November Composition Challenge

[lurksalot]

Congrats to  @xgsjx , @Nail Soup and  @upside downer on a deserved joint win.

 

Without too much fuss, the picture choice became incumbent on xgsjx, who provided the following image stating......

 

"Hoping it inspires a good range of genres from Ambient to Synthwave to CyberPunk & anything else that it can muster."

 

 

 

Simple rules 

✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded this month.

✖️ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on

✖️ No  Bagpipes. The BST truce has duly 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 Wednesday 23rd November .

 

Before closing off just a reminder that come December we traditionally have turkey a cover song challenge, so get your thinking caps on for a song to  choose, or even get started on.

 

Have fun 

 

 

 

 

[Leonard Smalls]

A couple of rainy afternoons have caused this to happen...

An evocation of short-lived 60s US sci-fi tv show, in dub!

Bass is the trusty Wal through 2 lots of Helix deep bass patches. Guitar (all 3 chords!) is a strat. Keys are Iris and Ableton's own grand piano. Plus loads of fun making noises with Raum, Phasis, Objeq Delay, Dubstation 2 and more Iris. Voices are me, drums put together in EZ Drummer and Loopcloud Dums using Ableton pack sounds and some Loopcloud snare/cymbal sounds. All mixed in Ableton, with a smear of Neutron and Ozone 9.

Edited November 6, 2022 by Leonard Smalls

[Nicko]

Nice pic, but I'm not going to get an entry in this month. I'll be following as I think there's a lot of inspiration in the image.

 

You'll all be pleased to know the turkey is already cooked though.

[Dad3353]

Here is my contribution to the November 2022 Basschat Composition Challenge, inspired by a picture chosen by one of the previous winners: xgsjx
He's still a long way from home, and the paving is slimy, slippery and dangerous. There's something stuck to his sole. If this is the Future, I'm glad I won't see it.
Two MDrummer tracks for the percussion, the instruments are Alchemy synths , a guitar and a trumpet. Some treatment this time (flangers...) to get a bit more movement going, and my standard Reaper NY Glue on the Master tracks, as usual.
Thanks for listening, if you already have; if you're about to, enjoy.

 

 

[lurksalot]

this is a bit of a noisefest to be honest.... but no singing!

I didnt realise it lasted as long as it does , it must be such an easy listen that time just floats by !

 

Its kind of a homecoming theme 

 

[adamg67]

Finally found some time for one of these, and enjoyed it as usual.. I need to remember how much I like doing it, mainly because I always learn a lot trying.

 

Blurb for the voting thread: 

 

I’ve tried to go kind of “directly” from the pic, imagining the protagonist walking forward, imagining what happens next and thinking, “if that’s the music video, what’s the music?”. A  driving insistence to keep moving and the drama of what is encountered on the way.

 

For anyone interested in the gear: Bass is a Maruszczyk Jake 5A with Nordstrand pups through my Kemper’s version of a Tech 21 Bass Driver. Guitar is an Ibanez built from parts off eBay through AmpliTube and “The Finger”, an excellent Reaktor FX playable effect. The rest of the tracks are all Native Instruments, Drums are Battery playing Groove Monkee MIDI. Synths from Reaktor, Rounds, FM8 and Retro Machines, all played live on an NI S88 first before being edited. Waves Infected Mushroom Pusher and Saphira for Mix FX, plus a couple of tricks to keep things wide.

 

 

Edited November 19, 2022 by adamg67

[xgsjx]

Got mine finished & it's went a very different direction from what I thought it would.

 

Starts off with a heavily processed hi hat to make the swooshing portal loop sound.  Guitar part is me on bass playing up the dusty end.  The rest is a mix of NI Komplete & Roli Equator2.

 

Just got some unexpected time, so I've added the horn solo that I wanted.  Played it on the Roli Rise.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 20, 2022 by xgsjx

[Nail Soup]

Here's my entry.

 

The picture gave me vibes of looping and continuation, so a repetitive bassline and yes it goes on a bit 🙂.....

The words (such as they are) came from a bit of word association: Blue Circle > Cement > Concrete > Abstract

Finally, the sad death of Keith Levine means I tried to channel some KL/PIL.

 

 

[Nicko]

12 hours ago, Nail Soup said:

Blue Circle > Cement > Concrete > Abstract

Well, I never saw that coming.

[Doctor J]

It is time to let Morrissey and co describe my effort this month 😕

 

 

[upside downer]

Move over, Morrissey, make room for me!  Here's my usual last-minute effort.

 

The image didn't half make me think of the wonderful worlds conjured up by Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books so here's a space-time continuum, jolly romp of a tune named after the supercomputer built by hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings interspersed with a few words from the book. What I'm saying is that the lyrics are by Douglas Adams. I hope the executors of his estate aren't litigious.

 

Used an unbranded Strat copy with an open G tuning, a Yamaha keyboard, MT Power Drums/Looperman drums and the bass comes from fiddling around with Ableton sounds. Recorded different bits in Ableton, Wavepad and Audacity. Apogee Mic+ for vox, Roland Cube amp for noise and I can't remember if I used a DFA pedal or not 

 

 

 

Edited November 23, 2022 by upside downer

[upside downer]

Can't help but notice that @lurksalot hasn't lurked here for 6 days. Hope everything's alright.

[lurksalot]

5 minutes ago, upside downer said:

Can't help but notice that @lurksalot hasn't lurked here for 6 days. Hope everything's alright.

maybe, maybe not   , everything is cool  

voting thread being compiled right this minute , so it wont be long ! 

Edited November 24, 2022 by lurksalot

[lurksalot]

I thought I posted this a couple of hours ago , but using my PC I think I keep forgetting to hit the ‘submit post’ button 🤦‍♂️

[lurksalot]

I’ve just got around to listening through all of them and I must say, bravo  , superb stuff all of them 

 

I might start up the Christmas thread later today as the theme will remain as is tradition , so we may as well open it up .