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I find the different styles and anthem interpretations interresting and appealing. I would dare say that the entries surpassed my best expectations.

RodneyVikens not this time I'm afraid. Just had too much on my plate this month, although I did manage to contribute something to @Stoffeltoo's colab, which was fun.
Holding thumbs for next month...

    guidothepimmp Herewith my entry.

    Can you please be the lead guitarist in my band one day? ? Great guitar work man. Loved it.

    studmissile How could it possible not be an anthem?

    Yes indeed. Stud your stuff is always stellar!

    RodneyVikens So we have an Anthem for Homeless Sidewalk, Jazzy vibes, Diepte Afrikaans, Alternative Punk something, Country, Rock 'n Roll.... Nice!

    It's a proper mix this month. All great entries. Well done all.

          Yap it is going to be difficult to choose a song. Although there are only one or two that I would say stand out as my interpretation of an anthem for a genre/"playing style", a song you walk away from and it is stuck in your head, whether it is lyrics, a lick or riff...... But every entry has something unique to it. So many talented musicians here. The result is going to be interesting.

          ...waar is jou diepte.... waar is jou lied..... its a rodeo ... bulls, broncs and buckle somethings.... they wear spandex pants...

          Lol. I think I have the songs mixed up now.

          Couldn't get the vocals right, but I'm submitting anyway. This is supposed to be a blues anthem for the bedroom musician: you want to make music, but work gets in the way.

          You can use your own creativity to add the lyrics where you think they should go ? :

          So tell me ...
          So tell me why?
          So tell me how?
          So tell me if?
          So tell me when?
          I've gotta go to work again ...

          So tell me ...
          So tell me why?
          So tell me how?
          So tell me if?
          So tell me when?
          I've gotta go to work again ...

          I don't want to work, just want to play guitar
          I don't want to work, don't wanna drive so far

          I don't want to work, got better things to do, but
          baby please let me stay with you.

          So tell me ...
          So tell me why?
          So tell me how?
          So tell me if?
          So tell me when?
          I've gotta go to work again ...

          Eight entries so far. Well done to all and Warren will prolly slip his entry in a minute before the deadline. ? All great entries and impressed by the diverse music genres and styles. I really hope that the GT community will honor the participants and spend some time to listen to the songs and vote. Everyone who submitted deserves some recognition.

          No surprises as I I sneak something in.

          Aiming at hard rock, something you'd crank up in the car. Combo of metal verse riffage, 00's angst rock chorus and a side order of V8 oddness (the last 45s).

          Still not happy with the arrangement (I *&%ing hate midi drums!) so I didn't get around to roping in a few peeps for doing vox and solo's. At the moment, it's mostly a rhythm guitar extravaganza. Hope y'all all enjoy the gratuitous riffage and can imagine a fat solo and some great vocals in the places where I meant to plug 'em in ?

          Made it with under an hour to spare haha

          So pretty much my mother bought a purple cow toy for my daughter while visiting family in Belgium. It has a pull string and plays a song that gradually winds down. Daughter loves the song (calms her down right away when she's bummed out) so thought it'd be cool to use it in a song. Turns out, a fair bit of quantizing is needed - no built in metronome!

          In terms of being an 'anthem' (at least for me as a personal anthem) there are several things that went into the whole thing. Firstly, one of my favourite bands is Thrice - on their album Vheissu (probably my favourite album ever) they have a song called 'Music Box' where they sampled an old music box from Teppei's (lead guitarists) grandmother. Hence my thought to use the purple cow ?

          Next, it's sort of a return to my roots - both in songwriting (this is the first song I've written and recorded in it's entirety - musically at least, maybe vocals will come later lol - in around 8 years) and instrumentation. Rather than buggering around with trying to play a particular style, I just played what felt right to me. Also, it's the first time I've tracked with my new bass guitar (I need to go out and learn bass a bit more so I can do some fun stuff).

          Finally, who doesn't love harmony leads, quad tracked guitars (in the right places) and tons of gain lol (and a hopefully passable tappy solo ?) - these all seem pretty rock and roll to me.

          Also - who would've thought a drop B song could sound like this!

          Hope you all enjoy it ?

          Here it is... with the warts and all... Not very well mixed etc...

          I always say "next time I'll pull finger...".

          This song is my anthem about how rock seems to follow me around:

          Verse
          Rock is my destiny
          It cant seem to let go of me
          It's here with me everyday
          I cant seem to get away

          Prechorus
          I'm tryna run f rom it
          Tryna hide from it
          been trying my whole damn life
          [Repeat]

          Chorus
          I'm gonna rock
          And roll
          And let the music
          Take Control

          I'm gonna burn
          the air guitar
          And use
          a real one