EP Challenge - Pick your own theme
Posted: 21 Apr 2019
So it's been a while since I started the "One synth EP challenge" thread. And I thought maybe it's time to try something similar again.
Let's commit to create an EP/album, only this time you make your own rules.
1. State your own theme/rules/guidelines/limitations to create within.
2. Post your EP here in this thread when it's done so people can listen and comment.
Here are just a couple of examples to get some ideas:
Try to capture a particular vibe/emotion/word, for example dark, sad, fun, chaotic.
Pick only one genre to write within.
Tell a story with your music.
Select only 1-3 instruments to work with.
The guidelines can be as broad or narrow as you want.
Choosing a deadline for finishing the project is a good idea but not mandatory.
I'll try to update the list of participants pretty regularly so people can find everybody's music and EP commitments easily.
Feel free to name the project if you want. Could be a temporary working title too, like "Electronic Orchestral EP Project" or whatever.
List of participants and a short description of the projects.
sleep1979 - 3 instruments EP
Tornado - "The Heat Is On" - Thematic EP story about a service technician named Greger. - deadline is the 5th of August.
teddymcw - Acoustic guitar and voice based. Percussion is marginally allowed. Emphasis on ability to have each song be performed live and solo.
reasonsuser88 - Theme: Creating A Post-Death Experience. Guidelines: Using Tascam DR-05 and Korg Minilogue. All other composition and mixing done in Reason. Tracks will be professionally mastered. Genre: Techno
r1381 Title: Live from Hell. Theme: mix of death metal, rock, noise, electronic, and piano faked to sound like live concert recordings
Finished projects
aeox - Retro influenced EP
TritoneAddiction CRAPRE Project - Every sound must be processed with CrapRE 2 in some way. The process of making the EP needs to be fun. That's way more important than the actual end result.
diminished - (page 2) "Make a song with things I bought but have not used yet. Next, I want to produce music only with tools that are free. I want to incorporate sampled hardware"
retreed - (page 2) Theme: Monotone Nostromo² 80s Synth Drum & Bass.
artotaku (page 3) - "Auszeit" EP
Desmondblack (page 3) - "...a combination of the ABL 3 Bassline 303 emulation and the classic Thor patch "a bit of Aggro..."
Let's commit to create an EP/album, only this time you make your own rules.
1. State your own theme/rules/guidelines/limitations to create within.
2. Post your EP here in this thread when it's done so people can listen and comment.
Here are just a couple of examples to get some ideas:
Try to capture a particular vibe/emotion/word, for example dark, sad, fun, chaotic.
Pick only one genre to write within.
Tell a story with your music.
Select only 1-3 instruments to work with.
The guidelines can be as broad or narrow as you want.
Choosing a deadline for finishing the project is a good idea but not mandatory.
I'll try to update the list of participants pretty regularly so people can find everybody's music and EP commitments easily.
Feel free to name the project if you want. Could be a temporary working title too, like "Electronic Orchestral EP Project" or whatever.
List of participants and a short description of the projects.
sleep1979 - 3 instruments EP
Tornado - "The Heat Is On" - Thematic EP story about a service technician named Greger. - deadline is the 5th of August.
teddymcw - Acoustic guitar and voice based. Percussion is marginally allowed. Emphasis on ability to have each song be performed live and solo.
reasonsuser88 - Theme: Creating A Post-Death Experience. Guidelines: Using Tascam DR-05 and Korg Minilogue. All other composition and mixing done in Reason. Tracks will be professionally mastered. Genre: Techno
r1381 Title: Live from Hell. Theme: mix of death metal, rock, noise, electronic, and piano faked to sound like live concert recordings
Finished projects
aeox - Retro influenced EP
TritoneAddiction CRAPRE Project - Every sound must be processed with CrapRE 2 in some way. The process of making the EP needs to be fun. That's way more important than the actual end result.
diminished - (page 2) "Make a song with things I bought but have not used yet. Next, I want to produce music only with tools that are free. I want to incorporate sampled hardware"
retreed - (page 2) Theme: Monotone Nostromo² 80s Synth Drum & Bass.
artotaku (page 3) - "Auszeit" EP
Desmondblack (page 3) - "...a combination of the ABL 3 Bassline 303 emulation and the classic Thor patch "a bit of Aggro..."