a re-introduction

[drproximo]

Back in 2016 I made a post, talking about a previous failed attempt to complete a songfight entry in the early days, then announcing my intention to actually start making songs. It didn't happen, and I fell off the forum very soon after.

At the time, I had done a sloppy nerdcore rap demo for the RPM Challenge, and I assumed that I would be starting my own songfight nerdcore journey (MC Frontalot was my gateway to both nerdcore and songfight), but I guess I overestimated my motivation and capacity. Anyway, I've done several more albums for RPM since then, and I've branched out into several other genres and projects in doing so. This year, after doing another RPM album, I decided to start getting into RPM's side challenge, REM (Record Every Month). The monthly REM challenge is only for a single song (although I actually did a whole album for my first REM anyway, and picked a song to submit to the listening party) I don't recall exactly what it was that prompted me to dive back into songfight, but at some point I realized that I could use a songfight entry as an REM entry, and I made the decision.

"Young Punk" didn't really speak to me. I kept trying to come up with ideas, but the problem is, I had recently watched a video essay about the absolute disaster of an album, Cut the Crap by The Clash, and there's a song on that album called "Dirty Punk". So every time I tried rolling the phrase "Young Punk" in my head, trying to come up with lyrics, Joe Strummer stuck his head in singing "I am a dirty punk!", and I just couldn't come up with anything of my own.

Thankfully "Witty Retort" spoke to me. I wrote a song, prepared the backing track... and then remembered that my singing voice is absolutely shot when it comes to anything soft or melodic. Thankfully, Hot Pink Halo offered to provide vocals, so we collaborated, and the result is under the name "timtambit". Additionally, there was a call-out for more submissions, and I managed to put together a solo song, submitted under the name DC Prox (I've been using that as my screen name on social media for several years, and I've been looking for an opportunity to use it for a music project, completely separate from my nerdcore stuff, so this was fortuitous).

So... hello again, and I'm super glad to finally be ACTUALLY part of this bizarre and wonderful project, even if I'm a couple decades late to the party.

[Pigfarmer Jr]

Welcome. Glad you're here.

[fluffy]

Welcome (back) to Song Fight!. Please be awesome.