May Contest: Gossip

[IrionDaRonin]

Yes, but the "bass" sounds sometimes, not always, and the octaves are only for the high plucked part in some final measures, not for the "bass". The "bass" always goes alone, never octaved.

I'm even thinking on putting here a little example of the song, a little part of the track could explain it better than me, hehe.

I will post it later, i must go right now.
See you later.

Have a good day

[coincidental]

I would say that using arpeggios has got to be fine in general - otherwise you'd be excluding Bach's violin partitas (less the occasional double stops), and that's a pretty decent monophonic work. Bach also sketches in bass lines etc - something you can hear Bobby McFerrin doing a lot.

But all of this involves no overlapping tones - or even reverb tails (although a little bit can be nice of course). The specific issue has to be over the degree of sustain of individual notes - either in themselves or as delays or reverbs.

And here I would agree that a harp gliss, for instance, wouldn't be within the definition - or perhaps any harp arpeggio apart from a very very slow one - as the notes would be heard to overlap, even though on a midi piano roll they might not.

The trouble is that it's very subjective - how much ambient or note-sustain overlap is acceptable? I dunno, but certainly you can imply harmony and counterpoint while remaining 100% monophonic within the definition.

Just MHO of course - maybe one month I'll pull myself together and enter...

[inboxzero]

Ok tune uploaded. Tried to keep it in the spirit of the competition, with some hacking of the release parameters. Hope nobody is too offended by it....

[IrionDaRonin]

Sorry to hear about your familiar, James.
Try to have a good week and good luck in the contest.

[furrytoes]

The only question for me was that some sounds, eg Reaktor which I would like to use, I think in many cases use a bunch of subtle underlying rhythmical movements. So I guess I'd have to limit the plugin sounds I use to fairly simple ones.

[My Ear Bleeds Wine]

Just recently discovered this site and found this section, very glad I did. seems like a great month to enter for the first time subjectiveness abound.

I have tried to enter within the rules of engagement however if anyone spots anything, pls let me know if it needs changing.

I have changed instruments, used long reverbs and played some notes in unison. Except for the notes in unison, I have only played one note at a time.

[folderol]

Well, I'm in this month. Now to start listening to everyone else and realise how crap my entry is

Oh, and welcome aboard My Ear Bleeds Wine.
P.S.
You really should see a doctor about that.
Hmmm,
Maybe a spiritualist

[nahkaorava]

Shiiet...!

Also new here, just found this forum! Cool to have this kind of competition,
it forces you to be creative and work in new ways! Definitely gonna participate in this one, got already my song under construction!

[My Ear Bleeds Wine]

Oh, and welcome aboard My Ear Bleeds Wine.
P.S.
You really should see a doctor about that.
Hmmm,
Maybe a spiritualist

Thanks matey.

Hmmm, or maybe Tesco's! I am sure they want an all new "Wax and Wine" styled beverage!



Edit: Noob Question but can anyone tell me what the voting proceadure is pls?

[forw]

Edit: Noob Question but can anyone tell me what the voting proceadure is pls?

Vote for your Top 10 favorite compositions, in order (most-favorite = #1, proceed downward).

Voting ends on ...

No voting for yourself. Voters must have had 20 prior posts, or at least have participated in the contest this month.

Once you place your vote, you cannot change it, unless permission has been granted by the moderator.

In the case of equal scores after voting, entries will be separated by how many 10 pts (i.e., how many #1 votes) they got, then 9 pts and so on. (Thanks to OSC for this rule.)

You must participate in voting to win prizes!

[My Ear Bleeds Wine]

Edit: Noob Question but can anyone tell me what the voting proceadure is pls?

Vote for your Top 10 favorite compositions, in order (most-favorite = #1, proceed downward).

Voting ends on ...

No voting for yourself. Voters must have had 20 prior posts, or at least have participated in the contest this month.

Once you place your vote, you cannot change it, unless permission has been granted by the moderator.

In the case of equal scores after voting, entries will be separated by how many 10 pts (i.e., how many #1 votes) they got, then 9 pts and so on. (Thanks to OSC for this rule.)

You must participate in voting to win prizes!

Yea I read that My bad, I guess the question should have been: How do you submit your votes?

[D.H. Miltz]

How do you submit your votes?

When the submission period is over there will be a thread started for voting, so you'll just post them there.

[My Ear Bleeds Wine]

How do you submit your votes?

When the submission period is over there will be a thread started for voting, so you'll just post them there.

Thanks mate, I will keep an eye out for the thread.

[bluedad]

Thanks mate, I will keep an eye out for the thread.

It will be a sticky toward the top of the Music Cafe forum. You won't have to look hard.

[Nystul]

I was just thinking it would be quite novel to pull out Delay Llama for this contest. Then I glanced at submission thread and see it's already been done!