Round 1 LP will be delayed until about 10pm on Monday 6/5 - I have a meeting that night so I'll rush back but might be delayed from the original time. See you there!
I'm in already. I'm traveling the rest of this week, so I had to get this one done quickly.
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:50 pm
by arby
ughhhhhh struggling again... I have a few vague ideas and have recorded NOTHING!! starting to panic
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 4:58 pm
by thirdcatmusic
finished lyrics and most of melody/song structure but still have to actually record most of it. feeling pretty good about it so far though. hoping to be able to spend quite a bit of time tomorrow and sunday to get it down. the good thing about nur ein is this deadline, I need to start giving myself deadlines on other projects I think.
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 6:14 pm
by glennny
I hear Moss Palace is restricted to only Vibra-Slap for percussion.
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:31 am
by Lunkhead
I don't know about "only".
Would a judge please confirm, there will only be one elimination this round, correct?
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2023 10:09 am
by ujnhunter
Yes. Only One. NUR EIN!
Also... please don't "ONLY" use hand percussion. Include hand percussion.
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2023 2:07 pm
by Caravan Ray
But it does specify percussion using only one hand right?
Nur Ein!
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2023 4:39 pm
by iVeg
I completely forgot about Nur Ein this year. I remembered as I was walking home from work today. Oh well.
I completely forgot about Nur Ein this year. I remembered as I was walking home from work today. Oh well.
Hopefully, we can have some shadows from you.
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 1:52 am
by Caravan Ray
..and done. Complete with the sound of one hand clapping.
Final recording and mixing done in the Singapore Qantas Club lounge. Back in Toowoomba tomorrow.
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:27 pm
by thirdcatmusic
Sending in now. Has quite a bit of hand percussion in there but mostly in the chorus.
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 6:31 pm
by gizo
Oh yeah, mine’s done, with wringing of hands. And percussions. Sure.
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 7:21 pm
by SquirrelProof
Hi all - I got mine in
I hope cajon counts as hand percussion?
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 8:49 pm
by Cybronica
I'm in, with generous use of tambourine!
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 9:22 pm
by noma
I'm in. I was running out of time, so my song has no drums apart from the hand percussion (djembe, bongos, tambourine) I used. It sounds a bit unfinished to me. But I am very proud of my vocal harmony.
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:01 pm
by Niveous
So, let me tell you about the Last Minotaur...
Vom Vorton put in a shadow. I said to him that him doing it made me want to do one. He said I should. I went about my day. Then at about 10:15, I said to Brookes that I should do a shadow and she dared me to make one by midnight. I did (basically).
Also... please don't "ONLY" use hand percussion. Include hand percussion.
Whoops. You're only going to get horrible amounts of tambourine and guiro from me. No drums
I wrote and recorded a shadow last minute today again. I started this with this zither my dad mailed me recently (we bought it on vacation in Hungary 20+ years ago and it's just been at his house since then) but it's not really tuned to anything, it's currently apparently somewhere between B and Bb, so I had to retune the other pitched instruments I added (bass and ukulele) to match it, and had to forgo keyboards, guitar (because I was tired of retuning) and Melodyne. So, uh, sorry in advance to anyone who is bothered by sloppiness, between the 100% human hand percussion, rushed timeline and the many mysteries of pitch, you're probably going to have a rough time with this one.
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 12:03 am
by arby
welp, I'm in. not feeling great about it but what are you gonna do, not compete?
clapping happened in the bridge and outro, but I put effects on it so it sounds weird. just because that was the mood I was in.
Re: Nur Ein XVIII, Round One: "Blind Spot"
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 3:05 am
by Caravan Ray
In Singapore, some taxis have little signs warning drivers about checking their blind spots. My partner pointed this out when I told her the title. So - warning about blind spots became my theme. But with handclaps instead of taxi signs.
Also... please don't "ONLY" use hand percussion. Include hand percussion.
Whoops. You're only going to get horrible amounts of tambourine and guiro from me. No drums
I had to retune the other pitched instruments I added (bass and ukulele) to match it
Considering you just said you added bass and uke... I think you're fine. I just meant I didn't want to listen to a bunch of songs with JUST tamborine or something and singing. Hand percussion can be the only percussion if you'd like... I just wouldn't be able to "judge" 21 tamborine + vox songs is all.
what are you gonna do, not compete?