As we all know there are a few ideas out there for competitions but personally I'd like to get some collaboration going.
There are a few of us here in bands but lots of us write or record alone or are equipment quality challenged. Especially the lyricists who at times can be a little marginalised.
So to use the style of a Small adds dating section, I suggest that we over the next month or so (EXPLICITLY JUST FOR THE COMP) gather members under the following headings.
1. Instrumentalists willing to work with lyricists.
2. Lyricists willing to work with instrumentalists.
3. Instrumentalists willing to add a session guitar / bass / drums / vocal / harmonica etc.
4. Producers willing to try and clean up a mix.
With these two lists we can get some PM invitations going or draw pairs out of the hat and put together a few song-writing teams perhaps?
I know we're mostly part-timer here so this comp might have to run for a month or so, or until the agreed teams have submitted or withdrawn.....
It may give the chance for the instrumentalist / vocalists a chance to leave their comfort zones and some of the guys with an song idea to put that fizzing guitar solo into their middle 8.
The last thing I want is demands being put on members that they don't want and should not need to deal with so, it must be purely volunteers only, and no egos as we're mostly part timers. These issues really need to be sorted out first.
Lot's to think about and is it worthwhile........... thoughts chaps?
