The music video for first single, "DiscoTechnology" will be available in 48 hours.
It features footage from 1950s TV show "Here comes Tobor".
The images have been re-edited, giving the illusion that the mighty Tobor is dancing along to the tune.
The music on this release is the new produced version of DiscoTechnology, so you may notice a few tweaks from the Popcuts download version of the track.
Sunday
S.C.H. Interview - Writing a robot musical
Interview with S.C.H., describing the writing process for "The Singing of the Cyborgs":
| What inspired you to make a robot musical? |
| We love sci fi movies, and fun musicals such as 'Little Shop of Horrors'. As for robots, we are still wondering why robot butlers have not been invented yet. |
| Describe your music-making process? |
| We individually sketched out the ideas for the main story. We split this story into songs, each song having a different theme and emotion. Stu wrote lyrics and Charly wrote music – completely separate. We played them together and made changes, rewriting lyrics to fit. Then we rewrote, and rewrote. Lots of rewrites and improvements |
| What has been your biggest challenge? |
| Setting up the recording booth was tough, we soundproofed using all the mattresses in the house! |
| How has your music evolved?
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| Over the course of this album, we have learned much more about the mastering process, the last 5% of polish that really makes the difference. |
| What genre does your music fit in to? |
| Electronica, though each song has its own feel. “Terminate or Die” has an irish shanty feel to it, where “DiscoTechnology” is quite funky. |
| The band's name is S.C.H. What does this stand for? |
| Superhuman Chocolate Hamsters Save Cory Haim Silk Clothes Hangers Super Cool Hornets |
| Tell me about your instruments. |
| We used 2 mics to record the main vocals then fed them though a vocoder. Music was played using a keyboard. Additional samples (for laser guns, explosions, drills) were found on royalty free websites. |
| Do you have any upcoming shows? |
| We are working on a short format for the album, but also a full-length musical that schools can run themselves. |
| What’s next? |
| A feature length movie of an extended version of the album. Musically we are working on something involving ninjas and zombies. |
| Any advice for new bands? |
| Write, Rewrite, Rewrite. Record, Rerecord, Rerecord. |
| How can people hear your music? |
| The Album is released on September 1st. It should be available at the usual places: Amazon.com, iTunes, Popcuts. Preview tracks can be heard at Last.fm (http://www.last.fm/music/S.C.H.) or you can play along to them at Jamlegend.com |
| What song would you love to cover? |
| A robot version of “two little boys” would be fun. |
Saturday
Best movie Taglines, Quiz and Poll
Movie tagline quiz and choose the tag line for the album.
A tagline is usually used in movie advertising. It fleshes out the story of the film, if the title does not nail this.
For example, the movie title "A Clockwork Orange" does not explain what the setting or plot might be about.
The tagline for this movie was "Being the adventures of a young man ... who couldn't resist pretty girls ... or a bit of the old ultra-violence ... went to jail, was re-conditioned ... and came out a different young man ... or was he ?" which really maps out what to expect.
Some other movie taglines, can you guess what film they were used from? (answers at bottom of this post)
1. Murder. Blackmail. Temptation. Redemption. It's been a busy week.
2. It will tear your soul apart.
3. Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire.
4. The Only Thing More Terrifying Than The Last 12 Minutes Of This Film Are The First 92.
5. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
We think that The Singing of the Cyborgs needs a tagline. Although it is an album rather than a film, it has a story, setting and charactors.
Please cast your vote on this one question, surveydaddy poll.
(answers to taglines: 1.Gigli 2. Hellraiser 3. The Lost Boys 4.Suspiria 5. Jaws 2)
A tagline is usually used in movie advertising. It fleshes out the story of the film, if the title does not nail this.
For example, the movie title "A Clockwork Orange" does not explain what the setting or plot might be about.
The tagline for this movie was "Being the adventures of a young man ... who couldn't resist pretty girls ... or a bit of the old ultra-violence ... went to jail, was re-conditioned ... and came out a different young man ... or was he ?" which really maps out what to expect.
Some other movie taglines, can you guess what film they were used from? (answers at bottom of this post)
1. Murder. Blackmail. Temptation. Redemption. It's been a busy week.
2. It will tear your soul apart.
3. Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire.
4. The Only Thing More Terrifying Than The Last 12 Minutes Of This Film Are The First 92.
5. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
We think that The Singing of the Cyborgs needs a tagline. Although it is an album rather than a film, it has a story, setting and charactors.
Please cast your vote on this one question, surveydaddy poll.
(answers to taglines: 1.Gigli 2. Hellraiser 3. The Lost Boys 4.Suspiria 5. Jaws 2)
Imdb Poll: Which robot would you like to own?
The fantastic internet movie database had a poll to see the best robot to have around the house.
The top 3 were voted to be R2-D2 from Star Wars, WALL-E, and the evil liquid Terminator.
R2 and Wall-e are cute, but who voted for the T1000? He would be a great bodyguard / tool of revenge.
We voted for Johnny 5 (from Short Circuit), who finished 7th in the chart.
Full details are available at
IMDB.com - Robot poll
The top 3 were voted to be R2-D2 from Star Wars, WALL-E, and the evil liquid Terminator.
R2 and Wall-e are cute, but who voted for the T1000? He would be a great bodyguard / tool of revenge.
We voted for Johnny 5 (from Short Circuit), who finished 7th in the chart.
Full details are available at
IMDB.com - Robot poll
Tuesday
Robot Musicians
Robots are not great musicians. Here is a run down of 5 of the current robot pop idols.
Toyota's robot can play the violin, but is not as good as a human player.
The Trons, a kiwi robot band are a bit better.
Also from New Zealand, Peter Jackson has his own robot band.
If you like obscure Japanese traditional music, you'll love Harpbot.
The most promsining young robot has to be Slashbot, who is more of a guitar hero:
Toyota's robot can play the violin, but is not as good as a human player.
The Trons, a kiwi robot band are a bit better.
Also from New Zealand, Peter Jackson has his own robot band.
If you like obscure Japanese traditional music, you'll love Harpbot.
The most promsining young robot has to be Slashbot, who is more of a guitar hero:
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