NGAP Collab Center - around-the-world-music-collab

@FlamadourNG Here you go! (Sorry bout that wait)

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I'm going to make the joke right now so that it gets done early: Around the world, around the wooooorld Around the world, around the wooooorld

Thetageist

I'm going to make the joke right now so that it gets done early: Around the world, around the wooooorld Around the world, around the wooooorld

Whats this one about

8:10 PM

Various genres around the world?

I'll post the PDF file that contains all the information for this collab

NG_Around_the_world_music_collab.pdf

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8:11 PM

And for those that don't have a PDF viewer I'll post the details here: Overview: Around The World Music collab, Musicians and Singers can team up and pick a country which they'll then make a traditional track inspired by that country. These tracks can be instrumental or include vocals. And ideally it’ll be one country per team or participant (if you prefer to rock solo). As an example, the countries and genres you may choose could be; Bossa Nova from Brazil, Mariachi from Mexico, Blues from the USA, Milonga from Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, Flamenco from Spain, or Bushi from Japan, to name a few. Rules:

All files should be WAV 16bit audio
Include your Newgrounds username, song name, chosen country, and anyone who you worked with in the title of your file. It should look something like this; Username – Song name (chosen country) feat. Collaborator
Ideally one country and one genre per participant as we want to include as much different genres and countries as possible.
Song should between 1 minute to 2 minutes in length
Have fun!

That sounds cool! I'm really intimidated about trying to emulate a traditional genre but I might give it a try

Time to break out my grandpas accordian and make italian canal music

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8:12 PM

If i have time lol

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One suggestion is to utilise exotic scales like the Egyptian Scale, Moorish Phrygian scale, or Javanese scale for example. You don't have to use traditional instruments per say if you don't want to. You can base your track on the notes of an exotic scale.

makes sense!

8:22 PM

What idea are you thinking of for this, out of curiosity?

I've been thinking about making a Bossa Nova track

ooo

ooh. bossa nova is fun to relax to

AhWham pinned a message to this channel. 9/20/2023 9:03 PM

oooo i like this idea ! i could do some pretty cool takes off of "kundiman" a type of music from the philippines (where my genetics and most of my family members are from) "kundiman" in a nutshell are key switching songs kind of like love songs but all in tagalog :D (edited)

oooo

I already made a forum post for this collab in the collaboration thread: https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1528213

Around The World Collab

Overview: Around The World Music collab, Musicians and Singers can team up and pick a country which they'll then make a traditional track inspired by that country. These tracks can be instrumental or include vocals. And ideally it’ll be one count...

Is there a cap on the time period? I was thinking about doing a New Orleans blues

Another cool collab that I could participate! (edited)

6:49 PM

But... Will I manage to get to 500 before November 15th?

kleed

But... Will I manage to get to 500 before November 15th?

Tune in next time on the no one cares channel!

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god damn

Thetageist

Tune in next time on the no one cares channel!

Where's the #no-one-cares channel?

~~(okay I'm sorry but I have to say it becaue I think it's a clever response)~~ it opens every time you speak

kleed

But... Will I manage to get to 500 before November 15th?

FlamadourNG

Click to see attachment 🖼️

Sigma

HC1

Is there a cap on the time period? I was thinking about doing a New Orleans blues

There is no cap on the time period, it can be modern or traditional.

I might hop in on this a bit later down the line, it sounds interesting

Still need a banner for this collab as well. I got no idea what to convey in the banner though. (edited)

Spaceship, earth, go-round.

FlamadourNG

Still need a banner for this collab as well. I got no idea what to convey in the banner though. (edited)

Tag the artist role, they’ll draw and come up with something

@Artist Anyone want to design a banner for the around the world collab

Justrod

Spaceship, earth, go-round.

We don't want to exclude our flat earther friends now do we....

11:15 PM

I joke of course

FlamadourNG

We don't want to exclude our flat earther friends now do we....

If they want to be flat. So be it.

11:21 PM

I'm Fetchin' me mallet. (edited)

I think the space theme was explored in AhWham's Intergalatic Radio Collab. So what I was thinking of was Tankmen on a ship sailing the seven seas in search of new music and flying a flag that bears the Newgrounds logo.

FlamadourNG

I think the space theme was explored in AhWham's Intergalatic Radio Collab. So what I was thinking of was Tankmen on a ship sailing the seven seas in search of new music and flying a flag that bears the Newgrounds logo.

There is no water in the desert.

I think you are overthinking it a bit there.

Possibly the Tankmen with trekking poles and images of various locales around them?

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Should I make a blog post promoting this collab?

