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ok, im recording all tomorrow, but my home machine is screwed so i have to wipe it.
i may yet squeeze something in
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Go for it mate! 'Bout time we had a new one from you :P

Good to hear you're reocrding stuff at the moment. Hope that goes well and make sure you share it [url="http://basschat.co.uk/forum/95-share-your-music/"]here[/url] once you're finished.

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Well , the medieval headless pewcore is up now , just in time because the 'studio' refurbishment starts this coming week , well , decorating the playroom , but I hope to formalise a bit more studio-ness into it . A family effort this week :) , I hope you enjoy.

[url="http://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/no-body"]http://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/no-body[/url]

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^ Nice one Lurks! I've only had a quick listen on my phone but I have to commend Lurksalittle on the vocal. Very good indeed.

To everyone else (myself included): don't forget that the deadline for entries is this Saturday. Well... it'll be whenever I get up on Sunday, fix breakfast for Mrs Skol and Junior, slug a coffee and get on the computer. So latecomers probably have a window of opportunity until Sunday morning ;)

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Thats a shame Bilbo, I hope your boxes get unpack soon enough .

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Nice one Lurks! I've only had a quick listen on my phone but I have to commend Lurksalittle on the vocal. Very good indeed.
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Cheers Skol , her voice needs a bit of firming up , but I didn't give her enough takes really , It is quite an eye opener when you realise the concentration it takes for someone to hear a melody learn the words and fit them in to the tune , its one thing to sing along to a song , another learning an existing song, but when you start from scratch it takes soooo much more effort , if I allow for that next time, we should have even better results.
I have gone along with the idea that the song 'just' needs a vocal , while it was brilliant when the bands singer did it for the blues song I did , I now realise it requires a LOT more planning for a 13 year old girl to do it .

...and on that note , she has a new app on her ipad which is effectively a midi programmer , a real doody thing where you just draw or write on the screen and the app just plays through where the writing covers the notes , incredible bit of kit , to the extent that she is mumbling about entering the competition herself next time :o

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Here's my entry. It's rather basic and still very much at ideas level but I simply don't have time to do anything with it. I have modified the lyrics but I don't have time to record them. Anyway I like it and think it is worth entering so hear it is.

http://m.soundcloud.com/theboysings/stranger

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Ok I'm done.

Great picture from Zenitram this month, which fired me up for something on a spooky/horrific theme. I'm a big fan of horror movies and wanted to experiment with some of the tricks used in my favourite soundtracks of the genre - things like [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3odOfyPz8L8"]Texas Chainsaw Massacre[/url] (bloody bonkers), [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H3UiwU1N5I"]The Omen[/url] (choirs don't get much creepier) and pretty much anything by John Carpenter ([url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI0QNdIi508&list=PL22F8B69AA1F54632"]Halloween[/url] is a good example)… with a big dollop of metal thrown in for good measure ;)

It all ended up being a bit messy - and quite a step removed from the picture, if I'm being honest (which perhaps conjures up more of a Hammer Horror or M.R. James style of spookiness, rather than where I ended up). But heh.

Lots of crazy synth programming and liberal use of copyright-free samples to weave the 'story'. The bass is all mine; the guitars are a mix of my own playing smothered beneath programmed MIDI lines to help keep the timing tight (I'm no guitarist).

[color=#b22222][b]Please note: this track contains swearing.[/b][/color] Nothing especially offensive, but a dose of the S-word right at the start. It's also perhaps not ideal for younger listeners. Rated 15, or thereabouts!

https://soundcloud.com/skollob/unholy-matrimony

Well done to everyone who entered this month. I'm looking forward to listening to them all over the next week.

Cheers :drinks:

Paul

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