lurksalot Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Congratulations to @skankdelvar who is finding his groove with aplomb and showing the way The image he has chosen for the March challenge is very much on topic as he explains... "The pic for March is daffodils. For me, they signal the imminence of Spring but daffodils could mean anything to anyone." Simple rules ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded this month. ✖️ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ✖️ No Bagpipes. please no bagpipes, the Pre-pancake day truce now Expired. panpipes only if you have too. ✖️ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you. A line or two offering an insight to your inspiration/track choice will be good as well , it works nicely on the voting thread. The Deadline for entries is Midnight on Tuesday 24th March 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share Posted March 6, 2022 I pulled the trigger in that new computer but.... on the model I got , there was no controls for screen brightness and contrast etc and with the screen so big I couldn’t handle it . so that’s gone back. they have however offered to replace it with a higher spec with a silent fan , and 1TB SSD , so I hoping to be relatively future proof in a wee while . I am therefore trying to keep it very simple this month 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) Here is my contribution to the March 2022 Basschat Composition Challenge, inspired by a picture chosen by the previous winner: Skank Del Var. It was the colours that inspired, with thoughts of voices from the East; will they ever be heard again..? Where are they, right now..? To be played quite loud, to drown out the thud of cannons. A simple collage of samples gleaned from t'web; all merit goes to the people singing. Long may they be able to do so. Reaper, of course, nowt else. Thanks for listening, if you already have; if you're about to, enjoy. Edited March 12, 2022 by Dad3353 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Here is my contribution for March 2022. Blurb: Daffodils always remind me of a works trip to a daffodil festival. The organiser has a son with some kind of nuerotype which leads to argumentative behaviour, which is very difficult for his parents. This is one of the few works trips he didn't come on. That is one of the topics covered. Technical Notes: Studio One DAW, piano-roll drums (Dope Kit), Vantage Bass, Squier Tele gtr, Mai-Tai keys played via Akai-mini, Beheriger condesor mic. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 I've kept this one light of FX to ease the load on my machine before the plunge into the new one goes past the point of no return A few observations put together in an oddish sort of time , reflections of simpler things maybe 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) ... Soundcloud issues!🤔 Edited March 19, 2022 by NickD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 My contribution to the March 2022 Basschat Composition Challenge. Inspired by the picture chosen by the previous winner - Skank Del Var. Inspired by the colours, the times in which we live, the thought of bits of kids being sent to do a job that's not at all what they were told, and the story of a very brave old woman. Tech wise.... Bass is EUB, interesting in a rock setting, having no sustain and being a bit of a pig to play, but I guess those limitations shaped the line. Recorded through the Helix, as were the Guitars. The harmonics bit is the Shuker, straight into the interface and otherwise unsullied. Drums courtesy of MT Power Drums, and keys 'Straight Outta Cubase' (Elephants 10). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Here's a bit of jazzy groove with a soporific feel. Or not! Either way, it's inspired by Frank Bough eating daffs on Nationwide 😁 Tis a Lightwave fretless, Vienna sax and keys from AAS sounds. Drums programmed in EZ Drummer, with percussion made from Digicussion sounds. All mixed in Doblys, with a good spattering of Ozone 9. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 (edited) Is the deadline Thursday 24th of March or Tuesday 22nd of March? Edited March 21, 2022 by SH73 . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Yes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 3 hours ago, SH73 said: Is the deadline Thursday 24th of March or Tuesday 22nd of March? No, to be serious for a rare moment... If we look at the calendar, we see a week's voting till end of month telling us that the 'Tuesday' is a typo, due, without a doubt, to extended use over a long period of enibriating substances and tiredness. I'll stick my neck out and state that it's Thursday 24th that was intended, and will mark the end of Challenge submissions. Not really my concern, as I try to get mine in well before end of first week, so as not to have to rush things at the end, but that's just me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: No, to be serious for a rare moment... If we look at the calendar, we see a week's voting till end of month telling us that the 'Tuesday' is a typo, due, without a doubt, to extended use over a long period of enibriating substances and tiredness. I'll stick my neck out and state that it's Thursday 24th that was intended, and will mark the end of Challenge submissions. Not really my concern, as I try to get mine in well before end of first week, so as not to have to rush things at the end, but that's just me. I will retire one day too,you know? But then I'll be confused with day and dates. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 6 hours ago, SH73 said: I will retire one day too,you know? But then I'll be confused with day and dates. Oh man , I’m way off retirement, but still seem to have my dates and days in a mess 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 9 hours ago, SH73 said: Is the deadline Thursday 24th of March or Tuesday 22nd of March? That was a test after last months fun and games 😉 I was probably looking at last years calendar , I do hate throwing things away 😂 yes though, as @Dad3353 suggests, we will run with 24th 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 11 minutes ago, lurksalot said: Oh man , I’m way off retirement, but still seem to have my dates and days in a mess 😂 That was meant to be for @Dad3353 who is always ahead of game. