Music Challenges
The Music Challenges are simple: each month you can pick one idea, or incorporate more than one of the following ideas into a single composition. Be sure to tag your submissions "mefimusicchallenge" so listeners can easily follow along. Got a suggestion? Send it to greenish. The player shown next on each challenge contains all the submissions for that month.
Current Challenge
MeFi Music Challenge 86
Submission deadline: September 01, 2021
Put your name down for the much-requested collaboration challenge!
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS
If you want to collaborate, sign up in this Music thread or send a MeFi Mail directly to greenish. Please include the following as appropriate:
- I want to:
- I'm looking for someone to:
- I've got an idea:
FOR EXAMPLE:
I want to: share something I've written and see if someone can make something out of it/ sing over something/ share some lyrics I've written and see if someone can write a melody with them
I'm looking for someone to: sing on my piece/play a slappin guitar solo on my thing/write me some words for this melody
etc etc.
Submit your requests anytime over the next fortnight. greenish will start matching people up as soon as there are enough to do so!
Put your additional questions, discussion, etc in the Music thread. Once you've created your collaborative piece, post it here, and remember to tag it mefimusicchallenge and collaborationstation.
This one is going to run for a few months to give everyone time to get together virtually.
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Previous Challenges
- That's All It Took by chococat
- It Gets Me Out Of My Head by signal
- Showtime by MajorDundee
- Live. Laugh. Leach. by valrus
- Wichita Lineman by greenish
MeFi Music Challenge 85
Submission deadline: April 30, 2021
Challengers, I present to you: the first Music Challenge of 2021!
This challenge is deliberately open so that you can interpret it in whatever way sparks something good for you. It is:
CHANGES: post something on the subject of Changes. This could be
- A change from your usual oeuvre
- A piece of music about change
- Something using weird chord changes you wouldn't normally involve yourself with
- A change from your usual instrument of choice
- A cover of a song about change
- Something else I haven't thought of
Post your piece on the MeFiMu frontpage, tell us a bit about it if you feel inclined, and remember to tag it with MeFiMusicChallenge and ChChChanges. Questions and discussion etc.? See this Music Talk post about the challenge.
This one is quick and dirty so don't strive for perfection just give us what ya got. Post your challenge before the end of April, when we'll be starting the next one...
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MeFi Music Challenge 84
Submission deadline: June 30, 2019
The time has come for another big cover version event, and this time we honour the High Priestess of Weird Pop, her Excellency Ms Kate Bush
We haven't done a big covers challenge for a while, and choosing a favourite KB album is impossible, so I'm throwing it open to her whole catalogue.
This is the longer challenge and will run for the first half of this year, so take your time, pick the track you want to do, and when you're ready upload it and tag it #KateBushBonanza and #MeFiMusicChallenge
I'll be collecting up all the entries at the end, in order to present them back to our comrades with appropriate fanfare. Now, Blow Away and start Waking The Witch...
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MeFi Music Challenge 83
Submission deadline: March 31, 2019
I think a change (a change would do you good) would do you good (a change would do you good)
This is the short challenge, running January-March. Take a song which is awkward, irrelevant or problematic in some way and change it up. Beautiful melody but weird sexist lyrics? re-write! Classic tune but way too fast for you to enjoy singing? wind that tempo down!
Post your challenge entries anytime until the end of March, and remember to tag them #ChangeItUp and #MeFiMusicChallenge
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- And the Sunrise Welcomes You Home by rangefinder 1.4
- Stand With You by greenish
MeFi Music Challenge 82
Submission deadline: June 30, 2017
The next challenge is to post music inspired by something you saw on the MetaFfilter frontpage.
Whether it's a cheery ditty or a bleak dirge or something completely different, post something that's been inspired by an FPP.
"everybody needs a hug" applies here too, so please don't be mean or weird about the poster or any commenters in your post.
Tag your post with #MeFiMusicChallenge and #FromTheBlue to make sure it shows up in the challenge playlist!
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- A Simple Song (in Troubled Times) by Shmuel510
- King of the World (Cover) by limeonaire
- Fuck The Sad by chococat
- Anarchist by comealongpole
- The Leaving of Liverpool by rangefinder 1.4
MeFi Music Challenge 81
Submission deadline: March 31, 2017
A short one-month challenge, so feel free to post something old, new, borrowed and/or blue - so long as there's a story behind it
Post your track and tell us the story behind it! We've had tons of good ones in the past, this challenge should dig up some more of them.
