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It has anarcho-punk thrash metal written all over it...

Bravo, @MoonBassAlpha, nice one! 👏

Right, so as long as Basschat doesn't wait in a box junction or get driven in the ULEZ we should be OK with this Online Safety Act, yeah?

And all it took was one, full Tesco bag.

I shall miss these thread derailings if it all goes tits up after March 25th.

Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg etc. I've done a cover of a song by the 60s garage rock outfit The Sparkles, although it's based more on the version performed by The Tribe in 1990. The good news is that I'm not singing on it 😁 the singer from my old band has belted out a fine vocal for it. Westfield Les Paul copy, Westfield P-bass copy, Yamaha keys, MT Drums. Wavepad, Audacity and Ableton do what they usually do.

Trip out with Japan's prime mind-melters.

A worrying development, chaps. I was hoping to get an old band mate of mine to sing on my festive tune. Sent the rough demo over last week for him to add the vocals to but, as yet, nowt back from him. Have tried contacting him today, got a text with 'I'll call you later' but, so far, no further chat. Looks like I could end up having to do the vox myself, which no one with functioning ears deserves. We can but hope he springs into action forthwith. Bloody singers!

Only available on youtube, The Seventh Python is an enjoyable look at the life and career of Bonzo and Rutles man Neil Innes.

Court case ended early 1986. Lydon, Cook, Jones and Sid's estate walked away with whatever was left in the pot (around £1 million). Matlock got nowt out of that as he'd signed away all his rights when he left in 1977.

Obscure mid-60s garage rock will be my offering this Yule. I'm hoping to get the singer from my old band to do the warbling on it.

Congrats, @Jean-Luc Pickguard, good tune! 👏

No, he only paid a fiver for it.

Early, for once... A bubbly, bouncy little tune with some twists, some turns but always a happy vibe. MT Drums, Westfield Les Paul copy, Westfield P-bass copy, Digitech RP80 pedal, Roland Cube amp, Wavepad, Audacity, Ableton and tons of enthusiasm.

Like I can criticise anyone's singing, I sound like a faulty foghorn 🙃

Four overall voters with only hours to go? Hope that there's a late surge of voting frenzy. Won't somebody please think of the children?

Raucous? Of course X-Ray Spex!

Here's mine. After a scrumptious dinner everyone orders the Serpent's Kiss for dessert. Sure, it's delicious, and a little venomous, too. Their stomachs will be rumbling ominously for the rest of the evening...oooh, blimey! Has anyone got any Buscopan? Gutrot guitar and borborygmic bass (A Westfield double of Les Paul and violin) aided by a Digitech RP80 pedal and MT Drums. Cobbled together with Wavepad and Audacity.

There's a couple going on ebay...here's one of them. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/356138377663?_skw=50+years+in+black+live+double+cd&itmmeta=01JAFK7DD0MPMV2FAAH7NHE2FB&hash=item52eb8061bf:g:pTYAAOSwEtlm9Se-&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKmjDzb47qy69q8W7Dtwee9KAvVPXEoZeawRhOOrjRFldGo50sCylYS7LhQ8ewYm8Wz74wLTpdd4jZ00Vz8Rh2erH0EylSArPC2Mb8WjtsJmoB1EMR9x3IR0%2BLgHYTcrWxmDlfYMj7sQrx1R6JaqBlHZyF42Omzd8sSDX36Fc6ie9gYybSdgiyk81H6wK35pSGratpr%2F8Jsc7cJDknKNqH%2FP04ZSp5hUw%2FAxiZmiYmQ6SXm2%2FDaSJMHj21n3%2F%2BC9SgSzKaiKc68yCrNffMYaHyaQ|tkp%3ABk9SR8zWnfPTZA

Eggs Ray Spex Henpole Tudor Soufflé & the Banshees

100% this. I don't gig anymore and the chances of doing so again are increasingly unlikely so this is my haven for whatever small scraps of creativity I can come up with. I treat it as a bit of fun with a DIY punk ethos.

Adding to what @Dad3353 said, please don't think I was having a pop. I've seen the thread he was talking about and the OP advocates an AI Composition Challenge, not something that I'd bother with. The AI process, taken to its nth degree, is something that I just don't fancy. To my ears, it sounds 'unsatisfactory', if that makes sense? But, each to their own. Personally, I prefer the struggle with real instruments (boy, do I struggle..!), and wish more folk would have a go in here every month.

I've just tried doing a few AI songs, and very easy it was, too. They were all generically awful. You may also consider my monthly efforts generically awful but I'm satisfied that at least those cliched chord changes and bum notes were crafted from my own, fair hand. I have to use artificial drums seeing as a) I don't have a drumkit and b) I can't play drums so I'll use MT Drums, Hydrogen or mess about with a loop from Looperman. I've also used the extensive library available in Ableton Live for various sounds and have done two or three tunes exclusively using it. Everything in those tunes was programmed, changed around, tweaked, moved about a bit, tweaked again and then put back where it started out by me. Same with any drum tracks I use. The idea of just choosing from a list of options and letting your laptop and AI do all the heavy lifting is anathema to me. This is all just for fun and I can't see how I'd get any enjoyment out of the process by doing things that way, although it would mean I might get my entry in a bit quicker every month. Pah! Boo to AI tomfoolery and its sweeping sheen of binary banality! I'll stick with my rudimentary skills on various stringed instruments and flat, tuneless vocals and you'll thank me for it 😁

Well done, gents! 👏 Hang on a minute... A surprise victory for wolfgang?