upside downer

Voted. Tough choice, that was a very enjoyable 30-odd minutes of tunesmithery 👍

Thought that Mick and Ronnie were doing all of the heavy lifting for the Stones. All the talk has been about Charlie's air drumming but sadly Keith's looking more and more like someone who has a very tenuous link with his instrument.

Well done sir, welcome aboard!

I really like this, always interested to hear different instruments and styles from around the world. You got my vote back in December. Don't leave it twelve months before you enter the challenge again!

Here's my attempt at something uplifting. Lots of mucking about with my Yamaha keyboard here with a bit of bass and guitar in there too.

Used to listen to 6music quite a lot but have to turn off Mary Anne Hobbs, everything is "beautiful", "exquisite" or "amazing". I beg to differ, Mary Anne.

Well done Fingers, left us trailing in your dirt as you sprinted away!

Better luck for the next one, the more, the merrier!

Is this challenge any good for metal?

Try this Moroccan music led by a bass instrument called a Sintir. It's also known as a Guembri or Gimbri.

I'm currently wigging out to this lot. Ommmmmmm, ommmmmmmm, ommmmmmmm.........

Another fine mix this month, bravo peeps. And with many on lockdown and trying to fill their days with whatever they can I'd imagine this is a rather pleasant way to pass 20-odd minutes. That should ensure lots more folks voting this time around, yes? Ever the optimist.......☺️

A jarring, echo-laden noisefest featuring semi-acoustic saz, oud, bass, sampled drums, sampled sound effects and a real-life ice cream van. Enjoy/tolerate.

Begone, dissenter! 🤨

Bass. And guitar. And mandolin. And bouzouki. And saz. And oud. And so on and so on.

Bloody hell, that was quick! I haven't even had time to plug my chainsaw in yet...

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Bravo squire 👏

Not that he likes being defined as a certain genre but this chap's pretty good.

U Roy if you want to. Personally, I Roy 😁

Or not set in your ways. Good for you. Take what you like, discard stuff that doesn't float your boat. Don't stick rigidly to 'genres'. It's all music.

Here's my Smiths title-referencing effort for February. Have kept it pretty simple and I've taken time out from vocal duties so my thanks for this month's squawkings go to Gulls Aloud. Hello, my name is Upside Downer and I am a punoholic.

Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart at Nottingham Rescue Rooms. What a fantastic evening. As Wobble said at the end, this is how he always envisioned the Invaders to sound. The band take their cues from Wobble but are allowed to express themselves and with good reason, superb musicians one and all. A few new album tracks to open with, some covers (Liquidator, theme from Midnight Cowboy), four PiL tunes (Socialist, Poptones, Fodderstompf and Public Image) and live dubbing, the songs simply soar. And the man's as mad as a box of frogs, too. Hugely entertaining. Recommended.