head over to http://www.myspace.com/makemeanalbum to download the full version of "take my pink slip."
wee!
Friday, April 20, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
the MAKE ME AN ALBUM project submissions are complete!
it's true!
the last spot was secured by joe sacksteder a few days ago. his submission: "cathaholic." check out the album listing to the right (where the submission form used to be). here's a little celebration for us all: SUSHI!
well, now that this is all over, i guess i should release the data/awards/interesting information.
the top ten best song titles i wish i could have used:
1. CHECK OUT MY STATUS (casey peterson)
2. At The End of the Most Recent Harry Potter Book, Gandalf Dies (john kamman)
3. The Best Pentecost Ever (brian heilman)
4. Friendshipover.com (josh suckow)
5. Naked Megumi II (john kamman)
6. Seriously, I'm Really Excited For Breakfast (joe sery)
7. I'm A Cereal Man (chris nolan)
8. And That's Why I Hate the Cherokee (dan h.)
9. The Disadvantages of Chili (eric stinson)
10. Slip Her The Tongue (mitchell johnson)
total number of submitters: 34
most submissions: dan h.,, with 79 - or 25% of all submissions
most common "key" submission: f - 59 times, or 19% of all submissions
longest title submission: when I was a little kid, my older brother told me that i would turn into a girl at the age of 16. Years later, when I passed the age at which my gender was supposed to switch, I joined the hockey team and immortalized the number 16 by playing with it on my back every game. It is still my favorite number. (john kamman)
shortest title submission (tie): four characters (eric stinson's "S/He" and dan dooher's "guam")
number of times jesus was mentioned: 4
number of times porcupines were mentioned: 2
percentage of submissions made from outside the united states: 19%
percentage of submissions made by females: 17%
percentage of my family that made submissions: 60%
song titles suggested more than once by the same person: 1. pepper - the everyman spice (joe sery). 2. casual casualty (joe sacksteder). apparently they really wanted these to be song titles.
top five most depressing joe sery submissions:
1. I Wish I Could Forget About The Time You Destroyed My Life
2. Weddings Make Me Lonely
3. I Miss My Lice
4. I Love Girls Named Megan
5. I Hate Girls Named Megan
percentage of dan h.'s contributions that can be construed as sexual: 39%
percentage of dan h.'s contributions that are sacrilegious: 9%
percentage of dan h.'s contributions that insult minorities or the disadvantaged: 17%
well, that pretty much does it. if you have any questions, leave them in the comments.
i want to think everyone who participated. it was really fun getting these submissions every day, and now i have quite a challenge in getting all these songs done.
i don't really know what i'm going to do with the finished songs. it seems stupid just to keep you waiting for them; you might even forget about them. i'm considering just making everything available for download as soon as i'm finished. if i decide, i'll make a new post.
again, thanks.
tom
the last spot was secured by joe sacksteder a few days ago. his submission: "cathaholic." check out the album listing to the right (where the submission form used to be). here's a little celebration for us all: SUSHI!
well, now that this is all over, i guess i should release the data/awards/interesting information.
the top ten best song titles i wish i could have used:
1. CHECK OUT MY STATUS (casey peterson)
2. At The End of the Most Recent Harry Potter Book, Gandalf Dies (john kamman)
3. The Best Pentecost Ever (brian heilman)
4. Friendshipover.com (josh suckow)
5. Naked Megumi II (john kamman)
6. Seriously, I'm Really Excited For Breakfast (joe sery)
7. I'm A Cereal Man (chris nolan)
8. And That's Why I Hate the Cherokee (dan h.)
9. The Disadvantages of Chili (eric stinson)
10. Slip Her The Tongue (mitchell johnson)
total number of submitters: 34
most submissions: dan h.,, with 79 - or 25% of all submissions
most common "key" submission: f - 59 times, or 19% of all submissions
longest title submission: when I was a little kid, my older brother told me that i would turn into a girl at the age of 16. Years later, when I passed the age at which my gender was supposed to switch, I joined the hockey team and immortalized the number 16 by playing with it on my back every game. It is still my favorite number. (john kamman)
shortest title submission (tie): four characters (eric stinson's "S/He" and dan dooher's "guam")
number of times jesus was mentioned: 4
number of times porcupines were mentioned: 2
percentage of submissions made from outside the united states: 19%
percentage of submissions made by females: 17%
percentage of my family that made submissions: 60%
song titles suggested more than once by the same person: 1. pepper - the everyman spice (joe sery). 2. casual casualty (joe sacksteder). apparently they really wanted these to be song titles.
