MMJ tribute album

[corey]

Hi all,
I had the idea to do this and thought that it would be a fun thing to do in the fan community. I put together a fan tribute album for the Drive-By Truckers last year (and I'm doing another one soon) and we had shitloads of fun in the process. The Beck tribute that I tried putting together kind of fell apart.  :(

Here is how it would work:
You record your own version of one of MMJ's songs. Record it by yourself or with a band. 4-track ity or do it in a studio.    
It doesn't really matter how you get it recorded. Obviously, it would be better for everyone if it were of high quality, but some of the more charming tunes from the DBT tribute were sort of lo-fi.
When you are done with your track, you have several options:
You can put it on CD and send it to me in the mail. I'll post my e-mail address here later when some of you have your tracks ready. You can save it as a SHN or FLAC file and host it somewhere for me to download.
There are probably some other options but I can't think of them right now.
When I have them all compiled, we can put together some artwork and send them around B&P style or maybe we can host the files and the artwork on John's FTP. We distributed the DBTs tribute CD both ways...

What do you all think?

When your tracks are done, I would like to get some basic info from you all... like the name of the artist/band and who played which instruments and other stuff like that...

If you're interested in submitting a song, put your song submission here. I would prefer not to have several versions of the same song. I know that people will want to do some of the same songs, so why don't we claim 2 tracks? If I get 2-3 versions of the same song, maybe I can pick the track that will better suit the CD. And if you've submitted another track, then you still have a good shot of being on the final cut... I don't really want to cut anyone, so if you all have some other suggestions, let me know...

Who is in?  :)
I want to give "Just Because I Do" a shot...


CC Baxter: Can we get this stickied?

[PapaJoeBear]

This is a fantastic idea! I'm all over it.  I'm going out to by a little multi-track recorder this weekend anyway. Will you have the ability to transfer tape to cd? Let me know.... I don't wanna pick songs right now, though I know one that I would like to do is 'I needed it most'. ANyway, lets get this started!

Peace
PapaJoeBEar

[EC]

'wiggum, I'd still like to do Lowdown if I can.  I shall do my best to try and record something else (I'll ask you first if it's taken), but, you know, me in my little room takes a loooooong time.  

Anyhow, that's my one pick fer sure, and if it doesn't make the final cut, that's okay!  :)

This is effin' fun, and you are rock for organizing it!

[ben grimm]

Put me down for 'masterplan'. My studio is finally finished and this will be a nice test run.

[ben grimm]

HaHa! that post just moved me up to senior member status!

[corey]

If you can get a mixed and mastered copy on cassette, I'll be able to get it on the computer.
Glad to see a few responses already!

[Magnix]

I ain't a musician of any kind myself, but this is an AWESOME idea!!! A friend of mine has done a thing, well more than once actually, like this for Will Oldham a.k.a. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy a.k.a. Palace et al., and I have been thinking of doing this for the Gun Club quite a while ago when I had a little more time on my hands compared to nowadays. I, however, hadn't thought of this concerning My Morning Jacket so far ... Anyhow, let me know if there's anything I can do to get this project going!? What about advertising on From Nashville To Kentucky? It's a fan's website, and this will be a fan's tribute, right!?

[corey]

Yes indeed. It is exactly a fan's tribute. It'd be great if you wouldn't mind haven't something on your page about the tribute once it's all finished. Maybe we can have a little blurb about each of the artists that participate or something like that.
And for now, maybe you can put something up there about it and link to this thread of the board if people need more info. Any help would appreciated.

Thanks!

[Oz]

A really cool idea, and in fact, I've been wanting to do a recording of a MMJ song myself for ages... I'm gonna record my own weird accoustic voice-guitar version of, yes, "O is the one that is real". It might take a while, though, since I don't have recording stuff myself, but I really wanna do it, so... Yeah! Looking forward to it. :)

[peanut butter puddin surprise]

I'm gonna record my own weird accoustic voice-guitar version of, yes, "O is the one that is real"

My friend, we would expect no less from you!   :)

[Oz]

In Berlin on the street it sounded really cool, so... :)

[40206]

Can any one teach me how to play guitar?  I want dibs on "Cobra," but I would feel guilty taking up 25 minutes of the CD.  My rappin' skills are so fresh that Cobra is right up my alley.  Also, if anyone needs more cowbell--I am your man.

[corey]

O,
I figure I'll give everyone a couple of months to get their song recorded. I know that it can be tedious if you don't have your own gear. I'll post a deadline sometime soon.

[Payroll_Peter]

I'm in.  I'll do "Bermuda Highway".  

Let me know the deadline.  

[corey]

I got an e-mail from Jason Carroll. He wants to do "Death is the Easy Way".

Let's have a rough deadline of Mid-September. I'll get more specific as it gets closer to time.

This is fun!

[hellaciousc]

dang it EC.  you know i wanted to do Lowdown.
crap.
maybe we could have a male version and a female version.

or maybe i could pick something else.
lowdown is my favorite though... :(

[Oz]

I just made some arrangements, and it might even be finished within a week. :)

It's gonna be mighty cool, I made a whole new arrangement and I even added a little new part myself at the ending. And I'm very curious to see how you all do... :)

[EC]

HELLACIOUSC!!  

You can do lowdown.  It was just that I've been working on it for a while (since 'wiggum mentioned this to me a few weeks back).  And I thought I'd have to get it done before I leave.  

But if we have until mid-September, then that'll give me a week or so to get something together when I get back.

So you can have it.  (I can send you the chords if you think it'll be helpful, but I'm warning you, there's an F#- in there, and it's a bar chord, no getting around 'er.  It'd be good practise!)

OR, if you get something laid down, and you send it to me, I can mix harmony vocals on top of it, and then we can do it together.  That might be very fun, too.

I'll pick something else.  I'm really liking Chocolate and Ice right now, so something from that.  But not Cobra, because as much as I would like to think that I could do it, aint no way in hell.  And besides, I think it's picked.  (Good luck with that!)

Okay, sweet pea?  :)

'wig, I'm assuming that cover songs are not really playing the game properly?

[corey]

It'd be best to stick with songs that MMJ have written. :)


Oh, and mid-September is just a rough deadline. If there are still a few people that are close to being finished, we can push it back bit.

[Magnix]

OK folks, here's a little information page I set up to support this project:

http://www.magnix.demon.nl/mmj/tribute.htm

Participants can contact me to get their bio and/or other information on this very page!