After playing Joab's music on a flight, a passenger commented on the music in his feedback form.

I've omitted the part of the form where he complained about all other aspects of the airline I work for ;)

Happy Belated Thanksgiving everyone! I don’t really have any major requests this week, but just want to check in with you nonetheless: 

Our friends at !t books/HarperCollins love our Tiny Films!  They’re really great people over there and they love what we made for the E-BOOK. Thanks everyone for a great job! But, lets keep refining the ones we have and creating new ones — these films tend to go far.  We always screen a bunch of them at our live shows — you never know where they’ll end up!

Also, don’t know if you noticed but our website is moving a lot faster these days!  Thanks to Brett and his crew for helping us move HITRECORD to a server and a new video encoder.  There are still bumps in the road so thanks for bringing them to our attention.  

And finally, I have an very exciting announcement to make… but not till next week.

Make sure to check out these weekly RE-RECs, there are some good ones.

Thanks Again!

<3

J

FCP by Dr. Gory

This week's Regularity is up and in full effect! 

Jelly Babies - I absolutely love megancarnes' score to Day Glo's reading and she already has made video request for instrumentalists to come and play.  MUSICIANS - let's play on this score! Also - We need more visuals of what this Jelly Land will look like in order to lock down the aesthetic of the short animated film.  Check out elayne's and sojushots' contribution and lets keep moving in their creative direction!

BAD ADVICE - Marke gives some great examples of how to turn cliche phrases that we assume are "good advice" (but really aren't) and remix them into what we consider is actually some good advice.  He also advises us to really be sure that the remixed result clearly references the original.

Finally - I give an update on all of or payments to contributing artists of 2011

Thanks and thanks again!

<3

J

FCP by Dr. Gory

Alright, here it is, V2 of We Are Illumination. Added some vocals as well just to beef it up a little. Let me know what you think!

My 1st Mix of this song.

Not exactly my best mix -

I was really looking for a high-frequency type sound to go along with the beat in the louder part but I had trouble with it and left it out.

I took a few liberties with the song in some places, I hop Joab doesn't mind :D

Send me stuff to mix! :D

This is a little REmix to Joab Nevo's awesome "Opposite Girl." It had kind of an 80s driving feel to me, which I love, so I kind of played that up a bit.

Hope it finds you inspired!

This still is most likely not the final cut, but I wanted to get feedback about whether or not i should edit further, or keep as is. 

 Best sound quality on headphones.

Resources:

Altered- Joab Nevo

I'll think of you, Sing it softly, ROBOTIC, and Why are we so dizzy by taramarie

lyrics: 

There's a welcome party held under ground

For the salty girl from our sugar town

She's the chosen queen

Of our little scene

And she's back after the operation

All the girls and boys

Out there making noise

Came to show her a sweet time / Are in awe of the alteration

So very sugary now

We’re gonna make her feel secured (Can't shake off that sensation)

Protected, safe and re-assured (This feeling of sedation)

We've finally had her fully cured (Lack of orientation)

So sweet, from head to tit to feet (Can't shake off that sensation)

So holy, so right, so complete (She's lost in their translation)

So sweet, She's soon to have a fit (Succumb to desperation)

So very sugary now

She's the chosen queen

Of our little scene

And she's back after the operation

All the girls and boys

Out there making noise

Are in awe of the alteration

She's out on a limb

It's a broken dream

Caught in a chemical reaction

Now it all looks grim

And her lights are dim

Can't shake it off, shake shake it off OFF

Best full-screen with headphones

I saw Sirius Dan's raw footage that he origianally made for Departures, and I really liked it especially with Joab Nevo's song with Babbish "Opposite Girl" So I did a little re-arranging of Dan's clips and added some footage by Joe and Anita. I still think it could use some more footage, maybe put in a couple effects where the girls spinning and the guy is walking away from the camera by himself.

Anyway, thought I'd post it to see if anyone had any ideas or suggestions for it.

Also couldn't resource below:

video footage Leaving by Regular Joe

Started the project around midnight and with having too much fun ended up finishing the whole song collage at 2:30 am. It's amazing how things fall into place like these songs which probably never intended to be together somehow fits as one cohesive song. The song is pretty minimal hoping for other people to build upon it!

Icon by MattColney

Have equalised and added a little more to it..now its about 8mins..

Great with headphones if your brains can cope with it..thanks for the track..tj

I think I'm just going to go faint, now. eep. Thank you so much for the inspiration ♥

Stepping faaaaar out of my comfort zone with being on video, editing clips, and listening to my own voice. Ugh. 