Sure! Anything helps!

I no longer have any ideas for this due to my lack of good sounds in my music programs for folk instruments

any help with figuring out how to work around this would be appreciated

Hmm, you could try jamming around in some exotic scales, or perhaps consider composing a folk track from the various countries from around the world.

makes sense. I'm just not sure if I can render it well

Thetageist

I no longer have any ideas for this due to my lack of good sounds in my music programs for folk instruments

I use east west Ra, Silk and Jade ethnic Orchestra by Strezov Samples

8:42 PM

The last is when I make Asian music

ah, okay!

These are huge samples libraries and can help you a lot to get inspiration.

yeah i gotta also recommend EastWest for ethnic sounds, they're just hella price-y but theres some free kontakt and decentsampler libraries that have some ethnic stuff ! (edited)

okay!

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/bundles/komplete-start/ NI has a new factory library thats free with the acoustic library that has a good amount of free ethnic instruments ! :D (just make sure you look around for the one that comes with the kontakt player version, it should come with it) edit: it was the komplete start (edited)

Komplete Start: Free virtual instrument, sounds, & effects bundle

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Or if all else fails make your own instruments. Go into a bamboo forest and harvest a root end to make into a Shakuhachi, grab some wooden block to use a clapsticks. If your woodworking skills aren't up to scratch consider simplifying it and going more primal in your approach.

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lmao could work!

FlamadourNG

Or if all else fails make your own instruments. Go into a bamboo forest and harvest a root end to make into a Shakuhachi, grab some wooden block to use a clapsticks. If your woodworking skills aren't up to scratch consider simplifying it and going more primal in your approach.

so real for that

I know I mentioned fiddle music, technically I have a string instrument I can access but I'm very bad at it lmao

It would be entertaining to hear someone compose some Prehistoric Music, although idk what country you could claim it's from.

...You could jokingly say Pangaea or something

8:53 PM

Also no joke, I was in a music camp a couple of years that had a fun "history of music" activity where you actually learned about the development of music (or at least western music) and got to come up with your own short pieces in the style. It started with prehistoric music lmao

Sounds fun, perhaps someone could start a Primal music collab next that incorporates soundscapes into the mix.

THAT COULD INDEED BE FUN

8:54 PM

I'm gonna write that down

8:56 PM

could also be called the "touch grass audio collab" lol

8:56 PM

No DAWs allowed here!

8:56 PM

(Except for editing purposes.)

Thetageist

No DAWs allowed here!

That would make it tough. Unless the DAW is only used for recording and editing. No MIDI sounds, controllers, Synths, or virtual instruments only that which one can create and record themselves. (edited)

Yeah, that would make sense.

Hey guys what do you think about this? It's inspired on Nepal https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mdFaEgb0P6q9eHVvwsSXd1usiY5VRHTF/view?usp=drivesdk

Buddah.wav

vfuture

Hey guys what do you think about this? It's inspired on Nepal https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mdFaEgb0P6q9eHVvwsSXd1usiY5VRHTF/view?usp=drivesdk

I like it, it sounds quite cinematic at the start

Is enough for the Collab or you want me to make something more energic?

If you want to make something more energic then you can, otherwise it is a good track for the collab.

Maximum 2 minutes?

vfuture

Maximum 2 minutes?

That's just a guide, If there is a lot of participants (which there rarely is) then it makes organizing all the songs easier if they are 2 minutes or less.

Hear me out

11:39 PM

I'm going to make an Egyptian song

11:39 PM

2 minutes long aprox

11:40 PM

Maybe this Nepal song is too boring for them

I liked the Nepal song tbh, but you are welcome to make more tracks if you desire.

Y'know I think it'd be good to have some slow tracks in the album, since others might be doing more energetic ones

Yes a balance of tracks would make for a more dynamic listening experience.

Listen to this, it's an Egyptian style track. The Rythm is called malfuf, using Santoor and Duduk which are folkloric instruments.

4:30 PM

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LdnvaG9C_zKaPZhLrbNj1aICL2Q2tXjH/view?usp=drivesdk

2hot4meMASTERING.wav

Well that was not what I was expecting

And that's bad?

Not exactly no

9:03 PM

It's very modern sounding

9:04 PM

I was expecting more of a traditional sound is all

Malfuf is an Egyptian Rythm with darbuka and other Arab instruments, Santoor and Duduk are used in Egyptian music.

