i hate this 'release format'

I'm surprised nobody has told you to press them to ten vinyls and get a leather-bound book to hold them all...

  On 4/12/2011 at 2:51 PM, acidphakist said:

I'm surprised nobody has told you to press them to ten vinyls and get a leather-bound gimp to hold them all...

this.

hrhr good laughs in here

but seriously... we shouldn't ask ourselves so many stupid questions to get the feeling we're actually doing something. if we are real heart-blood musicians we just make music and don't worry about it. some way to release will be found or not...

your music is quite interesting by the way

Everyone does it differently. The big things to think about are as follows:

Is it all worth releasing?

Are the songs pieces of a whole, or meant to stand on their own?

What will tie the tracks in your releases together?

There's a lot of room for expression through the album as an art form. Fidget with it, play with ideas, and find what you think will work. I will say, alongside everyone else here, that releasing 100 tracks at once sounds like an awful idea, but if that's what you think is best, that's what you're gonna do.

I personally enjoy the EP and LP formats well enough. I like EPs for collections of solid songs that work moderately well on their own, and LPs as more of a collective piece of art.

I don't like when EPs are just short demo-y things that come out before an LP. That sucks. Just wait and release that shit when it's time or toss out one track to get them pumped for it. I also don't like filler tracks. If it's a crappy track, put it on a b-side release later or don't release it. For intros and interludes, I'd say one of each per LP max, and the LP better be on the longer side if so.

That's my two cents.

You've got talent. But your music alternates too much for me. Ideas are gone before they get developed. That first track could be 4 separate tracks, its crazy. If you have 100 tracks like that its probably over 400 ideas.

Thats just my opinion on your music, its good though. I dunno if you wanted feed back on the music though. Your original question was stupid anyway, stop being a baby and make a conscious decision to do your own thing.

  On 4/12/2011 at 10:28 PM, wahrk said:

Note that the material is always available for release later.

unless you get hit by a bus.

  On 4/12/2011 at 10:53 PM, hahathhat said:

  On 4/12/2011 at 10:28 PM, wahrk said:

Note that the material is always available for release later.

 

unless you get hit by a bus.

Hey as long as it's backed up it can still be released, even if you're dead.

Put it in your will.

  On 4/12/2011 at 11:07 PM, wahrk said:

  On 4/12/2011 at 10:53 PM, hahathhat said:

  On 4/12/2011 at 10:28 PM, wahrk said:

Note that the material is always available for release later.

 

unless you get hit by a bus.

Hey as long as it's backed up it can still be released, even if you're dead.

but i won't be around to make sure the edges are square... i suppose i wouldn't care then, but the idea bothers me now. i never thought about it much until a day a couple months ago, when i almost had to drive myself to the emergency room.

you've got a limited time on this planet. you don't want to release premature shit, but you don't want to miss your chance, either.

  On 4/12/2011 at 11:27 PM, hahathhat said:

you've got a limited time on this planet. you don't want to release premature shit, but you don't want to miss your chance, either.

true that

Find tracks which equal about 42 minutes

have them a similiar ethic

release as short LP, listen to criticism

repeat again by updating the second LP's tracks with the criticisms

use different aliases?

One sided 7"

i want a vinyl that looks like a saw blade, with the edges sharpened to a point.

"oh, that looks just like a... OW!"

i've got a few saw blades in my studio. got knicked by one yesterday while trying to plug in an amp.

Generally speaking I usually just decide what theme I want to compose music for, and then I decide main structure ideas like how long I want it to be, etc. It's pretty difficult I'd say to decide when to finish any piece of music or release, but I'd say anything that's longer than 45 minutes will be too much, and most will never hear any of the tracks past the 40 minute mark. I tend to make a lot of music and I understand what you mean about wanting to release all of it, so I just release the works that I make as I go, and keep some of them for myself.

You music kinda reminds me of Faust the way ideas come ago. Mm has a very Krautrock type feel to it.

i usually arrange my books by their color.