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Maybe some more open tasks to get people involved - for example a track in the style of one of your favourite artists .. jazzers can jazz, shreeders shred, rockers rock and indie loves make a strange noise ...
Folk is not really my thing and I've struggled to think of anything thus far .. will get something in though.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
How about just a one word prompt?
We would then be free to interpret it as we see fit.
electric proddy probe machine
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Some time back, there was some call for more 'musically defined' challenges (we had the 'three chord challenge') - after that, calls for more open ended. YCPAOTPAOTT.
I think the challenges chosen have been great. Some have been easy to get into, some have been tricky. Right at the beginning, I made a commitment to myself to enter these challenges in order to give myself a bit of a kick up the arse. I'm committed to entering every challenge and, so far, I've just about managed that. Once it was by the skin of my teeth with a few minutes to spare (with a quickly-edited version of a piece I had already recorded). This time, I got my dates confused and had it pretty much finished with a month to spare allowing plenty of time to review it and polish it a bit (which was nice. Note to self - begin early more often!).
I think the real benefit in doing these is in the name - the 'challenge'. But don't get too hung up on styles, genres, whether it's 'good enough', etc. Do what you do and make some music. And if you're a dyed-in-the-wool blueser, who's to say 'Bring on the funky folk' couldn't be a 12 bar shuffle? Just try and stretch yourself a little inspired by the remit of the challenge.
Personally, I'm up for whatever challenge is given. I expect it'll end up sounding like me (with whatever flaws or talents I might have) in the end.
I also wonder whether having multiple riff of the month and solo of the month competitions takes people away from this challenge.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
At the same time, personally I've found the general perception of 'genre' expressed in these challenges (and I don't want to single out @Fretwired or anyone else here) to be quite conservative compared to how I approach music. I've always been a little left field in my approach - I gigged before I could really play (literally within weeks of picking up a guitar), I never really learned any covers, I can't do most guitar techniques (I never really learned to bend strings!) - so my chances of playing anything properly are nil.
But that's just me. Someone else may have studied various styles of blues, know all the various 'dialects' and traditions within that genre but not a lot else. That is just as valid a place to create something original from. Some people are more 'songwriters' than 'players'. We're all different. It's all good.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Web version of original deck here.
I agree.
Nothing wrong with the challenges as they are imo,
I know that I was guilty of coming up with something and then spending far too much time worrying how I was going to fit it into the brief, consequently I never got around to doing anything.
Instead, I should have just recorded something because I liked it and enjoyed doing it.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!