lurksalot

Yep, back to normal now .

Yep, we’ll done guys , I enjoyed that , time to get your thinking caps on for next December 😁

Done !

Oh dear Douglas , that hurt's

for any of you sitting with itchy trigger fingers , I have set up the January challenge already.

Well. by some fluke I have another certificate to put on my wall. Thanks to you kind folk therefore for honouring me with the choice of photo this month. As we normally experience a cold and wet Christmas , I thought I would show a scene that other parts of the world might experience at the same time of year! * *this isn't another part of the world really , its Chester Zoo Simple rules ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded between now and deadline. X No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on X Bagpipes. please no bagpipes, the ears cant take it, panpipes only if you have too. X No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you.. Deadline wise , we will go for the 24th which means you'll probably have till Burns' supper time , if he has it at the same time I get home from work! A line or two of blurb as well for the vote thread will be lovely. Have fun

the voting thread is now open , top work all , great skills on display again

Yes its the cover song challenge time of year and we have some great entries again this time all for fun but there is some incredible effort gone into these so give them a listen and choose your favourite 3 voting will end at midnight on New Years Day 1 @Nicko What better than 2 minutes and 47 seconds of late 70s modfather. 2 @Dad3353 A staple of our repertoire, I've cut out a little of the intro build-up, to keep to the time constraints 3 @FacStudio The inspiration behind this is my love of Biffy. 4 @Leonard Smalls Here's a little something my band recorded live (but in a studio!) back in October and mixed by me 5 @MoonBassAlpha As suggested by my friend Rob for an occasional get-together we have with another school friend Paul (we used to jam together and did a couple of gigs). The parts were subsequently recorded remotely, and mixed by me 6 @Nail Soup I was stuck for a song, until this popped into my head - originally just to perform at a local acoustic session. It's old favourite of John Peel. It got a lot of JP plays at the time, but not sure it made much traction outside of his show. But it's stayed with me over the years anyway! 7 Lurksalot mine is sooo boring , I had some ideas to make more interesting but ran out of both time and skill 8 @SH73 Here is my contribution. Drums are Ez Drums, the rest is played and recorded by me. 9 @upside downer Here's mine. It's a cover of Every Man's An Island by Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart from the acclaimed 1991 album Rising Above Bedlam. That's your lot then get your 3 votes in before the end of New Years Day

I seem to recall it was a bit faster than that last time I heard you play it

mine is sooo boring , I had some ideas but ran out of both time and skill Mainly played on a midi keyboard and built the main parts up as a backing type track , with guitars over it

I am a good way in , but struggling to get the main riff right ….when it needs to be right 😁 while it will be my ‘take’ on it, I can’t really argue that the abysmal playing is deliberate. I am not good enough to emulate Les Dawson 😂

checks bagpipe rules this month…. drat I may have to edit the rules or just ignore that little fun line , yeah, it’s just for fun you ain’t seen me , and if you think you did , it wasn’t me

Riches aren’t always monetary 👍

I’ve got more instruments than I need , but I’m lucky enough to have enough room to hang them on walls or put them on stands where they look good. I play most of them at some point but even Mrs lurks likes the look they create. I’ve got non in boxes under the bed or in cupboards, if it got that far it would go. instruments as wall art ? It has it’s place I guess 😁

There is, once a month, some very new music that appears as a pinned topic on this forum. Various styles , some unrecognisable , but very often quality stuff . it appears to get pitiful attention from the majority on here ☹️

Option 1 I reckon is the way to go in the spirit of this month. Im still trying to find inspiration 😂

Epic timing young man , that’s my wedding anniversary weekend, it could be a struggle getting that one past HID 😂

Fair play , entries already 👍 I shall choose a picture just after Christmas and will start up the January thread a bit early so that we have something to get stuck into over the holiday period if that sounds agreeable.

The December challenge is already running here

Same , proper horrible little thing 🤬

I’m not really a trophy hunter, so of course, you will get to hear them again 😁

Why thanks all , it’s been a long time since the last certificate for me, despite many saying, that I am indeed, certifiable 😁

Aintree races this weekend , but keep posting them 👍

December is all about Covers again, and as we finalised our November tunes, we may as well raise the December challenge. It maybe 4 days early to post a festive image, but hey, I'm a risk taker!! not drain covers, No not motor bike covers, Not even duvet covers Yes, its song/tune covers just like last December , This can be a piece of work that you have done during THIS year , so the entry is open a little further afield to those that normally join the fun . As happens all the time, I knew this was coming all year (as I suspect many others did ) but I still don't know what to do just yet. Simple rules ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded this year. X No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on X Bagpipes. please no bagpipes, the ears cant take it, panpipes only if you have too. X No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you.. Deadline wise , we will go for midnight on Christmas Day 👍, though you probably have till my head is together on the 26th. I might extend the voting a day or so depending on the entry count. Go get inspired, play it straight or mangle something up but mostly have some fun

😂😂 Little man is only 7 😂