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Currently working on the tracklisting for the first track of my epic concept album: A day at school.

Track 1: The Awakening (time unknown as of now)

The Awakening Pt. 1: Premature Awakening
 - A Dream
 - Snapping Brutally Out of a Dream
 - Disoriented Haze
 - Time Pt. 1: Panic!:     
    - What's the Time?
     - Where's My Watch?
    - Did I Oversleep?
 - Time Pt. 2: Relieved:
    - Apparently Not
    - Two Hours Until Alarm Clock Rings
 
The Awakening Pt. 2: Falling Back Into Sleep
 - Too Awake to Fall Asleep
 - I Need Sleep!
 - Desperate Cries for the Sandman
 - The Wait
 - Success!
 - The Sleeper Sleeps

The Awakening Pt. 3: The Second Awakening:
 - The Alarm Clock / Snapping Brutally Out of a Dream With Outside Help
     - Where Is that Sound Coming From?
    - Where Is the Snooze Button? / Where Is The Hammer?
    - Thousand Pieces(It Was Either Me Or It)
 - Snooze
 - Time Pt. 3: Time Again:
    - What's The Time? Revisited
    - The Alarm Clock Is Broken
    - The Time Is Unknown, But One Thing Is Certain: I'm Late
 - Getting Up Physically:
    - Pants
    - Wrong Way / Pants Pt. 2
    - What Shirt To Wear?
    - Who Needs Shirts Anyway?
    - On Second Thought: I Do
    - Fully Dressed(Almost)

Planning on making a bonus track connected to Awakening Pt. 3, called "The Quest To Find A Pair Of Matching Socks"

As I mentioned, this is in the works! The music has not yet been created, only the idea for the concept! The next parts will propably be called "Breakfast" and "The Journey From Home To School", and even more parts after that, and I've yet to decide whether the different parts of this epic masterpiece will be tracks or albums... Depends how much work I'll put into it(If any at all), I guess. 

:edit: and yes, in case you wondered, I was heavily inspired by Trouserpress' brilliant concept(and Bj-1's to some extent).


Edited by magnus - March 18 2007 at 16:31

Vompatti wrote: This concept is inspired by the "Ants in the Fridge"-poll. The story is like this: The protagonist (named P.) discovers ants in his apartment. Instead of killing them he decides to put the ants in the freezer thus making them more copious and eventually creating a new race of superants that would take over the world. When P. is feeding the ants they attack him and drag him into the freezer where he freezes to death. The ants leave the freezer planning to conquer the world, but since they're used to living in a freezer they can't survive in the hot temperature outside and soon die like old people in the summer. In the end it is revealed that all this was just a dream of P's. Ants in the Freezer 1. Prologue: The Antless Days (1:25) 2. An Ant! (3:47) 3. A Vicious Plan (4:21) 4. Catch 'em Ants! (3:55) 5. Freeeeze 'em Buggers! (2:47) 6. Ants in the Freezer (3:16) 7. A Sudden Attack (2:17) 8. Locked Inside a Freezer (5:57) 9. It's Cold in 'ere (4:34) 10. Death by Freezing (5:21) 11. Ants' Departure (2:24) 12. Out of the Apartment (2:04) 13. Out of the Building (1:34) 14. It's Hot in 'ere (1:58) 15. Collective Collapse in the Sun (4:25) 16. Epilogue: From Dream to Reality (2:48)

Can I write & whistle the score for your concept? I'll only claim 40% of the sales & royalties.


Edited by andu - August 30 2007 at 20:35

My concept album is based in a novel that I'm writing which some autobiographical elements...

Edited by progadicto - September 01 2007 at 06:36

Infinity (∞)

1./6. Möbius Strip
2./5. Cardinality Of The Continuum
3./4. Gravitation Collapse
4./3. Ever-expanding universe
5./2. Division By Zero
6./1. Arithmetic Overflow
          a) Möbius Strip
          b) Cardinality Of The Continuum
          c) Gravitation Collapse
          d) Ever-expanding universe
          e) Division By Zero
           f) Arithmetic Overflow
                      i) Möbius Strip
                      ii) Cardinality Of The Continuum
                      iii) Gravitation Collapse
                      iv) Ever-expanding universe
                      v) Division By Zero
                      vi) Arithmetic Overflow
                                     α) Möbius Strip
                                     β) Cardinality Of The Continuum
                                     γ)  Gravitation Collapse
                                     δ) Ever-expanding universe
                                     ε)  Division By Zero
                                     ζ)  Arithmetic Overflow

And so on, until one section is not labeled by the track numbers again (printed on a CD in a circle), or until it goes out of sight with decreasing size of  a font.