After growing tired of pooping on newly washed cars, Billy the Bird decided to have a try at pooping on newly washed birds...

-V

based on a comment from Elspethkoktavi in Vedder's RECord

i thought these two images corresponded well... the envied king of the birds and the caged slave of the birds are one and the same.

Remix for matt conley's bad advice contribution...

Cover: rec# 564565

Inside: "Congratulations on your promotion!"

This is my illustration for Joab's Bad advice: The Lingerin worm, Joab I hope you like it, I told you that I was going to do it, so here it is! :)

A doodle for Joab Nevo's story.

The floor, it so envied that all-mighty ceiling,
Unburdened above - it looked so damn appealing!
Never stepped on or bothered, just observing it all,
"So smug, and superior, making me feel so small".

What the floor didn't realize, and would never have guessed,
Was that the ceiling, it thought that the floor had it best.
Getting stepped on, acknowledged, (and constantly washed),
"I am merely observing, but the floor - it is touched".

So this my first illustration. A little elementary I know but an ode to my friend Joab, his great text, his new baby Zoe and the shadow beings!

I made the sad emotions come from the gloams stuck on the perfect ceiling in the un-natural iight all day long. While the sweet babe wrecks havoc on the floor (as we know they do) -this is midday in my illusration-and you can see the torture yet fun of the shadow beings during their usual time in Umbra.

I focused on the ceiling b/c I believe Joab's text does the same for me. Anyway hope ya like, if not- I really enjoyed trying my hand at illustrating and I'm putting it in the collabs! 

                    <3 Mary Elizabeth       

Joab Nevo's poem, illustrated.

I would love to see someone remix this poem into a short film in the future..

This was more of an exercise for myself, as this is the first time I've RECorded myself reading orally. Any input, suggestions, etc. are welcome and encouraged! I teach first grade (in the south, so yeah. the accent), and pretty much all of my experience lies in my reading aloud to them. :)

Thanks.

AnneMarije challenged me to make a Tiny Tune from Joab Nevo's "The floor and the ceiling" tiny story, so here it is! I apologize for excluding one word, I have little ones at home and never let anything come out of my mouth that I wouldn't want repeated!

85 bpm

Id love it if some one would remake this with better quality footage....and perhaps a better floor and ceiling.

This is a quite different version of Joab Nevo's tiny story "The floor and the ceiling"

I put a little ilustration to it :D
and since I couldn't decide which version I liked more - I uploaded both!

For Joab <3

i loved this tiny story, and i thought it would be a nice change to do something graphic, although i adore all the characters that have been appearing! changed the wording just slightly

Dearly Beloved,

Just a little illustration for Joab's 'The Proposal'

LAst NitE I sENt my bEst bALLOON

tO Ask my bEstEst friEND,thE mOON

tO briNg my DADDy sAFE bAck frOm thE wAr

tODAy I sENt my fAr wOrst ONE

tO Ask thE mOON's cLOsE friEND thE suN

tO tELL thE mOON I'm NOt his friEND NO mOrE

BY: Joab Nevo

I made this illustration for the Right Shoe (tiny Story) made by Joab! :D

I could not get the idea of dance instruction diagrams and the shoes physically on opposite sides (so the right shoe is literally left) out of my head after reading this very clever tiny story <3

Sorry about the image quality. My main computer died so I am without photo editing software or a scanner for a bit.

Just rough but wanted to get the idea out there...

(Actually, just as I was putting resources on this, I saw that kittypimms has done a much more awesome sketch using the dance step concept.)

try to make another illustration according to Joab Nevo's comment. 

i can't quote it now cause i can't find it. may be it wasn't real and i saw it in my dream? -_-

Brush pen and ink wash on water color paper.

The right shoe left,

Knowing the left shoe was right.

This is an idea for illustration for tiny story - the right shoe. It’s just an idea, I’m not very good at making an illustration look actually presentable. I will explain my idea( if everyone ignore grammar and spelling mistakes that maybe appear :).

Unbelievable as it is, that red thing in upper part of a sketch is a shoe that is leaving, from behind.

So, this tiny story in this context would be a metaphor.

The right shoe (not the shoe for the right foot, just the shoe that is right one when a pair of 2 exactly same shoes are in question) is leaving, and the other red shoe is with green shoe, the left one (for the left foot)and they are right for each other. The red shoe left because the green left shoe was right one for the other red shoe.

The illustration can also show 2 left shoes, so that actually the right shoe is leaving, but the idea is same.

