Welcome to the 26th Poopot's Cover Challenge
The winner of our last challenge @thecolourbox ;has made his choice for M. And it's all the Ms
which is...
...
Master of Puppets by MetallicaThat's right.
And remember that it's now fine to include songs that start with "the" as long as the next word begins with the challenge letter. If you don't want to cover the chosen track then you can choose any song starting with M or M preceded by "the".
But… if you cover the chosen track you will automatically receive a
bonus 5pts as a head start
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RULES:Entries to be sent in mp3 format to the following Email address:
covers@thefretboard.co.uk
Please comment in the thread when you've sent an entry. And feel free to submit more than one entry if you want.
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 29th March 2024... so get onto it!!!!
A playlist of all the entries will also be posted below:
https://soundcloud.com/thefretboard/sets/poopots-cover-challenge-26-m
Comments
I reckoned it wouldn't be the chosen song but who cares I'll do it for a laugh... I'm almost finished my first draft! Just got to sort out an ending and then track vocals (and add tweaks to virtually every instrument in the full BBC symphonic orchestra vst)
And I didn't influence the track choice. Honest.
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"You don't know what you've got till the whole thing's gone. The days are dark and the road is long."
When I saw the track choice, my first thought was "how the hell do I cover that", but I was thinking of a like-for-like cover, rather than a re-interpretation!
I have done straight covers (my Jeff buckley one in the L round) but most of the time I strip things down to tune and chords and then go from there with it. You've heard my style, Metallica shredding isn't very congruent with that haha but it'll be fun. Plus, you could also choose any other M song
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I want to try and have a go at this one if I get time. I think it could go lots of different places.
More often than not I don't know the song or artist at all. In this case my history jumps straight from 'Ride the Lightning' to the black 'Metallica' album.
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When recording MOP the engineer had Metallica detune their instruments and play the track slower to get the recording as tight as possible. As it was recorded on tape it was then sped up to concert pitch. Obviously they were capable of playing it faster than the album going on the live shows at the time so it's definitely not cheating.
So in the interests of authenticity anyone covering it can do so slower then speed it up in your DAW (although recording at 120bpm might be pushing it somewhat)
I'll give you advance warning that your letter T challenge will be either Technical Difficulties or Through The Fire And The Flames
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