I guess we'll have a crack at Twenty-something
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:06 (eight years ago) link
Okay so current status:
01 Happiness02 The Pop Kids03 Twenty-something -- imago04 Groovy -- Tomboto05 The dictator decides --sarahell06 Pazzo! -- daavid07 Inner sanctum08 Undertow09 Sad robot world10 Say it to me -- DJP (who has no time)11 Burn -- snoball12 Into thin air
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 January 2016 18:47 (eight years ago) link
yeah I don't know what I was thinking, there's no way I will be able to do this
"Say It To Me" is back up for grabs
― its subtle brume (DJP), Thursday, 28 January 2016 19:09 (eight years ago) link
I only discovered Garage Band on my Mac (well, opened it for the first time last week) and I have no musical ability or else I would have a go at this.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Thursday, 28 January 2016 21:30 (eight years ago) link
This is precisely why you SHOULD have a go.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 January 2016 21:54 (eight years ago) link
I'll take Undertow then.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 29 January 2016 01:26 (eight years ago) link
I was going to skip this one, but I think I have something suitable for "Inner Sanctum", so hey.
― Mark G, Friday, 29 January 2016 11:10 (eight years ago) link
I would like to have a go, but being a lurker I don't want to stake a claim over regulars. If something's left I'll do it.
― bert newtown, Friday, 29 January 2016 20:23 (eight years ago) link
Hey we still have plenty left, claim away.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 January 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link
Current status, five left to claim:
01 Happiness02 The Pop Kids03 Twenty-something -- imago04 Groovy -- Tomboto05 The dictator decides --sarahell06 Pazzo! -- daavid07 Inner sanctum -- Mark G08 Undertow -- Gubke09 Sad robot world10 Say it to me 11 Burn -- snoball12 Into thin air
Say it to me... Thanks Ned
― bert newtown, Friday, 29 January 2016 20:28 (eight years ago) link
May I have 'Sad Robot World' Ned? Thanks.
― MaresNest, Friday, 29 January 2016 20:34 (eight years ago) link
Done and done.
01 Happiness02 The Pop Kids03 Twenty-something -- imago04 Groovy -- Tomboto05 The dictator decides --sarahell06 Pazzo! -- daavid07 Inner sanctum -- Mark G08 Undertow -- Gubke09 Sad robot world -- MaresNest10 Say it to me -- bert newtown11 Burn -- snoball12 Into thin air
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 January 2016 21:01 (eight years ago) link
i've never done this i don't know exactly how it works but it sounds fun and i love the title "into thin air" so i want to claim that one!
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 29 January 2016 21:07 (eight years ago) link
which is to say, i AM claiming that one. if that's how it works.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 29 January 2016 21:08 (eight years ago) link
here's how it works:
1. write and record a piece of music (song or instrumental) 2. title it with the song title you've claimed3. send an audio file of the recording to Ned4. PROFIT4a. sadly there is no actual profit
― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, 29 January 2016 21:27 (eight years ago) link
can i stand behind every performance in Issey Miyake shades while stonily poking a keyboard
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 January 2016 21:30 (eight years ago) link
thanks djp. i'm in. (but i'm going to stop at step 4 and totally skip step 4a.)
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 29 January 2016 21:42 (eight years ago) link
Sounds good. WHO DARES DO THE FIRST TWO.
01 Happiness02 The Pop Kids03 Twenty-something -- imago04 Groovy -- Tomboto05 The dictator decides --sarahell06 Pazzo! -- daavid07 Inner sanctum -- Mark G08 Undertow -- Gubke09 Sad robot world -- MaresNest10 Say it to me -- bert newtown11 Burn -- snoball12 Into thin air -- fact checking cuz
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 January 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link
As previously stated, if nobody takes The Pop Kids over the weekend I'll take it (but tbh I hope someone does).
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Saturday, 30 January 2016 00:25 (eight years ago) link
Okay, tentatively yours unless someone speaks up. That just leaves..."Happiness." And who among us is happy?
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 30 January 2016 15:42 (eight years ago) link
needs Bernard Snowy and emil.y
― MaresNest, Saturday, 30 January 2016 16:53 (eight years ago) link
OK, I'll have a crack at Happiness.
― The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Sunday, 31 January 2016 14:17 (eight years ago) link
is there a place to go dl all the previous pre-covers that I missed in my self imposed exile
― Sith Dog (El Tomboto), Friday, 12 February 2016 01:20 (eight years ago) link
Missed Tom D.'s post there -- it's yours of course! And per Tomboto I've got them all around but I don't think many are hosted at this point...
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 February 2016 04:40 (eight years ago) link
dumb (perhaps) question: do people generally try to make these things sound kinda sorta like the artist we are pre-honoring, or is that beside the point?
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 12 February 2016 04:48 (eight years ago) link
Sometimes they do..
