THIS JUNE. PROCRASTINATE SOME MORE.

[a pack of wolves]

Okay I'm starting tomorrow, but I need help.

Post album covers that are really awesome but look nothing like what the album actually sounds like. I am going to make the title tracks of those records.

These any use to you?


Melvins - Eggnog


Breather-Resist - Charmer

I had a hard time coming up with records that don't sound anything like the covers look at all.

[KharBevNor]

Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats



Coil - Horse Rotorvator



Nurse With Wound - Crocodile Krazy Glue



Anal Cunt - Picnic of Love

[a pack of wolves]

Discordance Axis - The Inalienable Dreamless

[Kai]

I got three songs in before I was reminded that my grandfather comes out of the hospital today, so my time was interrupted. Expect a retry next week. I'll post the three songs soon though

[Juxtaposition]

I'm buying a digital 8-track recorder and a cheap but well reviewed condenser mic and giving this a try. I've done FAWM twice and 50 songs/ 90 days once, so this is right up my alley.

[DMart]

I took Monday off and had a go at this... it didn't go well. I made a start on one song, but CuBase kept crashing. Also the way I was trying to do it was RETARDED... and my housemate just got GTA4.

 I'll give it a proper go next Monday or Tuesday.

[ViolentDove]

How 'bout sampling GTA4 and mixing it up with some wicked banjo. Kill two birds with one stone!

[DMart]

Heavily accented spoken word with sporadic banjo attacks? Perfect!

In fact, I could probably use the audio from some of the scripted sequences, and replace the gunfire with banjo!

Nico:  "You are going to pay for what you have done to my cousin!"
*twang-a-lang-bling-blunk*
Henchman:  "AUGH, you BASTARD!"

[Linds]

That could be all kinds of hilarious.

[Lillian]

Hey piratearrrgggggggg,

are you still doing yours?

[imapiratearg]

That depends, are you and Gabe still helping me?

(If you guys can't, that's fine.  I'll borrow one of my friend's keyboards and do some arrangements by myself.)

[Ocarina654]

I am doing this.  Will upload later this calender day.

[McTaggart]

I think I will get a chance to do this next week. Whether I post something depends on whether I can piece together anything coherent. I will try though.

[DynamiteKid]

I am putting mine in the right order at the moment and I'm going to upload it later tonight, with any luck.

[Rolling20s]

Right. So, I only just started posting, saw this thread today, and will have only my time tonight to try this. I will also be trying to clean the house as a surprise for my woman.

This. Will. Be. Awesome.

I get home at 7pm, have to mow the lawn, finish the laundry, vacuum, do the dishes, and record 30 minutes of original music with my Rock Band mic and acoustic guitar. I am really looking forward to seeing if I can pull this off. If I do, I'll feel completely pimp: 

[Scandanavian War Machine]

you could always record audio of yourself doing those chores and just put it over some trip-hop beats.

i'd probably listen to that. and you'd be killing two birds with one stone.

[imapiratearg]

That would be so righteous.

[Rolling20s]

Well, I started at roughly 10:30pm, and finished uploading the album at 3:25am.


The linkage is here:

Code:

http://www.mediaf!re.com/?4mdfnlsxljd

Every song was written and recorded in the time that was used tonight. No previously-written stuff was used. The awesome sound guitar work is my cousin. The guitar work full of fail is me. That's also me doing the singing. Sorry about that. 

Edit: Added the album art since I finally figured out how to put images in posts... NURRR...

[Albatron]

I haven't listened to it all but thats not bad at all, plus i love your avatar.

I think i finally decided Im gonna do 30 straight minutes of multilayered amateur beat boxing. My lips will be tired

[Sox]

That's a REALLY strong effort. Easily the best so far, and technically the first complete album with actual songs. It's pretty depressing that all the other efforts are better than my eventual effort is sure to turn out to be.

[Albatron]

Dr. Rocktopus kicked my ass

[Ocarina654]

I failed... this time.

