The Tortured Poets Department ILX Pre-Cover Planning Thread

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

^omg please do this

It's a must.

Gongs backing Henry Rollins spoken word??

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.

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"

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

https://www.frfr.ai/

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.

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

emailed u ned!

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 -- 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.)

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

Sent!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Sent you an email, Ned

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

maybe try wetransfer or something similar?

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

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

yep but 8-track format only

i'm waiting for the reel to reel

"Ned's Version"

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

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

👍

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

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

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.)

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.)

*hiccup*

Sorry you got too busy Elvis

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

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.

Got 'em, thanks!

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

(From Maresn3st that is, not DJP himself.)

Just sent!

And we're good!

Exciting!

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

Can't wait to hear this

It's still April Fools Day in California for the next 2 minutes ;)

We're live!

"I Want To Say Thank You To The Fans By Telling You A Secret!" -- ILX Pre-Covers The Tortured Poets Department

And this thread is locked!