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Yep, sorry about the technical staff today !

Although the empty track I posted has some merit, given the right circumstances.

Entry into this months basschat comp, using picture as help !
Walking through our local woods, I often see dog owners having to pick up bags of crap and then have to walk round with it. Which led to the thought of them chasing the wheelie dog with a bag as it crapped down the road.
Anyhow, in this effort I used ; ye olde squire for all guitar parts, tbird bass, mt drums and me own vocal chords. All done in reaper, and not a dog in sight or

Roll on the Christmas cover !!

Nearly completed the mess I started ! It has, at least, a working title,a start and an ending..

On 07/11/2020 at 22:53, lurksalot said:

and no matter how much rehearsal time I throw at a vocal, it will still very much require  an acquired taste to fully appreciate it 😎

I've managed  a way round this Lurks. I've found a gizmo that pitches my vocals to 50khz. The dogs on the estate are going crazy but to the human ear it's inaudible 😌

Entry to monthly basschat comp using the picture (chosen by last months winner, Douglas), as inspiration.
They came with a message, in a form of sound we couldn't comprehend. Luckily a well known basschater called me and said " Nige, I've transcribed the piece and it's actually in 'E' ", with a 12 bar country feel".
"Thanks Bilbo, " I said . "That's good coz I can do that stuff" !!
Used the trusty tele, t-bird bass and just messed about with amplitude pedals etc. Mt drums kept a check and the diddy lpk25 did some soundy stuff whilst I warbled the vocals. All reapered and that's that !

Tease !

On 19/09/2020 at 14:15, lurksalot said:

Well , in a surprise turn up , I asked lurksalittle what she thought of my effort , and she thought I was singing the wrong melody in the chorus!

i asked how she thought it should go , so she sang it , and I recorded it , simple 

it kind of throws a gender spanner in to confuse the lyric a little , but it is so much sweeter on the ear.

im going to try some more guitar in it, then release it to grand acclaim, I might even have a launch party with myself while listening to all the plaudits 😎

I'd love to come to the launch, but I'm afraid I'm out that night !!

Entry into this months basschat comp using picture as inspiration.
On new laptop this month with very few recording bits or gizmos....guitars by me ( and reaper delay/echo), rest is all free Kontakt.
A tree chat is all it is....

So, following the top tips from Douglas last month, I bought an expansion drive and managed to save my 5 years of 'stuff'. Took a while as I got sidetracked and listened to most of it again. Unfortunately,  the realisation is that there ain't much improvement !!

Anyhow, the good people at Focusrite helped me install the correct driver on my new laptop for the interface. On the downside, all the old authentication codes have been lost on old email addresses. So Ez drummer,Ez keys,guitar rig5, and some orchestration thingy have all been sacked ! The entry this month uses all free Kontakt stuff and the guitar is simply  through the interface, with cockos reverb etc.

T'is strange, but I never realised how much stuff was in Reaper, and it's refreshing starting all over again...even so far as using the old 'two bob bit effect' on the guitar, (although I couldn't find one, so used a scratchy old plectrum....).

Ha, bear with me as I appear to have lost the track !! 😕

10 hours ago, lurksalot said:

I have a strict policy of not listening to entries until mine is done , I know I would rip it up each time I listened to anyone else’s

A policy I try to follow but, the resistance is ebbing away here.

The draw of Noggin the Nog, one of my all time favourite programmes (with Mr Postgates' wonderfull narration), is causing a wobble !!

Voted

Some really top sounds people, and a mighty fine collection...

(Lurks got 3 points added for the attempt at the local accent, but then lost 2 for putting t'uppeny rice' in me head !!)

We're in, despite the computer problems !!

A tad unfinished, but as Douglas often says "less is sometimes more" . Just glad I could save it ,(along with most of the past), hey ho !

Entry into this months basschat comp using the picture chosen by last months winner, (me !!), as inspiration.
A change from the norm, using some Garritan orchestra on my little lpk25 keyboard. There's still a tad of Squire guitar, and some freesound noises and that's it.
The walk is from the ruined settlement on Shapley Tor and ends in the picture, which is looking SSE from Haytor.

Houston, we've had a problem here !!

My old Acer laptop has decided I no longer need a screen or audio to produce any toons.

I've managed to get some of the  stuff onto an external drive. Unfortunately, when I started this malarky 5 years ago, organisation wasn't (& still isn't!) a strong point. A lot of the  licenses are on old deleted e-mails, the dill extensions are all over the shop, blah ,blah,blah.

Suffice to say, a new computer has been ordered and we start from scratch.

When I find the piece for this month, it will be posted as is !!

Happy tooning all ..

Well Lurks and Douglas, you are indeed  correct. Even on Dartmoor the heather flowers in Autumn, and yes it is Dartmoor.

It's the view looking s'easterly from Hay Tor to be precise, which is 15 minutes by car (10 by Triumph and as long as I like on dirt bike!), from our front door.

There's no hidden message (or is there?) in the photo, (ie we won't be out till autumn), just a gentle picture after last months noise !!

Cheers for the comments people...after 5 years, I've finally won one outright 😁

With top tunes all round to boot, I'm really chuffed to have won !!

Anyway, before the 'old guard' start hounding me, I'll go find a picure !!

6 hours ago, lurksalot said:

 this glib and facetious attempt at humour will probably come back to bite me 

Lets hope not !!

Entry into this months basschat comp, inspired by the picture for this month.
Fender squire guitars and t'bird bass (through various guit rig5 settings) and vocals, all me. Incidental sounds from "freesounds", and acknowledged. Ez does drums.

 Be warned !! No amount of time in isolation can make up for a lack of talent !!

Bravo Douglas !!

Despite having the ageing ears of a 12 bar rocker, I really enjoyed listening to that...

9 hours ago, lurksalot said:

Anyway , I might have to write another one , the first attempt appears to have turned out as a slow Jaaaazzzzz  waltze 

niiiice , almost antithesis of the picture , respite almost , hmmmm 

Mrs J has just offered, when seeing the picture " well, you want something noisy or very quiet"..... mmmm !!!

Got somethin' this month, luckily it's not spreading though !

Entry into this months basschat comp, using picture supplied by last months winner, (Dad), for some sort of inspiration !
Two rhythm guitars and lead guitar played on Fender Squire (through guit rig 5), tbird bass (through guit rig 5) ,and vocals all me. Ez drummer tries to keep it all together. All cobbled together in Reaper.

Voted.

Not an easy choice as all very enjoyable !

I hope there are a few more entries. I couldn't vote for just one of the above , I'd vote for them all !! 

Excellent stuff peoples !

Maybe a tad too much pasitis de Marseille or eau de vie eh Douglas ? !!

My entry is already done, but as it's that time of year, bit of daftness from our reunion gig last Saturday.......can't link it...all have been spared..

I shall now hide !!!!!

My entry into the Basschat Christmas Cover comp for December.
All guitars, bass, vocals are my own doing. Also played keyboards for strings and choir-ish noises. Ez played piano and also tried to keep it all in time on drums !

There's also a fraction of Christmassy stuff in it somewhere !!

Nige

Four hours in, and no entry from Douglas yet ?