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Thanks for setting this up @V8, this should be fun. 😃
I'll contribute a backing track to the firs round, will get it to you in the next day or so.

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All righty - to kick it off...here's my first backing track submission.

BPM: 110
Length: 24 Bars
Key: E minor (I think!) .

4 Bars of drumless pre-chorus, 16 Bars (drums, bass, guitars) of chorus, 4 bars of funky sh1t (it wouldn't be me any other way).

The (pre) & chorus is - E5, G#/A, A5, G5, F#/G.
Or if I try and explain it in words (becasue my theory knowledge is kak!)
E5= E powerchord,
G#/A = G power chord with the root down a fret (4th fret low e string),
A5 = A powerchord (you move your index finger up a fret from previous chord)
G5 = G powerchord
F#/G = G powerchord with your index finger dropping the root down a fret.

This is the section of my original track where I reaallly wanted to put a solo in - but didn't have the time or courage to ask anyone to to help me out.

Here's my rough and ready backing track contribution. Amin, 120bpm. Chord progression as follows:
Am E7 F C E7
Am E7 F C G
Am E7 F C E7
Am E7 F G

Am G F C E7
Am G F G

Yeti thats also groovy... cool stuff.

So i wasnt really understanding the ask.. i get it now though.. will see if I can throw something together this weekend

  • V8 replied to this.

      guidothepimmp So i wasnt really understanding the ask.. i get it now though..

      All I wanted to do was get something in before @Yeti 😃 Beenb meaning to get back to this tune sometime...I kinda have a master plan, we'll see if the bait works or not.

      Dig to hear something from ya!

      • Yeti replied to this.

          really interesting initiative guys 🙂 am going to definitely see about getting stuck in.

          Heres a jangly loop i threw together quickly.

          Its a run of the mill rock groove at 100bpm in the key of A.

          Quite simple,
          A, G, D - verse
          A, C, D - Chorus
          A, G, F# something or other for the weird break

          ... I think.

          Basically a Tele into a Vox AC

          Thats awesome @guidothepimmp, you always have such fantastic tone. My 2c, I think it's a little long for this challenge. Might be worth cutting it a little to get closer to 1:00?

          guidothepimmp Heres a jangly loop i threw together quickly.

          That real cool - as @Yeti said, could you grab the 1min you'd feel you'd want to have the leads & solo's to fit?

          Keeping shorter will keep peeps focused on tighter leads/solo's (that's the thinking anyways) - I know I got about (at most!) 10s of original ideas and then I'll repeat ad-nauseating 🤣

            Ohhhh... ok.. now i get it. I didnt realise it was just the loop part for the solo bit... righto.. lemme shorten it

              guidothepimmp

              Right, so i cannot fathom how to edit the post, apologies for the double post. Here is the shortened loop;

              Basically as above, has a verse (A, G, D), a chorus (A, C, D), and then the break in key of A as well , presumably where the whiddly bits would go

                Apologies my dudes, I did forget to ask everyone to make their loop/backing track downloadable...opppsss!

                It's prettyyy dang simple to do - go to your track on SC, underneath the track you'll see a button "Edit'. When ya click on that that you'll get to your track's "Basic Info". Click on the permissions tab and you'll see the screenshot below - we want to enable "Direct Downloads" - Yip where that red arrow is ppinting. Enable that and save. Then we can d/l the track to use (and abuse!)

                Thanks guys!

                8 days later

                Right-o, another plea for backing tracks - we've only two fresh ones (thanks @Stoffeltoo) including this mish mash of mine...

                BPM:130
                Key: A
                Bars: 37 (1 bar drum intro, 12 bars relaxed blues, 2x12 bars of more rocking blues.
                ).

                It's a edit of something I did a very long time ago (2014?) for the "Action Challenge" - I was aiming for a mix of house muzak and blues. Errmmm...yeah, well - it seemed like a good idea a the time...

                Heres a quick and dirty boogie woogie at 180BMP in Am... perfect for you vintage shredders

                7 days later

                We've totally be inundated by backing tracks...so here's one a bit different. The reggae section from Alinea's "Brass Knuckles"


                BPM: +/- 88 (Not 100% sure, I don't have the reaper project)
                Key : E minor-ish?

                It's four chords all the way through. E, C, F#, B - If it sounds a bit odd, well we was detuned (the final chord, B - is a low B on BEAD tuned bass).