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December Composition Competition


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[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1356166565' post='1907502']
I live down the road from you in Atherton so there is probably a bit of shared regional sense of humour in there! I wouldn't have toned down the lyrics at all. I wrote some truly shockers in one of the bands i was in, Band of Gold. You can check em out here if you can be arsed.

[url="http://uk.myspace.com/bandofgold08"]http://uk.myspace.com/bandofgold08[/url]

They were meant to be wrong rather than actual points of view.
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I thought I could be taken offensively :) but you lot take it to a new height, love em especially Tourettes Timmy Brilliant! :D

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[quote name='Bobby K' timestamp='1356045064' post='1906302']
Right then, here's my effort, make of it what you will. See the description on the Soundcloud page for the idea etc...

[url="https://soundcloud.com/bobbie-k/so-peaceful"]https://soundcloud.c...e-k/so-peaceful[/url][/quote]

Really enjoyed this composition - skillfully put together and nicely produced. The piano really fills out the track and your vocal is great. I dig the ending too, which adds to the melancholy. In all, very good work!

[quote name='Stephen Houghton' timestamp='1356127344' post='1907322']Here's my entry, if easily offended dont listen. Not had any time to do anything so knocked this out for a laugh this afternoon, think it fits the picture well, hope you get the humour!

[url="http://soundcloud.com/9thaspect/i-quit-bass-chat-competition-1"]http://soundcloud.co...t-competition-1[/url][/quote]

Good one Stephen, very funny! It's as though your Jimmy from last month has put on a santa suit :D Lyrics had me genuinely LOL'ing in places. I particularly like the line "Peter wants a bag, Julie wants a cat, Steven wants everything the little t***!".

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[quote name='Stephen Houghton' timestamp='1356185106' post='1907737']
I thought I could be taken offensively :) but you lot take it to a new height, love em especially Tourettes Timmy Brilliant! :D
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Ha! Cheers thanks a lot. We were quite popular in Wigan for a couple of months we did a few gigs and got quite a following. Then split up! We only set the band up as a joke. We were fed up of playing with original bands who were either up themselves or thought they were Rock n roll etc. So we wrote some ridiculous songs wore crazy outfits, all had alter egos and f***ed about but pretended we were the saviours off music. We were supposed to be satirising bands but everyone loved it!

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[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1356185456' post='1907739']
Really enjoyed this composition - skillfully put together and nicely produced. The piano really fills out the track and your vocal is great. I dig the ending too, which adds to the melancholy. In all, very good work!

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Thanks very much Skol, you're very kind mate. Nice to have some endorsement from last month's winner :)

It's been a pleasure to take part, dunno why I haven't done sooner really. Hope I can keep it up in future months' competitions.

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[quote name='bobbass4k' timestamp='1356140654' post='1907450']
[url="https://soundcloud.com/bobbass4k/as-violet-braces-myrrh"]https://soundcloud.c...et-braces-myrrh[/url]

Quickly trimmed down, not really how I'd planned it but I won't get time to improve it so here it is. The title is actually cryptically christmasy, a shiny internet cookie for anyone who figures it out.
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A lovely slice of ambience mate, Eno-esque, with some great sounds coming and going. Suits the drunken passed out stupour perfectly.

I could swear I can hear the guy snoring at the beginning of the piece, about 25 seconds in :D

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[quote name='bobbass4k' timestamp='1356140654' post='1907450']
[url="https://soundcloud.com/bobbass4k/as-violet-braces-myrrh"]https://soundcloud.c...et-braces-myrrh[/url]

Quickly trimmed down, not really how I'd planned it but I won't get time to improve it so here it is. The title is actually cryptically christmasy, a shiny internet cookie for anyone who figures it out.
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Brilliant! Reminds me of Eno (as mentioned above) and the likes of Vangelis. Very good work for guitar/bass and FX. The track following it on your SoundCloud page is frickin great too - you've definitely got a knack for ambience :)

PS: can't figure out the title reference. You'll have to spill the beans once this is over!

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[quote name='Stephen Houghton' timestamp='1356198633' post='1907917']
Go for it Charic its not as though most of us can sing or think we can, I sometimes play in a band called 'the band with no shame', you can guess the rest :)
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+1, I'm going to be appalling everyone with my singing over the next few days, so you won't be the only one

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Ok, no schmancy songwriting from me this month. Instead I've bodged together a noisy electronic track that started out quite ambitious and soon got derailed due to me underestimating how long it'd take to make a decent job of it.

So it's very much half-baked but the general idea is there - that being an attempt to recreate what it sounds like inside the head of festive drunkard (i.e. proper messy! :crazy: ).

It's mainly synth-based but has some 'real' bass playing in parts: a bit of mellow, octave pedal noodling half way thru and some angry, distorted Big Muff action at the rear end [i][insert pun here].[/i] It's definitely not "proper music" by most people's reckoning, so apologies in advance for any detrimental side-effects of listening... such as a deeply furrowed brow, compulsive tutting and a high risk of hernia while lurching for the off switch.

https://soundcloud.com/skollob/xmess

PS: here's wishing y'all a very merry Christmas and a cracking new year!

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Finally got mine to a reasonable state. There's some pretty sloppy playing which I'd redo with more time, but here it is, warts 'n' all

[url="http://soundcloud.com/stevemcevoy/broken-future"]http://soundcloud.com/stevemcevoy/broken-future[/url]

good luck with the comp this month, oh, and merry xmas :)

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[quote name='steve' timestamp='1356519936' post='1910646']
Finally got mine to a reasonable state. There's some pretty sloppy playing which I'd redo with more time, but here it is, warts 'n' all

[url="http://soundcloud.com/stevemcevoy/broken-future"]http://soundcloud.co...y/broken-future[/url]

good luck with the comp this month, oh, and merry xmas :)
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Like it, sounds like Floyd meets Manchester. Some interesting chord changes and cool solo section.

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[quote name='steve' timestamp='1356519936' post='1910646']
Finally got mine to a reasonable state. There's some pretty sloppy playing which I'd redo with more time, but here it is, warts 'n' all

[url="http://soundcloud.com/stevemcevoy/broken-future"]http://soundcloud.co...y/broken-future[/url]

good luck with the comp this month, oh, and merry xmas :)
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Yeah nice one, love it, my favourite so far!

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OK this is a bit more of a 'sentimental Christmas journey' than a dirty old Santa collapsing in an alleyway, though it gets a bit groovy in the middle and Vic lays down the bass vibes... in a spoken word type way - I'll let you guys decide if it works or not

[url="http://soundcloud.com/munkio/bass-makes-no-music-featuring"]http://soundcloud.co...music-featuring[/url]

Good luck to everyone this month - and Happy Christmas and here's to a bass-heavy new year

M

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[quote name='urb' timestamp='1356545715' post='1911041']
OK this is a bit more of a 'sentimental Christmas journey' than a dirty old Santa collapsing in an alleyway, though it gets a bit groovy in the middle and Vic lays down the bass vibes... in a spoken word type way - I'll let you guys decide if it works or not

[url="http://soundcloud.com/munkio/bass-makes-no-music-featuring"]http://soundcloud.co...music-featuring[/url]

Good to everyone this month - and Happy Christmas and here's to a bass-heavy new year

M
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Wow!

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[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1356528717' post='1910761']
Like it, sounds like Floyd meets Manchester. Some interesting chord changes and cool solo section.
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[quote name='Stephen Houghton' timestamp='1356534530' post='1910842']
Yeah nice one, love it, my favourite so far!
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thanks for the positive comments chaps :)

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