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Here you go: Based on an old concert photo : Based on a more recent selfie: I can't say any of them are particular accurate to my actual looks.

I might have to initiate my Boss RC-500 Loop Station for the next contest, and perhaps even utilize the Zoom recorders ability to record 4 mono tracks/2 stereo tracks. It's not a promise, but something I will consider. It might still end up with just a single track improv like the other tracks I've contributed with.

I just released this on Bandcamp a couple of days ago, here's the album description: Piece #911 3 freely improvised tracks First 2 tracks are single track recordings, played on my 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass, that I named "Mr. Growly - The Noodlemancer", tuned in G# standard tuning (as in one half step bellow the 4 upper strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning, plus a high E string), through my "amp-less" setup, directly into a handheld Zoom H4n recorder, and only edited with a simple Wav editor. - "A Dorian Ody-C#" : Here I take you on a timeless, time dissolving, musical folk drone journey slowly flowing down a fluctuating colorful stream of consciousness. Take 2 of a free improvisation. (full length, uncut, version of the track I entered the BassChat Composition Challenge April 2025 with) - "Lament For Burning Bridges" : Improvised 1st take. (minimalistic black gaze?) - "Hail Satan" : Primarily played on my Santana 3/4 classical acoustic nylon string guitar, on which I scratched out the first "n" and the last "a" of the logo, so it is now named "Satan". Freely improvised 1st take on top of a programmed drum track. (black noise core/metal?) - Can be listened to an downloaded for free here: https://fjernsind.bandcamp.com/album/piece-911

The Dorks (well here I both swapped a letter and made it swap position, not sure if that counts?)

Is to be found in an uncut version, along with the tracks "Lament For Burning Bridges" and "Hail Satan", here, where it can be listened to and downloaded for free: ▶︎ Piece #911 | Fjernsind https://fjernsind.bandcamp.com/album/piece-911

Take 2 of a free improvisation with some minor post production edits. Played on my 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass, that I named "Mr. Growly - The Noodlemancer", tuned in G# standard tuning (as in one half step bellow the 4 upper strings of a 6 string bas in regular B standard tuning, plus a high E string), through my "amp-less" setup, directly into a hand held Zoom recorder. Here I take you on a timeless, time dissolving, musical folk drone journey slowly flowing down a fluctuating colorful stream of consciousness, with the help of my brand new EHX Pico Deep Freeze sample sustainer.

I have solved the issue. I found an online free Wav editor and used that to cut out small parts of the track, to get it down to ever so slightly less than 5 minutes. This primitive way of doing it does make the track kind of jumpy at the points where it has been cut, but I kind of like that effect actually, so will post the track soon.

@lurksalot So I finally got an idea, thanks to my newly acquired EHX Pico Deep Freeze sample sustainer pedal, and recorded 2 takes of a drony and folky improvised bass solo/solo bass piece that I named "A Dorian Ody-C#", however I think take 2 was considerably better than take 1, which turned out sounding a bit rushed, take 2 being played in a much more, fitting for the track, relaxed and carefree manner, and additionally take 2 also had a slight jazzy vibe that take 1 lacks, only issue, in the nature of free improvisation, take 1 is 4 minutes and 32 seconds, which does fit within the time limit set for this competition, whereas take 2 runs 6 minutes and 1 second. So the question is, could you possibly, in the name of artistic freedom, make an exception and allow my entrance for this month to exceed that set time limit with 1 minute and 1 second? I promise this will not become a bad habit, and I'd really rather not have to record another, third, take, as I know it will ruin the immediate, spontaneous and authentic vibe of this being a free improvisation. Mind this was recorded exactly as it was played, no post production, and I do not do edits, and currently got no means to make them either. Also I don't think that my track running slightly longer gives me any advantage in the competition, I would say likely rather quite on the contrary, though I do realize why the time limit was set (I assume to not force people having to listen through five, or however many, 15 minutes tracks just to be able to vote, and I do agree that in this regard about 5 minutes does seem reasonable). However I of course would understand if you see this as a slippery slope you'd rather not take a step out on.

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EHX English Muff'n (which is not Big Muff based, despite the name, but based on a Marshall preamp, and is a genuine tube overdrive).

Maybe I just like the sound of old VHS tape rips then. You know that is actually a desirable effect nowadays, VHS quality. Or was at least a few years back.

The bass doesn't sound like the album version either, it is much more raw sounding. Try actually listening to the two side by side.