Did you write or record something as a gift ? Cover a song with particular importance to you or someone else? Record something somewhere cool? Use a sample that is special in a particular way? Collaborate with someone of significance? Give us the music and tell us the tale.
Tag your post with #MeFiMusicChallenge and #Storytime to make sure it shows up in the challenge playlist! Chat about the challenge in Music Talk!
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- Nightmare On Elmstreet Theme (NES) by dagosto
- Thanksgiving by kaibutsu
- What Happens Next? by not_on_display
- Good (Cover) by limeonaire
- Bach vs. Wurlitzer by umbú
MeFi Music Challenge 80
Submission deadline: January 31, 2017
Do The Thing That Scares You
Lets step out of our comfort zones for something completely different.
Google it and you will find a bazillion articles on why it's good for us to do things every day that are out of our comfort zone. I'm not talking "play a slightly tricky cover of a song you like". This needs to be something like:
- sing a song in a language that isn't your first language
- collaborate with someone if you have never done this before
- perform solo if you have never done this before
- record something in a genre you have never worked with before
- go acoustic if you're an electric person, or vice versa
TAKE THE PLUNGE - try something you've never done and don't know if you can. If there's anywhere you can experiment with stuff and not be judged it's here. This is starting to sound a bit too sexy so I'm gonna stop talking about it.
This will be a two-monther in case some of us need time to gear ourselves up for it emotionally/physically/eating for strength. Come discuss the challenge here!
Remember to tag your entries: #MeFiMusicChallenge and #DoWhatScaresYou
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- Functionally Illiterate by gorbichov
- Shapes by dagosto
- Everything You Threw Away by chococat
- North Korea Goes Bang by comealongpole
- We'll Meet Again (In A Minute) by TheNegativeInfluence
- Long Story Short, Short Story Shorter by Karlos the Jackal
- The Challenge Is This by not_on_display
- I thought you said 6 seconds! by bfootdav
- Please Don't Be Happy by remlapm
- Everything Is Fucked (Keep On Going) by cortex
- Jar Full Of People by grumpybear69
- Thoughts in B-flat by rangefinder 1.4
- Hot Mess by Television Name
- The Middle Of The Night by chococat
- Red Rider themes by moonmilk
MeFi Music Challenge 79
Submission deadline: November 30, 2016
A short and sweet challenge in preparation for the longer December/January one - this November, keep it short and sweet.
Last time we did this, there were some SUPER clever submissions and can you believe that was THREE YEARS AGO?
I mean, clearly the time is passing faster these days so lets not waste any, and create tiny masterpieces that mean the casual passer-by can peruse the entire Music front page within their lunchbreak.
Upload your 60-second piece before December 1st if possible, and don't forget to tag it MeFiMusicChallenge and 60seconds.
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- China Doll by greenish
- Sapphic Melody by bfootdav
- You Can't Keep A Good Girl Down by AppleSeed
- Don't Call It a Disease by The Great Big Mulp
- Soulshake by bonefish
MeFi Music Challenge 78
Submission deadline: June 30, 2016
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it: record a song by, with or as a woman.
Well it's two months away but you've probably already seen the cards in the shops, MeFi #JulyByWomen is coming, and it's about time we jumped on that awesome bandwagon.
So, here are the rules for submissions. You have a choice:
- Record a cover of a piece written by a woman or women
- If you are a woman, record absolutely anything you like and post it
- If you are not a woman, record anything you like in collaboration with a woman and post it
- If you are genderfluid/non-binary, you can choose any of the above and rock
Post your submission before June 30th if possible, and don't forget to tag it MeFiMusicChallenge and MusicByWomen
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- Chicago (Sufjan Stevens cover) by threeants
- On The Banks of Sacramento (wubmachine remix) by Ogre Lawless
- Jackson (Lucinda Williams Cover) by BlackPebble
- Boston Jig by usonian
- A la Habana by abakua
- Free Man In Paris by ochenk
- Philadelphia Jig by usonian
- New York March by usonian
- Rocket City by cortex
MeFi Music Challenge 77
Submission deadline: July 31, 2015
Your challenge in next couple of months: record a song about a city.
