Not sure why so many people were unable to tell that Ares64 did the Smurfs covers. He entered three Radikal Bikers covers in DC3 which was another Gameboy game Alberto Gonzalez did the soundtrack for...
/observant
EDIT - Ah, Fezuke. It was you who did the heavy metal instruments entry. I salute you, sir.
Well I'm going to upload my Startropics Dungeon Entry to YouTube and edit my Castlevania Compo later today. Vampire Killer is a tossup between me or rainwarrior (I'll give a listen and determine via outside opinion). I think most everybody did good...I just have low self esteem with my works...every time
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Smogon, Famitracker, YouTube...
So many places, so little creativity left...
I spent most of the day recording every DC5 entry on my Famicom, saving them in FLAC format and tagging them, and am now in the process of creating a Bandcamp album for them. If you do not want me to add your track to the album, please let me know before August 5, 2012. This is the date I will publish the album officially. Also, if you want me to include some form of "author comments" for your entry, please send me an e-mail at democompo@gmail.com, making sure to add your username in the e-mail subject, also before Aug. 5.
The album will be downloadable for free. I was thinking to leave the "pay-what-you-want" option enabled. I do not intend to make money off anyone's music, and I feel it's a very important thing to point out.
However, recording all 43 of these tracks, splitting them, tagging them etc. was very time-consuming, and was done using gear that cost me a lot of money to acquire. I realise no one asked me to make all of these recordings; but if someone wishes to donate a dollar or two to the cause, I won't say no. :)
Lastly, I don't have any cover art for the album! If Kuhneghetz, jsr or whoever else is responsible for the FT icon is fine with it, I can always use that, but also if you or anyone you know is capable and willing to come up with something good by Aug. 5, I'm open to that as well! If not, I'll just publish it with a blank cover art.
The "pay what you want" but makes me uncomfortable. People have the option to give you money, and it's mostly populated by things you did not make.
I would much rather see a mediafire link, or stick with the bandcamp idea, but mark everything as free with no option to pay imo.
I'm not trying to say your effort isn't worth something, but I can't imagine i'm the only one who is uncomfortable with the option to pay for the album. Even if you remove the fact that it was a community effort, I doubt anything that smells like profit for an album that consists entirely of covers that nobody had permission to make is a good idea, either.
Maybe a PayPal link somewhere else would be best, in that case? If it can reassure you, I intend to give everyone full credit for their work, as I always do.
A paypal link would be easier for me to swallow, personally. Then, in the end, you are asking the famitracker community (and not everybody who downloads the album) to help you recoup the costs of the hardware, or compensate you for your time. The donations would be up to our own individual discretion, and any money you make would not be a direct payment for the album itself.
I love the idea of celebrating such a wonderful compo with an album like this, and definitely look forward to being able to share it with my friends.
It's a pretty lengthy read, and it comes from people you cannot call your lawyers, so, tread with caution...
apparently, with the correct notification to the correct individual(s), you can legally release a cover without actually requiring permission from the original author of the track, and make money from it, to boot! you just need to submit a properly formatted and certified letter, allow for 30 days to pass after the letter has been received by the person you've sent it to, and then give them royalties for the song on a monthly basis (the amount and frequency of royalties being sent is negotiable, if you want to work with the original author, but you are not legally required to)
Of course, this is all based on north american copyright law, and many of the artists / publishers / composers are not based in america, nor are all of the people who assembled the modules. I can't even fathom how much of a legal headache it'd be to try and sell this album...however, it was neat to discover that not only do you technically not need permission (so long as you follow the laws to the letter), but you can profit from it without having to negotiate royalties. Just figured i'd share, since i've always imagined that selling cover songs would require you to lawyer up and negotiate with somebody who has far more money and much better lawyers.
