It’s SpinTunes time again and though I have not joined in as a competitor, I did offer up my services to the Boffo Yux Dudes, who have an ongoing tradition of carpet-bombing the last round of SpinTunes with ‘shadow’ songs (i.e. not official competitors, but meeting the requirements of the challenge). This time around I […]
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Sounds like a Picture
I thoroughly enjoyed June’s Photo-a-day challenge, coming up with something musically-related for each of the diverse prompts. This month I’m making it a little more complicated and challenging by attempting to accompany each photo with a short piece of music: yes, a tune-a-day for the next month. They will be added to my Soundcloud page […]
Some Loose Ends
The challenges may be over, but the music keeps coming! The weekly deadline to the challenges meant that some pieces that I started were left incomplete, so that I ended up at the end with 8 or 9 tracks in various states of readiness. Some were little more than a piano riff or a line […]
Tryptophan Synthetase and other Songs
There is an album’s worth of songs that I have written for various Song Fu and SpinTunes challenges over the last few years, just kicking around the internet. As time passed, the quality of the songs improved, but they are all really just demo-quality tracks, so I’ve never really wanted to put them out in […]
SpinTunes Round #1
It has been a while since I last undertook a musical challenge. Song Fu has passed on, but in its place has risen SpinTunes. This is a similar set of challenges to Song Fu, but with a judging panel rather than a public vote. I missed the deadline for the competition itself, but did complete […]
Welcome Quickstoppers!
If you’ve arrived here via the link on the latest ‘Masters of Song Fu’ page, then Welcome! On the off-chance you enjoyed my entry into the first round (which is due to be made available later this week), you can find a wealth of additional music for free download (as well as real, physical CDs) […]
Masters of Song Fu – Round-up and In The Flesh
Just to finish off the Song Fu experience and tie up any loose ends, I have stuck all the songs together up on Last.fm, which is worth a look as a way to find new music similar to what you already listen to. Last week I made the trip back West to see one of […]
Masters of Song Fu – Update #11 – Bad Fish (The Song From ‘Jaws’)
You must choose one of those 1970’s Williams-scored Spielberg/Lucas flicks (JAWS, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, 1941, or STAR WARS). and write “The Song From…” that the film never had, in the style of a 1970’s pop tune (particularly in your instrumentation). And thus ended Song Fu… Here is my final non-competitive effort. The […]
Lunacy Board Downloads
I’ve had a few queries about making the Lunacy Board albums available on iTunes or similar, which I can finally answer, having looked into a number of possibilities. iTunes is not really an option for us at the moment, though I wouldn’t rule it out forever. For the moment we’re going with a crowd called […]
Masters of Song Fu – Update #8 – The Ballad of Rufus Amos Adams
Your task is to write a country ballad – using a backstory of your own creation – called “The Ballad of Rufus Amos Adams“. Here’s the song for Round 3 of the Song Fu challenge (you know, the one I was knocked out of at round 1):- Click here for the song For some background […]