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Round 3 is finished, I'll be taking a break for a bit to record a "real" album, but I'll be resuming this once I'm finished.

48 Hour EP Vol. 3
1. Probably
2. T Is For Text
3. Steely Don
4. Dog
5. Woven Nest

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Round 3:

bleo wrote:

Song for a children's show. Teaching kids proper txt msg etqte lol >_<

Cartoon Bomb wrote:

I will resubmit this with more info...of course I don't expect you to take it up smile

"Basically, the Shaggs wrote sweet little songs about love, cars, and goofy nonsensical crap.  It was kinda like the beach boys, but written by 14 year old girls in the 60's.  The most challenging part for you would be the music, because it defies everything you've ever known about structure and melody.  They cannot play at all.  The guitarist usually plays one note per syllable, following the vocals, but not in any scale.  The vocals change notes every syllable.  The drummer is not able to keep time.  It has a haunting vibe to it that encourages lamenting of lost childhood/innocence to the listener.

enso wrote:

Genre: 60s & 70s Italian Soundtracks
ex:

Concept is something like you sold all your belongings and took a roadtrip across Europe in order to fulfill your goal of finding the best cup of coffee. Could be instrumental or not! (if it does have vocals, I'd love to hear some harmonies in this style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31kTjszwaDc )

10k wrote:

Alt country, epic story-telling track, game boy, some kind recorder (wooden wind instrument, to be clear), guitar and lyrics about a woman who loves a man, but has to leave because he beats on her, or drinks, or has gone crazy from years of "working the land" and it is heaps sad and everything.

It must have eight verses, no chorus, but maybe some kind of repeated phrase at the end of each verse, so the recorder can really shine.

DID I MAKE ROUND THREE?
I ask because I think you could make this song fucking amazing.

low-gain wrote:

Write a love song for my girlfriend ... only you haven't met my girlfriend. wink

48 Hour EP Vol. 2
1. Bring Back My Horse
2. Maison Acide
3. May Not Comply
4. Fighting Food With Fire
5. "Best Friends" (The Musical)

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Round 2:

Decktonic wrote:

Genre: Blues.
Lyrics: Sing about how you had a girlfriend and a horse, and you loved that horse more than anything, and then your girlfriend left you and took your horse with her, and now you have nothing and you don't want her back, just the horse.

PlainFlavored wrote:

Genre: Acid House

edit: in 7/8

second edit: vocoded vocals about being at a wine and cheese rave

third edit: at the end of the song someone puts GHB all over the caviar so it

slows

down

to

40

BPM

calmdownkidder wrote:

J. Arthur Keenes vs The Establishment

raucous thrash punk rock

tacticalbread wrote:

Genre: New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Lyrics: Sing about how much you love making toast.

Battle Lava wrote:

Genre: Musical (the genre word I chose may not be perfect, so interpret it how you like)
Lyrics: You and your best hometown friends write a song together about how you all met each other and the funniest times you've had together.

edit: oh and you all have to sing together

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48 Hour EP Vol. 1
1. It Ain't Hawaii (Citizenship Enforcement Squad theme)
2. Birthday Cake for The Pope
3. Incestuous Union
4. Whatever You Want
5. Miles "Tails" Prower Was Too Good To Me

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Round 1:

herr_prof wrote:

make a surfy insturmental thunderbirds-esqe theme about a super group who goes around the world trying to prove that obama isnt a us citizen.

but with LYRICS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwhMl60b668

arfink wrote:

Song title: Birthday Cake for the Pope
Lyrical concepts: Gregorian chant, in latin (EDIT: latin is optional. You may also use Hebrew, Greek, or Old English. Or at least some archaisms.)
style: Amen breaks

rallyj wrote:

Style: 70's Funk
Lyrics: Go for something along the lines about how you were chasing a girl you were in love with, until you finally figured out that you are actually related, and the it just got really awkward between the two of you.

Cesque wrote:

Style: Chip Prog Rock... the more different time signatures the better.
Lyrics: Use http://watchout4snakes.com/CreativityTo … graph.aspx and http://watchout4snakes.com/CreativityTo … tence.aspx to generate them all. Feel free to put whatever you want in the boxes!

