COMPOSITION CHALLENGE 27
Time for round #27 of the Fretboard Composition Challenge.
Every few months there'll be a composition challenge. It revolves around individuals or groups of forum members composing and recording music based on a set of rules or guidelines laid out for that particular challenge.
No prizes for this challenge. It's just for fun, a spur to creating, sharing, discussing music/recording and learning. Plus a way of testing the water with your creations and getting some feedback.
GUIDELINES -THEME
The theme for this one is: "A track with only guitar on it - you can use multiple guitars (bass, electric and acoustic) but no drums or keyboards or brass. So it could be an acoustic guitar piece or a multi-guitar piece - you could create a rhythm by banging your guitar. You can use as many guitar effects as you like but no guitar synths".
Picture: In addition to the music, try to create your own picture that relates to your selected theme/title. This isn't mandatory but, as a small incentive, those that provide a picture will be awarded a free point to add to their voting score. Note the picture can be anything from a hand drawn sketch, photo, photo edit or something generated in a graphics package.
DATES AND VOTING
Fretboard Challenge #27 starts NOW! - Submission deadline - Midnight 14th November 2019
Voting will start soon after the submission deadline and run for about two weeks, with each voter selecting their 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice.
First choice gets 5 points - Second choice gets 3 points - Third choice gets 1 point
The entry with the most points wins.
The order and scores of the three people with the most votes will be announced soon after the voting ends.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
All recordings and pictures need to be sent via email to Compositions@theFB.co.uk
It's not a competition.
Comments
Of course, as with all the composition challenges, you could choose to break the rules. But it might lose votes from some people.
pitch of the vocal depending on the notes you play!... think daft punk more than frampton!.
I checked and it seems more like a voice box than a synth to me. So I'm OK with it, unless anyone else objects.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
I think i know roughly what style I'd like to do if I get chance but where that goes, who knows
soundcloud.com/thecolourbox-1
youtube.com/@TheColourboxMusic
I think midi guitar to trigger other sounds falls in the category of a guitar synth.
OK. I suppose vocals are OK. But all the other sounds should have guitar or bass (not midi driven) as their source.
This theme is proving to be trickier than I thought. I suppose someone is now going to ask whether the drums/percussion can be created using vocals
Can always use an acoustic for drums if need be
We'll see … maybe I can do something on slide.
soundcloud.com/thecolourbox-1
youtube.com/@TheColourboxMusic
This one is proving more tricky than I thought.
I think using real time guitar effects is OK but mangling of files (post recording) and triggering things with midi is pushing it a bit. For example, I'm pretty sure I could create a fairly convincing drum sound by sampling guitar sounds and using a sampler such as NI Kontakt, but I would choose not to do that.
However, having said that, it's difficult to know where to draw the line.
I think everyone should be open and honest about how they've created their tracks. Then (when it comes to the voting) individual voters can decide how they vote. My voting will take account of how close people have stayed to the original brief - but that will just be my opinion. Other voters may have different opinions.
In summary, I guess you can do what you like (provided you're honest about how you've created the track), but you run the risk of losing votes if individual voters deem you've pushed the rules too far.