The Schema: Assessment

DIY music used to consist of a C30 cassette of tunes which you'd recorded on a 4-track in your shed. You scrawled on it with some biro, or a felt tip if you were posh, shoved it in a jiffy bag and sent it to John Peel. But now, it's different, isn't it. Yes, it is.

The Schema challenge is to record, distribute and promote a single from my bedroom in a 30-day timeframe. The resulting yacht-rock spectacular is called Those Rules You Made, and is released under the name The Schema on 20th August, via iTunes and a load of other online stores. My name is Rhodri, and this is the story...

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Assessment

I've been pulled up short for using the royal "we" rather than talking normally, which is fair enough, so I'll stop that right now. This morning, I was musing on what a waste of time Garageband is, despite the fact that the songs sound far better on there than they do on MySpace, for some reason. Essentially, it's just bands reviewing each other. And of course, people in bands are human beings too, but it just has the feeling of being at an indie-band evening class. I entered the song into this "contest", but it's not clear how many years it's going to take for the contest to finish, or indeed if it ever will. But then, this morning, I got a review that re-affirmed my whole belief in the site:

We have a winner! Now that's how you achieve greatness.

Love that growling bass, choice of chords, ever so slightly flanged electric piano. Wonderful vocal tone. Ah hell, it's perhaps the most accomplished composition I've heard on Garageband.

All the ingredients are there. Top notch production. An arrangement to die for. Tight musicianship. If I could write and produce a jingle half as good, I'd be over the moon. Superb work fellas.

Written by some chap in Australia, apparently. No-one with any power, no-one who will be able to lever the song to the top of the charts - it's just a big of ego-stroking that means one more person likes the tune than did yesterday. I'm pathetically shallow.

Total MySpace profile views (well, it's as good a measure as any of how things are going, innit) - 457. Total spend: £72.11.

posted by The Schema at Friday, August 10, 2007

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	DIY music used to consist of a C30 cassette of tunes which you'd recorded on a 4-track in your shed. You scrawled on it with some biro, or a felt tip if you were posh, shoved it in a jiffy bag and sent it to John Peel. But now, it's different, isn't it. Yes, it is. The Schema challenge is to record, distribute and promote a single from my bedroom in a 30-day timeframe. The resulting yacht-rock spectacular is called Those Rules You Made, and is released under the name The Schema on 20th August, via iTunes and a load of other online stores. My name is Rhodri, and this is the story...
	Buy The Single! from iTunes from us Our Links the VIDEO! rhodri.biz email MySpace Garageband PureVolume TagWorld Bebo Facebook App Assisted By drinkmilk Emu Bands likemind Lot 49 Films Marysia K HitSongScience DreamHost Mailing List Type email! Previous Posts What Do You Think? In The Shops What About The Music? Art Route MyGarageSpaceBand Domain Master Archives July 2007 August 2007	Assessment I've been pulled up short for using the royal "we" rather than talking normally, which is fair enough, so I'll stop that right now. This morning, I was musing on what a waste of time Garageband is, despite the fact that the songs sound far better on there than they do on MySpace, for some reason. Essentially, it's just bands reviewing each other. And of course, people in bands are human beings too, but it just has the feeling of being at an indie-band evening class. I entered the song into this "contest", but it's not clear how many years it's going to take for the contest to finish, or indeed if it ever will. But then, this morning, I got a review that re-affirmed my whole belief in the site: We have a winner! Now that's how you achieve greatness. Love that growling bass, choice of chords, ever so slightly flanged electric piano. Wonderful vocal tone. Ah hell, it's perhaps the most accomplished composition I've heard on Garageband. All the ingredients are there. Top notch production. An arrangement to die for. Tight musicianship. If I could write and produce a jingle half as good, I'd be over the moon. Superb work fellas. Written by some chap in Australia, apparently. No-one with any power, no-one who will be able to lever the song to the top of the charts - it's just a big of ego-stroking that means one more person likes the tune than did yesterday. I'm pathetically shallow. Total MySpace profile views (well, it's as good a measure as any of how things are going, innit) - 457. Total spend: £72.11. posted by The Schema at Friday, August 10, 2007 +=+=+