Lord Sausage

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1356093867' post='1906708'] Forgot to add - the rant seems to kick off from a reference to pre-decimal currency. He seems pretty opposed to decimal currency as well so, if anyone has the rig for the gig, they may want to check if they are being paid in old ten bob notes or not [/quote] well who can blame him! The controversy of decimal currency makes the Holocaust seem trivial!

[quote name='Stephen Houghton' timestamp='1356185106' post='1907737'] I thought I could be taken offensively but you lot take it to a new height, love em especially Tourettes Timmy Brilliant! [/quote] Ha! Cheers thanks a lot. We were quite popular in Wigan for a couple of months we did a few gigs and got quite a following. Then split up! We only set the band up as a joke. We were fed up of playing with original bands who were either up themselves or thought they were Rock n roll etc. So we wrote some ridiculous songs wore crazy outfits, all had alter egos and f***ed about but pretended we were the saviours off music. We were supposed to be satirising bands but everyone loved it!

[quote name='Stephen Houghton' timestamp='1356139077' post='1907440'] Thanks for the compliment me thinks we have a similar sense of humour Its my J.C.Clarke tribute, now he is a genius! Like adding silly stuff to the pics never really done anything this style before, but i am enjoying it, to be honest i have had to tone down the lyrics, i have realised i have a naturally offensive to some, sense of humour. I suppose you get it or you get offended [/quote]I live down the road from you in Atherton so there is probably a bit of shared regional sense of humour in there! I wouldn't have toned down the lyrics at all. I wrote some truly shockers in one of the bands i was in, Band of Gold.

[quote name='Stephen Houghton' timestamp='1356127344' post='1907322'] Here's my entry, if easily offended dont listen. Not had any time to do anything so knocked this out for a laugh this afternoon, think it fits the picture well, hope you get the humour! Bah Humbug! Here it is, I Quit! [url="http://soundcloud.com/9thaspect/i-quit-bass-chat-competition"]http://soundcloud.co...hat-competition[/url] [/quote] Ha ha ha! f***in Genius! Love it! It should win. you definitely have your own style. Which is excellent. Quality! My missus love's it too and the last one.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1355840073' post='1903437'] To play with my fingers properly. Have never been any good at this, so have decided that will only play with my fingers when at home. Getting there, slowly but surely. [/quote] I did something similar a couple of months ago as i was only average with fingers. I've noticed improvement in a short space of time. Still a long way to go tho. In terms of learning i've just started 'In my Time of Dying' by Led Zep. I had a quick read through the dots last night. Gonna commit it to memory tonight. I 'm learning it just for the hell of it as i love the tune.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1355703492' post='1901730'] It truly is a Christmas carol for our modern times. I'm picturing families across the land being brought together by a rousing chorus of "Degeneration of the Penis" for many a Yuletide to come [/quote]

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1355474686' post='1898732'] Yep like it, very skilfully dons it rocks and it doesn't go on about Christmas or santa. My kind of entry Note: not a big fan of Christmas. The way I see it It's more about commercial extortion these days, although `i do appreciate time off work [/quote] [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1355536019' post='1899811'] ^ Bonkers! And brilliant! There are some superbly insane moments in that track that I really enjoyed. I felt drunk listening to it, and I've only been on the Yorkshire Tea tonight [/quote] Ha! As if people like it! i feel ashamed i underestimated you all!

To the breaks in CarWash and to The Freak. I mainly Air drum and Air sing (or mime as most people call it).

[quote name='Stephen Houghton' timestamp='1355441298' post='1898588'] whack it out as fast as possible and see what happens [/quote] Fnurr fnurr!

judging from some of, and the amount of, comments there ain't as much as a buzz as last months....................i wonder why!............You can bet there will be much less votes cast too!

[quote name='Protium' timestamp='1355433531' post='1898469'] ^ Like it ^ 'Christ Kicker' and 'Secret Teeth' were my favourites on our "EP", Secret Teeth turned out to be a bit of an epic at the very end [url="https://soundcloud.com/mouthbreather/sets/scary-monsters"]https://soundcloud.c.../scary-monsters[/url] [/quote] Like the schizophrenic nature of it. kind of like System of a Down meets The Sex Pistols

Don't know if this is the correct section to put this but here goes. I was listening to some old stuff of mine and came across a tune that i love, really proud that i wrote it. I'm not going to say if it's my best or not, that's for others to decide, but it's definitely my favourite. I wrote it when i was about 18-19, which is pretty sad that i've not written anything i like more in 15 yrs. So what i'm suggesting is have a listen, say what you think and then post one of your own and carry it on etc. Cheers https://soundcloud.com/dreaded-ted/nowhere-man

