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Dirt Nap
Due: Saturday, 06/19/10 9:59am pdt
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I challenge anyone to turn this one into a love song.

Kapitano wrote:I challenge anyone to turn this one into a love song.

Very well, I accept.

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Wait, what do I get?

"Bragging rights. Satisfaction. The jealous glances of strangers sitting next to you on the subway." Haven't you read the FAQ?

Have some lyrics for this one, another KA short story song... let it soak for a day and see how I feel about it then...

Charles (KA)

Kapitano wrote:I challenge anyone to turn this one into a love song.

If I was in this week... It would be a love song... actually all my love songs are about burying people... is that strange?

I can dig it

MENBAH! wrote:Very well, I accept.
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Wait, what do I get?

Apart from more votes than me?

An offer of a collaboration?

ujnhunter wrote:

Kapitano wrote:I challenge anyone to turn this one into a love song.

If I was in this week... It would be a love song... actually all my love songs are about burying people... is that strange?

Everybody get on board the Love Craft.

If I enter this fight, my lyrics will be six feet deep.

Get it??? DEEP. As in MEANINGFUL. But also a common reference to someone who is buried.

I'm not going to be in. A shame -- I'd wanted to work in "dirty nappies."

On the other hand, I was planning a rap song, so you're all spared.

(edit) The idea was to riff on crude or disrespectful expressions, in the context of existential despair at the meaningless and squalour of existence:

So he said, like what about like beauty and music and art?
And I said, shut your cake-hole, bro, that ain't nothin but a brain fart.
I said, do the math, dude, life's a bum rap.
You go from dirty nappies to a dirt nap.

Okay I like my lyrics but the music I've come up with so far is just not cutting it. Consider them a donation, most likely. Burgle away.

Mine are equally burglable, but probably not as good - see the lyric mart.

So is anyone actually entering? Or has this become the losers' thread?

I think that would be a yes, I have just submitted mine. If I had a laptop maybe I could do some more tweaks but alas. Surf's up!

So is it a 1 dog race?

Hey folks, first entry here. I'll get it submitted by the end of the day.

I just submitted my entry. Not a love song, sadly.

I am gonna be putting in my first entry too. The topic is easy so I expect there will be a LOT of entries this time. My theme is soccer hooliganism and I will also make it a love song, so there! *heh*

I am gonna be riding the deadline mighty hard. I have been so busy I didn't get to start until yesterday and while I really want to do this justice I only have a few hours to do it so it is gonna be a matter of compromise. It has promise but I still need to get the guest vocalist and fix the patch cables which destroyed my first takes. *sigh*

Learning a lot of new stuff though. Like that my Laptop can not handle ripping the stream straight to mp3 without adding noise. Still have a day though so I have a lot of time to work out the technical problems. I just wish I could spend that time on the music rather than the studio though.

Oh, wow, did I pick a good time to come back.

So, after failing ignominiously at Nur Ein - the penance for which was a month in a burlap shirt and daily whippings with old, rusty guitar strings - I decided it was about time to dust off the ol' axes and get some rockin' done.

And, uh, I actually had a free afternoon.

*ahem*

Ford's Theater Disaster brings the rock!

I am hoping to get something in there too.

I just submitted.

Recorded a song this week to commemorate my new recording sanctuary (i.e. place to record where i don't have to set up and tear down all the time). Included additions are a new computer desk, 24" monitor, and CAD-7 Premium Drum mics.

Extra bonus: I recorded "live" *cough cut and paste cough* drums this time (no EZ DRUMMER at least). Overall I'm pretty happy with the sound of my new drum mics... hard to guess i'm in an echo-y bedroom... but guess you'll have to take a listen to be the real judge of that. I've never recorded drums (or played drums live for that matter.. just tinker on my borrowed kit) and personally i'm pretty gosh darn proud of what i managed to come up with.

The lyrics for my song were influenced by the suicide of a coworker of mine who died not too long ago. A bit heavy, yes, but a good way to emote some questions and reflect on my own existence. Convenient songfight name.

See you in the reviews thread...

Ok got in my entry with 9 hours to spare . I had to cut some parts since I ran out of time to fix technical issues but I was able to get what I wanted in there and I am happy with how it turned out for 2 evenings work. I managed to give it elements of a lust song (not quite love song) as well as taking the crown for the most times the song theme can be worked into a tune

Don't try this at home kids. Hope people get a kick out of it. It was fun to do.

...aaaand submitted. Hurrah! Certainly looks like there are more entries than Dana got.