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DMusic Cover Contest?

pangtera	Date: February 13, 2007 @ 1:07 PM I was just wondering when this was going to occur. Thanks!
shadowself	Date: February 13, 2007 @ 2:23 PM Covering the music of others again, you mean? That was a hell of a lot of fun.
shadowself	Date: February 13, 2007 @ 2:23 PM (I mean other DMusic members)
Alwex	Date: February 13, 2007 @ 2:27 PM hmm Intresting sounds like fun, wasnt around when it last occured so
shadowself	Date: February 13, 2007 @ 2:57 PM Oh, it's a blast... especially when two people get paired that are TOTALLY different in style. There have been some immature tantrums in the past about having to do something that is not in the person's genre, but covers allow for interpretation, so we can make the song our own. For instance, my solo piano/vocal tune Lost In An Alley was remade into kind of a goth tune, and it was a cool interpretation!
MickeyBreezy	Date: February 13, 2007 @ 11:09 PM this actually sounds like alot of fun, i'll join it if rappers are allowed, i know you guys hate us tho
evansorchid	Date: February 13, 2007 @ 11:20 PM hehe.....
GeneHilbert	Date: February 13, 2007 @ 11:48 PM t'was very kewl, the cover I did of Ethan Beihl’s (AdNauseam) “Second Train” is still posted on my page.
MickeyBreezy	Date: February 14, 2007 @ 2:04 AM what do we need to do to get this going...
HenriRoger	Date: February 14, 2007 @ 4:47 PM yes it was fun
Alwex	Date: February 14, 2007 @ 4:49 PM And ron denny managed to turn our accoustic chillout called Blue Night into a Groovy Hard rock piece This would be pretty fun
tracy	Date: February 14, 2007 @ 8:42 PM a host would be good...
DeadraveN	Date: February 14, 2007 @ 10:11 PM hosting one of these things is more work than it sounds like. I'd consider playing 'host' again, but I'd really rather participate this time 'round...
Tattoomom	Date: February 16, 2007 @ 12:05 AM Yeah...I got all psyched and did that Kieth Rodarte cover but I am still jonesing to do Crimson Kiss!
FraDonaghy	Date: February 16, 2007 @ 1:31 PM What is required of a host? I'm up for doing that if I'm able.
DeadraveN	Date: February 16, 2007 @ 4:13 PM I'll note you Fra... and I'm working on Crimson Kiss, promise!
MickeyBreezy	Date: February 17, 2007 @ 2:32 AM damn, i just thinking of how rediculously cool these covers will be, like i cant wait til like bill rhynes has to cover one of my tracks, or worse, i have to cover one of his...
FraDonaghy	Date: February 17, 2007 @ 11:43 AM After DeadraveN's info, I can't really commit to being the host. Sorry
DeadraveN	Date: February 17, 2007 @ 11:59 AM scared'em off, mwa ha ha ha... in all seriousness though, it's understandable. It is quite an involved and time consuming process... tell you what though, if at least ten people will commit to participating, and we can get a volunteer to count votes so that I can participate without being accused of bias, I'll go ahead and host it again. and I'm thinking there's be a light change to the rules too, so instead of being assigned an artist to cover, you could choose from any of the artists participating in the contest... what do you guys and gals think?
evansorchid	Date: February 17, 2007 @ 12:04 PM I'm in.....
GeneHilbert	Date: February 17, 2007 @ 12:14 PM I'm in...... Again..... Artist being assigned or choice - I have no preference as long as all the artist are able to be included. The only proviso I request, is that I am granted full right of use of the cover I create; with the understanding the original creator retains all their rights as composer/writer. The tune is still theirs and will be credited as such. I just want to be able to use my version.
ShadowMom	Date: February 17, 2007 @ 12:17 PM I'll count. Since I will not participate!
DeadraveN	Date: February 17, 2007 @ 12:22 PM that's actually a pretty good idea/request Gene... and I'm sure most artists here would be agreeable, but just to be sure we'll try to clarify that right at the beginning.. and thanks shadowmom! Now I can play too!
ShadowMom	Date: February 17, 2007 @ 12:27 PM You MUST play! Or I won't count!
Israfel	Date: February 17, 2007 @ 12:29 PM Okay, Alex and I will do this!
