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What if the fans "took over" the fanclub single?

Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,954
edited January 2019 in The Porch
Inofficially that is.

There are a bunch of great musicans amongst us in the... dare I say... Jamily... and also great graphical artists amongst all of us.... faithfull.

  • What if we every year open up for fans to do a cover of a Pearl Jam song and submit it. And then we all vote for our favorite.
  • Two songs are picked (maybe one "soft" and one "hard" to honor the Greatest Hits album). The artists will have to agree on the color of the vinyl.
  • People can pre-order the single similar to the Vaults. 
  • If we reach enough preorders to break even - we press it, and ship it out.
  • We do it again the year after.

Just a thought.

And obviously we would put a few extra cents into it so the 7 inch cover has a spine. Because vinyl covers without spines sucks. 


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  • RoleModelsinBlood31RoleModelsinBlood31 Austin TX Posts: 6,186
    Brilliant idea.  I’m totally down for it.  I’m guessing it would be more expensive, closer to $20+ a pop?  Not sure about the legal aspect of pressing copyrighted (is it?) material though- but assuming it’s not for any profit, it should be ok?
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  • deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    Ditch "jamily" and I would consider it.  :wink:
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  • moozeekfanmoozeekfan Posts: 195
    Pressing vinyl these days is a minimum 3-4 month wait time just FYI.
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  • on2legson2legs Posts: 15,434
    I think this is a great idea just from the perspective of everyone will see what a pain in the ass this will be to do year after year and how much work it will be and then we can all complain when the OP drops the ball and it starts showing up later and later until he is forced to give up and cancel it.  =)
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  • NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,313
    on2legs said:
    I think this is a great idea just from the perspective of everyone will see what a pain in the ass this will be to do year after year and how much work it will be and then we can all complain when the OP drops the ball and it starts showing up later and later until he is forced to give up and cancel it.  =)
    Mike's label releases multiple singles a year. It's not hard if there is a desire to do it
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  • lexicondevillexicondevil Posts: 2,130
    A fan playing a PJ cover pressed on a 7 inch? Sorry, no.
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  • RoleModelsinBlood31RoleModelsinBlood31 Austin TX Posts: 6,186
    lexicondevil said:
    A fan playing a PJ cover pressed on a 7 inch? Sorry, no.
    I totally missed that somehow. I thought it was a fan created single but with a PJ song on it, taken from one of the thousands of files we all have.  Whoops... yeah, can’t say I’d want to pay for someone else’s song :(
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,757
    lexicondevil said:
    A fan playing a PJ cover pressed on a 7 inch? Sorry, no.
    Agreed. 
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,809
    deadendp said:
    Ditch "jamily" and I would consider it.  :wink:
    LOL. 

    Yeah same here.  Let's make it so!
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  • lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 14,283
    mcgruff10 said:
    lexicondevil said:
    A fan playing a PJ cover pressed on a 7 inch? Sorry, no.
    Agreed. 
    Same
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,598
    lastexitlondon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    lexicondevil said:
    A fan playing a PJ cover pressed on a 7 inch? Sorry, no.
    Agreed. 
    Same
    Nope, not for me either.

    When I first read this I thought it said "a fan would run the single" in meaning that a fan would decide what to put on the said record.

    I would be good with that idea, get someone fresh in there like the one that was just offered by a fan on here.  What a gem that is!
  • NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,313
    tempo_n_groove said:
    lastexitlondon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    lexicondevil said:
    A fan playing a PJ cover pressed on a 7 inch? Sorry, no.
    Agreed. 
    Same
    Nope, not for me either.

    When I first read this I thought it said "a fan would run the single" in meaning that a fan would decide what to put on the said record.

    I would be good with that idea, get someone fresh in there like the one that was just offered by a fan on here.  What a gem that is!
    Might run into a few legal issues pressing and selling someone else's work
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  • kce8kce8 Posts: 1,636
    Just make a poll and let people choose two songs of the last year tour for it. Could be a cover or a song with another artist. 
    Use a pic of the song for the cover. Easy to do. 
    To make it a surprise, don't let people know what songs were chosen.
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,598
    NewJPage said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    lastexitlondon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    lexicondevil said:
    A fan playing a PJ cover pressed on a 7 inch? Sorry, no.
    Agreed. 
    Same
    Nope, not for me either.

    When I first read this I thought it said "a fan would run the single" in meaning that a fan would decide what to put on the said record.

    I would be good with that idea, get someone fresh in there like the one that was just offered by a fan on here.  What a gem that is!
    Might run into a few legal issues pressing and selling someone else's work
    The 10C would be letting said fan pick song for said record that PJ did perform and if it was on someone else recording I'm sure that they are friends still.

