Questions concerning the project.
I got an email wanting more detail concerning the project. I answered them in the email. Since I still have that info and it's good info, I'll post it here as well. If there's any questions about the project that you'd like to know either email me or post it in the thread.
Are you and Bknot going to be weeding out the bad links in the chain or will anything that is submitted be included in the project? I'm just curious, because I'm sure some newbie will just see this and want in... which is fine, but I don't think we want a 12 year old rapping into a computer mic over an internet connection sound. There should be some guidelines to follow with format and stuff like that. It will be too hard to have everyone using the same programs etc. but there should be some standard.
And due to the large array of different people on this project, the levels will be all over the place. Is this going to be mastered? If so, by who?
Ok first, Bknot and myself will be listening to all the tracks that we get one by one and discussing them over the phone. We'll be discussing if the tracks are hot or are lacking. We both feel that by us doing it this way, if we told one of the artists (especially fam) that something needed a little more or a little less, it would be taken as constructive criticism and not just straight haterism. Even my own tracks that I submit will be reviewed by Bknot and myself, so even I'm not exempt to that. The purpose is that if we want to get the attention that we really deserve with all of our combined talents and skills, there are levels that have to be held up to. But of course, realize that fam gets first dibs before anyone else...technically we may just do this as a fam (and their affiliated crews) only type of deal. Why should we allow just any dumbass to join in when we don't know what they're about.
Ok, now about the levels of different tracks. I had planned to master all of them so that they all have the same volume level. This may take a little while, but it'd be highly worth it since you never know who could be listening to the CD and be interested in one of us.
The main standards that we have in place so far is that everyone should have an edited version of the songs that they send to me if the song is not radio friendly as we're planning to get versions of the CD into hands of people who can either get radio play, or get it to an A&R. I understand that we don't all use the same programs, so we wouldn't be able to place standards that way (unless we all either bought the same shit or pirated it, neither of which I think is necessary).
Once the whole project is finished, I plan to post it in an anonymous website, strictly for the purpose of all of the artists and beat makers involved to hear the final version and make comments/recommendations as to any additional ideas. Like I said before, if we're going to do it , we have to do it as a full team, which means while Bknot and myself are coordinating it, we all have an equal say in the final product.