[size=4][sub]Ya know what? I see a lot of these threads on here and the usual reply is aren't guitarists and drummers w***ers. Quit, i wouldn't take that sh*t etc. But for me part of being in a band is the challenge. Starting off rough and working together to be the best ya can be. It may sound idealistic but it's true. Obviously this doesn't include if it's a professional thing. When i'm in the early stages of a band and after gigs people go oh that was great, i always say it was just ok, until the band gets ultimately slick and in my opinion as good as some as the biggest bands it will always be ok. But like i said part of the fun is ironing things out. Sorting these problems instead of running away from them![/sub][/size]

Gotta be purple dunlops 1.14, never had any problem gripping any plec mind!

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1355150069' post='1894623'] It also means I have the bass drum right behind me which helps me lock in with that nicely. [/quote] I insist the drummer locks in with me!

Got to admit i like this http://youtu.be/u_Jh3-J-Sdw

i quite like this one! http://youtu.be/T-NZGCpeb2A

So here it is, my entry for this months competition. There is a description of the idea and process on the soundcloud page. It has some structure and some elements of aleatoric composition. No harmony and counterpoint this month, tho there are some vocals. It will be interesting to see what you think! https://soundcloud.com/dreaded-ted/degeneration-of-the-penis

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1354840907' post='1891251'] I dunno, I am very competitive, but won't compromise in order to win. I really liked your previous one. But having thought about this a bit, I reckon most people can only relate to the obvious and the winner will have probably a more literal interpretation, probably with a vocal. 'A fat old boy on Christmas eve Can't drink as much As he'd have you believe Had too much and hit the gravel Going down faster Than Jimmy Savile etc etc etc ... ' [/quote] Well that wins my vote. Just get facebook on your side and its yours. ha ha. Usually i'm ridiculously competitive, sport, games etc but when it comes to music i'm just not. Perhaps it really is arrogance.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1354800895' post='1890534'] I saw a few posts about not getting any inspiration from the pictures for these competitions. I think the pictures should fire your imagination, your music comes from YOU, not the picture itself. Of course if you want to win the competition based on an assumption that there will be basic common interpretations that voters will identify with, and be impressed by your very literal compositional and stylistic interpetation (Fat / Drunk / Asleep / Humiliated / Christmas .. etc) you are probably going to have a very hard time with that, and you are playing to the picture and the voters. What I think is the most useful technique is to create a story behind the picture to fuel your own compositional imagination. The problem lies in that I believe most of the entrants would naturally like to win, and so they may be predisposed to thinking of what criteria the voters are skewed towards, this is highly limiting creatively, and not the purpose of the picture. Or at least not to my mind. [/quote] Good point, but quite the opposite as far as i'm concerned. I couldn't care less about winining. Fortunately i'm arrogant enough not to need validation by others. ha ha You will see in how far removed from classic conventions my piece is. As i've said before, i'll be surprised if i get one vote.

pretty much done. just a tweak here and there. Will post at weekend.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1354571160' post='1887648'] Lord Sausage, last time I checked Jaco was dead... Vocals - Rob Halford Rhythm guitar - James Hetfield Lead guitar - Tipton and/or Downing Bass - Me if I could be channelling Geezer Butler... Drums - either Alex Van Halen or Dave Lombardo Keyboards - What's a keyboard...? [/quote] and freddie mercury! kinda skipped that bit, but that wasn't my band that was my mates. Yours would be class but if you were channeling geezer you would have to have AVH as drummer for the groove. Amended for living musicians mine would be Drums- Terry Bozzio Bass- John Paul Jones Gtrs- Jimmy Page, Richie Blackmore Vocals-David Lee Roth

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1354268513' post='1884193'] And there are a good few that have had many fewer listens than there are votes, which is also a bloody shame. Never mind. [/quote] Just noticed there was a section which lists members and when they joined. Looked like a lot joined towards the end of november and haven't made any posts since, so it was probably what a few of you were saying about a lot of people seeing the facebook link and voting.

Funnily enough my mates and I were talking about this in the pub the other night and my best mate and ex keyboard player came up with a great one. I've done one on here before so i'll tell you his Vocals- Freddie Mercury Guitars- Slash and Keith Richards Keyboards-Stevie Wonder Bass- Jaco Pastorius Drums-ian Paice

Well on the way with mine. This time there is less composition and some vocals. So maybe i will get more votes this time ........i doubt it, i will be surprised if i get one. I don't care how many i get anyway. It's good just to be writing!