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martiandrivein
martiandrivein aka Rolf Nelson is a 25.62 year old boy, has been a member since September 5, 2006, has scored 8,906 submissions, giving an average score of 1.69, helping 244 designs get printed.
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Would anyone even be remotely interested in trying this out. I might get some drum mics soon so I can actually record at a better volume, and I was thinking about having the audio available for download, so you other musicians could write some music on top of it...Mikenumbers and I did one song, but it was on electric drums and I didn't really like the way they played.

Any keyboardists/guitarists/theremin players out there interested?

I'm looking at you Julia/Alvin/Bob....if there's enough interest maybe we could do a battle of the bands contest.



So I laid down the first track to see how we can do this... I think what would make the most sense is to make an order of people who will get the track and what instruments they will play/add to the mix. If there's too many people, we could split it and have multiple songs with the same beat.

What do you think will work best? I can't manage this blog all the time, so if you guys want to help organize this thing, we can collect e-mails or something and start collaborating?

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Rockbeat 1-tempo 120bpm, standard live set

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mike bautista
mike bautista on Apr 23 '10 at 8:02pm
OOOOO!!!!!
rhythmdev9
rhythmdev9 on Apr 23 '10 at 8:04pm
oooo... i'd love to add some latin percussion to the mix...
Steve The Great
Steve The Great on Apr 23 '10 at 8:04pm
I wish I could join a band. I"ve always wished I was good enough at antyhign to join a band.
the czar
the czar on Apr 23 '10 at 8:06pm
I would love to throw some bass on something
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Apr 23 '10 at 8:10pm
I'm good at electronic beats, and beatboxing.
Chipmnk
Chipmnk on Apr 23 '10 at 8:11pm
Ooooo, hmm, this is interesting...
mike bautista
mike bautista on Apr 23 '10 at 8:12pm
I'm learning how to use music programs and stuff, so I'd like to join this.
rhythmdev9
rhythmdev9 on Apr 23 '10 at 8:13pm
this could get pretty cool... i have a bunch of hand drums and i rock some harmonica too... which i still had my drumset but rolf is prolly better than me anyway
martiandrivein
   martiandrivein on Apr 23 '10 at 8:14pm
sweet! I'd really like to see what different directions can come of one drum beat, but at the same time I'd really like to just have a polyphonic spree type music collab, if we got it done in time maybe a "we are the world" type music video in September.
greenttentacle
greenttentacle on Apr 23 '10 at 8:15pm
i can sing - tho right now i probably sound awful, being sick n all :S
martiandrivein
   martiandrivein on Apr 23 '10 at 8:19pm
neatooOO!!!
WarDrobeInSpareOom
WarDrobeInSpareOom on Apr 23 '10 at 8:22pm
I can "Iron Man" on a McDonald's apple pie whistle!
iDanSimpson
iDanSimpson on Apr 23 '10 at 8:38pm
i can record guitar and 16 part vocal harmonies.
the czar
the czar on Apr 23 '10 at 9:51pm
anyone else?
valorandvellum
   valorandvellum on Apr 23 '10 at 9:55pm
That sounds like a fun idea! Wish I played something :-P
thechild
   thechild on Apr 24 '10 at 12:34am
i can play some rhodes piano or synth
mike bautista
mike bautista on Apr 24 '10 at 12:40am
Use your voice, Priscilla!
emoisforposers
emoisforposers on Apr 24 '10 at 12:43am
i'd help out with vox or even back harmonies....
SnakeMan
SnakeMan on Apr 24 '10 at 12:44am
i want to try some vox.
SnakeMan
SnakeMan on Apr 24 '10 at 12:44am
also, i can do the handclap.
SnakeMan
SnakeMan on Apr 24 '10 at 12:44am
and like... bottles.
tracerbullet
   tracerbullet on Apr 24 '10 at 12:47am
i've got my keyboard in my apartment. i could give it a shot. don't know how i would record it other than a crappy computer mic, though.
Chipmnk
Chipmnk on Apr 24 '10 at 1:16am
SnakeMan on Apr 24 '10 at 12:44am

and like... bottles.




