lurksalot

I’m gutted bud. i was set to bring the lads down, but we have been promised on a family gathering on the south coast. Hope you have a good one and I’ll catch you again.

After another close run vote @xgsjx got the win with a great piece for the May challenge. So the Inspiration for the month of June came in the form of his own photo as he explains below.. "I took it from the necropolis in Glasgow a couple of months back. I think it’s a good mix of lots going on as well as being quite tranquil." And a fine set of entries thus followed. Please vote for your favourite 3 entries and Voting will close at midnight on 30th June 1 @Dad3353 The City awakes from its torpor, seemingly unaware or the approaching menace. Just across the horizon, gathering pace, intent on who knows what unspeakable havoc and destruction. Where is It from..? Why now..? What to do to ward off the inevitable..? Once Seen, It can never be Unseen. The City awakes... 2 @xgsjx The city is calling me deep into it. A city of beautiful places & faces, I'm always thinking of you. 3 @Leonard Smalls Two Jakeys sitting on a bench in the cemetery sharing a bottle of Bucky, one lights up a fat one... 4 Lurksalot The last time I went to Glasgow I took the train. It was on a weekend away with a bunch of lads from the Round Table. We had a great night out and gathered for breakfast in the morning. The TV's all around the hotel reception and bars were all showing the latest BBC news which was a derailment on the west coast mainline. After a couple of minutes, it became clear that we were on the previous train through Grayrigg and could easily have been in the mangled wreckage of the incident. Very sobering at the time, and then again, when it was the replacement bus service from Carlisle to Preston on the way back. 5 @upside downer Is the city just waking up to face the rigours of the day or is the night approaching with all its alluring features? It matters not; everyday, the good folk of the city are making life-changing decisions, for better or worse. 6 @AndyTravis Just managed it… Okey Dokey there we have it , a fine selection of original tracks which I know I will find awkward to split, production seems up a notch as well this month , fair play to you. Please vote for your favourite 3 Voting will close at Midnight on 30th june Good luck all

I’ll be home shortly , I’ll get the vote thread done before the footy

OK Ive got it done as best as I have got time for . The last time I went to Glasgow I took the train. It was on a weekend away with a bunch of lads from the Round Table. We had a great night out and gathered for breakfast in the morning. The TV's all around the hotel reception and bars were all showing the latest BBC news which was a derailment on the west coast mainline. After a couple of minutes, it became clear that we were on the previous train through Grayrigg and could easily have been in the mangled wreckage of the incident. Very sobering at the time, and then again, when it was the replacement bus service from Carlisle to Preston on the way back. A tale like this deserves a folky approach... and probably a far better effort than this, and better story telling aswell, but that is the fleshing out of the tale that is skimmed over in the lament. Yamaha acoustic guitar, a bit of EZ drumming percussion, a small pinch of MIDI fiddle , and about a 100 vocal takes spliced down into a couple of minutes worth of usable lines. mixed in Reaper with a smothering of Ozone 8

I’m just about there with mine , it’s very simple / minimal which means of course, that it’s taken me all month to learn it, so that I can actually play it! of course the kicker is that I do need words on it , that will take me all weekend doing vocal takes and fiddling with auto tune. ah well , the sun is shining , so I can look at it through the window I guess 😁

Irish stew

Seconded 😘

Here we go , dive in and fill yer boots

After another close run vote @xgsjx clinches the win with a great piece for the May challenge. Inspiration for the month of June comes in the form of his own photo as he explains below.. "I took it from the necropolis in Glasgow a couple of months back. I think it’s a good mix of lots going on as well as being quite tranquil." Simple rules ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded between now and the deadline. ✖️ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ✖️ No Bagpipes/panpipes, though as the photo is from Scotland, if they are very low in the mix, it might slide. ✖️ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you.. Deadline-wise, we will go for Midnight on the 24th (effectively Tea time on the 25th I guess) A line or two of blurb as usual for the vote thread will be super smashing. Good luck, Have fun

Well done Graeme , that really fitted the theme and was ace . if you send your choice of pic to me, I’ll put the thread up .

move the decimal point 1 place to the left then double it 😁. these guys are all bachelors , it’s not because they never married (my uncle John was a priest and did the wedding of one of them) so they must be well educated !

