A game for everyone. Dictate the band.

[hunter8]

is this game kind of like dungeons and dragons or something?:think:

[Cleveland Metal]

I just got a headache reading the first post...

I would just hire Endrik to take care of it and go back to the TIKI bar and pool at the resort for umbrella drinks...

[Endrik]

is this game kind of like dungeons and dragons or something?:think:

no, this game would be like dungeons and dragons if you'd record a power metal band in Germany

[Jayster]

4 decent songs ?
That's better than most new albums, ok record the 4 - get band wasted as fuck and possibly deported in a big misunderstanding, meanwhile (session aces) add a few almost un-noticeable overdubs. Create a different mix for each track(dance, hipno, reggae/ who gives a fuck its remix album filler(just give a bit of variety and someone will latch on to it claiming its even better than the original version)). By now the band is back and the media circus is in full swing add a couple of covers(lead off single if the rest is droll), even better if you've got enough clout ~ get in a real musician that they happen to like!

Then the mix miracles, for most cover ups increasing cymbals here or there should do nice - some digital processing, creative fade outs, etc..

Include some incomprehensible artwork, with some old langauge no-one remembers. Than make a website to expose their true agendas, creating more media blitz - feel free to change their agendas on a near daily basis(un authorized fan site/using different "insider" names and witnesses). Get the songs unto as many soundtracks as possible(given few if any movies would include enough of the songs for the average listener to hear the flaws/creative sampling). Pay some kids named Wendell across the US to request their songs incessantly at college radio stations, maybe have some has been starlet to give a good nip slip in a cut-up band shirt accidentally(repeatedly). Then have them play anywhere and everywhere that will have them, move on to next project.

[Endrik]

I just got a headache reading the first post...

I would just hire Endrik to take care of it and go back to the TIKI bar and pool at the resort for umbrella drinks...

I would join you bro and we'd spend all the money on pointless crap

It's actually one solution and it happens pretty often with these kinds of bands.
The producer leaves all the headache to the engineer and just takes off... once or twice in a week comes in to say "hey guys, how are you doing" and takes off again because he has some "serious business" going on (read coke and orgy parties).
The engineer takes care that they sound ok, the band has a total control, there probably wont be a big artistic statement and the production value is near to zero and you wont get praise from the peers but the fan base of that band will gonna buy it anyway and they will like it because the band sounds like they always have, just slightly better, thanks to some hype plenty will download their mp3s and they will be slightly more popular. They wont be superstars, they might get more gigs and better contract for the next album, they even might tour with a bigger band in UK. You will get plenty of similar jobs. Some bigger, some smaller... mainly the latter.

[Endrik]

4 decent songs ?
That's better than most new albums, ok record the 4 - get band wasted as fuck and possibly deported in a big misunderstanding, meanwhile (session aces) add a few almost un-noticeable overdubs. Create a different mix for each track(dance, hipno, reggae/ who gives a fuck its remix album filler(just give a bit of variety and someone will latch on to it claiming its even better than the original version)). By now the band is back and the media circus is in full swing add a couple of covers(lead off single if the rest is droll), even better if you've got enough clout ~ get in a real musician that they happen to like!

Then the mix miracles, for most cover ups increasing cymbals here or there should do nice - some digital processing, creative fade outs, etc..

Include some incomprehensible artwork, with some old langauge no-one remembers. Than make a website to expose their true agendas, creating more media blitz - feel free to change their agendas on a near daily basis(un authorized fan site/using different "insider" names and witnesses). Get the songs unto as many soundtracks as possible(given few if any movies would include enough of the songs for the average listener to hear the flaws/creative sampling). Pay some kids named Wendell across the US to request their songs incessantly at college radio stations, maybe have some has been starlet to give a good nip slip in a cut-up band shirt accidentally(repeatedly). Then have them play anywhere and everywhere that will have them, move on to next project.

I don't know if you'd manage to do all that with 2 weeks and have enough money to create all the media hype and whatnot. Doing all the remixes can take time. If the budget would be huge, that means the band has a very strict contract with the label, basically you could do whatever the fuck you want with them. You can use any session pro, make it into any style you want etc. But in this situation you can have a fall out with the band and the label if you start doing remixes and whatnot without the previous agreement. Using session aces to make un-noticable fixes would be a great idea though. You have to find the excuse not to have the band in the studio for on day and bring in the pro or pros who would play the same parts, with same tone and sound only with accurate timing.

[Cygnus X1]

I'd hire Rsmacker to do what he said for the 10K...as long as I could have the TV and film rights.