And Satellite, woj. One of my favourite bands. So glad to see they've released a new CD AND are slated for ROSfest in the Spring.

thank you

I've had no input in this project thus far so hope I'm not overstepping, and I don' t know who you have lined up so far Kirk, but I do agree with woj regarding looking at making it a global thing regarding the bands asked to contribute. If we have the connections worldwide on the Moon, why not use them.

Kirk, are you familiar with the projects put out by the Progressive Music Society? Please contact me if you'd like more info on that. It's quite extraordinary.

Thanks Kirk! Your energy is contagious.

thanks mossy.

this is funny..i've been trying to post a reply for over an hour,
getting a vbulletin message, "server too busy...":aua:


the bottom line, is to bring money into the station.
tributes are generally fundraisers, and they require
heavy hitters. sir paul's busy:D

i'm inviting bands that have recently released a
successful cd, done the prog festival circuit this past summer,
or are mainstays w/ a large fanbases, like echolyn.

it takes them awhile to respond, like today i heard from
glass hammer after almost 2 weeks.

there's only room for a few more tracks.
i'm betting that if vax is successful in twisting arms, ;)
some of the bands w/ larger fanbases will follow.
it's still too early to fill the available space.

woj- i've never heard of quidam before today,
but awesome band!

i don't know if i'd call them prog, but w/ a sound like that,
they should tap the newage/world market and make
some real money!
i think the enya/loreena Mckinnett fans would love this.

k

I'll take it up with Marillion later this week. Lucy, their band manager, was in Las Vegas getting married (to Ian Mosley -- shutter) and won't be heading home until tomorrow.

Kirk,

when I heard about it this project, I thought that it was a fantastic idea. Great job!!

If you have the cover done, that's fantastic. if not, let me know - I can certainly do some design for it (and even make it astronomically correct!).

Careful everyone using moon images - they are subject to the copyright laws like any other photography.

Again, what a fantastic idea - I'm so glad to see something like that come together!

I can always hook my camera up to the telescope and take a moon pic that would be "royalty free".

Yeah Kirk. Your enthusiasm is marvellous! :p

And if you were European Moonie you probably would ;) :D . This is second aspect of what I said and Mossy backed up. Despite worldwide community aspect, concentrating on American bands may have negative effect from the economical point of view as we Europeans often simply don't know famous US prog bands just like you don't know well many Europeans. And in case of such album these things should be IMHO balanced. We have contacts in many corners of the world, let's make use of it. From what I remember siluancar (Madrid) was organising RPWL gigs in his city, he knows them well. Why not RPWL then. Shrinking Violet knows Mostly Autumn and she was exchanging mails with Roine Stolt I think.

I'd suggest that we put tracklist up to this day with song times to see how much CD space we have.

Mossy - I'd love to ask all that 3 Polish bands to give songs with special dedication to you :). But I am not sure if Poland is so important prog country that in case of 12 tracks 3 will be from Polish bands.

And one more thing. Maybe not official [proposition yet but thing to consider. How about our own track "Earth Without The Moon"? Call this part two of Moonies band or kind of common AM effort but I could compose and prepare all for recording, then give directly parts that must be recorded via Internet. Moses is being working with be in such way, he can confirm it cna be done. I'd need someone to help me with the poetic lyrics and of course mixing/realisation. And of course players (who wnats to sing? :p ). What do you think?

I say that is thing to consider. Haven't called it official proposition yet because of very difficult academic year I am starting in a few days. But I'll try to find my feet in the whole situation and find a time to make a new track. We shall see if this will be possible.

davin- thanks so much! absolutely my pleasure.
it's the tremendous effort of you, jim, dot, vax
that makes this an easy sell to artists.

steve from glass hammer said to tell you
"thanks for all you've done".

woj- it's too late in the game to address those concerns,
but noted. thanks for the input. :cool:

of course, if roine wants in, i'll find room.

i've already contacted mostly autumn.
if i don't hear from them, violet knows how to get
a message past the webmaster, please contact me.

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re: photos, ect.-

simply, unless you're a design professional,
it's much less of a workload for me to do it, than
it is to try to adapt a rough idea.
there's much science under the creative aspect.

thanks for the good words everyone!


k

I've worked up a first verse:
Gazing at the stars leads to galactic aspirations
Howling at the moon became our lunar inspiration
But all within the solar system's slightly out of tune
When we consider Earth without the Moon

and I'm toying with a second verse. Let me know if you have feedback based on melodies you've already written - I could alter length or timing if needed.

I really like these lyrics very much, Jim :). So I will look at things and wait if any Moon-musicians want to be part of it. Without them that idea doesn't exist.

Clarification
 

I should be clear for my "vision" in regards to up to 3 separate projects we're talking about.

1, Kirk is taking the lead on the artist tribute disc. This will consist of tunes from established artists.

2, separate from that, we have perhaps two separate Moonie collaboration efforts being discussed - the "basics" theme that Elric and Kirk and many other have contributed ideas towards, and Woj's "Earth Without The Moon" idea. I think both of these can be fun, but I also think we need to keep these separate from the tribute disc. There are several reasons for this, including legal, artistic, financial and social ones, so that's the direction we're taking. This may also relieve some schedule pressure from the Moonie project, making it (perhaps) more fun and more successful.

Thanks!

Re: Clarification
 

can someone provide clarification on these two projects? I have expressed interest in the Elric/Kirk tune, but I don't know anything about Woj's project. I really like the lyrics you wrote, Jim, and would like to do some singing... :eek:

Boink!
 

hey-

a full band autographed cd from BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC
is on it's way to dot's house!

i'd suggest raffling it to new subscribers to the 128k,
or in some fund raising capacity.

if i don't hear something from vax on marillion soon, i'll get back to inviting
some projects. sorry brian, don't mean to put you on the spot.
so far, we have echolyn, glass hammer, little atlas,
nathan mahl....

p e a c e

k

I'm off in the morning to see Salem Hill...will not have much internet contact until Friday and even then it's limited until Tuesday. So post away everyone!.. oh yeah the reason I posted..sorry - kirk, i will try to mention something to Carl Groves when I'm out there..and anyone else I run into. He should be very receptive especially since Glass Hammer is involved!

If Echolyn makes it down to Orion soon maybe we can twist some arms..

Another band to try is Djam Karet...

Great job so far kirk!

Should I write to Quidam about cancellation of their contribution or they are also on the list?