top five most depressing joe sery submissions:
1. I Wish I Could Forget About The Time You Destroyed My Life
2. Weddings Make Me Lonely
3. I Miss My Lice
4. I Love Girls Named Megan
5. I Hate Girls Named Megan
percentage of dan h.'s contributions that can be construed as sexual: 39%
percentage of dan h.'s contributions that are sacrilegious: 9%
percentage of dan h.'s contributions that insult minorities or the disadvantaged: 17%
well, that pretty much does it. if you have any questions, leave them in the comments.
i want to think everyone who participated. it was really fun getting these submissions every day, and now i have quite a challenge in getting all these songs done.
i don't really know what i'm going to do with the finished songs. it seems stupid just to keep you waiting for them; you might even forget about them. i'm considering just making everything available for download as soon as i'm finished. if i decide, i'll make a new post.
again, thanks.
tom
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
the MAKE ME AN ALBUM project update IV
EARTHLINGS!
here are the important facts:
0. since i can't remember the email address/password for my old myspace account, go to http://www.myspace.com/makemeanalbum to hear a 30 second sample of.... (see #1)
1. "take my pink slip," the first track for the "make me an album" album, has been completed.
2. currently there are 279 song title submissions. if you want that last spot, number 315, you need to submit. and be lucky.
3. i plan on releasing the cd in the itunes store - but i think i will have to wait until all the songs are completed to do that. in the meantime, i'm going to try to make 30 second samples of the songs so you can whet your appetites and also start beating your chests in anticipation, because that's what people do when they're excited.
4. in order to put a cd in the itunes store, it needs a cover. so, for those of you with artistic inclinations, or those that submitted many titles but just weren't lucky enough to get the magic number, please give me ideas for an album cover. leave them in the comments, send me an email, anything.
5. the next song that will be completed, i think, is "eating shit ain't as much fun as it used to be" (casey peterson, submitter).
6. the twins are 4-2.
love,
tom
here are the important facts:
0. since i can't remember the email address/password for my old myspace account, go to http://www.myspace.com/makemeanalbum to hear a 30 second sample of.... (see #1)
1. "take my pink slip," the first track for the "make me an album" album, has been completed.
2. currently there are 279 song title submissions. if you want that last spot, number 315, you need to submit. and be lucky.
3. i plan on releasing the cd in the itunes store - but i think i will have to wait until all the songs are completed to do that. in the meantime, i'm going to try to make 30 second samples of the songs so you can whet your appetites and also start beating your chests in anticipation, because that's what people do when they're excited.
4. in order to put a cd in the itunes store, it needs a cover. so, for those of you with artistic inclinations, or those that submitted many titles but just weren't lucky enough to get the magic number, please give me ideas for an album cover. leave them in the comments, send me an email, anything.
5. the next song that will be completed, i think, is "eating shit ain't as much fun as it used to be" (casey peterson, submitter).
6. the twins are 4-2.
love,
tom
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
the MAKE ME AN ALBUM project update III
the 4th golden ticket has been found! that's right, children, lucky Mike Teavee of Marble Falls, AZ was number 231. congrats, mike!
mike teavee, along with jackie nelson, dan h., and casey peterson, will be invited to my mysterious song factory to witness a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle of whizzing whatzits, meandering melodies, rhapsodic recordings, and hypnotic harmonies! children all over the world have yearned for this opportunity. now it is yours!
