Enter the Headroom Project
Please see the top menu for access to the music.
The Headroom Project is a new take on creating music collaboratively: Musical seeds are planted in the system and all are welcome to grow these seeds by evolving the music seed further.
You can hear the origins of the music by looking back though its earlier evolutions right to the initial seed. You can then visit the most recent evolution of the music that has been uploaded, download it, turn it into something new or make it more of what it already is and then upload it as the newest growth on this musical tree.
The site works using recorded files. You can change and process the newest sound file however you wish, using whatever technology makes the most sense to you. If you want to work in a more analogue way, you may decide to transcribe and re-record key material from the previous version – you are not tied to the previous sound file itself.
All that matters is that there must be some discernable musical link between your evolution and the version previous to it.
Together we will make music authored by a wide number of people and it will be exciting to follow its journey.
Once you have created an account you will receive an email update whenever somebody has uploaded a new evolution.
You can browse the site without signing in but to upload you need to create an account. Your uploaded version will be credited to you on the site using the username that you choose.
I have planted the seed in three different types of soil:
The first medium is simply a stereo sound file.
The second is a grouping of rendered mono stems (this version allows you to upload as many as 16 stems and the site will play these stems simultaneously). Keeping tracks separate provides the next artist a greater chance to get inside the music.
The last type of seed is contained in an Ableton 11 Session. If you are interested in working with this, there is a link to the trial version for those who do not own the program.
Please choose one or more of these seeds to grow and let’s see what they grow into!
Please see the top menu for access to the music. Thank you and enjoy!
The Headroom Project is a new take on creating music collaboratively: Musical seeds are planted in the system and all are welcome to grow these seeds by evolving the music seed further.
You can hear the origins of the music by looking back though its earlier evolutions right to the initial seed. You can then visit the most recent evolution of the music that has been uploaded, download it, turn it into something new or make it more of what it already is and then upload it as the newest growth on this musical tree.
The site works using recorded files. You can change and process the newest sound file however you wish, using whatever technology makes the most sense to you. If you want to work in a more analogue way, you may decide to transcribe and re-record key material from the previous version – you are not tied to the previous sound file itself. All that matters is that there must be some discernable musical link between your evolution and the version previous to it.
Together we will make music authored by a wide number of people and it will be exciting to follow its journey.
Once you have created an account you will receive an email update whenever somebody has uploaded a new evolution.
You can browse the site without signing in but to upload you need to create an account. Your uploaded version will be credited to you on the site using the username that you choose.
I have planted the seed in three different types of soil:
Please choose one or more of these seeds to grow and let’s see what they grow into!
Please see the top menu for access to the music.
Thank you and enjoy!
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