The Tortured Poets Department ILX Pre-Cover Planning Thread

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If Taylor is allowed to re-release her albums with new or different tracks, so are you.

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 April 2024 14:38 (six months ago) link

i will gladly record one or both as Henry Rollins-esque spoken word tracks except making much less sense

CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 April 2024 14:39 (six months ago) link

if there is dead space i can send some filler over but it won't have lyrics or standard song structure
it will have gongs

Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, 1 April 2024 14:44 (six months ago) link

^omg please do this

CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 April 2024 14:45 (six months ago) link

It's a must.

The Prime of the Ancient Minister (Tom D.), Monday, 1 April 2024 14:49 (six months ago) link

Gongs backing Henry Rollins spoken word??

emil.y, Monday, 1 April 2024 14:50 (six months ago) link

i'd rather leave henry r out of it but whatever works. lmk what is needed (duration) and i will try to find something suitable.

Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, 1 April 2024 14:52 (six months ago) link

coincidentally and speaking of random spoken word tracks, literally every time i hear "it's a must" i think of REM's "voice of harold"

Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, 1 April 2024 14:53 (six months ago) link

You can use ai to have Taylor read small poem skits.

https://www.frfr.ai/

✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 1 April 2024 14:56 (six months ago) link

La L: Duration can be whatever but feel free to send it over to ned at kuci dot org, in either AIFF or mp3 format (no WAVs please). Assuming I don't hear from either Elvis T or Florin I'll assign yours to one of those slots.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 April 2024 14:56 (six months ago) link

Oh wait seems it’s not working anymore… at least on mobile.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 1 April 2024 14:59 (six months ago) link

emailed u ned!

Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, 1 April 2024 15:07 (six months ago) link

If anyone wants or needs a leftover instrumental that sounds kind of like spa/hold music, upon which to lay vocals/poetry/noises, let me know!

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 April 2024 15:07 (six months ago) link

Josh -- will keep that in mind!

La L -- got it!

Elvis T/Florin -- at this point we're in 'you snooze you lose' territory. (That said if Elvis has been held up further by the problems he mentioned from a couple of weeks back, I absolutely get it, but I've tried webmailing Florin through here a couple of times to no response.)

Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 April 2024 15:28 (six months ago) link

And actually, Josh, do send over your instrumental to me as well. I have an idea, believe it or not.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 April 2024 15:29 (six months ago) link

Sent!

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 April 2024 15:42 (six months ago) link

Ned, if any tracks need normalising/mastering I'm in front of my ProTools rig for the next few hours.

Maresn3st, Monday, 1 April 2024 15:47 (six months ago) link

Lol mine probably does I had no idea what I was doing.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 1 April 2024 15:50 (six months ago) link

I’m sure mine does bc I record live in a basement

Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, 1 April 2024 15:52 (six months ago) link

As I'm almost out the door for a chunk of the day I can't do anything immediate; that said, Maresn3st, if you're willing to wait until this evening I can probably get you everything then if you want to do a run-through on that front.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 April 2024 15:58 (six months ago) link

(Also, Josh, not seeing your new one yet; maybe resend or try an alternate method?)

Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 April 2024 15:58 (six months ago) link

I sent it a second time via dropbox (I think/hope), since gmail wasn't cooperating this time.

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 April 2024 15:59 (six months ago) link

i mastered ours, feel free to take a look at it but there's probably not much headroom

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 April 2024 16:00 (six months ago) link

I made mine sound less shitty but when it comes to levels, I'm clueless and always have been. also was using a Bandlab app on my phone. so any tweaking of mine, have at it.

CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 April 2024 16:07 (six months ago) link

Sent you an email, Ned

Maresn3st, Monday, 1 April 2024 16:20 (six months ago) link

Got it! And Josh, still didn't come through? Weird!

Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 April 2024 16:24 (six months ago) link

maybe try wetransfer or something similar?

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 April 2024 16:25 (six months ago) link

I mixed mine with one ear not functioning so mine could probably use some mastering

Comfortably numbnuts (Heez), Monday, 1 April 2024 16:51 (six months ago) link

this is still getting released in some form today, right?

imago, Monday, 1 April 2024 17:21 (six months ago) link

yep but 8-track format only

CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 April 2024 17:28 (six months ago) link

i'm waiting for the reel to reel

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 April 2024 17:29 (six months ago) link

"Ned's Version"

Limited edition PONO high-res version at Target (with unique bonus tracks)

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 April 2024 18:00 (six months ago) link

Tomorrow more likely at this point thanks to Maresn3st giving it a once over later today.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 April 2024 18:02 (six months ago) link

👍

imago, Monday, 1 April 2024 18:14 (six months ago) link

Anyway I just need to record my own addition to Josh's extra track, which is now in hand. It will, I think, suit.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 April 2024 18:20 (six months ago) link

How many decimals of Pi can you fit in two minutes?

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 April 2024 18:27 (six months ago) link

Quick note that Elvis T got in touch, things did indeed get too crazy with the house et al. But we are covered at this point. Maresn3st will get the tracks later today from me for a quick listen/master and then I'll put things up for download tomorrow. (Again, avoiding Soundcloud/Bandcamp/etc. for the moment to prevent account nuking.)

Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 April 2024 22:37 (six months ago) link

Quick note that Elvis T got in touch, things did indeed get too crazy with the house et al. But we are covered at this point. Maresn3st will get the tracks later today from me for a quick listen/master and then I'll put things up for download tomorrow. (Again, avoiding Soundcloud/Bandcamp/etc. for the moment to prevent account nuking.)

Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 April 2024 22:37 (six months ago) link

*hiccup*

Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 April 2024 22:37 (six months ago) link

Sorry you got too busy Elvis

Comfortably numbnuts (Heez), Monday, 1 April 2024 22:55 (six months ago) link

Okay final final track listing -- if you want to change or update your artist name, you gotta let me know now!

--

Fortnight -- sund4r Subramanian
The Tortured Poets Department -- matthew mathieu
My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys -- La Lechera
Down Bad -- Acoleuthic
So Long, London -- Mfktz
But Daddy I Love Him -- kurt schwitterz
Fresh Out the Slammer -- Tom D (ft. Norman Stanley Fletcher)
Florida!!! -- Maresn3st (feat. Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
Guilty as Sin? -- a hoy hoy
Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? -- Chris Irregardless
I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) -- Josh in Chicago
loml -- Josh in Chicago (feat. Ned Raggett)
I Can Do It With a Broken Heart -- HI DERE
The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived -- Bo Jackson Overdrive
The Alchemy -- ShariVari
Clara Bow -- Moka

Bonus Track: The Manuscript -- Renegade Priests
Bonus Track: The Bolter --The Misunderstudd
Bonus Track: The Albatross -- Heez
Bonus Track: The Black Dog -- front tea for two

Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 April 2024 23:01 (six months ago) link

Done and dusted, just sending them back to you Ned.

Neanderthal, there was a little bit of clipping on the original recording close to the end of the tune, that I just couldn't totally pull out, sorry about that.

Maresn3st, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 00:06 (six months ago) link

Got 'em, thanks!

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 00:12 (six months ago) link

Oh wait -- I still need DJP/HI DERE's track!

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 00:22 (six months ago) link

(From Maresn3st that is, not DJP himself.)

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 00:22 (six months ago) link

Just sent!

Maresn3st, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 00:27 (six months ago) link

And we're good!

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 00:31 (six months ago) link

Exciting!

H.P, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 00:55 (six months ago) link

No worries, Maresn3st, appreciate you doing your best to clean up my mess :)

Can't wait to hear this

CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 01:03 (six months ago) link


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