Composition Challenge #42

stratman3142

One from @AlbertC in the playlist.

Habanero

Sent another one in. It's a bit weird, but sounds quite like I imagined when I wrote the words.

stratman3142

Habanero said:

Sent another one in...

It's in the playlist.

Chuffola

Ooooh. Now I've retired I've got time to think about these again!  Have a couple of tracks I've been playing with - will try to get one submitted for the craic in the next few days. 

thecolourbox

I've sent one in just now.

"Sail Away" Liner Notes -

Once again this wasn't the song I was intending to submit. However it came to me this afternoon and I was bored at work so I thought I might as well do this instead.

Well I say it came to me this afternoon - everything but the verse tune was new today. The verse tune is from an old song I couldn't quite get finished a while ago with different chords. The lyrics were originally mostly just vocalised sounds so I've done 90% of the words this afternoon, the chorus is entirely new, and the guitar parts/chord sequence are from today.

I fancied a play on a Boss SY-300 that I bought for Black Friday but have never quite used, because I keep eyeing up an MXR Blue Poly Octave pedal in the classifieds and I wondered if the Boss could be coaxed into doing the same things maybe. Well I found an excellent preset with harmony type effects and all kinds of octaves and filters going on, so with my Tonex in the loop on a Mesa MKII capture (I think on a "gain" setting?) the two chord "Take a walk on the wildside" riff came quite quickly an I thought sounded cool.

Then I started singing over to to see what happened, and I found myself singing something quite similar to this Sail Away song I had started a while back. So I just made it fit and added the chorus. I've tried to be as simplistic as possible with the lyrics as I find i usually get a bit carried away trying to fit too many words in or trying to be a bit too complicated.

Plagiarism checks - already mentioned I've stolen "Take a walk on the wild side" a bit, I think the drums are largely a mash up of Meg and Jack White drum patterns, but i enjoyed adding my own fills and stuff, i feel like they sound quite natural? I think also at one point I forget I was singing my own song and sang a bit of the tune from Stevie Wonder's Sir Duke. I've also probably subconsciously nicked something from a Lennon song but can't think which one just yet. Oh yeah, I think the Chorus chords are similar to the verse chords to Limp Bizkit's My Way a nice little mix of influences then.

I hope my guitar solo isn't too obvious and cliched

stratman3142

thecolourbox said:

I've sent one in just now...

It's in the playlist.

thecolourbox

stratman3142 said:

thecolourbox said:

I've sent one in just now...

It's in the playlist.

Thank you good sir 

Petepassion

Just sent my entry ‘You’ll never do it’.
   Co write this a few months back with the drummer. Recorded a few weeks back with my three piece Freestone, so not my normal last minute shoddy, distorted, clipping recording on my old phone. Now a more professional shoddy entry. 

   Still in need of mastering, but good enough compared to my previous attempts lol.

stratman3142

Petepassion said:

Just sent my entry ‘You’ll never do it’...

It's in the playlist.

Petepassion

Thank you

ewal

I've sent a song. Story behind it to follow.

stratman3142

ewal said:

I've sent a song...

It's in the playlist.

ewal

ewal said:

I've sent a song. Story behind it to follow.

So musically, Young Team started with the main guitar line which was a minor part in another song, which I decided to use and try and emulate the song Grab It From The Garden by Ovlov. This song was very much the inspiration - I basically stole its structure. although I knew my song would end up sounding nothing like it!

This is the first song I've had vocals on for several years, having focused on instrumental music. I'm relatively pleased with the result - well at least I can bear to listen to it. The idea for the single note high backing vocal sort of comes from Ride's Leave Them All Behind. Lyrically, the idea for Young Team came after reading the book with the same title. It explores the experience of a young bloke going out on the ran dan while parents lie awake worrying if he's safe etc. There's lines from the bloke, his mum and his dad's perspective. This is autobiographical to a degree, having lived through many years of weekend stress in our house - thankfully he's settled down now!

I wasn't confident in my mixing skills, especially because it is the first time I've recorded vocals in a long while, so I got someone on Fiverr to do it. His mix is very different to what I would've done with drums in instrumental section and vocals way higher than I would've had. I've decided to leave it that way for the moment.

This is in effect a demo which I hope to re-record sometime - I think I'd play it at higher tempo and with less bombast next time.

Chuffola

Entry submitted!

stratman3142

Chuffola said:

Entry submitted!

It's in the playlist.

stratman3142

Mine's in the playlist.

stratman3142

Entry closes tomorrow (20th November) at midnight.

stratman3142

Entry closes tonight at midnight.

thecolourbox

You'll all be absolutely thrilled to find out that I've sent in another one, written and recorded this morning.

There will be no prize for guessing who I've been listening to the last few days. I've done my best Timothee Chalamet impression and quite frankly I think they'll be disappointed they gave him the part in the movie and not me

monquixote

stratman3142 said:

Entry closes tonight at midnight.

Oh I've got one to send in. I'll do it later.