December Cover Challenge Voting Time

[lurksalot]

🎄 December Cover Song Challenge 🎄

 

As is tradition, we do something a bit different for December... so instead of composing to a photo, we run a covers competition.

Basically, any song or instrumental that you like (or not) and write your own version of it.

We can be faithful to the original or completely ruin it and get creative; the choice is entirely open.

 

 

These are the splendid offerings this year

Have 3 votes each .

 

 

1  @Leonard Smalls  Famed conductor Leo von Klein's iconoclastic punk re-working of Cage's contemplative masterwork, 4'33". Soloist (piano) - Leonardo di Piccolo. Recorded live at the church of St. Dogfan, Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant by Mr. Leonard Smalls, BBC, PTFE, LdPE.

 

 

 

 

 

2 @upside downer  I've done a cover of a song by the 60s garage rock outfit The Sparkles, although it's based more on the version performed by The Tribe in 1990. The good news is that I'm not singing on it 😁 the singer from my old band has belted out a fine vocal for it.

 

 

 

 

 

3 @MoonBassAlpha  This tune is for the BassChat December 2024 Cover Challenge. Fire Brigade is a tune I've known and loved since it came out. I would have been 6 or 7
This year I have enlisted the help of the following lovely friends: Dan Coggins, pedal designer extraordinaire, 12 string Electric guitars (Rickenbacker and Gordon Smith), Godin and Eggle Electric guitars.
Matt Sewell, Lead vocals x3.  Phil Beavis, Piano glissando. I did the drums, bass, backing vocals and Tambourine myself. You can tell!

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 @xgsjx  Here's my entry.  Singer for new band did the vocals & guitar.  Everything else is me.  Love the original, so was good to do something different with it.

 

 

 

 

 

5  @SH73  Metal  instrumental version of Synchronicity II by Police (feel free to sing)

 

 

 

 

 

6 Lurksalot    A lovely tune , full of deep consideration and self reflection that suits me perfectly      

 

 

 

There you go , the last bit of composition fun for the 2024.

Many thanks to all for contributing through the year you have made it great fun.

Best wishes to those who find it difficult to get involved all the time , but everyone is welcome, whenever you get the opportunity to dip in when you can. 

 

have 3 votes and it will close at midnight on 31st december 

 

Happy Christmas and a great and safe New Year to you all 

 

Lurks 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[AndyTravis]

Really enjoyed these.

 

@Leonard Smallsentry made me chuckle.

 

Wish I’d had my gear…I planned a cover of the Terminator main theme 😂

[SH73]

I couldn't decide who to vote for, I voted lottery style, excluded my entry of course!

[Dad3353]

And the winner is...

 

@MoonBassAlpha..!

 

 

Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ...

 

BC_Chal_Cert_2024_12.pdf

 

... which look like this (but bigger, of course..!)...

 

 

... and a Happy New Year to one and all. 

[AndyTravis]

Beautiful work - well done guys xxx

[ezbass]

I really wanted to enter something this month (as I did last year) but my remix idea included recordings from a while back (pre ‘24) so wasn’t in the spirit of the theme. Congrats to the winner 👏👏👏.

[upside downer]

Bravo, @MoonBassAlpha, nice one! 👏

[lurksalot]

Great stuff, congrats Moonbass Alpha , whilst you have the honour of Dad' certificate , the January picture has been chosen by Novembers winner, @Jean-Luc Pickguard so I will get that up and running shortly.

[lurksalot]

Its a new day , its a new year , and I'm feeling ............................. cuddly ?

 

 

 

 

[MoonBassAlpha]

Thanks folks! Just seen all this, was feeling rather sleepy today!

Glad I didn't have to go to the faff of coming up with a picture too!

Thanks again to friends Dan Coggins and Matt Sewell for guitars and lead vocals respectively!

[MoonBassAlpha]

14 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

And the winner is...

 

@MoonBassAlpha..!

 

 

Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ...

 

BC_Chal_Cert_2024_12.pdf 169.24 kB · 0 downloads

 

... which look like this (but bigger, of course..!)...

 

 

... and a Happy New Year to one and all. 

Cheers Pops!