The GuitarTalk 2018 Xmas Challenge!

V8 · 2018-12-05T09:20:25+00:00

@Jazzman105 and @Yeti have spoken - It's the festive season, so let's throw down a Xmas challenge! ? Entries Close: Sunday, 23rd December, Midnight. Thi...

The GuitarTalk 2018 Xmas Challenge!

Yeti

Awesome, looking forward to this one. I tried to write something over the weekend but it went in a VERY different direction to what I was intending. Might still record it anyway but I'll give it another shot and see if I can come up with something a little more upbeat. ?

NorioDS

V8 ...And one final meme for @Noriods and me

Love it! Need this in my house fo' sho'!

klaasvakie

For everyone trying to write something for this, i found this site:

https://songcraft.io/

which seems to be quite useful. If you are light on theory (like me), I find the chord suggestions really useful, and the rhyming/synonyms tab is good as well. Doesn't seem to be a way to tab out lead runs, but maybe they'll add it in future.

klaasvakie

Some more inspiration from Mary Spender:

Jazzman105

Just to check... Are covers allowed?

wern101

Jazzman105 I am sure they are.

I must admit I have had ZERO time to even think about this compo. Next week Thursday is last day at work and really hoping I can make some time before the 24th.

V8

Jazzman105 Just to check... Are covers allowed?

Umm, I guess so? We did last time, so why not.

V8

wern101 Thursday is last day at work and really hoping I can make some time before the 24th.

Happy to extend it to 30th - I'm also nowhere. Think I had an idea, but it went away as fast as it popped in my head...?

modulator

May inspiration appear for you guys. I do not like listening to the radio this time of year, I hate all the jingle-belly-under-the-reindeer-tree songs.

wern101

modulator last time I did a satirical version of 'Tis the season'... I may do something similar this year. Also dont like the 'classics' anymore. Overplayed X 1000000.
Tis time for something new!!

V8

modulator I hate all the jingle-belly-under-the-reindeer-tree songs.

+1. were it snowing I might feel differently...Probably not though!

I kinda had a idea yesterday - a mashup of covers I didn't get around to entering for a challenge a lonnnnggg time ago. Might just dust of and re-do - it's a fun thing to play.

Yeti

Turns out sleigh bells are remarkably tiring... who knew?

V8

Anyone up for a extension?

I'd be turning in a archived entry otherwise ?

wern101

V8 Ja I think so. Busy 'coaching' my boys and their cousins to perform the 'Little drummer boy' at our Xmas eve dinner. May record the whole thing, add some guitar parts and submit that raw unedited version.

Jazzman105

I was fantastically optimistic, but this is the one time I know that i won't be able to pull a rabbit out of my head at the eleventh hour. So I'm out gents. Please accept my apologies... ?

V8

Okay Cool - have updated deadline to 30th - not sure if we'll get any entries, but if Santa drops guitar gear in your stocking, it's a good excuse to try it out... let's see...stranger things have happened!

If inspiration strikes, hit (the) record (button)! ?

studmissile

I'm trying to finish a complete song of previous abbreviated Christmas idea I entered, but I can't seem to get the damn thing right.

studmissile

A belated Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year!

Yeti

A belated Merry Christmas from me too. ?

Got it together just in time. My initial attempt ended up a lot more serious than I had intended (might still finish it sometime... but not now) so I put together something fun to sing with my family - sons 4 & 6 plus (very patient) wife.
A couple of lessons...
1) Sleigh bells are hard
2) Working with children is harder ?

studmissile

Yeti That sounded like a lot of work! LOVE IT!

Yeti

studmissile cheers man, I enjoyed yours too, it’s got a really cool drive to it.
Amusingly enough, the sleigh bells took the longest, keeping that rhythm consistent was quite a challenge.
Although finding the groove in the bass took some time too.

I enjoyed yours too @V8. Can’t believe that was a 3 hour effort.