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Topic subjectRE: does anybody in here want to have ur song on WAX/vinyl? new project idea
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2780591, RE: does anybody in here want to have ur song on WAX/vinyl? new project idea
Posted by I MAKE MUSIC, Thu Feb-21-13 11:48 PM
>ok. i've got an idea. i've always wanted to have some
>music on vinyl. pressed up, in the sleeve, with the album
>cover.
>
>but.. shit is not cheap to do.
>
>maybe you've wanted to have some shit on wax too. i want to
>have a physical piece of art to look back on. kind of like a
>trophy or a personal / family keepsake. on wax.
>
>so i've been doing a little research, and i can help make our
>collective dreams become a reality.
>
>this will require several things:
>
>- a vision
>- creativity
>- songs from contributing artists
>- a little bit of $$ from all participants
>- trust & confidence
>
>
>the ultimate goal would be to get a nice, 180gm 12" colored
>vinyl record pressed... , with a 2 color printed label put on
>both sides of the record... get the records inserted into an
>album sleeve.... and get that inserted into a full color album
>jacket.
>
>
>i'd like to open this up to the frequent lesson collaborators,
>producers, and a couple of the underground artists who may
>have seen a bit of success from the site.
>
>if we can have a pretty unified focus, and guys will come
>together, we can make this happen and we can all have a trophy
>to look back on. a family heirloom.
>
>to whoever is interested, we would evenly distribute / send
>the records out to everyone who participated/contributed.
>it's that easy.
>
>there also are some other ideas i have in mind in terms of
>having a free download card for tracks that are not on the
>actual album, and also plan to include a CD-R into the album
>jacket itself containing the album on CD + a few unheard songs
>or something along those lines.
>
>this is a big idea. i encourage open dialog on this topic.
> i'd like to hear some feedback, and see if we can do
>something a little above and beyond in the first part of
>2013.
>
>there's 100 ways we can dice this up... but it really boils
>down to this:
>
>there are 2 sides to the album.
>
>