Bowed out of this one. Lots of stuff on combined with a headache and not a great love for the title. Might get a shadow in for next week.

I was going to try and make all the songs about Jonathan Swift, but this one is about BSG instead . I bet JS would have liked that show though. I do indeed have a poster in my bathroom that says "Machines Can't Think". Fade out Reset Leak the script Spread out the net Sleeper cells Regrou...

Spintown wrote: ↑

Mon May 20, 2024 12:08 pm

Well I got a rough draft of lyrics, but it's by far the dumbest thing I've written (and I've set the bar very low in the past).

Please note: my round 1 song was about farts.

Jonathan Swift really LOVED fart jokes. Is this a joke to you? Hot Pink Halo *** Hey Jon, pick up that bass We’re going low, low, low, low, low, low, low It’s time to speak your mind Let rip a long-winded flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow I was never any good at jokes But the punchline is th...

I have no idea how to do that, but I'll try to figure it out before Sunday this time. Is that part of the bounce process from the DAW (Logic Pro for me) or something added later? You can add a handful of ID3 tags from the MP3 bounce setting in Logic. Just make sure you have MP3 both ticked and sele...

Song notes: This guy put a flyer through my letterbox last week asking me, an immigrant, to vote for him in the local council elections. Yeah nah M8. In the past few years there have been rising incidents of accommodation earmarked for asylum seekers being set on fire by those who have fallen prey t...

Please note: You don't need to couple every instrument you use, just one acoustic/ electric pairing. If you don't have the acoustic/electric version of your instrument of choice, get creative. Samples would work. Virtual instruments probably. Make a convincing argument. This is musical Taskmaster s...

crumpart wrote: ↑

Mon May 06, 2024 2:42 am

Caravan Ray wrote: ↑

Mon May 06, 2024 2:25 am

So. I will be playing my song on a Stylophone. Is comb and paper ok for the acoustic version?

https://youtu.be/juD3nWpUunU

I was actually considering this. I think the answer is a pen on a phone.

Or maybe my Stylophone box, which holds all my pens, as a shaker.

Caravan Ray wrote: ↑

Mon May 06, 2024 2:25 am

So. I will be playing my song on a Stylophone. Is comb and paper ok for the acoustic version?

https://youtu.be/juD3nWpUunU

I was actually considering this. I think the answer is a pen on a phone.

Dear Nur Ein overlords,

Do you mean say, an acoustic guitar and a different electric guitar?

An electric guitar and that same electric guitar acoustically recorded?

Could I play 01 PIANO and 02 ELEC PIANO on my Casio SA-1 and meet the challenge?

Kind regards, etc.

Oh, I’ve just listened to my bit now (don’t worry, I will go back and listen to the whole 6+ hours; you deserve it), and you said such nice things! Thank you. None of you asked, but I’ll say where my song came from anyway. When I’m stuck for an idea I’ve taken to searching in the large Australian ar...

Gosh. Wow. Chumpy, Ryan & Niv. Heroes.

It's a really charming track and sticks out because of how quirky the rhythm is. Not sure about the f-bomb. I can't decide whether it cheapens it or adds that shock factor. Ha! I know an F-bomb always divides, but those response parts are made up of actual things real people wrote in a guestbook I ...

(Sometimes I choose logic presets purely for their names. Making an angry song about colonialism? British Invasion. Missing home? Dublin Delay. Feeling silly? Pop Sparkler. Etc. And by sometimes I generally mean “all the time”.)

A Grand Parade , Hot Pink Halo *** Roll up roll up It’s time to start the show It’s the show at the show Of the show about the show There’s a prize winning bull Draped in ribbons and in fame Cut the lino, cut the crap Cut a mount for the frame And join the grand parade Give it time and accept that ...

Paco Del Stinko wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:03 am

Adding some stink to the parade.

Added some Pink to the parade.

crumpart wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:44 am

omg I just made some cover art as THE GRAND PARADE instead of A GRAND PARADE.

Reader, I fixed it.

Now to finish my song and send it in late, as is tradition.

omg I just made some cover art as THE GRAND PARADE instead of A GRAND PARADE.

Sober wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:04 am

I may be in. Currently working with The Grand Parade and I don't want to hear any shit about it.

I am also doing this... because that's what my brain told me it was, and I'm not changing now dammit!

Starting on my impressions of the songs this round. Can't say they're reviews, but more what went in and out of my head while listening to the tunes while we wait on the judges to opine. Your mileage may vary. Thanks for sharing your thoughts Tommy! I probably won’t get around to reviewing Round 1,...

Strange Attraction - Hot Pink Halo *** I am sensitive to initial conditions I've got a blank space And I'll write your name The forecast's looking good Let's ride with the top down With your hand in mine we face the IF IS THEN Of this strange attraction that I am determined to Repeat Repeat Repeat ...

Reporting for duty.