(Rapper/Artist) Looking to form a collective of musicians to work on songs/album

[excuseless]

Hey I'm a queens NYC native (rapper/"artist") looking for musicians to help me with the creation of my first project/album. I have a pretty concrete vision that I would like to translate into a "tangible product" in this case songs/music. I am currently looking for a piano player, guitar player, bass player, and a logic pro professional essentially we would be forming a band, if you want too look at it that way. I am heavy into all kinds of music and there is nothing I won't try at least once I am actually getting quite bored, so if you have any suggestions please. There are 3 other "artist" (mainly singer/songwritters like myself) that would be contributing to the project as well of which are friends and family but their doing their own things as far as music goes however the main focus in our case would be me and my project. We don't discriminate at all. All races, ages, and genders can offer up there help. I just want to make some noise! The sound I'm going for is a sort of minimal vast sounding electro tinged hip hop that gives a sort of feeling of a very vast space. Good examples of this are found in songs like Junior Boys (Like a child), Drake (Lust for life and Houstanlantavegas), Discovery (Osaka loop line) the last song isn't really vast its more upbeat and crowded but it has that glossy electro/hip hop sound. I would also like to cover a few songs as well and post the videos to youtube. We would also be documenting the whole project as I have a freind who is heavy into photography/video that would be editing the whole thing. all those interested email me at excuseless00@aol.com or chikaraaa@aol.com

We have in our "studio" a unibody 13inch mac with ableton live 8 and logic 8, a blue bird condenser mic, a axiom midi control, bose speakers lol, and an interface.

Here's one reference track/actually just a freestyle over a pre-made beat I recorded while shouting into my computer lol. https://www.zshare.net/audio/7472419303cebf3a/

My favorite artist include Daft Punk, Justice, M.I.A. Radiohead, Junior Boys, Gang Gang dance, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, LCD Soundsystem, The Knife, Boards of Canada, Animal Collective, Kanye West, Drake, and various dubstep.

My top 5 favorite songs are Like a child (Junior Boys), Sunshowers (M.I.A.), Everything in its right place (Radiohead), Voyager (Daft Punk), actually can't pick the 5th one lol

Lets do this!

[Bob]

Woo who!

[Bob]

What kind of %'s are we looking at here?  I had someone on another thread paying me $30-40,000 per year.

Are we allowed to sell "intangible products" as well?  Who's handling legal here?

[Bob]

Anyone else want to rap?  Too bad the Master DJ Bernhard isn't here.   I bet he would wail on a MIDI wind controller.

(Bob changes his name to "Puff Bob.)












(Bob changes his name back to "Bob," although he does consider using a symbol instead.)

[excuseless]

What kind of %'s are we looking at here?  I had someone on another thread paying me $30-40,000 per year.

Are we allowed to sell "intangible products" as well?  Who's handling legal here?

Sorry its taken so long to respond I was being busy yesterday.....anyway 30-40 grand you must be pro (as in gets paid to do this) I'm more looking for musicians I can just create with like I said like a mini band type of thing but we are aiming at commercial success.

[thalbergmad]

If you need anyone on the banjo, i'm your man.

Thal

[lostinidlewonder]

30-40 grand for participating in the music project? what we really selling???

[ramseytheii]

If you need anyone on the banjo, i'm your man.

Thal

And he can double on the banjolele.

Walter Ramsey

[Bob]

Maybe we could add a kazookalele?  I'm just saying.  It's an idea.  It probably hasn't been done before.  It would be revolutionary.


Someone was planning their project on there and estimated 30-40 grand.  I posted first to do that work so I think I've got dibs.  I haven't heard back yet though... And that was over a year ago... Strange.

[Bob]

*Bob distributes gold chains to everyone who enters the thread*  Welcome!  You're now a wrapper.  Here's your gold chain. 


We're not going to have to get shot are we?  (Bob thinks he should have worn an old shirt.)

[Bob]

I'm liking this look.  And I might be willing to get the implants to make it all work too.

[Bob]

On second thought, I think I'll just take the car in the background.  I don't want to take the chance that someone else also wears this.

(Bob experiences sympathetic [and pathetic] pain from imagined breast implants.)

[adaubre]

Sorry its taken so long to respond I was being busy yesterday.....anyway 30-40 grand you must be pro (as in gets paid to do this) I'm more looking for musicians I can just create with like I said like a mini band type of thing but we are aiming at commercial success.

I think the issue is that if you "have a pretty concrete vision that I would like to translate into a "tangible product" in this case songs/music." then you have to kind of lay down the ground rules so you don't run into problems down the road.

Do you want session players that you will be paying an hourly rate to?  Do you have charts etc?  In that case its pretty simple.  Pay musicians to play the charts and you're done.

If, however, you want to bring in musicians who will collaborate and build songs with you etc then you really do need to work out percentages and all that stuff before you start because and of course during the process (since the influence a particular musician has on a particular song might change as things move along).

Good luck.