September Contest: Submission

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The World!

The participants here at the KVR Monthly Contest, come from all walks of life, from all over the world.
The theme for this month is to write a piece that celebrates the part of the world you come from.



1 - Submissions MUST follow these rules:

(a) encoded in either .mp3 (128kbps or lower if fixed rate ... average of 128kbps or lower if VBR) or .ogg format (quality level 4.00 or lower)

(b) 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.

(c) 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 ask, one can probably be provided

(d) submitted before 11:59 PM Sunday, September 24th, 2006

2 - Your track SHOULD also ...

(a) be composed specifically for this contest

(b) be created using at least some audio plugins, virtual synths, or software studio

(c) have the FILE named in a format of "yearmonth_artistname_tracktitle" (ie - "06_09_artistname_tracktitle.mp3") or something similar bearing this info.

(d) have AT LEAST the REAL artist and title fields of the file's ID tag completed (help us out, okay? it's easier to sift through labelled entries)

3 - Only one entry per person - no resubmissions without permission from the moderator, INCLUDING for time-overage correction. PM me for permission!

4 - 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.

5 - 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, September 30th - anyone voting for themselves will find ALL their votes disqualified - any entrants not voting will also be disqualified


PRIZES

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George from discoDSP has been so kind as to donate a prize of choice of any of thier current instruments (except Integral Bundle) for EVERY month this year.



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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).



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Alex at Progress Audio has been kind enough to donate a copy of Soup for this month.



There may be other prizes.


dont forget ... you can also check out all this months tracks in one easy process over on ...MARKLEFORD RADIO

... and download them all using garret's handy DOWNLOAD TOOL

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Have a Nice day
Last edited by Scoops on Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:53 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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Mr Fawlty

Well done to the August winners all the entries were great I was very busy so couldnt vote. :?
As I live is Torquay and have worked in the hotel Fawlty Towers was based on I did a remix of the theme tune.
Last edited by Dunks on Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:05 pm, edited 2 times in total.

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God blessed the States


Grab that burger with fries and shake
Grab that remote and turn on the game
Ignorin' the kids cause they're smokin' crack
and then you wonder why i drink a six pack


I love the states!

God blessed the USA!!!


You can't smoke cigars
You can't drink outside
You can't do anything without serving time
You gotta vote for this and you gotta vote for that
God damn where's my damn crack!!


I don't know why i put up the lyrics for you illiterate donkeys.
Recycle food, eat your shit.

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I've always been fond of Dungeness.
Situated on the south coast of England in Kent (where I live), it's a large shingle headland on which sits a nuclear power station, two lighthouses (one disused) and various ramshackle huts, cottages and fishing boats.
There's a quirky charm to this bleak, flat landscape.
I've tried to capture just a little of it in this tune
.

:arrow: (I Left My Heart In) Dungeness

But maybe this will give you a better idea.


I left my heart in Dungeness
It's a dismal place I must confess
But the power station's endless drone
Somehow makes me feel at home

We spent a week in a caravan
We did some things that we didn't plan
A driftwood garden amongst the stones
An empty lighthouse stands alone

The wind was cold so we held hands
Along the beach at Camber Sands
I never saw a sky so grey
We bought some chips from a takeaway



Sonar 5, ukulele, Kompakt, reversed guitar, toy xylophone

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:arrow: I'm from Tokyo

well, to be honest i'm not, but i've lived here for almost eight years and it's starting to feel normal now.

here's my paean to tokyo - city of contrasts! where crumbling cultural identity amid commercialism in extremis meets the ceaseless activity of the individual driving the collective machine ever onwards - forever ploughing forth into a utopian future the italian futurists would've been proud of. where supply outstrips demand and the soul expires on a daily basis as a new one is implanted with the desire for something better, shinier and....

lyrics

feel the old world
as it drifts away
'neath the pachinko.

let the salaryman
lead you by the hand
through the neon glow.

i'm from tokyo
hi-tech tokyo
come and visit me
i'll bring you cups of tea.

we'll watch some anime
i'll pour the sake
at karaoke
i'll sing you "my way".

machines in harmony
spells efficiency
and we don't tread on toes
and we don't blow our nose
in public.

not in tokyo, oh no.

and don't look for kimono
they died out years ago.

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eXT, minimogueVA, evol, cygnus, sfz, nanotron, manystation, psp nitro, kjaerhus classics, glaceverb.

regards

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I live between Toledo and Detroit, and frequently visit both (I work in toledo). Detroit has always had that 'dark', 'gotham' type feel to it, especially after dark. So, I have written this to depict that feel. Shows up as 2 min exact - so this doesn't have a lot of time to evolve - but I fit in what I could. Maybe some other time, I'll expand and make the piece feel a little less constricted.


City of Darkness

http://www.rimuldar.com/splynter/06_09_ ... rkness.mp3


Tools used:
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Kontakt 2
Sonar 4
EWQL Gold Orchestra
Absynth 3


Enjoy!

