The WATMM Christmas Album

Just ask timbaland, he knows all about this.

  On 10/12/2011 at 3:23 AM, delet... said:

Just ask timbaland, he knows all about this.

plagiarism =/= sampling

fair enough., I just wanted to reference an hot wattm topic, must have some hipster in me.

little drummer boy please

thanks

  On 10/12/2011 at 4:36 AM, yikes said:

little drummer boy please

thanks

noted, just be aware also, that the songs selected are listed in the second post of the thread. Which i will update periodically.

  On 10/12/2011 at 2:52 AM, ganus said:

So we're seriously going to limit this to soundcloud streaming? that's pretty damn lame to be honest. I mean, as someone who's heavily into cut-up and the like, I know that there are tons of labels who use basically exclusively copyrighted stuff for free or even for money sometimes, and get away with it every single time. If you're worried about it, I can even publish it for download (or a non-profit physical release if you want) when I make my label, making me the person responsible for the legal ramifications of it. It's really not a big deal.

 

http://www.discogs.c...oe/release/6673

http://www.discogs.c.../release/107217

http://www.discogs.c...y/master/157957

http://www.discogs.c.../release/369873

http://www.discogs.c.../release/582637

http://www.discogs.c.../release/221939

 

etc.

These all contained large amounts of copyrighted content, no one involved in any of them were taken to court it, and they were all paid releases.

I never said we'd limit it to soundcloud streaming. I was thinking we'd make a bandcamp page, and have a free download.

I'd like there to be a free option one way or another. If there is a chance for optional downloads, it should go to watmm, or some charity, because, since it's a compilation album, the distribution of funds would not be obvious. But this isn't about the money, people, it's about the music, and all this is really a non-issue because I'm sure there would not be a substantial amount of money.

If people feel strongly about it, I'd be okay with having the pay what you want model, so long as no one's pocketing the money.

Yeah, it's about sharing some home made treats with everyone. I mean it's a Cmas album fek sake. Maybe one day though, timbafuklordland will unearth the release and make some bank out of it.

Oh, I was never suggesting we do it for cash. I just wanted it to be a full-on release, and not a streaming-only album or whatever. I must have misread to have thought it was that though.

I'm going to start saying overusing the phrase "It's a Christmas miracle".

  On 10/12/2011 at 8:09 AM, ganus said:

Oh, I was never suggesting we do it for cash. I just wanted it to be a full-on release, and not a streaming-only album or whatever. I must have misread to have thought it was that though.

It's a Christmas miracle!

  On 10/12/2011 at 8:09 AM, ganus said:

Oh, I was never suggesting we do it for cash. I just wanted it to be a full-on release, and not a streaming-only album or whatever. I must have misread to have thought it was that though.

It's cool, i didn't really think that was what you meant.

I'd like to try "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" if that's alright

looking forward to everyone's submissions

  On 10/12/2011 at 3:40 PM, Croeso i Croton said:

I'd like to try "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" if that's alright

looking forward to everyone's submissions

Good idea.

Does it matter if we change our minds? I'm likely to try a bunch of different things and go for the one that works best. I'll try not to do anything that someone else has already taken but as Christmas is all about sharing, I think we should be allowed to share songs :P

  On 10/12/2011 at 8:06 PM, Springymajig said:

Does it matter if we change our minds? I'm likely to try a bunch of different things and go for the one that works best. I'll try not to do anything that someone else has already taken but as Christmas is all about sharing, I think we should be allowed to share songs :P

Go ahead and do whichever song you like.

The point of the list is so we can have a general idea of what songs are taken, so hopefully there won't be too much overlap.

  On 10/11/2011 at 12:48 AM, Root5 said:

mastering... if someone like Zephyr Nova wants to do it, they're more than welcome.

Sure, I'd be up for it!

  On 10/13/2011 at 12:39 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

  On 10/11/2011 at 12:48 AM, Root5 said:

mastering... if someone like Zephyr Nova wants to do it, they're more than welcome.

 

Sure, I'd be up for it!

Awesome! Thanks Zephyr!

+1

  On 10/13/2011 at 12:39 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

  On 10/11/2011 at 12:48 AM, Root5 said:

mastering... if someone like Zephyr Nova wants to do it, they're more than welcome.

 

Sure, I'd be up for it!

Yay! You are a awesome

Does it have to be exclusively one song and do the songs have to be explicitly about Christmas itself? I was thinking about doing something with the last Christmas No.1s of the past 5 years or so, seeing as over here Christmas No.1s are still perceived as being highly relevant, largely because of the monopoly The X Factor holds over it and the inevitable tard-rage it sends 'real music fans' into.

  On 10/16/2011 at 4:52 AM, Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald said:

Does it have to be exclusively one song and do the songs have to be explicitly about Christmas itself? I was thinking about doing something with the last Christmas No.1s of the past 5 years or so, seeing as over here Christmas No.1s are still perceived as being highly relevant, largely because of the monopoly The X Factor holds over it and the inevitable tard-rage it sends 'real music fans' into.

It doesn't have to be exclusively one song, but I think it should be explicitly about Christmas. But you could make a Christmassy original composition.

That's fair enough, I guess if the songs aren't exclusively about Christmas you could just make up anything and give a half-arsed excuse as to why it's relevant.

  On 10/12/2011 at 3:40 PM, Croeso i Croton said:

I'd like to try "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" if that's alright

looking forward to everyone's submissions

sorry, case of foot in mouth syndrome- can't participate this time round unfortunately, have to throw this back out there

someone should cover that christmas song by paul McCartney

I'm really excited for this. I'm going to do a remix/rework/cover of Vince Guaraldi's "Skating" from A Charlie Brown Christmas.