This is the combined Voting and Discussion thread.
Please use this thread to cast your votes for your favourite entries to Fretboard Composition Challenge
VOTING AND DATES
Voting System - voters can pick their favourite entries.
First choice gets 5 points - Second choice gets 3 points - Third choice gets 1 point
The entry with the most points wins.
Simply post in this thread your top three choices for winner in order, 1st choice first etc etc.
(Note for Entrants of the competition: Self Voting is NOT Allowed)
Voting ends midnight 8th August 2020. The results will be announced shortly after.
REMINDER OF THEME
The theme for this challenge is:
"Create music that reminds you of a good place or holiday. Something that brings good memories. The music could be based on what you heard at the time or music of the place/region."
Each entry has an picture.
PLAYLIST
It's not a competition.
Comments
I'd also like to thank @Bezzer for very kindly providing the Kirk to my James at the last minute. Much appreciated mate
Ok much less effort went into this then other entries. It’s a first take, one take recording, a mic’d up boss katana recording my pedalboard, into a focusrite itrack and garageband. The delay is a Walrus Audio Arp 87, the reverb an Alexander Pedals Sky Fi, the tremolo an OBNE Whitecap. This track definitely needs more layers, drones and pads. Suggestions and feedback welcome.
To be honest I’m quite chuffed to have finally got a song recorded. I do come up with many ideas but never get them recorded. I hope this will be a positive step to address this failure.
And here's the pic, a corny postcard made of photo's I took.
It's not a real Bouzouki. It's programmed using the VSTi at the link below.
https://impactsoundworks.com/product/plectra-series-1-8-string-acoustic-bouzouki/
Recording-wise I have no clue what I'm doing (third ever attempt at programming drums, and only about the fifth or sixth thing I've attempted to record). For those who are interested Squier Strat via Egnator Tweaker for guitars; horrid Peavy bass DI via a cheap Behringer pre-amp pedal. Guitar delay/reverb from a mix of Dr Tone, DD-6 and RV-6; any other FX the bog standard ones in Reaper.
1st, 5 points, Fretwired. Very evocative of being in those once in a lifetime places of epic beauty. Did you record this with pedals? Direct or mic'd up? The downtempo beats work well. Like this a lot.
2nd, 3 points. Snags. Has a kind of loose, low-fi indie sound of the 80's going on, like the Weather Prophets. It does sound like someone has written and sung an upbeat song which they are not used to doing, as you say above. And it works.
3rd, 1 point. Tricky decision to have to leave just one out of the scoring, they're all good! I was wandering if you were playing the instrument, but you've answered that above. Pretty impressive rhythm playing and very, er Greek. Flying Pie is excellently produced and played, but for me is more or a mash up tribute than a composition. So I will give the point to @stratman3142 .
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
will have a listen to the tracks tomorrow when I’m more alive provide the votes from the Bristol jury then.
5 points @Snags ... started me bopping along, then the voice came in. The difference in tone was wonderful to me, like the ultra smiths ... like Nick Cave has walked in on the B52s instead of the Bad Seeds through a drug induced misunderstanding of the room bookings. Great!
3 points @stratman3142 ... nice use of the samples and really evocative of the mood you're trying to convey. Top work.
1 point ... well the rules dictate I'm not allowed to vote for @flying_pie as I'm on the track. Which is a shame because I fucking love it! So we are left with battle of the ambients. I'm giving it to @MagicPigDetective purely as I felt the track developed more. @Fretwired as usual I adored the sounds you got and as it start I thought you were a shoe in but it didn't develop the way your tracks normally do and I missed that. So close though, both great tracks.
3 Points to the " Hello Peeps Stavros Here" version of Summer Holiday @stratman3142
1 Point to @Fretwired
5 points goes to @stratman3142 - Love going to Crete on hols and this track took me right back. Great writing, playing and tone!
3 Points goes to @Fretwired - this one chilled me right out. Is that an EBow on the guitar?
1 Point goes to @MagicPigDetective - Very atmospheric. Haunting almost which I like.
Many thanks for the points. Just to be clear it's not me playing. It's a virtual instrument that I programmed, so I'm happy if you you want to reconsider your vote if part of it was for the playing.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
3 points @MagicPigDetective : An atmospheric ambient guitar piece with some lovely chords.
1 point @Snags : A very jolly happy track and a good fit to the theme.
Sorry @flying_pie : I thought this was a fantastic track and well produced but perhaps more of a mashup than evocative of a good place or holiday to me.
5 points @stratman3142 - I vote this as the composition that I'm judging and not the playing (I know fine well you could play it off you owned the instrument). Lots of great artists composer parts and have others play for them so I don't have an issue with it being written rather than played . Great job
3 points @Snags - the vocals are a great contest to the vibe. Jack Dee on his holidays...
1 point to both @Fretwired and @MagicPigDetective - nothing to separate these great instrumentals but fitted the brief less. I fully appreciate the irony of that last comment