"King of the hill" 20 sec.

[orest]

I would like some feedback on 2 song (20 sec. each) For this listing: ONE OF THE PRODUCERS OF "KING OF THE HILL" NEEDS MAIN TITLE FOR NEW SERIES that will be airing on a Major Network. He's looking for a 20 second INSTRUMENTAL that is happy, bright, bouncy, uptempo and makes you want to dance. Stylistically, he wants to hear a cheery song with a world music flavor. This comedy is centered around multi-cultural issues and therefore the "World" element is crucial to capture the true heart of the series. Some references that were provided are Kanda Bongo Man (specifically tracks "Lela-Lela", "Zing Zong", "Mama Oule"), "Swale" by Kotoja and all the way to "A-Punk" by Vampire Weekend or "Kid Power" (TV theme song from 1972 - bubblegum version of '70s Funk). Be sure that you only submit :20 segments, as that is all they would like to hear. No fade-outs are recommended for this one. Only Instrumentals, please!The songs can be found here: (part 1 and 2)http://alexanderorest.com/world.htm

[hazineju]

gosh you were fast, didn't this listing just come out today? great job on both, but i like part 2 A LOT! maybe a little crescendo into the ending or a bigger hit on the last beat would be cool. i'm gonna see if i can cook something up for this one too, think it should be a fun experiment. (and 20 seconds isn't too daunting)anyway, nice work! definitely send them.

[orest]

Thanks! Well I am waiting for more input as well from other people before I send them. I will certainly take your advice regarding the end. Yes I did them today as well. But I had some hours to kill before you woke up in the US. I probably got the new listing 8 hours before you did.

[marcblack30]

nice work on both of these!part one reminds me of the theme song to the kids cartoon Arthur.i would definately send both.great job.

[orest]

My songs are 19 sec. Do you think it's okey? Or do they have to be exactly 20 sec.?

[davewalton]

Aug 18, 2008, 11:42am, orest wrote:My songs are 19 sec. Do you think it's okey? Or do they have to be exactly 20 sec.?I like to remove as many reasons as possible for getting a return from the screener or being passed on by the listing company even if that reason seems nit-picky. Now whether the song ends abruptly at 0:20 or an ending note at 0:18 or 0:19 fades out to 0:20, that's another thing and depends on the song. But I make it 0:20.Leaving a second of dead space may not seem like much but it'll be noticable if the music ends one full second before the video they're placing it into.

[orest]

Well, the problem is that I have submitted the songs already. Do they download them immediately, or do I have a chance to change them?

[hummingbird]

Aug 18, 2008, 1:11pm, orest wrote:Well, the problem is that I have submitted the songs already. Do they download them immediately, or do I have a chance to change them? the screeners only listen to submissions after the deadline has passed. If the deadline has passed, there is no way to know if they have already listened. they don't download, they stream.HTH

[orest]

Thanks! I got a month to change it then!

[davewalton]

Aug 18, 2008, 1:57pm, orest wrote:Thanks! I got a month to change it then!Slow it down by 1bpm and let the last note sustain through to 0:20. Problem solved. Actually since you almost tele-transported through time, practically finishing it before the listing came out (thanks to a little bit of "overseas time adjustment I suppose", I figure that within a month you could probably polish off one more second of music without too much problem.