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 Ho ho ho, it's once again Christmas time!  Yes, welcome one and all to the 2024 Awful Xmas Music thread! Spooky time has passed us all by, nap it's time for a different kind of horror.  I've kept the following write up from last year's thread, because it covers everything. This is the time of year where you (yes, YOU!) can and should take some time, and write up some Christmas music. Original, parody, or something entirely different, just do it. There are but three rules. Rule the 1st: a proper submission should be accompanied by the words, in bold: MY SONG IS UNDER THE TREE Rule the 2nd:  Make sure your song is downloadable!!! If I had a Christmas present for every time I've had to remind someone to either send me a copy of their song OR make their Soundcloud link downloadable, I'd be just as disillusioned as the girl from Ernest Saves Christmas. Don't disillusion me, goons! Rule the 3rd: All tracks must be submitted no later than midnight EST on Dec 20th 2024. Yes, before you ask, I'll obviously accept poo poo afterwards, but there will be some secondary hard cut-off. Just meet the original deadline and we're golden. Go at it like the feral misery makers you are, friends. I love you all and I can't wait to hear this poo poo.  (Pictured: my theoretical face if I was a blonde woman and if no one posts any music. I don't expect this to be a problem.) Rupert Buttermilk fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Nov 3, 2024 |
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Oh my, I haven't done this in YEARS!
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Nov 3, 2024 22:52
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Troll Bridgington posted:Oh my, I haven't done this in YEARS! No time like the..... Present. 
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Nov 3, 2024 22:58
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This is my very favorite thread for my very favorite Christmas music. I listen to this poo poo every year like clockwork. My best friend and former roommate hates Enter Jingleman so very much. Very, very excited.
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Nov 3, 2024 23:06
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 Hooray!I have a easy-mode song I've put back in the chamber and a hard-mode song that I'm stuck on. If anyone reading this can understand German, please shoot me a PM (I took French in high school).
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Nov 3, 2024 23:51
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Oh hey! I don't know how else to really kind of go about this, I can't police it, I don't even know officially how I feel about it on a grander scale but if we could not completely depend on AI, that'd be great. I want real goon stuff. AI generated music is good for a chuckle, and then I legitimately want to manifest it into a physical thing and shove it right down the metal throat of a T-800 or some poo poo.
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Nov 4, 2024 00:22
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no ai
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Nov 4, 2024 00:24
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thats how you get coal
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Nov 4, 2024 00:24
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Is it OK if I use AI to translate my song into German? My hard-mode song might end up being bilingual.
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Nov 4, 2024 00:29
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Edward Mass posted:Is it OK if I use AI to translate my song into German? My hard-mode song might end up being bilingual. Ok, here's a general rule, let me know what you all think: AI as a non-creative tool: Fine AI as a content generative/creative tool: no, please.
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Nov 4, 2024 00:44
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Edward Mass posted:Is it OK if I use AI to translate my song into German? My hard-mode song might end up being bilingual. For what it's worth, there may be more than one goon who's bilingual and can help with that, but that goon is not me, I forgot all my German lessons from when I was young. This thread has made some real bangers, Weinachtsmann, Taco Bell Christmas, and The Night Before Christmas(Cake remix) are instant hooks for people, then songs like Baby Yoda, Don't Stop Believing(In Santa Claus), and Christmas Mash get them confused and unnerved after they are full of eggnog and disoriented by festivity. Then those songs are enjoyed when reheard while sober(after the hangover)
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Nov 4, 2024 02:39
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Ok, here's a general rule, let me know what you all think: I think it's reasonable. Have AI make the music and/or singing for you? No. Use AI as a processing tool, e.g., running your singing through a persona or cleaning up noise? Fine with me. That said, Gavrilo Princip and the Leon Czolgosz All-Stars are definitely making an appearance this year, probably more like multiple appearances. I'm doing Trees And Trees (AC/DC's TNT) and I need two or three people who can do the "Oi! Oi!" and "TNT!" parts. Who's up for that? Also, is anyone up for co-writing/performing a Christmas version of Li'l Jon's Get Low? I've got the rough idea, but it's not coming like I'd hope it would.
