In this John Winston thread, Dr. Hot Salt suggested a new IBC album:
> Title for next Interrobang Cartel album:
>> RULES FOR DYSFUNCTIONAL PATTERNS
> Containing the unforgettable:
>> In Rome, Do as the Arcturians.
> And the old favourite:
>> Coming Out of the Closet
> Then, a change of speed for the slow-dancers:
>> All Roads Lead Away from Rome
> And the ballad about Human Papilloma Virus:
>> Gentle Reminder
> With an up-tempo medley of:
>> Pre-encoded Activation
>> The Genetic Shift
> - and -
>> Emergency Procedure
> This one's just on the album as a filler:
>> Deprogramming
I disagree that "Gentle Reminder" should be about HPV, because I'm still holding out hopes for that album of theme songs for diseases and business careers. However, I was thinking that a full album with only eight songs, three of which are lumped together in a medley, is probably a concept album in the style of one of those art-rock or prog-rock bands.
Any ideas?
This is interesting! Definitely needs multiple people to collaborate on it, and one person to insure it hangs together - should be you, looks like. I'm willing to kick in some serious production/mixing/engineering work and maybe some instrumental tracks. Keep me away from the lyrics, however, unless you want a rabid perfectionist on your case!
Is this prog enough for you? More Tangerine Dream than Marillion. http://members.cox.net/majorzed3/Welcome_prototype_1.mp3
The spoken words in the first half were not originally targeted to this project and certainly can be changed. The instrumental part in the second half can be extended/developed for quite a few minutes with a little bit of imagination.
I think it will work! In fact, I'm kind of picturing this as the "Coming Out of the Closet" track. The spoken word parts might have to be changed, and it should definitely be extended, but I suppose I should write some lyrics/concept for this, first.
Oh, I should specify that not all the spoken words need to be changed. It was the "Well, can't put this off any longer." and the "Mr. Em-Zed, we've been waiting for you. Come this way." that made me think of coming out of the closet.
Let me know what I can do. I can provide some specifics about what is going on musically in the second half for anyone who wants to contribute more layers (guitar, ?!Charlie?) For example, it's 148bpm, and the synth and guitar are MIDI that can easily be emailed.
As usual I am happy to participate in any way I can.
Actually, listening to the sample, I heard a couple of song ideas. I think the the different themes could be expanded out into individual songs.
As for Talysman lyrics, I am always a big fan.
It would interesting if we could work out an overall structure for the album with styles for the songs defined so that it comes out in a cohesive way, even with different people working on things.
Shall I pull together some stuff? I can't give you the whole thing, because the master file is in ACID. But I can strip out some WAV files and the MIDI.
I'd like the MIDI, because when I write the lyrics, I'll probably include a melody for "Coming Out of the Closet" that fits thematically with what you have, but is more a variation of it than a continuation.
I'm thinking about an instrumental that might be "All Roads". Or not.
http://members.cox.net/majorzed3/RULES_MZ_contrib.zip posted for your edification and inspiration.
Welcome To The Procedure (see http://majorzed.livejournal.com/48208.html) could be renamed Coming Out Of The Closet if you want. (BTW, the phrase is "Mister Uh-Zed", riffing off Firesign Theatre's "Uh-Clem" - (google that).)