Root5 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I made a probe for interest in the main forum, and there is interest, so lets make another Christmas album!For reference, the previous album can be found here: http://cytoplantasti...-christmas-2011I'm starting this later than I did last year, and I'm going to hold a tighter deadline than last year as well. The tighter deadline is so that we can listen to the tracks during this year's Christmas season, and also because I'm travelling in mid December. So we'll have to make our tracks fast, and we may not get as many as last year. But I'm not too worried about it, because if there aren't too many tracks we can just think of this as an EP or an add-on to last year's excellent album.The submission deadline has passedPlease send send the tracks to cytoplantastic [at] gmail [dot] com or by PM. Please send wavs, aifs, or flacs. Also, please don't try to master it or add master compression, unless it is important for the sound of the track.In the Christmas spirit, all submissions will be published. This is not a competition. This is how I ran it last year, and the overall quality of the tracks was outstanding.Style guidelines: The idea here is redo a Christmas song or Christmas carol in an electronic genre. For example, you may want to do an acid version of Frosty the Snowman, or a breakcore version of Silent Night.You are also welcome to write an original composition that has something to do with Christmas, although this is not the focus of the album.Naming guidelines: I'd like to encourage everyone to name their track in one of two ways. The first way is to take the name of the song and add a bracketed extension at the end. An example from last year would be: "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (Vocaloid Mix)"The second way is to make a pun out of the original title. An example from last year would be "Silent Nyeet"Mastering: Zephyr's mastering the tracks. To make life easier, please do not pre-master your track/sIf you have an idea for a track, post it in here so everyone else knows what you're doing. That way we can manage a good distribution of Christmas songs/carols. Duplicate versions aren't the end of the world (for example, last year we had two versions of the Sleigh Ride), but it's a good idea to avoid them if at all possible. I would like to do a version of Rudolf the Rednosed Reindeer.Okay watmm, LET'S GET FESTIVE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Here comes my Christmas inspired breakcore track! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I'm so all over this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I'll totally try and get something done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I'll have a go at Little Drummer Boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Is sampling well known tracks ok? I'll try this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Is sampling well known tracks ok? I'll try this. I'm hoping it is because I am planning to sample the shit outta some 80s pop xmas tunes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 There was sampling last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 cool, will try something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergeantk Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 yes, definitely gonna try and do something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRiP Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 sounds lovely - will definitely take a stab at this...possibly a Jungle take on a Christmas classic (just listening to bits from last year - fair play lads, sounded great) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 Awesome. Glad for the initial enthusiasm. Remember, get started on this one now, because you have less than a month. In other news, Zephyr's kindly volunteered his services again for mastering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 24 days left. Start your tracks now, or very soon. I will have less flexibility when it comes to extending the deadline this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 you know I'm in for doing it again this year probably will be less dadaist this time around tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RadarJammer Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I got my eye on Greensleeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 you know I'm in for doing it again this year probably will be less dadaist this time around tho Excellent; loved your 'Vocaloid Mix' last year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Personally I'm hoping for more one-man choirs from Goiter, but I'm looking forward to whatever gets sent my way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Personally I'm hoping for more one-man choirs from Goiter, but I'm looking forward to whatever gets sent my way. Not this time... I'm gettin' down and dirty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I'm in. Doing a classic. :D Just laid it all out now. Gonna record over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I'm giving rocking around the christmas tree a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I've decided to do Carol of The Bells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I recorded vocals but they are crap. I'm going to add busta rhymes acapella instead. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I have the same problem, decided to go the vocoder route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Hopefully everyone who's contributing has their stuff on track... Will anything be as good as this though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I don't think I'll be able to make it... So sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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