I see

So basically it's folkloric music with 2 synths, a bass and a kickdrum

It sounded like a fusion of modern electronic meets Egyptian Folkloric music

Yes, something like that

So which you prefer? The Nepal soundtrack or the Egyptian electronic song? (edited)

Personally I prefer the Nepal track, but I was thinking of including them both

10:28 PM

The more tracks the better

Ok!

Hey guys check this out, it's an Indian inspired dubstep https://drive.google.com/file/d/170WtWQuSX_SKCNoqxbQLIoPR3Juizog5/view?usp=drivesdk

Kali MASTERING.wav

If anyone needs inspiration, My Singing Monsters of all things has a beautiful song in its soundtrack that incorporates several traditional instruments as monsters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JzcMHYQzkA Key: Floot Fly (the orange flappy one) - Pan flute Xyster (the blue snake one with the horns) - Guzheng Knucklehead (the tree with the hands) - Frame drum Larvaluss (purple one with the strings) - Koto G'Day (white one with the long snoot) - Didgeridoo Roarick (red one with the floating skull) - Sings in a style similar to joik, traditional singing style of the Sámi people of Scandinavia Carrilong (the red dragon with the bells) - I think it's a gamelan?

MSMPokeGamer / MPG

Magical Sanctum - Full Song 4.0 (My Singing Monsters)

I'm not sure if this sounds Bossa Nova enough.

No, that doesn't sound like bossa Nova at all.

Damn, I thought the chord progression was Bossa nova inspired but I improvised the lead

Maybe the riff but the chords are not Brazilian enough

I see, unless someone wants to use the riff and overlay it over their own chord progression.

6:20 AM

Well what genre does my track sound like anyway?

Bossa Nova is like jazz without the annoying dissonant notes, take a look: https://youtu.be/tZP1WNqbjmA?si=0K2ImOaE7wqwS4in

LatinTabs

Cómo tocar "Àguas de março" (Waters of March) de Tom Jobim / How to...

6:22 AM

Yes the riff is bossa Nova, Brazilians always use the same riff and that's great

vfuture

Bossa Nova is like jazz without the annoying dissonant notes, take a look: https://youtu.be/tZP1WNqbjmA?si=0K2ImOaE7wqwS4in

You mean the "spicy" notes

But the way they handle the harmony is godlike

FlamadourNG

You mean the "spicy" notes

Yeah... spicy...

vfuture

Yeah... spicy...

This video explains it well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1HHKGlBugA

CharlesBerthoud

When You Hit A WRONG Note In Classical vs Jazz

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Like the most horrible and random, the more jazz

6:30 AM

As a musician with classical background (yes I hate Arnold Schoenberg) I agree

...Still don't know what to do for this, I think I'm going to have to hold off on it

I'm in the same boat, I could try again to compose a bossa nova piece making sure to pay attention to what chords are used.

im 100% sure Im gonna make like italian canal music or wahtever, just gotta pop out the accordion which weighs 70lbs

oh god that's a big accordion

20 days

1:11 PM

Hmm

1:11 PM

I'll take it

1:18 PM

But first i gotta know what the hell is boléro

Deleted User

But first i gotta know what the hell is boléro

Bolero is a genre originating from Eastern Cuba during the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition.

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@Artist Would anyone be interested in creating a banner for this collab? Pinging again since the deadline is coming up.

I could start on it after Halloween, I think I'll have enough time

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oH sHIT wonder if my French-style electro swing I started could count for this collab? I got somewhat inspired by "Dragons" by Caravan Palace, which uses Romani folk music from the area as a basis, so if I incorporate enough of that influence I bet it could work for this prompt

It could work, I'd like to hear it either way.

this is the current wip https://discord.com/channels/1038654206158061638/1095488670456369192/1167819814518136963

More sections added, and now have a solo violin courtesy of Sibelius being able to do what GarageDon't.

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@FlamadourNG question: What are the dimensions required of the banner?

Thetageist

@FlamadourNG question: What are the dimensions required of the banner?

So normally banners are 1248px by 624px, but it can be bigger if Flamadour wants it so (edited)

cool cool, thanks

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I'd say just stick to the regular dimensions of 1248px by 624px

cool thanks

Wip banner. Wondering if I should have both Tankmen carrying luggage or carrying those hitchhiker bundles.

@FlamadourNG Do you have an opinion?

10:22 AM

also need an idea for one more landmark to use in the background

@AhWham, you've been around to give me advice on this before, can you tell me how it's looking?

Looking good so far!

yay!

1:54 PM

do you have an opinion on Tankmen with luggage vs Tankmen hitchhiking?

Not really since they’re still stick figures atm. But I like the hitchhiker

okay cool, I guess I'll follow that one and give the other a similar bag on a stick thing?

