I have another side-fight/opportunity for y'all. Some folks are working on a video about mountainbiking, to be distributed by the Forest Service. They need music for this video, and they have no budget. So one of the dudes working on it sent out an email to his friends, and one of those friends forwarded his request to me. And so I'm forwarding it, via Mighty SF.NET Side Fight Power, to you all.
This is an <b>Instrumental Side Fight</b>. No lyrics or words are allowed. Oohs and ahs are ok, but since there will be a voiceover on top of the musici in this video, they are <i>discouraged</i>. Here is some verbage that describes what kind of music they are looking for:
There is no money involved in this in any way. If your music is chosen, it will be used for this video only. I'm sure a rudimentary contract can be produced to ensure that your work is used appropriately, if you feel the need for one, or if the video's producers feel it is necessary. Argue about that AFTER the fight. There are no guarantees, so have fun making the music and then hope for the best. It could turn out like "Happy Machine Ankle" and nothing at all will happen. On the other hand, it could be neat to hear your stuff in a video.<i>as this is for the forest service, and not extreme bike mag, there is a point to the video other than shredding through woods.
the video (while incorporating a lot of riding footage, the obligatory crashes, and lots of helmet cam) is mostly about building trails that are sustainable, and the whole philosophy behind thinking about, planning, and properly constructing trails, as opposed to blazing one in by riding it over and over, or widening a deer trail.
the point being, rawk is actually not what we are looking for. i had a share ware song which happened to include an electic guitar with a bit of distortion, and some old gummer in austin was not happy with it...not in tune with FS he claimed.
we do want something 'edgy' and not with fiddles as most FS vids seem to include, but understand that MTV's headbangers ball isn't going to fly.</i>
Links to entries will be taken in this thread. This is a self-hosted fight, which will be presented in the CoverFight voting mechanism. <b>If you want to be in the video, you must be able to produce a WAV of your piece.</b> This does not guarantee that your music will be used.
SUMMARY
<b>Deadine: January 12, 2005</b>
<b>Coverfight Voting Format</b>
<b>Instrumental Music Only. No vocals, Oohs and Aahs discouraged</b>
<b>Self-hosted sidefight. Submit entries via this thread</b>
<b>Possible (unpaid) inclusion in Forest Service mountainbiking video</b>
OK GO NUTS.