lurksalot

Humble apologies to all , I was a day early posting up the vote thread , you have a few days off and the dates on the calendar just get all jumbled up up

I’ll need an hour or so then I’ll find a signal and get the thread sorted and updated

Okey Dokey We are up and running , anything a bit late might be able to get added if I get a decent Wi-Fi to log on to tonight apart from that , good luck all ….right, its off to the beach 😃

After a very tight vote in July we had a 4 way tie! And after a few machinations the honour was bestowed on Upside Downer for the pictorial inspiration to carry us through the heady Augustine days of summer, to our voting point He thus mused... "Been pottering along the Grand Union Canal on our narrowboat and, on our way to the pub in Shrewley one night, we passed this. Minstrels, tell us the story of this abode!" Without further ado , have a listen to the entries and vote for your favourite 3 1. @Jean-Luc Pickguard Here's my entry, "How The ✽✽✽✽ Did My Bike Get Up There?" This is the radio TikTok-friendly beeped version. 2 @Leonard Smalls I felt that the house had seen better days, perhaps had regrets, could have done things differently. So here's a sort of urban tribute to Bill Laswell, featuring a fellow Badass Weed... 3 @Dad3353 The theme is set in the title; what else could it be..? Yes, it's a Cycle of Pedal Points, in various forms. 4 Lurksalot. I saw the picture and thought of ET having gone home , his bike left on the wall and Hollywood then going home thus abandoning the place ... then I was looking for parallels in the football world ...or not ..😃 5 @xgsjx How did that bike get up there?.. 6 @MoonBassAlpha When I was working on my cover of Todd Rundgren's I Saw The Light, I read that he thought the lyrics were a bit trite and wasn't keen on the "Moon, June, Spoon" rhyming. Thus, I put these rhymes to work in the "verse" of this tune, It's all nonsense, of course, but I think the story fits the picture, but is the world ready for psychedelic madrigal-core yet? 7 @AndyTravis I like the idea that the pacey parts are the bike’s former life racing down hills and the angrier parts (namely drums) are the crazed destruction that let to the house and the bike being knackered together… 8 @upside downer It's about Feng Shui! Sort of! Sounds like a load of old twaddle! Yes! Both Fung Shui and the song! Stop using exclamation marks! OK! That’s your lot so choose your favourite 3 and place your votes voting will close at midnight on the 31st August good luck

I’m away myself from tomorrow . I’m taking the iPad so I should be able to set up the voting thread , if I struggle I might shout for a volunteer, but I think I managed last year when I was away at a similar point in the month. so crack on and record what you can 👍

I saw the picture and thought of ET having gone home , his bike left on the wall and Hollywood then going home thus abandoning the place ... then I was looking for parallels in the football world ...kind of or not Yamaha 6 string acoustic , Gordon Smith on the bass label , EEEEZEEE on the tapping sticks with a guest vocal ..... I bet you wont have guessed Something new , I slapped my waves CLA vocals VST on the acoustic guitar , figured it makes the guest vocal sound awesome, it might help on the guitar .... wrapped up in a smothering of Ozone on Reaper

Mine has gone from shit to superb, fantastic and back to shit again , and I haven’t changed anything yet 😳 I’ve got a couple of things to try , but then it’s ’publish and be damned’ 😂

I thought you'd like that Douglas

duties thus dutied , can I steer you here...

Well, well, well and of course, well, a four way tie indeed. I thought it might be difficult to split them and I guess I was right. Congrats to @Dad3353 @Jean-Luc Pickguard @upside downer and Lurks ( ah shucks) for the joint win. The honour has been bestowed on upside downer for the pictorial inspiration to carry us through the heady Augustine days of summer. He thus muses... "Been pottering along the Grand Union Canal on our narrowboat and, on our way to the pub in Shrewley one night, we passed this. Minstrels, tell us the story of this abode!" Simple rules ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded between now and the deadline. ✖️ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ✖️ No Bagpipes/panpipes as the photo is from Shrewley, there might be a Scottish pigeon somewhere near Shrewley, but don't tell the Shrewlians ✖️ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you.. Deadline-wise, we will go for Midnight on the 25th (effectively breakfast time on the 26th) I am on my holibobs at various points in August so I had better be extractum digitum, I will take my ipad, so should be able to do the voting thread, but be gentle with if it isn't the normal smooooooth me A line or two of blurb as usual for the vote thread will be super smashing. Good luck, Have fun

the answer from the clues, was given , yup, the blues I’ll go and sort the thread , after getting my coat

