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Songwriter Forum => Competitions => Topic started by: habiTat on December 01, 2012, 03:09:23 PM
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Conspiracy Song Competition
Since my kidnap by, and subsequent escape from suspected Russian agents :D due to my palindrome song 'Palendromium' http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/song-reviews/palendromium-(palendromic-song-feat-backmasking)/ accidentally containing classified government information ;) Dutchbeat had another great idea, lets open up the backmasking comp to include any song or video to include/explain a wildly ridiculous conspiracy theory. Make up your theory, write a song to fit, with hidden messages, backmasking, whatever you like. Try these ideas if you like...
BACKMASKING
The art of backmasking is simply hiding messages within songs. These messages can only be deciphered when the track is played backwards. The Beatles pioneered this on tracks such as Rain, Free as a bird and Revolution 9. Here is a list of others who've had a go... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_backmasked_messages
Some are deliberate and clever, some are just coincidental conspiracy rubbish, barking on about Satan and the like...
Here is a genuine one by Pink Floyd [ Invalid YouTube link ]
I RECKON WE CAN DO BETTER!!!
Most DAW's will have a reverse function of some sort for you to play with..
Acrostic writing (test your songwriting skills)
Come up with a phrase, write it downwards on a page, then write your song lyrics using each letter of the phrase as the first letter of each line. Like this example.. (the song title reads downwards)
(This'll have the conspiracy theorists more excited than a labrador in a bonio factory :D )
Stop the clock now
Stop the clock now
Take just a minute
Open your mind
Pause...
Time is a marching
Hurrying by
Endless relentless it soars
Could I just rest
Lessen this test
Open my mind
Chill out
Kick off my shoes
Nestle down warm
Openly manage
Without...
These are just a couple of ideas, use your imagination, bamboozle us! :o
There are no real strict rules, just try to hide a message in your song, one way or t'other.
This will be a nice, long, slow burner of a comp, you'll have ALL winter to do it :)
The closing date will be Saturday 30th March 2013,
There really is no excuse to avoid this one haha.. :D :D :D
After the usual voting procedure, the winner will receive a.... conspiracy story featuring our forum members names, with you as the main hero/heroine character, written by me, all based on your song.
(it might be rubbish :D)
If you're up for it, post a backwards reply here so we know who's playing..
ni m'I
taTibah
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From the original discussion in The Bar, so far, the likely entrants we have are..
Tina
SF (in Feb)
James Nighthawk
Michael
habiTat
Anybody fancy this one?
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Hmm.. not much interest.. ???
If you have a go, it'll be a great 'secret track' to add to your album :D
Check out my example effort here- http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/song-reviews/palendromium-(palendromic-song-feat-backmasking)/
You can do this with any song, even one you've already recorded. Just flip it over and record some backing vocals 'to' the reversed version. Then flip the whole lot back and hey presto, a weird, fun, psychedelic version of your song, complete with a backmasked secret message.
Alternatively I'm up for a collaboration if anyone wants to...
Who's playing then? ;D
hab..
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Well looks like someone can't wait to get started ;)
I'm sure more folks are going to join in - still plenty of time left.
I'd be up for a collab... any specific ideas?
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!ni m'i
(Bin, i hope we can team up again for this, i think is a competition in which we stand a chance)
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Can't promess anything yet. Esp. the next 6 weeks or so, I'll be preoccupied with the last deadlines of the semester and then exams. Next semester I've got my Master's paper and my internship, so I'll have to see how that goes.
But this is a cool idea and I'll see if I can come up with something.
No idea how though :p
SD
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Hi hab,
Wouldn't mind givin' this a go. Did you say you were up for a collab? I could do with some help on lyrics - or if you wanted to do the whole song, I'd be up for doing a bit of an arrangement. Let me know what you think.
Cheers
Sev
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Hi hab,
Wouldn't mind givin' this a go. Did you say you were up for a collab? I could do with some help on lyrics - or if you wanted to do the whole song, I'd be up for doing a bit of an arrangement. Let me know what you think.
Cheers
Sev
Hey Sevla,
I'm doing a collab with Michael on a whole song basis but I'm more than happy to have a go at some lyrics, I really enjoy the writing side of it so feel free to PM me with any ideas you've got about the song subject etc.. :)
hab..
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It just so happens that my newest song is about a conspiracy theory! I hope to have it recorded early in the year, so if it's finished in time, I'll upload it to this comp :D
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i dont know when im going to be recording again im to busy till janaury so its going to be a while before i enter something :)
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i dont know when im going to be recording again im to busy till janaury so its going to be a while before i enter something :)
That's cool Tina, great to have you on board :)
I'm working with Michael on a really challenging collab effort plus I also plan to re-record Palindromium (hopefully with a video). I don't think either will be ready imminently.. :-\
I'm not sure how many are playing actually.. ???
The more the merrier ;D
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I have a song that I mentioned to Habitat, just want to check if it qualifies??
If it does I am mixing and mastering at the moment so will be the next song, or the one after next song I post...
-It has backward vocals.
