Skol303 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 (edited) [b][size=5][color=#800000]April's Composition Challenge is now underway![/color][/size][/b] [size=5]Breaking with convention we have two sources of inspiration this month, as chosen by last month's winner, [b]Leonard Smalls[/b]… Firstly, this photo:[/size] [size=5]And secondly, this video...[/size] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXPj_A20dBA&feature=youtu.be [i]YouTube copy kindly supplied by Dad3353 Audiovisual Enterprises Plc.[/i] [size=4]Click on the 'Spoiler' button below to read the usual rules and caveats:[/size] [spoiler]By entering the competition you agree to the [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?app=forums&module=extras§ion=boardrules"]Basschat Terms and 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. [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![/spoiler] If you have any questions, just ask. [b][color=#800000][size=5]The deadline for entries is midnight on Saturday 23rd April.[/size][/color][/b] Edited April 7, 2016 by Skol303 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I don't know how to embed the Facebook vid without getting into html, but the theme of this month is crazy dogs (my sadly departed ex-mutt, Jono), snow (some in the lane above my house 3 years ago this week!), and crazy French girls, also in the snow... I can envisage "woohoo" Blur type stuff, sad songs about the death of a dog, free jazz epics celebrating the randomness of snow drifts, struttin' disco grooves about "having a good time, all the time" (copyright Spinal Tap!), or acoustic ballads about being scared stupid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 [quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1459506136' post='3017170'] I don't know how to embed the Facebook vid without getting into html, but the theme of this month is crazy dogs (my sadly departed ex-mutt, Jono), snow (some in the lane above my house 3 years ago this week!), and crazy French girls, also in the snow... I can envisage "woohoo" Blur type stuff, sad songs about the death of a dog, free jazz epics celebrating the randomness of snow drifts, struttin' disco grooves about "having a good time, all the time" (copyright Spinal Tap!), or acoustic ballads about being scared stupid! [/quote] Darn it..! And there was I, hoping there'd be a place for a 'John Williams'-style epic mini-symphony..! Oh well, next month, perhaps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 Just finished mine! Thought I'd get in early this month: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa3w_zfVqhY What do you mean it sounds familiar? Pure coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Jono wouldn't have approved of that... He only likes Bach. And when in lighter mood, Offenbach. Though he did have a soft spot for Iggy's "I I wanna be your dog"and of course, George Clinton's "Atomic Dog",though he worried about nuclear war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 [quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1459506136' post='3017170'] I can envisage "woohoo" Blur type stuff, sad songs about the death of a dog, free jazz epics celebrating the randomness of snow drifts, struttin' disco grooves about "having a good time, all the time" (copyright Spinal Tap!), or acoustic ballads about being scared stupid! [/quote] Immediately made me start hearing something akin to the French band, Air. Sort of light and spacey, poppy electro stuff. Not sure if that's what I'm going to gun for, but it's what I'm humming whilst sat at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Nope, I've never heard anything like either of those 2 compositions. Amazed at how totally different they sound! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 [quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1459506136' post='3017170'] I can envisage "woohoo" Blur type stuff, sad songs about the death of a dog, free jazz epics celebrating the randomness of snow drifts, struttin' disco grooves about "having a good time, all the time" (copyright Spinal Tap!), or acoustic ballads about being scared stupid! [/quote] On seeing that video my thoughts turned to the theme of your latest one , however , taking it a step further and sh****g ones self good and proper ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingers211 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Images of my first tv idol (crush!) Paloma Matta........came back to me with that image. Waited for ages every show for her,but that bloomin boy and his dog got in the way....I was only little !! Nige Oh by the way thanks for the t-shirt people........normal service will be resumed this month !