This can be a cover, or an original. It can be recorded on the most pristine and expensive recording equipment, or on your iPhone mic. You can do it alone, or involve others. And you can post it whenever you feel you can't get any further, as if there's one thing a bunch of musicians like, it's being asked for their opinions on music.
Tag your song with MeFiMusicChallenge and CitySongs.
Discuss it on Music Talk here and in Metatalk here.
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MeFi Music Challenge 76
Submission deadline: April 30, 2015
As Mathowie takes up his "retired" badge, lets think back on our time as members of this site and write songs to celebrate our experiences here.
Whether it's a little ditty that captures the mood of your first MeFi Meetup, a confused ode to scanner-ensconced cats, or a paean to our glorious leader, please upload your submission over the next month, and tag them "MeFiMusicChallenge" and "MeFiAnthem".
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- Our Lady Of The Morlocks by Johnny Wallflower
- shake & twitch by en forme de poire
- kny10 by advil
- Ramen Bowl 4 by donkeymon
- 10 Seconds of Static by TheNegativeInfluence
- not my voice by we are the music makers
MeFi Music Challenge 75
Submission deadline: February 28, 2015
The January Challenge: 10-Seconds of Something
Inspired by a suggestion by Jimbob and fueled by the magnificence of this track (I know, it's not ten seconds, but it's like three words), this month the challenge is to record ten seconds of something and make music from it.
You don't have to use the sample whole, you can repeat it or use it once, you can distort it, mash it, stretch it, you can walk it home straight from school, but you have to use ten seconds of something.
Enjoy, and please tag your submissions with MeFiMusicChallenge and 10SecondSample.
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- August, Again by TheNegativeInfluence
- Happy New Year by erikgrande
- Theme Song Theme by Johnny Wallflower
MeFi Music Challenge 74
Submission deadline: September 30, 2014
The challenge: write and record your THEME TUNE.
This could be one or more of the following:
- The surging chords you hear as you exit your nearest travel terminal toward your Place Of Employment, ready to tackle another new day
- The twinkling melody that accompanies the smiles you bestow upon your children as they jump on your bed at 6am
- The aching blues that twangs as you realise you are drinking on a Tuesday night because you can't face your cat's judgemental face if you go home and admit you didn't go to the gym again.
Please write, record and post your theme tune before the end of September. Tag your entry MeFiMusicChallenge and ThemeTune; discuss it in Music Talk.
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- Pick me up too by cicadaverse
- Whimsy Will Be the End of Me by ianK
- When John Drinks by AxelT
- My Childhood At the Open Mic by AxelT
- hypotech by TheNegativeInfluence
MeFi Music Challenge 73
Submission deadline: May 31, 2014
dagosto has a great suggestion for this challenge: cover a song from your MeFiMu favourites list or one of your playlists. Remember: a good cover does not have to be about improving on the original, but can be about presenting it in a different way. So you don't need to worry about offending the original creator of the piece, not doing them justice, or not being able to top their delivery. The point is simply to do it your way.
Tag your song with "mefimusicchallenge" and "metameta"; talk about the challenge over in Music Talk.
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MeFi Music Challenge 72
Submission deadline: February 28, 2014
This two-month challenge: is to pick a book, and a scene or character from that book, and write a song about it.
Tag your songs with "BookMusic" and "mefimusicchallenge"; discuss the challenge in this Music Talk thread.
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- Christmas in Tokyo by AxelT
- Who's Gonna Keep it Together? by jonathanhughes
- Mele Kalikimaka by chococat
- Deck the Halls by uncleozzy
MeFi Music Challenge 71
Submission deadline: December 31, 2013
It would seem rude not to do a seasonally-relevant challenge at this time of year!
But lower your sleigh-bells for a moment - it's not snowing in Australia and it's not Christmas in Kazakhstan. We're certainly not ruling out the carols (there have been some lovely re-workings of xmas classics here previously), but extra points* will be awarded for any festive submission that manages to dodge the clichés.
Please tag your submissions MefiMusicChallenge and SeasonalSpecial; chat about it here.
*points have a monetary value of nil but may be redeemable for hugs and/or high-fives.
