Skol303 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 (edited) [color=#ff0000][size=5]Congratulations to this month's winner:[/size][b][size=5] lowdown[/size][/b][/color] And well done to everyone else who took part. Another great month of new music! Here's the inspiration for July's competition, chosen by Mike (urb): And here are the compositions: Dad3353 [url="https://soundcloud.com/dad3353/mighty-chaud-city/s-2f4zZ"]https://soundcloud.c...ud-city/s-2f4zZ[/url] CamdenRob [url="http://soundcloud.com/robhartley-1/pastrami-on-rye-wav"]http://soundcloud.co...rami-on-rye-wav[/url] MiltyG565 [url="http://soundcloud.com/miltyg565/miltongrahambasschatbass"]http://soundcloud.co...hambasschatbass[/url] stu_g [url="http://soundcloud.com/stuartgeary/midnight-metropolis"]http://soundcloud.co...ight-metropolis[/url] discreet [url="http://soundcloud.com/mark-68-2/nyny"]http://soundcloud.com/mark-68-2/nyny[/url] SimonEdward [url="https://soundcloud.com/simon-edward/downtown-bleecker"]https://soundcloud.c...wntown-bleecker[/url] lowdown [url="http://soundcloud.com/garrycribb/club-retro-75"]http://soundcloud.co...b/club-retro-75[/url] the boy [url="http://soundcloud.com/theboysings/mama-leave-a-light-on-poor-boy"]http://soundcloud.co...ght-on-poor-boy[/url] Stephen Houghton [url="http://soundcloud.com/9thaspect/city-streets"]http://soundcloud.co...ct/city-streets[/url] Bilbo [url="http://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/waking"]http://soundcloud.co...palmer-1/waking[/url] lurksalot [url="http://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/shine-on"]http://soundcloud.co...ksalot/shine-on[/url] Rob Slusar & Skol303 [url="http://soundcloud.com/skollob/empire-city"]http://soundcloud.co...lob/empire-city[/url] JamesFlashG [url="http://soundcloud.com/flashg-4/city-lights"]http://soundcloud.co...g-4/city-lights[/url] Edited August 1, 2013 by Skol303 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Houghton Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Voted and listened to them all but had to go with Lowdowns for his really great funky dance number, loved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 After much deliberation, Lowdown for me. The standard was high throughout though and this didn't make it an easy decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Started my listening, but not had the chance to give them all a decent, focussed listen yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedrovelse Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Big funk fan, so lowdown was especially good, well done. Vote went to JamesFlashG though, just had that 'something' about it, really liked the keys. Good entries people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 There were three that tingled my pants: Discreet, this is the second month in a row that you've produced a stonking, high quality electrotune. You obviously have a talent for this type of music. Lowdown, who doesn't love being spanked by 12" of quality camp funky disco? Marvellous stuff. JamesFlashG, I liked this a lot, especially the Squarepusher flavoured bass playing, and especially especially the stripped-down outro. In the end, Lowdown clinched it for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Sam Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Tough choices again this month. Lowdown and Skol had strong entries again but Discreet pips it at the post for me. Well done all, I love hearing the offerings every month, keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltyG565 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Wow, somebody voted for me! Thanks, whoever that was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesFlashG Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 [quote name='bedrovelse' timestamp='1374741396' post='2152548'] Big funk fan, so lowdown was especially good, well done. Vote went to JamesFlashG though, just had that 'something' about it, really liked the keys. Good entries people. [/quote] Thanks glad you liked it ;] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockfordStone Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 went with lowdown in the end, really top tune and i love disco so worked for me thanks to all who have voted for Skol and I, we really enjoyed making it so nice to see some of you have enjoyed listening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 There is some great stuff in there , well done guys , after a few listens I have cast my vote, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonEdward Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 ... congrats to all for their entries in the comp - and I've just voted! Before I voted, it was 'JamesFlashG' (1) and SimonEdward (1), but now he seems to have overtaken me! (thanks to the very kind soul who gave my tune their vote - much appreciated). