The Unexpected Guest
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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
