lurksalot Posted February 1 Posted February 1 A tie in January between @Leonard Smalls and @upside downer with 2 cracking tunes but the first off the blocks to claim the honour of picture choice, was, the latter. The latter? is that a new member? did they even enter? Am i losing it? "Hope this gives our marvellous minstrels plenty of ideas. The light at the end of the tunnel. Just about to exit the south side of Crick Tunnel on our narrowboat." ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded between now and the deadline. ✖️ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ✖️ No Bagpipes, can you imagine the reverb in tunnel, a V8 maybe, but bagpipes! . ✖️ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you.. Deadline-wise, we will go for Midnight on the 22nd , its a short month guys , get stuck in A line or two of blurb as usual for the vote thread will be super smashing. Good luck, Have fun 2 Quote
Leonard Smalls Posted February 2 Posted February 2 I've managed to do some stuff... But just wondering how strictly we have to stick to some of the rules? It's not like like I've done something heinous, like pan pipes. But I've produced a Drum'n'Jazz (or Jazz'n'Bass?) epic which is about 18 seconds over 5 minutes. As it's obviously a great work of art it can't be edited as that would compromise its integrity 😁 What does the Great Hive Mind think? There's lots of fretless bass in it and it goes like the clappers! Quote
lurksalot Posted February 2 Author Posted February 2 A couple of BPM quicker should bring it just under 😂 it seems a shame to exclude a masterpiece for 18seconds, I’d post it and the voting public can apply there conscience to it 😁 Quote
upside downer Posted February 2 Posted February 2 I won't listen to either the first or last 18 seconds. Just let me know which part you'd like me to ignore 🤪 1 Quote
lurksalot Posted February 2 Author Posted February 2 1 hour ago, upside downer said: I won't listen to either the first or last 18 seconds. Just let me know which part you'd like me to ignore 🤪 To be fair if Dad was about, he’d probably suggest chopping the 5 minutes off and leave the 18 seconds. 😉 3 Quote
Leonard Smalls Posted February 2 Posted February 2 3 hours ago, lurksalot said: A couple of BPM quicker should bring it just under It's only 90bpm, but the bass and backbeat go to 180... Any faster and the world would explode! 1 Quote
MoonBassAlpha Posted February 4 Posted February 4 I've just done mine in record time, just trying to decide if it needs some birdsong and duck noises added... Quote
lurksalot Posted February 4 Author Posted February 4 28 minutes ago, MoonBassAlpha said: I've just done mine in record time, just trying to decide if it needs some birdsong and duck noises added... I could do with a bird singing on mine , Pat Benatar or Alanis Morisette in their prime would work 😁 Quote
ezbass Posted February 4 Posted February 4 That photo gives me the heebie-jeebies, the canal is on the wonk, but the water isn’t pouring off the left side. 😬 Perhaps this is deliberate, in order to promote some edgy compositions? Quote
Leonard Smalls Posted February 4 Posted February 4 2 minutes ago, ezbass said: edgy compositions? You rang? 1 Quote
lurksalot Posted February 6 Author Posted February 6 (edited) OK , its a bit early for me , but I'm stuck at home recovering from a wrist operation , so bizarrely, no actual instruments were played on this and I had time to get stuck in. I guess a MIDI keyboard might count as an instrument , but I played it left handed, so it took plenty of takes! Technical , EZ drummer , VG iron rhythm guitar , basic bass patch , lead guitar ipad garage band. all guitars through a few Waves guitar 3 and the bit you really wanted ... me on vocals All on Reaper with Ozone 8 polishing it a bit Lyrics ......not many mind Spoiler Nobody knows what you are going through, only me. I know you think it will come crashing down, easily You think you're on your own with this , its plain to see, Keep your hopes afloat and we will navigate this, eventually Edited February 8 by lurksalot 1 Quote