I'm sad I can't use the few minutes of material I did create, but I will try again, starting this evening and ending tomorrow before then, most likely.

I've downloaded some of your guys' albums, but haven't listened yet.  I'm going to assume that so far they're all great, soooo... GOOD JOB!

[Rolling20s]

Thanks, all. It was a fucking epic night, fueled by beer and hair dye. The only thing I wasn't really happy with was the last track. I needed sleep, so I just jammed out on the guitar and then tossed a few effects on top of it. Meh. If I had more time, there would have been two or so real songs in place of that one.

Still and all, it was a great time. Sox, thanks for putting this up. Once I do some polishing, I actually might have gotten a few real, usable songs out of this. Much obliged.

[DynamiteKid]

The Essential INABIAL, otherwise known as Riding On A Unicycle (With No Wheels And No Seat).

The MP3s still say 'Essential INABIAL' but honestly, we were running out of time and I couldn't be arsed to re-tag the MP3s.

Production wise, we are talking basic as a FUCK. Mixing? Nah, we just were careful where we placed the amps. Polishing? Most of these were one-take wonders. Someone had an idea, we said 'let's do that,' jammed a little bit, and then switched on the tape and jammed some more. Overdubbing we did on.... *counts* three songs. Most of this was jamming, and there are some major mixing errors (be very careful towards the end of 'No Blues Blues' as things get very loud very quickly, and the asme at one point during 'My Fingers Hurt'). For anyone wondering, on 'Yo' Mama,' we didn't use a sample. Mark just sat there and said the sample as we played the song. For four minutes. Watch out 'Dr. McNinja' fans for the theme song we wrote. For the webcomic.

It's an eclectic mix that takes in experimental rock, industrial, noise rock, surf guitar, blues, acoustic balladry, ambient,

Tracklisting is:
1. Skegness (I Pity The Fool) - 1:53
2. That's Enough Percussion - 2:19
3. Unicycle, Part One (No Wheels) - 3:48
4. Dr. McNinja - 3:55
5. No Blues Blues - 1:56
6. If You Talk To Me Like That Again (I'll Smash your Face) - 1:38
7. Nursery Rhyme Wonderland (Part 7.5) - 1:24
8. Train In Snow - 3:00
9. Yo' Mama - 4:11
10. Pigeons In Space - 1:16
11. I Love You - 1:17
12. Interplay - 2:41
13. Dead Skin - 3:07
14. Pretentious, Moi? - 3:13
15. Bullfrog - 2:12
16. My Fingers Hurt (Sophie, I Just Don't Give A Funk) - 12:31 (ya, rly)
17. Unicycle, Part Two (No Seat)/hidden track, called 'Nurse' - 3:07

I should point out at this point that we are a band who make deliberately bad music and in my experience, you either find it funny, or you don't. There's not really a middle ground.

Those of you wanting music that's borderline competent, look to 'Train In Snow,' 'Pretentious Moi' and 'Pigeons In Space.'
Those of you wanting music that's borderline competent, yet deliberately ridiculous, look to 'Skegness,' 'Dr. McNinja,' 'Dead Skin' and 'Interplay.'
Those of you who think this sounds like an awful idea, please just listen to 'Bullfrog,' because it's our finest work and the one that was overdubbed most.

I'd also like to point out at this point that Mark Holmes' potentially libelluous comments about Fred Durst on one song in no way represent the thoughts and feelings of the group.

P.S. edit I believe we are still over 30 minutes even without track 16.

[imapiratearg]

I like it!  "Interplay" was pretty fantastic, and "Bullfrog" was great.

I plan on doing this on Sunday on to Monday.  My Repertoire will be two guitars, a bass, and probably a keyboard (which has a drum kit sample).  Also drumsticks and a harmonica (which I can't play very well at all).  I think I am going to do an album based loosely on Tom Robbins' Still Life With Woodpecker.  But I may not.

