September Composition Challenge - GET WRITING!

[Dad3353]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1441969171' post='2863329']
I kind of nailed that impossible guitar part last night by playing it on my seven string bass!! It is not perfect but it is close enough for the exercise and I have mixed it all. I will post it as soon as I can.

I did learn a lot about recording this month. Every challenge has it's learning points but this month has been exceptional.
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That, indeed, is the way by which we are [i]all [/i]winners, whatever the voting, isn't it..? We may [i]even [/i]get to learn, eventually, how to present compositions that appeal to others, too , but that's a bonus, really (well, that's [i]my [/i]excuse and I'm sticking to it... )

[fingers211]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1441969171' post='2863329']
I kind of nailed that impossible guitar part last night by playing it on my seven string bass!! It is not perfect but it is close enough for the exercise and I have mixed it all. I will post it as soon as I can.

I did learn a lot about recording this month. Every challenge has it's learning points but this month has been exceptional.
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For someone just starting ,(moi ) this gives a lot of encouragement !

The fact it's still a challenge for the 'old hands', really helps, Especially this month, as I have great ideas in me head but not the ability to play them or re-create them !!

And Dad, the fact at least 10 -15 people hear it is a bonus in itself

Edited September 11, 2015 by fingers211

[Bilbo]

Here we are. My thoughts on the image are quite topical at the moment. What I saw in the image was the fact that the sea swallows things but, given the harrowing images that have been appearing in the media recently, it occurred to me that a lot of what the sea swallows is given up again some time later. The 'giving' here is no gift but a reminder of things lost.

https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/the-giving-sea

[fingers211]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1441997480' post='2863733']
Here we are. My thoughts on the image are quite topical at the moment. What I saw in the image was the fact that the sea swallows things but, given the harrowing images that have been appearing in the media recently, it occurred to me that a lot of what the sea swallows is given up again some time later. The 'giving' here is no gift but a reminder of things lost.

[url="https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/the-giving-sea"]https://soundcloud.c.../the-giving-sea[/url]
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Glad you found a way round that middle part !!

I found the whole piece very impressive...good stuff !

[fingers211]

One more to add .......

https://soundcloud.com/nigel-jewell/wave-me-goodbye

[the boy]

[quote name='fingers211' timestamp='1442323698' post='2866027']
One more to add .......

https://soundcloud.com/nigel-jewell/wave-me-goodbye
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Oooooohhhh that is good. I had that feeling in my head but it didn't come out anything like I wanted it too. Beautifully captured. Well done.

[Skol303]

Good stuff already! Well done guys.

My own effort is going to be stunted to say the least this month. My excuse is that I’m busy kick-starting another project with Mike Flynn of this parish (aka ‘urb’) working with singer Paula Rae Gibson. A sort of jazz-tinged electronica EP/album. Shades of Lamb, Portishead and Massive Attack so far, but it’s very early days…

I’ll keep y’all posted as it develops.

In other news, the album I’ve been working on with Mike (and Basschat’s 51m0n) is now finished, printed and due to arrive in my letterbox today! Very exciting. Ten tracks in total of a jazzy/funky/Latin flavour. It’ll be commercially available in due course for anyone interested.

So yeah. Great to be busy, but very little time left for my own endeavours at the moment. But no complaints

[xgsjx]

"Shades of Lamb" sounds like a good band name.

[ras52]

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1442416898' post='2866823']
"Shades of Lamb" sounds like a good band name.
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I've got a copy of their first LP. It's in mint condition...

[xgsjx]

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1442417284' post='2866825']
I've got a copy of their first LP. It's in mint condition...
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Now that's something to bleat about.

[Wonky2]

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1441885628' post='2862564']
Here's my entry...

https://soundcloud.com/xgsjx/nautical-disco-funk

Needless to say, the wave won.
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That's great diggin the vibe here buddy

[Wonky2]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1441997480' post='2863733']
Here we are. My thoughts on the image are quite topical at the moment. What I saw in the image was the fact that the sea swallows things but, given the harrowing images that have been appearing in the media recently, it occurred to me that a lot of what the sea swallows is given up again some time later. The 'giving' here is no gift but a reminder of things lost.

https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/the-giving-sea
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This is outstanding bilbo..... Very cool

[Wonky2]

[quote name='fingers211' timestamp='1442323698' post='2866027']
One more to add .......

https://soundcloud.com/nigel-jewell/wave-me-goodbye
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Very organic feel here, captures the scene well..... like it a lot.....

[lurksalot]

OK I'm in
The mix could have done with a little more , but I wont get any more time this weekend , it was very stressful following up with the winners mantle , but I really enjoyed it . I originally had it very empty just guitars and vocal , maybe should have left it at that , but drums and bass called and were heard

https://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/plain-sailing

I hope you enjoy it

[Leonard Smalls]

Finally done one...
Tis a protest song about sailors no longer being able to get 3 sheets to the wind.
https://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/first-day-of-september

[the boy]

Things are hotting up.

[Skol303]

[size=4]I’m done. Very little time to spend on my composition this month… I’ve just finished this off during my lunch break at work. [i]Yeah I know, excuses, excuses![/i][/size]

[size=4]http://soundcloud.com/skollob/bombora[/size]

[size=4]I imagine that most of you will probably hate it. A caustic, noisy and annoyingly repetitive little number in the vein of ‘Phat Planet’ by Leftfield. I kept on hearing that particular track when I looked at the image (it was famously used on the Guinness commercial: ‘Surfer’); that and the [i]“derr-duh… derr-duh”[/i] motif of the film Jaws. So with those themes stuck in my head, combined with little time for imagination, I ended up with a sort of cover version.[/size]

[size=4]If anyone wants the dots or tabs, just let me know! [/size]

[size=4]PS: I’m going to put my TB-303 synth emulator away for a while now… I’ve been over-using it in these challenges recently. It’s going to be melodic folk all the way for me now. Promise.[/size]

[size=5][color=#800000][b]Don’t forget that the deadline for entries is tomorrow at midnight.[/b][/color][/size]

Cheers. And as always, well done to all the entrants!

[the boy]

Had another listen today and there are some fine entries this month, one in particular hit the spot for me.....possibly two, but fine entries all round regardless.


ahem..... voting thread???

[Skol303]

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1443084344' post='2871986']
ahem..... voting thread???
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Yes... sorry.!.. I've been distracted by work today.

Thread is now up:

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/270103-september-composition-challenge-voting/"][size=5][b]GO, GO, GO[/b][/size][/url]

[the boy]

Thank you.