Hi Everyone,
Thanks to all that entered the competition, the turnout has been really great for this challenge.
Please use this thread to cast your vote for your favourite entry to Fretboard Challenge #2.
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A reminder of the competition Guidlines:
The rules for Fretboard Challenge #2 have been chosen by the moderators of thefretboard.co.uk, it is designed to be an open challenge which allows multiple avenues of musical exploration for all .
Create a DRONE track at least 1 minute in length. Drone music has its roots in ethnic and spiritual music, but in the west it was in the minimalist movement of the 60's that it really got more notice. At later times through genres like Krautrock and Shoegaze it became popular again, more recently bands like Sunn O))) have once again brought it to the forefront .
There is an opportunity for everyone to explore drone in whatever way they want, it is supposed to be as open a challenge as possible. You could potentially make an extremely beautiful piece of music, some kind of extreme noise, ethnic/spiritual music or anything else inbetween.
This Wiki page may be useful to those of you unfamiliar with the various types of Drone music and the artists associated with it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_music
Any number or combination of instruments can be used, vocal layering and sampling is also permitted.
You Do Not have to use guitars if you don't want to.Entries: (in no particular order) (Entrants - please contact me if there are any mistakes with your uploads)
Please see all the entries uploaded on SoundCloud HERE
Please only vote for tracks marked (Fretboard Challenge #2)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Spark240 - Drone One (2)
Thecolourbox - Broken String Blues
The Banditos (Chuffola) - Afraid MKIII
Steamabacus - Sun And Air
Skarloey - The Far Horizon
PolarityMan - Dronie
Not the DJ - Drone
Mellowsun - Ambient2
Lev - Beach Drone
LastMantra - Between Reality
KrFr (Kerpunk) - Three
Fretwired - Primerole
Daveww - Ee10 Messed
Cacofonix - Star Sign
Basher - 56k Warning
Adam MD - I Will Rise
Old Is Gold
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There were loads of tracks I liked .. I'll try and comment on SoundCloud. This was tough.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
It has been very hard for me to pick a winner but I have to say that my vote goes to @not_the_dj your track just really did something for me.
But I decided that @steamabacus track spoke to me more so he gets my vote.
I can't get the @Polarityman one to work?That may well just be me but all the others played fine.
Very tempted by @thecolourbox and his slightly African, very Canned Heat ( that's a dead on Canned Heat fuzz on the solo) track which I liked a lot and is probably the closest to what I had in my head for Drone.
But in the end gone for @LastMantra - there is such a strong atmosphere to it and reminds me of The Leather Nun ( not a reference I thought I'd be making today!)
:-O