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  • The Paul Bothner sponsored April Challenge - Category 1 [VOTE]

Here is the "Beginner - Intermediate" group (Category 1). One vote each.

Please don't tell anyone which track is yours, or give it away.

[b]Holly[/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/Clueless.mp3

[b]Page[/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/April2014_GFSA.mp3

[b]Walsch[/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/Walsch.mp3

[b]Knopfler[/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/Knopfler.mp3

(old forum) Poll Results: One vote

  • Holly: 8
  • Page: 1
  • Walsch: 5
  • Knopfler: 5
    I'm disappointed I wasn't able to get an entry in this month, but I'm looking forward to hearing the entries and casting my vote!
      Nice entries...
      Holly is my favourite, but i quite enjoyed Knopfler too ?
        Norman86 wrote: Nice entries...
        Holly is my favourite, but i quite enjoyed Knopfler too ?
        Holly is good stuff!
          Great entries. I enjoyed all four and cast my vote with difficulty. Page, you scored bonus points for your very nice use of 5/4 time siggy.
            Holly and Page sound like latin and Jazz ,is that world music ?, however i like Walsh.

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              • Post #8
              Holly should not have been in "Beginner / Intermediate" Category....Holly, shame on yourself! You're too good!
                Congratulations to V8(aka Holly) for winning this month's challenge. The crowd has spoken and you have won 8) I will contact you shortly about arrangements.


                V8, PM a theme for Category 1
                  Thank you gents! A big thank you to all for listening & voting & a special shout-out to Adrian to re-invigorating the challenges - great work.

                  Will think through an appropriate challenge idea today and see what pops out.

                  If anyone's interested - my entry was originally captured via webcam/internal mic on my laptop and the original clip is here :

                  I tried to re-record it for the challenge, but couldn't capture the vibe I got during the 'recording' - so I ripped the audio, added a little delay, eq & compression.
                    Well done meneer!
                    Reveal who his challengers were, please!
                    Silly question, but do the challengers know who they are up against??
                      Hammeron wrote: Well done meneer!
                      Reveal who his challengers were, please!
                      Silly question, but do the challengers know who they are up against??
                      Not a silly question - a very good one in fact.

                      No one knows anything - they all blind haha. Unless someone says "ok mine is entered" or something, then they might know then, but not which track belongs to who.

                      The entrants were:

                      Holly - V8
                      Page - Briang
                      Walsch - Stoffeltoo
                      Knopfler - studmissile

                      And I'd just like to say thank you to those new comers who joined, I know its not the easiest thing - but you did yourself some good work there. With every entry you become a better player - I thoroughly enjoyed each and every track, and thought you guys did the theme justice
                        Wow... quality of the entries was/is awesome!!! Well done peeps...I've been trying to work on my composition skills... but it's taking forever to get to "beginner" level even.
                          warrenpridgeon wrote: Wow... quality of the entries was/is awesome!!! Well done peeps...I've been trying to work on my composition skills... but it's taking forever to get to "beginner" level even.
                          As a relative beginner my approach is as follows;
                          Composition =
                          make up main theme/motif, A
                          make up appropriate harmony and rhythm
                          (or, these two steps can be changed around and assumes a little bit of music knowledge)
                          Structure the song, using the motif as follows, A A B A where B = change from main motif, A, by using completely new motif or e.g. alter timing, order, emphasis, of notes in main motif (there are other structures but this is a good one to use)
                          And there you go you have a composition - possibly a hit!
                          It's easy :-[ ha ha
                          - I have utmost admiration for guys that can do this for orchestral arrangements
                          Of course getting a decent recording is a whole different ball game.

                          Anyone wish to share their process?
                            Adrian Rogowski wrote:
                            No one knows anything - they all blind haha. Unless someone says "ok mine is entered" or something, then they might know then, but not which track belongs to who.
                            Unless you follow them on soundcloud you mean...
                              jt wrote:
                              Adrian Rogowski wrote:
                              No one knows anything - they all blind haha. Unless someone says "ok mine is entered" or something, then they might know then, but not which track belongs to who.
                              Unless you follow them on soundcloud you mean...
                              Or unless they include their name in the ID3 tag of their MP3 file. I won't mention any names because it was Manfred Klose ?