Songwriting Competition (Guitar and Bass)

cannibal corpse · July 14th, 2008, 12:27 PM

So I had an idea yesterday, who can write a better song on these forums, each contestant (15 MAX) has 1 week to write a song and we choose a certain topic for it (e.g. Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Acoustic, etc). which will be decided by a poll. I would prefer you write the songs in power tab (because it's free and openly available to anyone who wants to hear the song) and post it in this thread with a link to it, the song can be as long as you like and can contain a maximum of 7 guitars (the maximum in power tab) and 1 bass, the cowbell tempo can be adjusted as well. If you're song gets chosen, you will be awarded something that I haven't figured out yet. Hope you guys will enjoy this idea. I would like to join so I'll just go ahead and add myself to the list. The judge-contestant ratio should be 1:3, so there are 3 judges for you 1-15 contestants, the judges must give some playing background and possibly a video showing their skills, it is not required, but may help you get chosen. Also, submitting a video of you playing the song is NOT I repeat NOT required and will not help you win, this is a songwriting skill competition, not a playing skill, feel free to post a video of you playing it if you want.

Contestants:
-cannibalcorpse
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Judges
-ParsonsMatt
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This Week's Theme
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(possibly more than one week if it is popular)

ParsonsMatt · July 14th, 2008, 01:41 PM

It would be much better if everyone used Guitar Pro, so you could have a real drum track. I can supply everyone with a demo copy of Guitar Pro 4.

I'll judge, too.

cannibal corpse · July 14th, 2008, 02:27 PM

Ok great man, thanks. Added you to the list.

EDIT: I have also checked out your music and you made a good argument in Picking Question so I won't be needing any background.

cannibal corpse · July 14th, 2008, 02:48 PM

How do you work this program? I did a couple of sixteenth notes all together and when I press play it does bbbb pause bbbb pause bbbb pause it's annoying, I will definately not succeed in making any sort of song in this program if I don't know how to use it so, any tutorials you recommend?

cannibal corpse · July 14th, 2008, 03:02 PM

FUCK this is the perfectionists worst enemy, there are unwanted bars which I want deleted and I'm very unhappy with this program, it's a thousand times better than power tab but a thousand times more difficult

EDIT: Lol triple post... :/

WeAreInFlames · July 14th, 2008, 03:21 PM

I don't do guitar pro. Once I finish recording something maybe I'll submit an mp3.

BlackMetalWhiteGuy · July 14th, 2008, 03:31 PM

It really shouldn't matter which program you use, because you can just export the MIDI, which is a universal format that everyone's computer can play.

EDIT: I use TabIt, which I paid $19 for, but I'm sure there are pirated copies available if you know where to look.

cannibal corpse · July 14th, 2008, 03:45 PM

If I could get a tutorial on GP5 I swear I could make much better songs than in power tab

ParsonsMatt · July 14th, 2008, 04:13 PM

Guitar Pro 4 is a much nicer program than 5.

WeAreInFlames · July 14th, 2008, 04:14 PM

I just record with a mic - I don't use a tab program, and I don't use midi.

cannibal corpse · July 14th, 2008, 04:30 PM

You know what I'm going to record with a mic instead like WeAreInFlames.