Skol303 Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 [color=#b22222][size=5][b]February's Composition Challenge is now underway.[/b][/size][/color] [size=5]Here's the image for your inspiration...[/size] [size=5]And here are the rules 'n' stuff…[/size] By entering the competition you agree to the [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?app=forums&module=extras§ion=boardrules"]Basschat Terms & Conditions[/url] and [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/3178-forum-guidelines/"]Forum Guidelines[/url], which are designed to help ensure the forum remains free of offensive and/or illegal behaviour and material. In a nutshell: [b]1) Please avoid any content that other forum users may find offensive.[/b] If your track contains explicit lyrics, for example, then please warn other forum users so they can choose for themselves whether to listen to it. [b]2) Please make sure you have permission to use any 3rd party sounds included in your track[/b] (ie. sounds that you have not recorded yourself, such as samples of other people's music). The owners of Basschat accept no responsibility for infringements of copyright or other forms of legal ownership, which are solely the responsibility of competition entrants. If we spot any breaches of copyright then your track will be removed from the competition. For reference: here's a great source of copyright-free material, all available under Creative Commons license: [url="http://www.freesound.org/"]http://www.freesound.org/[/url] [b]3) Entries should be no more than five minutes long and written/produced during the month of the competition[/b], taking inspiration from the photo provided. No cheating! If you have any questions about the competition rules, just ask. [color=#b22222][size=5][b]The deadline for entries is midnight on Friday 21st February.[/b][/size][/color] Get to it! PS: if want to know what the photograph is of, click below… [spoiler]Michigan Central Station, Detroit[/spoiler] Quote
Roland Rock Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 (edited) A great picture, which I predict will lead to more varied interpretations than last month. Edited February 1, 2014 by Roland Rock Quote
Dad3353 Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 Swindle..! This is the same building as [i]last [/i]month, from a different angle..! Any minute now and a V8 hot rod will come down the street to a banjo backing..! Hmm, reflection needed this month. Where's my pipe and slippers..? Oh, no, I don't smoke. Damned..! Quote
Skol303 Posted February 1, 2014 Author Posted February 1, 2014 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1391214679' post='2354754']Swindle..! This is the same building as [i]last [/i]month, from a different angle..! Any minute now and a V8 hot rod will come down the street to a banjo backing..![/quote] In fact, you can [i]just[/i] make out one of the hooded guys on top of the building if you squint hard enough... [b][size=5]PS: voting has started in the [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/223452-mixing-challenge-vote-now/"]mixing challenge![/url][/size][/b] Show your fellow Rec' heads some support and please go listen and vote. Ta. Quote
ambient Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 Can I ask what that building is please ? Quote
Skol303 Posted February 1, 2014 Author Posted February 1, 2014 [quote name='ambient' timestamp='1391216779' post='2354770'] Can I ask what that building is please ? [/quote] No probs. There's a 'spoiler' button at the bottom of the introductory post... click it and all will be revealed! Quote
Mornats Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 I've got a hankering for a track. Been buried in band stuff for flipping ages now! (Which I love so it's all good.) Quote
AL-the-Bassman Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 cool picture, a LOT of great music came outta detroit, as well as muscle cars . shame thats all but gone now Quote
lurksalot Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 I recall seeing a documentary about some of the great Detroit buildings falling to rack and ruin , and if I was not mistaken this building was one of them , stripped bare and looted of plumbing, wiring, timber ,wall and floor tiles, carpet etc a scary thought of the opulence of the industrial corperate power houses of the west , literally being brought back to nature , what a tale to tell .....but what style to tell it in ? and what language ? .................oooh I have an idea . Quote
Dad3353 Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 [quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1391222684' post='2354794']...oooh I have an idea .[/quote] Bar steward..! Sir..! Sir..? He's nicking my ideas, he is..! He's been lurking over my shoulder, the scoundrel. Aha..! I'll foil him. I'll turn my screen off; that'll fox 'im all right..! Now then, can I remember where the mouse was just now..? Hmm... Not so easy. Composing ain't simple when one's deaf; gets worse when blinded. Innit..? Quote
