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January Composition Challenge - GET RECORDING!


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Great stuff guys! Keep them coming.

I've recorded some bits and pieces for mine... and have scribbled some very sweary lyrics that will require a 'parental advisory' notice should I go ahead with them. Or maybe I just need to wash my mouth out with soap and take the Watership Down approach. Nah, **** that! :D

[quote name='alibabu' timestamp='1421132477' post='2657395']
Hehe, I am a Norwegian, we live under the spell of the Law of Jante: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Jante"]http://en.wikipedia....ki/Law_of_Jante[/url]
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Very interesting. This explains a few characteristics of some Norwegian colleagues of mine :)

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[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1421146973' post='2657557']...
Very interesting. This explains a few characteristics of some Norwegian colleagues of mine :)
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... and equally, by opposition, the behaviour of very many non-Scandinavians whose paths I've crossed..!

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[size=4]I managed to get the vocals down over the weekend and finish recording some guitars, so now I need to bring everything together and apply some polish. [/size][/size][/font]
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[size=4]It’s all turned out rather angry, political and potty-mouthed …so I’m definitely going to need a 'Parental Advisory' notice on my track this month :blush:. Just don’t tell Mary Whitehouse! Is she even still alive? [i](Googled: no).[/i][/size][/size][/font]
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[size=4]In other news I’ve started on some new material with Mike Flynn (Basschat’s ‘urb’), which is going to keep me happily busy for a few months :) More on that in due course.[/size][/size][/font]

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[quote name='alittlebitrobot' timestamp='1421458941' post='2661656']
current status: unlistenably cacophonous.
I mean, I want it to be dirty but I have no idea how you all make your tracks sound so legit.
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I cant speak for myself as I am but a novice , but I am learning that the quality of what you record matters , loads of distortion doesn't often hide much , and even then to make it fit you might have to use only a certain frequency range of it by using the EQ to give each part musical seperation , that said, wait till you hear my effort , you will no doubt wonder if I actually listen to what I am saying out loud :lol:

[quote name='Old_Ben' timestamp='1421485889' post='2661738']
I've done guide tracks of all my instruments but finding time to get down decent takes is very difficult!
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I feel your pain there , but it only takes more time to get it right and that is practice , and it has done my playing no harm at all , at first it does seem quite pressured to get a good take , but the concentration when put towards the creative works better than when worrying about the negative , just do it again ....and again in my case , I think I would fall to bits in a proper studio with ......people there and everything :lol: .
Still , I recorded our gig on Saturday , and some songs haven't got any (audible ) mistakes by me :D . in a gig the moment is gone and no-one is really judging , in a studio it feels a different ballgame altogether to me .

I have got some BVs now by Lurksalittle and her friend , just waiting for a real singist to do the rest of it now :blush:

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[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1421698839' post='2664135']
I feel your pain there , but it only takes more time to get it right and that is practice , and it has done my playing no harm at all , at first it does seem quite pressured to get a good take , but the concentration when put towards the creative works better than when worrying about the negative , just do it again ....and again in my case , I think I would fall to bits in a proper studio with ......people there and everything :lol: .
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Me too mate! It often takes me numerous attempts to 'nail' what I'm trying to record. Sometimes it's just plain frustrating. Other times I don't mind and quite enjoy the repetition. But it's all good, solid practice ;)

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Here is my entry , imagine a future where music is the life force and superstar DJ's are Rabbits (bear with me on this one :)), raves are the places of worship and this is the vibe. Anyway what the hell I'm on about I have no idea, but the picture took me down this route.

Want to try and enter more of these this year as I missed quite a few last year due to other commitments.

[url="https://soundcloud.com/9thaspect/rave-bunny"]https://soundcloud.com/9thaspect/rave-bunny[/url]

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[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1421851165' post='2665760']
Like a truncated version of this? I don't quite dare, yet...
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Electronica has been invented since, to avoid such sad spectacles becoming necessary. This piece was originally composed for hot water bottle and guinea-pig, but hygiene regulations forbade the performance after rehearsals led to trauma amongst the technicians. [size=4]It does, however, offer us a graphic warning about the use of low-grade cocaine. [/size] :mellow:

([size=4]I[/size][i]'m alarmed by the 'yet'. Should I be..? :blink:[/i] )

Edited by Dad3353
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[quote name='alittlebitrobot' timestamp='1421862581' post='2665952']
reminds me of an old Mulligan and O'Hare tune [url="http://mousehands.co.uk/common/images/opengraph.jpg"]http://mousehands.co...s/opengraph.jpg[/url]

Anyway, I'm feeling much better about my effort now.
Thanks :)
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Goodness knows where you folks spend your holidays..! :rolleyes:[size=4] [/size]

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Referring to the video above 'Where would we be without drugs' :) I mean why else would you think ' I know, why don't we ................. , some of the best music ever was created under the influence, actually thinking about it most of the best music ever. I leave this video out of that statement, sometimes it seems a good idea, but in the morning........................ ?

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[quote name='Old_Ben' timestamp='1421929413' post='2666677']
Here's my entry...
Excuse all dodgy playing of the guitar...
[url="https://soundcloud.com/ben-webb-15/puppets-of-the-revolution-master"]https://soundcloud.c...volution-master[/url]
[/quote]Very good. I like the title of the track

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i am in , this one took loads of work and about 40 vocal takes from me , none of which actually got to the final cut :gas: , It is incredibly difficult to learn , and a real effort to try , much cudos to those that can
Lucky for everyone our bands singer popped in for a coffee and took 2 takes to lay this down , never having heard it before yesterday , talent way beyond my dreams.

So I offer you....Riot Bunny

https://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/riot-bunny

I hope you like it

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Well we've got a ruddy good turnout for January already! Well done all :drinks:

If your work is still 'in progress' (like mine...) then you have until midnight on Saturday to knock it into shape. Or just say hell with it, and post it up anyway!

[i]"Art is never finished, only abandoned"[/i], and all that.

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[quote name='Stephen Houghton' timestamp='1421950798' post='2667059']



:) Only joking post away :P
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You asked for it... If you want slightly more accessible Derek look for the Mirakle album with Jamaaladeen Tacuma on bass, or his last performance with the Shakin Ray Levis - bot on you tube.

[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5dz_1meBjY[MEDIA]

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