February Contest: Submission

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Dynamics

Musical Dynamics indicate the loudness of music.
We may know some of the Italian terms piano and forte to indicate soft and loud.

This month, your comp should should make use of this technique!

You may use any musical genere, and any musical device at your disposal


Submissions MUST follow these rules:

1 - encoded in either .mp3 (192kbps or lower if fixed rate ... average of 192kbps or lower if VBR) or .ogg format (quality level 6.00 or lower)

2 - A STRICT MAXIMUM of TWO MINUTES in length. If it shows up as 2:01 in my player, then I'll allow it for reasons of rounding in different players. But you shouldn't take that chance! Any longer gets a DISQUALIFICATION. That said, if a submitted track is over length, all contestants should feel free to mock the offending entrant mercilessly into getting permission to enter a new version of correct length.

3 - entered into the contest by posting a DIRECT LINK in this RULES & SUBMISSIONS thread (use the GOSSIP thread for everything else). If you cant provide a direct link, please contact one of the following people listed below, they will be happy to help you out. These people provide free hosting for the purpose of this contest only! They are not a hosting service. When contacting these people, please take the effort to understand the terms and conditions they provide).

Providers:
1 - knockman
2 - scoops
3 - watto
4 - kovacs


In Addition...
Kara at www.kara-moon.com/forum has offered "self service" space. Log into the forum to find out more


4 - Submitted before 11:59 PM Sunday, February 22th, 2009

5 - Your entry must be composed specifically for this contest

6 - Your entry meust be created using at least some audio plugins, virtual synths, or software studio

7 - your entry should have the FILE named in a format of "yearmonth_artistname_tracktitle" (ie "0902_artistname_tracktitle.mp3"), where the artistname is the same as your KVR name. Please, do not use spaces and special charaters in the filename. I will be booting for improperly tagged comps (this will not be a DQ, just a little reminder that you din't tag your comp correctly). Special considerations will be given to those that have the hosting agent change the tag.

8 - IF you are going to tag your mp3, the artist name is to be the same as your KVR name, and the title tag is to be the name of your tune(help us out, okay? it's easier to sift through labelled entries)

9 - One person can participate either with one entry, with one entry and one collaborative effort or with two collaborative efforts.' - no resubmissions without permission from the moderator, INCLUDING for time-overage correction. PM me for permission!

10 - Any tracks not adhering to these guidelines will be very naughty indeed. Possibly disqualified upon peer review. And at least mocked for all to point and giggle.

11 - Voting (members must have at least 20 posts to vote ... although contest entrants are exempt from this ruling) will run from the submission deadline until 11:59 PM Saturday, february 28th - anyone voting for themselves will find ALL their votes disqualified - any entrants not voting will also be
disqualified


PRIZES

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Ben from Camel Audio has been so kind as to donate a prize of ANY of their
products this month (and later months until further notice).

Shannon from Another Small Clue has provided us Poise for this month (and later months until further notice).Thanks Shannon
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Quinto from SKNote Software Sound Synthesis has donated a copy of Attackease for the contest this month. Thank you Quinto.
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Last edited by Scoops on Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:30 pm, edited 2 times in total.
I have a really fast computer, some good mics, vintage musical instruments, and lots of fancy software. Just need some talent

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the way this one came out, you'd think farlukar made it :hihi:

http://www.psy-t.com/0902-Psy-T-Rookies_Mitt.mp3
Rookie's Mitt

A dream - or more accurately - a nightmare - of a rookie player in some sport where you have to catch a ball with a mitten (baseball maybe?)


as usual, made with Reason.
https://melodyklein.bandcamp.com/
Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.
Cecil B. DeMille (1881 - 1959)

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this my first contest entry ever here, i tried to keep it dynamic.

Giving Birth To A Demon

100% synthesis, no sample used.

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we also love her when she cries

glitchedbabycry

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http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/6/25/ ... renade.mp3

another noteflight quicky:

Dynamic Serenade

I whisper in your ear. You can barely hear.
That you are my first true love. I bet you did not comprehend.

I shout out love for you. So, everyone can hear.
That you are my first true love. I repeat that you're my first true love.

I whisper in your ear. I shout out love for you.
This is only for you. And this is for everybody.

Stalking you online. Walking by your house.
Talking good to your friends. Loving your new hair.
You're the best in the universe. I can't think of a new verse.
So, I transfer to another bus. You're right around the neighbors.
We're meant to be cause you can drop that beat low.
Whenever you smile, I never get tired.
Whenever you're here, I hear a song in the air.
Whenever you're in town, play this song out loud.

Here's my heart for you. Just say you love me too.
If you don't want, then nevermind. If you want it, then click yes please.

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well, i've broken my resolution, not to participate till i have a cd ready ... :

Broken Resolutions

inspired by a short midi-file from Puremagnetik with several Zebra 2, some Synplants, Kontakt, Ironhead and Kore Player, some effect plugs and made in Ableton Live 7

have fun!

m :)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/2/5/2 ... utions.mp3
"It dreamed itself along"

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As I can't do dance tracks or soundscapes I decided to do a sort of Pixies quietLOUD style track with nonsense lyrics. Enjoy?