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 53 minutes ago, SH73 said: That was meant to be for @Dad3353 who is always ahead of game. Game..? There's a game..? Oh,goody; can I be in goal..? Who's dealing..? I'll saddle the pony and splice a mainbrace or two. Don't start without me, now. Back in a jiffy... (Sounds of receding shuffling, and low 'whoops' that fade to black. Tubleweeds tumble...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) 22 hours ago, lurksalot said: we will run with 24th Croikey! Not tonight? That means I'm well ahead of myself this month. (Resisting urge to go back and add a key change / bridge) Edited March 22, 2022 by skankdelvar 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 23 hours ago, Dad3353 said: Back in a jiffy... (Sounds of receding shuffling, and low 'whoops' that fade to black. Tubleweeds tumble...) It might be me , but I always thought that tubleweeds tubled 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 4 hours ago, lurksalot said: It might be me , but I always thought that tubleweeds tubled 😁 My tubleweeds tumbled long ago. I have the scars to prove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Here is this month's contribution. Inspired by the Latin name for the daffodil, Narcissus which led me to write something about those people that rate themselves too highly. Technical - I was a bit pushed for time this month after abandoning an all electronic track that started OK and fell off a cliff so I went back to my last song of a similar genre and copied the project for all of the settings. I tweaked them a bit but they suited the song and it saved a heap of time. It's a Fender Tele and Squier PB all via Amplitube 5. MT power drums. I forced myself to be a bit more confident with the vocals - they're still very shaky but I think singing with a bit more effort improves them a little - just a touch of reverb and EQ from Cubase helps polish the turd. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Just a song about daffodils. They're pretty. Lyrics ↓ Spoiler Talking 'Bout The Daffodils The poet William Wordsworth would walk the lake-land fells where one day he chanced upon a cloud of daffodils He gazed at them for hours and then he ran back home, sat down, picked up a pen and wrote a poem He was... Talking bout the daffodils Talking bout the daffodils and in that rocky landscape of gently flowing rills he was Talking bout the daffodils When I was just a young man I whiled away the hours jacked up on dope and liquor but I never saw the the flowers. Then a sweet somebody came into my life, sat me down and opened up my eyes She was... Talking bout the daffodils Talking bout the daffodils I forsook a lifetime of whisky and cheap thrills Talking bout the daffodils The singles and the doubles and my favourite 'Pheasant's Eye' The daffodils all raise their golden trumpets to the sky and like a choir of angels in transports of delight The daffodils will sing their hymn of joy And I'm... Talking bout the daffodils Talking bout the daffodils from tiny city gardens to the green and rolling hills Talking bout the daffodils Boring stuff ↓ Spoiler Shure PG57 Sigma acoustic HB Tele Ancient 4gb Dell PC EMU 0404 Reaper 6 Usual JS plug-ins + Antress Dynakiller, Klanghelm MJUCjr, Outlaw gain rider, Adam Monroe Tremolo VST, Monster Drums (all free, I'm a cheap bastard). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 (edited) Dusted off the acoustic guitars, one played in standard tuning the other in Nashville tuning Bass is a unbranded old 40+ years young Japanese jazz with equally old flat strings Drum kit a cheap Tornado kit Acoustic and vocals recorded with a Behringer mic All recorded in Ableton live, mixed and mastered with Ableton and T racks The song is called Diedfordills , unsure if lyrics have any meaning. Oh yeah, and nicked the phrase from a Thread, hope allowed 😁 Springs is here It's cringing me The world affairs Bring despairs Mr… . Stop refuting! Are we on the brink of a war? The whole world pleas For world wide peace Please end this tyranny What we're seeing Has no meaning Stop this madness Sorrow and sadness They died for dills They died for dills They died for dills They died for…..dills Spare our cities Leave our towns Spare our children Spare our lives Life is like Day and night When joy turns Into darkenss No guarantee as Far as we can see Where this takes us? It's surreal! Like the ocean Dark and deep Will we ever see the end? They died for dills They died for dills They died for dills They died for…..dills It's not the time to Say goodbye End this craze And Lough out loud…. Is this a dream I Wish it was All this conflict At what cost Stop the fighting and save The human race This world would be a better place All the mankind Join in Hold your hands And greet the spring They died for dills They died for dills They died for dills They died for…..dills Edited March 24, 2022 by SH73 Added lyrics 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 (edited) Here's mine, better late than never. Probably 😄 An instrumental with a slow and steady beat, a chilled feel and the wish that we'd all kick off our tight shoes, grab a tipple of whatever takes our fancy, smell the flowers and try and enjoy our time on this crazy old world with our fellow travellers in time and space. Drums - Hydrogen drum program Bass - Westfield violin bass Keys - Yamaha keyboard Guitar - an old, unbranded Strat copy using open G tuning and only 5 strings (like wot Keef does) with a dose of echo in places Recorded, as ever, with Wavepad and Audacity. I continue to give @skankdelvar a run in the cheapskate stakes Edited March 25, 2022 by upside downer 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Just about made it! Last minute, as usual. It's a spring-like, yearning, germinating thing. Or something! ymmv! I found a guitar sound that sounds to me like it is straining and yearning to get out of the cold ground into the light. There's burbling nutrients in the soil too... Drums recorded into reaper, the rest done on my Zoom R24 and quickly finished therein, currently typing within an hour of the entry deadline (as usual) Featuring my new Aluminium Tama SLP snare, Gordon-Smith 12string, Godin Solidac and U.S. Masters fretless bass 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 voting is go 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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