Alan Cynic Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 In an attempt to raise money for dry rot treatment (to his flat, not to his body!), the Kitchen Cynics' Alan Davidson is going to attempt a 'Tune-a-Day' (the Kitchen Cynics Way!).He guarantees to produce a song or tune every day in 2007, with a CD-R finished, and mailed to subscribers every month.The CDs will be limited to one per subscriber, and if only 2 people are interested, then only 2 will be produced (plus one for Alan).Each cover will feature an old photo, from the album of Alan's late grandmother.The cost will be 30 pounds or 50 US dollars (inc p&p), working out at less than £3 per CD!If you want to subscribe, contact Alan at kitchencynics@ecosse.net sometime soon.No subscriptions will be taken after Christmas 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewCat Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 haha! i'll subscribe to that!maybe the holy folks could join u on a track or two? or is it alan only? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted October 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Nah....you'd be more than welcome to join in! On days when I am tired, or ill it might just be short guitar loops, but on normal days it'll be a proper song or a fully worked-out tune. If, for any reason I have to be away from home (and I won't have enough money to go far) then I'll take my small travel guitar and a mini-disc recorder to make sure I record something on that day. I'm hoping that the only thing which will stop me will be death (although I sincerely hope it doesn't!!!).X-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MDP Posted October 7, 2006 Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 i think i could be up for that, sounds ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted October 7, 2006 Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodast Posted October 7, 2006 Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 That's ace! I will subscribe but I'm skint from freshers' week so not right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan G Posted October 7, 2006 Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 haha, what a great idea!And good luck indeed.Out of interest, couldn't you just bang out 7 tunes on one day every week, thus having a nice 6 days to relax? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kallan Posted October 7, 2006 Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 origami birdsAlan, ill definitely subscribe. and, like the holy folks, welfare mothers would be totally honoured to help out should it be needed - perhaps with some newborn baby sound samples? what your suggesting reminds me of the consequences of making an origami bird every single day for a year... which is mighty good luck, i believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted October 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 haha, what a great idea!And good luck indeed.Out of interest, couldn't you just bang out 7 tunes on one day every week, thus having a nice 6 days to relax?That would be cheating!!! (although I'll bear it in mind ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted October 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 Alan, ill definitely subscribe. and, like the holy folks, welfare mothers would be totally honoured to help out should it be needed - perhaps with some newborn baby sound samples? what your suggesting reminds me of the consequences of making an origami bird every single day for a year... which is mighty good luck, i believe.That'd be great....maybe I could have different guests on different months....and the new-born baby would be perfect for January! (Now, where can I get a near-dead voice for December!?!!)I reckon we should join forces to write a musical about origami......all together now..."Crease is the word!!"(it'd probably fold after a few weeks though ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted October 7, 2006 Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 Im up for this. Count me in.Also, if you need someone to collaborate, also count me in:up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kallan Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 near dead voiceThat'd be great....maybe I could have different guests on different months....and the new-born baby would be perfect for January! (Now, where can I get a near-dead voice for December!?!!)I reckon we should join forces to write a musical about origami......all together now..."Crease is the word!!"(it'd probably fold after a few weeks though )a near-dead ivor cutler sample in a kitchen cynics christmas song, would be priceless (maybe)but you might want to run the year backwards, and get death out of the way first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted October 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Im up for this. Count me in.Also, if you need someone to collaborate, also count me in:up:I'll hold you to that! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam_b Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Also add me to the long list of collaborators if you need em' This is a great idea and i'll hopefully be subscribing when i've got some spare money, too much of it is already spent on my six months abroad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Milne Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 cool ideacount me insorry to hear about the rot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted October 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 Thanks, Sam and Steven!! Sam....it'd be great to have you on board for a song. I might write another Dan Treacy tribute song! (I did one years ago called "I know where Dan Treacy used to stay").Steven...d'you fancy joining in for a song too? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Milne Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 oh ayethatd be ace funill get some ideas together and give you a shoutps - have you seen the lemon tree brochure article yet? I havent but a few people have said it looks and reads good.Hope I did you justice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 Count me in for a subscription! Sounds ace, if not a wee bit knackering!!Incidently, Kurt Wagner of Lambchop attempted the same thing a few years back (don't think he had dry rot, though!) - "The origins of this concept," explains Kurt, "are rooted in the idea of writing a song per day over extended periods of time that varied from weeks at a time to months in succession. This lasted from the summer of 2002 through the winter of 2003. My idea was to simply sit down and write one complete song each day. This sounded easier than it turned out to be, but the process allowed for the opportunity to make certain creative decisions quickly and decisively, thereby keeping things fresh and, for the most part, short. It was one of the most enjoyable creative periods of my life. For the first time I had the freedom of uninterrupted time to try this. Some days things happened very quickly, and some days they moved incredibly slowly. I found the best results formed themselves quickly, and rarely was I able to come back to ideas at a latter date and have any success in changing or refining them. By April 2003 I ended up with a butt load of material, of which a small percentage is represented on these two records." http://www.bseliger.de/lambchop-e.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted October 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 Steven...haven't seen the brochure yet, but I'll get one tomorrow at some point...I'm sure it'll be fine, and thanks again for doing it!!!!french_disko....Thanks for that quote! I'm in total agreement with Kurt's bit about keeping things short and fresh. I don't usually 'fine-tune' songs for ages, just bash 'em out and hope they're OK!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest onlynik Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Add me to the subscriptions list, I'll gladly give you the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Giles Walker Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Yeah damn right! If you want to chuck a guitar loop my way i could make some godawful din with it using my (very primitive) sampler, various sound affects records and turntables. Count me in on the subscription though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 I'll definately chip in.Ry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted October 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Thanks all...much appreciated!!!Giles....I could give you a simple chord pattern, then, once you've played about with it, work on top again....if that's OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Giles Walker Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Yeah i would be honored to get a'hin.I may destroy it though..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam_b Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Sam....it'd be great to have you on board for a song. I might write another Dan Treacy tribute song! (I did one years ago called "I know where Dan Treacy used to stay").I'll hold you to that Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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