ILX Compilation v4: Tiny Music (Deadline/Submissions/etc!!)

OK, moving forward! Here is a nice outline:

• The song/piece/etc that you submit must be tiny, with a MAXIMUM runtime of 77 seconds (1:17). But don't be under the impression that you have to create a 77 second song; it can be 5 seconds or 23 seconds or however many seconds you'd like. As long as it's not more than 77 (the shorter, the better IMO)
• Since these musics are so tiny, you can submit more than one if you'd like! I'll say a maximum of three (3).
• When you have finished your work, send it to ilxtinymusic at gmail dot com. I'd highly suggest either an uncompressed WAV or AIFF (iirc gmail has a 25MB attachment limit and maxing out at 1:17, this shouldn't be a problem). You can also send a high-bitrate MP3 if you'd like, I guess (like 256+).
• I am going to set the deadline of Sunday, November 14th, giving you slightly less than two months. It's the end of a weekend so all you last-minute folk can still throw something together, and it's also not the weekend RIGHT before Thanksgiving, so it won't interfere with travel/preparations/Thanksgiving crazy.

i'm in

So am I.

Will do.

BTW for the U2 collab project, everybody uploaded their tracks as 320kbps CBR MP3s.

hmm would 1:27 sneak in if I asked nicely? That's still tiny, I think.

i want in!

Oh, um, me please?

I've never done one of these before because I have problems with finishing tracks, but 45-77 seconds seems about the range they grow to before I feel like I ought to have ideas about what they need to do. Um. And if those don't sound finished enough, I can just make 20 seconds of strange noises for people to furrow their brow at between proper tracks, I guess...

Yes! I am in for this!

I will do this.

hmm would 1:27 sneak in if I asked nicely? That's still tiny, I think.

― Dr.C, Monday, September 20, 2010 5:05 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark

I am going to be a hardass abt the 77sec thing. Sorry. I originally wanted to make it 30 but everyone kvetched. 77 seems like a good threshhold for "smaller-than-normal" and I am interested to see what people do when they're forced to reapproach the format in a way that forces them to convey all of their ideas with such severe restrictions. Think Brian Eno's Microsoft sound which is absolutely magical:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUbjTapNImM

Also I seemed to have forgotten that Tiny Music was the name of an Stone Temple Pilots album. Should we change the name of this? ILX Compilation v4: Lil' Baby Songs 4 U perhaps

gkart is hard at work on this project. current running time: 1:15.

I've got a 76.5 sec track ready to go, contemplating submitting another couple before the end but I reckon 1 each wd be nice if there were enough submissions.

are Flacs okay?

I am going to be a hardass abt the 77sec thing

Cool - you should be. I just thought I'd ask. I will submit something within the 77 secs limit nearer the time.

Can we still enter three pieces each?

I'm in for this!

me too! (if i can get my sorry ass round to firing up my audio pc)

Flacs are fine! I had no idea so many people would be interested! Maybe we should do just one each? Or up to three tracks with a combined total of 77 seconds?

Well potentially you could have 70-80 tracks, so I wouldn't worry about there being too many contributions

i'm gonna send you the novelty track i made tonight ("serious" "ambient" track forthcoming).

yeah i'll do this

If there are too many tracks there should be voting and shit on quality.

I'm in too

Am in.

yes

i'm in, too.

Thinking on this, I decided to listen to all the 77" long tracks on my pod today.

Kraftwerk - Regeneration
XTC - Do What You Do
Pavement - Serpentine Pad
Robin Williams - Richard Simmons
De La Soul - The Magic Number (from a mix cd)
YMO - Bridge Over Troubled Music
Kraftwerk - News
Fantomas - 04/09/05 Saturday
David Sylvian - Thoroughly Lost To Logic
Pavement - Flood Victim
Oum Kalthoum - unknown

can i do a track?

i dun a choon.
hope ya like it kidz.

I am going to set the deadline of Sunday, November 13th,

Just as FYI, Sunday is November 14th.

i'm in, if there's room (my track will be tiny)

I'm tentatively in.

in it 2 win it

Whoa I thought I had forwarding set up but apparently not coz I just checked the tiny music submissions inbox and I've got SIX submissions already!! Wheeee!!

are remixes ok? (i just found some acapella wutang mp3s)

I'm gonna chant 77 77 times. yeah.

submitted

Submitted a track surm and I worked on recently (his vocals/ concept, me on the synth).

I was hoping I would get to hear surm! Wheee, thank you!!

!!!

i wanna hear all of these. i'd like to contribute too but that seems less likely.

could use ilx group on soundcloud for uploads btw
http://soundcloud.com/groups/ilx-makes-music

My main music computer sort of went pop and smoke came out and my laptop won't run my music software properly - hope I can still do this but not sure, can't afford a new computer right now

(thought it was just the power supply but it's looking like the motherboard is toast too and that means replacing p. much everything as it's an out of date architecture </geekchat>)

have you d/l'ed the two I sent?

I just emailed you a song as well, Stevie D

I've received/downloaded all the ones sent so far. They sound great, guys! Keep 'em coming!!!

Is the deadline still November 13th?

It's actually the 14th, which is Sunday, but yeah.

sent a second track your way. 77 seconds on the nose, yo.

got 4 songs to submit, all ~20 sec, probably under 77 sec all up. just gotta master em up..

n/a brings it, nice job!

