Reply To: The Mandelbrot Set: Let’s Get Rolling!
I don’t know anything about this, and I’d appreciate the input of real musicians. Everything else might be able to be divided among people, but I’m going to assume that “solo” means “solo” — that is, that only one person is going to be able to contribute the solo. So the rest of this post hangs on this assumption.
This also depends, in part, on which method we choose for mixing — if we have multiple canonical versions, then perhaps there’d be room for multiple solos.
I’m going to encourage everyone who might want to solo to go ahead and record and submit it, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT the solo might not be used. So if you’re going to submit a solo, set your ego aside, please. I’m serious — this is supposed to be fun, not competitive. If this causes any sort of infighting or bad blood, be prepared for the executive mandate that the solo will consist of my crinkling a paper bag into a microphone for sixteen measures.