Dirty compilation 2009

[Dunwho]

Originally Posted by Future Proof

Hmm, I'd be willing to give that a go. But even with dropbox I think it'd be a massive undertaking, everyone would have to break down their songs in some way to where the individual parts could be manipulated. Basically we're talking about lots of prep on the original artists' part, 500+ mb of audio to transfer and then the actual remixing. I don't know if everyone would follow through, but I'd be willing to remain cautiously optimistic.

"Cautiously optimistic" being the most important part there!!!

ha your right, and im happy you mentioned that because im terrible at getting huge plans in my headd and not thinking of the little important things like that...


... it would be a lot of prep..

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Future Proof

Hmm, I'd be willing to give that a go. But even with dropbox I think it'd be a massive undertaking, everyone would have to break down their songs in some way to where the individual parts could be manipulated. Basically we're talking about lots of prep on the original artists' part, 500+ mb of audio to transfer and then the actual remixing. I don't know if everyone would follow through, but I'd be willing to remain cautiously optimistic.

It's definitely an interesting idea. My biggest hesitation is that I have kind of a lot on my musical plate (self-imposed) right now since I'm kind of immersed in working on an album. But sometimes remixes come very quickly, so who knows? As for breaking down the track into it's individual elements, it would be easy for me to do in Reason with the way I work. And transfering files isn't so bad these days with sites like mediafire and the like.

So my vote is that i'm absolutely open to discussing it further as soon as we're done with the initial compilation.

[Camiel]

So, how is producing going for you guys? Any progress on the remix idea?

I've got a track to contribute already:

http://www.tfhats.com/e107_plugins/f...ty%20check.mp3

Trackname: Reality check
Artist: Klique Elektronikue (side project of Tin Foil Hats)
Gear used: Roland SH101, Roland Juno60, Korg MS2000, Casio CZ5000
Mixed in: Ableton live.

But I'm still letting the project name inspire me, so I might contribute a second track.

[holden]

I really enjoyed this track, Camiel Toe! So many great elements that combine in a powerful way.

Waiting for the cooler weather and a break from the schedule to inspire me for a track. In the meantime, i've got a wedding and honeymoon to enjoy. Mid October - i'll be back in the studio.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Camiel Toe

So, how is producing going for you guys? Any progress on the remix idea?

I've got a track to contribute already:

http://www.tfhats.com/e107_plugins/f...ty%20check.mp3

Trackname: Reality check
Artist: Klique Elektronikue (side project of Tin Foil Hats)
Gear used: Roland SH101, Roland Juno60, Korg MS2000, Casio CZ5000
Mixed in: Ableton live.

But I'm still letting the project name inspire me, so I might contribute a second track.

Nice retro sound in this track. And it definitely has that wintery feel to it. Very nice!

And I'm still going to have to wait and see if I have time to participate in a remix project of tracks from this compilation. We'll see.

[Camiel]

Thanks guys. This side project is somehow a muse for me. I've got a lot of inspiration.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Never ceases to amaze.

[DaveDri]

Good to see this happening again. This might work well into a column for some of the street press I write for. A rich community like this yielding a "project" outcome year after year. It's great to see/hear. I remember Leo asking me to finish a Segue tune of ours in previous years, but never got around to it. The track we had in mind ended up getting released as a single anyway, so this at least got us in the right direction.

In terms of technicalities of file transfer, as mentioned Dropbox is a great resource. I've been working on a collaborative project, under the obvious enough name of Vitreous & Segue. Vitreous lives in Amsterdam, and I live in Brisbane, Australia. We tested various ways to transfer files and the best way would be using the same project file synchronised on our hard drives via Dropbox. Having said that, we tend to just render stems and use Drop.io to transfer. We upload rough mixes to Soundcloud under Private Mode, which lets us leave comments all over them, and the final mixes are put on for the record label there also.

All that, and I neglect my own FTP server. Some of this social media stuff is actually more useful than a simple FTP, but there's always that as well. Anyway, hope to hear some Dirty tunes soon!

[Buji]

I have got a few tracks I have been working on for this which are almost finished! So will make the deadline.

Do we have anyone up for the artwork?

[holden]

i can give the artwork a whirl (though it's a bit hard to find wintry inspiration in Houston, Texas! Probably will dig through the archives or draw something from scratch).

Looking forward to another fun, eclectic collaboration!