[imagist42]

So I was going to try starting this today (having freshly come home from a week of vacation), but I discovered that the only male-to-male stereo cable I have has a short in the wire and therefore carries only a mono signal, which just annoys me to death when I try to plug my keyboard into my computer's line-in jack and listen to it play back as I record. Once I get that fixed I'm good to go, although I'm still going to need to overcome my inability to write the sweet beetz in my head for full drum kits rather than "doom chsh, doom-chsh-chsh." Either that or drop the attempt to be a multi-instrumental songwriter.

[Ocarina654]

The News at Six Foot One is somehow really good.  I'm not usually one to just listen to this type of music, but something keeps me into it.  The voiceovers are only a part of it.

Good job.

[imapiratearg]

Rolling20s did a really good job with his album as well.  I enjoyed it very much.  It reminded me of this band from my state called The Year's Best.

EDIT - Oh man, you guys.  I remembered my dad had this old mic in his workshop downstairs, so I got it and found it had a 1/4 plug.  I need a 1/8 plug.  So I went to Radioshack and picked up an adapter and now I am running it straight into my computer.  I made a test song with it and I am all ready for tomorrow.  If I finish, I will upload it either late Monday night or Tuesday morning.

[DMart]

Ok, so Tuesday is the day for me. Added to the instrumental lineup are:

1x piano accordian (with 120 freakin' bass buttons)
1x mandolin

Disclaimer: The use of awesome instruments in no way garuntees an awesome recording. The 'artist' takes no responsibility for any audio-enduced nausea.

[imapiratearg]

Alrighty, guys, here's the deal.  I have finished this thing.  I think I am somewhere around thirty minutes.  I did the first half of the album at my house and finished the second half at my friend Ryan's house.  The recording quality is pretty shitty, so my vocals get lost in the mix, which may or may not be a good thing.  I'm going to send the completed files back to myself and then I'll upload them when I get home tomorrow.

I started on Sunday at roughly 11:00 A.M. and finished at about 2:00 A.M. on Monday morning.  Woo!  Nine hours left to spare!

[imagist42]

Okay, I don't think I'll be able to do this before the end of May. I've discovered that, even after having the right equipment strictly for recording, it is very difficult to play my keyboard sitting in my armchair with it resting on my lap. I've purchased a portable stand and a bench (been meaning to do so for quite some time now) but I expect that by the time they arrive I will already be drugged up after having my wisdom teeth extracted Thursday. However, I really want to do this, so May or not, I will face this challenge!

[imapiratearg]

Apparently, I can't do math, so my thing is about twenty-six minutes long.  Ugh.  I could have sworn I did six songs, but I guess I only did five.
 
Anywho, without further adieu, here it is:

Pallert - The Weekend


(I was bored, so I made a cover.  It seems like the "cool" thing to do.)

Code:

http://www.mediaf!re.com/?yzmzmqwwyrm

I guess I'll try again next time.

[Ben792x]

I have final exams coming up soon, and I've been swamped with work all may, so I'll do this mid-june just for fun. Also I downloaded the weekend, spare tires, and the uncicyle. will post thoughts later.

[DMart]

It's 9:06am (Tuesday) local time over here, and I'm about to get started (as soon as I finish my coffee). I'll have to do the first few hours outside It's raining outside and my housemate is still in bed so it looks like I'm starting with fruity-loops!

[Seal]

i'm with baited breathe, big D-Dog. good luck with the fruity loops, i cant grasp that stuff man, ive been trying to get to grips with Ableton today, and it's not happening, like it didnt happen with Fruity Loops. but have fun, i shall back in 24 to collect the outcome. x

[DMart]

Damn it, now I'm nervous...

so, 6 hours in I have about 4.5 minutes done.....

[king dan]

here's mine.

napcore presents...

nappery!


did some live tracking/improv with some friends tonight... we're all in different bands but we have this side project, napcore.
we make sigur ros type music, hence the "nap" part of the name.
this time we made something less sigur ros-y and more... something else.
after they left I noticed we were 2 mins short so I made a bonus track.

everything was completely improvised except the last one which was pieced together from samples and found sounds like the ceiling fan in my kitchen.
sorry if you find the mixing to be off or the quality sub-par, we just had everything plugged into a big ol mixing board shooting out one track into ProTools.
I know the kick drum's a bit boomy.

in the zip file there's a text file with liner notes/ track list, as well as an album cover.