1:56 PM

I wanted to decide before I committed to the line work lol

Ah I see, yeah make ‘em both hitchhikers

cool cool

Also unrelated but, I just realized your avatar has their hands to their sides. I always thought they were playing the accordion

NOW I CAN'T UNSEE THAT

2:01 PM

it's supposed to be a lil cowboy pose with the wide stance and hands on hips, like I'm gonna draw guns or something lol

2:01 PM

accordion would be hilarious though

Ahhhhh ok, that makes sense

pew pew

pfffft

Oh have you play my costume jam submission yet?

I'm going to record a vid of me going through all of them this weekend, inspired by FuturecopLGF's video reviews of the best NG games of the month

Oh nice, that’ll be fun

Thetageist

@FlamadourNG Do you have an opinion?

Looking good so far, I'd like to see the tankman trekking (edited)

cool cool

As for another landmark what about the Leaning Tower of Pisa? that one is quite easily recogniseable. Otherwise perhaps a landmark from Asia, so that there is one from each continent.

makes sense!

Perhaps the Taj Mahal

...that's exactly what another friend suggested when I asked, so consider it done lmao

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This should be the final version

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crap, I forgot about TeffyD helping me sidechain the guitar. I'll ask him how he's doing

Thetageist

This should be the final version

Do you have a WAV export of this song? otherwise I'll just use the MP3 file that you've provided here.

I'll see if GarageBand will export a wav, I think it can!

8:53 AM

Boop!

8:54 AM

actually scratch that I still have to put in the sidechained guitar that TeffyD helped me with

Thetageist

actually scratch that I still have to put in the sidechained guitar that TeffyD helped me with

So you don't want me to include this submission yet? as you are waiting on TeffyD's help?

He gave me the thing, I just need to stick it into the GarageBand project.

that should be done

7:29 PM

I'm going to start adding people to the project by sending out invites to those who've already submitted their songs.

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yey!

@Uri8 I listened to your track again and found it to be painful because of the buzzing in it.

FlamadourNG

@Uri8 I listened to your track again and found it to be painful because of the buzzing in it.

I don't think it should even be considered a part of the collab

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10:02 PM

you can ignore it lol

Fair enough

Uri8

I don't think it should even be considered a part of the collab

Would you like me to try to master it, or is it not good all around?

Thetageist

Would you like me to try to master it, or is it not good all around?

no it sucks in general but thanks for the offer (edited)

okay!

There are still a few days till the deadline on November 15th. Depending on how quick one works, you could make another track (it's not limited to one track per participant)

wonder if this would sound good played directly in front of the other one I made, almost as an intro in this context

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Yeah I reckon it would make for a good intro track for your song

It reminds me of French Mimes for some reason

FlamadourNG

It reminds me of French Mimes for some reason

HEHEHEHE That's the other thing these tracks are for! I also made them for a game a friend is working on about mimes.

Bruh please change the file @FlamadourNG This sounds a lot better in my opinion https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G00q1pgWTS-eCDEtKvDoFa32YgPT1SIK/view?usp=sharing

Egypt.wav

11:00 AM

The Nepal song already sounds good, this one needed some fixes

vfuture

Bruh please change the file @FlamadourNG This sounds a lot better in my opinion https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G00q1pgWTS-eCDEtKvDoFa32YgPT1SIK/view?usp=sharing

I'll use this updated version then

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Thetageist

HEHEHEHE That's the other thing these tracks are for! I also made them for a game a friend is working on about mimes.

not like that lmao

Hahaha

I've jumped ahead of myself and I've began arranging the montage.

@Thetageist @vfuture btw I've already finished assembling the montage.

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yay

It's doubtful that I'll get any more submissions from other people, so theoretically I could post the completed Collab a day earlier.

How many tracks do we have already? (edited)

5 in total, 1 from me, 2 from you, and 2 from Thetageist

6:50 PM

enough for an EP

noice!

6:51 PM

Teffy really wanted to but I think stuff got in the way. He got food poisoning in the middle of trying to help me with sidechaining, he's better now but still I feel bad lmao

Oh damn I hope he's doing alright now

6:54 PM

You can preview the Collab earlier if you so desire since it's ready to go, just waiting for the deadline in case of any late comers

Im doin good

7:46 PM

Fuck it who needs a band member

that'd be in the #battle-of-the-bands-collab channel

Oh wow im tired

7:51 PM

I misread this as the battle of the bands lol

~~hi tired I'm Theta~~

It is done: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1263511

Around The World Audio Collab

Join us on a musical venture around the world

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