ITT: This is a pre-release thread to be used for anything left until the album release thread is up. Let this one die when that is posted.
Previous Thread: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/27660871
Google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qfmH6zOQ6U0TgOWiT8mkihmbKnjzLoYmHsawwl26W6A/edit#
Bandcamp:
https://mlpplays.bandcamp.com/
/MLP/ Plays email: [email protected]
>>27857024
21 hours by midwest time.
>>27857024
R- 11:35
>>27855057
Tell the artist ya dungood.
Holding peace.
>BC
Nah.
Never mind BC, I've never even been to BUCK.
Not even 5 posts and it's already bump
might do a recap of the last thread
>>27859067
Do it
8 hours by US Central time
OK, here is dead anons:
>https://www.dropbox.com/s/u1xj73u9i2ltrsd/To%20Anon%20Too%20Late.wav?dl=0
Speak now on the mix or forever hold your peace. Also, I think the name will be "To Anon Too Late".
The album itself is getting touch ups, and will be released on time. However, should I really spend time on match levels on all the songs? I'm not sure it's necessary, with the album being so large and most individual songs out there somewhere already. It might just be worth making sure the quiet stuff isn't too quiet.
>>27861163
I think you should match the songs
people don't like having to be constantly riding volume faders when listening to an entire album
5 hours by my watch
What time zone are we going by?
>>27861872
PTS (UTC -8)
Album mastering close to done. However, music aside, there's going to be an album booklet of sorts as well. It will include the cover, logo, OP pic, etc. It will also have the album notes. Pic related is what they'll look like (title/artist and contributors). Does that look fine? I'm not a graphic designer by any means.
Sound guy here is the link to the mp4 for the video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5HhuO8OGWqWSFdQR2VKR200UzQ/view
I will send you links to all the artwork citations tomorrow morning.
5 hours till by >>27862041i think
>>27863222
It'll come out today when soundbro gets it ready and uploaded. :3
>closest 7/11 is an 80 minute drive.
No free slurpies today.
>>27863221
Awesome. I'll upload that along with the bandcamp release, and then upload the other YouTube videos this week (hopefully sooner and later)
>>27863222
>5 hours
as long as it comes out by July 11th in someone's timezone, we're good.
>>27862780
OK, here is the "album booklet". It has a special thanks at the end. Hopefully, it's good. What do you all think? Is there something that should be added (I'll probably put in a link to all the threads)?:
>https://www.dropbox.com/sh/19fgbvcst4ir762/AAD1caPok9JMAfAk85ibwTVra?dl=0
>>27864583
im fucking cryin
>>27857024
>>27864644
>>27863222
checked
>>27857024
>it's happening
I think I'm done mastering. At this point, I'm going in circles trying to get everything the same volume, but it's very difficult to do with songs that have already been mastered (I also don't want to absolutely crush quieter stuff ), not to mention the wide variety of genres present. Having 51 songs is tough too. I'll post the songs on bandcamp in ~12 hours from now. I'll also upload the album note/art and WeimTime's video. If there is something someone wants changed, I can (or should) be able to replace individual songs on bandcamp.
We're almost at the end.
>>27864583
Whoever did this, was tired.
Pm'ed to you in skype all fuck-ups on mentions of projects of mine.
>>27863221
Not to be picky, but do you guys remember that we're charity album here? I think it's maybe too late, but you should have slapped a logo of these autism charity somwhere at the end. "Pay what you whant and all money goes to charity" line would be good thing to do too.
I guess we will need to do that through youtube annotations or something.
>>27865881
I know it's rather late to bring this up... but have we talked to ASA, asking permission to say that we are giving them the money?
I still remember when my band did some busking around Christmas time: even though we gave all the money to a local charity (and we had decided to do so weeks in advance), we weren't allowed to say or advertise that we were as the charity wouldn't give us their permission.
They still got the £100+ we got from the days busking.
>>27865932
What.
Seriously? We need to be approved to say that all earnings go to charity?
Ok.
Let's write a neat nice letter saying that we will do so.
But imho, this is kinda bullshit.
It's like charities are saying "Do the right thing! Help children!" and we're like "OK! Let's do this!" and then they are like "Wait, no. we need to like you to allow you to do that!"
>>27865966
Actually, I think the train of thought behind it is to stop the people who have no intention of donating to the charity from masquerading about, claiming they are.
