Cover Challenge 16 "C"

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right then my little pickles.. Welcome to the 16th Cover Challenge

The rules are simple - there are no rules*

We all start with the same song suggestion and record our own cover version. It's up to your imagination as to what you do with it. It could be faithful to the original or as out there as you wish. 

@bezzer has spoken and the choice for the next cover challenge to be covered in the cover challenge is:



Wait for it....


"Cardiff" by Stone Sour

https://youtu.be/c7meuHwLdAk


but... there’s a twist... you can choose to cover the Stone Sour track or you can choose to cover ANY song beginning with the letter “C” 

however... if you cover the Stone Sour track you automatically get a bonus 5 points... if you cover the other you start from scratch!...


RULES:

Entries to be sent in mp3 format to the following Email address:

covers@thefretboard.co.uk

You may wish to submit artwork to go with your entry. It brightens up the playlist and might subliminally get you more votes but it's not mandatory. 

Entries close at 11.30pm on Friday 26th November... get cracking
 

A playlist (below) of all the entries will also be posted in the voting thread. Vote for your top 3 with 5 points awarded  for first place, 3 points for second place and 1 point for third place. Entrants obviously aren't allowed to vote for their own entry. 


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  • SnapSnap Frets: 6256
    i'll have a do at this track. Good and heavy. Plenty to think about here.
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  • HabaneroHabanero Frets: 248
    I’ll be taking the C option.
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  • SnapSnap Frets: 6256
    I have started. I can feel an industrial vibe brewing......
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  • BezzerBezzer Frets: 581
    Snap said:
    I have started. I can feel an industrial vibe brewing......
    We have similar thinking clearly! Although I’ll probably abandon that when I realise I’m crap at industrial! 
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  • SnapSnap Frets: 6256
    edited October 2021
    Bezzer said:
    Snap said:
    I have started. I can feel an industrial vibe brewing......
    We have similar thinking clearly! Although I’ll probably abandon that when I realise I’m crap at industrial! 
    ha, yes. So I started and already it's ended up pseudo cinematic. Not quite what I was after, but let's see where it goes. I'm trying to figure out Butch Vig drums at moment, clearly my refusal to read instructions or tutorials is not paying off at all. Might have to ditch my pride and watch some YT.

    Basically this track is a load of eastern tinged riffing in C#. that's my basic assessment!! Lob in some angsty vocals, sorted. Righto then,,,,
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  • HabaneroHabanero Frets: 248
    Like last time I'd not heard of the song or artist before, though wikipedia tells me some members went on to be in Slipknot.
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  • poopotpoopot Frets: 9098
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  • HabaneroHabanero Frets: 248
    @poopot Hilarious, but would be a hanging offence on some guitar forums!
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  • poopotpoopot Frets: 9098
    Habanero said:
    @poopot Hilarious, but would be a hanging offence on some guitar forums!
    Dunno about that!… I have however made a shit song better :)
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  • SnapSnap Frets: 6256
    @poopot - brilliant Bubba!
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  • OK @poopot wins :)

    It's not a competition.
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  • SpringywheelSpringywheel Frets: 941
    edited October 2021
    @poopot I would love to kick back over a bag of popcorn and see reactions to this on The Gear Page or TDPRI. I imagine it wouldn't go down so well   
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  • HabaneroHabanero Frets: 248
    @poopot I would love to kick back over a bag of popcorn and see reactions to this on The Gear Page or TDPRI. I imagine it wouldn't go down so well   

    The bloke who runs gilmourish.com would spontaneously combust. =)
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  • SpringywheelSpringywheel Frets: 941
    edited October 2021
    Habanero said:
    @poopot I would love to kick back over a bag of popcorn and see reactions to this on The Gear Page or TDPRI. I imagine it wouldn't go down so well   

    The bloke who runs gilmourish.com would spontaneously combust.
    I don't know about spontaneously combusting, but he'd turn to 60 cigarettes a day at least 
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  • poopotpoopot Frets: 9098
    Balls to em :) floyd are not as sacred as Floyd fans like to think…

    I think my cover has done it justice to be fair…

    dodgy vocals - check
    dodgy production - check
    dodgy pentatonic solo - check
    dodgy strings - check
    pig - check

    I’ve also shortened it so that’s a bonus :)

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  • HabaneroHabanero Frets: 248
    Habanero said:
    @poopot I would love to kick back over a bag of popcorn and see reactions to this on The Gear Page or TDPRI. I imagine it wouldn't go down so well   

    The bloke who runs gilmourish.com would spontaneously combust.
    I don't know about spontaneously combusting, but he'd turn to 60 cigarettes a day at least 
    Only if the cigarettes were brand and vintage correct 
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  • Well at this rate I'll need 6 months for this one. I've spent the past 3 days alone, just trying to replicate the massive drum sound of "Cardiff" (which doesn't really come across in the the Youtube clip).

    At one point I didn't realise I had my monitors turned up loud while I was listening on headphones, which led to a spell in the doghouse.

    It's not a competition.
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  • SnapSnap Frets: 6256
    poopot said:
    Balls to em :) floyd are not as sacred as Floyd fans like to think…

    I think my cover has done it justice to be fair…

    dodgy vocals - check
    dodgy production - check
    dodgy pentatonic solo - check
    dodgy strings - check
    pig - check

    I’ve also shortened it so that’s a bonus :)

    my youngest, who's studying music A level, and is quite an accomplished bassist and pianist can't understand the hype around Comfortably Numb. I explained how the solos are so highly regarded and her view was "what's so clever about them, its a bit boring".

    Personally, I love the track, but it is very over hyped
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  • HabaneroHabanero Frets: 248
    edited October 2021
    Snap said:
    my youngest, who's studying music A level, and is quite an accomplished bassist and pianist can't understand the hype around Comfortably Numb. I explained how the solos are so highly regarded and her view was "what's so clever about them, its a bit boring".

    Personally, I love the track, but it is very over hyped

    I've never really warmed to Pink Floyd at all, I think partly due to the slightly dour lyrics and vocal delivery. Then last year I wrote and recorded a song about the pandemic, and a good friend said it reminded him of Roger Waters!
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  • poopotpoopot Frets: 9098
    The only thing the solo has going for it is it shows you how the relative major/minor works…

    Bmin pent over the Bm parts
    Bmin pent over the Dmaj parts…


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