Bass Comp 29

[HaVIC5]

All right the challenge for this week is to create a song based upon one of the four images below. When you enter, be sure to cite which image you based your composition off of. Rules are...

- Multitracking is allowed (encouraged by this point)
- Effects are allowed
- Instruments other than bass, including the human voice, are allowed so long as bass occupies a prevalent niche in the music
- Entry must be under five minutes

Here are the images, with thumbnails and then links to the englarged graphic.

IMAGE 1
http://galerie.jang.nl/photos/abstract/s_jangpics24.jpg
(http://galerie.jang.nl/photos/abstract/jangpics24.jpg)

IMAGE 2
http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs10/300W/i/2006/141/b/1/green_life____by_gnato.jpg
(http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs10/i/2006/141/b/1/green_life____by_gnato.jpg)

IMAGE 3
http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs8/300W/i/2005/303/b/e/dj_without_name__by_gnato.jpg
(http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs8/i/2005/303/b/e/dj_without_name__by_gnato.jpg)

IMAGE 4
http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs8/300W/i/2006/164/9/4/Solid_Geometry___by_the_final_I.jpg
(http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs8/i/2006/164/9/4/Solid_Geometry___by_the_final_I.jpg)

[Left Shoe]

is that the real pic 3?

[HaVIC5]

Why wouldn't it be?

[vheartagramv]

No, I don't think so. I believe it says "external links are not allowed".

EDIT: Well f*ck me, that is the image...

EDIT 2: Ok, so it isn't the image.

I don't believe in covering my edits. :thumb:

[HaVIC5]

Hmm yeah now its saying that. It wasnt before. I'll get another pic 3 up in a sec.

EDIT: Changed.

[roee_co]

when is it due?

[bottlerocket]

Stickied!

-Gav

[HaVIC5]

Lets say due...saturday.

[Left Shoe]

if i had more time than saturday id be in, i might just do one outside of the comp, i really dig picture 3 (predicition: almost everyone entering uses pic 3)

[willibassist]

if i had more time than saturday id be in, i might just do one outside of the comp, i really dig picture 3 (predicition: almost everyone entering uses pic 3)

i dunno, pic 2 could be good but you're probably right

[The JoZ]

Hell yeah, I already have an idea for the first one.

Excellent /mrburns.

[willibassist]

Hell yeah, I already have an idea for the first one.

Excellent /mrburns.

i get an industrial vibe from it.

[The JoZ]

i get an industrial vibe from it.

I can see how you would, but mine is going to be...

I'll dub it...

"Frantic Metal"

You'll see.

:naughty:

[roee_co]

My Entry: "Mixed Thoughts"

IMAGE 3

Its such a weird progressive rock song at least in my opinion.
lets just say its... different...

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=178887

[Akira]

That's pretty cool, I like the distortion.

[roee_co]

That's pretty cool, I like the distortion.

thanks, that's the best distortion i could get from cool edit pro2. i want a pedal so bad

[BenJammin]

Saturday? Oh, well, I'm definitely not in this one.

[HaVIC5]

If I bumped it back to next Tuesday, will that help?

[Nineteen Sank]

Alright, here's my entry, "Inversion," based off of picture number two. I chose it because of the strange coloring (making it look almost too vibrant or too colorful) and the camera angle, which almost makes it look like the world has been turned upside down. In short, I just got an eerie vibe from it. Hence, the title and mood of my song. Hope you guys like it. :)

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=545731

Oh, and sorry it's so quiet. I'm still working on my recording skills.

[AlmightyPancake]

If I bumped it back to next Tuesday, will that help?
Tuesday would be great for those of us taking midterms this week.








Being me.




:thumb:

[funkyhoney]

i've got some ideas, i may not be able to.. ill try, im going away on sunday

[ludwig109]

inversions cool. got bit of a classical feel too it

[ludwig109]

mary jane for pic 3
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=527720
(lo fi doesnt seem to work go for hi)
its rough, loud at parts loads of stuff wrong but ah well give it a shot

[VinnySixKnuckles]

mary jane for pic 3
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=527720
(lo fi doesnt seem to work go for hi)
its rough, loud at parts loads of stuff wrong but ah well give it a shot

that's pretty sweet. the bassline doesn't seem as prominent as it should be, but out of this context that song is really cool and matches the picture.