A close run campaign for the April certificate was only split by a single vote, enabling @AndyTravis to receive another presentation by @Dad3353 for the prize. Early off the mark Andy sent me the following image ... "There we go - spaced out, ejected etc " The following have been lovingly crafted for your listening delights. Choose your Favourite 3 entries before the vote closes at midnight on 31st May 1 Lurksalot a spacey kind of soundscape 2 @AndyTravis Just struck me that it’s a May composition, the first lyric the singer put to it started with “Home Again” so I thought of the man ejected into space wanting to be home again… 3 @Jean-Luc Pickguard Here's Event Horizon, where I aimed for a 70s Krautrock feel. It is is about looking into, and being pulled over the Event Horizon of a black hole which might actually be a wormhole into a parallel universe. 4 @Leonard Smalls A chaotic riposte to James Blood Ulmer's "Jazz is the Teacher, Funk is the Preacher"; this is The Creature! 5 @fingers211 Following the old 'Catchphrase' mantra, I've sung what I've seen !! 6 @xgsjx Okay, I'm in this month! 7 @upside downer Flying craft and missiles are the order of the day for mankind yet again as we find ourselves fighting on the edges of space and time. When will we ever learn? Hopefully, I've tapped into a vague Hawkwind vibe both lyrically and musically which, in my book, can only be a good thing. Okey Dokey , that's them all , enjoy your listen and pick out your favourite 3 pieces. Voting will close at midnight on the 31st .

Ian Prowse at Alexander’s in chester , jeez what a show, performer , poet, songsmith. with a fiddle and a flautist/penny whistler to accompany, the guy just tells stories from the heart. Mersey centric but honest and open to the core, love the guy ❤️❤️

Many moons ago , we strike up ‘I predict a riot’ just as it kicks off at the bar. The following scene was straight out of a Benny Hill show chase. one lad runs past us to the front door and disappears, eagerly followed by 6 blokes followed by their girlfriends. they then come back to find the troublemaker had come in through the back door , so they chased him back out of it, but followed him all the way round and back in the front door. All to said tune , surreal, yet very funny as we were pretty much ignored during the procession

On a similar vibe , if you take the dep, he could have a good go at the bar tab by himself by the look of it 😁.

well who'd a thunk it first in with a silly soundscape Ibby 6 string through a couple of waves gtr3 patches , loads of synth type sounds from the digital pianola and a couple of samples from Freesound modified a bit.

I’ve got a Rode NT1-A I don’t use it a lot as it’s normally in a drawer , but an SM58 is always on its stand for when inspiration strikes , and with my voice any subtleties in recording quality are kind of irrelevant 😂

And also with you

A close run campaign for the April certificate was only split by a single vote, enabling @AndyTravis to receive another presentation by @Dad3353 for the prize. So early off the mark this morning Andy thus sent me the following image ... "There we go - spaced out, ejected etc " Simple rules ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded between now and the deadline. ✖️ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ✖️ No Bagpipes/panpipes, everyone had the chance last month's previous month, so there! ✖️ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you.. Deadline-wise, we will go for Midnight on the 25th (I'll get up sharpish on the 26th if I can ! ) A line or two of blurb as usual for the vote thread will be super smashing. Good luck, Have fun

Well Done Andy great stuff 👍 I’ll start the May challenge when you’ve chosen the picture

Noir - Lurksalot ( on SoundCloud you could also vote for another one of my songs on this months challenge 😂

I think we need a couple of voters to pop in with single votes to split the difference today ….ooh er Missus 😁

here we go

After a three way joint win in March and a further tie break question, here we are with the inspirational photo for the April challenge from @upside downer He reflects .... "Took this last year when we went to Frameless, an immersive art experience, where paintings by the old masters gradually come together, enveloping you before falling away, only for another to take its place." So on with the show and I would suggest 2 votes this month 1 @AndyTravis There’s a hole in the sky… 2 @Jean-Luc Pickguard When we look at a painting we see a frozen moment where time does not pass. This song reflects on the relentless march of time and how certain things, like aging, are inevitable. No matter how much we may want to slow or freeze time, it pushes forwards, pulling us along with it Time, It Is What It Is audio link.mp3 3 Lurksalot It is of course ...the big picture 4 @Leonard Smalls A new Future Impact patch wot I made inspired this Mutant Disco Ditty... 5 @upside downer Saunter through Cézanne's Avenue at Chantilly to a twinkling soundtrack of swirly, insistent guitar chords, subtle keys and unobtrusive beats. okey dokey there are 5 to choose from so go for your fave 2 voting will end at midnight on Tuesday 30th April Good Luck all

Sorry guys , I got my dates mixed up , I’ll get on it when I get home , it’s been a mad month