the history of symphonies #7 objective compose an original instrumental track for an existing vocal track specification use an acapella track of your choice and write a backing instrumental track for it. you can use whatever methods you want to write the track. due monday october 29 2001 notes originally this project was going to be to enter the public enemy remix competition that they had at slamjamz.com. they were releasing a vocal track every week for you to write an instrumental track for, and they're putting one of them on some upcoming album. but...of course things got delayed here, and it turns out that contest is over, but i still wanted to do the project. so i'm going to grab every PE acapella i can find and put them on the site, but fell free to use your own vocal tracks. email me when you've got it done and we'll sort out how to put it online. tracks poverty by impercept (vocals by chumbawumba) 1-800-suicide by xanopticon (vocals by the gravediggaz) want yo back by girltalk (vocals by lil romeo)

the history of symphonies #6 objective compose and produce an original 'symphony' piece specification the idea behind this one is to write a track with a symphony in mind. it doesn't have to be composed for strings/winds/brass, but keep in mind different instruments. the main thing is to compose the track out of 3-4 contrasting sections or movements. check out this site for some definitions/ideas go as far as you want with those ideas. you can use any gear or methods to write the track, no limits in that area. due friday july 13th 2001 notes this one seems a bit harder than some of the other ones, so i'm guessing i'm going to extend this project. but for now i'm limiting it to a week. drop a line when you have a completed track and we'll sort out converting/uploading it. i'm going to see if i can sort out the upload through the site tracks symphwrak - xanopticon

the history of symphonies #5 objective remix the Jay-Z track "Big Pimpin" in an original style specification you can use any software or gear for this track. no limits on length or style. basically, you can remix the track however you want. due monday december 11 2000 notes i know you've been waiting for this one. have fun. if you need it for sampling or just to get the structure. hip hop remixes aren't banned, but they're discouraged. when you're done you can try to use that upload function i've got on the page. if you try it, drop me an email. also if anybody wants to come up with project #6 drop me a line. Original Mix Instrumental tracks big pimpin (half assed remix) - cutups jayz big pimpin souless remix - aeiou the fine art of pimping - ryan friedlich

the history of symphonies #4 objective produce an original track based on another piece of narrative of your choice (movie, book, tv show) specification this track is pretty open in terms of content and methods. use any gear/software you want to contruct the track. the concept is the key part. base the track on some narrative, either a movie, a book, a tv show (or other). what you do with it is also open - you can do a soundtrack, or you can base the track around samples from it. think of it like a track from a concept album (for example: handsome boy modeling school), or how the different parts of the star-wars score make you think of different scenes of the film. due monday november 13th (a little longer than 2 weeks just for good measure) notes looks like we've got a few more participants, which is cool because the amount of tracks submitted has gone down. a couple other people have inquired about getting on. let me know what you think. in the meanwhile, get me your tracks however you can - email me and we'll sort out a way, or just email me the track. i've got a ton of potential projects lined up, including #5, but i figure somebody else has some good ideas, so if anybody wants to come up with #6, drop me a line. tracks i am d.b. cooper - aeiou thawing out - cutups (from john carpenter's "the thing") i don't roll on shabbas - impedance (from "the big labowski") fuzzy logic - pixel stalin (from "2001: a space oddessy") never happened - holocaust Upload your track here:

the history of symphonies #3 objective produce an original track out of a limited set of samples specification this one is to see what you can come up with using just 8 samples compose a track using any 8 samples from the hots sample directory however, you cannot use your own samples. no limit on style, and you can use any applications you want. sample editing and filtering is cool too. you just can't use any outside synthesis due monday october 23 2000 notes this one is to see what you can come up with using just 8 samples compose a track using any 8 samples from the hots sample directory however, you cannot use your own samples. no limit on style, and you can use any applications you want. sample editing and filtering is cool too. you just can't use any outside synthesis samples drum samples other samples tracks the frogman and the depth charge - aeiou open source - pixelstalin cycclerr - ryan friedrich composite melodic - cutups recycled eating 3101 - absolut

the history of symphonies #2 objective construct a house remix of one of the other hots' #1 tracks specification use any gear/software that you want to construct the track. you can use other sounds in the track, but you should have sounds from the original track play a key role in the remix. how to make it a house track? that's up to you, yeah it might be hard considering the material, that's the challenge. all i'd really ask is keep it 4/4 and a 110-140 tempo. due monday october 2 2000 extended to oct 9 2000 notes you'll be assigned a track to remix at random, once i have 4 tracks. i'll send out specific assignments. i'd like to make sure everybody's track gets at least one remix, although some will probably get more than one. alternately, if you really have one you want to remix, let me know. part B there is a special part B to this project, in preperation for #3. #3 will be an all-sample based project, so i want each person to submit to me 8 samples, 4 drum samples and 4 other samples, which could be anything. i can handle pretty much any format, although 44khz, 16bit stereo wav format would be the best. tracks monkey fleas - cutups (remixed tom) ghost arms vs. the wooden lotus - aeiou (remixed kerry) VGA Memory Buffers - pixel stalin (remixed cutups)

the history of symphonies #1 objective compose/produce a noise track. specification use whatever gear/software/samples you want, there's no limits on this one. i'd even like to add that there's no rules about the track having to sound like *noise* per se, although the more far out the better. just make it abstract and without any consistant beat (eg. something "ambient" would count but not a house track) due next monday sept 11 2000, extended to monday sept 18 2000 notes i think a due date is a good thing, submit whatever you have by letting me know what you have. i'll try to set up ftp space to upload tracks, or if you can put it on zipdisk/cd/floppy give it to me and i'll make it public its all flexible, if nobody can finish stuff in a week, then we'll make it longer, or you can sit out and pick up another project. but try to do this one, i'm trying to have some things build on each other. tracks fawr - absolut fight back - kerry the lion tamer - aeiou are we black - tom 23mb harddrive - pixel stalin (akil) are you ready for some noise - ike jones feat. deek dark evolution - cutups