I'm trying gauge who would be interested in a Sidefight in which players have a certain amount of time to write and record a mini rock opera. I imagine something where a list of titles are posted, so that the players can pick an option that's most inspiring for them, and then everyone has a certain amount of time to write and record. I'd say a week, but I know that *I* can barely pull that off any more, so perhaps two weeks? When, in general, is a good time to hold a contest like that? When do vacation/spare time planets tend to align? The holidays?
Titles that work for rock operas tend to have a certain broadness to them. I've written (completed and uncompleted) operas for Cable Beach, Robot Candidate, Grey Rainbow, Back to the Well (and Anomaly looked great, but I never wrote anything).
Any thoughts on this? Would anyone do it?
RockOperathon?
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Re: RockOperathon?
This would be very interesting to me. I did some multi-part songs in the past and I have always wanted to do a concept album, but never managed to finish anything. There is that song tetralogy I did once, though - the Celina Flanaghan Tetralogy for Suitcase, The Lurker, L'Occitane, and Take It Back (the latter of which consists of 4 parts itself).
Some time in the summer would work fine for me. If we do it, you can count me in.
Some time in the summer would work fine for me. If we do it, you can count me in.
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Re: RockOperathon?
I would do this but only because it would be hilarious to hear me fail (and possibly come up with something intriguing in the failure). I actually began writing a rock opera called '''Weaseltown''' a year or two ago (hey it even had a map!) but lost interest after completing the words.
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I'd try to do it given a reasonable deadline and an existing plot or something. Given how well "sndtrk" went I'm skeptical as to whether we can actually get it done though. ;)
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Re: RockOperathon?
Jerkatorium would probably be very interested in this if, as fluffy suggested, a reasonable deadline were imposed - unfortunately Chumpy and I are both employed, so we'd need a few free weekends to complete any adequate number of songs. I would also vote for a widely interpretable title/subject to work with; I think a half dozen rock operas about, say, a Robot Candidate, The Phyllis Wheatley Club, or 9/11 Was An Inside Job might get tiresome to listen to regardless of quality.
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