There was a whole bunch of apex on the Syro one, not so much on the Morrissey one..
― Mark G, Friday, 12 February 2016 08:09 (eight years ago) link
.. And the Lulu one was made to confuse.
― Mark G, Friday, 12 February 2016 08:10 (eight years ago) link
The lovely ILX COMPILATIONS and what they all are..
.. If you need to catch up.
― Mark G, Friday, 12 February 2016 08:12 (eight years ago) link
Not unless the Pet Shop Boys are planning a pretty radical change of direction on this album. Speaking only of my track. Which I've finished. And will send when I get round to it.
― Demeraray & Essequebo (Tom D.), Friday, 12 February 2016 10:14 (eight years ago) link
I've more or less done my own thing, but have tried to throw in a couple of PSB-like touches.
― bored at work (snoball), Friday, 12 February 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link
i think i just came up with the lyrics for the chorus and an overall concept
― sarahell, Friday, 12 February 2016 16:29 (eight years ago) link
Okay so anyway:
01 Happiness -- Tom D.02 The Pop Kids -- aldo03 Twenty-something -- imago04 Groovy -- Tomboto05 The dictator decides --sarahell06 Pazzo! -- daavid07 Inner sanctum -- Mark G08 Undertow -- Gubke09 Sad robot world -- MaresNest10 Say it to me -- bert newtown11 Burn -- snoball12 Into thin air -- fact checking cuz
And beyond that, cover art from someone, please...
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 February 2016 16:54 (eight years ago) link
How are Darwin's Kids fixed?
― Mark G, Friday, 12 February 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link
Ooh, I'm a bit late but here goes...
― Mark G, Monday, 22 February 2016 15:48 (eight years ago) link
Right, that's my track sent.
― Thomas of Britain (Tom D.), Monday, 22 February 2016 16:00 (eight years ago) link
Not late at all! Thanks folks -- I have four tracks so far.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 February 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link
I keep getting lost in Garage Band. I haven't recorded anything yet. This might have been a silly idea.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Monday, 22 February 2016 23:11 (eight years ago) link
Not as silly as me thinking I would have time. I'm not very proud of my effort at all. :-(
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 13:58 (eight years ago) link
Mine's is no masterpiece, if that's any consolation. Not exactly selling this, are we?
― Thomas of Britain (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 15:44 (eight years ago) link
After 2 attempts to make something PSBesque I'm just making something else. Given I don't have much time it sadly also may not be a masterpiece. Still...friday evening to polish it up.
― bert newtown, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah - sent.
― bert newtown, Friday, 26 February 2016 12:15 (eight years ago) link
v nearly finished
― odysseus (imago), Friday, 26 February 2016 12:44 (eight years ago) link
I am weirdly looking forward to this if only so I can measure them up against my own amateurish Garage Band attempts. And also, I'm sure it'll be good.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 26 February 2016 12:53 (eight years ago) link
Ned, any chance for a deadline extension? I really, really want to do this but I'm completely buried with work and don't think I'll have time to finish by Saturday :/
― daavid, Friday, 26 February 2016 14:45 (eight years ago) link
If you can get it to me by Sunday?
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 February 2016 16:58 (eight years ago) link
I knew there was something I'd said I'd have done this weekend ...
― sarahell, Friday, 26 February 2016 18:41 (eight years ago) link
Thanks Ned!
― daavid, Friday, 26 February 2016 21:41 (eight years ago) link
Getting promoted + attendant work insanity + not knowing anything about Garage Band before I agreed to this + not having any musical ability or understanding beyond a listener = this was a very bad idea. Maybe this album really needs to broken up by a brief interlude track.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 26 February 2016 23:33 (eight years ago) link
it'll be mostly interludes at this rate
submitted, btw (not an interlude)
― odysseus (imago), Saturday, 27 February 2016 23:19 (eight years ago) link
Got the backing track ready ('ready'). Now all I gotta do is the vox! I'm kind of pissed at myself for not spending more time on this. I wanted to do an epic sounding track and ended up doing something very minimal. Also, I'm pretty sure I stole the chorus from somewhere, I always do that. The verses too, probably.
― daavid, Sunday, 28 February 2016 06:26 (eight years ago) link
Just about to send.
I wanted my friend to sing on it but we couldn't manage it, which is a shame.
I tried to make it sad, which it is (kinda) but it's nothing like PSB, perhaps if they were on ECM.
― MaresNest, Sunday, 28 February 2016 12:06 (eight years ago) link
My "Happiness" turned out more sinister than happy tbh.
― Thomas of Britain (Tom D.), Sunday, 28 February 2016 12:14 (eight years ago) link
I woke up with the awful thought i'd forgotten to have a bassline. There is a weird bassy phrase but ... is it still sunday, should I fix it?
