81 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

(29 replies, posted in Past Events)

I quite enjoyed this show, there were far more people there than I had imagined, though I implore anyone who may have captured video of me and wishes to post it somewhere to have some discretion in choosing a song in which I did not fuck up, there should be atleast one (I hope?), heh.

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82 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

(101 replies, posted in General Discussion)

some of my all time favourites that remind of how wonderful chipmusic can be:

Tobiah - I Love Your Music
peeR - Smile Chaser (I could say essentially track by him, and I'm tempted to say something off "Dances", but this one always gets me)
PDF Format - Report on Planet's Drinking Water
little-scale - Dallas, Four AM
The Depreciation Guild - Stuck Pig

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83 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

(94 replies, posted in Collaborations)

Each EP in 48 Hours, I always thought one track in 48 Hours was hardly a challenge, I mean that's a lot of hours...but, no, I'm not doing round 4 yet, I'm taking a break to record a "serious" album if you will, and then once that is finished I'll be coming back to this, it won't be in an identical format though.

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84 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

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Thanks, yes I love pretty much anything Stephen Merritt is involved in.  All of these are fairly influenced by his stuff, musically of course, but especially lyrically.  His music seems to contain so many of my favourite things, classic pop songwriting, exploration of many styles/genres, varied and unusual instrumentation, clever, tongue-in-cheek lyrics...

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85 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

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Thanks all, yeah, I think the thing was that I didn't enjoy making the 3rd one as much as the others, so I was sort of prejudiced against it.  In any case, they were all worthwhile, I mean it was only 2 days, I wouldn't have done anything else with that time and I'm definitely going to continue doing this sort of thing.

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86 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

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Hmm, that's odd, all of the links work for me, does this happen for anyone else?

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87 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

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Thanks, yeah, if you like that one, you'll probably like the others, I think they sort of descend in overall quality from 1-3.

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88 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

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Round 3 is finished, It's not as bad as I thought it was, still probably the worst of the three though.  enso: I tried to do what you challenged me, but it came out as some lame jazz fusion thing.  10k: I only did 4 verses because it would have ended up as atleast a 9 minute song if I had done 8 and I wasn't prepared to write so many lyrics...

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

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89 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

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whoops, double post

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90 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

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Round 3 was postponed a few days, I started yesterday it's pretty much done now, but it's mostly not very good...something went wrong with it.  A couple of the songs are okay (10k's and low-gain's challenges in fact), but it was sort of a painful process, I think it was a bad idea to use old challenges.  I might upload the whole thing just for the sake of completeness, but I'm tempted to just put up those 2 songs.  I think I've just grown weary of this format of it...I'm going to take a break from this to record a "real" album, but I'll continue with these in some other way as soon as it's done.

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91 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

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Heh, actually I graduated highschool a few months ago, I'm taking a year off and I don't have a job, so I have lots of time. But really with these things, I spend most of the time dicking around or not in the house, it's a pretty leisurely process actually, just because I don't second guess anything and things come easier when topics and genres are chosen for you.

Round three will be these challenges, then for the next rounds I think I will changes things up a bit...

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

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92 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

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Thanks guys, I think maybe the TMBG feeling is a combination of the accordion and the tongue-in-cheek aspect? Although I do get that a lot on other things I've done, so who knows, I've never listened to much TMBG (maybe I should?).  I think "Best Friends" (The Musical) is the best song I've written for this so far.

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93 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

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Volume 2 is finished, feast your ears.

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)



Round 3 will be using up old ones, so no new challenges are needed at the moment.

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94 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

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No, I think yours will be included in Round 3 along with the other ones that haven't been used, I haven't read it yet, but it looks long and was seconded so I assume it's pretty good.

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95 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

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Slight delay on Vol. 2 due to song corruption in LSDJ, 4/5 songs are recorded though and it should be up by tomorrow afternoon.  Also, please save your challenges until Round 3 starts, I'm not allowed to see them until it starts!  Round 3 will likely consist of existing challenges that haven't been used.

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96 Reply by J. Arthur Keenes

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I'll be doing the first 5, since they were all suitable and different enough from eachother. I'll do others as well if time permits.

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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