lurksalot Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 I daresn't turn my screen back on in the AM as I fear you will have turned in one of your specials , thats if Bilbo doesnt beat you to it Quote
SimonEdward Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1391213904' post='2354745'] [color=#b22222][size=5][b]February's Composition Challenge is now underway.[/b][/size][/color] [size=5]Here's the image for your inspiration...[/size] [size="4"]...[/size] PS: if want to know what the photograph is of.. [spoiler] [size=5][b]Michigan Central Station, Detroit[/b][/size] [/spoiler] [/quote] An abandoned Railroad station!! Inspired choice Skol.. how do you do it? http://www.seedetroit.com/pictures/mcsweb/ Simon Edward. Quote
Skol303 Posted February 1, 2014 Author Posted February 1, 2014 [quote name='SimonEdward' timestamp='1391263788' post='2355111']An abandoned Railroad station!! Inspired choice Skol.. how do you do it? [/quote] Nearly always by some weird tangent! I came across this pic while browsing some articles online while waiting for the vote to finish on Friday night… ended up reading about what's happened to Detroit since the city went bankrupt… and how there's a new campaign encouraging US companies to outsource there as a way of stimulating growth… etc. And there it was! So I thought, "that'll do nicely". Hopefully it's open to lots of different ideas. The interior of the building is like the film set of an apocalyptic movie, but I felt it might be a wee bit too dark and nihilistic for a dreary February. Anyway, it's a stunning building. Make of it what you will! Quote
RockfordStone Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 there are a number of stations like this in the states, incredible pieces of architecture going to run, here's [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Central_Terminal"]another[/url] Quote
AL-the-Bassman Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vPuF2c8wrQ Quote
xgsjx Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 Now that I have my Mac back up & running, I'm gonna make a good effort this month. I missed the mixing comp too! Quote
Horizontalste Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 Ball's, I've just popped in to listen/vote for January's entries. Quote
Dad3353 Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 [quote name='Horizontalste' timestamp='1391369710' post='2356392'] Ball's, I've just popped in to listen/vote for January's entries. [/quote] "Procrastination Champion of the World". Hmm... Warranted, huh..? Quote
Horizontalste Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1391379514' post='2356599'] "Procrastination Champion of the World". Hmm... Warranted, huh..? [/quote] Absolutely, wife hates it. Quote
the boy Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 I can't get "love in vain" out of my head. Quote
stu_g Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 bought a yamaha djx today and created some weird sounds heres my contribution:[url="https://soundcloud.com/stuartgeary/motorcity-2"]https://soundcloud.com/stuartgeary/motorcity-2[/url] Quote
Dad3353 Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) Yes, another couple of (almost...) sleepless nights and a fair bit of daylight hours too, have gone into this... [url="http://soundcloud.com/dad3353/talk-to-the-station-1"]Talk To The Station...[/url] ...which is (you've guessed, haven't you..? ) my contribution to the February Challenge. Are we allowed train or station puns..? No..? Thought not. Never mind; enjoy... Edited February 19, 2014 by Dad3353 Quote
Ou7shined Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) Here's my submission - [url="https://soundcloud.com/ou7shined/remember-this-station-final"]Remember This Station[/url] Funnily enough, when I set out to write this I had a completely different idea in mind (dark and doomy) but when I went to the rack to pick a bass for the track I accidentally picked up my fretless. "What the hell" says I "Lets see what happens". Turned out quite a bit more optimistic sounding than I'd originally planned. Edited February 19, 2014 by Ou7shined Quote
Stephen Houghton Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 Just trying to mix mine, but have had an ear infection for a couple of weeks and I am deaf in one ear, its really doing my head in now Started with a dark idea about the picture, but it has gone completely the opposite way and turned out quite upbeat. Will post it as soon as its finished, the mix may be a bit messed up though Quote
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