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Also, for future reference, if anyone is wanting to try and press a compilation onto vinyl and uses Kickstarter, if you press through United, they offer a free test pressing to every person that pledges $50 to the cause.
http://www.urpressing.com/kickstarter/
This might be an option for people that want their record pressed / don't have the balls and/or funds to go out and put the money up front themselves.
TraceKaiser wrote:And you would have us do what, exactly?
Bleed them dry for all their remaining copies? Oh wait, that's what they themselves suggested we do!
Stop the shops stocking them? Whooops, I forgot that getting the sort of exposure possible from being stocked in the single most important indie record store in the UK is bad!We have been offered exactly what we would have received, had this been "officially endorsed". Pulling it from shops would be being a dick to the distros and shops, and take away any exposure for us.
Being a bootleg pressing, we can't find the person who pressed it (though the distro have taken on the responsibility for the repercussions), and similarly we can't stop this happening again. Then again, NOBODY can stop this happening to any release. The comp was small and thrown together for fun. It's not anybody's lifes work (if it was an album I had worked on for years then I would be considerably more angry). We have reached an agreement in the most mature manner possible, without any ridiculous knee-jerk reactions.
This situation is sorted.
Well then I guess it's time for us to start bootlegging the music section! Clearly this is a good idea.
Lets press the Kind of Bloop compilation, RG. We'll split the pressing bill 50/50 and make a fortune (or 69c per record). The artists can get 4 copies each if they contact us, because that'd make us all even, right? 
Yeah, but we have no choice in this. The compilation picked up a shitload of attention on blogs for some reason - without any of us knowing - and then got bootlegged. So we can't like tell them to get rid of everything, because we want to release it on vinyl ourselves... It's something that would never have been released like that anyway, it's rough and unmastered and just meant for a bit of fun.
Obviously if we were to do something more serious then obviously we would do it ourselves. Anything would be DIY aside from this bootleg. However, they are making 69c per record sold, giving us shitloads, and the distro has enough weight behind it to get this record into places like Rough Trade and Turntable Labs. I ask again - what would you have us do?
Because anything else, frankly, would be cutting off the nose to spite the face.
They are only making 69c per record? How is this so low when the record is priced at £13/$21 in Rough Trade? It's not like they were paying any of the artists.
I can't share some of the work I've done this weekend (I'm sort of half participating, half using the time as an excuse to write for my next EP), but I can share something I've written over a few hours yesterday and today. It's for a game (waiting on feedback from the developer).
The music is a loop for a futuristic RTS game called Tower Commodore. The track is a mix of C64 samples, a brass section, a few simulated Sega instruments, and other bits and pieces.
Link to the music:
http://soundcloud.com/garrylee/sycamore-drive-tower
Link to the gameplay:
http://www.youtube.com/user/WinRTSGamer … nRY0brAMbY
Hear & see:
Loving this video.
im bidding on one right now, if i win it and have it shipped to you will you make a tut. for the world? id need it back though
ITS A TRAP
I think it sounds like you're having fun with this, and you'll only get better with practice and time spent with what you're using to create this. Your melodies quite unoriginal and at times unimaginative. You should try to vary your note lengths within a melody, and think about what you're trying to achieve with a song. You mentioned you were an LSDJ user, so I think you could benefit from looking at the save files on LSDSNG.com. Reading the LSDJ manual and experimenting to creating better sounding patches would help too.
Based on the people you follow on Soundcloud, you might want to try listening to a wider range of chipmusic in terms of style. Listening to someone like Disasterpeace or Teleidofusion would show you how to be more creative with your song structures.
I hope I'm not being harsh, but it was only through people telling me my music sucked then telling me where I should go/what I should do to improve it that I got any better.
DJCactus wrote:Oh, and Steamwhistle.
Steamwhistle.
I love you PDF Format.
nordloef wrote:+1
+2
Thanks guys! I nearly have more likes on FB than the fake band in just a day!
liked and subscibed
Thanks man! I appreciate it!
That video ^ now has over a million views.
This is my Facebook page, please add it if you like this.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sycamore- … 2340792242
This is my YouTube channel, if you like subscribing to things, go for it.
http://www.youtube.com/user/garryjlee
nordloef wrote:I reported it as a:
Duplicate, fake, or miscategorized Page
But the thing is I didn't find the page for sycamore originoo, but i will report it.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sycamore- … 2340792242
Here is the Sycamore Drive (me) page. For anyone that wishes to like it.
What a video!
...and they wonder why I had a problem with them using the name. Their guitarist said to me in a post that I've been nothing but respectful in my messages to them, and so far his bandmates/friends have made several personal attacks (seen above), sent me hate mail personally and referred to me as a "dick" and a "paedophile".
Meet the real Sycamore Drive, a barely competent band of 16 year olds. They play bad Oasis covers with a guitarist playing the vocal lines instead of singing. After asking them to change the name they've been using for maybe 2-3 weeks (compared to my 4 years), I've started to receive hate mail from fans of "the REAL Sycamore Drive". This is nice.
Are there any bands using the same name as you? It might be fun to share.
Pedal is boring. This is how it should be done. Toaster amplifiers!
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