lurksalot

the circles you are moving in are the issue , try to insulate yourself from bad influences, turn yourself around and you should stop tying yourself in knots

If you have been inspired by these fine tunes , this might be of interest

Does anyone need something to do over the holiday period? Well here is your chance , as the December challenge is now at the voting stage we have the opportunity to commence for January. After a tie between @Al Nico @Leonard Smalls and @Chiliwailer I did a quick first past the post photo challenge this morning and the winner was.... Mr smalls , who has contributed the following to get your lips around ... "Tis a Raasay cask strength..." RULES ... ✅ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded between now and the deadline. ❌ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ❌ Bagpipes, really! it maybe a wee dram on show , but be careful out there. ❌ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you.. Deadline-wise, we will keep the theme going and aim for breakfast time on Burns Night 25th January A line or two of blurb as usual for the vote thread will be grand. enjoy.

voting is up, sorry for the delay , late one last night

Its Showcase time ... or at least copy someone else time, as December is traditionally the challenge of presenting a cover, a new one specifically recorded, or any that had been recorded this year. A faithful attempt at the original, a minimalist approach or a radical re-imagining but based on another song or tune. here are the entries showing their... ...Factor Have a listen and vote for your favourite 3 1 @Al Nico A pop/disco track transformed into a future rave disco remix, 2 @SH73 This month a short one, Napalm Death cover You Suffer. All instruments and vocals played, recorded, mixed etc by me. It's the shortest song ever, Napalm Death is famous for. 3 @Leonard Smalls I've had a go at DAF's AntiFascist anthem, Der Mussolini.... Featuring my very best German vocal! 4 @Jean-Luc Pickguard Here's my cover of Sonny & Cher's "The Beat Goes On" written by Sonny Bono before he formed U2. 5 @upside downer I've done a cover of 1-2-5 by the Canadian garage rock band The Haunted, which was a number 23 smash in the Canadian charts back in 1966 6 @lurksalot Happy Chrimbo guys this is fairly short , but maybe, for some, not short enough 7 @MoonBassAlpha Listen to Girls Talk Dave Edmunds Cover 8 @skankdelvar A Happy Christmas to you all. A great bit of fun this year , some brilliant ideas well done all let's have 3 votes each, voting will end at midnight on 31st december Happy Christmas

Happy Chrimbo guys this is fairly short , but maybe for some, not short enough I am of course blaming Lurksalittle for the choice of song , but then I did have 12 months to come up with a better idea! EZ drummer with me playing bits along on the midi keys, Ibby six string thrashed on the top 4 strings , Gordon smith bass walloped on the bottom 4 strings and my singing with an overly tight G-string, Ozoned to death and strung up in Reaper. sing along , you should Know the words.

Many thanks but I think I’ll let ozone do it I think 😁 I had considered doing a full time music production degree if I ever managed to put the tools down , unfortunately I think the student loan scheme is changing imminently , and I wouldn’t want to have to find £30K to do it !

Not to be a stick in the mud guys , but this is the beginners guide to home recording this latest discussion may as well have been a dissertation on quantum physics for what I understood of it 😁

I’ve got something postable now , not great , but I’m hoping to get lurksalittle to salvage the vocal a bit . the tune was her idea, so I’m blaming her anyway 😂

that’s great , and really happy to support, but if we don’t know about it we can’t go and see you 😁

There’s a band called Headsticks that might be worth booking , quite loud but do a half decent show 😁. hope it goes well Tom. fo you have a website/facebook / promo space to keep an eye out on ?

From Big Country tonight in Alexander’s chester superb , I realise that it is almost a tribute , but Mark Brzezecki was incredible , I don’t think I’ve ever seen or heard drumming like it . the rest of the guys were so on it , it was fantastic. i bought an extra ticket for our kid for his birthday last week , we first saw Big Country at the Liverpool Empire 40 years ago 😁

for those that are up for it December is upon us ...