    No legal battles there.
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,757
    kce8 said:
    Just make a poll and let people choose two songs of the last year tour for it. Could be a cover or a song with another artist. 
    Use a pic of the song for the cover. Easy to do. 
    To make it a surprise, don't let people know what songs were chosen.
    I d love for them to do that with the next vault. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,954
    mcgruff10 said:
    kce8 said:
    Just make a poll and let people choose two songs of the last year tour for it. Could be a cover or a song with another artist. 
    Use a pic of the song for the cover. Easy to do. 
    To make it a surprise, don't let people know what songs were chosen.
    I d love for them to do that with the next vault. 
    I would not like that, because I would know about the choices that "could have been". Haha. 

    I'd rather they surprise me. As long as it its Toledo 2004 or Copenhagen 2007.
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,158
    I don't want to piss on any cornflakes or anything, but I just can't imagine there would be enough people who want such a thing on vinyl to make this feasible.
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  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    I think you all are vastly understating the process. Vinyl isn’t cheap and it’s backed up like crazy. (Especially since we’re not talking a big number here.) Pearl Jam might be good dudes but they’re just not going to let amateurs do something like this because they’re fans. Lots of legal red tape. 
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  • ZodZod Posts: 10,763
    I don't think I'd want to pay to hear other people cover PJ? 
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,611
    For me - this sounds like a terrible idea

    but to each their own.
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  • vaggar99vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    i don't think this is a good idea.  
  • RP112579RP112579 Tinley Park, IL Posts: 3,382
    vaggar99 said:
    i don't think this is a good idea.  
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,954
    Here I am just trying to be solution oriented. Trying to salvage this little situation we've found ourselves in, in our tight-knit little group. 

    WELL NO MORE IDEAS FROM THIS FAITHFUL JAMILY METALLICA-FAMILY-ARE-YOU-WITH-US! GUY.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • RoleModelsinBlood31RoleModelsinBlood31 Austin TX Posts: 6,186
    In my mind I imagined a completely rogue, bootleg situation where info was passed around to members who wanted to  buy in, artwork is submitted, chosen.  Two PJ songs of the selected artist’s choosing are pressed onto colored wax and distributed to those who paid into the pot.  Not too difficult, but obviously pretty illegal.  It’s not any fun if you’re not breaking any laws though.

    someone else covering a pj song is not something I’d be into.
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  • vaggar99vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Here I am just trying to be solution oriented. Trying to salvage this little situation we've found ourselves in, in our tight-knit little group. 

    WELL NO MORE IDEAS FROM THIS FAITHFUL JAMILY METALLICA-FAMILY-ARE-YOU-WITH-US! GUY.
    ah...don't take it that way.  not every idea was meant for execution.  However, the sentiment should and can be salvaged.  
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,757
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Here I am just trying to be solution oriented. Trying to salvage this little situation we've found ourselves in, in our tight-knit little group. 

    WELL NO MORE IDEAS FROM THIS FAITHFUL JAMILY METALLICA-FAMILY-ARE-YOU-WITH-US! GUY.
    Never use the word “jamily”.  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    mcgruff10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Here I am just trying to be solution oriented. Trying to salvage this little situation we've found ourselves in, in our tight-knit little group. 

    WELL NO MORE IDEAS FROM THIS FAITHFUL JAMILY METALLICA-FAMILY-ARE-YOU-WITH-US! GUY.
    Never use the word “jamily”.  
    +1
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  • deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    edited January 2019
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Here I am just trying to be solution oriented. Trying to salvage this little situation we've found ourselves in, in our tight-knit little group. 

    WELL NO MORE IDEAS FROM THIS FAITHFUL JAMILY METALLICA KISS-FAMILY-ARE-YOU-WITH-US! GUY.
    Fixed.  :smiley: 
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,954
    mcgruff10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Here I am just trying to be solution oriented. Trying to salvage this little situation we've found ourselves in, in our tight-knit little group. 

    WELL NO MORE IDEAS FROM THIS FAITHFUL JAMILY METALLICA-FAMILY-ARE-YOU-WITH-US! GUY.
    Never use the word “jamily”.  

    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,954
    deadendp said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Here I am just trying to be solution oriented. Trying to salvage this little situation we've found ourselves in, in our tight-knit little group. 

    WELL NO MORE IDEAS FROM THIS FAITHFUL JAMILY METALLICA KISS-FAMILY-ARE-YOU-WITH-US! GUY.
    Fixed.  :smiley: 
    Sorry to be that guy, but KISS has an army.


    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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