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Sixteenth edition makes the fifteen year anniversary? Right? Here are some links! Previous threads: 1st: (2009): threadid=3224294 (archived) 2nd: (2010): threadid=3366726 (archived) 3rd: (2011): threadid=3451851 (archived) 4th: (2012): threadid=3516742 (archived) 5th: (2013): threadid=3585618 (archived) 6th: (2014): threadid=3681788 (goldmined) 7th: (2015): threadid=3749494 (goldmined) 8th: (2016): threadid=3797981 (vaulted) 9th: (2017): threadid=3839261 (vaulted) 10th: (2018): threadid=3873186 (active forums, closed) 11th: (2019): threadid=3903086 (active forums) 12th: (2020): threadid=3946206 (active forums) 13th: (2021): threadid=3983685 (active forums) 14th: (2022): threadid=4016414 (active forums) 15th: (2023): threadid=4046379 (active forums) 16th: (2024): threadid=4074263 (active forums) Downloads ◍ 2009-2016 on Rupert's site (Rupert Buttermilk) ◍ 2017 on Google Drive (Rupert Buttermilk) ◍ 2018 on DropBox (DeathTongue) ◍ 2019 on DropBox (Edward Mass) ◍ 2020 on Google Drive (Rupert Buttermilk) ◍ 2021 on Google Drive (Flipperwaldt) ◍ 2022 on Google Drive (Flipperwaldt) ◍ 2023 on Google Drive (Flipperwaldt) ◍ 2024 on Google Drive (Flipperwaldt) ◍ 2009-2024 on Google Drive (Flipperwaldt) ◍ BitTorrent: ▷ The Best of Goon Christmas 2009-2015 (Edward Mass) Playlists ◍ Adnachiel ▷ 2009-2019 playlist (659/666 tracks) ▷ 2009 Part 1 - 2009 Part 2 2010 Part 1 - 2010 Part 2 2011 - 2012 - 2013 2014 (edgy album art) - 2015 - 2016 2017 - 2018 - 2019 ▷ Adnachiel's favorites from 2009-2018 ◍ Fawf ▷ 2014 (bland album art) - 2020 2021 - 2022 - 2023 ◍ Kruxy ▷ A list of Yulelogs ◍ Rupert Buttermilk ▷ 2009-2016 on Rupert's site ▷ 2020 on SoundCloud (43/61 tracks): here ◍ Flipperwaldt ▷ 2021 on SoundCloud (33/47 tracks): here ▷ 2022 on SoundCloud (24/43 tracks): here ▷ 2023 on SoundCloud (27/33 tracks): here ▷ 2024 on SoundCloud (xx/yy tracks): here ◍ JossiRossi ▷ 2009-2015 on Bandcamp (don't pay for these, downloads above are free) Did you know? In 2009, 15 years ago, Schweinhund posted the first of these threads. Just three days in, they posted in the now perennial favorite Ho Ho Ho, It's Christmas Time, with vocals by jokrswild. Right? Right. But you were all deceived, for a second    However! In a scramble in around 2011 or 2012 (don't make me look this up again), with a change of OPs and sites offering free hosting dying left and right, an administrative error occured and the collaboration didn't get picked up by any of the archival efforts! So, lost to the world forever? Nah, someone had it uploaded to youtube in 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL4Js_LaRCQ Some may remember, or simply have come across it by just searching on youtube. It has nearly 10k views and comments as recent as 2022. It's possibly the only place online to get it from though. Suppose we could probably rectify that. Flipperwaldt fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Nov 17, 2024 |
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Nov 4, 2024 05:59
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Yessssss! I'm excited to see what treats we get this year. I am also excited to see what Pastor Ned sings this year.
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Nov 4, 2024 06:22
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Flipperwaldt posted:Some may remember, or simply have come across it by just searching on youtube. It has nearly 10k views and comments as recent as 2022. It's possibly the only place online to get it from though. Suppose we could probably rectify that. It is so rectified, as a FLAC-encoded MP4 converted using VLC.
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Nov 4, 2024 06:23
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ManiacClown posted:It is so rectified, as a FLAC-encoded MP4 converted using VLC.
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Nov 4, 2024 06:36
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ManiacClown posted:I'm doing Trees And Trees (AC/DC's TNT) and I need two or three people who can do the "Oi! Oi!" and "TNT!" parts. Who's up for that? I used this video as a reference, which has a lead in silence of about 0.8s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiJeSSzu9Bo Shift around as necessary. Or I'll edit them myself to line up with a backing track you have, if you prefer that.
