2024 Do Something Challenge - Season One - Week One

[DrewJD82]

Just to make sure no one misunderstands or jumps to conclusions (not that I think @la szum or anyone else is doing that...):

I started on my track above about a minute after posting the OP for this thread. I did have the two clean parts already worked out Friday, but all the rest was fly by the seat of my pants yesterday morning.

Right after I finished mine @LiveeviL2000 sent me the link to his song above and I urged him to post it here, not realizing it was completed on Friday, not Saturday and honestly not really caring cause it's so much fun and I knew it would get an appreciative audience in this thread and the DSC crowd would enjoy it. He's been advised that his first post will not earn a point towards the challenge - but have no fear, he's working on another right now - not sure anything tops Potty Time, but he's still a talented musician.

And, for those who don't know, @LiveeviL2000, @megametal7 and I were the band Ghost Shadows... we tried to get @DrewJD82 to sing for us but he was too busy at the time helping to launch some forum where people sit around and praise Badlanders all day while waiting for new Helix updates and the credit card payments from @FuzzyAce.

In the end, as we've seen in the past, the rules aren't here to be restrictive, but more to keep the spirit of this intact: do something with your gear - present tense.

We now return you to clinging tenaciously to a toasty buttocks, already in progress.

I still feel bad about that and I'm pretty sure some other people were waiting on vocals for me around that time. This forum wasn't even an idea yet around that time, that was my divorce days and I wasn't getting a whole lot of anything done but existing!

 

[FuzzyAce]

Just to make sure no one misunderstands or jumps to conclusions (not that I think @la szum or anyone else is doing that...):

I started on my track above about a minute after posting the OP for this thread. I did have the two clean parts already worked out Friday, but all the rest was fly by the seat of my pants yesterday morning.

Right after I finished mine @LiveeviL2000 sent me the link to his song above and I urged him to post it here, not realizing it was completed on Friday, not Saturday and honestly not really caring cause it's so much fun and I knew it would get an appreciative audience in this thread and the DSC crowd would enjoy it. He's been advised that his first post will not earn a point towards the challenge - but have no fear, he's working on another right now - not sure anything tops Potty Time, but he's still a talented musician.

And, for those who don't know, @LiveeviL2000, @megametal7 and I were the band Ghost Shadows... we tried to get @DrewJD82 to sing for us but he was too busy at the time helping to launch some forum where people sit around and praise Badlanders all day while waiting for new Helix updates and the credit card payments from @FuzzyAce.

In the end, as we've seen in the past, the rules aren't here to be restrictive, but more to keep the spirit of this intact: do something with your gear - present tense.

We now return you to clinging tenaciously to a toasty buttocks, already in progress.

 

[Iron1]

I still feel bad about that and I'm pretty sure some other people were waiting on vocals for me around that time. This forum wasn't even an idea yet around that time, that was my divorce days and I wasn't getting a whole lot of anything done but existing!

I was trying to give you a funny out… but ya had to go all sad on us. Such a metalhead… sigh.

 

[guitargai]

Y'all dropping dat heat quick. Whipped this up this morning, rough cuts, no fills and all. #garagerock

sounds great! what are you using for drums, @Whizzinby ?

 

[DrewJD82]

I was trying to give you a funny out… but ya had to go all sad on us. Such a metalhead… sigh.

 

[mbenigni]

Y'all dropping dat heat quick. Whipped this up this morning, rough cuts, no fills and all. #garagerock

Love it. Heavy section brings to mind Nirvana's In Bloom.

 

[mbenigni]

I wasn't intending on getting in on this one due to wasting glorious amounts of time learning the new studio monitors, but when I was checking out the submissions earlier, vocal stuff started popping in my head when I was listening to @Whizzinby's tune. Some stuff just lends itself to throwing a melody over the top, the longest part of recording this was coming up with lyrics.

HOLY FUCK, Drew. You sound like 4 or 5 of the greatest singers of the 90's in the space of about 3 minutes here.

 

[mbenigni]

Can't see to get Audius to work right, so Soundcloud it is:



Will likely upload to Audius when I can and edit this post to the Audius link...
[EDIT: Audius finally complied...]

This - the "clean" guitars in particular - reminds me of the (IMO underrated) Ripper Priest album "Jugulator".

 

[mbenigni]

This is just. So. Good.

And you posted it so fast I almost missed it.

 

[Whizzinby]

sounds great! what are you using for drums, @Whizzinby ?

GetGoodDrums, the Modern and Massive pack.

 

[PLX]

This is just. So. Good.

And you posted it so fast I almost missed it.

I was struggling with that track for a while, then set it aside (unfinished) and worked on other things.

Early yesterday morning (2am) I downloaded Ozone 11 and re-mastered what I had, spent several hours finishing it when I noticed @Iron1 had opened this thread.

 

[PLX]

https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14712914

Double-tracked guitars, MXR Distortion+

 

[ᛗᛜᛜᚺDᛜᎶ Ꮤᛨᚳᚴ]

https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14712914

Double-tracked guitars, MXR Distortion+

Tight riffs! Thanks for sharing!! The audius version you had up was just spinning when i tried to load it, but this soundclick version worked just fine. FYI for those using audius, their troubles may have overflowed into today's offerings!

 

[PLX]

The audius version you had up was just spinning when i tried to load it, but this soundclick version worked just fine.

Audius struck it down because of copyright infringement.

I paid a guy on teh YouTube to rip the guitar out of the studio track using AI, and make me a backing track so I could play along with it.

From my experience, Soundclick just doesn't care.