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 You'd never have got anywhere near any of the ladies if Jono had been Belle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 [quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1459513602' post='3017294'] Jono wouldn't have approved of that... He only likes Bach. And when in lighter mood, Offenbach. [/quote] Presumably his Bach is worse than his Beethoven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1459590462' post='3017857'] Presumably his Bach is worse than his Beethoven. [/quote] Especially if pronounced in your darn sarf cockerney accent , me old trout and toolbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Mmm, I'm thinking Beastie Boys when I see that vid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikki1984 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I've got all the instrumentation done, more or less. I heard an up tempo rock song with a slightly punky vibe when I watched that video. I recorded the instruments yesterday and today. It's come together pretty quickly - I usually faff around for ages before I get started! I've written some basic lyrics and am now umming and ahhing over whether to sing and risk completely ruining it or leave it instrumental and have it sound a bit empty. Decisions, decisions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Can't watch the video..... Bandwidth terrible where I am at the mo..... Picture looking a bit fuzzy too. I'm beginning to regret voting for Mr Smalls last month, I'm not a dog lover and I've never been skiing (honest) so I can draw no tangent to this situation. I'm an artist though ( lol) so I wil draw some perspective on which to hang a note or two. Seriously though, I am challenged by the photo. Let's hope I get time to give it a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikki1984 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 [quote name='the boy' timestamp='1459634705' post='3018322'] Can't watch the video..... Bandwidth terrible where I am at the mo..... Picture looking a bit fuzzy too. I'm beginning to regret voting for Mr Smalls last month, I'm not a dog lover and I've never been skiing (honest) so I can draw no tangent to this situation. I'm an artist though ( lol) so I wil draw some perspective on which to hang a note or two. Seriously though, I am challenged by the photo. Let's hope I get time to give it a go. [/quote] If it's any use to you the video is just of 2 people snowboarding down a mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 [quote name='Rikki1984' timestamp='1459635563' post='3018328'] If it's any use to you the video is just of 2 people snowboarding down a mountain. [/quote] Awesome...... One of the best music to video matches I ever saw was on Eurosport. They were highlighting some ski event and they used the instrumental half of 'I am the resurrection' as the backing track. It was amazing. I know that's setting the bar pretty high but we can only hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Here you are, then, in two parts. Here's the full video... http://youtu.be/vT8Dn-zsvBk ... and, to simplify things for the voting list, here's the Souncloud BO (so without the pictures, of course... ) [url="http://soundcloud.com/dad3353/schu-jono-schu"]Schuss, Jono, Schuss ...[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 [quote name='Rikki1984' timestamp='1459635563' post='3018328'] If it's any use to you the video is just of 2 people snowboarding down a mountain. [/quote] Aye, it's just of 2 French women snowboarding down a mountain. With ice-axes... It's waaay rad, dude! Or in French "C'est super cool!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Jaysus that video gave me motion sickness. I'll tell you one thing they are mad, the two of them "Hey olga"..... "Yes Beatrice"...... "you wanna go snowboarding at the weekend?" "Nein... It's too boring" "We can make it more exciting if you like" "How do you mean" "I dunno...maybe we can go down a 90degree mountain and we must Cary hatchets with daggers sticking out of them" "Ya ok.... Das is cool" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Looks like your lyrics are sorted! Stick something funky and zoomy under that, with just a hint of dogs barking and Tom's yer uncle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 [quote name='the boy' timestamp='1459723107' post='3019050'] "Hey olga"..... "Yes Beatrice"...... "you wanna go snowboarding at the weekend?" "Nein... It's too boring" "We can make it more exciting if you like" "How do you mean" "I dunno...maybe we can go down a 90degree mountain and we must Cary hatchets with daggers sticking out of them" "Ya ok.... Das is cool" [/quote] Like it. I was mucking around with a fuzz pedal over the weekend and am now veering towards something fast and sludgy for this month, rather than light and airy. Bring the noise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1459762447' post='3019211'] Like it. I was mucking around with a fuzz pedal over the weekend and am now veering towards something fast and sludgy for this month, rather than light and airy. Bring the noise! [/quote] Sounds good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I was auditioning some instruments for my idea for this month and accidentally created a nice little track that could have some legs of its own. It's not what I had in mind for the comp but I may get two out of this month's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 [quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1459878156' post='3020537'] I was auditioning some instruments for my idea for this month and accidentally created a nice little track that could have some legs of its own. It's not what I had in mind for the comp but I may get two out of this month's [/quote] As long as you attach a snowboard to those legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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