-The theme of the song is kinda about conspiracies....its about the way Astrology still has an impact on some people even in these modern, learned times (I may upset some people who follow their starsigns, ho hum!)
-The "Masking" element doubles....as I used it to cover up a drum sound that I wasn't 100% with when played naked ;)
-It isn't very hidden though, it bookends the song, cos it sounds cool, innit 8)
Hab, let me know if I should enter it ;D
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Definitely enter that JN, that fits the bill perfectly. :)
Excellent,
I look forward to hearing it :) :)
hab..
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Wake up forumites! :o
Glum glum glum January is here.. :-\
Brighten it up, enter the comp, join in and show us how good you are ;D
I've done a slight rewrite of the rules bit (see top), just to make it clearer and open it up.
NEWBIES, NON-REGULARS, PLEASE HAVE A GO, WE WANT TO GET TO KNOW YOU!
Let us know here if you're up for it..
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Count me in
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United we stand,
Now we fight to the end,
Theres more to come in this kingdom we sunk,
If you were to favour me as your saviour,
Then come what may,
Let our feelings be known,
Easy as the clear blue sky
Down we walk to the deep blue sea
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United we stand,
Now we fight to the end,
Theres more to come in this kingdom we sunk,
If you were to favour me as your saviour,
Then come what may,
Let our feelings be known,
Easy as the clear blue sky
Down we walk to the deep blue sea
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United we stand,
Now we fight to the end,
Theres more to come in this kingdom we sunk,
If you were to favour me as your saviour,
Then come what may,
Let our feelings be known,
Easy as the clear blue sky
Down we walk to the deep blue sea
Blimey mate those floodgates are wide open, you are quite the poet :)
Great to have you on board, will that be your song entry? Or is it just a teaser?
Once you've recorded your song, even just a demo if you need help or advice, stick it on the reviews board with (conspiracy comp) in the thread title so it's easy to spot. There are a few others working on songs but none have posted as yet (the comp runs til march) but feel free to be the first. Now those creative juices are flowing, keep em flowing :D
Cheers
Hab..
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Its a teaser of a sign of better things to come. I thought id be basic and call it untitled just to see what i could conjure up from it. Im pleased with it :D
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Excellent stuff!
:)
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The downside is im just a writer id like to write for others as i have no equipment to do music demos lol so yeah im happy just writing for me an hopefuly others one day :D
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The downside is im just a writer id like to write for others as i have no equipment to do music demos lol so yeah im happy just writing for me an hopefuly others one day :D
Ah ok, maybe once you've written the one you want to enter, stick a request on the collaborations board, see if someone wants to work with you on it.
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i use garageband on me ipad and it has no option for having any backwards recordings, the mac version of garageband does but i only have my ipad for recording so the big question is does anyone know any app that i can use for backwards recordings otherwise am probably stuck for getting something fo this?
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i use garageband on me ipad and it has no option for having any backwards recordings, the mac version of garageband does but i only have my ipad for recording so the big question is does anyone know any app that i can use for backwards recordings otherwise am probably stuck for getting something fo this?
Hey mosp, I think I read that you can install audacity on the iPad, it's basic but it has a reverse feature.
Just google Audacity free download, it's free and legal, and really good.
It's a waveform editor so you can just import the bits you need to reverse, reverse them, then export them.
Simples.. ;)
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cheers Hab! i have been trying to see if i can get that on ipad but no luck even on their website number 7 on the questions they saying that it cant work on ipads!
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ
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I just looked on the app store and there is an app called iReverse Speech which is free and should do it. You can record to it or import songs (or your own sound files)
Might be worth a look
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nice one mate! gonna hav a look and download it!
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Conspiracy Song Competition
This will be a nice, long, slow burner of a comp, you'll have ALL winter to do it :)
The closing date will be Saturday 30th March 2013,
Wow, this one will have to be a slow burner, it's clearly one for those who do the cryptic crosswords rather than the quick crosswords....... I love the idea of writing lyrics which contain a hidden message ( a kind of alphabetic cryptography) - not sure about writing a melody which is palindromic though - that sounds tough....I'm going to give this some thought but I'm not holding out much hope.....
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Conspiracy Song Competition
This will be a nice, long, slow burner of a comp, you'll have ALL winter to do it :)
The closing date will be Saturday 30th March 2013,
Wow, this one will have to be a slow burner, it's clearly one for those who do the cryptic crosswords rather than the quick crosswords....... I love the idea of writing lyrics which contain a hidden message ( a kind of alphabetic cryptography) - not sure about writing a melody which is palindromic though - that sounds tough....I'm going to give this some thought but I'm not holding out much hope.....
Doesn't need to be palindromic, don't worry about that, just something hidden, somewhere, anywhere :)
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Hi, I just stumbled onto this competition. If I can come up with something I'll enter! :-\
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Hi, I just stumbled onto this competition. If I can come up with something I'll enter! :-\
Excellent, you're very welcome, good luck :)
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ONLY 2 WEEKS TO GO EVERYONE !!
that went quick :-\