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(12 replies, posted in Collaborations)

Octothorpe wrote:

This sounds really cool, a optional spot for lyrics and chords (etc) would be nice though smile

Indeed! for now we just exchange stems and lyrics and stuffs via a mailing list but we'll create a "raw materials" section online as soon as bit more people are involved. Just drop a mail to  > info AT eucaryote DOT org if you need anything big_smile

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(12 replies, posted in Collaborations)

BetaSynapse wrote:

This is actually a pretty cool concept. Best of luck in your endeavors! I might have to try contributing something...

Thanks man smile We have a few gigs coming up in Amsterdam and would be really happy to start playing contributors' tunes (that's the whole point of this project). So please go ahead and make  Eucaryote as much yours as ours.

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(12 replies, posted in Collaborations)

Hi all,

Since there is such a big remix and cover culture here, I'm assuming this is the ideal place to get input for the following: we're a small bunch of musicians based in Europe trying to pull out a new musical entity entirely based on co-owning songs. Basically, we describe ourselves as an "open-label" or "open-band"; the project is called Eucaryote and you are free to cover, remix, perform or create music under this name.

We're really hoping to gather people who've left their dreams of rock-stardom behind but rather care about music and want it to be free (of format, of its industry etc...) so this can become a real attempt at creating an open-source music model. We feel this is a natural progression for all labels.

Although the music you'll hear from us now is chip-based, we're about true musical exploration and hope to gather very different sonorities.

As we're just starting, our current model for releases is that each song is a podcast which will update every time a new version of the song is added. You can see this in action on our test-site here: www.eucaryote.org - your contributions will be added and marked as new song modules - see example here: http://www.eucaryote.org/myspace/Myspace_hdr.png so the song artwork will also grow visually.

That's it; please get in touch with us at [email protected] and don't forget to ask tons of questions!

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(27 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)

kineticturtle wrote:
Subway Sonicbeat wrote:

Yeah, i might try to contribute, but my musical input lately is very small. But don't worry smile

Low output is perfect for this kind of idea, I think. Sounds clever! I'm checking it out for sure

High input would also be appreciated smile

Well, I'll make a post about this project in the collaboration part. For now, you're all welcome to have a look at eucaryote.org and drop a line at [email protected]

Cheers!

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(27 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)

Subway Sonicbeat wrote:
E U C A R Y O T E wrote:

Just throwing this out there, but what about actually addressing the paradigm shift: all of us who tend to listen to tons of music tend also to listen to "labels" just like people used to listen to "bands".

So, following this logic, what about a collaborative-label? Where in short: artists share their "label" name as their stage name, co-own the entire catalogue and get to create, cover and interpret each other's songs.

I'm actually in the process of starting something like this, so if any of you are interested, check the test-site
-> www.eucaryote.org

This is actually a great idea. I liked it!

Thanks! Now the tough thing is actually finding some contributors (<--hint) smile

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(27 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)

Just throwing this out there, but what about actually addressing the paradigm shift: all of us who tend to listen to tons of music tend also to listen to "labels" just like people used to listen to "bands".

So, following this logic, what about a collaborative-label? Where in short: artists share their "label" name as their stage name, co-own the entire catalogue and get to create, cover and interpret each other's songs.

I'm actually in the process of starting something like this, so if any of you are interested, check the test-site
-> www.eucaryote.org

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(13 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Damn... And I didn't dare to post my stuff because we use guitars and drums OVER A GAMEBOY!!! tsssk.