GeneHilbert	Date: February 17, 2007 @ 12:32 PM That just give me the incentive to take my time and do it right. As well it will be something the composer would be equally proud of. Not that I'm blowing my own horn here, but Hell; someone has to do it...... LOL
DeadraveN	Date: February 17, 2007 @ 12:32 PM as the reigning champs, you have no choice. you were going to play whether you wanted to or not.
Alwex	Date: February 17, 2007 @ 12:38 PM This is getting more and more Intresting
Alwex	Date: February 17, 2007 @ 12:39 PM I guess you can count me and tim in on this.
MickeyBreezy	Date: February 17, 2007 @ 5:14 PM i think the rule about selecting any artists song was made so that no one has to cover one of my tracks, lol
Tattoomom	Date: February 17, 2007 @ 7:24 PM Bill's in....either alone or Murmuurized!
pangtera	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 1:12 AM I'm in once again...and maybe I'll make something decent this time, hahaha.
Cowboy666	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 1:18 AM Bill lose his fingers?
shadowself	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 2:21 AM I'm in!
HenriRoger	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 5:28 AM I'm in
DeadraveN	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 11:09 AM so that's um.. eight or nine.. or something.. close enough I'd say it's a go... before I go ahead and get it all started though, how do you guys think we should do it? do you prefer the idea of choosing from among participant's tracks to cover, or do you prefer that each one be assigned someone at random, like we did before....??? or a third option is that we could have assignments, but less random,.. meaning I'd ask participants to let me know which artists they felt they could, or wouldn't be able to cover, and I could try to put together a list with that in mind. I know for some, having oneof their own tracks covered is half the fun of these things, and without assignments there's no guarantee they'd get that... hell, we might all end up covering the same murmuur tune.. .. so, yeah, discuss... how do you all think it should be done?
GeneHilbert	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 11:11 AM Kewl, this is shaping up to be some kick ass shit.....
GeneHilbert	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 11:19 AM Let's get some more involved. This has been posted less than a week. Random draw of all participants which how it worked last time, worked pretty well. That proved to be interesting for the fact that people had to cross genres.
shadowself	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 11:20 AM On 18th Feb 2009, DeadraveN said: or a third option is that we could have assignments, but less random,.. meaning I'd ask participants to let me know which artists they felt they could, or wouldn't be able to cover, and I could try to put together a list with that in mind. This sounds like an interesting experiment.
Bluenevus	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 11:30 AM i'm in
moam	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 12:43 PM Know what? Count me the fuck in
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 1:28 PM it's looking like a great contest is building ... unfortunately I cannot participate due to demands at work (full time plus all the unpaid overtime that's needed). Good Luck to everyone, will look forward to listening to the end results
HenriRoger	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 4:39 PM On 18th Feb 2009, shadowself said: [QUOTE info=DeadraveN,February 18, 2007 @ 11:09 AM]or a third option is that we could have assignments, but less random,.. meaning I'd ask participants to let me know which artists they felt they could, or wouldn't be able to cover, and I could try to put together a list with that in mind. This would be cool
evansorchid	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 5:55 PM I say completely random, but I really don't care either way.
Alwex	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 5:58 PM well it would be more intresting to see the result if it was random selections. But the 3rd option sounds rather intresting aswell
MickeyBreezy	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 8:03 PM i think we should do it with the random assignment within participants. my question is, would that mean i would get assigned a specific song, or just an artist and i could choose a song from their page.
GeneHilbert	Date: February 18, 2007 @ 10:07 PM Last year it was the artist - then you chose the specific tune.... Which worked well I thought.
victorsskull	Date: February 19, 2007 @ 10:36 AM erm ya suree I guess Im in
DeadraveN	Date: February 19, 2007 @ 10:45 AM cool... yeah, I'm thinking asigning artists is the way to go, but I know there's always an issue somewhere where at least one person will get assigned to an artist they don't want to or just aren't able to cover...so I might dabble with that third option a bit if the need arises... I'll get started on the getting this started. I'll count everyone who has posted so far in this forum in, and post a nother thread announcing the contest, the rules, etc, and asking for more participants, then go from there. ....
GeneHilbert	Date: February 19, 2007 @ 10:58 AM That works.........

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