Composition Challenge #5 " Back to the 80's"

Antique_Guitars · September 2014

Greetings people of the Fretboard! We are back for round 5 of the Fretboard Challenge competitions.

The competition:

Every 2 months there will be a competition, it revolves around individuals or groups of forum members composing or covering songs based on a set of rules or guidelines laid out for that particular competition.

For full rules please read here: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/8029/fretboard-challenge-rules#latest

Submission Details

All recordings will need to be sent via email to fretboardchallenge AT gmail.com

All songs will then be upload to the Fretboard Challenge YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0plkfV_eKHP2QBs76v3Ixw
as well as the SoundCloud page here - https://soundcloud.com/fretboard-challenge

Songs must be submitted in an MP3 format and you need to provide a picture for your track

FRETBOARD CHALLENGE #5

Fretboard Challenge #5 starts NOW! - Submission deadline - Midnight 15th November 2014

Voting starts 17th November 2014 - Voting ends 11.30pm 30th November 2014

A new voting system will be in place for this challenge, voters can pick their top 3 favourite entries.

First choice gets 5 points - Second choice gets 3 points - Third choice gets 1 point

Entry with the most points wins.

Winner will be announced just before midnight 30th November 2014

Guidelines

Compose a piece of music inspired by the 80's, whether you love hair metal, new romantic, alt indie, electronic music or even if you hate 80's music now is your chance to re-create some of those classic sounds!

We know a lot of you pretend to like Whitesnake when in actual fact you all really love Spandau Ballet, so don't hold back unleash your True and Gold inspired tracks on the world!

No rules no limitations other than a time limit of 2 mins 30 secs, just go for it!

Back to the 80's!

Deadline

Midnight (UK time) 15th November 2014.

Prizes

The prize for this competition will be a brand new Korg Monotron Delay Analogue Ribbon Synthesizer supplied by @Antique_Guitars

If you have any questions please let me know.

Fretwired · September 2014

Oh God no .. I hate the 80s .. I was there .... :-)

Good task ..

steamabacus · September 2014

I spent most of the 80s in a field eating mushrooms.
~O)

8-X

Antique_Guitars · September 2014

Then I expect a fungi influenced track!

thecolourbox · September 2014

Just in time for my semi abandonment of guitar and moving towards keys and synths....

I presume you mean the 1980s

thomasross20 · September 2014

Love the 80s, cool task!

Lev · September 2014

I best dust off my Sax

tampadragon · September 2014

This could be the challenge I've been waiting for, I was born in 84 but, thanks to my dad, I am a fan of Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, Human League, Spandau Ballet , Level 42, ultravox.... the list goes on!

I have a couple of synths too,

Time to break out that 80's feeling.

steamabacus · September 2014

@Antique_Guitars

I think you need to edit the top post.

There's no mention of a time limit and it says no pic needed - this sounds like a leftover from cutting and pasting from Challenge #4?

I'm assuming it's a 2 minute limit again?

Antique_Guitars · September 2014

Oh yeah good point

Antique_Guitars · September 2014

Will have to edition when I get home on pm but yeah make it 2.30 mins and provide a picture peeps

spark240 · September 2014

So.. like a full track....vocals and all....or instrumental

Antique_Guitars · September 2014

spark240;353988" said:
So.. like a full track....vocals and all....or instrumental

It's complete up to you, no rules other than no more than 2.30 in length.

Antique_Guitars · September 2014

I think the rules are clear now, if anyone has any questions lets me know!

daveww · September 2014

Should be fun

could be almost anything but probably means jangly guitar to me

steamabacus · September 2014

I have an old Quadraverb and an old Roland TR505 drum box knocking about somewhere - I think I may have to get them plugged in for this one.

Antique_Guitars · September 2014

daveww said:

Should be fun could be almost anything but probably means jangly guitar to me

Yeah that is the idea, I thought the last challenge was a good idea but it might have been a bit too tough so time to be a bit more open again.

xSkarloey · September 2014

Now we're talking.

What a superb idea for a challenge!

Right, I'm going to have to listen to Absolute Radio 80's religiously on Friday nights for the next fee weeks.

TTony · September 2014

The 1980s ...

chart #1s in 1980 include the Pretenders (Brass in Pocket), the Specials (too much, too young), the Jam (Going Underground), Blondie (call me), Dexys (Geno) and Bowie (Ashes).

chart #1s in 1989 include Kylie & Jason Donovan, Marc Almond & Gene Pitney, Sonia, Jive Bunny and New kids on the block. Oh, and the year started with the '88 Xmas #1 which was .... (wait for it) .... (you'll wish you hadn't) ... Mistletoe & Wine.

That decade went downhill ...

Antique_Guitars · September 2014

So much fun stuff to choose from

steamabacus · September 2014

I had a brainstorming session the other day - sorted out a deeply cheesy chorus from the Quadraverb and came up with the germ of an idea. My entry may end up a bit like The Police backing Frank Zappa. Or it may change entirely?
:>

Antique_Guitars · September 2014

that sounds like a pretty cool crossover to me

TTony · October 2014

steamabacus said:

I had a brainstorming session the other day -

I had an idea on the train coming home last night ... this will call for some sampling ..

samzadgan · October 2014

my kinda challenge...speed metal...early death metal...time to get some speed back in my picking hand and get that Boss HM2 back on the pedalboard!!!

DulcetJones · October 2014

I might just dig out those old Simple Minds records.......

thecolourbox · October 2014

I'm doing a cover of Agadoo

Fretwired · October 2014

thecolourbox said:

I'm doing a cover of Agadoo

Do it well and I'll give you five points ...

I fancy some Jan Hammer Miami Vice action .... I've managed to create a passable synth patch I just need to create a Linn drum sound and then I'm in business.

guitarfishbay · October 2014

I think I'm going to cover this song.

steamabacus · October 2014

guitarfishbay said:

I think I'm going to cover this song.

That's instant disqualification!

Thankfully, I managed to bail out within three beats of the intro. Phew!

guitarfishbay · October 2014

Lol. I kid, I'm going to cover this song instead.

Lev · October 2014

I've been listening to a lot of 80's music recently but I find that the songs that I like from the 80's don't necessarily have an 80's sound. If you take a song like C'mon Eileen for example, it's not a million miles away from something Mumford and Sons might release today. Similarly some of U2's 80's classics sound very similar to The Killers today.

So I'm finding this challenge a little more tricky than expected. My first couple of ideas didn't sound 80's enough. I was initially trying to avoid using a chorus pedal but I think it's time to go fully 80's with this one!, - synth, chorus and harmonizer at the ready.

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