[ludwig109]

cheers vinnie
ill probably make a better one sometime but exams and such so
twas a rush job spent mmost of the time makeing the backround stuff out of voices.

[The JoZ]

I would say Tuesday is also good for me, because I'm going to *try* to find something better to record with this weekend :thumb:

My piece isn't done, but it's getting there. :naughty:

(Yes I'm overusing that smiley since I've been gone for a while)

[HaVIC5]

Tuesday it is.

[AlmightyPancake]

http://www.soundclick.com/jasondurso


"Rip 'n Burn (DJ Without a Name)"

[Nineteen Sank]

Hey Almighty Pancake, I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but what equipment do you use to make those drum beats and effects? How do you do your recording? You write some really cool stuff and I'm interested in expanding my recording options (right now, bass and Audacity aren't really cutting it...I had a keyboard, but even that broke on me).

[Akira]

http://www.soundclick.com/jasondurso


"Rip 'n Burn (DJ Without a Name)"
The beat was insane, not so sure about the bass though.

[AlmightyPancake]

The beat was insane, not so sure about the bass though.
Yeah, there wasn't much rhyme or reason to the tracks. I just kinda combined random things, and hoped it came out okay. I'm gonna redo it though.

As for how I do it, I record bass into an Edirol UA25 USB interface using Quartz studio free, then mix and add effects and drums using fruity loops.

[willibassist]

how do most people do the drums on their recordings

[The JoZ]

Yeah, there wasn't much rhyme or reason to the tracks. I just kinda combined random things, and hoped it came out okay. I'm gonna redo it though.

As for how I do it, I record bass into an Edirol UA25 USB interface using Quartz studio free, then mix and add effects and drums using fruity loops.

How much is that interface, and where did you buy it?

[HaVIC5]

I kinda was inspired with both Image 3 and Image 4 with this one, but moreso Image 3, so I'll say that. I used three different kinds of bass for this one - my upright, my fretless and my 7-string.

http://www.soundclick.com/thearmedpawn

[roee_co]

I kinda was inspired with both Image 3 and Image 4 with this one, but moreso Image 3, so I'll say that. I used three different kinds of bass for this one - my upright, my fretless and my 7-string.

http://www.soundclick.com/thearmedpawn

that's insane. great stuff

[Nineteen Sank]

I'm not sure of the rules, so I thought I'd go ahead and ask here...is it alright if I scrap my previous entry ("Inversion") and enter a new song I'll have finished before the cutoff date? I want to work with something involving a drum beat, so I'd pretty much have to completely redo the song (or just make a new one). If that wouldn't work, I'll just hold off until the next comp.

[muthafunkabass]

You can do that, people do it all the time.

[will66]

I kinda was inspired with both Image 3 and Image 4 with this one, but moreso Image 3, so I'll say that. I used three different kinds of bass for this one - my upright, my fretless and my 7-string.

http://www.soundclick.com/thearmedpawn

ahh very sweet man:thumb: how am I to compete against that!

[HaVIC5]

I'm not sure of the rules, so I thought I'd go ahead and ask here...is it alright if I scrap my previous entry ("Inversion") and enter a new song I'll have finished before the cutoff date? I want to work with something involving a drum beat, so I'd pretty much have to completely redo the song (or just make a new one). If that wouldn't work, I'll just hold off until the next comp.
Sure as long as its in by the time I feel like closing the comp on Tuesday.

[Aukai]

HaviC your version is making me trip really hard O_o, sounds like popcorn.

[HaVIC5]

HaviC your version is making me trip really hard O_o, sounds like popcorn.
The randomizer is a neat little tool on Fruity Loops.

[AlmightyPancake]

How much is that interface, and where did you buy it?
It was like, 200 bucks at the VA beach guitar center.


btw, you can find the actual project for that drumbeat on my soundclick now too. It's not done/mixed yet, but it should give you an idea of what I was working on before i just took the beat.

[HaVIC5]

OK, I feel like closing the comp. I'm posting a voting thread now.

[will66]

wait nooo! let me enter really quick

www.soundclick/wills

"multi-track"

for pic 4