Hi folks. After Hardy Fox's website updated last month with the "1945-2018" dates on it, I highly considered starting this project but ultimately decided to hold back. I'm like that... I get intimidated by my own project ideas and then never do them. My regret now is that I didn't start this project back then and unfortunately now Hardy Fox will never be able to see or hear it. I guess the best time to have started this project was back then, but the next best time to start it is now.
What is the project?I wish to construct a tribute album dedicated to the late Hardy Fox. Essentially, it'll work similarly to the "I Am A Resident!" thing. You just submit your song and it goes on the album! That's it! We'll then compile the album together and you'll be able to stream or download it for free on the internet.
Well, it'll be a bit more complicated than thatMy vision for this project includes the way the streaming content is presented. You see, this project is a way to celebrate Hardy Fox and express our gratitude for him and his art. The way I initially conceived this project (and how I still want the final product to be like) is that the entire album is a "web experience". When you stream it online on the site I'll be hosting it on, each track will be paired with text and/or visual art by the original track artist with their thank yous to the late Hardy Fox. In a way the album itself will be a big thank you card to Hardy Fox, but each track will come with what is more literally a thank you card. Of course, Hardy is not with us anymore so he cannot personally read them without spiritual intervention, but I still believe that there's something a bit romantic about creating a tribute like this, regardless if he can see it from the afterlife or we're making our expressions of gratitude into the void.
Think of it this way: the website will basically be like liner notes that load up with each song, where the liner notes are your messages and optional art.
How do I contribute?Check out the
submission form to submit a song, visual art, or a thank you note.
This project isn't just limited to the forum! Please share the URL:
https://meiseki.mew151.net/hardyfox/Guidelines:- The song must be related to Hardy Fox in some way (duh!). You can cover his own songs, cover his work with The Residents, or even write your own song that is about him in some way. Try to stay away from just generic Residents covers, although I'm not going to not accept your submission. Basically I just want you to not reupload your IAAR submission since I want this to be its own distinct thing.
- You have to agree to let me distribute your song for free. It will be up for free download and streaming. Also that means that it has to be possible to legally distribute your song for free.
- You have to include all required fields (track title, artist name, thank you message) with your song or it will not be accepted
Also as a note if we somehow get a ridiculous number of contributions, I will probably pick a good number tracks to be part of a "main" album and include the rest of the tracks to listen to elsewhere.
I'm not a musician! Can I contribute in some way?YES please! I'd like this album to be visual so if you can provide any visual art I'd be happy to try to include it somewhere in the presentation of it! Also we need album art!
BUT what if you aren't talented at the arts at all??? I still want you to contribute! I want to collect Thank You notes from EVERYONE and find some way to compile them on the front page of the album. Or somewhere else. I don't really know yet, I feel like this project will evolve depending on how active it is. Stay tuned for a general thank you note contribution form.
Alright but what will YOU be doing?In a way I'm afraid of making art and in a way I subscribe heavily to the theory of obscurity; when I do make art I do not announce it and just put it somewhere quietly to maybe be discovered one day. But for this project I
will try to record a track and put it out! I mean, it'd be kind of weird for the person running this whole thing
not to do that, right? Even The Residents snuck "Doors" into "I Am A Resident!", right? I've asked myself a never known question and in this case I'm dedicated to SHOWING my art instead of just being shown for once.
I'll also be "producing" this project in general. I'll probably compile the final album and I'll also be developing the website that presents this album with all the art and thank you notes. I will also be working with some friends who aren't on this forum but are a bit more musically passionate than me in trying to create an intro and outro to the album as a whole. I'll ask for additional help if we need it though!
Well, that's all I can think of for now. Thank you for reading this giant post and I hope that you'll find the inspiration to contribute in some way! I'm asking everyone to contribute in some way, even if you just contribute words of gratitude! Please ask any questions here! If this thing actually gets some steam, I'll also post updates and ask questions so we can guide this idea to its final destination together!