lurksalot

i hadn’t noticed that , I copied and pasted the notes from last months challenge 😇

The Challenge is go go go

November's Composition Challenge is now underway Here’s the image for your inspiration, chosen by last month's winner, @lurksalot... We don't seem to have had a firework picture in November for a few years , so I'll offer you this one Rules: Avoid any content that other forum users may find offensive. Make sure you have permission to use any 3rd party sounds and samples in your track. Entries should be no more than five minutes long and written/produced during the month of the competition. Pipes of the 'bag' and 'pan' variety are strictly prohibited. The deadline for entries is midnight on Saturday 24th November.

Well yes , I did a search of all the November challenge photos, and being November you might expect a certain theme to have cropped up a few times , but no , it hasn’t, so I have chosen a picture that might reflect what happens around the 5th 😎

The first thing I find is a spark of inspiration , it’s difficult to conjure up a story without knowing what you want to say. the genre makes a massive difference to the lyric type and content and style. have a stab at the monthly composition challenge , it offers a great starting point. you get a subject given to you , you get a visual scene presented and most importantly , you have a deadline , you can write stuff forever but until you actually start to press the publish button it doesn’t seem done to me. Like everything else, practice works, just keep knocking them out and one day you might start to like one or two of them

the photo has been offered to the Skolmeister , we can await his publication

😂😂 Cheers Doug how i’m going to print that certificate is stretching me at the minute 😂 thanks for the votes , I shall try to pick a more inspiring picture for you all this time around

Nah, he doesn’t want the attention

I invisage a selection of ships in the harbour taking turns 😂

Voted 😂 the ettiquette that dictates the entrants not vote for their own , does limit the choice a touch this month 😊

OK All , no problems , the voting thread for the shootout between me and Dad is up and running

Voting Time is here ladies and gents . your choice is a little limited this month with just the 2 to choose from so ultimately it is a shoot out between my self and Dad enjoy and just 1 vote I guess Dad3353 Lurksalot Voting will close at midnight on Halloween

That's a shame , it is very sparse for entries this month , which is odd considering the prize giveaway I had planned 😉

nice one Douglas , that feels just right !

Does anyones ears not bleed , does anyone not feel the need to rip there own face off , does anyone not put a foot through the speakers reproducing the sound ..................... of the bagpipes Its a rule made in jest so as not to inflict the sound on any members who happen to listen to the compositions entered. I dont know anyone who likes the sound of satans bag of wind . except oddly, a cousin, who had a piper pipe him and his wife to their wedding reception , I was already at the bar, so I only heard the story, not the noise

wow , there doesnt seem to be much love for this picture , ah well, I'll share the blame with Lurksalittle as we chose the picture together well Ive got one together enjoy , I have printed lyrics on the soundcloud page but I dont think that gets so many visits since the embed thing

On the track details when they are on the left of the screen, just below the name box , there is a monitoring button , if you press it to on , I hear the FX back through the interface .

A pretty much empty pub tonight , but I guess the weather didn't help , it was truly awful . We played fine though , I have however given my notice , so it's either early December or a bit sooner if they get a replacement . Drums and singist are gutted , but understand my reasons , guitar didn't stay for the chat so I had to text him.

I'm not looking at personell changes particularly, I have just come to think that I have a lot I can do on a weekend that the band now has to compete with , whereas before I just had a pretty open diary for the band . Replacing the bass player would also mean them getting a PA, learning how to use it, getting bigger cars to carry it, investing in a lighting set up and learning how to use it 😇

Er, excuse me , the mods are on hand for just such an emergency 😉

I'm probably just a bit wound up, but I was at a funeral the day before and returned the 200 miles on the morning of the gig when I could have had the weekend with family I don't see very often. It kind of brings into focus how many invites I turn down through band commitments and I am close to a tipping point. I'll see how this Fridays gig works out and make the call next weekend I reckon.

Bit of a downer tonight at the soundcheck I ask the guitar to turn his rhythm crunch down a bit , lead as loud as he likes, But to leave some room for the vocal. It used to be a constant bone of contention when we had a rhythm guitarist but since he left there seems to have been less loudness wars ....until tonight. Sulking and stropping and a lack of concentration, he really let the side down, yet made out it was my fault for picking on his volume . Its gigs like this that make me consider jacking it in , I have got plenty of visiting , partying and days away I can do instead of putting up with this stinky poo. Its what caused the hiatus when the other guitar left , we all assumed it was over but clawed it back and while the last 2 years have been great , I won't be trying too hard to pull it back again this time around ☹️

😄😄 there is an element of that to it , but it's not George Formby it is a gentleman called Frank Timmins former general manager at the Beckton gas works for the Gas Light and Coke Company my Grandad 😆😆

Thanks all , I've got a photo in mind , it won't be long now 😂

😄😄 many thanks Dad 👍 Thanks for the votes everyone , I'll get a photo over this evening when I get back in 😎