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[color=#800000][size=5][b]July’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&section=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: 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=#800000][size=5]The deadline for entries is midnight on Friday 24th July.[/size][/color][/b]

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Aha..! Dramatic..! Pause for thought. This may take a while to sink in...

( ... [i]Diminishing sounds of plodding steps and stubble-stroking... "Hmm... Orchestral..? Big beat..? Freeform jazz..? Folk guitar..? Nah; I need to reflect over a cup of tea and a biscuit or three..."[/i])

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Nice picture!

I particularly enjoy surrealist, "dreamscape" themes, so I'm seriously looking forward to what everyone composes this month.

(To be honest, a small part of me was worried that the elephant picture might show up, in which case I'd need to ransack a music shop of all its heavy brass)

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[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1435756207' post='2812145']
Freeform jazz..? I need to reflect over a cup of tea and a biscuit or three..."[/i])
[/quote]

Freeform is always the answer. And once you've come to that conclusion you deserve cake, not just biscuits!

[quote name='fingers211' timestamp='1435758806' post='2812181']
Interesting photo, she obviously has a matching set at home.......
[/quote]

I was thinking of calling my compo "Washday, got no clothes" after one of Arnie's early lines in The Terminator!

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I may be onto something; I've a 'work in progress', using a couple of new 'toys'. An odd 'zone' for me to be in; the result may be utter ****, but I'll be hard pressed to know..! :blush:
This heat is helping, indirectly, as I've tons of stuff to do in the garden and around the house, but I'm taking the advice given to old folks and keeping physical activities to a strict minimum. This doesn't extend as far as putting the kettle on, though, so I do get a fair bit of exercise.
Back soon...

( ... [i]potters off to start yet another brew, humming tonelessly[/i] ...)

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[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1435781369' post='2812457']
I think you'll find HE has 2 small parachutes strapped on the wrong way round ;)
[/quote]

In that case, I reckon [i]he [/i]should consult to get those knee joints seen to..! :rolleyes:

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Once again, it's not going to get any better if I mess around with it any more, and so I offer you ...

[url="http://soundcloud.com/dad3353/concrete-jungle-solid-air"]Concrete Jungle, Solid Air ...[/url]

Enjoy. B)

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[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1435832383' post='2812791']
is it wrong that the mismatching underwear is throwing my mojo off?
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[quote name='fingers211' timestamp='1435835085' post='2812836']
A euphemism I've not heard before? ;)
[/quote]

As in "putting one off one's stroke"?

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[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1435830016' post='2812752']
Once again, it's not going to get any better if I mess around with it any more, and so I offer you ...

[url="https://soundcloud.com/dad3353/concrete-jungle-solid-air"]Concrete Jungle, Solid Air ...[/url]

Enjoy. B)
[/quote]

Nice!
Yea verily 'tis an Advanced Groove Engine!

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[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1435830016' post='2812752']
Once again, it's not going to get any better if I mess around with it any more, and so I offer you ...

[url="https://soundcloud.com/dad3353/concrete-jungle-solid-air"]Concrete Jungle, Solid Air ...[/url]

Enjoy. B)
[/quote]

Ha, Ha, Stylus RMX! and my fave Drum and Perc module.
Been using it for years - Up next for you, will be the bug for the expansion packs, dozens and dozens of them.
££££££££££££££££££££££ :lol:

Four pages of Video tutorials here.
It really is a very in depth monster.
https://www.spectrasonics.net/video/videos.php?p=1&f=&q=&InstrumentID=all&VideoTypeID=3

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[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1435836112' post='2812846']
Nice!
Yea verily 'tis an Advanced Groove Engine!
[/quote]

Suitable for folks of Advanced Age, I hope..! :blush:

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1435836177' post='2812847']
Ha, Ha, Stylus RMX! and my fave Drum and Perc module.
Been using it for years - Up next for you, will be the bug for the expansion packs, dozens and dozens of them.
££££££££££££££££££££££ :lol:

Four pages of Video tutorials here.
It really is a very in depth monster.
[url="https://www.spectrasonics.net/video/videos.php?p=1&f=&q=&InstrumentID=all&VideoTypeID=3"]https://www.spectras...l&VideoTypeID=3[/url]
[/quote]

A very recent acquisition, so I've yet to explore any significant percentage of its native features Expansion..? Another day, maybe, once I've exhausted the current stuff. I've a whole raft of RX2 files that can be converted, too, so there's scope for expanding it myself.
As for the videos, my sleepless nights need this kind of stuff. I've already gone through the Trilian bunch (and even imagine that I understood some of it..! :rolleyes: ), so I'll while away a few small hours in study. Tea, that's the secret; tea (and a biscuit or three...).

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To paraphrase Sally Webster in Coronation Street (she was talking to Kevin): I don't know what I've been doing all day but I've come home stupid...

Somehow I've managed to do crooning vocals on top of a big beat backing complete with an Indian chant.
This one's definitely going to need rolling in glitter, plus 3 coats of varnish and a hand-carved presentation box!

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[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1435853710' post='2813097']...
This one's definitely going to need rolling in glitter, plus 3 coats of varnish and a hand-carved presentation box!
[/quote]

I can't wait. :mellow:

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