This is the vote for the 10th fretboard cover challenge aka the Lockdown Cover Challenge. There was a great response and all the fantastic entries can be found in the following playlist
All that is required is to pick your top three and post them in the thread below.
Points are awarded as follows - 5 points for first place, 3 points for second place and 1 point for third place.
Entrants obviously aren't allowed to vote for themselves.
Voting closes at 11.30pm on Tuesday 4th August.
The entry with the most points gets to pick the next song to be covered. In the event of a tie for first place then all those tied will choose a song.
ALL ENTRANTS PLEASE HAVE YOUR IDEAS READY FOR THE NEXT CHALLENGE. YOU WILL HAVE ONLY 48HRS AFTER VOTING CLOSES TO MESSAGE ME WITH YOUR SONG CHOICE. IF YOU FAIL TO DO SO THEN I'LL END UP CHOOSING IT FOR YOU!
Good luck
Comments
Gonna have to go with:
5pts @Snags - beautiful pal!... really like this.
3pts @StephenB - the mrs thought Christina covered this
1pt @Bezzer - just for the drums alone!...
top job peeps... top job...
5 points @Bezzer : Fast paced and crazy drums, great vocals, shreddy guitar. Nice dynamic changes. What's not to like.
3 points @StephenB : Lovely clear epic production. Great vocals again. My favourite for the production style.
1 point @IMC1980 : Another excellent rocker. And great vocals again.
Thanks for the vote. The drums are just a loop from Native Instruments Damage based on a preset called LPS Epic Organic Full.
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/cinematic/damage/
5 points @StephenB - this is possibly my favourite ever since we started doing the covers challenge. Outstanding production and so 80s I can't believe it's not the original
3 points @Bezzer - stunning musicianship, loved the chord play for the chorus and your friend did a brilliant job with the vocals. We'll done
1 point @stratman3142 - I must be in an 80s mood. I really loved this
Sorry to everyone else
Iron Maiden say thank you for that!
5 points @Bezzer - Was very close with @StephenB for the top spot, your guitar performances on this were phenomenal. The track overall sounded like it should have been in a 90s Japanese arcade game, loved it!
3 points @StephenB - As above, there really was not much in it between you and Bezzer; great production and so 80s, it should have been wearing a linen suit.
1 point @poopot (Cousin Slippyfist) - Cousin SF must have been thinking of Bubba as he laid down those vocals *shudder*
Well done to everyone!
It's also bloody annoying as there was one that really got me this month which, tactically, I should ignore. But that would be a dick move and there's no gain!
5 points @StephenB ... its just brilliant, really reminiscent of the sound. Just nailed it.
3 points @IMC1980 ... man, I could listen to you forever, this was on loop for a while. Just hits me right in the feels as it takes me back to uni. That's not to diminish the fact that it's really well arranged, superbly performed and a top mix.
1 point @flying_pie ... really close with @poopot (who should at least get some bonus points for doing 2 tracks, the show off) but I think this just fitted my mood better today while listening.
Brilliant all round though, such top work this month.
And thank you all for the nice comments, I was really pleased with how mine turned out this time round. I've never practised do hard or done some many takes for 5 seconds of audio, so very very pleased it was worth it!