How about we do some of the old "folk process" here at Mudcat? First, let's see if there are any ideas out there for forming a virtual band. I was thinking that anyone can participate in a file swap. We will use the files to arrange and produce a song. We will need you to make voice files on your cell phone and send them in. If you play an acoustic instrument, you can record a motif of melody or a chord progression. You can use music writing software and synthesizers. You can write a lyric or develop someone else's lines. You can arrange all this stuff in audio workstations like audacity. You can sample up to five seconds of a recorded sound. If this is controversial, you can record sounds around your house or neighborhood. Pull all of the pots and pans out of the supboards and bang away. What else?

I have an idea for a lyric project. We can use natural voices and also a text to voice converter and the lyric will be a conversation between us and a computer. We can make lyrics that are socially relevant or not. Satire? OK. I'll post some text to voice conversions later.

I spose there will be vatiations on this, so we will have multiple versions floating around.

220630 Leadbottom 0001 F G F


Here is a short mp3 clip of electronic sound. The notes are F G F, but you can manipulate it. Anyone who wants can use this as a starting point. You can imitate it on an acoustic instrument or continue with use of synths. Piano? Anything goes. If you want to talk about theory as we go or folk motifs, OK. It's the Mudcat House Band.

I am sharing using my Google Drive account. I made a folder and am dropping mp3 files in it and posting the links here. Any other ways to do this? It might be good to store all of the files in one place. I guess I'll just number my files. Might be a good thing to put your name on the clip so we know who to refer to in discussing the development of our first song.