I've noticed lately that various members of the vocalsynth(Vocaloid, UTAU, etc) community have been doing more collaborative efforts and projects, such as compilation albums, charity albums, and mass collabs. Heck I've been in a few of them myself, so I want to discuss what makes these projects work...and what makes them fail, as well.
My thoughts:
My thoughts:
- Quantity over Quality: I know this sounds weird, but it seems like getting more people on board is better than having a select exact amount of participants with specific abilities. This is because usually I see people having to drop out of a project because life got in the way or something (I've had to drop out of Project Sonata, for example)
- Scheduling and Schedule Flexibility: As one could imagine, a schedule is important to making sure that whatever effort is being done, that it is released in a timely, though not rushed manner. Flexibility in the overall schedule is important as well, because things happen, and sometimes large numbers of participants can fall behind for whatever reason.
- Communication: I think no matter what you are doing, communication is key when working with other people. This can range from getting feedback on your work, to letting people know that your work will be delayed a bit, or that you'll even be absent for a bit of time.
- A Clear Goal: I've often heard of situations where people will want to collab, but not have any specific goal, thus leaving them with nowhere to go. Some clear goals would be "create a collaboration album with at least seven songs" or "write a love song, with x doing vocals, y doing instrumentals, etc."