Great stuff n/a.

listening to the comp again right now! "card declined" might be might be my favorite song that mentions sriracha sauce.

i've listened to ol' dirty malkmus a zillion times btw

thanks!

feel a deep sense of personal satisfaction at rhyming "sriracha sauce" and "tube top off", you can put that on my gravestone

xp

can you post the full lyrics svp?

sure

here are card declined lyrics

daymare nation, terminal station
total nihilation, noise divination
hit the black lights and I spring into action
everything's moving in a circular fashion

disco balls, hotel bloedel
no need to wash a taint cuz my shit don't smell
hit bong rips while yr sister trips
we're smokin pixie sticks with a pair of roach clips

(I'm a hot and bothered astronaut) eatin corn dogs
with sriracha sauce, get yr tube top off
bass mutilation, prognostication
trash gets off on zombie penetration

here is the church, here is the steeple
open up the doors (I see dead people)
flunked science but one thing I know
mix ben-gay with K-Y, you could make a hormone

never got along with my coaches
like upson pratt hates roaches
when I shine I shine like a fly in yr wine
yr card was declined, PVD divine
(doggone girl is mine)

wau that song kinda just got 10x better

After all this time I only just now found the song I'd wanted to submit ;_;

Oh well!

Trayce, we can totally put it on the Deluxe Edition.

haha :) Eh its just a silly little piano plinkle.

we can do this every 6 months

hotel bloedel

one of my favorite fall songs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nJXTQEZwdw

ha me too, I totally jacked an entire line from it

ooh, what's the next comp gonna be?

There was talk of a protest music comp while we were on the sandbox? I got as far as recording an instrumental which emil.y was going to do some reciting of Marxist texts for, but then we just stopped, I don't think I've even listened to it since last year?

We'll probably end up doing a different them, anyway, I'm guessing.

i like the protest music idea!

oh i forgot about that one. there should be a thread for it that can be revived.

i'm bad at finding these things... if something turns up, please post it.

Hmm, that could work...

i don't see it, maybe the discussion was part of a bigger thread

The thread was on the Sandbox!

i could have sworn the conversation was older than that but you could be right.

can someone produce said sandbox thread? i can't find it.

Oops, sorry WCC - I had a rotten cold and was generally feeling blue so never got around to it, but I must confess it just slipped my mind over the last couple of weeks. I will get on it soon - I think either tomorrow or Monday (recording on my birthday!) are good days, so at least by early next week.

an instrumental which emil.y was going to do some reciting of Marxist texts for

<3

I could do one next week!

Nah, I knew you were poorly, emil.y so I didn't want to hassle you, and also there was no rush as no one else showed any sign of moving. When you get a chance!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/MarkGrout/SAM_0055.jpg

Finally got round to 'making' these!

has there been any more comps? i couldn't find any threads further than this one.

i'd like to be involved if there's any!

Reminded you of the glory days did I

AFAIK these all happened after the v4 comp.

ilx comp v. five - this is not the music of l. ron hubbard, music maker (available to download)
"Now That's What I Call ILX" (comp # whatever: we cover/mutilate/remix the POP HITS of the day)
ILX pre-covers LULU -- the Lou Reed/Metallica album
ILX Christmas Compilation: Deck the Halls With Boughs of LOLly (2013 expansion! Deadline is December 1!)
ILX pre-covers Animal Collective's "Centipede Hz"
Download & Listen to COMP TOGETHER - ILX Covers The Beatles (Available Now!)
ILX Pre-Covers Bowie's _The Next Day_
Frankly Fucking Great -- ILX Pre-Covers Hesitation Marks

They're all pre-covers apart from the Christmas album.

... and there weren't too many contributors to the Xmas one. I'm generally up for any sort of comp. but I must confess I have no idea what these pre-cover comps are and don't pay them any attention tbh.

I was bummed I missed the Xmas one. saw it pop up on sc. I don't read ILM so I can often miss these!

oh man damn same trayce. i wish there's some way to be notified but i suppose it's the point that i should be more an active member and part of the community and all that..

pre-cover sounds kind of fun it's to take the title alone and write a song based on that, right?

Aw, I wish I had known about the tiny music one, I used to fool around with some short songs.
http://studioefficiency.com/music.html

xp re pre-covers: yes

Having said that, it would be nice if the next compilation album was a 'regular' one where people submitted whatever track they wanted.

Hey, nobody's stopping anyone from doing a new all original one. What I might suggest, though, is a post here AND ILM, or a post on one board linking to the thread on the other.

be sure to make a thread on I Love AFL too.

i love Albums with Frivolous Lyrics

all original one sounds good but should there be a theme?

or properly freestyle anything goes?

Completely freestyle would encourage more people to get involved, I think.

let's give it a try!

what compilation number would this be now?

be sure to make a thread on I Love AFL too.

― Mmm yes hello (crüt), Monday, January 6, 2014 7:25 AM (Yesterday)

haha. am totally down to contribute

xp The U2 pre-cover came between comps 3 and 4, so pre-covers don't increase the volume number (comp 5 followed the precover 'pick a track title' idea but the original album was from the 70s). So a future comp would be volume 6?

What I might suggest, though, is a post here AND ILM, or a post on one board linking to the thread on the other.

Sage advice from Ned as always. Main thread on ILE and a locked thread on ILM with just a link to the main thread?

and it's done
ILX Compilation v6: FREESTYLER - rock your microphone

haha btw imago yes