The Age of Human Ovens

This album tells an exciting story that takes place in the distant future, in the year 2008. It's the story of love, it's the story of freedom, but most of all it's the story of a dinosaur. Mankind has used all the oil on the planet and is desperately seeking a new source of energy. Luckily scientists discover that heat can be turned into electricity. The best way to produce heat is to put a cold metallic object into one's mouth and wait for it to warm up. This is why all men are locked into power plants where they are kept in cells and forced to warm metal in their mouths. The power plants are run by women in leather clothing, who keep an eye on men so that they do their job and don't swallow any of the metal. When the metal is warm, the men spit it into pipes which lead into a giant container where the heat is turned into energy. Once all the heat is used and the pieces of metal are cold again, they are returned to the cells to be reused.

The plot revolves around Miss Muriel Trout III, a young woman who works as a guard at a power plant, and Maximillian Fudge Jr, who's one of the metal warmers at the very same power plant. One day when Muriel is serving Maximillian his daily meal, their eyes meet and they instantly fall in love. Maximillian tries to think of a way to escape, so they could hide on a remote island and live happily ever after eating coconuts and bananas. Muriel baked him a cake and hides a pneumatic drill inside it. Maximillian makes a hole on the floor of his cell and escapes through it. They live happily ever after on a remote island eating coconuts and bananas. Then, suddenly, a professor named Crumbs discovers a living dinosaur in a hidden pyramid. THE END.

Tracklisting:

Act I

1. Looking for Energy
2. A Discovery
3. New Power Plants
4. Men as Ovens
5. The Guards in Leather Outfits
6. Don't Swallow the Metal!

Act II

7. Love at First Sight
8. An Escape Plan
9. Baking a Cake
10. Delivering the Drill
11. Making a Hole
12. The Escape
13. Coconuts and Bananas

Epilogue

14. A Journey to the Hidden Pyramid
15. Professor Crumbs Finds a Dinosaur

Vompatti wrote: An Incomplete List of Things to Hold on to when You're Drowning, Op. 21½ The name says it all. The music consists of instrumental pieces varying from orchestral music (Ladder) to ambient (Log) to noise (Witch). 1. Boat (3:45) 2. Oar (2:33) 3. Log (3:57) 4. Rope (6:13) 5. Ladder (5:58) 6. Duck (1:46) 7. Witch (12:47)

It's a shame that something named "Duck" on a concept album last only 1:46. Not even Jethro Tull would dare to do that!

Vompatti wrote: how long do you think you could hold on to a duck?

never use this sentence out of context. Please.

Vompatti wrote:   5. The Story of a Fisherman Who Slayed a Dragon with a Spoon (25:44)

magnus wrote: Currently working on the tracklisting for the first track of my epic concept album: A day at school. Track 1: The Awakening (time unknown as of now) The Awakening Pt. 1: Premature Awakening  - A Dream  - Snapping Brutally Out of a Dream  - Disoriented Haze  - Time Pt. 1: Panic!:          - What's the Time?      - Where's My Watch?     - Did I Oversleep?  - Time Pt. 2: Relieved:     - Apparently Not     - Two Hours Until Alarm Clock Rings   The Awakening Pt. 2: Falling Back Into Sleep  - Too Awake to Fall Asleep  - I Need Sleep!  - Desperate Cries for the Sandman  - The Wait  - Success!  - The Sleeper Sleeps The Awakening Pt. 3: The Second Awakening:  - The Alarm Clock / Snapping Brutally Out of a Dream With Outside Help      - Where Is that Sound Coming From?     - Where Is the Snooze Button? / Where Is The Hammer?     - Thousand Pieces(It Was Either Me Or It)  - Snooze  - Time Pt. 3: Time Again:     - What's The Time? Revisited     - The Alarm Clock Is Broken     - The Time Is Unknown, But One Thing Is Certain: I'm Late  - Getting Up Physically:     - Pants     - Wrong Way / Pants Pt. 2     - What Shirt To Wear?     - Who Needs Shirts Anyway?     - On Second Thought: I Do     - Fully Dressed(Almost) Planning on making a bonus track connected to Awakening Pt. 3, called "The Quest To Find A Pair Of Matching Socks" As I mentioned, this is in the works! The music has not yet been created, only the idea for the concept! The next parts will propably be called "Breakfast" and "The Journey From Home To School", and even more parts after that, and I've yet to decide whether the different parts of this epic masterpiece will be tracks or albums... Depends how much work I'll put into it(If any at all), I guess.  :edit: and yes, in case you wondered, I was heavily inspired by Trouserpress' brilliant concept(and Bj-1's to some extent).

You forgot "A Rude Awakening", in which the protagonist finally wakes up and notices he has dreamt all this and is 2 hours late for work!

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