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Stinger
Due: Friday, 08/15/25 9:59am PDT
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Am I first?

I've done an odd song. With lots of first takes on guitars, bass and (not quite in tune) piano. Even the words were improvised.
After all there is a tiny bit of Velvet Underground in it - but it is more a pastiche (but even a tribute) to a British band called Dry Cleaning.

Does anybody know Dry Cleaning? The cover art of the Stumpwork LP made me buy this album. It made me laugh so hard (and still does).
Watch album art here
Everything about it is very artful. But it would be much nicer to listen to when the singer would sing every now and then (and not just recite)...

I'm in as well. I chose to record my song rather than just grab the live performance. And I sent it in so I wouldn't be tinkering with the arrangement when I have other things to do. (Off to Nashville tomorrow night after being gone the last week or so.)

Lunkhead wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 05, 2025 9:53 am

Stinger
Due: Friday, 08/15/25 9:59am PDT
Optional challenge: Live performance
Email a file named yourbandname_stinger.mp3 to fightmaster@songfight.org
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Subject: Stinger
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has it always been due in the morning? I'm gonna have to get cracking tonite!

has it always been due in the morning?

Yep

I really want to record a studio version of this but my hands aren't working right. fuck chronic pain so much

I'd just submit the livefight version but I'm also exceedingly unhappy with how it turned out

fluffy wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 14, 2025 4:17 pm

I really want to record a studio version of this but my hands aren't working right. fuck chronic pain so much

I'd just submit the livefight version but I'm also exceedingly unhappy with how it turned out

I'm so sorry, fluffy. that blows. *very gentle hugs if you want them*

we are submitting our live fight version because the only other one we have is the "demo" we made in Spud's basement after rehearsing, which is very inferior as Nivs was playing Spud's grandfather's acoustic guitar with no amplification, and the phone was placed somewhat near Omni. But also I genuinely think we performed it better in the live fight. There are some infelicities of frequencies that can't be helped (i.e. clipping), but it's fine!

The Hell Yeahs are in

I smoked a bunch of weed and managed to get something recorded that I'm not totally frustrated by. Whee.

mine's in - no band - just me and a garageband roughie - look forward to seeing what others bring

Brown Word in. Looks to be a big fight, with our Song Fight Live peeps!

Trifecta is late but the song is submitted -- we don't get together in the same city often but this time it worked out well with the challenge and Song Fight Live.

Heine wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 14, 2025 9:45 am

Does anybody know Dry Cleaning?

I’ve watch a bit of them on YouTube
Bit of a novelty act IMO with that deadpan vocal delivery, and a novelty that I quickly grew tired of.