2024 BFT Sign-up

[tkeith]

It's that time, again.  I know there was some confusion about where to find last year's list, so for 2024, assuming I can edit this post continually, it'll be right here.  It's first-come, first serve, but as much as possible I'd like to keep a year between hosts, please.

January - Dan Gould

February - Tony Jerant Tribute BFT (Part 1)

March - Tony Jerant Tribute BFT (Part 2)

April - randyhersom

May - Mjzee

June - Dub Modal

July - tkeith

August - Ken Dryden

September - mjazzg

October - WebbCity

November - JSngry

December - felser
 

Edited July 8, 2024 by tkeith

[Dan Gould]

I'll stick with January please.

[JSngry]

November for me, please. 

[randyhersom]

April. please

[Ken Dryden]

I will stick with August, thanks!

[mjzee]

I'll take May again, por favor.

[felser]

Glad to do my usual December, though I can be flexible and fill in any month.

[Dub Modal]

I'll take June 👍

[JSngry]

[tkeith]

Well played, Jim.  Do you also speak jive?

[JSngry]

I live it. 

[tkeith]

Attaboy.

[JSngry]

I jive, therefore I persist. 

[webbcity]

Well hell, in the spirit of improvisation I thought I might try something different, but it's looking like October might be the best option again. Let's go with that! Thanks man!

[Dan Gould]

I am finishing up my January submission and so I was naming tracks and I came to a realization:

Whoever takes March will be the 240th, i.e. 20th year anniversary, BFT!

Makes me wonder whether the folks still involved should all contribute one single track, a group BFT for #240.

Thoughts?

[tkeith]

Neat idea but a nightmare to coordinate. 

[Dan Gould]

17 minutes ago, tkeith said:

Neat idea but a nightmare to coordinate. 

I don't know that it has to be, though you would have to put it together on your server.

[tkeith]

Well, let me put it this way, if someone else wants to take control of compiling it, I'll support the idea, but there are enough challenges dealing with ONE test creator at a time. 

[Dan Gould]

2 minutes ago, tkeith said:

Well, let me put it this way, if someone else wants to take control of compiling it, I'll support the idea, but there are enough challenges dealing with ONE test creator at a time. 

LOL.  Well if there is more buy-in, I would take on being the person to accept MP3s from compilers and doing the upload at the end of February.  Maybe I should start a thread in January and see if 10-12 people want to contribute one track for March.

[JSngry]

It might be easier to compile if you just named the tracks by contributor instead of track number/ order? 

[Dan Gould]

45 minutes ago, JSngry said:

It might be easier to compile if you just named the tracks by contributor instead of track number/ order? 

There's a possibility if it would work in Thom's player.  I imagine would just be alphabetized then

Dan_Gould

Jim_Sangrey

John_Felser

etc.

[felser]

Might end up making for an epic-length BFT, depending on how many people participate in providing tracks.  I always hold things to 80 minutes (1 CD-R) regardless of how many tracks I would like to include.

[tkeith]

So if March is a composite BFT of all members, that leaves February, July and September (though I will take one of those three; I'll either take last available or first unfilled slot that comes up).  Any takers?

[JSngry]

2 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

There's a possibility if it would work in Thom's player.  I imagine would just be alphabetized then

Dan_Gould

Jim_Sangrey

John_Felser

etc.

Or by user name

[Dan Gould]

1 hour ago, felser said:

Might end up making for an epic-length BFT, depending on how many people participate in providing tracks.  I always hold things to 80 minutes (1 CD-R) regardless of how many tracks I would like to include.

Well there are about 9-10 regular compilers over the last 2-3 years and a couple of slots that have floated a bit. I think it should be first 12 to express a desire to contribute (if there are that many) and if we don't have a plethora of long tunes, ought to be of manageable length.