Edit: Extra points if you run some of those phrases through http://www.translationparty.com/ too tongue

Zan-zan-zawa-butt wrote:

a torch song called "Miles 'Tails' Prower Was Too Good To Me"

I need y'all to do me a favour again and give me song titles/lyrical concepts as well as a style/genre/some kind of direction for me to start with.  I'm not going to look at this thread until tomorrow and then I will use the first 5 usable ideas.  Please try to be creative with your ideas and hopefully have them be something I haven't really done before.  Also, the goal of this is to write new original material, so no covers (people seem to like to ignore this) or anything of the like.

Once I'm finished recording them, i'll post them up for people to hear in a .zip.

Last edited by J. Arthur Keenes (Oct 28, 2010 2:24 am)

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Song title: Birthday Cake for the Pope
Lyrical concepts: Gregorian chant, in latin (EDIT: latin is optional. You may also use Hebrew, Greek, or Old English. Or at least some archaisms.)
style: Amen breaks

Last edited by arfink (Aug 30, 2010 8:10 pm)

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make a surfy insturmental thunderbirds-esqe theme about a super group who goes around the world trying to prove that obama isnt a us citizen.

but with LYRICS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwhMl60b668

Last edited by herr_prof (Aug 30, 2010 8:08 pm)

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Style: Chip Prog Rock... the more different time signatures the better.
Lyrics: Use http://watchout4snakes.com/CreativityTo … graph.aspx and http://watchout4snakes.com/CreativityTo … tence.aspx to generate them all. Feel free to put whatever you want in the boxes!

Edit: Extra points if you run some of those phrases through http://www.translationparty.com/ too tongue

Last edited by Cesque (Aug 30, 2010 8:25 pm)

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Fake Motown style medley.  Think Commodores or Four Tops, the kind of thing they'd close out a show with.  Bonus points for crowd noise and an extended "Thank you all, we love you, you made it all possible, good night ... " with a big stinger on the end.

Title:  Motown Medley
Lyrics:  "Ooooooo baby baby baby!  Ooooooo baby... baby baby oooooooo!  Etc."

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Style: 70's Funk
Lyrics: Go for something along the lines about how you were chasing a girl you were in love with, until you finally figured out that you are actually related, and the it just got really awkward between the two of you.

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A cover of randy newmans song "Pants".  Do it and I'll love you forever.

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a torch song called "Miles 'Tails' Prower Was Too Good To Me"

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Cover one of your favorite chiptune tracks, while adding lyrics and additional instrumentation.

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Make a country track. It can either be western style, like what you might hear in old western games, or more modern with synthesized or sampled guitar / banjo / etc. sounds, but it has to be certifiably country. Bonus points if it's perfect for square dancing.

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write a song in the style of the Shaggs.

please

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I've selected these five ideas:

herr_prof wrote:

make a surfy insturmental thunderbirds-esqe theme about a super group who goes around the world trying to prove that obama isnt a us citizen.

but with LYRICS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwhMl60b668

arfink wrote:

Song title: Birthday Cake for the Pope
Lyrical concepts: Gregorian chant, in latin (EDIT: latin is optional. You may also use Hebrew, Greek, or Old English. Or at least some archaisms.)
style: Amen breaks

rallyj wrote:

Style: 70's Funk
Lyrics: Go for something along the lines about how you were chasing a girl you were in love with, until you finally figured out that you are actually related, and the it just got really awkward between the two of you.

Cesque wrote:

Style: Chip Prog Rock... the more different time signatures the better.
Lyrics: Use http://watchout4snakes.com/CreativityTo … graph.aspx and http://watchout4snakes.com/CreativityTo … tence.aspx to generate them all. Feel free to put whatever you want in the boxes!

Edit: Extra points if you run some of those phrases through http://www.translationparty.com/ too tongue

Zan-zan-zawa-butt wrote:

a torch song called "Miles 'Tails' Prower Was Too Good To Me"

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Can't wait for this... I'm still amazed that the Oprah shmup turned out as good as it did.

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yay for sueprmarionation!

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48 Hour EP Vol. 1 is finished, turned out not too bad actually, I'll likely do another one soon, but don't post any new challenges yet.

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Yay for dropbox!