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I didnt realise one could vote for him/herself.
I dont think i would ever vote for myself. Feels a bit odd in my book.

I have two criteria. 1. I like the song. 2. It goes with the theme.

This time i voted for the one whose riff and vox stuck in my head ?

klaasvakie I'll happily confirm it IS within the rules/spirit to vote for one's self!

Not sure how that one evolved, but over time it did ?

I reckon if it's a very specific topic and you feel that entry (which happens to be yours) is the best, then it should get your vote. It's a subjective objectivity which doesn't have to make logical sense.

And if you understand the above sentence, let me know what I meant ?

guidothepimmp have two criteria. 1. I like the song. 2. It goes with the theme.

Nice!

I'm
1. How creatively was the theme interpreted?
2. Is the guitaring face-meltingly awesome?
3. Do I like it?

I prefer thinking of it as a creative challenge rather than a exercise in developing technical skills (playing/songwriting/production). The nature of the challenge is that you will have to develop some kinda skill in these three technical area's - so by keeping a focus on creative interpretation, it keeps a balance over time (I hope?).

        ScottyDogg haha I’ve started off badly for my first vote voting for someone else

        Hehe, one I will admit to - I have changed my vote over the course of a week. More than once!

        ScottyDogg I'd love to collab on @V8's song

        Why thank you - that's far better than a vote ? You are welcome to it anytime, though the ableton arrangement is a dog's breakfast ? - sure I can get some stems out that are usable.

            V8 hook me up with stems and I’ll take a look sometime ?

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              Maybe we can do like a massive collab at some stage. We choose a sound engineer (one of us) and a producer (one of us) and then we all record something within the criteria chosen. The producer and sound engineer then finalise the track. =)

              RodneyVikens My thoughts on this would be for someone to write a simple song (maybe a forum poll to decide on genre?) and everyone writes a solo/lead part to throw onto it and one person can edit and put it together and mix it (for consistency, I'd probably recommend recording DI tracks and the person putting it together reamps or uses VSTs for the tones - but this is optional)

              Alternatively, we could do a song where like @RodneyVikens suggested, have a producer that can guide songwriting towards a goal of a particular genre and BPM we've decided on (also by poll) and each person is assigned a part to write (e.g. intro, verse, prechorus, chorus, bridge, solo, outro, verse leads, chorus leads etc., drums, bass lyrics and vox) based on a random number generator selection. We'd just have to do this quite linearly for some level of songwriting consistency (i.e. Intro is written by the relevant person, then the verse person writes the verses based on having heard the intro part and so on)

              In approach 2, the Producer can be in charge of ensuring consistency and providing feedback on parts where he/she might feel minor changes would suit the song better

                I'm keen too. Another option is for people to contribute pieces and then anyone who feels like it can try their hand at putting them together. Might be interesting to see the different things people come up with.
                ...
                But perhaps we should take this to a new thread. :-P

                ScottyDogg What's BIAB

                Band In A Box (Mac software that doesn't really have a Windows equivalent), the closest thing I can think of is the Digitech Trio Pedal, the difference being that BIAB works much, much better ?

                Sadly I be interface-less - my entry was tracked (as a test) about an hour before it sold. I'm happy to track something, but I'd have to make a plan (always possible).

                I do like the idea of a massive collab - if we look at this month entries, we could always have multiple tracks. One could be singer-songwriter with Stoffeltoo, Mijalle & Wern101, rockstars with Guido, Rodney and Scotty, etc..

                  Nice entries!

                  What it came down to is what I thought fit the theme the best.

                  But I must say, the production value is getting better y the challenge.

                    V8 Ah right - yeah, different tracks could work best. So I'm personally happy to try any genre but dunno if others might not be I guess

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                      ScottyDogg
                      Mac has Garage Band, windows Band in a Box by PG Music. Some genres are very convincing indeed. In addition, midi multi midi styles for virtually every style except death metal, i think.
                      Exportable, transposable and elastiquated to suit most DAW's.
                      Pricey but worth every cent if a song writer or comping an idea. Couple of Afrikaans pro artists are users i.e. Dozi and Carlo Leone

                        Stoffeltoo that’s pretty interesting - I pretty much use VSTs for songwriting (Helix Native for guitars and bass amp sims) and kontakt with a drum library for drums and then write away ?