I’m aware of the fact that the phrase is that someone is the right one for someone, not just that someone is right, like in this tiny story.. But it can inspire someone in some way.. maybe..

In order to illustrate the tiny story "The Right Shoe" i did this, i followed some of Mr. WIRROW´s advice, illustration by hand, pencil - Bond paper. Hope you guys like it! 

try it out for size

"Having realized that the tiny devil just needed a shoulder to cry on, the tiny angel felt pretty awkward for automatically popping up on the other one."

This is an illustration inspired by Joab Nevo's - A Tiny Mishap (Tiny Story)

Did some imagining with your words and the explanation you made...came up with this, Joab. Decided to use a more 'sketchy' feel to keep the comical element to it, not to mention room for REmixes as well.

Anyway, hope it's of any good :)

P.S - Decided to use the quote just to make it sound more sarcastic for the angel

An illustration for Joab Nevo's tiny story 'A Tragic Love Triangle'.

I arranged them in a triangle formation (durr! haha). Enjoy!

Tiny story by Joab Nevo. Thanks.

(img also available w/out txt)

Thanks again <3

For Joab's tiny story 'Solace'

The angel of death embraced him gently as he broke free from the demon of life's clenching claws.

My illustration-remix for Joab's: The End. Hope you all like this!! :)

So I couldn't fly after all.

--------------------

In keeping with the theme of tinyness, I decided to try what I'm calling a tiny drawing. I've always been interested in the interaction between pen and paper at a micro level, so I thought it would be appropriate to try tiny illustrations of some of my favorite tiny stories. Joab Nevo's story inspired this one.

The original drawing was less than 1 inch square, then scanned at high resolution. 

I think the process is more interesting than the result, but maybe someone else will be inspired and improve the technique?

Thank you everyone that's contributed so far! Someone with better mixing knowledge, please feel free to use some of these resources and make a better version. I seem to have misplaced my headphones, so I'm trying to figure out levels with computer speakers and 2 wild children running around the house screaming and laughing :)

There's still room for more voices if anyone else would like to contribute!

100 bpm

3/4 timing

He was afraid of his own shadow

And for a very good reason

*big thanks to Chelsea (mixetapes) for providing much of the text in her comment to Joab's (Icon) Old 4-track Demos

The Sad Cereal

He was lactose intolerant.

Sad and tiny story by Joab Nevo.I really like it because I remember that I had this feeling  in summer camp,when everyone was playing in the water and I forgot to bring my swimsuit...

"His days were numbered." by: Joab Nevo 

The Sad Bus

"He always drove people away".

Illustration for The Sad Bus, made by Joab Nevo. :)

Yet another Dialogue Tale acted out. This one written by Joab Nevo! I loved the quick one to two word lines, made for some fun editing.

Is it possible that playing with yourself in the mirror too much is unhealthy? (Don't worry I'll accept the answer for either connotation of that question)

Next episode: I go outside and talk to REAL human beings!

loved these two edited & remixed together

like the friggin' Reeses of tiny stories- two great tastes

http://www.hitrecord.org/records/1060912

http://www.hitrecord.org/users/Joab+Nevo

http://www.hitrecord.org/records/1039431

http://www.hitrecord.org/users/cacheth

remix of Joab Nevo's "Eselmund"

I absolutely LOVE this picture and thought a burst of color would be great!

Here it is, a grand tiny love song mashup made of 11 different great tiny stories! This time I can proudly say that I think the lyrics are awesome... I had to remix the stories so they fit the song, some more than others, but you can find all of them from the resources! 

Enjoy <3

Lyrics:

Have you heard about the right shoe
who left knowing the left shoe was right? (Joab Nevo, The Right Shoe)

Or about the jealous stars who sometimes
cut the power of the city lights? (ubespidermonkey, Jealous Stars)

I know when you asked my hand
I just gave you the finger (Joab Nevo, The Proposal)

And that all of your letters came back
saying "return to sender" (MattConley, Return To Sender)

 -

I didn't know where I stood with you
But I knew it was very far away (emilynava, Where I stand) 

I got tired of being tired of being tired of being
So tired of being tired of being tired of being (Marke, Tired)

- 

But your kisses are snowflakes, each one is unique
Oh how they used to land on me'
Before they melt away and left me cold (blunderandfrightering, Snowflakes.)

