lurksalot Posted October 1, 2016 Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) [color=#A52A2A][font=tahoma, geneva, sans-serif][size=6]October's Composition Challenge starts Here........ Hooray [/size][/font][/color] After a deserved [size=3][size=4]win by Mornats in Septembers comp, he has kindly offered up this great picture for your inspiration this month [/size][/size] In the words of Mornats himself.... "[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]So here's my pic. It's October, and that means Hallowe'en. So even though it's on a similar feel to last month I think there could be a more humorous element to this one - just check out the expression on his "face"! The pic is one that I took in Peru several years ago and is of a 500+ year old Inca mummy that was placed in an open grave at Nazca. They're all just sitting there in holes in the ground. There's very little erosion around there (hence how the Nazca lines have survived) and they look rather fresh and still have hair. "[/font][/color] [size=5][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]So dive in and fill your boots !!!![/font][/color][/size] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Small print and Rules etc[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=2]By entering the competition you agree to the Basschat Terms and Conditions and Forum Guidelines, which are designed to help ensure the forum remains free of offensive and/or illegal behaviour and material. In a nutshell:[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=2][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![/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Any Questions just ask in the thread and all will become clear.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=5][b]Deadline for entries is midnight on Monday 24th October ........[/b][/size][/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=5][size=4] so go get em floyd [/size][/size][/font][/color] Edited October 1, 2016 by lurksalot Quote
Mornats Posted October 1, 2016 Posted October 1, 2016 I'll just leave this here : http://www.findsounds.com/ISAPI/search.dll?keywords=evil+laugh Quote
bassinvader36 Posted October 1, 2016 Posted October 1, 2016 Nazca lines are Alien runways ! Very cool Pic Quote
lurksalot Posted October 1, 2016 Author Posted October 1, 2016 I thought Nazca lines were the ways that they went around the track, keeping close to apex while slipstreaming each other I'll get my coat ...... Quote
xgsjx Posted October 1, 2016 Posted October 1, 2016 I'd made a start on last month's track & annoyed that I never got time to get back to it. This month I'm making the time, no bones about it, even if that means cracking some skulls. Quote
Dad3353 Posted October 2, 2016 Posted October 2, 2016 Just do a rough skeleton; you can flesh it out later. Quote
Callumjord Posted October 2, 2016 Posted October 2, 2016 First time giving this a go. Is there any rules on what instruments that we are allowed to use? can we use anything else besides a bass? Quote
Rikki1984 Posted October 2, 2016 Posted October 2, 2016 [quote name='Callumjord' timestamp='1475413627' post='3145709'] First time giving this a go. Is there any rules on what instruments that we are allowed to use? can we use anything else besides a bass? [/quote] No limitations on instruments whatsoever! Quote
Leonard Smalls Posted October 2, 2016 Posted October 2, 2016 [quote name='Rikki1984' timestamp='1475420931' post='3145755'] No limitations on instruments whatsoever! [/quote] Apart from bagpipes... I've made a start using a lovely bass whammy pedal. Expect Big Rock! Quote
lowdown Posted October 2, 2016 Posted October 2, 2016 [quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1475421776' post='3145766'] I've made a start using a lovely bass whammy pedal. Expect Big Rock! [/quote] A bit of Skullduggery going on here. You seem to have made a head start. Quote
Leonard Smalls Posted October 2, 2016 Posted October 2, 2016 I'll make no bones about the cerebral nature of this month's offering! Quote
Dad3353 Posted October 2, 2016 Posted October 2, 2016 I'm struggling to get my teeth into this. Never mind; chin up and crack on, eh..? Quote
lurksalot Posted October 2, 2016 Author Posted October 2, 2016 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1475431274' post='3145861'] I'm struggling to get my teeth into this. Never mind; chin up and crack on, eh..? [/quote] Aye, socket to them Dad ! Quote
Dad3353 Posted October 3, 2016 Posted October 3, 2016 (edited) It's maybe appropriate that I should be using Reaper for this. Here's the result... [url="https://soundcloud.com/dad3353/dance-to-the-devils-cord"]Dance To The Devil's Cord ...[/url] Enjoy. Edited October 3, 2016 by Dad3353 Quote
