Several that are either free, or close to it), we'd be set. If we settled on a standard multi-tracking S/W package (there are Our own pace, in the privacy of our own home "studios". Over the "ether" waves (eg: ethernet, Internet). But what would be really cool (to me) wouldīe to find a group of musicians who would like to create some tracks (he wanted to get together with local wind I play piano and keyboard and live in France.Įllis got me thinking. I'll just create the forum, and hopefully contribute some to the music. I don't intend to control the process at all. We'd all learn a LOT (I know I would) and have fun, and, just maybe, compile some quality music that others would enjoy as well.
In the end, we might have a dozen or more songs of many various types. maybe a pure instrumental jazz number of several 32-bar solo breaks for the virtual band to contribute to. I'd have another song in-progress with potentially a completely different roadmap and feel.
The rest of us would/could download the ZIP file, and layer on a few tracks if we felt we could contribute, and put the ZIP file back up for you and others to listen to and comment on. And send out a note that give us an idea of what you're looking for. You'd put this ZIP file with the tracks into the files section of our group. And a ZIP file with a scratch percussion track and maybe some other structure (eg: basic bass part, maybe a little keyboard). You'd submit a basic chord chart and some initial ideas. For example, you'd be in charge of one song. My idea is to spin up maybe a dozen parallel efforts. Give it a try if selected.are these original songs you will be buildingįrom scratch? will there be vocals?how many instruments do you plan to useįor each track or completed song? too much will just clutter things up or at Myself,guitar player of sorts,and writer of aprox.500 songs ,but thatĭoesn't mean that I would fit in with what you are planning although I would Music you were recording at the session.I am an old country boy To record you would certainly want to have musicians that played the type of ,only we don't all play the same type of music.and if you went into a studio no prima donnas who own the definition of perfection, or who get offended with friendly constructive advice.ĭave.this sounds like a good idea and I don't want to put a damper on it And for all of us to be in it to learn and have fun. I'd want the group to be only those directly involved in contributing. I expect we'd need at least 8-10, and not maybe not more than about 20. I'll set up a YahooGroup with those who are serious. If anyone thinks this is a worthwhile idea, send me a note (or reply to everyone). I'm sure someone could come up with a good unique name. We could call ourselves the "The EtherReality Band" or "EtherEssence" or "The Essence of Ether" or something with the words "Virturaloso" or "Ethernal" or something clever like that. We could then create a virtual CD of our songs. We'd have a mechanism in place to ensure that everyone (who was part of the virtual group) was fairly represented (contributed to a reasonable number) of the collection of tunes we ended up producing. Each person would be the "architect" for one track and they would solicit parts from the others. but we'd all contribute to the consensus as it came together. We could then discuss post-production effects and mastering techniques.įor each track, one person would be the "architect" and have final say on "their" number. But the Wind Synth would give us a lot of variety in sounds. each musician could lay down either audio or MIDI tracks, as long as it was in sync with the rest of the song). We could mostly focus on Wind Synth (or not. Add on some real acoustic bells and whistles (eg: color percussion parts). We could then add on real drums and bass, maybe record a MIDI keyboard track. From there, we'd create (layer on) new tracks, send them around, give each other advice and ideas for solos, instrumentation, and riffs. and maybe also plug in a scratch bass part and a basic melody line. We could discuss chord changes, style, roadmap, etc. We could lay down a percussion track to get us sync'ed up (it could be a scratch track generated via Band-in-a-Box, that could be overdubbed later), then we'd all be on the same page. If we settled on a standard multi-tracking S/W package (there are several that are either free, or close to it), we'd be set. We could progress at our own pace, in the privacy of our own home "studios". But what would be really cool (to me) would be to find a group of musicians who would like to create some tracks over the "ether" waves (eg: ethernet, Internet). (he wanted to get together with local wind synthers in South Florida).