August Contest: Submissions "Francophone"

[DrApostropheX]

Francophone

It's time to pick a side: Love or Hate. Oh, no, wait. That was last month. This month we're doing something different! The challenge this month is to cover a piece by a FRENCH composer or musician. Why? Why not!

In order to make it more fun, it would be cool if everyone re-imagined a movement from Jean-Michel Jarre's "Oxygène" but as that would probably get tiring to listen to really quickly, why not work on something by pianist Érik Satie ("Gymnopedie") instead? You ever hear of Claude Debussy? Don't like synth or classical music? How about a rocking version of a Serge Gainsbourg song? Or just an original song in the style of "French Music" in general, whatever that means to you (please keep it respectful, though, and don't cause an international incident).

No time limit this month.



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Submissions MUST follow these rules:

1 - Encoded in either .mp3 or .ogg format.

2 - No minute time limit this month!

3 - Entered into the contest by posting a DIRECT LINK (note: THIS MEANS A DOWNLOAD LINK) in this RULES & SUBMISSIONS thread (use the GOSSIP thread for everything else). If you cant provide a direct link, please contact one of the following people listed below, they will be happy to help you out. These people provide free hosting for the purpose of this contest only! They are not a hosting service. When contacting these people, please take the effort to understand the terms and conditions they provide.

Providers:
2 - watto
3 - slartibartfast

In addition...
http://www.kara-moon.com/forum has offered "self service" space. Log into the forum to find out more.

4 - Submitted by early a.m. (US Central Time) Wednesday, August 28 .

5 - Your entry(s) must be composed specifically for this contest (or, if a cover, arranged/recorded specifically for this contest).

6 - Your entry(s) must be created with audio plugins or software studio.

7 - Your entry should have the FILE named in a format of "yearmonth_artistname_tracktitle" (eg "1908_MonDieu_OxygeneXVII.mp3"), where the artistname is the same as your KVR name. Please do not use spaces and special characters in the filename. Special considerations will be given to those that have the hosting agent change the file name.

8 - If you are going to tag your mp3--and you should--the artist name is to be the same as your KVR name, and the title tag is to be the name of your tune.

9 - One person can participate either with one entry, with one entry and one collaborative effort or with two collaborative efforts.

10 - Every submission has to be tagged with:
a) used instruments (virtual and 'real')
b) players' and singers' names (if other than entrant; collabs are allowed, sometimes encouraged, but they must be credited)
c) origin of loops and samples, if they're not free of copyright (this includes CreativeCommons material; please read and follow the license of the samples and loops you use); naming the origin of copyright free loops is also encouraged, but not mandatory. Please only use samples you are legally entitled to use.
d) name(s) of composer(s) -- if an entry is a cover this should be noted in the file name and/or the mp3 "Title" tag as well as the submission post (not everyone reads the submission posts).

11 - If there are strong doubts about the origin of the composition or parts of it, the participant should have the possibility to send a project file to the moderator, who could give it to a trustworthy person with the right host to examine it. Important: the participant should not be forced to do it.

12 - No resubmissions without permission from the moderator, INCLUDING for time-overage correction. Please PM me for permission.

13 - 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.

14 - 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 early a.m, September 1st. Anyone voting for themselves will find ALL their votes disqualified; any entrants not voting will also be disqualified.

If you have questions, send a private message to drapostrophex (that's me, Victor!) or ask in the gossip thread. There's a good chance I'll answer eventually!

[Music Bird]

https://soundcloud.com/pigeon-city/1908 ... -challenge
No hardware gear used.
Software:
PG8X (horns/brass/clarinets).
Dexed (flute, piano (e piano), and marimba).
Synth1 (bass and tuba).
Apari Tenpan (GM drums).
My try, a French cabaret Gypsy song. I unfortunately cannot post a download link.

[Laguna Rising]

V'la l'bon vent

HW:
'Swamp' DIY Strat Alesis solo tube pre, Shure beta58, H&K Tubemeister 5, Alesis Nanoverb, Rocktron Chameleon, Custom single-PU Jazz-bass, Zoom MS-60B, Electro Harmonix Soul Food, DigiTech FreqOut, Waldorf Rocket, Behringer D
SW :
Minimogue VA, NI Bandstand, NI Battery, String Theory, Glaceverb, Camel space, KeFir, LFX-1310, Kjarehus classic bundle, Fusion Field

[donkey tugger]

(please keep it respectful, though, and don't cause an international incident).

Errrrr....

Jeannie Foreigner

The hors d'oeuvres and accoutrements

Revelation electric 12 string geetar
Lindo Zodiac acoustic 12 string geetar
Variax 6 string geetar with TC Aeon and for the solo
Addictive drums
Rhyhmic robot Emulator Honkey Tonk Piano
GeForce Minimonsta
Kontakt Factory Library Strings
The nice lady from Google Translate
Some overwrought crooning

[pgvpgv333]

Viva la Korv
Ube 2
Dexed ewharp synthmaster 2 Keyzone classic Sektor
https://soundcloud.com/pgvpgv333

[pgvpgv333]

Listen only to Ube 2, please.

[beanpole]

Cover of Daft Punk's Da Funk and for a bit of variety I've added in Air's Sexy Boy bass line. Two French bands for the price of one

Da Sexy Funk

DAW
Tracktion 7

Instruments
Peavey electric guitar
Yamaha acoustic guitar
Shure SM 57 mic

Plug-Ins
Addictive Drums 2
TDR Feedback Compressor
TAL Reverb 2 & Chorus
Traction 4-Band EQ, Low/High Pass Filter, Compressor & Phaser
Sampletank 3
Synth 1
Vintage Drum Elements

[The Noodlist]

Tried to make it LoFi.
https://soundcloud.com/user-141946308/faux-pas2/s-jSSIy

[Hellfog]

https://soundcloud.com/psyerichybrid/re ... h1/s-s8Ysd

[per99]

In case somebody wonders, this song is inspired by Talking Heads and Igor Stravinskij. His ballet The Rite of Spring was first performed in Paris (Le Sacre du printemps in French), and the mother of the basist in Talking Heads was born in France. So...

Drowning
1908_per99_Drowning
Composer, singer: I, me and myself
https://soundcloud.com/per_bellener/1908_per99_Drowning
Cubase Essential 5. Instrument plugins: ZynAddSubFx, Kontakt Player Rock Guitar, GSCWDrums downloaded from Autodafe imported into Shortcircuit soft sampler, HalionONE Dark Precision Bass, Surge Synth, HalionOne Orchester Brass, HalionOne Yamaha S90ES Piano. Effects: Reverb: Two IR files from Samplicity in Reverberate LE. Guitar Amp Sim: LePou LE456. Guitar Cab: IR-file from Kalthallen IRs in Ignite Amps NadIR. Cubase Ping Pong Delay