Its Showcase time ... or at least copy someone else time. Maybe, maybe not though, as December is traditionally the challenge of presenting a cover, it could be a new one or any that you have recorded this year. It can be a faithful attempt at the original, a minimalist approach or a radical re-imagining but based on another song or tune . This marks the spot for the start of the challenge , dive in and have some fun. ✅ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded between now and the deadline. ❌ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ❌ Bagpipes, only if they are absolutely essential, but must be recorded live from Edinburgh castle at -65db ❌ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you.. Deadline-wise, we will go for Midnight on Chrimbo day ... Which really means you can still get cracking after Charlies speech A line or two of blurb as usual for the vote thread will be super duper smashing lovely. catch you later PS we can sort a photo out for the January challenge after Chrimbo

Well done guys, 3 great tracks for a joint win , we can sort out a photo in due course, but it will be for the January challenge . As is tradition, December challenge is a cover challenge, if you have recorded a cover version this year you can use that, or get busy recording one 😁 I shall set the thread up as soon as I can , hopefully this evening

Carry on with a late surge , I must have put the date wrong DOH I’ve amended it !

You must have been quick off the mark on that one ! I set the thread up with 2 votes as I did last month , but as soon as I’d pressed the button I thought I would change it to 3 the 2 votes version could only have been live for 5 minutes at most ! ed to add I checked , original posted at 18:27 , edited version 18.30 😁.

here we go ...

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 . 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. Have a listen to the following tracks and vote for your favourite 3 tracks and don't forget the December challenge is, by tradition, a cover challenge , so have a think on! 1 @Baloney Balderdash Dark secrets lure in the ocean for the foolhardy surfer, shattering the seemingly idyllic beach life, in this unsettling electro surf metal piece: 2 @Al Nico Time to launch the power boat and tear about skimming the waves (watching out for surfers not). 3 @Leonard Smalls I remembered how Portugal, back in the early 2000s decriminalised drug use... So I was reminded of classic US 50s scare-movie, Reefer Madness. Hence quotes from US 50s movies on the dangers of The Weed! 4 @Chiliwailer Mermaid Lament - the boats are abandoned on shore and the fisherman have gone. As the mermaids sing for their loss, sounds represent the waves carrying their lament to the beach, while the bass pounds steadily like the countdown of time ticking away.. 5 @upside downer A light and frothy tune with a Portuguese title that translates as Hate Everybody Immediately, ha, no, not really, it means Sleepy Village. I could imagine supping a cold beer in one of the beach huts and listening to this. Mind you, I could also sit in one of them listening to Wake Up by Rage Against the Machine, so what do I know? 6 Lurksalot the guy was out of luck fishing , sold up and spent his days trying to romance the holiday makers , or something like that 7 @Jean-Luc Pickguard This is the ritual of visiting the seaside as observed by a visitor from another planet. Thats your lot for this month, and a fine selection they are to. I reckon vote for your favourite 3 if you can whittle it down voting will end at midnight on 30/11 good luck and don't forget the December challenge is, by tradition, a cover challenge , so have a think on!

Holiday the guy was out of luck fishing , sold up and spent his days trying to romance the holiday makers , or something like that EZ drummer , Gordon Smith on the Low end , Ibby 6string doing some riffing and the dulcet tones of myself with a bit of pitch modification , and a splash of Ozone through Reaper

I’ve got one more verse to record , got the the lyrics now so just got to wait till I know everyone in the street is out. 😁

been there , done that , my interpretation however is more like your other choice 😂

ABC in Liverpool tonight , superb , great sound , great night , overall a great few days for the gigs I’ve been to

woah , I’d completely forgotten that ! I must have done , but that was a crazy night all round, wind and rain, bus , train , random strangers being related to business contacts, and some very odd type dudes who must have snorted a weeks entire pharmaceutical output . Voodoo radio then, must have done , hardcore fan me 😁