Here's the track list anyways:

1. droplets
2. isle of the meerkats
3. parakeet storm
4. submarines
5. two, then one
6. bonus track: æthera


here's the linkage:

http://www.mediaf!re.com/?wcotzzcxeyt

Hope you all like it!

[SenorGoose]

well i think i jumped on this post too late
ill try to get it within the next couple o days - but i might be betta off waiting for the june thread.
we'll see great job guys!

[october1983]

Friday is the day for me. Or maybe Saturday. Close to the line.

[aceramicbunny]

i am so in. will be recording and mastering tomorrow. may be under 30 minutes by a smidge,
edit because i answered my own question.
BE EXCITED!

[Barmymoo]

Just spent two hours recording just under 27 minutes of music. Sadly it's not completely original, but we were pretty proud of it. We'd have managed the half hour of original music but there were time constraints (basically only two hours in total available in the next 24). Ah well.

Code:

http://www.med!afire.com/?dn53jrb33g5

The last track, Who Knows Where The Time Goes, is a cover of Sandy Denny's song and therefore not even pretending to be original. September's lyrics were written months ago but the chords are new and it's never been recorded before.

[DMart]

DMart - the Scherzo

Under-time and two days after it's completion, DMart's Scherzo arrived at mediaf!re for the general public to gaze and frown upon. Upon first listen, the listener will quickly realise there will not be another. Be it the poorly-synched samples mixed in with mechanical beats or the hockney and treble-heavy banjo recordings, there is something here for everyone (to cringe at). DMart can't seem to decide whether he is suffering from lazyness or ADD - tracks are either too simplistic or can't hold a steady pattern for more than a bar.

Code:

http://www.mediaf!re.com/?guytlhmjcmg

This was great fun.

[bbq]

Is it ok to sign up for this now?

[Kai]

Yes! There are still a couple of days left in May!

I am recording my album tonight, me thinks.

[BlahBlah]

I signed up just to do this ¬_¬

May I present to you: BlahBlah's opus, the magnificent album of blah!

Recorded over a 24 hour period, with absolutely no continuity or links, and wild differences in audio quality and mixing. A unique mixture of shoegazing, techno, alt-pop, prog-rock and fucked-up shit. It's not all original, but there is 30 minutes worth of my own "compositions". One track I thought was original until I played it back and realised it was wild thing.

Pitchfork gave it 10/10. It must be good!
There are a few covers, mostly of ween songs.



Link in a second, when it finishes uploading.

[bbq]

Is music made out of samples ok?

And does it have to be continuous 24 hours?

[Sox]

Every question that you could possibly think to ask has been answered already on the first page. At the end of the month, all the entries will be posted on a blog for the event. If you don't want your 'album' posted, then you'll have to PM me. If you have any additional information you want to be posted with it, such as cover art, production notes, blurbs etc, you'll have to PM me those too.
I'm aware of maybe a dozen people who've told me "My exams don't finish until June" so the contest is going to remain open for those people. After I'm sure all the entries have had fair time to be posted here, I'll introduce some polls for people to vote on their favourites and say a few things.

I'll have between £40-£50 for an appropriate 'prize' for the strongest entry around the end of June. Entries that fall short of the 30 minute mark by more than 2.5 minutes might not be eligible, I haven't decided.

[imapiratearg]

Awm... 

Since I had nine spare hours the weekend I recorded, would you mind if I used up that last bit of time to write a sixth song to fill up the four minutes I initially thought I had filled?

[Sox]

You were perfectly aware of the time requirement! You could always write another album from scratch, there's no limit to how many albums you're allowed to record.

[imapiratearg]

I suppose I could, but it would be hard for me to top the work I did on this one.  Herumph.  I'll think about it.