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I can explain the 2012 change of OPs! Here's a little Christmas story that's actually not related to Christmas at all, but I'm writing it all out here for posterity. A long time ago,, back in 2011, there was a social media network made by Google called Google+ (shortened to G+). In the early days, you needed an invite by someone else. Just like how Gmail started. There was a thread in GBS all about goons inviting goons, and so I posted in it, was invited, and then joined. I started meeting goons online OUTSIDE of the forums! I would see real names instead of usernames. My feed would be filled with all sorts of ridiculous poo poo, and my god, was it great. I actually made a lot of IRL friends that I still know today. Around March or April of 2012, a goon on G+ posted a picture. It was an illustration of the Ninja turtles, in the cold, wearing wool hats and heavy coats. It looked like they were in Siberia or something. For whatever reason, I immediately thought of the British comedy "Peep Show", and commented something along the lines of "Those foot clan never knew the true horrors of what happened in Stalingrad...", a somewhat resentful sentiment carried throughout numerous episodes by David Mitchell's character, whenever he'd see, I don't know, someone being disrespectful or flippant about literally anything. I got a notification; someone other than the G+ OP liked my comment! Wait, what? My stupid, somewhat niche joke, the kind I'd make on the SA forums and not think anything of knew what I was talking about? Her name was Jen. I think she commented a reply, which got us into a small discussion. Since she was apparently a goon, I "circled" her, or "added her to my circles", which was the style at the time, on G+. So, just because I'm nosy, I decided to look through her profile a bit (in truth, I did this with pretty much everyone I circled). I saw a picture of her from years before, rocking out with a guitar, and the caption was "Jxl Rose". I laughed. I play guitar! She does too! Wait, what's this? She has a... Tindeck account? Oh my, she sings? Beautifully?! (and also tongue-in-cheek for parody songs). I messaged her, I can't remember of what. We started chatting. And chatting. And chatting some more. She's from Montréal, I'm from New Brunswick. Oh wow, just the next province over. Oh, it'd be cool to meet. Yeah, definitely. Hey, you play music? Yeah, I do. It came up in conversation with her that she's a part of the Something Awful Xmas threads. Hey, I remember those threads! I've seen them, heard the music. Holy crap! Wait.... You're jennyinstereo?! Man you're cool. So are you! We started emailing to and from our probably-unmonitored work emails (hey, it was 2012). More and more. Something was starting. We were so getting to know each other. We even chatted privately outside of work, on Skype, and had seen and heard each other over webcam a few times. In 2012, Lovedump existed as a subforum. It was wonderful, it was super positive, it was also the place where, sometime around late May of 2012, I might have written vaguely-but-not-so-vaguely post in a thread in LD about the feelings I have for this ridiculously amazing person. And she might've done the same in a reply (major kudos to anyone who can find these posts, now THERE'S a Christmas present!). I'd never been on an airplane but flew to meet her for her 30th birthday in July. Less than 2 months later, we were living together. When I tell you goons that I love her, that's some sort of not-good-enough understatement. Skip ahead to November or December of that year, and we're thinking "well, poo poo, you know what we should do? Get some Awful Xmas Music going! Is there a thread already? No? I... I think it's fine if we start one, right?" And thus was the 2012 awful Xmas thread posted into existence, nervously trying to live up to the standards set by Schweinhund and all the other goons who have made albums and songs before this. What came from it was and will always be my favourite of our collective works; Merry Christmas and the Infinite Santa, a four-disc set of wonderment and joy, of putrid music and shoddy recordings. O Holy Mouthpiece. I'll Tell You The Christmastime. Carol of the Bombs. poo poo, poo poo, poo poo... Too many to name (literally like 80+ tracks, all with their special place in my stupid heart). I felt so, so, so honoured to be an active part of such a wonderful collaboration. I loved it all. The next few years, we were dealing with MARRIAGE, and KIDS, and MOVING, none of these experiences and memories I'd trade for anything of course, but neither of us were able to really partake in the following two albums. But after than, all good. So while I do not know who was the OP after the first album until 2012, this is the story of how I met and married jennyinstereo and how I somehow weaseled my way into this beautiful mess. Bless you all. Rupert Buttermilk fucked around with this message at 12:10 on Nov 4, 2024 |
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Ew gross. Just kidding  I'm pretty sure I authored 2011's thread. Also, thank you for marrying me and giving us cool kids and carrying on the threads while I've been momming it up and being a fully grown adult   I promise to contribute to the thread for the 15th anniversary!!!!
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Thanks for sharing, thats beautiful. Anyway, let's get this party started! MY SONG IS UNDER THE TREE Flipperwaldt - Hallelujargh
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Flipperwaldt posted:Thanks for sharing, thats beautiful. Wow. 3 seconds into your melody, I recognized it, and actually muttered to myself "you son of a bitch..." Excellent work.
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Hehehe 
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Ok, here's a general rule, let me know what you all think: this. i wont really pay attention to this thread cause i dont really like this sort of thing but i hate ai with a fierce passion, so people itt can pm me to probate people posting ai if they wish
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Flipperwaldt posted:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1slW2Z3JjHHVYEpDaZdh_I_Shm7fLk1JX Wow. I didn't expect that this fast. In fact, you got a little ahead of me. I hadn't yet specified that the "Oi!" was in fact going to instead be "Ho!". "Trees and Trees" is spot-on, though, and I love it extra because it reminds me of Warcraft II orcs and I find that very amusing. I'll try to get my part recorded tonight using the video you linked to. I can already tell this is going to be a good one.
