Some amazing entries so far, well done guys, some really solid stuff.
The Guitar Talk Anthem Challenge!
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DEMO - Touch The Sky by Rodney Vikens
Mixed and Mastered by @ScottyDogg (Soundcloud: ScottyDogg (@scott-naude)
Photo by Banter Snaps on Unsplash
Lyrics:
There's a young man walking down the street,
His dreams washed down the gutter.
You're not good enough, not rich enough,
and you'll never ever make it
He's been trying so hard, he's been trying so long,
but he just can't get it right.
There's a corporate monster, a mainstream hunter,
and he will never stop you.
Touch the Sky, touch the Sky with a new song.
Sing it out loud "This is the Alternative".
Raise your voice, raise your voice to a new dawn.
Sing it out loud "This is the Alternative".
There's a secondhand store with a broken sign,
inviting him to come in.
You need the best of this, and the best of that,
before you can chase your dreams
So he wrote a song, a melody,
he didn't care what anyone thinks.
The corporate giant, the mainstream,
couldn't stop his dreams
.....falling and crawling and get up again,
the struggle is coming but it's not the end.
Touch the Sky, touch the Sky with a new song.
Sing it out loud "This is the Alternative".
Raise your voice, raise your voice to a new dawn.
Sing it out loud "This is the Alternative".
Touch the Sky, touch the Sky with a new song.
Sing it out loud "This is the Alternative".
Raise your voice, raise your voice to a new dawn.
Sing it out loud "This is the Alternative".
RodneyVikens Only problem now is that even if I do manage to finish up my song, I would have to vote for yours because it'd be far superior to mine ?
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RodneyVikens nice !! Dig the punk vibe.. well done
guidothepimmp thanks. =)
I like the afrikaans songs coming in, makes me also want to try and write an afrikaans song next time. Only started to listen to some afrikaans songs (mostly old songs) recently.
If you are interested, I also did an acoustic cover of Touch The Sky here: https://community.guitartalk.co.za/d/27221-i-am-bob/40
Mijaelle I can imagine your voice with some nice heavy guitars and strings.
RodneyVikens hell yeah lol cool anthem man ???
RodneyVikens honestly.. i like both versions.. rock on !
... enough procrastinating.
Herewith my entry.
Its a bit of a mix of all my favourite things (folk rock, funk rock, rock) ?
I'm sure you get the picture.
A thanks to Stoffeltoo who provided some guidance and tips on mixing and recording. Much appreciated.
guidothepimmp Your guitar skills are next level. I will stick to punk vibes for now. Down, down, down, down, down, down.....
guidothepimmp I heard an earlier version of this (sneaky sneaky), but I love the way it came out! Glad you posted the version with vocals, and as always your guitar work is something to be envious of.
Uh oh, your track shows not available on soundcloud. Can you please re-link? Thanks
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guidothepimmp just a pleasure. Btw great lyrics and great production
RodneyVikens thanks mate. Very kind of you
klaasvakie thanks bud ?
Stoffeltoo thanks for your inputs ?. I learnt a heckuva lot during this challenge