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- Functionally Illiterate by gorbichov
- Shapes by dagosto
- Everything You Threw Away by chococat
- North Korea Goes Bang by comealongpole
- We'll Meet Again (In A Minute) by TheNegativeInfluence
- Long Story Short, Short Story Shorter by Karlos the Jackal
- The Challenge Is This by not_on_display
- I thought you said 6 seconds! by bfootdav
- Please Don't Be Happy by remlapm
- Everything Is Fucked (Keep On Going) by cortex
- Jar Full Of People by grumpybear69
- Thoughts in B-flat by rangefinder 1.4
- Hot Mess by Television Name
- The Middle Of The Night by chococat
- Red Rider themes by moonmilk
MeFi Music Challenge 70
Submission deadline: November 30, 2013
In 60 seconds or less, how sweet/sad/funny/sexy/hardcore/funky can you get? Can anyone get me out of my chair to dance in that short window of opportunity? Apart from Prince?
Give us your minute masterpiece, tag it MeFiMusicChallenge and 60seconds, talk about it yonder. Ready, set... GO
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- Metafilter Request Raffle - MST3k Theme by dubold
- Verbena by greenish
- Strange & Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell On You) by greenish
- Toad's Song by swift
- Pixelated Lines by we are the music makers
- The District Sleeps Alone Tonight by swift
- Paint it Black by TheNegativeInfluence
- Evie the Baby by not_on_display
- I Am The Cosmos by TwoWordReview
- Michelle by The Minotaur
- Chimes & Oatmeal by rangefinder 1.4
MeFi Music Challenge 69
Submission deadline: November 01, 2013
It's the Great Request Raffle: folks can put in a request for a specific sort of song, and folks can pull a ticket from the hat (as it were) for a request that they can try and record a song to fulfill.
Tag your songs with "mefimusicchallenge" and "raffle"; talk about it in here.
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- It Ain't Easy (Bowie cover) by cortex
- Suffragette City by flapjax at midnite
- Soul Love - David Bowie cover by ochenk
- Star - (David Bowie) by dubold
- Ziggy Stardust by aerosolkid
- It Ain't Easy (in the Country) - Bowie Cover by COBRA!
- Hang Onto Yourself (Arnold Corns version) by dobie
- Moonage Daydream by ob1quixote
- Soul Love by frenetic
- Starman by kaboomer
- Starman by Slothomatic
- Soul Love by nicolin
- Moonage Daydream by kaboomer
- Star by DaDaDaDave
- Moonage daydreaming by freya_lamb
- 5 Years by Ardiril
- Ziggy Stardust by bongo_x
- Star by chococat
MeFi Music Challenge 68
Submission deadline: September 01, 2013
A challenge for summer 2013: cover a track from The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars. Tracks are due by Sept 1st. Tag your song with "mefimusicchallenge" and "ziggystardust". Want to know more details, or what song to cover, or, well, anything? Take a look over here.
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- Fitter Happier by askmeaboutLOOM
- Breezeblocks by AnTilgangs
- Wonder Woman Theme by chococat
MeFi Music Challenge 67
Submission deadline: May 31, 2013
May's challenge is a mindbender. Cover a song (possibly your own) from one era in the style of an earlier one. Tag your entires 'futurecovers' and 'mefimusicchallenge'; discuss it over here.
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MeFi Music Challenge 66
Submission deadline: April 30, 2013
April's challenge is to play something backwards. It could be a backwards guitar solo, or a song based off the chords of another song played backwards, or a melody played backwards, or ANYTHING. YOU GET IT, RIGHT? Feel free to tease us by not revealing what the source material, if there is any, is. Tag it 'backwards' and 'mefimusicchallenge' please.
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- I Am Very Basic Obliterate Obliterate Obliterate Obliterate by ignignokt
- Practicalities by Crane Shot
- gomen nasai by modbom
- It Gets Better by unSane
- I Represent by chrchr
- Grebos In Love by Grangousier
- Scrimshaw by mubba
- 11 Day Tripper by chococat
MeFi Music Challenge 65
Submission deadline: March 30, 2013
March challenge is to record something In a time that is odd to you.
It could be as straightforward as 3/4 or even 4/4 if you never play in it, or as complex as you like. 13/8 and 15/8 always seem to be fruitful for me. 5/4 and 7/4 are often fun. But go nuts and feel free to flip a familiar tune into a new metre, or mix up metres, or whatever, really.
