ROUND 34 SIGN UPS

Apr 03, 2016 16:39




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QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ohcaptain April 3 2016, 20:39:54 UTC
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.

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RE: QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? philstar22 April 3 2016, 21:03:04 UTC
Hmmmm. Does mythological count or something that purports to be historical, or does it have to be real history?

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RE: QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ohcaptain April 3 2016, 21:06:22 UTC
I'll mention hbics here in case she wants to answer as well, but I am going to say no for mythological things only because we had a specific "mythology" round previously? As for something that purports to be historical, I would say to use your best judgement unless you have something specific already in mind that you could run by us?

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Re: QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? philstar22 April 3 2016, 21:09:21 UTC
Well, I was thinking Tolkien because that is supposed to happen pre-recorded history. And I have ideas where I could go with it with a historical theme. It is my main fandom at the moment. But it is more mythological than anything, so I assume if mythology isn't okay that wouldn't be.

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philstar22 April 3 2016, 21:11:30 UTC
I want to sign up. I have no idea what I'm going to do, but I do like this theme.

I'm thinking maybe either Pompeii or Tsarist Russia. IDK. We'll see.

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ohcaptain April 3 2016, 21:17:15 UTC
I am SO down for either of those choices, omg. Added!

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anirishlullaby April 3 2016, 21:57:38 UTC
I'm in, even though history kinda blows my mind and I get confused about dates.

QUESTION. For this theme, are classical pieces okay? Like, mostly instrumental? Because that I could rock easy. =X

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ohcaptain April 3 2016, 22:03:46 UTC
Absolutely! I don't think we could ever say any particular type of music would be unacceptable for a mix. And honestly history is SO not my strong suit I am more in the Hamilton-style camp of "this is kinda what happened so we're just gonna pretend and go with it."

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anirishlullaby April 3 2016, 22:06:33 UTC
Oh thank goodness. I always passed history, and my history focused lit classes, but man - the dates always got to me. So hopefully if I whiff on anything that's fine lol. AND YAY. I'm excited. Of course music history I always understood fine *facepalm* typical ;-)

I'm having ideas. What if I focused on a certain, time-centric piece of literature and tried to keep the music relevant to that era? Is that weird?

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ohcaptain April 3 2016, 22:14:36 UTC
I would say that would be pretty interesting, honestly. I could never come up with something like that unless it was set in the 1990s or something, so I would find that to be really cool to see.

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elrhiarhodan April 3 2016, 23:07:55 UTC
I've written an extensive White Collar AU set in Elizabethan England, would that be acceptable? Basically using almost all Elizabethan-era music.

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ohcaptain April 3 2016, 23:56:47 UTC
I would say sure, as long as the mix itself meets the comm requirements.

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elrhiarhodan April 4 2016, 00:19:05 UTC
Excellent.

Then consider me signed up!

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ohcaptain April 4 2016, 22:16:59 UTC
Added!

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queries nessataleweaver April 4 2016, 04:06:09 UTC
1) is alternative history acceptable? I'm thinking the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld, which is an dieselpunk version of WW One.

2) Also, if you have a specific historical fandom, does the music itself have to be from that historical era? ie Agent Carter has to be, say, 1940 - 1950 (if you go a bit past s2), or can it involve other decades of music?

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RE: queries ohcaptain April 4 2016, 22:16:31 UTC
Your first question is really interesting to me, because I didn't know such a thing existed honestly. I don't feel comfortable saying yes or no since I don't know anything about it, so for that I would say to use your best judgement.

For your other question, you can use any music you want. I don't know what I am making a mix about yet, but I am sure that my music selections won't be from the time period because I don't have any of that music.

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RE: queries nessataleweaver April 7 2016, 13:29:29 UTC
well in that case, I'll use my best judgement by signing up! (I actually had Leviathan in mind for round #33, because I just re-read the books, but couldn't quite work out how to twist the idea to fit the theme. But this one's just right!)

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RE: queries ohcaptain April 8 2016, 00:03:44 UTC
Awesome! Adding you now!

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