lurksalot Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 (edited) After a very tight vote in July we had a 4 way tie! And after a few machinations the honour was bestowed on Upside Downer for the pictorial inspiration to carry us through the heady Augustine days of summer, to our voting point He thus mused... "Been pottering along the Grand Union Canal on our narrowboat and, on our way to the pub in Shrewley one night, we passed this. Minstrels, tell us the story of this abode!" Without further ado , have a listen to the entries and vote for your favourite 3 1. @Jean-Luc Pickguard Here's my entry, "How The ✽✽✽✽ Did My Bike Get Up There?" This is the radio TikTok-friendly beeped version. 2 @Leonard Smalls I felt that the house had seen better days, perhaps had regrets, could have done things differently. So here's a sort of urban tribute to Bill Laswell, featuring a fellow Badass Weed... 3 @Dad3353 The theme is set in the title; what else could it be..? Yes, it's a Cycle of Pedal Points, in various forms. 4 Lurksalot. I saw the picture and thought of ET having gone home , his bike left on the wall and Hollywood then going home thus abandoning the place ... then I was looking for parallels in the football world ...or not ..😃 5 @xgsjx How did that bike get up there?.. 6 @MoonBassAlpha When I was working on my cover of Todd Rundgren's I Saw The Light, I read that he thought the lyrics were a bit trite and wasn't keen on the "Moon, June, Spoon" rhyming. Thus, I put these rhymes to work in the "verse" of this tune, It's all nonsense, of course, but I think the story fits the picture, but is the world ready for psychedelic madrigal-core yet? 7 @AndyTravis I like the idea that the pacey parts are the bike’s former life racing down hills and the angrier parts (namely drums) are the crazed destruction that let to the house and the bike being knackered together… 8 @upside downer It's about Feng Shui! Sort of! Sounds like a load of old twaddle! Yes! Both Fung Shui and the song! Stop using exclamation marks! OK! That’s your lot so choose your favourite 3 and place your votes voting will close at midnight on the 31st August good luck Edited August 26 by lurksalot 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 (edited) @lurksalot I reuploaded my tune to soundcloud last night so the link has changed. It now lives here: Listen to Bicycle On The Wall by Jules Moss on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/dTgcm Edited August 26 by MoonBassAlpha Link changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 1 hour ago, MoonBassAlpha said: @lurksalot I reuploaded my tune to soundcloud last night so the link has changed. It now lives here: Listen to Bicycle On The Wall by Jules Moss on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/dTgcm Sorted in the OP now 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Cheers for adding me in, @lurksalot, I'd have hated it if the world had missed out on my rock 'n roll 'classic' 😄 have a great holiday 👍 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 4 hours ago, lurksalot said: Sorted in the OP now Top man! Thanks for that @lurksalot. It's one of the drawbacks of the standard Soundcloud free service is you have to start all over if you make a change to your original tune. And lose the views too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Just now, MoonBassAlpha said: ...And lose the views too. There are views..? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 1 minute ago, Dad3353 said: There are views..? Well, listens strictly speaking, but maybe people like looking at the pictures too? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 (edited) 20 minutes ago, MoonBassAlpha said: Well, listens strictly speaking, but maybe people like looking at the pictures too? There are people..? ... Edited August 26 by Dad3353 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Two have voted; four votes have been cast. Two each, or three and one ? Are the other tracks not so good, then? I know it's not mandatory to vote for three, though, so no criticism implied; just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted September 1 Author Share Posted September 1 Congrats to @Jean-Luc Pickguard , a fine tune and worthy winner . you now have the honour of choosing the picture for the September challenge. If you PM it across I will get the challenge posted straight away 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Nice one, @Jean-Luc Pickguard 👏 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 And the winner is ... @Jean-Luc Pickguard..! Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2024_08.pdf ... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamIAm Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 OMG! I've never really poked my nose in the composition threads, but what amazing talent is shown! Really liked yours @Jean-Luc Pickguard, had me laughing ... well done! Sam x 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Welcome to the composition contests Sam and thank you for your kind words. — can we look forward to your own entry in a future contest? Thanks to everyone who voted (especially those who voted for my entry!) It is always great fun to participate in this contest and I enjoy listening to all the entries. Putting together an entry is a cool solution to writers block as it forces you to focus on a specific idea. How can we get the word out so we can get more people participating and/or voting in future contests? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted September 1 Author Share Posted September 1 Everyone is always welcome to participate but i think sometimes it appears daunting to some. It is always done for a bit of fun , but there are some fine song and tunesmiths among us, its just doing a first one that's the hardest , but once you get stuck in it's great fun. I think lots on here are just waiting to hear my angelic vocal tones every month TBH DIVE IN , DIVE IN September is up and running 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 6 minutes ago, lurksalot said: I think lots on here are just waiting to hear my angelic vocal tones every month TBH. It's a fine line between dull and dulcet. You've heard my efforts, I know what I'm talking about 🙃 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Well done @Jean-Luc Pickguard, you made it so! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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