Oscar South Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) Copied the first comp idea from musicianforums.com as it was one of the most interesting there when they ran competitions and it gets peoples imagination going rather than just leaving them looking for ideas. The rules of entry are simple, just compose and record a piece of music of any length containing a notable bass guitar part (whether you choose just to use an interesting bassline, bass in the lead or as a textural instrument is up to you) based on one of these 4 images, I've gone for a Greek Elemental theme: Earth: Water: Fire: Air: Other than these themes and a notable bass part there are no rule really, feel free to experiment with whatever forms and instrumentation you like. I'm going to set the final entry date as June 1st but I'll push it back by one or two weeks if people need more time, its flexible this time as this is just a test run really and I'm not sure how long people will need. Submit entries in this thread. After the final entry deadline I'll collect all the pieces up and create a new thread for voting and feedback. Edited May 15, 2008 by Oscar South Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Great idea. I hope I will be able to contribute. Looking forward to hearing peoples pieces.... cheers ped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar South Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) I'm planning to do a piece based on earth in a week or so, that one for me has the most characteristics that can be translated to music. Edited May 15, 2008 by Oscar South Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_u_y_* Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) I'll admit I was skeptical of the idea of a BC competition, as I've seen some on other forums and it all a bit of a w*** fest really. But this sounds more like my cup of tea. Hopefully I can get something down. Edited May 15, 2008 by s_u_y_* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starvolt Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I think I'll have a go at fire or air. Time to put the new pedal to use It won't be brilliant, but hey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Who cares, as long as it's fun!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenofthedepths Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Just to check, we are allowed to use other musicians to do the non-bass parts, right? Anddd is it okaeey if we want to make more than one entry? I doubt I'll want to enter loads (probably one for Earth and one for Fire) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starvolt Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 [quote name='ped' post='199916' date='May 15 2008, 08:50 PM']Who cares, as long as it's fun!![/quote] My thoughts entirely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar South Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) [quote name='queenofthedepths' post='199919' date='May 15 2008, 08:59 PM']Just to check, we are allowed to use other musicians to do the non-bass parts, right? Anddd is it okaeey if we want to make more than one entry? I doubt I'll want to enter loads (probably one for Earth and one for Fire)[/quote] Theres no way of stopping anyone having someone else recording non bass parts so its allowed, I don't want to go down the route of everyone just uploading a track their band recorded one time though so I'd say to try and keep the music as a piece as personal and/or relevant to the theme as possible. You're welcome to submit as many entries as you want, depending on how many total entries there are it'll be judged either piece by piece or user by user (if its user by user I'd recommend picking your best piece and labeling that as so otherwise people might just listen to a lesser piece and vote based on that though). If you go to the effort of making two pieces though I think you've earned the competitive advantage that buys you and I'll definitely listen to them all at least. Edited May 15, 2008 by Oscar South Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 What if you combine all of them into one uber-tune? Thinking of either taking on earth. Coz to me its actually a serene picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar South Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 My concept of earth is a state of fragile serenity, its completely calm but threatening to explode with irresistible power at any time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 (edited) [quote name='Oscar South' post='200061' date='May 16 2008, 12:07 AM']My concept of earth is a state of fragile serenity, its completely calm but threatening to explode with irresistible power at any time.[/quote] I used a very similar line on a girl a couple of nights ago. The only difference being I was talking about my penis. Needless to say if it had been successful I wouldn't be submitting a widdly w***fest. I think we should have as many entries in each category as possible (ie. each Element). If someone did want to do a suite, that would be awesome - so long as Earth, Wind and Fire's legal team don't see this... I've started on an idea for Fire and I've got a couple of concepts in mind for Water and possibly Earth. Air might be tricky but I'd like to have a go. If I submit the video for [i]Sexy Boy[/i], please disqualify me. EDIT: Could I suggest a separate thread for people to submit their entries in and then a third thread for votes/critique? Maybe people could give some brief information about each of their entries, such as how long it took, what instruments are on it, how it was recorded, what the concept behind it was, whether any kind of clever techniques were used and why. This could actually turn into something constructive - kind of like a songwriters'/composers' collective. Edited May 16, 2008 by The Funk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar South Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 Yeah I like those ideas, part of the judging criteria is going to be how closely it relates to the image so all info given by the composer to show how they made that link is going to give them a better chance, I'll post their descriptions in the voting threads with their entries. I don't really want to start too many threads about this, already been 3, I'm ok just combing through this thread to find all the entries, I'll definitely start a new one for the voting/feedback though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viajero Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Can I just submit Boogie Wonderland? It covers Earth, Wind AND Fire... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsymoth Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 I changed my non-entries to a stretched concept of wind & earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar South Posted May 31, 2008 Author Share Posted May 31, 2008 This is extended I guess, 10th June. I still plan to get a piece done for it heh, hopefully we might get one or two more entries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Sorry... i tried and ended up writing new riffs for my band instead. So thanks for the inspiration but they veared so far away from what i saw that it was silly. However... more pictures now need to be viewed for more inspiration. Off to deviantart I GO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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