Skol303 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 August's Composition Challenge is on... Here’s the image for your inspiration, chosen by last month's winner, upside downer: Rules: ✅ Check you have permission to use any samples ✅ Keep it under 5 minutes and write it during the month of the challenge ❌ No funny business The deadline for entries is midnight on Saturday 24th August. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingers211 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Nice one U-D, Can't stop, I'm on the run from the Recording forum Mafia !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) Keep running... ... Edited August 1, 2019 by Dad3353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Here is my contribution to the August 2019 Basschat Composition Challenge, inspired by a picture chosen by one of the previous joint winners: Upside Downer. A bare bones composition somewhat sparce, with, I hope, a quizical atmosphere. The essentials were teased out of EZ Keys, underpinned with a Trillian acoustic bass. Some horn playing, naturally, by Roland. The purring cat is hidden behind some royalty-free atmospheric pad samples; a dose of Ozone finishes it all off. Thanks for listening, if you already have; if you're about to, enjoy. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisserD Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 That Ribcage sounds amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 ... and the teeth chattering, and knees knocking..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 This looks right up my street I'm gonna try and make a return for this one but no promises! Now, where did I put that bagpipe VST...?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 I’ve got a tune down , it needs fluffing a bit but it also needs vocals and I’m getting a bit sick of my own voice , I really don’t understand how you guys love my stuff so much . I’ll get my coat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 40 minutes ago, lurksalot said: it needs fluffing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, Mornats said: Hmm let me think , it needs picking up , playing with and bouncing around to make it feel bigger , just like my pillows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 @Dad3353 Are you planing to start a sticky thread on mixing and mastering? BTW very subtle composition this month 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 2 hours ago, SH73 said: @Dad3353 Are you planing to start a sticky thread on mixing and mastering? BTW very subtle composition this month 👍 No, sir, I am not, and any 'planing' I do is down to officially-prescribed medicinal drugs..! ... No, seriously, there is already a splendid 'sticky' topic giving bucket-loads of advice on home recording in general; any 'mixing and mastering' tips would, I think, find a natural home there. I'd post tips there myself, but for lack of competence. Disclaimer: I'm an old, half-deaf dummy with limited skills but almost unlimited time to devote (until my Last Trump is sounded, naturally...), and, once I get an idea in my head, I just work it through until I'm satisfied that it won't get any better. My 'mixing' consists of listening, then listening again; repeat ad nauseum until I like it. I use 3db steps when altering levels, as any less makes no difference to my cloth ears. For mastering, I used to cheat by using AAMS, a mastering software suite with a whole lot of presets; I'd just choose the genre I thought best suited. Nowadays, I'm using Ozone, with another set of presets, with which I do the same. Yes, it's lazy, but my competence stretches no further than that. As for 'subtle': that's the first time I've had that used regarding any of my offerings, and I'll take it as a huge compliment (such is my vanity...). It's far from the usual epithets associated with my contributions. It can't be down to my failing hearing; maybe I'm just getting a little bit luckier..? Many thanks, in any case. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 OK then , you asked for it, bass, guitars and vocal by me , drums and piano by something that knows far more about this than I do, the play it on its own piano ! some stuff from freesound which pops up towards the end Enjoy , its my Birthday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lurksalot Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 11 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: Thank you for the thought, but it’s not actually my birthday Douglas, it’s just my take on the photo , I was looking for a way to introduce some smut into the proceedings and found it via the birthday present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 I'll repeat the post on September the 10th, then (and I didn't notice any smut... ). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: I'll repeat the post on September the 10th, then (and I didn't notice any smut... ). Oh No , it must be a bit too subtle I don’t know how to do one of those spoiler things on the phone , so I’ll keep schtum for the moment, when I get back to the big machine I’ll try to explain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Just in time. This one features a ridiculously slowed down sitar which is the drone/backing track, effects, thumb piano, bowed psaltery, an ol' Satellite bass, some brief sampled drum kit hits and a normal speeded, detuned sitar too. Vocals by Beyoncé, ha, no, by Mrs UD. It's a toe-tapping dancefloor filler!* *Please note - it's far, far, far from a toe-tapping dancefloor filler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 Sorry lads, I’m camping ⛺️! Will launch the voting thread tomorrow morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 AS Skol is tent bound in the back of beyond, I'll hoist up the voting thread VOTING IS GO, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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