Just an idea I had whilst going to sleep last night.
Basically, I was thinking about bringing us all together a little more by collabbing on one project - some sort of game OST. The game itself won't be made, so it ends up a little bit like a collab album.
We'd need to decide on a like medium - naturally I would say Famitracker since it is easy (for me), it is easy to share and you can have multiple songs inside one module, so only one .ftm would ever need to be made. However, there are only a few people that use Famitracker (of which I am probably the most avid user), so it might not be the best choice. We could, of course, use FL and similar things, but not all of us have the same instrument sets so there would be a lot of inconsistencies in the OST.
We would also need to decide on a genre for the 'game' - obviously a puzzle game's soundtrack is going to be a lot different than an action platformer's. And then we would need to decide how the 'game' would be played - who are the protagonists? Who are the antagonists? Would we have a collection of generically themed levels (like Sonic)? Would we have pieces based on each character (like in Mega Man)? There is a lot for one person to decide, so I'd like some feedback on this.
There would be a large variety of styles in the OST - obviously Rarity would need some classical theme, and Rainbow Dash would need something rocky. There would also be a few other tracks, like title, options screen, game over, boss battle, etc., depending on the genre of the game, so don't worry if you find composing for Pinkie Pie hard - we've got other area that you could cover instead!
I wouldn't want to start this project until after the RWIII has finished, however, so don't get all panicky. This project doesn't need any particular deadline either - it could be something we keep adding to in small bursts.
Hopefully by doing this we can learn how to tackle different sorts of genres. Maybe if we post it it to EqD we can inspire somepony to make a great fangame!!! Who knows?
Anyway, give a shout if you are interested in participating in something like this.