonna throw something together last minute again. I had fun this morning with a little midi string ensemble on my keyboard, and it kinda flows nicely. And, being the impatient fool I am, rather than holding off for another fight with it, I quick-whipped some lyrics and will mix it tomorrow morning.

Yay for me, huh? (When will I ever learn?)

erik · Post by **erik** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:04 am

Lord of Oats wrote:By the way, thanks for having my back over on the review thread, whatever Erik's intent actually was.

To promote discussion! It's a good thing, I promise.

Billy's Little Trip · Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:28 am

EmbersOfAutumn wrote:And, being the impatient fool I am, rather than holding off for another fight with it.

That would be cheating.

EmbersOfAutumn · Post by **EmbersOfAutumn** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:00 pm

Billy's Little Trip wrote:
EmbersOfAutumn wrote:And, being the impatient fool I am, rather than holding off for another fight with it.
That would be cheating.

I would think it to be called planning ahead...

I've yet to have the common sense to do that yet, though... In fact, this will be my third project that I've whipped together starting less than 48 hours from deadline.

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:28 pm

The Stink is in with a spotty little number. Includes lyrics from Minty Handys' scrap heap and a specal extended Blue note at the end.

Lord of Oats · Post by **Lord of Oats** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:03 pm

Lord of Oats is in! with another epic track.

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:26 pm

Ok, in. I was gonna try another bounce with more highs, but something happened to my file and I can't figure out why my software is only bouncing hte guitars - so my mix is a little low-heavy. Either way, I hope you enjoy it. Perhaps I'll get to sleep a couple of nights now before the new title comes out

EDIT: oh, and apologies to the fight masters - I just realized that I named the file "rossdurand_fr.mp3" rather than "rossdurand_afr.mp3" I hope this does not inconvenience anyone (like maybe jb or spud

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The Weakest Suit · Post by **The Weakest Suit** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:36 pm

i'm in.
i wrote and recorded the thing tonight and had to be quiet about it because of a sleeping girlfriend. the song is quiet and dreamy, and there is no direct mention of the title. don't let that throw you, i did write to this title, although it was very tempting, at the last minute, to finish a half-song that i started earlier in the year.
again, not my favorite song, but it's growing on me.

Lord of Oats · Post by **Lord of Oats** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:46 pm

The Weakest Suit wrote:i'm in.

Glad to hear you decided to stick around. I like the number 12 a lot, too, but let's not get too carried away with numerology and assorted silliness.

I'm really looking forward to this fight. Let's get it on!

Lord of Oats · Post by **Lord of Oats** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:54 pm

rdurand wrote:Ok, in. I was gonna try another bounce with more highs, but something happened to my file and I can't figure out why my software is only bouncing the guitars - so my mix is a little low-heavy. Either way, I hope you enjoy it. Perhaps I'll get to sleep a couple of nights now before the new title comes out

Glad you made it! What happened with the drums? No takers?

Lord of Oats · Post by **Lord of Oats** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:14 am

If I understand correctly, newly formed SongFight! supergroup Wages of Oats is <IN>. ROCK MY ASS, YEAH!

Credits(imo):
Music by Wages and Lord of Oats
Lyrics by Wages
Session Produced and Engineered by Wages and Lord of Oats
Vocal Performance by Wages
Instrumental Performance by Lord of Oats

Did I forget anyone? veGetar Ianre Ge and Bjam served as consultants for the band-naming process, but that has absolutely nothing to do with this track. But thanks either way, guys!

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:18 am

Lord of Oats wrote:What happened with the drums? No takers?

Correct, but I'm not really surprised given the lateness of the request. There are drums in the song, however, and I think it turned out okay - we'll have to see what people think.

Lord of Oats · Post by **Lord of Oats** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:27 am

rdurand wrote:
Lord of Oats wrote:What happened with the drums? No takers?
Correct, but I'm not really surprised given the lateness of the request. There are drums in the song, however, and I think it turned out okay - we'll have to see what people think.

I'll let you know as soon as they update the front page. This ought to be a great fight. My chair can hardly contain me. Several solid performers are in. But it might be nice to have a couple days to relax...I mean exercise...instead of sit in my hot studio. Then again, I might just get to work on my SUK submission for this month. I started a little late with that last time. Yeah, anyway good luck in the upcoming battle. You did say hard rock somewhere, right? I like that stuff...

A Bootleg · Post by **A Bootleg** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:51 pm

veGetar Ianra Ge · Post by **veGetar Ianra Ge** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:02 pm

I'm in after some late late late night emergency mixing. I don't want to shoot it down before it's off of the ground, but fellow fighters bear in mind I had to make a tough choice between a second verse and studying for an organic chemistry test. I didn't get a confirmation letter although I'm 100% positive that I sent it to the right email.

Mods if you didn't get me let me know!

a friendly pre-pre-fight

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