Skol303 Posted October 3, 2016 Posted October 3, 2016 [quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1475421776' post='3145766']Apart from bagpipes...[/quote] The one and only taboo that must NEVER be crossed. As supported in law by the Geneva Conventions: article 178 section 3.3A, paragraph 42. I'm serious. Don't **** with that ****! Ever. Quote
christofloffer Posted October 7, 2016 Posted October 7, 2016 (edited) Ok, i think this is about as done as it will ever be. featuring my new home made fretless, and a style largely unfamiliar to me but fun nonetheless. just a short little ditty for Halloween. https://soundcloud.com/christofloffer/happy-hour-in-the-jazz-club-of-the-damned-1 just updated as there was an irritating level issue with the second guitar so i reigned it in a little. Edited October 8, 2016 by christofloffer Quote
Leonard Smalls Posted October 9, 2016 Posted October 9, 2016 Being a bit full of cold gave me a chance to finish my happy gothic ditty: https://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/voices Twas made with some guitar and some beats by The Weeds guitar man, but the majority of guitar-y noises are made with my new toy, a Bass Whammy pedal... It does The Funk as well - watch this space! Quote
Mornats Posted October 13, 2016 Posted October 13, 2016 Got mine done bar the listen-to-it-a-million-times-on-every-speaker stage. As a sneak preview, I got this on sale today and swapped an instrument around to fit it in https://soundiron.com/products/aztec-death-whistle Quote
lurksalot Posted October 14, 2016 Author Posted October 14, 2016 [quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1476395277' post='3154033'] Got mine done bar the listen-to-it-a-million-times-on-every-speaker stage............ [/quote] I get to that point except I dont actually get to listen on every speaker , what happens with me, is that I listen to it a million times just to try and like the thing , then by the time I have convinced myself that it is actually worth anything, I have got to like the version I did first . The dark arts of production are ever elusive to me Quote
Mornats Posted October 15, 2016 Posted October 15, 2016 Got mine done: https://soundcloud.com/mornats/nazca-death-chant Nazca Death Chant A fun hallowe'en trip to Central and South America. Drums and percussion -------------------- Heavyocity Damage Industrial Kit NI Rise and Hit Synths and pads --------------- NI Massive - presets by Mikael Adle/Leap Into The Void (Behold Sub and Drone of Severe Death) Instruments ----------- Sound Dust Pendleonium 3 (custom preset and Spokes preset) Soundiron Aztec Death Whistle NI West AFrica - Fula Flute Choirs and voices ----------------- Zero-G Etherea Effects ------- NI Guitar Rig 5 Pro Izotope Neutrino Put together in Reaper. Quote
xgsjx Posted October 15, 2016 Posted October 15, 2016 Got my entry finished! https://soundcloud.com/gxmix/incafunka Here's the instrument list in order of what you hear... NI West Africa NI Drumlab NI Massive Guitar from Apple Loops Apple Alchemy All played on a NI S88 Effects are: Apple Channel EQ Apple Space Designer Apple Adaptive Limiter NI Solid Bus Compressor Just noticed that Moonrats has made use of NI West Africa too. Gonna go & have a listen to the other entries now. Quote
xgsjx Posted October 16, 2016 Posted October 16, 2016 [quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1476569799' post='3155368'] Moonrats [/quote] Oops, I never even noticed that. I think Autocorrect had a hand in this. Quote
the boy Posted October 18, 2016 Posted October 18, 2016 Thank you Sir. I was looking for a name for my new band. Moon rats is 👏. Quote
Indy Posted October 18, 2016 Posted October 18, 2016 HI all, wasn't sure if i was going to enter an effort this month, wanted to do a stomping guitar tune for this but couldn't get anywhere with it. Came back after a long nightshift, sat at the computer, looked at the picture, felt a little sad, and came up with a tune, wrote some lyrics with reference to the picture and then recorded it live (not sure if this is allowed so feel free to bin it if I'm breaking rules!). Apologies for my voice and its my first ever effort as a piano song! Listened to some of the efforts so far and they are all brilliant and proper compositions, mines a very simple effort but its based on what I got from the pic, hence it being called Bones! https://soundcloud.com/thevelvetknock/boneslive Quote
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