- Splynter

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Being new around here, thought I should say hi through the medium of song :)

I'm originally from Northern England, but have lived almost half my life in the South, mostly in our fine capital London. So this tune is both about London and about Yorkshire. I give you:

It's Grim Up North (London)

http://www.aovt82.dsl.pipex.com/06_09_l ... london.mp3

(I hope there aren't any touchy Londoners, or indeed Northerners, in these parts 8) )

Tools used:
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Fender Telecaster
Squier Jazz Bass
Boss ME50
Yamaha APX5A
Line 6 Toneport
Tracktion 2
Jamstix
Kjaerhaus Classics

And thanks to Sir David of Gedge for "inspiration" :hihi:

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I don't live in Barnsley any more
Have you tried to buy a flat cap down in London?
It'a a chore

Since I left your mardy bum up north
I've noticed that the girls down south are foxy
But they snore

Hampstead, Highgate, Belsize Park
Oh please
Stick em in your London Eye
Take me back to Leeds
Back to where the girls know how to tease
Back to where the pies are best
And they make proper cheese!

They might be northern monkeys
Back up home
But London's full of cab drivers
And all they do is moan
I can't stand the Underground no more
Hell's seven circles have got nothing on Zone 4

Battersea and Notting Hill
Oh please
Stick em in your London Eye
And take me back to Leeds
Back to where a pint has got a head
Back to where the whippets roam
And humour isn't dead


Best

levitator

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>>> Autorun

I come from the land of synthetic rock. Mixed with a sinus problem! Snot!!

:hihi:
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Well, I live in Berlin, Germany.
I decided to do a cover this time and to make things worse it's in german :D
To make up for this, I am trying to give some info about the meaning of the song and tried to translate the lyrics (pretty difficult), so sorry for the long post.

This song dates back to the time of cold war, when Berlin was still separated by The Wall and western Berlin was basically an island surrounded by the communist GDR. It describes a trip through the western Berlin of the early eighties and also mentions some typical characteristics of the city, like the big old houses with several backyards and the dog excrements on the street.
Bahnhof Zoo was the western Berlin central station, where all trains coming from West Germany arrived, it also was a meeting point for junkies, homeless people etc.
Kreuzberg is a part of Berlin, that is famous for its alternative scene and the large percentage of turkish immigrants that live there. During the seventies and eighties there have been several riots and street battles between students/alternative people and the police. Mariannenplatz, where several squats existed, was always a centre of these conflicts. Until this day, there are, now sort of ritualised and politically meaningless, riots happening on the first of May.
Before the collapsing of the wall, there were a couple of observation platforms on the western side of the wall, where you could look at the eastern part of the city. The Wall itself was protected by the so-called death strip on the eastern side, where people who tried to cross it were under heavy risk of being shot by the east german frontier police.

The original song is from a band called Ideal who became fairly popular in West-Germany in the early eighties as part of a new wave of german music with german lyrics, known as the "Neue deutsche Welle". They only existed for a couple of years, but their former lead singer, Annette Humpe, has a pretty successful new project going since a couple of years.

This version features my wife Mara on vocals. We had to shorten the song to obey to the contest rules, so the guitar solo and the last verse had to go.

Berlin


Here are the original german lyrics and my humble attempt at translating them:

Bahnhof Zoo, mein Zug fährt ein,
ich steig aus, gut wieder da zu sein.
Zur U-Bahn runter am Alkohol vorbei ,
Richtung Kreuzberg, die Fahrt ist frei,
Cottbuser Tor, ich spring' vom Zug ,
zwei Kontrolleure ahnen Betrug.
Im Affenzahn die Rolltreppe rauf,
zwei Türken halten die Beamten auf.
Oranienstraße, hier lebt der Koran,
dahinten fängt die Mauer an.
Mariannenplatz rot verschrien,
ich fühl' mich gut, ich steh' auf Berlin!
Ich fühl' mich gut! (Wir steh'n auf Berlin)
Ich fühl' mich gut! (Wir steh'n auf Berlin)

Graue Häuser, ein Junkie im Tran,
es riecht nach Oliven und Majoran.
Zum Kanal an Ruinen vorbei,
dahinten das Büro der Partei.
Auf dem Gehweg Hundekot,
ich trink Kaffee im Morgenrot.
Später dann in die alte Fabrik,
die mit dem Ost-West-Überblick.
Zweiter Stock, vierter Hinterhof,
neben mir wohnt ein Philosoph.
Fenster auf, ich hör' Türkenmelodien,
ich fühl' mich gut, ich steh' auf Berlin!
Ich fühl' mich gut, wir steh'n auf Berlin!


