cavanherk

Okay, so I enjoy writing and recording songs. Obviously, many of you do as well. Because we have the skill sets and creativity to do so, let's get an album going by creating, recording, and finishing songs together.

This is my hypothesis:

If we can share a song's production between participants, we can assemble an album of cooperative songs created by all of us.

It could begin as a basic drum track, with verse, chorus, verse etc and that could be uploaded somewhere, the link to which posted here on MB so that anyone can listen. The file could be critiqued or otherwise given constructive feedback or simply download, added to, and reposted in similar fashion for the next user to take a listen and perhaps find inspiration for their own addition to the file.

Interested?

EDIT:

1. Either upload an original .wav song or beat (SEE STEP 2 TO KNOW HOW TO NAME FILE) OR add to a posted linked file. If a new post, It must be something original, to which another user can add his/her own original stuff. You can upload to any online file host, such as Mediafire.com. Just be sure you can post the link to the file here on MB.

2. Post the link to the beat here on MB and title it as follows: If it is the first "string" of a song, that is, an original beat or song, name it and indicate what instrumentation is on the track, separated by hyphens. For example, if your profile name is Beethoven and you upload a song you call "Opus" and you sang it with your acoustic guitar, name it "Beethoven-Opus-vocals-accousticguitar."

3. If you are adding your own stuff to an existing file, be sure to retain the original song name and simply add your profile name and what you have done to the track. For example, if your profile name is LedHead, and you took "Opus" and added a drum track, save it as "Beethoven-Opus-vocals-acousticguitar-LeadHead-drums."

4. Tracks can be considered complete at any given time, but let's try to reach an agreement that it is complete. If your profile name is "Guru" and you've just added bass and and the track just seems perfect, upload it and put the link on MB and title it "Possible Final-___-Guru-bass." For this example, it would be called "Possible Final-Beethoven-Opus-vocals-LedHead-drums-Guru-bass." Let any debating come naturally and let's work together on final touches if any are thought necessary.

5. When there is a general agreement that the song is complete, remove "Possible" from the track name. In this example, the final would be "Final-Beethoven-Opus-vocals-LedHead-drums-Guru-bass."

Just remember, whoever wrote the song legally has copywrite ownership of the lyrics and any composition he/she had attached to it, and I presume that individuals adding to the work are adding their own "composition" and therefore also gain ownership in the song. In other words, don't pawn these off as your own. This is a collaberation for the fun of it. If anyone wants to shine more light on copyright issues, feel free to voice them.

If we get to the point where we have enough songs to assemble an album, we'll work out more details at that point.