Radio GaGa

So you're an up and coming composer/producer/mixer and you feel that you've just made it to the big leagues by landing an internship at one of the large (remaining) record labels.

However, your dreams of a guitar driven mainstream rock revival are dashed when Tank 'No Neck' Thompson, the big exec, hands you the brief in your first assignment for a soon-to-be hit single that you must compose and record for Lady Gaga (but no writing credit for you sono!).

The brief simply reads:

"Thi$ track mu$t be:

4/4;
120bpm;
Make it to #1 on the Billboard chart$ within 4 day$ of relea$e; and
Earn TON$ and TON$ of ca$h money".

The fool that you are, you glance up from your brief and quiver, "But I only play guitar...".

Already halfway out the door, the exec looks at you and sneers, "Well, if you must I suppose. The Beatles got away with that for a while".

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Nice theme, should be interesting trying to work on this one

Classic topic, great blurb Doc Phil! :roflmao:

V8 wrote: Classic topic, great blurb Doc Phil! :roflmao:

Yeah I just loved it! It went straight into the newsletter ?

Ummmm...so I'm going through a few idea's and realized that the insidious part of this challenge is that I'd actually have to listento Lady Gaga. :-\

After 4-5 tracks, I can't find one to use as inspiration - they all sound a bit dubstep-lite to me. Boring drums, processed vocals, predictable synth bass lines and little in the way of (what I think of as)...groove.

Could anyone please point me in the direction of something of her's with a bit of flavour?

The topic isn't aimed at a Lady Gaga cover per se...

The idea is to produce a radio friendly track. Go check out the billboard top 10 at the moment and get inspiration from there.

Your track could be EDM, pop, hip-hop, or some kinda indie pop vibe like Hozier or Sam Smith. Up to you.

Interest concept! Life is soooo crazy at the moment... I spend my time between work and preparing for church... playing an hour long jol tonight again 8)

Really want to put some more time into recording stuff!!!!!!

doc-phil wrote: The topic isn't aimed at a Lady Gaga cover per se...

The idea is to produce a radio friendly track. Go check out the billboard top 10 at the moment and get inspiration from there.

Your track could be EDM, pop, hip-hop, or some kinda indie pop vibe like Hozier or Sam Smith. Up to you.

Aha, thanks for clarifying Doc Phil. A trawl of the billboard top 10 yielded two tunes of suitable inspiration. 8)

Not looking to do a cover, but a reference track or two it helps keep me on track. And if I want to be competitive, I'm going to have to up the production/mixing skills...(a lot!). Yourself, Mixerboy & Adrian are kicking out some seriously slick productions.

Jason mraz - lucky?

Haven't had a moment to get stuck in to this month's challenge :'( Hopefully I'll pull something out the bag on Sunday!

Is it possible to send something in by tomorrow morning?

Sure, as long as its not like 11:59

Sent something lame :-\

Mixerboy wrote: Sent something lame :-\

That's better than my nothing that I managed to send in.

doc-phil wrote:

Mixerboy wrote: Sent something lame :-\

That's better than my nothing that I managed to send in.

You stumped yourself.

I had a good idea but didn't get a chance to work it so I sent some other crap thing I had laying around :sorry:

Mixerboy wrote: You stumped yourself.

I had a good idea but didn't get a chance to work it so I sent some other crap thing I had laying around :sorry:

Crap sells, don't stress.

Sorry, was super busy today. Wow. Also, like 3 entries. Not quite the turnout was expecting. I'm willing to extend a little longer if there are a good few who can still submit?

I recently upgraded my PC at home and now my PCI card no longer has a home so I can't record anything for a while.

Super bummed...

I did get a entry in...so here's my 0.02c : If there are a few interested parties for a revised deadline (Friday 9am?) & they commit to an entry...then by all means, extend the deadline. It does prejudice the peeps who did manage to get a entry in - but I believe the challenge should be more about learning & feedback than a few packs of strings.

If there isn't much interest, then lump the three entries into one group - identify the entrants, but keep the voting anonymous so there'll be a bit of banter during the voting process.