(then the creepy slugworth dude steps in and mumbles something in mike teavee's ear)
"michael. michael teavee. going to tom kain's song factory may sound like a splendid affair, but i urge you to decline the invitation. inside that insidious factory, mr. kain employs miniature goblins, called "impy limpys," who do all his dirty work and give advice to greedy children in song! imagine the horror! mr. kain himself even stabs himself in the gut - in public - to deliver some mystery medication he calls "insulin." do you want to subject not only yourself, but also your precious parents, to such terror? i advise you to give your ticket away, to a much more wretched soul, one whose eyes deserve to behold such dreadful sights!"
"ok. i'll give it away."
"yes. good choice. who is the recipient? i will deliver it myself."
"joe sery."
"joseph sery, the minnesota lad. i know him."
(slugworth approaches joe sery)
"mr. sery. you have been selected to receive a golden ticket to mr. tom kain's song factory! you know how special this is, do you not?"
"TOM KAIN'S SONG FACTORY!?!?! I AM SOILING MY BRITCHES. I HAVE LOST ALL BODILY CONTR"
"now. you know that you must present the magical mr. kain with a song title that he will work into a sensational symphony of sound. do you have something ready?"
"YES. I HAVE SAVED THIS TITLE FOR 29 YEARS INCLUDING THE 5 I SPENT IN MY MOTHER'S SPACIOUS WOMB CAVITY."
"out with it, boy!"
"I'M WITH STUPID AND I'M ALONE!"
and, with that, the mysterious mr. kain was saddled with his project's fourth, most difficult challenge.
good thing that in the movie, mike teavee gets broken into millions of little bits and shrunk by the television chocolate camera. a similar fate awaits joe.
number 315 is still up for grabs. oh, by the way, i've recorded "take my pink slip!" it sounds like a mixture of old country, blues, and motown; three genres i've never really dabbled in. and i decided to dabble in them for the first time.... all at the same time. BOOM, BITCH.
mike teavee, along with jackie nelson, dan h., and casey peterson, will be invited to my mysterious song factory to witness a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle of whizzing whatzits, meandering melodies, rhapsodic recordings, and hypnotic harmonies! children all over the world have yearned for this opportunity. now it is yours!
(then the creepy slugworth dude steps in and mumbles something in mike teavee's ear)
"michael. michael teavee. going to tom kain's song factory may sound like a splendid affair, but i urge you to decline the invitation. inside that insidious factory, mr. kain employs miniature goblins, called "impy limpys," who do all his dirty work and give advice to greedy children in song! imagine the horror! mr. kain himself even stabs himself in the gut - in public - to deliver some mystery medication he calls "insulin." do you want to subject not only yourself, but also your precious parents, to such terror? i advise you to give your ticket away, to a much more wretched soul, one whose eyes deserve to behold such dreadful sights!"
"ok. i'll give it away."
"yes. good choice. who is the recipient? i will deliver it myself."
"joe sery."
"joseph sery, the minnesota lad. i know him."
(slugworth approaches joe sery)
"mr. sery. you have been selected to receive a golden ticket to mr. tom kain's song factory! you know how special this is, do you not?"
"TOM KAIN'S SONG FACTORY!?!?! I AM SOILING MY BRITCHES. I HAVE LOST ALL BODILY CONTR"
"now. you know that you must present the magical mr. kain with a song title that he will work into a sensational symphony of sound. do you have something ready?"
"YES. I HAVE SAVED THIS TITLE FOR 29 YEARS INCLUDING THE 5 I SPENT IN MY MOTHER'S SPACIOUS WOMB CAVITY."
"out with it, boy!"
"I'M WITH STUPID AND I'M ALONE!"
and, with that, the mysterious mr. kain was saddled with his project's fourth, most difficult challenge.
good thing that in the movie, mike teavee gets broken into millions of little bits and shrunk by the television chocolate camera. a similar fate awaits joe.
number 315 is still up for grabs. oh, by the way, i've recorded "take my pink slip!" it sounds like a mixture of old country, blues, and motown; three genres i've never really dabbled in. and i decided to dabble in them for the first time.... all at the same time. BOOM, BITCH.
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