Now I'm standing here under this umbrella
And I can do an accapella
And when it pours this song is always yours (KarlaMarie, When it rains)

 -

Can't you see I needed some time away
to remember why I stay (eaneikciv, stay away)

So couldn't we just hibernate?
Oh baby please let's hibernate.
Oh come on babe let's hibernate
Come on babe let's hibernate (mirtle, hibernate)

-

'Cause the world ain't made of atoms
it's made of tiny stories (wirrow [I con't know if this is anywhere as a record...])

And this one is ours so baby won't you stay!

 

My 2nd remix for the Tiny Stories Volume 2 collab!!!

Did some Metasynth magic on the orginal track and then added the bachground vocals back in.  Much more ambient.

It was so hard to pick favorites because truly everyone on hitRECord is amazingly talented. I'm sure this list is incomplete - I have 3000 recommended files since I joined in July 14, 2011 so obviously I love you all! Here are some of my more reoccuring recorders amongst my recommendations that I have tried to sort into categories.

Favorite Writers, Long Stories (male): Vedder, Thadicalradical, blbest

Favorite Writers, Long Stories (female): Emma Connor, thewhitelady

Favorite Writers, Short Stories/Poems(male): Psalmist, Vedder

Favorite Writers, Short Stories/Poems(female): sinnamin, thewhitelady, Michal

Favorite Singers (female): Pamagotchi, themetafictionist

Favorite Singers (male): Monkeychow, MadisenMusic

Favorite Musicians:  Johnny Clyde, Joab Nevo, Ozie

Favorite Most Versatile hitRECorders:  Pamagotchi, Sabine

Favorite Funny hitRECorders: Todd68976, Saintmaker

Favorite Most Helpful hitRECorder: Sabine

Favorite Most Supportive hitRECorders: Psalmist, Gaby Vaughan

Favorite Art Remixers: Bloemday, ADHGraphicDesign

Favorite Photographers: G R L, Saintmaker, Jestferlaffs

Favorite Illustrators: Yiling, zkarlette, Chelsea.e.

Favorite Filmmaker: Lawrie Brewster

Favorite Voice Artists (Male): Day Glo, Todd68976

Favorite Voice Artists (Female); Pamagotchi, aszarkowski

Favorite Song: Heaven Sent by ronton

Favorite New hitRECorders: Anne Marije, Bellaarts, Christopher Harn, valeob

Favorite Collaboration: Panopticon  by sabine

HitRECord Lifetime Achievement Award (male): Wirrow

HitRECord Lifetime Achievement Award (female): Metaphorest

I've listened to it before and thought it was good but actually reviewing it has made me appreciate this song so much more. I love the irony in it. The song itself has a mellow and sort of "hippie" feel while at the same time being a little dreary or monotonous (by all means NOT boring! It's just your rhythm that implies that notion of repetition with which we tend to connect monotony)... BUT the lyrics are ANYTHING BUT that lol . Well, it partially addresses monotony but the other part is, well, somthing quite different :-D  That irony makes me think of the movie AMERICAN PSYCHO - your song has the same macabre kind of humor (unless I'm totally misinterpreting your song and then I'm in deep shit  lol). I really love it.

There is one sound in it that I'm not sure I love or not, especially initially. It's the very first beat we hear - has that little skipping/echo type of sound to it. On one hand I feel it adds color because it's a really interesting sound, on the other it kept distracting me at first from listening to the rest because it reminded me of a skipping record. In that sense it felt more like "bad quality" in that particular sound than being intentional. Once I had heard the whole song I was totally over it and now i actually feel that little sound feeds into the message of your song overall. So, from that perspective I feel this song is one of those that grows on you the more you listen to it. Not sure if that makes sense, nor if you should do anything about that little sound. If you did, I bet I'd miss it  lol

The zip includes a pdf that takes a closer look at your lyrics. There were areas that I felt were a tad forced. Nothing major though.

Nice work. Really really like this one  <3

Just a little illustration for Joab Nevo's dialogue tale 'The Rescue!' - because the story made me laugh!

Text: Sacrilege: "He worshipped the ground she stood on so ferociously, he asked het to move" by Joab Nevo

As always: feel free to remix!

Collaberation 

Inspired by Joab Nevo's tiny story Universe. 

Tiny story Universe by Joab Nevo; original images: Fading Childhood Image by/via stevebreski and Interacting Galaxies Arp 273 by NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (public domain).

If anyone would like polish the looks a bit, I sure won't be offended :-) .

Inspired by Joab Nevo's great Tiny Story. 

Universe by Joab Nevo

And in this vast universe grew a boy.

And in this boy grew a vast universe.

