Kind of Bloop: Miles Davis for NES

[Sam Ascher-Weiss]

This is an album release playboy:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/photos/114/kindofbloop_notype.full.jpg (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waxpancake/kind-of-bloop-an-8-bit-tribute-to-miles-davis)

Andy Baio Writes:

What would the pioneers of jazz sound like on a Nintendo Entertainment System? Coltrane on a C-64? Mingus on Amiga? For years, I've wondered what "chiptune jazz" would sound like, but there are only a tiny handful of jazz covers ever made.

To satisfy my curiosity — and commemorate the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis's "Kind of Blue" &mdash I've asked five brilliant chiptune musicians to collaborate and reinvent the entire album in the 8-bit sound.

The lineup, in alphabetical order:
Ast0r (Chris J. Hampton)
Disasterpeace (Rich Vreeland)
Sergeeo (Sergio de Prado)
Shnabubula (Samuel Ascher-Weiss)
Virt (Jake Kaufman)

To create this album, I hope to raise $2,000 to pay royalties, pay the artists, and print CDs. Legally releasing cover songs requires paying mechanical licenses to the song publishers through the Harry Fox Agency, totaling about $420 for every 250 downloads and a $75 processing fee. I'll be using the remainder to print a very limited run of CDs for Kickstarter backers, and split the rest evenly among the five musicians for their painstaking work. (This is a labor of love for me, so I won't be keeping a dime.)

I hope to have the entire album download ready for Kind of Blue's 50th birthday on August 17. (Printing and shipping CDs will take longer.)

All project backers will get exclusive first access to the album download before anyone else in the world, and exclusive updates during the album's creation. Backers donating $30 or more will receive an extremely limited-edition CD, printed only for this Kickstarter project. Once the August 1 deadline is reached, the CD will never be sold again!

Track Listing (Tentative):
1. So What - Ast0r
2. Freddie Freeloader - Virt
3. Blue in Green - Sergeeo
4. All Blues - Shnabubula
5. Flamenco Sketches - Disasterpeace

Thank you so much for being a part of this. Let me know if you have any questions in the comments.

Here's a tiny Snippet of a portion of my track:

http://arnoldascher.com/All%20Blues%20Preview.mp3

THERE ARE ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT. AFTER THAT THE PHYSICAL CD WILL NEVER AGAIN BE AVAILABLE!!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waxpancake/kind-of-bloop-an-8-bit-tribute-to-miles-davis

[Ramaniscence]

too manyy releasessssss

[NNY]

That is really kick ass and I wish I had some extra cash to spare. I would totally have donated the $30 for a physical copy. I just bought Kind of Blue at a used book store a couple weeks ago too.

[SoulinEther]

This'd make a good gift for one of my friends.. I'm sure he'd get a kick out of it. Then kick the shit out of me for presenting to him chiptune jazz. Well, I'd think he'd be open-minded though.

Will the album art or w/e be downloadable without having to make the $30 donation (to make this a presentable gift)? Do we even have to pay at all? It's been backed like... 350%. Could we still donate (after the two day period)?

[kamoh]

I've had this bookmarked for some time now. :)

[Nase]

Awesome!
Wasn't it only a couple days ago that you only had 4 of 11 minutes of your piece done? I didn't know of your timebending abilities :O

Seriously considering the $30 donation. Pretty amazing though how much money has been raised already.

Rocken Sie weiter, mein Herr!

[evktalo]

WOW. What a project. I can't buy the CD, but I'll try to spread the word a bit.

--Eino

[John Revoredo]

2000$ .. that's a lot of money...

[Bahamut]

I donated $40 myself - this type of thing is rare, wouldn't miss it for the world.

[Meteo Xavier]

I don't want this question to sound rude, but I have no other way to word it: How much music does $30 buy me here? how long are the tracks?

[NNY]

I don't want this question to sound rude, but I have no other way to word it: How much music does $30 buy me here? how long are the tracks?

So What - 9:22
Freddie Freeloader - 9:46
Blue In Green - 5:37
All Blues - 9:26

Those are how long the original songs are. If these are straight covers, I'm sure they'll be the same length.

[Meteo Xavier]

So that comes out to.... slightly under $.99 per minute....

[John Revoredo]

About the first post :There's one thing I still don't understand.. Is the music going to be done? Or is it already done?

[Xenon Odyssey]

I don't have the money now, but I'll definately pick up a copy when it's released.

[NNY]

So that comes out to.... slightly under $.99 per minute....

This isn't really the kind of thing you can get at Wal Mart. Or any music shop for that matter. The price definitely is worth it if you're a fan of Miles Davis and chiptunes.

