Album #4 PROMOTION + Album #5 AND #6 Talking

awesomeman321

Joined: Jan 27 2012

Hey SlashBib, want to collab on Only a Plank Between One and Perdition?

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

Hello guys ! Happy to see some motivation here.
@SlashBib, sorry dude, but keeping 4 of the most iconic themes of the game for yourself (even if open to collab) is not fair. I have to ask you to only pick 2 of them and then wait later for chose other tracks. thanks you :)
@0ZeroDL okay for the Landing, Liberi Fatali is already done by someone :)

Any ideas/comments/suggestions about how to deal with the 5 and 6th album, together, or not, with deadlines, or not?

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

Well i chose "Platform Games" because of the many games of that kind on the N64 (Marios, Kirby, Yoshi, Banjo-Kazooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Donkey Kong, Bomberman...) but also some classics like Mega Man, Donkey Kong Country, sonic...
Okay for deadlines, so FF8 (3month) then Platform games (3moth) ?
And yeah no more FF for a while =)
Balamb Garden is yours ^^

gudz

Location: Italy

Joined: Nov 14 2012

Do I hear Super Metroid OST calling us? Hope to find time to make something :D

Thecoolestnerdguy

Joined: May 27 2015

Well... hello Game Tabs forum... I guess...

I'm all in for that platform games album! I mean, who doesn't love some Megaman?

Also, I personally believe deadlines are suuuuper important. I'm myself a pretty decent procrastinator. Don't give me a deadline and I won't finish anything.

Oh, and I totally volunteer for that choir thing!

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

Ok so i guess FF8 deadline will be the 1st September =)
you can already make a song for Platform Album, but FFVIII is the most important thing to focus on.
I know some of you guys haven't played the game but i assure you there are enough amazing songs for everyone =)
Also if you wanna join but don't know the OST, i can give you a selection of 3-5 songs that would, maybe, fits your style.

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

Man with the Machine gun locked for you :D
You can lock a 2nd one if you wish =)
I locked for myself:
- Shuffle or Boogie
- Martial Law
And i already done:
- Time Compression

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

Okay you can do it :D
Also i really love the song too so if you want me to play some telecaster parts just tell me ^^

Lord_Bif

Location: Paris

Joined: Mar 02 2015

With "the man with the machine gun", I would like do "The Spy" too, if it's ok, I want to try the wah-wah pedal^^

BigHeadClan

Joined: Jan 20 2012

Dang 4 CD's well lots to choose from then!

tiger child

Joined: May 31 2012

if you're going to be trying to get more/new people involved, wouldn't it be best to only allow people to pick one song right away. the more options there are available - particularly tracks that are considered favorites, seems like it would encourage people to join in. but if individuals are claiming 2-3 songs before you even tell new people about it, that seems much less welcoming. "hey please come and join our cover album! take the leftovers because all these people have claimed multiple songs!" and then, if new people don't join in - or after a certain amount of time from the start date (maybe a month?) then second tracks can be claimed.

just a few thoughts, anyway.

andersongs87

Joined: Oct 07 2014

I think 3 months deadline is too long. 2 months will be great.

If all deadlines are 2 months, we will have 6 albums per year. =P

I will choose some FF8 music I'm interested in and return soon.

I need to improve a lot, I have seen some of my covers, and the quality leaves much to be desired.

I will try to push myself more. I am anxious and this pain for me trying to do the things in a hurry.

andersongs87

Joined: Oct 07 2014

Final Fantasy 8 MP3 and MIDI downloads

http://www.ffextreme.com/ff8/music.html

andersongs87

Joined: Oct 07 2014

Thank you. =)

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

True it's better to have an emotional connection, but i covered many songs from games i never played (megaman, donkey kong, zelda...) and i had much fun =)
If you want you can give me some example of the style of songs you like and i'll make a little selection of FF8 songs for you :)

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

I do agree with the "lock 2 tracks is too much" and asked everyone to keep just one song.
Buuut + collabs ^^
For example: i locked "Shuffle or Boogie" + a collab with LordBif on "Martial Law"
Buuut... i may also appear on Slashbib's song "Fisherman Horizon" because he locked it as a collab...

It's a bit cheating, and yeah i do make rules interpretations to make them go the way i want, i'm a tyrant :D
Buuut... (2) it also make people wanna collab more and i think making collabs is really fun and cool experience,e because, you don't want the other to be unhappy of your work, so you are really doing your best. And because as a community it's good to show we can make things together ^^

About the "2014-2015 joker" i understand your point but sometimes people do not have time to work on new arrangements for a while and it's nice to use some older songs, and it's a way to get songs from people like Haawke, Swiggles1987, ToxicEternity etc.
But for the next albums i'll be more strict and instead of "you can use a track from this year or the last one" it will be "you can use a song from the last 6 months.
Why am i not doing it for this album ?
Because i want to use my "Compression of Time" and the Vled Tapas "Liberi Fatali" (Tyrant :D)

Well i know the rules are too much focused on my own way to do things.
Also, i'd be happy to see other community focused events like the albums and the Tune Contest. There was the "Riff Challenge" but i think the concept is too elitist.