-text: Universe (Tiny Story)

This is a Tiny Tune that I made for Joab Nevo's excellent Tiny Story, "Universe", in the resource below. Please check it out if you haven't. The mood behind this tune might not be the most accurate, but then again, I felt that Joab's story could be interpreted in many different ways.  :)

lyrics:

And in this vast universe grew a boy.

And in this boy grew a vast universe.

Creative Toolbox Paint, Paint.net, Picmonkey.com

Source Text , Photo and Art

"And in this vast universe grew a boy.

And in this boy grew a vast universe."

by  Joab Nevo

tiny story illustraition 

"I am drawn to you", he whispered.

"I was drawn just for you", she replied.

text by Joab Nevo http://www.hitrecord.org/records/1143960

Inspired by Joab Nevo's Tiny Story.

Text is modified just a tad.

Him & Her

"I am drawn to you", he whispered

"I was drawn just for you", she replied 

This is my twisted version of the "him & her" tiny story.

The hummingbird is drawn to her,

and she was drawn for the hummingbird...

I was inspired by some Braille Art I came across on etsy and tumblr, recently.  This piece (REmix) was handmade and the photograph was shot in December 2012.

I used a braille font for my template, and an online translator, so I pray that the braille translation is correct.

Text reads:  My innocence is your canvas

<3

I was inspired by Seldelaterre's "The Cutting Edge"...the melody's really simple and lullaby-ish, (Joab Nevo's track was so perfect for what I had in mind!) but it gets more and more sinister as you realise everyone can see what you are dreaming!

I would love there to be more voices on this..as it grows and grows into a sinister chorus!

LYRICS:

My body’s gone

I cannot see my feet

My body’s gone

My mind is free

Take me far away

My mind is free

Lean back, breathe

It’s just you, just me

Show me

The sleeping things you see

Slowly

The things you make believe

Are leaving your dreams

Streaming through

Your waking eyes

Becoming truth

Eyelids close

Television screens

One last dose

Cinemas

Behind your eyes

Everyone knows

Lean back breathe

Everyone can see

On movie screens

The sleeping things you see

This is a slight addition to an eerily familiar and beautiful song from Pamagotchi and Joab Nevo, based on a real favourite collab of mine by seldelaterre by the name of 'The Cutting Edge', you may have heard of it.

I added some vocal harmonies and octave doubling. Just wanted to build up that ending nicely, it's so well done. I also introduced some more strings to build some intensity at the end. My remixing really only happens after the 2 minute marker, because I thought the isolation of Pam's voice is just too pure and moving to mess with.

I also want to add, Joab, that the musical patterns that you've used in this piece have been incredible to listen to. I'm really inspired.

And as usual, it's much more enjoyable with headphones/HQ speakers, but no one's watching...

...I think... 

Joab requested for a paper portrait :D

Last one, I promise. This is all Joab's fault ;D

Couldn't resist! Zoe is so cute <3

And in this vast universe grew a boy.

And in this boy grew a vast universe.

we are all skyjumpers!!

these two records feel like a fit to me

what do you think of this as a graphic desing concept RECorders?

joab nevo your text is a lovely thing

and

LaraMinerva your skyjumper has many a story to tell

The fork spooned the knife,

so the spoon knifed the fork.

I love love love this tiny story by Joab Nevo and since I am the furthest thing from an illustrator I thought I'd have a little fun with photography. Hope you enjoy ;)

The fork spooned the knife,

I know Joab Nevo's story has been remixed countless times already, but once I saw spectaclephoto's picture I could think of nothing else but Joab Nevo's excellent tiny story! I played around with the type and settled with placing it in a loop shape to reflect the ambiguity of the beginning vs. the end.

Joe's comment on Joab's tiny story gave me some more inspiration so I gave it another try. I still do prefer Joab's tiny story though.

And in this vast universe grew a boy.

And in this boy grew a vast universe.

I was unable to find the image MisterB used for his collaboration 3 years ago.  I have attached as a collaboration. I had to save the very small image to the desktop to get it into PHOTOshop.  I wish I had a better starting image to work with.

http://www.hitrecord.org/collaborations/5907

http://www.hitrecord.org/users/MisterB

So, it's not perfect- you can see through the shadows in some places.....but then I thought, maybe that's why they're confused (light & shadow). Don't know, but I think I like it like that!

Hope ya don't mind that I altered the wording a bit, Joab. ;)

Inspired by some fantastic images and remixes :)

"And then the lights came on.

 And everybody just stood there,

 silent and confused."

Tiny Story by Joab Nevo 

<3