Skol303 Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 (edited) [color=#b22222][b][size=5]July’s Composition Challenge is now underway.[/size][/b][/color] [size=5]Here's the image for your inspiration, chosen by last month's winner [b]Dad3353[/b]…[/size] [size=5]And here are the rules 'n' stuff…[/size] By entering the competition you agree to the Basschat [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?app=forums&module=extras§ion=boardrules"]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:http://www.freesound.org/ [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. [b][color=#b22222][size=5]The deadline for entries is midnight on Monday 28th July.[/size][/color][/b] Get busy! Edited July 17, 2014 by Skol303 Quote
Dad3353 Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1404211555' post='2490259'] Is that Jefferson Airplane? [/quote] Well spotted, young lad, it is indeed, with the one and only Jack Casady well featured. I don't know exactly when or where this particular shot was taken, but it represents (to me...) the Godshill festival and a memorable double all-night concert at London's Roundhouse, also featuring the Doors. Happy daze. Inspired..? Quote
timhiggins Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 I told you not to take the purple ones !... great image Dad i already feel inspired ! Quote
Dad3353 Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 [quote name='timhiggins' timestamp='1404230385' post='2490563'] I told you not to take the purple ones !... great image Dad i already feel inspired ! [/quote] ... but there's no pink ones left..! I've started to mess about with my own subject, only to find I'm guilty of plagiarising for the moment..! How to get stuff out of one's head, once it's there..? Hmm... Maybe the green ones, then..? Quote
the boy Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1404231107' post='2490581'] ... but there's no pink ones left..! I've started to mess about with my own subject, only to find I'm guilty of plagiarising for the moment..! How to get stuff out of one's head, once it's there..? Hmm... Maybe the green ones, then..? [/quote] Always the blue, always the blue. Quote
timhiggins Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 Nooo not the green ones before you know it you'll be chasing white rabbits ! Quote
Dad3353 Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 [quote name='timhiggins' timestamp='1404234324' post='2490640'] Nooo not the green ones before you know it you'll be chasing white rabbits ! [/quote] A slick retort, your Grace. Quote
lurksalot Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 I am a little disappointed Dad, we know your skill at putting a tune together with incredible speed , this was the perfect opportunity to get the song done BEFORE the picture got posted Quote
Dad3353 Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 ... but would that not be cheating..? Not my style, I'm afraid, so I'm as hoist by my own petard as you lot. My ropey system isn't helping, of course, but I doubt that I can pull a white rabbit from my hat [Tommy Cooper] "just like that..! [/Tommy Cooper] I'm constantly distracted, too, by the incessant furious din from the hubble-bubble... Quote
xgsjx Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 We used to cover White Rabbit in one of my old bands. As usual, I'll start on a composition. One of these might get completed! Quote
the boy Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 I'm loving the picture and I'm instantly inspired but I'm trying desperately to avoid sounding like Jefferson airplane (I wish), but you know what I mean. I wish I didn't know it was them. Thanks for the spoiler alert guys. I have a little tune bouncing around in my head. Thanks for a good choice of picture Dad. Quote
Dad3353 Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 [quote name='the boy' timestamp='1404252609' post='2490906']I'm trying desperately to avoid sounding like Jefferson airplane...[/quote] Note: You don't have to all go down that route. Grateful Dead will do just fine, too. [quote name='the boy' timestamp='1404252609' post='2490906']...Thanks for a good choice of picture Dad.[/quote] [URL=http://www.smileyvault.com/][IMG]http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/CBSA/smileyvault-cute-big-smiley-animated-041.gif[/IMG][/URL] Quote
timhiggins Posted July 2, 2014 Posted July 2, 2014 I feel a' ripple' of inspiration coming on !....hmmm Quote
Dad3353 Posted July 2, 2014 Posted July 2, 2014 [quote name='timhiggins' timestamp='1404280846' post='2490995'] I feel a' ripple' of inspiration coming on !....hmmm [/quote] Quote
Skol303 Posted July 2, 2014 Author Posted July 2, 2014 I'm looking forward to having a stab at some psychedelia this month. That said we are hoping to be moving house (fingers firmly crossed), so this could be the one time I don't get to submit a track. We shall see. I'm too young (40 yrs!) or more likely uncultured to pretend that Jefferson Airplane had any influence on my musical upbringing. But I am a big fan of Butthole Surfers, Mercury Rev and other 80s acts of that ilk. Plus I enjoyed a misspent youth kicking open the doors of perception. So there's plenty to draw upon right there Should be a good one - and a suitable soundtrack for the summer. Nice choice, Doug! Quote
Dad3353 Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 (edited) OK, I'm sorry to have kept you all waiting. Here's my offering for this month's Challenge... [url="https://soundcloud.com/dad3353/thats-it-for-the-other-side"]That's It For The Other Side...[/url] Begging your indulgence with comments, as always; meanwhile... Enjoy... Edited July 3, 2014 by Dad3353 Quote
RockfordStone Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 i might throw all my effects pedals on the floor and stamp on them and see what noises i can get.... if i get any time Quote
lowdown Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 [quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1404390781' post='2492201'] if i get any time [/quote] You don't need any time, just as loose as possible will do, to go with the noises you get. Quote
RockfordStone Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1404391169' post='2492207'] You don't need any time, just as loose as possible will do, to go with the noises you get. [/quote] more the fact that i am getting married in 9 weeks and just started a new job, so everything is all up in the air at the moment, finding time to breathe is a mission Quote
discreet Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 [quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1404400011' post='2492318'] more the fact that i am getting married in 9 weeks and just started a new job, so everything is all up in the air at the moment, finding time to breathe is a mission [/quote] Married in 9 weeks? if you don't do it before, it certainly won't be happening after! Quote
Leonard Smalls Posted July 7, 2014 Posted July 7, 2014 Been busy this weekend.... Mine's a bass improv done after listening to a bit of Jack Cassidy and his hippy stoners! Drums and keys added later. Only samples arethe bare bones of the drums. https://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/kinigl-of-caerbannog Quote
Dad3353 Posted July 7, 2014 Posted July 7, 2014 [quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1404719211' post='2494879']...Mine's a bass improv done after listening to a bit of Jack Cassidy and his hippy stoners!...[/quote] Like..! [pedant](... [i]but it's Casady[/i]...)[/pedant]. What were you smoking for that..? Coded answer by PM, of course. I was spiritually transported back to another era, so you're doing something right..! Comments left; nice one, Lenny. (... or should that be [url="http://youtu.be/r34vfH4lDAQ"]Father Bruce[/url]..?) Quote
Leonard Smalls Posted July 7, 2014 Posted July 7, 2014 Cheers! No chemical assistance for me for many years! Apart from the occasional bottle of Castle9 or a wee Bruichladdich... But I did spend a lot of time at Ozrics gigs in my mid-youth! Quote
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