🎄 Christmas Track Challenge

Fin25 · December 27, 2018, 10:30pm

Done.
Well, there’s a fumbled transition at 1:40ish but I can’t be bothered to record it again.
Just to be clear, this is very NSFW.
I’LL SAY IT AGAIN…NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

Merry Christmas you filthy animals.

Vorlis · December 23, 2018, 2:09pm

Fin you legend! this put me in the Christmas spirit rightly, the snowman has been called and the tequila is out!

anguslocke · December 23, 2018, 2:09pm

ok, I made this a few years ago, but I’ll share just for fun:

All OP-1:

TonyDS_1 · December 23, 2018, 2:13pm

Sounds like it’s based on a Rotterdam style first executed in the early 90s

Fin25 · December 23, 2018, 4:58pm

That was the intention. I’d like to think if I was 20 years older I’d have been famous (at least in the Netherlands).

olibol · December 23, 2018, 4:27pm

hahaha funny reminds me of that thunderdome christmas cd

Fin25 · December 23, 2018, 4:57pm

That was my first and only Christmas themed cd purchase.

amku · December 23, 2018, 5:57pm

love the reharms and the 8bit sounds, this is right down my alley!

Munro · December 23, 2018, 6:36pm

Just finished mine. Need to practice performing it (which is tricky) and record it. Will be done tomorrow!

sezare56 · December 24, 2018, 2:28am

Dedicated to my wife who left me a few weeks ago.
The song is not finished, like our relation.

Octatrack + QY100 + H4N, no daw.
I hope I’ll found energy to mangle this shit with OT one day…for now, not sure I can do better tomorrow.

Snipecatcher · December 24, 2018, 4:04am

Best wishes for a loving, peaceful resolution

zpink · December 24, 2018, 5:27am

Bloody brilliant track man!
Hope tings’ll work out for you and Christmas not sucking to bad.

defenestration · December 24, 2018, 4:03pm

this is very, very good and powerfully honest music - sad and chilling, a strong sense of longing and hope for happier times, but with a bittersweet sense of acceptance, the pitch shift echo at the end gives me a sensation of trying and failing to rewind a situation back to its beginnings

has a bit of ‘nightmare before christmas’ aesthetic/vibe, but it’s simultaneously brighter, darker, and more human - there are a lot of contrasts in this piece that work together in very strong and interesting ways

Munro · December 24, 2018, 4:10pm

I’ll see all your clever musical stuff and raise you some noise:

Sherelle · December 25, 2018, 5:28am

Sorry, you all. I won’t be able to get my track in by the deadline. I’ll try to get in in on the 26th or 27th (sometimes life just gets in the way). I don’t expect any votes, but some comments would be nice.

Merry Christmas!

Fin25 · December 25, 2018, 12:53pm

I don’t mind waiting a couple of days extra to accommodate your piece. I doubt most of us will have voted before then anyway. Not that I’m in charge or anything…

Merry Christmas

amku · December 25, 2018, 3:21pm

the more the merrier! I say we can extended to new years eve.

konputa · December 25, 2018, 3:35pm

Sadly, I’m in the same situation as @Sherelle. I was really excited about my ideas for this challenge but I’ve been swamped with travel and work and haven’t had a free weekend for 3 weeks.

I like what I’ve heard so far from everyone.

Oh, and Merry Christmas if it means something to you.

sezare56 · December 25, 2018, 3:43pm

So be it.

Sharris · December 25, 2018, 5:02pm

I thought today was the deadline & was gonna scramble to make something. If it’s open until News Years eve, cool, if not, I’ll still make something
Looks like there are a few other late comers, if the deadline isn’t extended, we can have a round 2