One on Twoism Volume 5 [Submission Topic]

[Aesthetics]

One on Twoism Volume 5... where's the time gone to??

Over the years the pretty unique One on Twoism series has grown out of being "just" a forum compilation and grown into a selection of sonic material where artists are eagerly waiting for to contribute their art. With articles, reviews and tracks to appear in a variety of radioshows, it gained some great exposure. Personally I think this community should be very proud about this collective output. It totally breathes the creativity which this community holds.

For the next edition we are going back to basic. Not too much rules and let the music do the talking.
There is one marginal note I'd like to put before I continue to put up the rules. Each year the amount of contributions rises, by not setting a limit to the amount of tracks/time, there will be a lot of music contributed. This means that the chance of getting on the compilation is shrinking so don't get your hopes up too high.




Audio Submission:
Although most of this may seem obvious, we advise you to read the following rules very carefully to avoid any unnecessary confusion or discussion. We advise 'new' users who want to contribute to please read the original One on Twoism topics already in this subforum. They will give you a good idea of what One on Twoism is and what we hope this series will continue to be.


Strategy:

Like volume one, no direction, just submit what you think will work.


Ground Rules:

• There is no maximum time limit or limit to the amount of tracks you send (keep it reasonable / don't send too much)
• Your submission is and will be exclusive to the One on Twoism series.
• Please tag your submissions exactly(!) like this: artist - songname (Twoism membername).
• Submit in wav or lossless format (ie FLAC). If you have any questions pertaining to file formats, please feel free to ask.
  Please ensure the original file is at the very least a 44.1kHz/16-bit stereo .wav recording (24-bit is preferred and strongly recommended) and that no dynamic compression or limiting has been applied to the stereo mix for the sake of loudness (don’t worry if you mix through a bus compressor—that’s fine). It is very difficult to restore the punch and transient attack of your material if it has already been severely brick-walled, so please refrain from limiting (or worse, clipping) your mixes before delivery, and ideally leave at least 2-3dB of headroom in your mixdowns.
• Send a participation email to with your forum and artist name if you are going to submit a song for OoT5. This way we will not be surprized with an overload by the end of the deadline.
• Aesthetics reserve the right to select which songs make the compilation.
• Aesthetics reserve the right to alter your submission to fit the compilation.
  
• DO NOT post your tracks in this topic or anywhere else.

Some special needs, however, are for an intro and perhaps some 'gap fillers' about 30 seconds or so in length. Feel free to come up with whatever you think will work well. Even minimal or voice only samples could be useful... Think intro, mitro, outro, voice, jingle.. anything!



Instructions for Submitting:
Go to http://www.sendspace.com/ and fill in all the info exactly as described below!

• Select file: (only wav or flac!)
  Artistname - Trackname (Twoism membername) (exactly like this!)
• Description: Track info
  Artistname - Trackname - Twoism membername - your web- or myspacepage (exactly like this!)
• Recipient's email:
  
• Your email:
  Your email (Do not forget this because this email will be used for the confirmation notification!)

Once the track has been received you'll get a confirmation email. (This might take up a week)



What if:

• There are too many contributions?
  Aesthetics will decide which tracks make the compilation. (Generally, established members will receive preference.)
• You are having difficulties uploading the track?
  Send an email to and we'll work something out.

Audio submission deadline:
1st of February 2012


One on Twoism Volume 5 release date:
Approximately April/May 2012
This time is needed to master, compile and mix, as well as finish the artwork and creating a microsite.






Artwork Submission:
Ground Rules:

• Full design: front, inlay, back.
  
  • Resolution: 300dpi
  • Format: png
  • Front cover width: 1423
  • Front cover height: 1411
  • Insert width: 1423
  • Insert height: 1411
  • Tray card (includes two spines) width: 1772
  • Tray card (includes two spines) height: 1385
  • Spine width: 74
  Download the other OoT artwork here to get an impression.
• Send the font along with the artwork.
• Allowing to let the crew edit and finalize your design.
• No theme.
• A banner for promotion in the artwork style. (600x100 pixels)

Instructions for Submitting:
You can post the artwork in this topic, however only full designs will be considered for the final design.
The community will pick their favorite design. There will be a poll(if needed) for the communtiy to vote once all submissions are in.



Artwork submission deadline:
1st of March 2012





Website Submission:
Ground Rules:

• A fully working microsite isn't really necessary at this stage yet. A (layered) screenshot, drawing, whatever, of your idea will do as long as it is clear how it operates. A detailed example has more chance of becoming the microsite.
• Some sort of reference to your programming skills is needed so we're sure you are capable in building the microsite.
• You can use the artwork/tracklist/info of the other OoT's to build the microsite or use artwork which get posted along the way in the artwork topic of OoT5. Once the artwork for OoT5 is ready we'll swap the artwork and change the theme.
• The text shouldn't be integrated in the design. Experience has taught us that it is difficult to finetune the microsite. Once the tracklist and info is available it should be easy to modify it.
• Prefered is an easy adjustable microsite so the final stages can be edited and tested by Aesthetics.

Instructions for Submitting:

• DO NOT post the microsite/ideas in this topic.
• Send your design, ideas to
• Once we know which microsite to go for we'll work things out.

Website submission deadline:
1st of April 2012




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One on Twoism Volume 5 release date:
Approximately April/May 2012
This time is needed to master, compile and mix, as well as finish the artwork and creating a microsite.






Good luck and thanks for making this possible!
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Last edited by Aesthetics on Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:25 pm, edited 3 times in total.

[Techboy]

Quite excited for this! Like the back to basics thing!

[Cupz]

W0000000000000000000000000t!

[Synthestesia]

So if I submit a track, I then can't release it in my next album? Shit!

[lostintegrity]

So if I submit a track, I then can't release it in my next album? Shit!

Choose wisely.

[Xtal]

Sounds awesome, going to submit a track when I can

[2020k]

YESSSSS. BRB, OPENING LOGIC.

[Techboy]

So if I submit a track, I then can't release it in my next album? Shit!

this has always been the case except with OOT1!

[Cryabetes]

Could we do a remix of an existing, already released song?

[Aesthetics]

Could we do a remix of an existing, already released song?

Nope, no remixes please.

[Jonse]

Aaaaaaaanyone up for a collab? I've got some good beats that need some melodies.

[lostintegrity]

Aaaaaaaanyone up for a collab? I've got some good beats that need some melodies.

Throw them on the dropbox, I'll add some melodies.

[Jonse]

Aaaaaaaanyone up for a collab? I've got some good beats that need some melodies.

Throw them on the dropbox, I'll add some melodies.

Cool. I'll make a folder and get to it sometime soon.

[Smokes]

any rules when it comes to the use of samples?

[Tomisnever]

Yayy, gana try to submit this year, really hope i can find the time! Good luck everyone.

[Cryabetes]

Any mixing standard you'd want us to shoot for so mastering goes smoother? -18dbfs RMS/ -6dbfs peak?

[Aesthetics]

Any mixing standard you'd want us to shoot for so mastering goes smoother? -18dbfs RMS/ -6dbfs peak?

Totally forgot about that! I updated the rules.

[The Telepathic Kid]

already got a track in the works which I think could fit.
Hopefully after 5 years, and 4 years of submitting tracks, this will be the year. :3

[747Music]

I already started a new track. It'll be my first track in Ableton. I can't wait for my APC40 to come in the mail.

[Aesthetics]

any rules when it comes to the use of samples?

Always shady but I wouldn't worry too much about it. Technically OoT is a mix and there is no real commercial use, so I'd say it's alright, right?



First tracks are coming in btw