Composition Challenge #9 - ' Bring on the funky folk'

Antique_Guitars

Greetings earth dwellers! The riffmasters of fretboardtopia are back from their galaxy travels for round 9 of the Fretboard Challenge competition!

The competition:

Every 2 months there will be a competition, it revolves around individuals or groups of forum members composing or covering songs based on a set of rules or guidelines laid out for that particular competition.

For full rules please read here: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/8029/fretboard-challenge-rules#latest


Submission Details

All recordings will need to be sent via email to fretboardchallenge AT gmail.com

All songs will then be upload to the Fretboard Challenge SoundCloud page here - https://soundcloud.com/fretboard-challenge

Songs must be submitted in an MP3 format and you need to provide a picture for your track

FRETBOARD CHALLENGE #9

Fretboard Challenge #9 starts NOW! - Submission deadline -  Midnight 15th July 2015

Voting starts 17th July 2015 - Voting ends 11.30pm 31st July 2015

A new voting system will be in place for this challenge, voters can pick their top 3 favourite entries.

First choice gets 5 points - Second choice gets 3 points - Third choice gets 1 point

Entry with the most points wins.

Winner will be announced just before midnight 31st July 2015

Guidelines

They said it couldn't and shouldn't be done, but to save the world you must compose the ultimate funky folk mash up song!

Go forth and ruin music forever good people!

I'm sure there are plenty of example out there to melt your ears already!

Deadline

Midnight (UK time) 15th July 2015.

Prizes

The prize for this competition will be a brand new

Electro Harmonix Screaming Bird Treble Booster Effects Pedal

supplied by @Antique_Guitars

If you have any questions please let me know.

steamabacus

Haha! Love it!

Chunky knitwear and finger in the ear...........

Fretwired

What the hell is funky folk ... :-)

Antique_Guitars

Fretwired;637959" said:

What the hell is funky folk ... :-)

Exactly :-P

daveww

There's some funky folk on here all right 

Chuffola

And all around my ARSE!, daddio.

Fretwired

Antique_Guitars said:

Fretwired;637959" said:

What the hell is funky folk ... :-)

Exactly :-P

Hey noney noney with Bootsy Collins on bass .. I have an idea and it's nuts ...

thecolourbox

Bizarrely, I too have an idea already...

steamabacus

I have a concept and a title. All I have to do now is make it all work together and record it.
:-?

Antique_Guitars

I want nude selfies included with all submissions :-P

daveww

lol - careful what you wish for  ;-)

Antique_Guitars

I am part German so I don't need to be careful :-P

thecolourbox

Gonna uptown folk you up

steamabacus

I've had a session on the 'puter, played in some rough guide parts, chopped 'em up and moved 'em about, come up with some other parts (even managed to 'accidentally' end up with a modulation for the ending) and I have a rough arrangement.

These challenges always seem to mutate and go off in directions I wasn't expecting. My initial idea was the track title (a play on an old Funkadelic track title) ..... which led to discovering an old sea shanty that sounded strangely familiar. Along the way, it's revealed a slightly 'Big Country' vibe although how much of that will remain when it's finished I don't know.

As usual, I have loads of ideas about what I want to do with this one but limited time to get it all recorded. I may even end up 'singing' on this one!

TTony

steamabacus said:

I've had a session on the 'puter, played in some rough guide parts, chopped 'em up and moved 'em about, come up with some other parts (even managed to 'accidentally' end up with a modulation for the ending) and I have a rough arrangement.

These challenges always seem to mutate and go off in directions I wasn't expecting. My initial idea was the track title (a play on an old Funkadelic track title) ..... which led to discovering an old sea shanty that sounded strangely familiar. Along the way, it's revealed a slightly 'Big Country' vibe although how much of that will remain when it's finished I don't know.

As usual, I have loads of ideas about what I want to do with this one but limited time to get it all recorded. I may even end up 'singing' on this one!

Whereas I haven't got a clue ...

PolarityMan

I'm just waiting for the metal+funk challenge so I can pull out my idea for a "Cradle of Funk" project.

PolarityMan

By which I meant a talentless fuck making screechy noises over the top of funk tracks.

Fretwired

steamabacus said:

I've had a session on the 'puter, played in some rough guide parts, chopped 'em up and moved 'em about, come up with some other parts (even managed to 'accidentally' end up with a modulation for the ending) and I have a rough arrangement.

These challenges always seem to mutate and go off in directions I wasn't expecting. My initial idea was the track title (a play on an old Funkadelic track title) ..... which led to discovering an old sea shanty that sounded strangely familiar. Along the way, it's revealed a slightly 'Big Country' vibe although how much of that will remain when it's finished I don't know.

As usual, I have loads of ideas about what I want to do with this one but limited time to get it all recorded. I may even end up 'singing' on this one!

@steamabacus .. sounds awesome as usual ...

Here are some ideas .. :-)

horse

I'm hoping to join the composition challenge this time around. First thing I have learnt so far is not to work on funky tunes too near to bedtime or my brain keeps on the groove when it's time to sleep...

steamabacus

Mine's based on an old sea shanty - it's been going round and round my head for the last week.

8-}

TTony

Mine keeps going round and round my head too.

Trouble is, someone pressed the "mute" button before they pressed play, and I can't hear a thing.