I have just started lunch , and we are not close , I said , I have just started lunch and you guys are not close the clue is the colour that I like the most . OK then dive in 😂 …though technically, none of the other guesses are actually better than @upside downer so the batten is passed , send me the pic and we’ll start up when I get home 👍

Doh but if I don’t get a better guess before lunch, it’s yours 😁

😂😂 well done all , I didn’t see that coming ! we could do a lurksalittle related tiebreaker question, though I might win that 😂 first correct one in gets to pick a picture …. @Dad3353 @Jean-Luc Pickguard @upside downer what is the colour of Lurksalittle’s car 😁

Aye last chance saloon for the voting

brilliant , just brilliant , well done dudes

Andy Travis was on hot form again, with a great tune, and taking the honours for June . His choice for the picture was a cracker, and he offered his wise words... "Seems only right… At this stage, surely anyone can run a country? Why not a 30ft pigeon?" so there we are a great picture to write tunes to and we have a fine selection to choose from, so without further ado , have a listen to these. when done pick your favourite 2 tunes and vote accordingly before midnight on 31st July 1 @Dad3353 Little by little, by stealth, Evolution is relentlessly creeping up on us all. Some species are faster at it than others, all the more so using mimicry. 2 @AndyTravis “well, I’ve said I’m sorry…what more do they want?!” 3 @Leonard Smalls Hey Mr Big Pigeon with your enormous feet and puffed-out chest! You be flexin'! 4 Lurksalot I didn't get to put a lyric over this .... but it probably helps 5 @Jean-Luc Pickguard In the heart of London’s bustling financial district, Tarquin toils away, gazing out of his office window at the birds soaring freely. Envious of their liberty, he yearns to become a pigeon. In an unexpected twist, he transforms into a colossal 12-foot pigeon—ironically, one that remains grounded. Now, with wings too heavy to lift, he continues his daily grind, navigating the corporate world as an oversized avian. 6 @upside downer There's been a coup (coo?) and Britain wakes up to a 10ft tall genetically modified pigeon as PM. And, why not? However, the choice of Chancellor rankles and our Tom Waits-lite narrator isn't impressed. He'd rather a Looney Tunes alternative, but dare not speak out as the totalitarian reign begins and the big clock is on the blink... Oh My what a bunch Good luck separating them vote for your fave 2 even if you have to stick a pin in your PC , flip it for heads and tails a couple of times, or even 'ip dip dip' it... Do it before midnight on 31st July to bestow the picture choice on one of these fine tunesmiths. enjoy

My Cousin used to be involved in organising that last time I think. He’s had a bit of heart issues surgery etc recently so probably not this time !

A quick hurry up for any stragglers putting the final touches, tweaking the vocal up 1.5db in the mix , or looking for a complete new synth sound to replace the original … you’ve got about 9 hours 😁.

After my stressful computer upgrade and during my early convalescence ( hernia op) I have found a bit of time to put something together. I reckon it needs a well sung lyric over it , Lurksalittle reckons not, I think her taste in male lyrical presentation reflects the same general misunderstanding of my dulcet tones that prevails here. Strut EZdrummer does his thing with aplomb, VGiron did the heavy lifting with the rhythm guitar , I then thrashed about on my Ibby six string and plinky plonked the bass line, both put through Waves Gtr3 . I have to say , I was quite surprised to get the bass tone I did , I have been trying to get something like that for years without really working too hard to nail it , but I found a pull pot on my fave bass that brought it alive , who'd have thought eh . well that's my story and I'm sticking to it .

MIDI inputs sorted, woah , I think I’m nearly there 👍

ok that’s done , I can start using the stuff now , probably need to faff with the MIDI inputs next 😳

Ez drummer next ….. it’s downloaded but I can’t find it in Reaper 🤦‍♂️ with on support for that one !

woo bloody hoo , the download worked , but luckily I managed to trawl through my emails to find the authorization code from 7 years ago , so ilok can do one 😁

I’ll try that shortly , many thanks Douglas 👍