Tag your entries 'oddtime' and 'mefimusicchallenge'; discuss the challenge here.
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- Walking on Sunshine by chococat
- Any Minor Fool Could Tell You by mubba
- Margaritahell by cortex
- Jack the Ripper by DaDaDaDave
- Another Brick in the Major by cortex
- The Lonely Karmic Cop by Doleful Creature
- High and Dry by unSane
- There Goes The Sun by Obscure Reference
- astronomy domine - vampire deer by pyramid termite
- Walk Into De Funeral Parlor Jig by usonian
MeFi Music Challenge 64
Submission deadline: February 28, 2013
February's challenge is to record a version of a song, changing it from a major key to a minor one, or vice versa, turning (say) a murder ballad into a jolly polka, or a sunny pop song into a grinding death metal dirge. And hopefully improve it in the process. Tag your entries 'mefimusicchallenge' and 'majorminor'; discuss it here.
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MeFi Music Challenge 63
Submission deadline: January 31, 2013
January is a split challenge - do either or both or none. Option A: Write a simple, catchy, singable ditty to replace Happy Birthday. Option B: Record a piece of music on the theme of the year turning. Tag your piece 'mefimusicchallenge' and either 'happybirthday' or 'newyear' as appropriate; talk about the challenge over here.
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- Crimbotone #1 by MajorDundee
- Tubular Carol of the Jingle Bells by unSane
- Good King Wenceslas by doubtfulpalace
- Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen by Pallas Athena
- O Holy Night by chococat
- Rest Ye Merry by Pallas Athena
- In dulci jubilo by dorque
- Jingle Bells and two other Holiday Classics by man vs sun
MeFi Music Challenge 62
Submission deadline: December 31, 2012
December's challenge is, OF COURSE, holiday music! Have at it. Discuss it here; tag your song "mefimusicchallenge" and "holidaymusic2012".
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- Tubular Balls by unSane
- Tubular Bells - Toaster Oven by seanmpuckett
- Ring My Tubular Bell by chococat
- Gets Better Project Song by Doleful Creature
- Tubular Reich by soundguy99
MeFi Music Challenge 61
Submission deadline: November 30, 2012
November's challenge is to help create a MeFiMusic version of the famous intro section from Mike Oldfield's 1973 classic Tubular Bells, as famously featured in The Exorcist. Tag your submissions "mefimusicchallenge" as well as (1) "tubular" if you're doing the Tubular Bells challenge or (2) "augmented" if you'd rather do the other one. Bunch of details and discussion right over here.
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- It Gets Better by MajorDundee
- Just Wait by MrVisible
- It Gets Better by flapjax at midnite
MeFi Music Challenge 60
Submission deadline: October 31, 2012
October's challenge is simple: produce a piece of music on the theme of "It Gets Better", for possible inclusion in the MeFi "It Gets Better" video being discussed over in Metatalk.
Tag your entries with "mefimusicchallenge" and "itgetsbetter"; discuss the challenge in Music Talk.
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- One Afternoon by mubba
- Devil by chrchr
- 47 percent - vampire deer by pyramid termite
- The Unholy Moon Battle of Parnassus by hanoixan
MeFi Music Challenge 59
Submission deadline: September 30, 2012
This month: the Diabolus in Musica! It's the interval of a flattened fifth (e.g. C to F#). September's challenge is to record a piece of music which prominently features the Diabolus. (Note that even a regular dominant seventh chord counts, since it had the interval between the third and the flattenend seventh, for example E and Bb in the C7 chord - but hopefully we can be a bit more adventuresome than that!)
Tag your entries with "mefimusicchallenge" and "diabolus"; discuss the challenge over here!