Basically, it's bullshit for the honest people but it's to deter the dishonest people,
>>27866001
Ah. Well. Um. Ok. I mean, we're obviously legit since i can't imagine trying to split these couple of dollars we're gonna make from that between amount of people this big.
Anyway, i'm gonna make a draft of a letter explaining it all to them now and post it here.
We did it bois
Holy shit I haven't posted in forever tbqh. My little baby project is all grown up :,^)
>>27866058
How many projects you've started on 4chan? Because if that's the only one, that gives you 100% success rate and you probably should start more projects on 4chan. You're successful. In a way.
>>27866078
Gee thanks 'nori -w-
>>27866032
You do that, man.
I'm sorry I didn't bring it up earlier. I thought I told that story already.
Anyway, if we don't get permission, we can still donate to them all the money; we just can advertise/publicly state the fact.
(p1/2)
Hello there.
I'm representing a collaboration project, a music album, done by a fans of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" show, particulary the part of the fandom that is located on /mlp/ section of 4chan.org imageboard.
We would like to give our listeners a way to do the right thing and help someone by buying our music, i mean, we want to make that a pay-what-you-want album with all money going to your charity.
There's 51 songs on this album and we were making it for two years.
A bit awkward part is that release is today, and one of us just pointed out that we peobably should ask you if you're comfortable with us using your logo and directly saying that we're gonna donate all of the money to you.
I mean, it somehow wasn't obvious for us that you may be worried that we're frauds who want to say that we're gonna donate all of the money to charity to gather more money and never donate them,
so we never contacted you. I guess we decided that our legitimacy is obvious partly because there's literally no way to split any dollars we would make from that album in a fair manner. Threre's 51 song made by dosens of collaborators or contributors, sometimes
anonimous, who live all over the globe.
Well, so, we're asking now if you're ok with us saying that all profits will go to your charity?
>>27866052
(p2/2)
I have to say that we're choosing to donate to your organisation mostly because people posting on that site uses the word "autism" in a wrong way, as a joke. It's bad, but let's be honest - this is internet, people can and will make a joke of something that isn't supposed to be laughed upon. The only thing people can do to make up for it is to help the actual people suffering from this condition. So, yes, this is like to say "we're sorry", in a way.
I guess you should have a look at what community i'm representing.
Links:
>current thread: >>27857024
(If you decide to wander around all of the other threads on /mlp/ section or 4chan as a whole, i can only ask you to keep the open mind. It's gross at some places and weird at all of them. It's internet. Humans are weird and gross, sometimes)
> other links? actual music? spreadsheet?
>>27866052
>>27866058
Who are you?
>>27866052
>>27866058
>>27864583
The last credits image can probably be discarded. Seems kind of weird and unnecessary.
Also, as far as the second album goes, I think we should wait a month or two before starting a series of threads again. I feel like this would be a good time to organize a new document and plan it out better.
>>27866231
>Hello there
Dear [insert name here],
I am writing on behalf of a small subset of My Little Pony fans who have collaborated to create a music album.
The album consists of 51 songs, made over 24 months and will be released under a pay-what-you-want model (NOTE TO SELF: CHECK PROPER NAME) with all proceeds being donated to the Autism Society of America.
Could we ask for permission to state on our promotional material that we are donating all proceeds to your charity?
Yours sincerely,
Harmonica of /mlp/ plays
Or something like that.
Or perhaps Sound Guy should do it: I've got no clue on what's happening on the money end beyond it's going to ASA.
Also, list of staff members: http://www.autism-society.org/about-the-autism-society/staff/
I expect the letter would be sent to one of them.
Also, what's a better term for "promotional material"?
>>27866430
Meanwhile i have a song to send into a second album already.
Behold, >NO HOOVES!
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Au12gog0lDHGhM1eckU5t854nyfR-g
And yes, i imagine SG should send it.
>>27866456
Oh, it's not mixed btw. Forgot to mention. I'll do that at some point.
>>27866231
>>27866235
>A bit awkward part is that release is today, and one of us just pointed out that we peobably should ask you if you're comfortable with us using your logo and directly saying that we're gonna donate all of the money to you
Not sure what the best way to say this to them is.
>you may be worried that we're frauds who want to say that we're gonna donate all of the money to charity to gather more money and never donate them
As honest as it may be, it might be best not mention this bit. Or mention frauds at all.
>Threre's 51 song made by dosens of collaborators or contributors, sometimes anonimous, who live all over the globe.
