August Challenge "Anything Goes" - VOTE!

V8 · 2016-08-29T02:19:51+00:00

Anything goes this month and people sprung into action - Thank you and congratulations everyone for getting your entries in :goodtimes: I've had a (very quick) listen through, some impressive tunes in there - across genres, I reckon there is something for everyone this month. It's a slightly different looking round of voting this month with three groups : Pool A : beginner/intermediate Pool B : intermediate/advanced Added a Bands/Professional group. Don't ask how I decided on the Pools for entries, I'm applying "Anything Goes" logic to this month's voting too ::) Oh, and you've got three votes to wisely cast before 5th September... [b]Pool A[/b] [b]Hasie & iainrossouw - World in Union[/b]http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/hasie.mp3[i]An arrangement of World in Union created by iainrossouw. Played and recorded by Hasie.[/i] [b]Stoffeltoo - Another Never Christmas[/b]http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/stoffeltoo.mp3[i]Drums and Bass generated in Jam Band (Panned Centre) Fender Sonoran acoustic through a Digitech RP360XP pedal with my own acoustix patch (Panned right) Fender Special Strat used for lead through same pedal and used toned down La Grange patch (Panned left) Vocals by myself panned 30% left All recordings were done through a Behringer Xenyx 1204 to a Lexicon Lambda audio interface. DAW Audacity with mostly noise removal[/i] [b]Wern101 - Threshold of a Dream[/b]http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/wern101.mp3 [i]I wanted to go for a ‘live’ feel. I recorded the acoustic and vocals together using the built in Microphone of my new PC. (Which is better than the old mic I have) I’m pretty impressed as it’s the best acoustic sound I’ve been able to get so far. I know there’s loads of room for improvement in the mixing, but I’m happy with this. I added Reacomp, Reaverb, Reaverbate and Reavoice in Reaper. Played around with settings till I thought it sounded acceptable. Acoustic: Ibanez vintage 627 Electric: Stock standard Adonis with Behringer XV-Amp multi effect pedal directly into PC. Drums: Simple drums deluxe android app. Here and there it’s slightly off beat.[/i] [b]Pool B[/b] [b]PeteM - Red Sofa[/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/petem.mp3 [i]I wrote this piece about 40 years ago. It is a song with lyrics but since this is a guitar forum I played the melody on acoustic guitar. Very little else to add other than I haven’t entered for a while. It was good fun getting back into recording again.[/i] [b]Studmissile - My Eternal Love[/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/studmissile.mp3 [b] AJB (andrewjbryson) - The KillSwitch Thang[/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/ajb.mp3 [i]I was listening to a lot of Killswitch Engage albums and was really starting to get into the Melodic metal vibe. I used a Ibanez RGA 121 Prestige (Crashed deep ocean) with dimarzio Air norton / Evo2 pickups into a Marshall JMP1 pre amp. Used Cubase and T-racks for mastering. [/i] [b]Averatu - Kaos[/b] http://guitarforum.co.za/gfsacomps/mp3s/averatu.mp3 [i]Demo collaboration we did a while back, kinda thrash metal. Guitars recorded on Protools LE by lovely partner. The programming was done in Traction, drums on DKFH.[/i] [b]Bands/Professional[/b] [b]Bruciekins/Bruce Boome - Afterglow[/b] https://soundcloud.com/bruce-boome/afterglow-remix [i]Backing is from Band-In-A-Box 2016, mixed in Sonar- fair amount of audio editing involved. Guitar is a 1994 Fender 40th anniversary Strat played through a Line6 Toneport, my own patch. [/i] [b]Arno West/Audio Architects - Alone Inside[/b] https://soundcloud.com/audio-architects-345653666/alone-inside [i]Written by Arno West / Nigel Geden and Andrew Maskell. The Players: Arno West - Guitars/Bass/Drums/Wine Glasses/Mixing//Mastering Nigel Geden - Guitars/Vocals/Wine Glasses/ Mixing/Mastering Andrew Maskell - Lead Vocals Gail Wilson -Additional backing Vocals A bit of info: We started working on this tune about a year ago. It evolved from the basic delay guitar riff into what it is now. We needed a power vocalist to bring it to life which is where Andrew came in. He used to be with a band called Zebra & Giraffe. What you hear here, will probably go onto myself and Nigel's upcoming album which should be released sometime in 2027.....[/i] [b]Meron Rigas/Stick8 - Chillin'[/b] https://soundcloud.com/v8-aka-meron-rigas/stick8-chillin [i]I'll keep it real with a live recording from the old band, Stick8 (2007). Think we had two beat-up dynamic mics, the best one (a Carol!) was used for vocals, the other one on the guitar amp. The Roland electric drums were DI'ed and I had the bass running into a ZoomB2 DI'ed. Finally, all of this majestic tech went into a Maya 4/4 external soundcard. At least the guitar was a 70's lawsuit Ibby LP ::)[/i] (old forum) Poll Results: August Challenge "Anything Goes" - VOTE! Hasie: 2 Stoffeltoo: 7 Wern101: 4 PeteM: 2 Studmissile: 7 andrewjbryson: 6 Averatu: 5 Bruciekins: 1 Arno West: 7 Meron Rigas: 9

V8

studmissile wrote What could/might be a good idea, is if we presented some complete songs, and the challenge was to reinterpret those?

Brilliant!

Only snag, they'd need to be our own original songs? If covers, technically, we'd still have to licence it somehow?

Thinking about it a bit, it's not a impossible thing to organize. Educational too...how to do it "by the book" to publish a cover for commercial/recreational purposes.

Shessh, we may even know someone who could advise 8)

wern101

domhatch wrote cough, ahem. i have a few lyrics lying around i'd be willing to contribute. perhaps two sets, so peeps can choose which speaks to them more?

just a thought...
dh|

I still like this idea, but understand what Meron says about not having enough entrants, and not everyone are songwriters. What if we just do this anyway? I would love to also submit lyrics for others to play with. Don't make it a 'challenge' per say, but just do it as a separate thingy. Call it a 'project'. Think it could be fun. ?

studmissile

wern101 wrote
domhatch wrote cough, ahem. i have a few lyrics lying around i'd be willing to contribute. perhaps two sets, so peeps can choose which speaks to them more?

just a thought...
dh|
I still like this idea, but understand what Meron says about not having enough entrants, and not everyone are songwriters. What if we just do this anyway? I would love to also submit lyrics for others to play with. Don't make it a 'challenge' per say, but just do it as a separate thingy. Call it a 'project'. Think it could be fun. ?

Don't call it a challenge, maybe a double dare? ?

wern101

Some inspiration for the next challenge.

domhatch

wern101 wrote Some inspiration for the next challenge.

Oh. My. Giddy. Aunt.

That's not inspiration. Inspiration is when you see something that makes you want to emulate it. Do it. You know. I don't know what that is. It's just made me depressed. That's not normal.

That's brilliant
dh|

wern101

domhatch wrote Oh. My. Giddy. Aunt.

That's not inspiration. Inspiration is when you see something that makes you want to emulate it. Do it. You know. I don't know what that is. It's just made me depressed. That's not normal.

That's brilliant
dh|

? ? the guy is good eh? You should check out his other vids. He has some serious skills. Phenomenal stuff!

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