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:this. i wont really pay attention to this thread cause i dont really like this sort of thing but i hate ai with a fierce passion, so people itt can pm me to probate people posting ai if they wish I PM'd Seth for a sticky for this thread (I do it every year) last night. If he doesn't end up doing it, can you? 
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I PM'd Seth for a sticky for this thread (I do it every year) last night. If he doesn't end up doing it, can you? yep, done. seth is mia
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:yep, done. seth is mia Thank you, hope Seth is ok.
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ManiacClown posted:Wow. I didn't expect that this fast. In fact, you got a little ahead of me. I hadn't yet specified that the "Oi!" was in fact going to instead be "Ho!". "Trees and Trees" is spot-on, though, and I love it extra because it reminds me of Warcraft II orcs and I find that very amusing. I'll try to get my part recorded tonight using the video you linked to. I can already tell this is going to be a good one.
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Nov 4, 2024 23:53
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MY SONG IS UNDER THE TREE in the tradition of Steve Reich's Violin Phase and Piano Phase, here's Jingle Phase
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I don't suppose these could ever be put on Spotify or something else like that so that the whole world can be made to listen to the finest Christmas songs of the season?
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Tube posted:I don't suppose these could ever be put on Spotify or something else like that so that the whole world can be made to listen to the finest Christmas songs of the season? Unfortunately, I don't think they could, due to royalties and rights and all that. For example, I'm with DistroKid for all of my non-awful-xmas music, which is a service that facilitates putting your music on virtually all of the available platforms out there. Like my poo poo is on FB, Instagram, Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, etc. It's not necessary to go through something like DK, but holy poo poo does it make it easier. So, you upload your music to them, track by track, and they then ask you questions about each one. Genre, credits, etc. One of my tracks is like a jam session cover of the 'House' theme from Zelda II. When I uploaded it to DK, I had to put down that it was a cover, who the original artist was (special note: it WASN'T Koji Kondo!), and then DK had to do whatever it needed to do to get in touch with whatever entity handles the rights and royalties for the original artist. Once that was done, then and only then were they able to release my album to all of the platforms available. Yes, the entire album is held up until all tracks have cleared this process. So, for these albums, because they're all by 'various artists', I start to get a headache when I think about the kinds of details and rights we'd have to put in there. Not only would we need to provide the details for the original composer/artist, we'd also need to put in the real life info for every goon available, and I don't think that's even possible to get from some of you. Like, a lot of goons aren't even on the forums anymore, either from being banned, leaving on their own volition, or... Yknow....  , so yeah, it's a headache and a half.However! I am going to look into installing some sort of WordPress plugin for my website that will maybe allow y'all to load up kind of a radio player so you can have these playing without the need to constantly click on the next one. Maybe there's a way for it to provide some sort of feed address that one could put into an app like VLC, so you wouldn't need to keep my page open to listen to it all. If anyone reading this has a solution, please let me know. Edit: This reddit thread discusses how to play an audio file from a website, using an app on your phone. Goons, if I can figure this out, you'll get your holiday playlist. You'll just have to get VLC or some other free audio player app. gently caress, this might actually work... Rupert Buttermilk fucked around with this message at 18:50 on Nov 5, 2024 |
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I'm excited. I hope I can pinch out a couple tracks again.
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Loden Taylor posted:MY SONG IS UNDER THE TREE ManiacClown posted:"Oi!" was in fact going to instead be "Ho!".
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Flipperwaldt posted:Ois are now Hos
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Loden Taylor posted:MY SONG IS UNDER THE TREE This is dastardly. Good work.
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Nov 5, 2024 19:06
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ive been learning the guitar. watch out
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Dang I'm going to have to go through everything to find the one song I really got a kick out of. It was an old one too. It was kind of a horror song iirc
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I think I have something for the year. Time to make music.Flipperwaldt posted:
Wait, PHYSICAL RELEASE? I Greyhound fucked around with this message at 01:09 on Nov 6, 2024 |
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I feel like I have been kicked in the creativity this year but I have contributed many times in the past. Here are some of my previous contributions in 2 formats! https://soundcloud.com/luis-fernandez-98/sets/king-lous-xmas-favorites https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdAFVa4WtWI
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We need music, goons! Grammarchist! Haschel Cedricson! Give us tunes! Ours will be eventually done and posted.
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