CFA OUTSOURCED

(Background story)

When CFA plays a show, they are there to have a good time with or without you.

Most of the time their set includes a short instrumental titled "3 prong Hawaiian Sling"

What's the purpose for always having it in their set?

CFA, being the merry makers they are, always try to pull someone from the crowd to improvise vocals on this one minute frenzied piece of music. After many successful experiences of doing that, they got to thinking, "What if we asked vocalists from all sorts of genres to write and perform their vocal tracks on this song and title it?” CFA did just that. Those invited to participate were musicians and non-musicians alike.

A musical experiment you ask?

Why yes.

A quasi-experiment

We have all heard someone, maybe even yourself, say "The vocalist doesn't matter"

Well, we are here to present you with the material to draw your own conclusion to that very query.

CRITERIA FOR EXPERIMENT

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS EXPERIMENT?

To see how changing only the vocalist on a song impacts the listener?

THE CONTROL

The control subject is the instrumental track.

Making it more complicated is the vocalists only had 57 seconds to work with.

The only parameters were to work with the music as it was and to spend no more than a couple of hours recording it.

None of the vocalists got to hear any of the other performer’s tracks before recording their own.

They had full artistic control over their tracks and the content.

THE VARIABLES

The voice, cadence and lyrics applied.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT

To show how dramatic of a difference there is between styles on the same piece of music and to bring people together in a manner that isn't typical between genres.

Cody of CFA said 16 people were asked to participate and hoping to get 8-12 complete tracks. The outcome was much greater than that, thus, proving the tenacity of the DIY scene.

VOCALIST INFORMATION Q'S

1. Song title: Genocide

2. Vocalist name: Kate Roxwell (Debbi Needham) and Brenda Kaylee (Brenda Davidson).

3. Bio, including a couple of picture of yourself.

Kate Roxwell is the drummer/singer of the band ‘Klondike Kate’. She’s also a novelist, artist, teacher, and former journalist. Brenda Kaylee is the bass/singer of ‘Klondike Kate’ and has been a musician since she was in elementary school. She played bass in ‘Lucid’, ‘Kerosine Basket’ and sang for the band ‘Push’. She works an independent health care provider.

‘Klondike Kate’ is an artistic, melodic punk band from Tacoma, WA, inspired by Kate Roxwell in early 2010. Since its inception, the music has evolved, as every new member is encouraged to add their own take to its sound. The ‘Weekly Volcano’ magazine readers voted the band ‘Best of Tacoma Punk Rock Bands in 2013’.

4. Also I have asked some people to do a track that are not musicians and have never performed or recorded before or not for a very long time. If this is you please specify.

5. What Genre do you typically fall under? Punk

6. Where were the vocals recorded? Studio/engineer? DIY? Elaborate please.

The vocals were recorded in Kate Roxwell’s bedroom using a ‘Samsung’ Go Mic and Audacity free recording program.

7. Your thoughts on this project?

The lyrics were written in response global racial and gender inequality, and social unrest. In the USA, racial inequality riots occurred after the shooting death of Michael Brown and the choking death of Eric Gardner by police. Environmental pollution, atmospheric experiments, oil extraction techniques, and genetically modified food threaten the health of millions of people throughout the world. In Syria, government execution of thousands of men, women and children continue to make headlines. Human rights violations against women continue to occur as genital mutilation scars millions of African women and thousands of Muslim women are killed in ‘honor killings’. The economic inequality, or wage disparity, between the rich and poor in the USA continues to grow to destructive levels.

8. Any notes you would like to add?

9. Your contact info to share on the project?

Kate Rockswell and Brenda Kaylee on Facebook, Klondike Kate on Facebook and Reverbnation. Email: Kate Roxwell at skyclyde@yahoo.com.

Apparently a project like this hasn't been done. According to the email response we got back from Guinness book of world records. When the project is complete we will submit it for a proper crown.

What do you think of this?

Is this ok with you? (You might be on the lamb, don't want to screw that up)

I think this is a great idea. We’re game!

This is destined for a free downloadable release as a music experiment album on Ripple Music.