Song Fight Orchestra

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:58 pm

You mean the list of people who have already submitted, or the total list of people who've volunteered?

So, everyone, I've been out of two for a while, and I'm back now, so I'm going to catch up on the total compilation in the next day or so. Watch for a post when it is ready.

Also, while on the road I came up with another related idea, and I wonder if it would work. Let me know what you think:

This would be the exact same concept as Song Fight Orchestra, with two major changes: Each selection can be a maximum of only maybe 10 seconds in length (actual max length I'm not sure of, but very very short) and there are no fade outs or fade ins or overlaps. Every bit would have a very hard start and cutoff. So my job would be merely to attach the next bit on to the end of the mix. So the collaborative aspect would be at a much granular level. Currently, the way the pieces are connecting is very nice, and while everyone is doing it a little different, most of the time there is a tiny bit of overlap. Also, with 45 seconds to work with, each person can pretty much establish their own musical idea, almost a whole song for each person, at least a verse of a whole song. With only 10 seconds to work with, no one person would be able to write an entire melody or lyric all by themselves. What would this sound like? Would it be fun? It would come out better of course if it wasn't part of the real fight titles at all, but would just be a side thing unrelated to any titles. Plus, with only 10 seconds, the week turnaround would be too slow. Anyway, is this a good idea or a stupid idea or somewhere inbetween?

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 12:50 am

i guess the only way to know would be to try it and see what happens.
it might be interesting though, if each person only hears the 10 seconds immediately preceding them. "attach something to this" you could tell them, without any information about what has come before.

Southwest_Statistic · Post by **Southwest_Statistic** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 1:21 am

Jim of Seattle wrote:You mean the list of people who have already submitted, or the total list of people who've volunteered?

How about all the people who have volunteered in chronological order of joining so I can get a good idea who to expect next week.

j$ · Post by j$ » Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:13 am

Southwest_Statistic wrote:
Jim of Seattle wrote:You mean the list of people who have already submitted, or the total list of people who've volunteered?
How about all the people who have volunteered in chronological order of joining so I can get a good idea who to expect next week.

How could this help in any way apart from spoil the surprise / game of guessing who it is?

j$

Southwest_Statistic · Post by **Southwest_Statistic** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 9:26 am

j$ wrote: How could this help in any way apart from spoil the surprise / game of guessing who it is?

Oh, I didn't realize there was one... I assumed everybody else knew about above said list and somehow I missed it.

j$ · Post by j$ » Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:46 am

I don't think it's an official game, it just seems to have evolved that way ...
anyhoo

J$

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:24 am

j$ is right. There's no official game, but Jack Shite suggested it would be fun to have people try to guess at the end of the year. But I don't mind telling you who any of the clips have been, since it's not official or anything. As far as knowing who to expect, I'm not necessarily picking people in chronological order of when they volunteered. I always ask people about a week in advance, and as often as not, the person writes back that the next week isn't good for them, so I pick someone else, then go back to them later, so the order is all confused. Generally, though, the people who volunteered first have gotten to go first.

The list is on my bulletin board at home. Next time I remember when I'm home I'll post the list of people involved.

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 5:42 pm

<font color=red size = 4>HELP!!</font>

Due to an unprecedented sequence of lousy luck, I am left without a SFO participant this week. Because it's been fraught with misfortune, I've decided to give up asking people one at a time and putting the request out there to whomever wants to take it on this week, due on Friday. The first person to PM me saying they can do it gets to do it, whether or not you've submitted one already or not. The second person to PM me will get to go next week, with the titles that come out Friday (or Saturday).

Dan Wrekenhaus 2 · Post by **Dan Wrekenhaus 2** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:56 pm

I am down, as I assume would be my crew. If you want to have a style-idea to help placement you can hear some of our works here, http://www.voltineers.com/christmas - more here, http://voltineers.com. The latter is older chronologically. Good idea methinks.

thehipcola · Post by **thehipcola** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:58 pm

inlight of the fact that I just noticed this thread had 2112 views...I vote the next segment somehow be Rush-esque.

jack · Post by **jack** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:07 pm

a 45 second working-man-like drum solo!

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:36 pm

Sorry I'm late in the compilation. I plan to catch up tomorrow.

You're on the list, Werkenhorse.

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:43 pm

Alright, I'm caught up. The Song Fight Orchestra opus is now almost 8 minutes long. Bad news is that SOMEONE MISSED THEIR TURN and so we have one week without an entry. The string of SFO being in every fight is now broken, thanks to YOU! (You know who you are.) So, the person who is taking their turn this week needs to go back two weeks to find what to follow.

So listen to the compilation so far. Lots of cool stuff! Sorry I haven't been more involved. Personal stuff got in the way, but I'm back now, baby. No more missed weeks from any entrants, 'k?

Check it out, link is in my signature.

jack · Post by **jack** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:57 pm

Jim of Seattle wrote:Alright, I'm caught up. The Song Fight Orchestra opus is now almost 8 minutes long. Bad news is that SOMEONE MISSED THEIR TURN and so we have one week without an entry.

a 45 second coda perhaps?

jack · Post by **jack** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:14 pm

also, i just listened to the whole piece and i have to say that it flows pretty damn well so far. i'm really impressed. one of the cooler aspects of it is how certain segments, notable those done by CCS, j$, leaf, and erik all tell little stories within the bigger story, like they are characters within a play.

it's almost more opera than orchestra.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:10 am

Jim of Seattle wrote: Bad news is that SOMEONE MISSED THEIR TURN and so we have one week without an entry.

Don't think of it as a week without an entry. Think of it as a clearmountain pause.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:21 am

Niveous wrote:
Jim of Seattle wrote: Bad news is that SOMEONE MISSED THEIR TURN and so we have one week without an entry.
Don't think of it as a week without an entry. Think of it as a clearmountain pause.

Touche!

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:50 am

Touche, Monsieur Pussycat.

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:16 am

Help, I've lost count.

Is someone doing SFO this week? I have gotten all confused. If you are doing SFO this week, would you please let me know ASAP?

starfinger · Post by **starfinger** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:16 am

hey i have been really out of the loop, but i just realized what this thing was all about. i would love to do something for it further on down the road!

-craig

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:27 am

You're in, Craig. There is no deadline for participating. I've just been going down the list of folks. Your turn should actually come up fairly soon, in a month or so, as I'm getting just a few participants away from starting over from the top.

Again, anyone slated for this week? If not, I have a plan, but I don't want there to be two SFO entries in the same week!

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:38 am

I haven't heard either. Or I missed somthing...