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- Karma Police by modernserf
- Climbing up the Walls by Elmore
- Subterranean Homesick Alien by hanoixan
- let down - vampire deer (radiohead) by pyramid termite
- Let Down by dubold
- Exit Music (For a Campfire) by carsonb
- No Surprises by cortex
- Paranoid Android by chococat
- Karma Police by cortex
- Paraynoid Randroid by Ardiril
- Lucky by MajorDundee
- Subterranean Homesick Alien by cortex
- KARMA by dubold
- Exit Music (for a Film) by askmeaboutLOOM
- Paranoid Android by onehalfjunco
- Lucky by askmeaboutLOOM
- Climbing Up The Walls by Johnny Wallflower
- Airbag by naju
- Let Down by askmeaboutLOOM
- Electioneering by askmeaboutLOOM
- Exit Music (Again?) by askmeaboutLOOM
- Electioneering by Doleful Creature
- Karma Police (Tragically Straight Version) by uncleozzy
- SubHoAl by Rube R. Nekker
- (half) lucky by valdesm
- Airbag(ft The Dev Cave) by owtytrof
- Subterranean Homesick Alien by dobie
- karma kops by moonmilk
- Fitter Happier ((Russian language version)) by flapjax at midnite
- Subterranean Homesick Dylan by cortex
- No Surprises by InfidelZombie
- Airbag by cortex
- No Surprises by Grangousier
- Airbag by Lutoslawski
- Paranoid Android by John Cohen
- The Tourist by qnarf
- Climbing Up the Walls by swift
- Paranoid Android by cortex
- Fitter happier and more malicious by freya_lamb
- Electioneering by motty
- Karma Police by DaDaDaDave
- Electioneering by not_on_display
- The Tourist by cathodeheart
MeFi Music Challenge 58
Submission deadline: July 31, 2012
This month, we're gonna cover the hell out of Radiohead's OK Computer. And that's that!
Tag your recordings with "mefimusicchallenge" and "OKcomputer"; discuss the challenge and/or ask for a song assignment in this Music Talk thread.
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- Night People by MajorDundee
- belladonna by topoisomerase
- Drive She Said by Elmore
- Post War Glamour Girl by Grangousier
MeFi Music Challenge 57
Submission deadline: June 30, 2012
The challenge for June is to put one of John Cooper Clarke's poems to music. Here's a link to Clarke's official site, where you can find lots of his poetry and inspiration.
Tag your entry with "mefimusicchallenge" and "JohnCooperClarke"; discuss the challenge over in Music Talk.
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MeFi Music Challenge 56
Submission deadline: May 31, 2012
MAYDAY! MAYDAY! or, alternately, May Day. The challenge for the fifth month of this year is to write a song using the phrase "may day". Celebrate the labor movement(s), fires/floods/emergencies, Cinco de Mayo, or the birthdays of Georges Will and Lucas, Darius Rucker, Lance Bass, Traci Lords, Don Rickles, Billy Joel, Louis Farrakhan, Jason Biggs or Tony Hawk. Or anything else May-related!
Tag your entry with "mefimusicchallenge" as well as "mayday". Discuss the challenge right here.
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- I knew nothing by Khazk
- Knock Upon The Door by davejay
- those are pearls by dubold
- wasteland - vampire deer by pyramid termite
- Prologue/ The Burial of the Dead by askmeaboutLOOM
MeFi Music Challenge 55
Submission deadline: April 30, 2012
The challenge for April is to use lyrics from everyone's favorite poet who reads his own work like a railway announcer - T.S. Eliot. Specifically, borrow from The Waste Land. Lyrics may be bent, twisted, spindled, folded, mutilated, or assembled into Markov chains, but if you're modifying the original, please make note of what words/parts/stanzas you used as source material.
Tag your entries with "mefimusicchallenge" and "wasteland". Chatter about the challenge over here in Music Talk.
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- Ice Ice Baby by frecklefaerie
- We Need to Talk by man vs sun
- What You Expected by dubold
- Four Chord Flower Song by Doleful Creature
- The One to Make You Whole by NemesisVex
- Millimeters of Mercury — El Amor Es Un Juego (Love is a Game) by dacre
MeFi Music Challenge 54
Submission deadline: March 31, 2012
The March challenge is to write or cover a song which uses the infamous Four Chords of Predetermined Pop Success. That's it. The chords are I V vi IV, or C G Am F in the key of C (transpose to the key of your choice). Feel free to subvert, invert, pervert, mock, or otherwise exploit this cliche of all turn of the century musical cliches.
Please tag your entries 'mefimusicchallenge' and 'fourchords'; chat about it over here.
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- two princes by dubold
- Streamline Train by jan murray
- Airport by unSane
- vampire deer - take a giant step by pyramid termite
- Hero (cover) by cortex
MeFi Music Challenge 53
Submission deadline: February 29, 2012
Feb's challenge is pretty darn simple. What was the first single you ever bought? Cover it!