I Gave Up Everything
can't sing, can't play, looks awful.....

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OK, here's my submission. I think it works :)

Creatures From The Deepoggmp3
It wasn't me! (well, actually, it probably was) - apparently no longer an 'elderly', now a 'senior'! Is that promotion?

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No Ordinary Love Song

Lyrics:
Did you go everywhere that you wanted to go
Did you do everything that you wanted to do
Did you say everything that you wanted to say
Just turn around and I'll be waiting

Did you feel like you wanted to feel
Did you touch like you wanted to touch me
Did you kiss like you wanted to kiss
This is no ordinary love song

Did you look like you wanted to look
Did you love like you wanted to love me
Did you taste like you wanted to taste
This is no ordinary love song

Did you feel like you wanted to feel
Did you touch like you wanted to touch me
Did you kiss like you wanted to kiss
This is no ordinary love song


Parental listening warning:
This song kicks in hard.
So adjust your volume and sensibilities accordingly!

Used: The regular suspects on guitar and bass.
Also: 4L, Glaceverb, Easy Vox, ADT, Odd Odo Delay, EZ Drummer/Battery 3
Spectralive NXT and Mackie Final Mix

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Draught

>> Ogg Vorbis << | >> mp3 <<

Brought to you by OneGamelanOnly.
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ministudio - Hotel Room Production

"I'm for 10 days in San Francisco for my work.
My room is on the 14th floor of Omni Hotel, California Avenue.
I brang with me some stuffs to make some music"

This is more or less what i say in the lyrics.

Here is my studio:
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You'll appreciate the monitoring material.

I used GarageBand which i didn't know at all.. With pluggins i didn't know... on a OS I don't know well.
A nightmare to put this picture and to finish this mp3 file:

:arrow: ministudio

Xavier

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General Dynamics!

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http://www.victorlams.com/kvr-vst/0902_ ... namics.mp3


Using a pun on the name of a certain tank manufacturer (with a tank plant not far from where I live), I examine the sad story of an industrial engineer whose quiet life becomes quite noisy when he steals a tank -- showing that maybe a more general approach towards dynamics is healthier in the long run.

Alchemy, Minimonsta, Sonik Synth 2, Jamcussion, backwards guitar chord (Ibanez through Amplitube), and a number of effects.

Lyric:
He's thinking about getting the band back together
But he knows there never really was a band
He found a funny video he'd like to show his son
But he won't see him until next weekend.
And it's too early to get excited about going home
According to the 20-year clock up on the shelf
Not that there's anything to get excited about
And these brackets won't design themeselves.

General Dynamics!
You can't be quiet, you can't be loud
General Dynamics!
Don't deny it, stand out from the crowd
Because when you look back at all your time
and find that from it all you shrank
That's the time to break out of line
And steal yourself a tank.

Maybe it was a problem with AutoCAD
Maybe just missing the life he'd never had,
After years of being nothing he just wanted to be bad,
And that night he was working late.
He had a friend in the guard at the shack
They'd gone to school together many years back
And so just by faking a heart attack
He subdued him and made it through the factory gate.

Fire that bad boy up
M-1-A
Slam that hatch door shut
They'll finally listen, today.

General Dynamics!
Quiet time is over now
General Dynamics!
Never liked this fac'try anyhow
Like Hell! the Earth belongs to the weak
Or to those whom it destroys
Maybe they'll listen when you speak
If your tank backs it up with noise.

None of this was really necessary
Could have avoided the run-in with the military
And the Page One obituary
With a little general dynamics.
GLHF! (Gandalf Lives, Hobbits Forever!)

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:arrow: Lost in Art - Part 2

i'm not really very good with these technical themes but always enjoy stretching myself.

regards

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Childhoods Dreams


In my dreams, I heard mermaids
Now I know they were not shades
From the past, she was as before
Oh please, my beauty, lead me to your world
we need to return, go right back, both of us, to my childhoods dreams

We must never return, in our memories
The time of our childhood was wonderful
now the past died, and it's always grey above my head
How can I dream again as I dreamed before?
How can I live again in my childhoods world ?



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many thanks to James (a.k.a OffTheWall) who improved and sang over this music the text i sent to him.

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Echo Voodoo presents
:arrow: Time to Read

(1:53 long, approx. 2MB standard VBR mp3)

Used: FL Studio 8, Zoom H2, Flea soprano ukulele, Zebra, Jamstix2, Boobass, Boogex, Runciter, Uhbik-A, Classic Compressor, Duet, Barricade, Fruity Parametric EQ2, Fluid


February is I love to read month.

Lyrics:

I feel like taking an hour or two
to engage in some romantic daring-do
And maybe I will take a little time
to step right out and solve a major crime

So keep it down or can't you see
We're into our romance and mystery
Trying to fill a literary need
With another good book to read

A good book can carry me away
From an average and ordinary day
yeah

So keep it down, leave me alone
Close the doors and turn off the phone
'Cause all I ever really need
Is a little more time to read

All I need is time to read
All I need is time to read
All I need is time to read
All I ever really need
Is a little more time to read

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