19/03/2011

film / album idea

i was talking with sam last night. her and jos are still keen to do the film for the album, even though we didn't get the grant money. however, time restraints may be an issue, as they wouldn't be able to afford the same amount of time to the project as they would had we had money for them to do so. sam suggested that they maybe get one done in time for a june/july release, then work on more over time. which led me to thinking....

i suggested to her that maybe we could aim for one film to go out a month before releasing the album, then one a month from there, until all 7 or 8 (depending on how many tracks end up on the album) are completed. we could use that to keep some sort of interest in the album around for a longer period of time than normal, as we could make a big promotional deal every month until they're all done. it also gives sam and jos more time to get things done.

and just this afternoon, i had another idea that could tie in with it. what if we got a whole bunch of people to remix different tracks off the album, like 30 different artists or something, then, each month, as the film for a track is released, we can put it out as part of a free download single that comes with the film and 3 or 4 remixes of the track. the original versions would remain solely the domain of the album release, so they wouldn't take away from that, but we'd also end up with a whole array of different takes on the tracks from the album, which we can use to keep radio interested and things like that. (of course, all this would also be perfect for the 20th anniversary box set to be released in 2031 complete with a remastered version of the original album, all the remixes, and the film, in a bespoke, handmade box.)

any thoughts?

6 comments:

Cherry said...

genius. and grand.

Collarbones said...

what a great idea

ajebec said...

i hope that's collarbones putting their hand up for remix duties!

Blake said...

i think this is a brilliant idea, adrian

lessons in time will do a remix!

ajebec said...

i was hoping they would. :)

ajebec said...

ok, well the general consensus seems to be positive, so i guess we need to get the tracks to a point where we can send files out to people to remix. we're probably not too far from that, so hopefully we could start sending out in a couple of weeks' time. would be interesting and useful to get some extensive lists of who people would like to have our tracks remixed by - feel free to list as many as you'd like (both realistic and in dreamland - no harm in trying there to some degree).