Links updated 21 August, originally published 3 August
On September 19th, in celebration of our 10th anniversary, we will release MR|Ten; a compilation of Mr. Furious Records artists and friends covering MFR songs. Do you want in?
At Rob‘s (Arturo Got The Shaft, Adventure Capitalists) suggestion the final track will be a new recording of h&s’ “After the Countdown” featuring the biggest, most inter-continental punk rock choir we can muster. Here’s where you come in; a rough mix of the track is below. Download it, record whatever you like as an overdub – backing vocals, instruments (Rob called bass, though), synths – and send your track back to me to be incorporated into the final mix.
Email me or comment here for tech support. This only needs to be as hardcore as you want; you could do it with an iPhone and the free GarageBand app! Or a desktop/laptop and Audacity! Please – If you want to be a part of this, get in touch and I will do everything I can to make it happen for you.
Rough mix (24-bit, 48 kHz .WAV file, 98 BPM except the weird break at “Listen for the countdown”) via WeTransfer: After the Countdown
MP3 for reference:
If you want to sing, this song has a call-and-response vocal. I’d love to have a ton of people tackle both the call (“Howie”) and response (“Scott”) sides of the ending (blue background, below). In addition if folks want to take the “Scott” side of the first verse and choruses (gray background), that would be great, too.
UPDATE: I forgot to mention until now that I hard-panned the “Howie” vocal hard left and the “Scott” vocal hard right to help separate them for you. You could do things like isolate one or the other using one ear of a pair of headphones to learn or sing your part, or split them into mono tracks in your DAW and mute one side.
| Howie | Scott |
| Got yourself into this Remember there’s plenty to do . . Standing up, finish one The doorframe paints pictures of you . . But after the countdown . A new one begins A new one begins . After the countdown . A new one begins A new one begins . And with what light we have We’ll bring along our friends And when the clock is over We’ll get up and start again I’ve never walked in darkness . Home, home on the range is far Too far for driving tonight But songs come through, snow and all So much the better And with what light we have A message sent out to the end That when our clock is over We’ll get up and start again I’ve never walked in silence Listen for the countdown Any second Now |
. . If I could only remember I got myself into this . . Followed a hand into your room I had an important question . What should I do now? . . What should I do? . What should I do now? |
| After the countdown (8x) | After the countdown (7x) After… |
| After the countdown . A new one begins A new one begins . After the countdown . A new one begins . A new world begins |
. What should I do now? . . What should I do? . What should I do now? |