Music Composers Unite!

World's Longest Piece

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We are creating the world's longest "through composed" piece of music. Want to be a part of history?

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Help compose the World's Longest Piece!

The rules:

Each composer gets up to 2 minutes of one section for which he/she is resposible. The composer will deliver a stereo audio file of that section. The composer will own his section of music, but must release it under a creative commons license, allowing it to be placed within the larger composition.

The music will not be for sale or license. If any money is generated from the work, that money will be given to a charity (voted on by the contributing composers.)

This is an unending work. Our hope is to have hundreds of composers work on it, and to always be adding new ones.

Each section should flow as well as possible into the next, therefore we are creating a pattern of simple transition rules for the composer to follow as much as they can.

Let's make history, baby.

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(we want a player here that will allow you to input your mp3 where it goes and do the crosfades accordingly. Leaving blank spaces and silence for the empty spaces that have yet to be composed. Anyone know how to do this?)

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Dropbox (Upload your files here:) 14 Replies

Started by Chris Merritt. Last reply by Rudolf Schmitt 10 hours ago.

Section Chart 88 Replies

Started by Chris Merritt. Last reply by Simon Godden Dec 22.

Read before composing! 7 Replies

Started by Chris Merritt. Last reply by AndrewG Dec 21.

Transitions 1 Reply

Started by Simon Godden. Last reply by Chris Merritt Dec 7.

The aesthetic question 4 Replies

Started by Simionescu - Panait Andrei. Last reply by Simon Godden Nov 25.

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Comment by Simon Godden on November 25, 2009 at 1:23pm: Will do!

Comment by Chris Merritt on November 25, 2009 at 1:20pm: I agree! Help me spread the word!

Comment by Simon Godden on November 25, 2009 at 1:11pm: Great stuff! Give us a couple of weeks.

Also, far be from me to advise you, but now that interest in this project is gathering much needed momentum, wouldn't it be worth making an announcement of its popularity on the homepage, as I'm pretty sure that peole who haven't learned of its existence might regret missing out. I can make a start by informing all my forum friends.

Comment by Chris Merritt on November 25, 2009 at 11:27am: Any section I have is already linked to in the section chart. As soon as I have a few sections that go together I will link them and post it here.

Comment by Simon Godden on November 25, 2009 at 11:22am: I can send you a wav. file, no problem. It sounds to me as if you've already received some sections of it. It's just a pity that it's impossible to hear preceding sections so that we can develop on them for continuity of style. Still, should be a lot of fun though.

Comment by Chris Merritt on November 25, 2009 at 10:26am: Caroline - I can't send you the entire piece. I need more concurrent sections to piece together. Especially from the first few sections. You need to pick a section!

Comment by Chris Merritt on November 25, 2009 at 10:24am: Simon - I signed you up.

Answers:

a - It's the 'World's Longest Piece' because there is no end to the number of composers that can contribute. 2 min is the max time for any one composer's section.

b - just post an mp3 for now, ultimately a .wav would be nice.

Comment by Simon Godden on November 25, 2009 at 4:25am: Ok, Chris, I'll take track 13 (Cm - Gm). Just 2 questions:

a. Is 2 minutes each really long enough to create the worls longest piece, or have you given the figure 2 minutes as a guideline minimum?

b. In which format would do you want us to present it?