anyone for a new cover fight?
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
Hmm, well, I'd certainly want to give JB first shot at being Covermaster, and I want to be in and have one of my own songs covered (if that disqualifies one from being CM), but we'll see where it goes. As I tried to explain, we can host the songs at SF as long as they're covers of a SF song, not an outside project song. Assuming I remember the password for uploading these things
Some more ideas:
- have the coverer write all new music for the original artist's lyrics
- having one coverer create the music track and then passing it on to the next person to add the vocals
But I'm with Jon on this, it's been so long since we did an OF coverfight that I don't know we need a lot of new twists. I think the most important thing is making sure that everyone who participates gets to hear one of their own songs done by somebody else.
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Some more ideas:
- have the coverer write all new music for the original artist's lyrics
- having one coverer create the music track and then passing it on to the next person to add the vocals
But I'm with Jon on this, it's been so long since we did an OF coverfight that I don't know we need a lot of new twists. I think the most important thing is making sure that everyone who participates gets to hear one of their own songs done by somebody else.
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
You're overcomplicating it.
Don't add rules to an OF. Just let people do what they want to do in order to make the songs their own.
Don't add rules to an OF. Just let people do what they want to do in order to make the songs their own.
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
JB was always Covermaster before (he even had coverfight.com registered for a while, if I recall correctly), and he never excluded himself from the fight, so if you wanted to shuffle the names about and still participate, I doubt anyone would mind.king_arthur wrote:Hmm, well, I'd certainly want to give JB first shot at being Covermaster, and I want to be in and have one of my own songs covered (if that disqualifies one from being CM), but we'll see where it goes.
Sounds like there's some enthusiasm here. Do we maybe want to have a signup period starting now, with coverers and coverees to be assigned on Sept. 24 (the due date for the Cure fight)?
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
I decree no twists*
*lame attempt at throwing my weight around
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
SPUD has spoken. So shall it be.
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
good thing chubby checker is not a songfighter.
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
Generic wrote:
Actually, here's a much easier way to describe it... remember when Frankie did that cover of my song, and I was supposed to do a cover for you, but didn't actually post it until five years later? That was an Original Flavor Coverfight. 8)
hahaha!! it was worth the wait, though...
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
I had a new idea for another coverfight. G&NG - take a song in which the original's main instrumentation is acoustic guitar, and record a cover without using acoustic guitar. Is that interesting?
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
Could be fun. I like going the other way, too, like my cover of Toxic (although I guess that technically does have acoustic guitar in it, but it's not the thrust of the arrangement).
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
Yeah, i guess if we want to support people that only have acoustics it could be either direction.
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
I'm interested. Any further guidelines?
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
what did you have in mind for further guidelines? i was going to keep it pretty wide open.
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
If it helps anyone, I'm pretty sure Ken's Super Duper Band 'n Stuff's Bad Cat is GnG!
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
I dunno, Bill. Just asking. I'll definitely do somethng though.
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
i guess that's, uh, 3 possible entries... we should have more.
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
I might do it, but not before I record that Kloberdanz cover I owe him...
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
If we're talking mutual-songfighter-covering (a'la Original Flava), I'm in. If we're talking non-songfight theme covers (Neil Diamond Mine or whatever), no thanks.
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
I would love to do this "original flava" of which you speak.
I am less interested in wacky variations / restrictions on an already solid theme.
("Original must have been played on a sousaphone, but cover must not use sousaphone...." Fie, I say!)
I am less interested in wacky variations / restrictions on an already solid theme.
("Original must have been played on a sousaphone, but cover must not use sousaphone...." Fie, I say!)
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
i would also be interested in this original flavor cover fight... i am already restricted enough to have any more put on me
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
we did just do an original flava, and the whole idea of my posting was to propose a variation. so, uh, i guess your answer is no then? my idea could be applied to o.f. tho.
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
I'm personally not a fan of the non-OF variations, in general. Although "Covermaster's Choice" seems fun, but that requires a LOT of work on the covermaster's part before assignments can even be made.
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Re: anyone for a new cover fight?
I could do it either way... It would be difficult for me to do the no acoustic, because I only have an acoustic... But I could make something come out, and it might be a cool change, and force me to do something completely different. I'm in either way.HeuristicsInc wrote:we did just do an original flava, and the whole idea of my posting was to propose a variation.