 

[mbenigni]

https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14712914

Double-tracked guitars, MXR Distortion+

Cool you posted this, because as I was listening to “Breakfast”, I kept getting a mid-70s Iommi vibe, and then I thought I recognized a little phrase from Randy’s Diary of a Madman solo. But I had no idea if you were a fan of either, or whether I was just projecting my own obsessions as per usual.

 

[PLX]

Cool you posted this, because as I was listening to “Breakfast”, I kept getting a mid-70s Iommi vibe, and then I thought I recognized a little phrase from Randy’s Diary of a Madman solo. But I had no idea if you were a fan of either, or whether I was just projecting my own obsessions as per usual.

I use Randy's "Lost Solo" to build up finger strength and dexterity.

 

[DrewJD82]

HOLY FUCK, Drew. You sound like 4 or 5 of the greatest singers of the 90's in the space of about 3 minutes here.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Started this one today. A few ideas that I just threw together. Didn't spend much time mixing and I'd like to expand on it more but for now it is what it is.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Started yesterday, finished today.

Jerry Was A Racecar Driver

Primus cover

on.soundcloud.com

 

[murphy brown]

Thanks for tuning in ladies and... well... whatever the rest of you are...

Welcome to the Maiden Broadcast of W*T*G*F!
The best radio station not actually on the radio, but still broadcasting across the airwaves ™ Don't ask how that works, never question magic...

That's right girls and... well... whatever you are... the Do Something Challenge is back for 2024 and this time, we're LIVE on the newest, coolest, hippest, (insert superlative)est radio station in existence!

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Today marks the most historic moment in your wasted lives as we embark on this momentous journey into the great unknown! That's right! The Do Something Challenge 2024 Season begins now! As in the past, this season will run for 8 weeks. Each week ends at Midnight on Saturday, regardless of when the next week's thread is posted. And, along with all the other standard rules (click here for said rules), the fine folks at WTGF have concocted

the ULTIMATE GRAND PRIZE for 5 lucky wieners winners!​

Yes Indeedy! This announcement is guaranteed to turn @DrewJD82's Brown Eye Blue! Nevermind all the Taco Bell and Milwaukee's Best it took to prime that pump... see above, re: don't question magic!
What is it you ask? What could be so stupendously magical that all of YOU will want to get in the game on this one? Fame? Fortune? A lifetime supply of bad dad jokes?

If you see a robbery at the Apple Store does that make you an iWitness? ​

NO! Well, yes, I guess that part does, but NO! That's not what awaits the winner or winners!

In the never-ending quest to achieve bigger and better, we studied all those who came before us in the anal'ed halls of radio history! From Howard Stern's ill-advised phone call to Air Florida that promptly got him fired, to the legendary WKRP turkey drop we anal-ized, we watched, we learned. We said the word "anal" too many times...

And, then we decided not to do any of that stupid #$%#, instead we decided to launch something so amazing that it would honor the efforts of all our incredible
TGF Recording Artists...

: insert dramatic pause:

: continue pause for even more drama:

: keep pause going too long and now it's getting annoying:

: try to stop pause but button isn't working:

: panic:

: smash button with variety of objects at hand such as a rubber chicken, leftover 7-11 burrito, 1996 Korg tuner, @Iron1's IQ... wait, that last one was entirely too small to make an effective hammer:

: question life choices:

: realize all this time was spent hitting the pause button:

: push play button:

OK WE'RE BACK!!!

But, first a word from our sponsor!



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Where were we?

Oh yeah, the GRAND EST GRAND PRIZE OF ALL GRAND EST PRIZE GRANDS err... wait...

:re-reads cue card - mumbles unintelligiblely:

Ok, here we go:

The 2024 Do Something Challenge Season One Grand Prize is -



Err, sorry about that... stupid commercials alway interrupting the good stuff...

The 2024 Do Something Challenge Season One Grand Prize
brought to you by WTGF - The best radio station not actually on the radio, but still broadcasting across the airwaves ™
The Top Five Submitters (the five recording artists who submit the most entries this season) will earn a WTGF recording contract!

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"But, @Iron1 how does that work? The Gear Forum is a forum, not a record label?"

While we get this question all the time, the answer is: not really.

"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?" you ask?

Well, the almighty @David Lo Pan is opening up the very first TGF Youtube Channel. At the end of the season, the top 5 submitters will be offered the opportunity to have their two favorite submissions added to a 10-track Youtube Compilation Album, sponsored by WTGF! To clarify, "Top 5 submitters" is the 5 peeps who post the most qualified entries.

Like most actual recording contracts, you get nothing, have no rights and can't actually prove you had a recording contract. So, bear that in mind. Wait, I don't think we were supposed to tell you that part... what? Oh, I guess it's ok since WTGF is a fake radio station and not an actual blood-sucking record label.

Anyway, the top 5 submitters will have one week after the end of Season One to submit their two favorite entries to David for inclusion in the first TGF YouTube Do Something Challenge Compilation album. Don't call it just a playlist, it cheapens the illusion...

We are looking for someone who would love to help create the videos when the time comes >cough< @Moondog Wily >cough< so if you have solid video making skills and would like to join the entirely unpaid, often make-believe, staff of WTGF, please send a message to @Iron1

In the event of a tie, pistols at 40 paces will determine the winner... wait... HR says we can't do that anymore ever since the "Danny" incident... I miss him sometimes...

So, if there is a tie, we'll decide what to do about that when the time comes cause we're no where near organized enough to have thought of a solution for that yet. What do you think this is, a legit thing? Sheesh...
Now, what are you doing staring at the computer screen - GO! DO SOMETHING!!!!

The excitement in your announcement about the Do Something Challenge 2024 Season is contagious! While the ultimate grand prize has sparked curiosity, the journey itself seems like a wild ride.