"Bahnhof Zoo" (Zoo station), my train arrives
I get out, it's good to be back again
Down to the subway, passing alcohol
Direction "Kreuzberg", it's a free passage
"Cottbusser Tor" I jump off the train
two inspectors are anticipating a scam
at breakneck speed up the escalator
Two turks are hindering the officials
"Oranienstrasse", this is the home of Koran
Further down there is the beginning of "the wall"
"Mariannenplatz", notoriously red
I'm feeling good I'm into Berlin

I'm feeling good (we're into Berlin)
I'm feeling good (we're into Berlin)

Grey houses a junkie in a daze
A flavour of olive and majoran
To the canal passing ruins
Further down there the bureau of the party
On the sidewalks dog excrements
I am drinking coffee at "Morgenrot"
Later on to the old factory
The one with the east-west overview
second floor, fourth backyard
next to me lives a philosopher
opening the window I hear turkish melodies
I'm feeling good I'm into Berlin

I'm feeling good (we're into Berlin)
I'm feeling good (we're into Berlin)

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Greetings from the U.S. Midwest.
Pat Metheny came blazing out of the Midwest in the mid 70's with a heady brew of Kansas City jazz, midwest folk and rock and roll. Big hair, big teeth and a big open sound like staring lost at the stars on a clear midwest summer's night. Here's a cover of his tune New Chautauqua.

http://nikp2000.com/09-06-nikp2000-new_chautauqua.mp3

Nick

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I spent more then a year in Asia and seven in America, now I'm back in Europe but it won't be for long. I'm wandering 'round here for a while: The Alps.
(...well, I'm not exactly settled here and IMHO Home is just a state of mind... :roll: )

Bridge to the past

Cheers

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My tune this month is about my neighbor and the infamous Mr. T

In 1986, the movie/TV star Mr. T clear-cut a large number of trees from around his mansion in Lake Forest, Illinois explaining that he had allergies. This resulted in controversy with his neighbors and led several North Shore communities to enact ordinances making the removal of old growth trees illegal.

Well, in real life I call my neighbor Mr. T. I'll let the before and after pics tell the story

Before (notice the house being built in the background behind the trees)
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After (Where did the trees go?)
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Done to a good Chicago Blues, I present to you Mr. T

enjoy

Scoops
P.S. I live about 45 minutes north of Chicago
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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SAKURAGA (Japan)
http://www.geocities.jp/k44100/mp3/06_0 ... KURAGA.mp3

A YMO-esque techno pop song based on the Japanese Iwato scale.
Sitar is used as it is my main instrument. But Varanasi (India) is sort of my second home town and much of Japanese culture originally came from India, for instance, the Japanese instrument Biwa is derived from Indian Vina, from which Sitar also originated. So it's got to be ok. :D
SAKURAGA can be read as a compound word combining Sakura (Japanese cherry) and Raga, and also as an incomplete Japanese sentence "Sakura-ga" (Japanese cherries are ...) that can be completed by just adding any adjective and it is left to the listener. :wink:
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Sitar
Guitar (ESP Soloist) + Johnson J-Station
Synth1
Stylus RMX
Reason 3.0
Slim Slow Slider LinearPhaseGraphicEQ
Steinberg VB-1, Reverb A, Double Delay, Peak Master, Dynamics, Loudness Maximizer

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Choc wrote: … You will discover the soundtrack of a french town which has been totally destructed by the allies during the Second War...My town: Brest...Even now, some german sub marine base are intact, we find some old bomb when we construct new building,...
Hello. I quoted Choc's post, because it made me think about whether I should do something about Germany, which is my home country, with all of it's sad and barbarous history. I've tried to work some of my feelings about it into this song.
I added a (sampled) accordion, because it somehow represents a big part of Germany musically (traditional Bavarian folk festival atmosphere...) but is really not limited to that. The vocals are, as usual, the weakest part. But it's the only voice I have, so I'm stuck with it, and so I am with

Germany

You've been a country of war,
Tell me why have you been
So devastating

So that even today
Being one of your people
Can be so frustrating

Germany
Thank God you're not what you used to be
Germany
But I didn't choose you to be my home country

While I've grown up in your hands
You gave me room to be part
Of a new community

Of those people who know
That you don't need a nation
To have an identity.

Germany
I didn't choose you to be my home country
Germany
But I cannot help - that you do mean Home to me.

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I live in the extreme west part of france, a country called Bretagne, this region is very celtic. A small advice if some day you should come here in holliday, never call a 'Breton' French !

The music you hear is a free deviation of a famous celtic theme. The verses are in 9/8 and the bridge is in 6/8.

If you think that it is a bit repetetive, you're right and that is typical britanny celtic music. I know celtic song (Tri Matelo amongst others) wha have 5 verses repeating over 2 chords.

Tools used :

The harp : a celtic harpe sampled and played live by me, masterkeyboard + hardware EMU sampler
The bass : Synth 1
Drums : 2 celtic Badhrans, which are the celtic version of the Irish Bodhran, sampled and played by Vsampler. The drums in the bridge are DR-008
Lead : My lady played it live, on WX11 with the Yamaha VLm and a patch I've created for here

The whole thing recorded & mixed in Magic Music Maker 2006 download edition.

Celtic Welcome

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