The Challenge February 2013

Renesongs

The Challene this month is

Free-form jazz/swing trio.

For more info contact Donovan Banks.

Entries to be PM-ed to me by Sunday 24/02/2013

za bub-be-lee do whap - yeah! 8) 8) 8)

deefstes

Nice one Don! It's high time we tackle the Jazz theme, we've been pussy footing around it for too long. I don't know diddly squat about jazz though so it'll be a good opportunity to get stuck in. I just hope this month offers me more time for recording than the last few months.

DonovanB

I was listening to the Charlie Byrd trio and was inspired a bit.

chrisbark

Free form like Ornette

=

and swing like Benny Goodman

=

no problem ???

FruitarGeek

Absolutely beautiful. Despite me being back at Uni, I will try my hardest to do this one.

Now this my be a stupid Question, but I am assuming as this is a 'trio' we are limited to 3 instruments?

deefstes

Adrian Rogowski wrote:I will try my hardest to do this one.

Be afraid everybody, be very afraid ?

FruitarGeek

deefstes wrote:
Adrian Rogowski wrote:I will try my hardest to do this one.
Be afraid everybody, be very afraid ?

Ha ha, hardly a threat man. I havn't been practicing my jazz for about a year now. I am as rusty as ever. But this challenge will be good for me to get some jazz back into my fingers. It's you who is the mystery threat. Come Deef, lets do this man? Another head to head 8)

Danny-B

I think I may just join in on this one.

PeteM

mmm... just might.

Kalcium

Danny B wrote: I think I may just join in on this one.

If you get your sister to sing you pretty much auto-win!

DonovanB

Kalcium wrote:
Danny B wrote: I think I may just join in on this one.
If you get your sister to sing you pretty much auto-win!

hey hey hey. Let's leave sisters out of this... ?

Adrian Rogowski wrote: Now this my be a stupid Question, but I am assuming as this is a 'trio' we are limited to 3 instruments?

Pretty much. No rules on which instruments...

RudivwDarkLord

I might give this a bash! will be a worthy challenge going from my usual metal to something completely the opposite :?

FruitarGeek

RudivwDarkLord wrote: I might give this a bash! will be a worthy challenge going from my usual metal to something completely the opposite :?

Do it man ?. You can only become a better musician for doing it.

evolucian

Within a minute? ???

Arno-West

evolucian wrote: Within a minute? ???

A New York minute.

evolucian

And does it have to be in a trio format? Especially the freeform one

Norman86

As far as i understand, the challenges are now 2 minutes long, not just 1 minute. ?

deefstes

Norman86 wrote: As far as i understand, the challenges are now 2 minutes long, not just 1 minute. ?

+1

(see what I did there?)

AlanRatcliffe

Norman86 wrote: As far as i understand, the challenges are now 2 minutes long, not just 1 minute. ?

OK. I've changed the rules to reflect this.

chris77

I haven't really played an electric guitar for a couple of months now. First we were moving, then we were renovating and now I am just not too bothered with plugging in and playing - really enjoying my acoustic atm though. Will see if I can drag myself out of this rutt and maybe give this a shot. :-[ Even when I don't enter I still enjoy the challenge of trying to come up with something that fits the brief, especially if it's something I don't know diddly squat about -like jazz ?