lurksalot

May as well strike while the iron is hot ....

Having shared the top step in October with @Al Nico , I wanted to get November started with a weekend ahead of us , so I took the liberty of choosing a quick holiday snap from last week. Its a 'fishing' village called Olhos de Agua on the Algarve , I say fishing, but its pretty much tourists, as the boats don't seem to move very often! Some lovely cliffs and beaches, oranges and lemons, and a billion hotels and apartment blocks. ✅ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded between now and the deadline. ❌ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ❌ No Bagpipes, Please, I think they would suffer from the salty sea air and sound a bit off. ❌ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you.. Deadline-wise, we will go for Midnight on the 24th November ... Which really means tea time on the 25th I suppose A line or two of blurb as usual for the vote thread will be super duper smashing lovely. Good luck, Have fun

Congrats to @Al Nico on his joint win and thanks for the votes as it’s been a while since I was on the top step in any fashion 😁 I’ll give @Al Nico till lunchtime to send me a picture , after that I’ll do the honours

was Vic there ? I am off to see them in Liverpool on 17th , really looking forward to it

I’m heading next door tomorrow night , sounds like a party from here , they may be playing to the bar staff for all I know , but it will be at least the bar staff and me tomorrow 😂.

Los kareokeos a dude who pretended to play a tiny keyboard to schmaltzy crap in the lounge bar. Do people really think that this is what holidays are all about… At least Los Kareokoes is making a buck on top of singing his way for tips while driving the Uber to Albufeira …..and back. ah well , as Mr Green once sang edit to add sat on the room balcony now , and am regaled by the sound of the wind and rain (slightly) drowning the cheesy rock being belted out from the tower block ballroom next door. algarve R us

Okey Dokey plane mode is now off , so I ve released the thread , dive in

A round of applause and a pat on the back maybe for both @Chiliwailer and @Wolfram , tied winners in September with superb compositions. So to get those itchy fingers back to the instruments , Wolfram has supplied the following for our inspiration. "I glimpsed this ad on the Underground a while back - I was previously unaware that 'non-toxic' was a key selling point for an air fryer! Let's hear your ad jingles, weird and wonderful product endorsements, or songs about air fryers 😆." Have a listen and vote for your favourite 2 tracks 1 @Chiliwailer If 6 was 1 - You won't catch me singing, so because the Air Fryer poster said it's '6 in 1' I decided to do a little jingle in 6 styles. 2 @Baloney Balderdash Ok, so here's my contribution, had some issues transposing this month's image into musical ideas, hence the title, but since it is October, the Halloween-ish spin on this happens to fit well : 3 @Leonard Smalls This is a funky little groove about the voices telling you what to buy and how it will improve your entire being. 4 @Jean-Luc Pickguard Crispy Fried Air is based around a simple | Am | / | G | / | F | G | C | / | chord sequence 5 Lurksalot This is a story of how some things don't always work out, all singing and dancing , promises, promises and then the shine comes off and it all becomes a let down ... Love story 6 @Al Nico I couldn't resist making a track about air fryers either. 7 @upside downer Going off at a tangent from the 6-in-1 wonder oven theme (although an air fryer is mentioned in one verse) I instead decided to celebrate a comedian, a singer, a professor, a philanthropist, a cricketer and a cartoon character with an in-depth(!) delve into what makes them who they are. What they do have in common is that they all share the same surname, Fry. Ended up doing that as I couldn't think of six folk with the surname Oven. dial in your 2 votes and we will crown the winner at midnight on Halloween good luck have fun.

Guys I am going to put the voting thread up shortly and then hide it straight away , I have done it up to the entries so far, as I am off in a big metal bird first thing in the morning. This way I can unhide it before I fly off and if I need to edit the post for any late ones , it is just adding 1 or 2 if that. I only note it, as you may all get a notification to say i have mentioned you in a topic , but you can't find it !

I was all set to come Nottingham when you were supposed to play with them with Choked on the bill , but a pandemic put the kibosh on that !

Headsticks, at a small dive in Northwich , great little place. they were most excellent, absolutely on it , played superbly and completely lived and owned every song they played. they deserved a bigger crowd , but then even my +1 couldn’t make it. recomended ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ spare ear defence on the bar , you might need them ed to add a couple of pics

🤔 nope cheddatom

The lyric went down a path and I was useless to resist 😂

I’m off to see Headsticks in about 3hours I’ll say hello to @cheddatom

OK , I asked for it ! This is a story of how some things don't always work out, all singing and dancing , promises, promises and then the shine comes off and it all becomes a let down ... Love story Technical.. EZ dummer pounds the skins , Gordon smith clanks through the low end , Ibby 6er thrashes about most of the way through it , UJam provides a little rhythm structure and the piece de resistance is the stunning vocal over the top of it all. Turd polishing care of Ozone 8

Mines nearly done , mostly 1 take stuff , but the vocal has taken a few goes. But you won’t notice given the honey smooth lyrical delivery that I attained on the 82nd one. hell yeah 😂

It was a most excellent performance , absolutely brilliant , a great room and you made a superb sound in it, fantastic grooves meant that no-one could stand still. recommended ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Popping out to see Weeds @Leonard Smalls in town at the weekend , defo 3 of us , maybe more , really looking forward to it 👍

i think that’s the wrong Beeston , I was in the Shady Oak in the shadow of the castle only last week, very pleasant it was to. Now Beeston Notts , that was probably gigsville central at the weekend 😁

ATTENTION! No Messing About at the back , get stuck in

A pinch and a punch for the first of the month , well a round of applause and a pat on the back maybe for both @Chiliwailer and @Wolfram , tied winners in September with superb compositions. Well, onwards and upwards, so to get those itchy fingers back to the instruments , Wolfram has supplied the following for your inspiration. "I glimpsed this ad on the Underground a while back - I was previously unaware that 'non-toxic' was a key selling point for an air fryer! Let's hear your ad jingles, weird and wonderful product endorsements, or songs about air fryers 😆." ✅ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded between now and the deadline. ❌ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ❌ No Bagpipes, Please, I think they would suffer from the tubular reverberation and sound a bit off. ❌ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you.. Deadline-wise, we will go for Midnight on the 25th October ... Which really means the last day of summertime , dark nights and closed neighbours windows , thus I can sing as loud as I like A line or two of blurb as usual for the vote thread will be super duper smashing lovely. Good luck, Have fun

Excellent tunes @Wolfram and @Chiliwailer well done both. I’ll post the new challenge when I have the image

been there , ended up depping for the rockaoke , and think I accidentally joined a band … it’s a fund raiser every couple of years organised by an old school friend , it’s great fun

I love these sort of events Nantwich do one over Easter, it’s nuts

Have you got a link to the weeds tracks you did ? I know I’ve got them somewhere but can’t find them ! Lurksalittle is in town on the 11th with her mates so I’ll let them have a listen and if they are up for it I’ll get them tickets as well