― bert newtown, Sunday, 28 February 2016 20:36 (eight years ago) link
Totally fine for a last minute fix! I'm pretty tired today -- yesterday was busy with a lot of things, including two shows -- so I might not get around to actually putting everything together until tomorrow.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 28 February 2016 22:59 (eight years ago) link
Submitted!
― daavid, Monday, 29 February 2016 07:44 (eight years ago) link
just got to do a final edit ... they should rename ableton live, ableton lol
― sarahell, Monday, 29 February 2016 08:00 (eight years ago) link
What I originally planned as a sequel to "Paninaro" ended up being a google-translate italian spoken word melodrama. Oh well
― daavid, Monday, 29 February 2016 08:03 (eight years ago) link
Okay at this point I have nine out of twelve -- sorry to not be more up on this, completely exhausted yesterday. If you're still running late, get them in to me by tonight if you could!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 February 2016 15:17 (eight years ago) link
sent in all its obvious-mistakes-in-ableton.html glory
― sarahell, Tuesday, 1 March 2016 06:13 (eight years ago) link
Okay a quick update -- I'm missing Tomboto's song (but he's here in SF for the week so I'll check with him) and Gubke's.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 04:10 (eight years ago) link
I haven't been able to pull it together!
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 04:27 (eight years ago) link
Something will happen!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 05:36 (eight years ago) link
http://i63.tinypic.com/ofoc1y.jpg
― MaresNest, Sunday, 6 March 2016 09:40 (eight years ago) link
Still waiting on Gukbe and Tombot here...
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 March 2016 03:52 (eight years ago) link
at this point the thing to do is two spoken-word interludes and done tbh
― Laertiades (imago), Monday, 7 March 2016 08:00 (eight years ago) link
and by that i mean 'take your time, it's fine, don't replace my own track with a spoken-word interlude, sorry'
― Laertiades (imago), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:02 (eight years ago) link
i will do a track with a computer voice reading imago's greatest ilx posts
― sarahell, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 01:57 (eight years ago) link
At least it'll be short!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 15:15 (eight years ago) link
Resisted the temptation earlier. Just too easy.
― Thomas of Britain (Tom D.), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 15:28 (eight years ago) link
;_;
― Laertiades (imago), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 15:29 (eight years ago) link
;____;
― Laertiades (imago), Thursday, 10 March 2016 18:50 (eight years ago) link
can i make changes to mine?
― sarahell, Thursday, 10 March 2016 21:22 (eight years ago) link
If you like. At this point if I don't get anything by Saturday I will release it over the weekend. (Sorry Gubke and Tombot but the time is nigh.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 March 2016 22:48 (eight years ago) link
I have a zombie bikers ride thru town sounscape itching for a voice over if gubke or ned would...or anyone really. It'll work along the lines of able ton.fuckno as earlier described.
― bert newtown, Friday, 11 March 2016 13:27 (eight years ago) link
No last-minute drama?
― Laertiades (imago), Sunday, 13 March 2016 19:18 (eight years ago) link
Nope, so I'm going to give what I have a last listen through then upload later this afternoon or tonight.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 March 2016 21:19 (eight years ago) link
please do spoken-word interludes for 'groovy' and 'undertow'* if you can :)
*the liner-notes to the tool album maybe?
― Laertiades (imago), Sunday, 13 March 2016 21:32 (eight years ago) link
My apologies for not being able to help with Bert's request -- fuller last few days than expected.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 March 2016 21:34 (eight years ago) link
And we are live
“It Was Fantastic To Be Back" -- ILX Precovers the Pet Shop Boys' _Super_
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 March 2016 21:42 (eight years ago) link
whump, there it is..
― Mark G, Monday, 14 March 2016 09:35 (eight years ago) link
Well, I didn't get around to this in a timely fashion, but I did end up with lyrics. Maybe this will end up as a series of audible waves one day.
"Groovy" by the Pet Shop Boys
What is the definition of a beat?
a beat is something a beat is somethingthat goes on in your mind goes on in your mindthat happens all the timehappens all the timethat can't be stoppedcan't be stoppedbut most importantly
(chorus A)It's GRROOOOOOVYfor all the ladies out at seaIt's GRROOOOOOVYfor all the men trapped in zero-GIt's GRROOOOOOVYfor all the mouths full of the DIt's GRROOOOOOVYfor all the fingers inside a V
a beat is something a beat is somethingthat breaks up time breaks up timethat repeats itself wait it does what nowbut most importantly
(chorus B)It's GRROOOOOOVYfor all the MC squares that equal CIt's GRROOOOOOVYfor everyone on the road holding the PIt's GRROOOOOOVYfor all of us and you and meIt's GRROOOOOOVYfor the glory of god and country
repeat chorus A+B, fade out
― other people systems as applicable (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 03:21 (eight years ago) link
it's got some syncopation going on, in my head. french horn solo bridge, obviously.
― other people systems as applicable (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 03:23 (eight years ago) link