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 (edited) Voted, after a very pleasant hour or so listening through them all. I like to leave the audition until voting time, as I feel it more fair to hear them all in the same sitting. No disappointments; all are up to scratch, although one's personal likes in music obviously colours the listening somewhat. No trouble listening through to the end, even for the one or two using a style which I wouldn't normally give much time to. ...and the winner is... [spoiler] Many different 'colours' this month (as usual..?), with a certain 'disco' type theme cropping up. Not my speciality, really; I finally went for JamesFlashG, for the fine syncopation and the refreshing ending, bringing us back from the jungle tropics and trip beats. Too many others worthy of mention to mention, but special mention for Milty, which gave me particular problems. My fault, really. I transformed his composition back into a bar-code, and found myself with a very strange invoice from Marks and Spencer's for flowers..! Never mind... [/spoiler] Well done to all who took the trouble to composes these works, and well done to all who take the time to listen and vote. Edited July 27, 2013 by Dad3353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebassmusic Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Lots of good entries I agree :-) Anyone else having trouble loading Lowdown [url="http://soundcloud.com/garrycribb/club-retro-75"][color="#0f72da"]http://soundcloud.co...b/club-retro-75[/color][/url] ? I can get to the page but nothing plays I'll try again later as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anDy LAKIN Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 after been fooled by the naked pics i thought id pop by but i thought id check what really is the voting criteria, are we just voting for the best bass line or the tack in general or technicality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 (edited) [quote name='andy159' timestamp='1375024697' post='2155878'] or the tack in general [/quote] I suppose that's one way of looking at our music.... Only kidding.... Edited July 28, 2013 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 (edited) [quote name='andy159' timestamp='1375024697' post='2155878']after been fooled by the naked pics...[/quote] Not the first; surely not the last..! [quote name='andy159' timestamp='1375024697' post='2155878']...what really is the voting criteria...[/quote] Quite liberal, really, although it's the composing part which is supposed to be the real 'nut' of the challenge. We all have very different gear for doing this stuff, so the 'technical' aspect would be easily swamped by the 'big guns'. A decent bass line is likely, I suppose, to grab the enthusiasm of bassists ([i]what would I know; I'm a drummer..![/i]), but a good compo with little or no bass would, in my view at least, trump a brilliant bass line in a weak compo. As a confirmed anarchist, it would be against my morals to impose rules, however. Vote for whatever you think most worthy..? Hope this helps... Edited July 28, 2013 by Dad3353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anDy LAKIN Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 yep it does cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Didn't get time to enter this month sadly, but I've just finished listening to all the entries. Great stuff as ever peeps, there were some seriously good entries, but Garry's (Lowdown) did it for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I thought the idea was to vote for the composition which representrd the photo that inspired it. If it is just a what is the one you like the most thing, why bother with the picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1375049975' post='2156246'] I thought the idea was to vote for the composition which representrd the photo that inspired it. If it is just a what is the one you like the most thing, why bother with the picture? [/quote] Absolutely, humble apologies for not mentioning that most important of criteria. Well done for correcting. Mea culpa... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonEdward Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1375049975' post='2156246'] I thought the idea was to vote for the composition which representrd the photo that inspired it. If it is just a what is the one you like the most thing, why bother with the picture? [/quote] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 If it doesn't relate to the picture for me, it doesn't get my vote. However, I think there will always be some bias in favour of the voter's taste - it's only natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) [quote name='SimonEdward' timestamp='1375051118' post='2156257'] +1 [/quote] [size=4]Hey Simon, just been looking at your web pages and noticed the 'Carlsbro Cobra 90'[/size] Me and my brother used one as a shared second amp for years. It had fallen off the back of trucks, soaked in beer in dodgy pubs, been thrown off airplanes, nicked and recovered by the Police, seen action in Abbey Road studios, borrowed by several other Bass players It had a life of it's own - [size=4]And it was second hand when we got it, also with some previous history....It had never let anyone down. [/size] [size=4]Apparently it was twenty years old when it died. [/size] [size=4]Garry[/size] Edited July 29, 2013 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 Voted Mark (discreet) got my support this time round. A superb track that that really nailed the 'city nightlife' vibe for me. As did Garry's - another cracking entry! - but I'm more of a raver than a disco diva at heart; hence Mark's chimed a little more closely with my own experiences of city life. Very well done to everyone. I'll post up a mini-review of each track next chance I get... Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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