Skol303 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 May’s challenge is on! Here's the image for your inspiration, chosen by last month’s winner bobbass4K... Usual rules apply: ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and written/recorded this month. ❌ No illegal samples or other funny business. ❌ No bagpipes. Ever. Deadline for entries is Sunday 24th May. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Woah I’m thinking Twiggy going back to her roots, maybe branch out and try something countree I’ll do some noodling , I’m not stumped yet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Hmmm ... Best to stick to the root! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbass4k Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 I figured It'd be an interesting change of pace, something a little dark and sinister. A little context - I took this while walking home in a state of mild inebriation at about 2am, and had absolutely no recollection of taking it until I was going through my pictures a couple of months later, whereupon it scared the bejesus out of me and I moved it to the "album covers?" folder. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Here is my contribution to the May 2020 Basschat Composition Challenge, inspired by a picture chosen by the previous winner: BobBass4K..! An ambient track this time, composition inspired by the thought of the fractal nature of the branches and twigs in the photo. A slow build-up, using fractally-generated themes, intertwining in apparently hapless fashion, but all interlinked, combining natural earthiness with algorithmic rigor. Somewhat hypnotic; it kept me up until the early hours refining it. Was it worth it..? Hmm... All instruments are Kontakt (Contra-bassoon, horns, Emotional Piano, archtop guitar, percussion...), excepting the Superior 3 drums (a first, for me...). Very little Fx or mastering 'pixie dust', as the quality of the instruments speak for themselves, I think. Thanks for listening, if you already have; if you're about to, enjoy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) *Closes Cubase, unplugs computer and pours a beer* Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner! 😎 Edited May 3, 2020 by NickD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lowdown Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) This is very odd. I have just been watching something on YouTube with my oldest boy. I then come here, only to find Dad's opening 90 seconds, would fit that 'something' very nicely as an underscore (especially the Contra-bassoon). That something is called, "The Saga of Noggin the Nog - King of the Nogs". Edited May 3, 2020 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, lowdown said: ...King of the Nogs". A slightly flattering description of me, too..! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 I love the music from Noggin The Nog. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 7 hours ago, NickD said: *Closes Cubase, unplugs computer and pours a beer* Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner! 😎 I have a strict policy of not listening to entries until mine is done , I know I would rip it up each time I listened to anyone else’s. i do have done sounds I want to put in mine but also I’ve noodled a cool guitar riff , but I haven’t found the angle for the guitar sounds yet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, lurksalot said: ... I haven’t found the angle for the guitar sounds yet No more than 90°, or it becomes obtuse. An error that I commonly make, unfortunately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: No more than 90°, or it becomes obtuse. An error that I commonly make, unfortunately. I didn’t think it needed saying that I am acute..y. As for angles , even at 90° I am rarely right 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingers211 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 10 hours ago, lurksalot said: I have a strict policy of not listening to entries until mine is done , I know I would rip it up each time I listened to anyone else’s A policy I try to follow but, the resistance is ebbing away here. The draw of Noggin the Nog, one of my all time favourite programmes (with Mr Postgates' wonderfull narration), is causing a wobble !! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I've got a bass line... And it might be jazzy, though 140bpm is pumpin' it a bit for elevator jazz! I'll break out the atonal guitars and whole-tone sax which should keep Doug happy 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 24 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said: ... atonal guitars and whole-tone sax which should keep Doug happy 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I've got an actual melody now... Only briefly though as tunes are for wusses. 😄 Next some proper drums and a chromatic sax solo... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 12 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said: ...some proper drums... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 It's amazing what you can do with Mr Clyde Stubblefield, Mr Jabbo Starks and a talented medium... Knock once, a-twice, a once twice thrice whatever 4 is (quatice?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacopo San Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 (edited) Finally is time for me too to give this a go.Working from home I was given a MacBook Air by my employer, so recently I have been having a bit of fun with GarageBand. Recorded with my Precision Classic 50 MIM and Squier John 5 Telecaster. All the rest is the standard GarageBand stuff - I did not have a chance yet to look into plugins and what not. I am new to recording so be nice Edited May 5, 2020 by Iacopo San 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Liking the early 80s new wave feel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 My contribution to this month's composition challenge, inspired by the image selected by last month's winner, bobbass4k. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 I'm going to let mine settle for a day or so, I like it, but I cant get it to gel together just yet but It will do as is if I cant get a better feel for it , have to say though its a good job reaper backs up every project or this one would have been done for, a very scary 20 minutes till I sussed that beauty ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 1 minute ago, lurksalot said: ...its a good job reaper backs up every project... Top Tip : Reaper also has a Menu entry, just under 'Save project as...'... 'Save new version of project'. This saves the project with an incremented name ('1', then '2', then'3' etc; you get the idea...). Every time that I'm about to make a major change to my stuff, I invoke this, and carry on. Some of my projects have a dozen incremental versions; if I make a mistake (don't laugh; it could happen..!), I can call up any previous version and carry on from there. As can be imagined, I save any adjustments I make very frequently, too. At project's end, it's simple to delete all the previous stages (I don't; I prefer to keep 'em. Not as nostalgia, but sometimes as a stepping off' point for other projects, but going in a different direction. Yes, I'm daft, no need to rub it in..!). Hope this helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Mine's got guitar, 3 saxes and a trumpet... All it needs now is some rhythm noseflute and a tumble-drier solo. And the obligatory dusting of glitter combined with 3 coats of varnish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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