About the first post :There's one thing I still don't understand.. Is the music going to be done? Or is it already done?

From my understanding, I don't know if the music is done, however, the album will be coming out early August, and if you do the $5 donation, you get an early download of it before it becomes a free release. $30 gets you the physical disc.

[Penfold]

Pledged. Thanks for posting it.

[Meteo Xavier]

This isn't really the kind of thing you can get at Wal Mart. Or any music shop for that matter. The price definitely is worth it if you're a fan of Miles Davis and chiptunes.

Yeah, but its still $7.49 a track. I'm not trying to dump on the project, and i'm just saying......... wow.

[DrumUltimA]

Yeah, but its still $7.49 a track. I'm not trying to dump on the project, and i'm just saying......... wow.

i'm pretty sure it's just gonna be free anyway...

Anyway I dropped 30 on this. lookin forward to it!

[Radiowar]

a lot of money to spend on a cd for me, but it just looks so cool. i put in 30.

[Dhsu]

Yeah, but its still $7.49 a track. I'm not trying to dump on the project, and i'm just saying......... wow.
Then just do the $5 donation and be done with it.

[Sam Ascher-Weiss]

I gave five bucks

[Nase]

I gave five bucks

cheap bastard

[DrumUltimA]

So I don't know if any of ya'll are familiar with this project, but a while back Andy Baio on kickstarter got a ton of people to back this project. It's a chiptune tribute album to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue album--each track is done as a chiptune cover. It's called Kind of Bloop (http://www.kindofbloop.com).

Well, it's done now! Artists represented include virt, ocr's own Shnabubula and Chris J. Hampton (ast0r), as well as chiptune artists disasterpiece and Sergeeo. Backers (like me!) get to hear it first, but it will be available to the public on August 20.

I'm SUPER EXCITED to get my copy!!!! I've been waiting for this for a while--I'm sure all the tracks are going to be amazing. I'm especially looking forward to hearing virt, shnab, and disasterpiece's tracks--I'm a big fan of all of them.

check it out!! http://www.kindofbloop.com

[Brithor]

Holy shit, this is the most awesome thing I have ever seen.

[Bahamut]

Glad I'm a backer :-) . Can't wait for the actual CD!

[DrumUltimA]

Glad I'm a backer :-) . Can't wait for the actual CD!

hah, same here! I just downloaded it. Pretty sweet so far :D

[Radiowar]

yeah i'm really excited to hear this, but i think i'm gonna hold off until i get the CD.

[Matt E. Waldman]

Oh wow, I definitely have to buy this when it comes out! I love Miles Davis' work, and those preview tracks sounded awesome!

[prophetik]

holy crap! this is awesome!

[Bahamut]

Aaaaaaand it's out!

[halc]

yeahhh... purchasing right now..

[Sam Ascher-Weiss]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1bDNJAzO0g

This is part of the official release of kind of bloop. Part of Track 04 "all blues" recorded on camcorder directly from Famitracker. If you like what you see/hear believe me you'll enjoy the album version much more. Don't hesitate to grab a copy:

http://www.kindofbloop.com

[Monobrow]

Friggin awesome *_*, watching it is mesmerizing

[olie!]

that is fricking amazing. Wow. I was laughing in joy the whole time I might have to get this!

[Gario]

Holy shit. Man, that would be amazing if this could actually have ever been on the good ol' NES (I don't think so, though - too many channels there :-().

That doesn't take away from how awesome it is on it's own, though - I think I'm sold on this one :nicework:...

[Sam Ascher-Weiss]

Gario, it's VRC6, I have these all as NSFs, they could be played on a famicom

[Nase]

Holy shit. Man, that would be amazing if this could actually have ever been on the good ol' NES (I don't think so, though - too many channels there :-().

Apart from (but mainly thanks to) the added polyphony, VRC6 offers so many possibilities for sound design, it's scary. You (especially) really have to hear what Shna is doing with it these days.

[Sam Ascher-Weiss]

coooool super joined. I like the style =)

[Gario]

Gario, it's VRC6, I have these all as NSFs, they could be played on a famicom Well, I'll be damned.

That's some sick music for the NES, dude - someone needs to develop a famicom game just so they could get your music in there (just to see how it would work out ;-)). I've gotta study the Youtube video that you have and see if I can even figure out what you did there...

You (especially) really have to hear what Shna is doing with it these days.I agree completely.

[Monobrow]

This album is great. Great work from all involved. Everyone should get this, I mean seriously, if you ever paid money for some of the crap out there today, and don't think it's worth to pay money for this... Well what's wrong wid you eh? This is an original and creative concept you won't see every day.

[Wiesty]

man this is so win, its almost too win.