August Challenge - Riffology
July 28, 2011 4:49 AM
Another month has swung by and I realize I have totally reneged on my promise to pick someone to hand the Challenge baton on to, mostly because I NEVER GET ANY TIME but anyway unless someone wishes to stage a palace coup, I hereby give you your August challenge: RIFFOLOGY.
Your mission is to record a piece of music based around a riff. The riffiest, most earwormy, balls out, cheap thrills riff you can come up with. It could be an ostinato that runs through the whole song or just a big hook for the chorus. Whatever. Just come up with a riff. Or more than one. Just riff, man. Let it riff. Riff it up. Do I make myself clear?
(This MeFi Music thread may provide some inspiration...)
posted by unSane (8 comments total)
Your mission is to record a piece of music based around a riff. The riffiest, most earwormy, balls out, cheap thrills riff you can come up with. It could be an ostinato that runs through the whole song or just a big hook for the chorus. Whatever. Just come up with a riff. Or more than one. Just riff, man. Let it riff. Riff it up. Do I make myself clear?
(This MeFi Music thread may provide some inspiration...)
Bow, ba-ticky bow, ba da-da. Bow, ba-ticky bow, deedle oo-doo bow Bowwww, ba-ticky bow, ba da-da. Bow ticky-ticky bow-da deedle-oo DAH DAH
Sub-challenge: set that phat scat to maximum riffology...... Obviously, use of a wah-wah is mandatory.
If I had a beard I'd be stroking it ruminatively right now, and reaching for my Strat..... Obviously not with the same hand that was stroking my beard, because that would be logistically challenging to say the least. And potentially would result in a near-fatal beard/guitar incident. Golly.
Ahhh yes, time for my medication.....
posted by MajorDundee at 2:35 PM on July 29, 2011
Sub-challenge: set that phat scat to maximum riffology...... Obviously, use of a wah-wah is mandatory.
If I had a beard I'd be stroking it ruminatively right now, and reaching for my Strat..... Obviously not with the same hand that was stroking my beard, because that would be logistically challenging to say the least. And potentially would result in a near-fatal beard/guitar incident. Golly.
Ahhh yes, time for my medication.....
posted by MajorDundee at 2:35 PM on July 29, 2011
This is right in my wheelhouse. *Starts wearing Sleater-Kinney "Show Me Your Riffs" shirt *
posted by drezdn at 12:35 PM on August 4, 2011
posted by drezdn at 12:35 PM on August 4, 2011
Hai guise am i dooin it rite?
My song maybe ain't like AC/DC riffy, maybe more like indie rock riffy (read: wussy riffy). Full disclosure, I wrote this song a long time ago. Like, almost almost a decade ago. It's probably the oldest song of mine that I still play like all the time. It's a lot of fun to play! All dee nee ne nah deedle-ee du deee duh duh deee duh deedle-ee.
posted by Maaik at 6:08 PM on August 10, 2011
My song maybe ain't like AC/DC riffy, maybe more like indie rock riffy (read: wussy riffy). Full disclosure, I wrote this song a long time ago. Like, almost almost a decade ago. It's probably the oldest song of mine that I still play like all the time. It's a lot of fun to play! All dee nee ne nah deedle-ee du deee duh duh deee duh deedle-ee.
posted by Maaik at 6:08 PM on August 10, 2011
Just wanted to say, I love this challenge. Already there're some great entries, and I can't wait to figure mine out.
posted by erikgrande at 10:00 PM on August 10, 2011
posted by erikgrande at 10:00 PM on August 10, 2011
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