Leonard Smalls Posted Monday at 17:16 Posted Monday at 17:16 Knowing that narrowboating and drum'n'bass go together like Chas'n'Dave I've done some jazzy fretless noodling. Roni Size eat yer heart out! 😁😎🤘 Lots of C chords on the Johanna (Ableton stock sound), with chromatic noodling on fretless lightwave Sabre bass. Bass is clean, plus 2 tracks through 2 patches of Future Impact. Extra synth is Bloom vocal synth and Iris bass synth with fretless track rendered to midi to trigger 'em. Drums are programmed through Ableton's Phat and Flat and FADL kits. All mixed in Doblys with a good dollop of Raum, Dubstation and Objeq delays then all smeared in Ozone 9 and Neutron 3. 1 Quote
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted Thursday at 13:46 Posted Thursday at 13:46 My entry this month is a poem recited over a repeating chord sequence of | Am | D | Am | Em | F | D | Am | Em | For the bass I thought it was time to make use of Rick-O-Sound on my 4003, so I DI-ed it into my mac via a RTS => 2xTS cable to record each pickup onto its own channel in logic. I used a warm B-15 with compression on the neck pickup in mono, and a B-15 with a wide stereo tremolo effect on the bridge pickup. It is quite subtle, but I like the result. There's building work going on next door including shouting, drilling hammering and a a huge truck with a built-in crane delivering supplies. Today there has been a lot of drilling into the other side of the wall where my desk is (with my mac & recording setup). As I was in a hurry to take advantage of the lack of ambient noise during the builders' lunch break, I quickly set up my USB condenser mic to record my vocal. This mic cost me a grand total of £3.20 delivered from amazon a couple of years ago including stand & pop shield. This is the first time I have actually recorded anything with it and now I have used it, I think it is easily worth every penny. I should be able to get the track mixed and mastered soon. I also have an idea for a quick & easy YouTube video which may or may not work. Quote
MoonBassAlpha Posted Thursday at 17:34 Posted Thursday at 17:34 (edited) Early for me too this month. The Blurb: February 2025 Basschat composition challenge entry. I'm trying to capture the feeling of a slow, peaceful trip along a canal. Things happen slowly and I've deliberately kept it repetitive and relatively uneventful. Recorded using a parlour guitar with light gauge strings and employing the internal mics of a Zoom R24. Fretless bass through a Nux Mighty Plug pro modelling an Aguilar amp. That's the lot! Didn't get around to recording the ducks at the lake... Edited Thursday at 17:43 by MoonBassAlpha Quote
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted yesterday at 00:04 Posted yesterday at 00:04 My recording is called 'To The Light' As posted above, this is a poem I wrote based on the pic read over a repeated chord sequence. As outlined above the vocal was recorded using a £3.20 USB condenser mic. I had to record it whilst the builders working on the house next door had downed tools for lunch. The bass is my lovely JetGlo Ric 4003 and was reccorded using the Rick-O-Sound output to send each pickup onto its own channel in logic where each was processed with their own amp & fx sims. The Drums were from logic's acoustic 'Psychedelic Rock' drummer, made extra tight by setting the kick/snare to follow the 4003 bridge pickup track. Quote
MoonBassAlpha Posted yesterday at 09:35 Posted yesterday at 09:35 On 04/02/2025 at 12:51, ezbass said: That photo gives me the heebie-jeebies, the canal is on the wonk, but the water isn’t pouring off the left side. 😬 Perhaps this is deliberate, in order to promote some edgy compositions? I confess, after reading this, I rotated the picture to put it "on the level"! 1 Quote
AndyTravis Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago (edited) https://on.soundcloud.com/gCusaePaDsbt5A3E9 done, well…I did this on about the 9th and really liked it; tried a few other things but came back to this. I think my reservation was that there are 4 or so different parts. I suppose it’s quite like a canal boat trip, various locks, different places and people - some parts are rocky, some calm…etc. Gretsch Baritone Jet, Yamaha acoustic, Danelectro Bass…GarageBand does the rest. Edited 13 minutes ago by lurksalot Quote
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