The Song Fight Bulletin Board

I'm living with that mix I sent in a couple weeks ago. So if you were waiting on me to post it all, don't wait for me. I'm excited to hear who did what and all the usual fun of the GOM.

josh wrote:Here's my unofficial submission for GOM ...

That's lovely. j$

Thanks, J$, I really appreciate that.

Thanks! Glad you liked my suggestion. Great cover, your voice really fits the song

Niveous wrote: Consider this the official extension. Due 1/26/15.

The time is up and I think I'm still missing quite a few. Remember to mail them in to iamniveous at gmail.

Yeah, it was a great suggestion, Nick. I hadn't really heard of Tim Hardin before, but I like him a lot now. Really sad story though. I mean, it's not a surprise in a way. You can really hear it in his voice

We are still at about 50%.

Last night... I recieved no new entries, so I'm putting up the site tonight.

I recieved entries from Glennny, Fluffy, Armageddon Machines, Schlimminy Cricket, Johnny Cashpoint, Nick Soma, J Lampson, & Paco del Stinko (and my own entry).

If you sent in a song and don't see yourself listed above, you should resend: iamniveous at gmail.

I am underway, but yes, I have slacked on this badly. But I have every intention of being in eventually. I’ve done ten GoMs and even though I haven’t always made the deadline I have never stiffed my giftee outright, so you know I’m good for it. But for now, yes, let’s hear what y’all have so far.

My PC’s power supply just bought the farm so I can’t record again until I get a new one. And no, you don’t want a laptop Garageband version.

Sorry my GOM recipient - your song is in active creation! No stiffing. Insert sob story here. Apologies in advance if the mix is fucked - I am now something like 80% deaf in my right ear after having been sick for 3 weeks. Should be done this weekend.

Well, I just spent the last few minutes doing a really nice post here...and then I hit the wrong key and it all went into the ether. And since I'm now crunched for time... (Bells & whistles will come once the scragglers appear.)

The 2015 Gift of Music

Armageddon Machines covered "End of the World" by Blackfield for Albatross
http://niveousrayside.com/GOM15/armaged ... _teotw.mp3

Glenny & Annabella covered "Quiet Little Voices" by We Were Promised Jetpacks" for Inevitableguy
http://niveousrayside.com/GOM15/glennny ... la_qlv.mp3

John Lampson covered "Skin" by Oingo Boingo for Treachjuris
http://niveousrayside.com/GOM15/jlampson_skin.mp3

Johnny Cashpoint covered "Jugband Blues" by Pink Floyd for Boffo Yux Dudes
http://niveousrayside.com/GOM15/johnnycashpoint_jb.mp3

Nick Soma covered "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" by Aerosmith for Heather Zink
http://niveousrayside.com/GOM15/nicksoma_idwtmat.mp3

Niveous covered "(I Love The Sound Of) Breaking Glass" by Nick Lowe for Paco del Stinko
http://niveousrayside.com/GOM15/niveous_iltsobg.mp3

Paco del Stinko covered "Walking On The Sun" by Smashmouth for Kevin Mellows
http://niveousrayside.com/GOM15/pacodelstinko_wots.mp3

Schlimminy Cricket covered "The Song" by Queensberry for Niveous
http://niveousrayside.com/GOM15/schlimm ... ket_ts.mp3

Sockpuppet covered "One More Minute" by Weird Al Yankovic for Heuristics Inc.
http://niveousrayside.com/GOM15/sockpuppet_omm.mp3

Fish Sausage covered "Genie In A Bottle" by Christina Aguilera for Schlimminy Cricket
http://niveousrayside.com/GOM15/fishsausage_giab.mp3

The Rancid Eggs covered "Don't Look At Me" by the Lovely Eggs for Johnny Cashpoint
http://niveousrayside.com/GOM15/therancideggs_dlam.mp3

fluffy - love it. i think this song really uses your voice well; i think this is one of the best vocals i've heard from you. i also really enjoy the modernizations you added to the lyrics. the background vox are suitably manic. thanks!
-bill

Yay! It was a lot of fun to do.

I tweeted it at Weird Al after it went live here. Hopefully he'll listen to it at some point. :)

First off: Glennny - wow, thank you so much. This is amazing and perfect. Given the subject material of the song, sharing vocal duties with Annabella was a brilliant choice.

Secondly: I am working on my cover for John Lampson - I have no intention of stiffing you, good sir. I even have a good excuse this year: I have a very sick cat right now (like very, very sick - we're talking three surgeries in the last 5 weeks), and I have had little bandwidth for anything that isn't dragging myself to work and then coming home and checking out in front of the TV. I have two weeks off coming up after next week, so I'll have lots of time for music, and I fully intend to get this done.

I'm so sorry mine was submitted earlier this morning; I did Christina Aguilara's "Genie in a Bottle;" sorry I don't know how to upload from here, but it's on my ReverbNation.
http://www.reverbnation.com/control_roo ... 3115/songs

inevitableguy wrote:First off: Glennny - wow, thank you so much. This is amazing and perfect. Given the subject material of the song, sharing vocal duties with Annabella was a brilliant choice.

Secondly: I am working on my cover for John Lampson - I have no intention of stiffing you, good sir. I even have a good excuse this year: I have a very sick cat right now (like very, very sick - we're talking three surgeries in the last 5 weeks), and I have had little bandwidth for anything that isn't dragging myself to work and then coming home and checking out in front of the TV. I have two weeks off coming up after next week, so I'll have lots of time for music, and I fully intend to get this done.

Thank you and take your time. I'm looking forward to hearing what you choose and what you do with it, but your family (this includes pets) trumps all that. Be physically and mentally where you need to, and if that's not in the studio, that's just fine with me.

Niv! Great job, man. I've always enjoyed that song for the rhythm, great bass line, all the frills of it's production. But this stripped down version brings the lyrics to light and sets a great reflective mood. Love it. Thanks so much!

I went ahead and covered for one of the stragglers. For j$, here's my blasphemous rendition of "Don't Look at Me (I Don't Like It)" by the Lovely Eggs.

It really highlights my vocal limitations, while also underscoring the poor quality of my recording equipment. Oh, and I Americanized the line about "lend us a pound." Apologies in advance.

Ha! That's great! The microphone clipping even adds something, somehow and I love the transatlantic lyric update Ta very much!

j$

Just chiming in to say that I still have every intention of getting this done. I finally got my power supply replaced so I have a working PC again.

Does Armageddon Machines = Heuristics Inc. + j$? It sure sounds like it. And that's exactly how I would expect something from the two of you to sound. I love it, thank you.

Albatross wrote: Does Armageddon Machines = Heuristics Inc. + j$? It sure sounds like it. And that's exactly how I would expect something from the two of you to sound. I love it, thank you.

Heuristics Inc. + J$ = Dollar Bill and the Inkpoints
Heuristics Inc. + J$ + Niveous = Armageddon Machines

If there's a Heuristics Inc + Niveous and a J$ + Niveous then you can form a complete Abelian group.

I'm sure there's a music pun hidden in that math pun, too.