"The 51 songs were made by dozens of collaborators and contributors, some who contributed anonymously, from all around the world."
>>27866235
>we're choosing to donate to your organisation mostly because people posting on that site uses the word "autism" in a wrong way, as a joke
"We chose to donate to your organisation primarily because..."
...
There is a better way of putting this. I've seen Anons do it but I just can't think of it right now.
>It's bad, but let's be honest - this is internet
Don't think this'll fly with them.
Also, might be better to send them to the YouTube video (if it didn't already advertise them), SoundCloud/BandCamp and elsewhere than to 4chan.
>>27866382
That's the OP of the very first threadTwiFi Fartle!
>>27866435
>>27866235
>>27866231
Let me see what I can do
>>27866838
OK, here's what I have. It has who we are, what we're doing, and what we're asking. I don't think all that about us being on 4chan and what not is necessary: we're not directly representing the board or website. I'll send it to [email protected]. Does it look good? Also, almost done with work:
Hello,
I am writing on behalf of a small subset of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fans, /MLP/ Plays, who have collaborated online to create an album of music inspired by the show and community. It consists of 51 songs, made over 24 months, and will be released under a pay-what-you-want model via Bandcamp, with all proceeds being donated to your charity, the Autism Society of America. However, the album releases today (July 11th), and one of us just pointed out that we should ask you if you're comfortable with us using your logo and directly saying that we're going to donate all of the money to you. Albeit it a bit late, is that OK? The main promotional video can be found on our YouTube channel below.
Thank you,
/MLP/ Plays
Email: [email protected]
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/slashmlpmusic
Bandcamp: www.mlpplays.bandcamp.com
>>27867164
It's better than anything we've come up with. Send it.
>>27867164
Apart from the "small subset" bit (I know I wrote it but it's...)
...
Sod it. It's fine. Send it.
>>27867510
face it harmonica. 4chan isn't the nexus of pone anymore
>>27867546
What's the nexus of pone now?
>>27867164
>Brony album
>Proceeds donated to Autism Society of America
>>27867588i don't know i only go to fimfiction, youtube, and other chans
>>27867546I was thinking more of the awkward wording but the way you put it just... hurts.
>>27867686
sorry
have a marshmellow
yay
fuuu I'm so tired. Gonna take a small nap, then release the album.
>>27868680
YESYESYES
>>27857024
>$100 album preview
????????
>>27868680
are we just going to keep going on the second album tomorrow? or what. how's that going to happen?
>>27868792
it's not for sale, dude, you just listen to ityou can buy it if you want though, all proceeds go to help autists
>>27868835
like whoever buy it!
>>27868835
Then again, I think I'm going to stay from this album with a 10 foot pole. Some of the shit I hear on hear makes my insides crawl.
>>27868792
I think soundguy did that instead of putting it on private.
When released it'll be pay what you want with proceeds going to asa.
>>27868871
which songs are cringy?I can probably name a few
>>27868822
That's a good question. Should we wait a month or so, or go straight into the second one?also exporting songs GET HYPE
>>27869547
we've got steam right now, my only concern is being able to get the 50+ anons back to contributing.
>>27869578
I'll contribute again easily.
This is going to take some time to upload.
>>27870191
a lot of time. in the meantime, check out this photo of the final session.
ALSO WEIMTIME do you have a high res (~1400X1400) pic of the album art? Bandcamp wants something bigger
>>27870529
how much time?
>>27870529
If weim doesn't get back in time you can upres the small one and just replace it with the bigger one when he delivers.
>>27870529
what's the progress?
>>27871152
Uploading much faster now. Should be done very soon
And so it begins :,^)
>>27871218
what begins?
>July 11th release
>>27871979
It's still the 11th somewhere. Also, here's is your reason to live:
https://mlpplays.bandcamp.com/album/no-fun-allowed
YES, IT'S OUT! FINALLY. Everyone take a look. I'll be making the album release thread and emailing Autism Society now.
>>27872049
You made it with 30 minutes to spare in my time zone
>>27872049
oh my fucking god it's finally out
it actually fucking happened
>>27872049
release thread go.
>>27872049
>20 minutes ago
>no thread yet
>>27872049
here's your you
>>27872299
>>27872299
There it is. That's the album release thread. Please move all activity over there, and let this one die.
>>27867698Damn it. Why can't I find the picture of someone eating Rarity.
