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 The new contest is here and ready to rock! It's late summer, if you're not a total goon you've probably been enjoying some time outdoors. Our theme this round is Nature. A category as vast and expansive as the Earth, the song you choose can be about anything found in the great outdoors. Wilderness, weather, whales, buttes, blue skies, birds, trees, tornadoes, tigers... There are so many possibilities! Get hippy dippy and do an acoustic cover, give it your personal electronic touch, use only the sounds of sticks and a whistle made from a hollow reed; all cover styles are welcome. We've got to coexist after all. If you need some inspiration, just go outside you dingus! This is a big category, find a song you like! Deadline is October 1st. quote:What's Rockstar? How do I Rockstar?
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Calling Riptide by Vance Joy.
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Aug 18, 2015 12:31
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Shining Star by Erf Wind and Fiya. Though as always I'll probably gently caress around get frustrated and change my mind.
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Aug 18, 2015 13:27
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Calling Jacob's Ladder by Rush because I'm an enormous middle-aged nerd.
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Aug 18, 2015 21:15
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I'm picking Penelope by Pinback. It's a song about a goldfish.
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Aug 18, 2015 22:38
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Unless I think of something better, I'm in for Volcano by Jimmy Buffett!
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Aug 20, 2015 04:25
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Going to go with Meadowlarks by Fleet Foxes. Maybe mash in Blue Spotted Tail somehow.
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Aug 20, 2015 04:34
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Calling "Natural One" by the Folk Implosion for now.
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Aug 20, 2015 08:17
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I'm doing this. Here's a short clip. Gonna mix it later. I started out trying to do a Black Keys version but gently caress THAT NOISE THIS IS ROCK. https://soundcloud.com/beauhall/still-of-the-night-bitches
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Aug 23, 2015 02:09
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Finally got around to starting to record today. Deadline schmedline! e:8/26 Writing entirely new drum parts is evil. Alternative pants fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Aug 27, 2015 |
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Aug 25, 2015 21:23
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Got a very rough mix done. Still need to add to it, but I'm honestly surprised with how quickly it came together. I done got done. Alternative pants fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Aug 29, 2015 |
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Aug 27, 2015 22:14
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Just over two weeks until the deadline... How is everyone doing?
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Sep 14, 2015 22:55
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I'm tweaking the mix. And convincing my band that we need to add this cover to our rotation.
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Sep 15, 2015 03:42
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Got off to a really slow start but I've cleared some time in my schedule to focus on it. Trying some new tricks this time out. It's gonna be weird.
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Sep 15, 2015 06:18
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So I've totally worked out how I'm going to record In The Still Of The Night. (Does that count as a nature song, still? Or are we looking for more literal approaches, like, trees and leaves and wind and poo poo like that?).
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Sep 18, 2015 21:01
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magnificent7 posted:So I've totally worked out how I'm going to record In The Still Of The Night. (Does that count as a nature song, still? Or are we looking for more literal approaches, like, trees and leaves and wind and poo poo like that?). Adherence to the theme has always been a bonus, not a strict requirement.
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Sep 21, 2015 01:21
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As long as it has some mention of something about the Nature, that's fine. Kept the category broad hoping it would be easier for people to find something they like. My Meadowlark/Blue Spotted Tail mash-up didn't work out like I had hoped, so I'm sticking to just Blue Spotted Tail. I'm pretty happy with how it sounds right now, going to leave it alone for a few days and see if I still like it. Eleven days till the deadline! Unless there are only like two entries completed it would be great to finish on the actual deadline.
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Sep 21, 2015 01:32
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Wife's out of town tonight, I think I'll work on a thrash cover of Joe Walsh's "Song For a Dying Planet".
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Sep 24, 2015 14:52
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When I first started making music, I had so little skill/knowledge and such crappy equipment that there was zero chance I'd ever get what I heard in my head down on tape. So I just gave it my best shot and called it good. I've reached a point where when I finish a track it's around a 95% approximation of the track that I originally intended to produce (so if it's no good, it's mainly because my vision sucks, not necessarily my abilities). But I still have to work really hard to get to that point, and I would spend forever trying to get that final 5% down if I didn't have Rockstar deadlines forcing me to wrap it up. At the moment my arrangement's only around 50% where I want it to be. Gonna do what I can to finalize it tonight and tomorrow, then do vocals over the weekend.
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Sep 24, 2015 15:38
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 Three days!
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Sep 28, 2015 22:48
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AHHH WHY DID I PICK THIS SONG???
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Sep 29, 2015 14:53
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Radiapathy posted:AHHH WHY DID I PICK THIS SONG??? ditto
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Sep 29, 2015 17:32
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 gently caress your tables. Alternative pants fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Sep 29, 2015 |
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Sep 29, 2015 19:56
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Holy poo poo, I actually finished one for once.
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Sep 30, 2015 05:29
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Here's mine! Made a sort-of orchestral version of Blue Spotted Tail by Fleet Foxes. https://soundcloud.com/koivunen/blue-spotted-tail-cover
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Sep 30, 2015 23:57
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Haven't car tested yet, but I'm not gonna have any more time to work on it today: Radiapathy: Penelope (Pinback cover) Here's the original song, if you've never heard it.
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Oct 1, 2015 15:19
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I've been recovering from surgery so I haven't updated my track yet - give me this weekend and I'll submit another losing track for y'all.
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Oct 2, 2015 18:30
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treasureplane posted:Holy poo poo, I actually finished one for once. Here are the entries so far. Still waiting on magnificent7, Hawklad, CaptainViolence, and COOL CORN. Four entries makes a pretty small contest, so the deadline is extended to October 8th. I will be posting the contest late at night on the 8th. Any thoughts on where it should go this time?
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Oct 2, 2015 23:45
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GBS still seems like the place, if only for the number of eyes. Just need to make sure to turn our shitpost filters up full blast before reading the thread.
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Oct 3, 2015 01:16
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Updated the mix on mine. Same link. Lyrics in the metadata of the MP3.
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Oct 6, 2015 06:05
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Almost done with the final OCD mix.
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Oct 7, 2015 01:39
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Unless anyone else has any more input, the contest will be posted in GBS on October 8th, late at night. This leaves one more day to cram your jam.
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Oct 7, 2015 19:49
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hey sorry... i am out. It's all your fault.
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Oct 7, 2015 21:24
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My entry is almost done...give me about an hour and it'll be pure gold. edit: https://soundcloud.com/hawklad/jacobladder GBS is gonna eat this poo poo up Hawklad fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Oct 9, 2015 |
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Oct 9, 2015 03:05
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Okey dokey folkies, thread is posted! http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3745859 Good luck, all!
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Oct 9, 2015 09:53
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If we want views and votes we need to keep bumping the thread since it's not stickied.
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Oct 9, 2015 20:53
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Would it be possible to get the thread stickied?
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Oct 9, 2015 20:54
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I voted for myself. Pissed I didn't just submit my crappy version of the cover. I mean, drat, then at least I'd get a B for effort.
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Oct 10, 2015 00:05
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Instead you got an F, mag7. Same grade I gave your mom.
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I avoided looking at the voting thread all day, fearing the carnage. But it's more of a ghost town. I commented/voted.
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