We also can make a monthly little EPs of 5-6 songs, no more, focused on a theme. And there will be a vote on pixule (free place to make easy vote pages) with "pick your top 3 songs" it will lasts like 2-3 days, no more.
And the winner take care of the organization (so it's not the same guy organization it each time) of the next one (he just chose the theme).
He can enter his own contest, as he his not the only one who votes (i know some people will vote for their own song but what can i do?). The rules would be "1 recording/person" "must fits the theme" "new recordings only" "no music style restriction"...

It's a bit a "Dwellings of Duels" wannabe but it could be fun.
Once a contest is done we'll do a .zip file and put it downloadable on internet. It won't be as big as the albums, and i'll make less promotion about it but i could be really fun and it's a way to cover songs from less loved/known themes, games etc. Of course the winner should not be an asshole and say "next theme is: Team Buddies OST" or game with ppor and few music with no tabs, sheets or midi anywhere ^^

With that wi'll have an 1 album ever 3 months, a "Cover/EP Challenge" every month and a Tune Contest every... time it's possible XD
I don't think it's too much if we can keep the community active on the site and bring new people =)
Well it's just an idea...

tiger child

Joined: May 31 2012

yeah. that's kind of what i'm saying. 3 months is a long enough amount of time, that if you designate the first month to just being locked in on only one song each, that gives enough time to see how the roster is filling out and how much is left. it's unlikely there would be a huge influx of participants after that first month, unless you are able to tap into some cyber artery pumping away of people who want to do covers.

and then after that first month, allow people to pick a second song if they are finished with their first and so on. forgive me, i'm just not a fan of the "i'm laying claim to 3-4 songs from the outset" mentality.

i don't even know why i'm saying all these things, i dont really like to do covers! i guess i'm just interested in the product being the most interesting and highest quality possible. and the process to gaining new entrants and talent seems like it would be better suited to a few more formalities from the beginning, allowing a little bit of an opportunity for people to not only find out about it, and become interested in joining, but not feeling as though everything they might want to do is taken up by only a few people.

annnd that is all i'll add to this. good luck everyone! make wonderful music!

tiger child

Joined: May 31 2012

i suppose you're right. and i think that's how i mean also. finding good ways to encourage new people and have this site blossom a bit more. it's a pretty cool place when people are connecting.

Thecoolestnerdguy

Joined: May 27 2015

So... what do you mean by Bandcamp only allowing a few number of free downloads?

I'm sorry, I just don't know how that works :P

Do they have some kind of bandwidth control or something?

Lord_Bif

Location: Paris

Joined: Mar 02 2015

I'm ok for the 1 cover + collabs, I will keep only "The Spy", so "man with the machine gun" is available! And I will work on "Martial Law" if Hashel still wants to work with me^^.

I really like the ideas of littles EP's and contest (if the votes are fair, I don't really like the "the one who got the greatest number of friends win"^^), so I will definitely be in!

Lloyde_Sorrow

Joined: May 16 2014

Hmmm... a bi/tri-monthly Arrange Album, a monthly Mini Album, and a bi/tri-weekly Tune Contest. That seems like a lot and they all clash with one another.

Lloyde_Sorrow

Joined: May 16 2014

Well, the tune contest will happen one to two times a month (more like one since there is almost always a lengthy extension xD), then you have the mini album happening every month and then the arrange album every two to three months.

The tune contest and mini album will always be occur around the same time since they both occur within a months time. Those two will overlap with the arrange album each time it comes around. Each one is going to pull for attention.

People will be forced to choose 1 or 2 out of 3 or participate in them all, assuming they will participate at all. If they do more than one at a time, that is bound to affect the quality of what they produce because they have to focus on more than one song and deadline, which is not what anyone wants, except the individuals rival, if they have one. If they choose to do one, then that's less entrants for whatever they choose not to do. That's more of a problem for the Tune Contests since barely anyone participates in those.

tiger child

Joined: May 31 2012

sometimes the tune contests get more entries than just the regulars. and it would be nice to have more people involved. i can see lloyd's point about the monthly contest taking away possible participation, or somehow lowering the quality of the things people do, in order to try to do more. of course there is always the possibility that having more activity in general can bring around more members to the site and lead to more people getting involved in other aspects - not just the cover things. it's tough to really make a call on this right now. specifically regarding the Tune Contest, i think it could go either way - being helpful or a negative. i'd like to see more people get excited about writing their own original music and pushing them to try that, rather than a constant stream of cover albums. but that's just me. i'm sure there is a way everything can not only coexist, but hopefully flourish and grow. it's simply about finding the right balance.

BigHeadClan

Joined: Jan 20 2012

Agreed I don't typically enter a tune contest if I'm planning on working on the album, even if I leave things to the last minute... because that's how I do everything. lol

epicanthic

Location: Hong Kong

Joined: May 08 2012

I think forcing people to have a gametabs account isn't a good idea, because that might push some away. Even if they did join, there's no guarantee that they'd actually engage with the community - there're plenty of people (me included, to an extent) that have accounts here but rarely ever post anything. We should keep it keep it open so people who are interested can enter and find out more about the site in their own time, just my opinion though.