Lord Sausage Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 pretty much done. just a tweak here and there. Will post at weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Ive started something.. just gotta learn to sing and play guitar to do what I want lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby K Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I've started too lol - brain is in tatters already with it Tomorrow is another day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltyG565 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I might start something tomorrow. i really have no idea what direction to go with this. Quick, somebody shout out a scale, and 3/4 notes in that scale, and a present that nobody likes, but always gets at least once in their life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockfordStone Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 i can't seem to get any inspiration from the photo this month other than thrashing out a punk christmas based song (which i don't want to do) i don't know what else i could do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) ^ Didn't Edison (or was it Einstein) say that productivity is "1% inspiration and 99% perspiration"? Personally I prefer the wise words of Yoda: "Do or do not... there is no try!" Seriously though Rob, I hope you get round to it mate. I'm struggling myself - I've got an idea but it's a fiddly one and I have little time this month. Still, I'll definitely be cooking something up Edited December 6, 2012 by Skol303 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I saw a few posts about not getting any inspiration from the pictures for these competitions. I think the pictures should fire your imagination, your music comes from YOU, not the picture itself. Of course if you want to win the competition based on an assumption that there will be basic common interpretations that voters will identify with, and be impressed by your very literal compositional and stylistic interpetation (Fat / Drunk / Asleep / Humiliated / Christmas .. etc) you are probably going to have a very hard time with that, and you are playing to the picture and the voters. What I think is the most useful technique is to create a story behind the picture to fuel your own compositional imagination. The problem lies in that I believe most of the entrants would naturally like to win, and so they may be predisposed to thinking of what criteria the voters are skewed towards, this is highly limiting creatively, and not the purpose of the picture. Or at least not to my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 [quote name='silddx' timestamp='1354800895' post='1890534'] I saw a few posts about not getting any inspiration from the pictures for these competitions. I think the pictures should fire your imagination, your music comes from YOU, not the picture itself. Of course if you want to win the competition based on an assumption that there will be basic common interpretations that voters will identify with, and be impressed by your very literal compositional and stylistic interpetation (Fat / Drunk / Asleep / Humiliated / Christmas .. etc) you are probably going to have a very hard time with that, and you are playing to the picture and the voters. What I think is the most useful technique is to create a story behind the picture to fuel your own compositional imagination. The problem lies in that I believe most of the entrants would naturally like to win, and so they may be predisposed to thinking of what criteria the voters are skewed towards, this is highly limiting creatively, and not the purpose of the picture. Or at least not to my mind. [/quote] Good point, but quite the opposite as far as i'm concerned. I couldn't care less about winining. Fortunately i'm arrogant enough not to need validation by others. ha ha You will see in how far removed from classic conventions my piece is. As i've said before, i'll be surprised if i get one vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 [quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1354833088' post='1891151'] Good point, but quite the opposite as far as i'm concerned. I couldn't care less about winining. Fortunately i'm arrogant enough not to need validation by others. ha ha You will see in how far removed from classic conventions my piece is. As i've said before, i'll be surprised if i get one vote. [/quote] I dunno, I am very competitive, but won't compromise in order to win. I really liked your previous one. But having thought about this a bit, I reckon most people can only relate to the obvious and the winner will have probably a more literal interpretation, probably with a vocal. 'A fat old boy on Christmas eve Can't drink as much As he'd have you believe Had too much and hit the gravel Going down faster Than Jimmy Savile etc etc etc ... ' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 ^ "To much booze and he was bustin' To find a quite place that he could trust in But stumbling blind he fell with a thud Hitting the dirt like Max Clifford..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1354842088' post='1891258'] ^ "To much booze and he was bustin' To find a quite place that he could trust in But stumbling blind he fell with a thud Hitting the dirt like Max Clifford..." [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urb Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Got a mad prog funk Christmas song in mind for this - just wondering if I'll actually have time to start/finish it in time - what's the closing date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 24th... So Xmas eve... maybe we should push it to day after boxing day because I won't be at a laptop until then I expect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 [quote name='charic' timestamp='1354873685' post='1891393']... maybe we should push it to day after boxing day because I won't be at a laptop until then I expect[/quote] Sounds fair to me mate. I've had to abandon my original idea this month - I was planning on producing a track using nothing but samples of Skol Jnr's musical toys, but I won't have the time to do it with us being on a tour of various relatives over Xmas. Sooo... I'm instead going with 'Plan B', which sees me throwing recent songwriting out the window and returning to my grimey, electronic roots with a track that most folks here will probably hate with a passion (it's going to be a newfangled dubstep number, so "not proper music" in most people's opinion). Doesn't get more festive than that, does it?? Bah humbug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockfordStone Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 im going to have a try at something this weekend..... can't promise nothing tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 [quote name='silddx' timestamp='1354840907' post='1891251'] I dunno, I am very competitive, but won't compromise in order to win. I really liked your previous one. But having thought about this a bit, I reckon most people can only relate to the obvious and the winner will have probably a more literal interpretation, probably with a vocal. 'A fat old boy on Christmas eve Can't drink as much As he'd have you believe Had too much and hit the gravel Going down faster Than Jimmy Savile etc etc etc ... ' [/quote] Well that wins my vote. Just get facebook on your side and its yours. ha ha. Usually i'm ridiculously competitive, sport, games etc but when it comes to music i'm just not. Perhaps it really is arrogance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 So here it is, my entry for this months competition. There is a description of the idea and process on the soundcloud page. It has some structure and some elements of aleatoric composition. No harmony and counterpoint this month, tho there are some vocals. It will be interesting to see what you think! https://soundcloud.com/dreaded-ted/degeneration-of-the-penis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 [quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1354914316' post='1892081'] So here it is, my entry for this months competition. There is a description of the idea and process on the soundcloud page. It has some structure and some elements of aleatoric composition. No harmony and counterpoint this month, tho there are some vocals. It will be interesting to see what you think! [url="https://soundcloud.com/dreaded-ted/degeneration-of-the-penis"]https://soundcloud.c...on-of-the-penis[/url] [/quote] yep, like that, it's a great start to this months comp. My contribution is progressing, I'll hopefully get chance to significantly move things along with it on Sunday; mine won't be festive either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby K Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Song structure created and lyrics down, but I can't even play the guitar riff I came up with lol, so have had to adapt it for a piano sound in Reason. It's actually worked out a lot better though and gives it more of seasonal theme and adds to the pathos. Still working on it but should be done in time. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 It is quite exciting being in at the start of the thinking process of these competitions , seeing how they develop , hearing the teasers and what comes from them. I REALLY hope to contribute at some point , but there are a couple of things I need to sort first , like ......... writing , playing and recording , but hey, I might miss Decembers comp but I have a couple of days leave at Christmas/ new year to get ready for January Best of luck all , I look forward to the listening to the entries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Hoping to get mine finished at the weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Not even started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockfordStone Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1355388968' post='1897582'] Not even started. [/quote] nor i, struggling to find time, i have 2 days off next week so may have a go. hate this time of year, always too busy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 I did start and then dismissed it as crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) [quote name='charic' timestamp='1355390546' post='1897602'] I did start and then dismissed it as crap [/quote] Never dismiss anything as crap - I did, but BrandAlliance TV had other ideas Their sound designer added a bell tree at the intro - and all ended well... Advert the other side of the pond just before this Xmas. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbeBx9jeCbM[/media] Garry Edited December 13, 2012 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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