Composition Challenge #12 - EXTENDED TO 15TH FEBRUARY 2016

Antique_Guitars

Hail Sultans of Swing! Time for round 12 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/thefretboard

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

FRETBOARD CHALLENGE #12

Fretboard Challenge #12 starts NOW! - Submission deadline -  Midnight 15th January 2016

Voting starts 17th January 2016 - Voting ends 11.30pm 31st January 2016

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 January 2016

Guidelines

You just thought of the sexiest song ever in your head! Make it real!

No time limit!

Deadline

Midnight (UK time) 15th January 2016.

Prizes

The prize for this competition will be a brand new Electro Harmonix - Nano Clone Chorus pedal!

Fretwired

OMG ... some Nile Rogers riffs and James Brown vocals .... yeah baby ...

steamabacus

My wah wah's broke.

Cabicular

steamabacus said:

My wah wah's broke.

Song title right there

My Wah Wahs broke but my phaser is a barber pole...

stickyfiddle

Right. I am going to do this this weekend. 4 days off work. No excuses!

fnpt

Hmmm...are covers acceptable? Would that pose a problem re: copyrights and such?

Fretwired

fnpt said:

Hmmm...are covers acceptable? Would that pose a problem re: copyrights and such?

Do an 'in the style of' ....

PolarityMan

covewrs would be a good topic for a future challenge

Fretwired

PolarityMan said:

covewrs would be a good topic for a future challenge

I think there could be a copyright issue unless you play some Bach ..

steamabacus

Fretwired said:

PolarityMan said:

covewrs would be a good topic for a future challenge

I think there could be a copyright issue unless you play some Bach ..

I thought "but Bach's not sexy" ..... then I remembered this .....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFM6QEPcob0

PolarityMan

Fretwired said:

PolarityMan said:

covewrs would be a good topic for a future challenge

I think there could be a copyright issue unless you play some Bach ..

I thought for covers the artist could only claim mechanical royalties and can't refuse a license for a cover. Anyways enough people on here post links to their cover bands on here that I doubt it is a problem in practice.

Cabicular

I thought the point was to get people writing rather than arranging

thecolourbox

fnpt;878709" said:

Hmmm...are covers acceptable? Would that pose a problem re: copyrights and such?

If it's a cover of Tom Lehrer's Masochism Tango, then please please do it

Lev

Spent the last few hours coming up with several ideas and all turned out to be as sexy as a wet fish. This is proving very difficult.

kin

there is nothing sexier than wet fish.... ya big tease!

and yep, I have nothing too

steamabacus

I've got a bit of time today and I'm about to go into the studio and see if I can come up with an idea. Post-xmas recovery doesn't feel too 'sexy', though.
;;)

steamabacus

And ......

I have a basic little groove mapped out in Cubase.




Now I need to add some lead parts to flesh it out.

thecolourbox

Squeaks and moans being integral to the sexy vibe...

steamabacus

   I have a working title - 'Sexy Pants'.

Cabicular

You seem to have time travelled back to the 90s

steamabacus

In the 90s I had a borrowed cassette 4-track - this is high tech for me. It's very reliable so long as you keep the firebox well stoked at all times.