Congratulations, it’s a penguin.
We are now taking submissions for the ninth – yes, ninth – Daydream Generation compilation. Closing date is the 31st July.
In case you are new to this site and don’t have a clue what I’m on about, here are some frequently asked questions, and frequently answered answers:
What is a Daydream Generation compilation?
A Daydream Generation compilation is a musical gathering of people who sing songs in their bedrooms and basements, compressed into mp3 format for portability and quickness of download, and carefully ordered inside a zip file for people who want to hear something new for free. We’ve been doing this for as long as I can remember (well actually, that’s something of an exaggeration, March 2007 to be exact) and it seems to work. Unsigned bands and lovely songwriters without the juggernaut of a publicity machine behind them, get to showcase their talents, sing to the universe, and attempt to blow brains, all the while surrounded by their cherry-picked peers. The rest of us get to stand back at a safe distance and listen. Check out previous compilations here: quixodelic.com/site/category/the-daydream-generation/ to see what I mean.
What kinds of music are you looking for?
From the guts, quirky, lifted from cassettes held together with sticky tape, lo-fi, hi-fi, original compositions, cover versions, long lost songs that never found a place to go, valiant attempts at saying something but failing, spoken word, instrumentals, film scores, pop songs, live jams around a campfire burning worryingly high, stuff with fluffed notes, dreams translated into notes, psychedelic anthems, experimental field recordings, white noise, in-jokes recorded with the last desperate flick of the switch before passing out, songs with guitars, songs without guitars, things nobody has heard before, songs that make you want to dance, songs that reaffirm your belief that people are (after all) okay, songs that make the stars look just that little bit brighter… Basically, what I’m trying to say is anything goes.
That said, we can’t promise to like everything we hear. But we will try our best.
How do I submit a song and what else do you need?
Email an mp3 to quixodelic@gmail.com
Easy-peasy eh?
Anything else isn’t necessary, but stuff like links to any of your websites and a paragraph about yourself/the song you are submitting can be helpful when we’re writing up reviews.
That’s pretty much that.
Smally
I don’t know if I mentioned this before, but I think DG9 holds a special significance for me.
My acoustic guitar is a Fender model DG9; it’s a cheap-o discontinued model, but I’m very fond of it. And so I’ll be interested to hear the resonances that form around this particular compilation.
Zzzzzzap!
it’s going well so far… haven’t had a chance to listen to the quixodelic submissions yet, but slowly & surely the dreambus is filling up :)