I don't think drinking out of them creates that much noise.
SnakeMan
SnakeMan on Apr 24 '10 at 2:11am
i can also burp the ABCs.
ofthecoast
ofthecoast on Apr 24 '10 at 2:17am
oh man, this would be so amazing. I have no tools to actually record any decent type of vocals on my computer, but if I could, I would've loved to sing. I like backup harmonies.
craquehaus
craquehaus on Apr 24 '10 at 2:56am
I've got my triangle ready to go.
the czar
the czar on Apr 24 '10 at 10:40am
Bump for weekend folks
squatterjohn
squatterjohn on Apr 24 '10 at 10:51am
Put all the tracks up and then we can REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEMIX!
5 days later
rhythmdev9
rhythmdev9 on Apr 30 '10 at 10:40am
anymore interest?
sonmi
   sonmi on Apr 30 '10 at 10:44am
oh this sounds awesome! i'd be willing to contribute theremin or synth or mellotron or whatev.
sonmi
   sonmi on Apr 30 '10 at 10:44am
i can also mix/master it in pro tools!!!!!!
Maltzmania
Maltzmania on Apr 30 '10 at 10:49am
i have a banjo.


I'll show myself out.
rhythmdev9
rhythmdev9 on Apr 30 '10 at 10:54am
any thoughts on how we should build this julia?

you think rolf should start with a fat groove and then we layer jams on top... or what... i really want this to happen!!!
rhythmdev9
rhythmdev9 on Apr 30 '10 at 10:56am
also maltz banjo's are so underrated they are more versatile then they get credit for...
spacesick 2
spacesick 2 on Apr 30 '10 at 10:56am
the band should be called Julia and the Midi Chlorians
sonmi
   sonmi on Apr 30 '10 at 11:07am
ha ha

yeah, rolf doing beats first would be good. it might be easiest for him to just sample each separate drum part, as well as a few fills, which can be pieced together later? then maybe someone who can establish chord progression, then it can build off that.
sonmi
   sonmi on Apr 30 '10 at 11:08am
also rolf, i don't know if you have a metronome, but it might be easiest to play to that and let me know what the bpm is, so i can sync it
rhythmdev9
rhythmdev9 on Apr 30 '10 at 11:16am
i want would prolly want to lay the hand percussion part over a already established beat and progression,


but i'm kind clueless on the recording thing.. i have decent USB mic that i use to record my teacher podcasts... would that suffice for micing a single drum head or percussion "toy"?
sonmi
   sonmi on Apr 30 '10 at 11:17am
it probably won't sound too great, but there are going to be so many varying mics with multiple people recording stuff that i won't worry about it. we'll work with what we have!
stubby43
stubby43 on Apr 30 '10 at 11:37am
Can we have a clapping section? that would be relatively easy for all of us non musically talented people to submit.
sonmi
   sonmi on Apr 30 '10 at 11:46am
i think if you want to record whatever, it can be put into the song somehow
Torakamikaze
   Torakamikaze on Apr 30 '10 at 11:53am
i have a guitar i used to play

it's right over there!

I CAN SEE IT!
sonmi
   sonmi on Apr 30 '10 at 1:50pm
lies
martiandrivein
   martiandrivein on Apr 30 '10 at 1:52pm
I don't have mics yet, but.... I did get an MPD-26 today.



So let the beat making commence.
martiandrivein
   martiandrivein on Apr 30 '10 at 2:01pm
oh yeah, I have ∞ metronomes, I'll do it in pieces too. hope to have at least a few grooves up tonight.
sonmi
   sonmi on Apr 30 '10 at 2:04pm
sweet! let me know if you do. i've been really motivated to do music stuff again recently... but am too lazy to write an entire song by myself.
tracerbullet
   tracerbullet on Apr 30 '10 at 2:17pm
man, i wish i had a theremin.

oooOOOOOOohhhhhhwwweeeeeeEEEEEoooooohhHHHHHHhh
sonmi
   sonmi on Apr 30 '10 at 2:22pm
it loses its novelty pretty quickly :( but is fun to have visitors play.
tracerbullet
   tracerbullet on Apr 30 '10 at 2:27pm
i imagine it would. but it would be AWESOME to play in the middle of the night and freak out the annoying old lady who lives below me :-p
alismith85
alismith85 on Apr 30 '10 at 2:44pm
Sounds like fun. I can play a fair bit of blues guitar so if that's called for I'd love to chip in.

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