If you never bought a single, choose something off the first album, CD, download, whatever.
Tag your entry 'mefimusicchallenge' and 'firstsingle'; discuss the challenge over here.
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MeFi Music Challenge 52
Submission deadline: January 31, 2012
According to Fuq, "Everyone needs a theme song to play when they enter a thread". What's yours? (I suppose writing theme music for others would be OK, but only if you ask 'em first. And, y'know, they say yes. Or they ask you. Or, well, you get it.)
Tag it with "thememusic" as well as the standard "mefimusicchallenge". Discussion thread on Music Talk, here.
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- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by baltimoretim
- very big delicious christmas part 4 (thugsmas) by sleepy pete
- Suzanta by doubtfulpalace
- Jingle Bells by flapjax at midnite
- very big delicious christmas part 5 (oh god, yr uncle's drunk) by sleepy pete
- Christmas Island by chococat
- Auld Lang Syne, ragtime fingerstyle arrangement by The White Hat
- Open Eyes (Auld Lang Syne 2011-2012) by askmeaboutLOOM
MeFi Music Challenge 51
Submission deadline: December 31, 2011
It's December, which means it's time to make some holiday music! Do something that fits or intentionally misfits the spirit or the dominant paradigm on of the season.
Bonus points: go wrong like you mean it and make the kind of holiday music that gives holiday music a bad name. For discussion and more ideas along that lines, see this Music Talk thread.
Be sure to tag your submission with "mefimusicchallenge" as well as "holidaymusic2011".
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- vampire deer - unwritten by pyramid termite
- vampire deer - unwritten 2 by pyramid termite
- On Valentine's Day by unSane
- vampire deer - unwritten 3 by pyramid termite
- Free Refills 2011 by Hoopo
- horrible mirror by es_de_bah
MeFi Music Challenge 50
Submission deadline: November 30, 2011
What's the musical equivalent of a photograph seen but never taken, a letter written but never sent? Your November challenge is to compose or record a song you never wrote. It doesn't have to be original... it might be a cover you always meant to sing to someone. It could be instrumental. It could simply be a crazy technique you thought of but never tried. Imagine yourself saying "This is a song I did not write about...". What comes next?
Tag your entries with "unwritten" as well as the standard "mefimusicchallenge". Discuss the challenge in Music Talk.
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- Beer for Breakfast by chrchr
- virtue is its own sword by Maaik
- Four by koeselitz
- Little Lambs by Doleful Creature
- Fame by chococat
- The Logical Song (feat. Ayn Rand) by unSane
- Girl on a Swing (Ballad of a Cavalryman) by unSane
- Without My Pants On by davejay
MeFi Music Challenge 49
Submission deadline: October 31, 2011
Your challenge for October will be to record a track before you put on your pants (or skirt or whatever your pants-equivalent garment is) in the morning. No matter how long it takes you or what you record, this challenge is going to be done in one sitting after you get up, and you are not getting dressed until it is done.
Tag your song with "pantsless" as well as the standard "mefimusicchallenge". Discuss this challenge over on Music Talk.
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- Song about a Homophobe by snsranch
- Teenagery by jan murray
- The Noodle Song by Doleful Creature
- Bring Me Sunshine by ZsigE
- white wedding by sleepy pete
- Last track. by reklus
- I Gave My Love... by snsranch
- La Isla Bonita by edverb
- Sultry Dance Of Death by Greynaab
MeFi Music Challenge 48
Submission deadline: September 30, 2011
Uncool! The September challenge is to lose your cool, and do something uncool. The more deeply uncool the better. Write a soppy love song, or a kids' tune. Cover Neil Diamond, Supertramp, or THE LADY IN RED. Record a whistling song, or yodel. Unleash your inner progressive rock God/Goddess.
Tag your song with "mefimusicchallenge" and "uncool". Chat about the challenge here.
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- Charlie Citrine, Superhero by MajorDundee
- Blue Eyes, Black Heart by uncleozzy
- Objective Look At a Family Album by Maaik
- Nazgul's Lullaby by askmeaboutLOOM
- Kinderstash by chococat
- Meditation on a riff by Doleful Creature
- The Acme "Titan" Utility Northern Soul Riffette and nasal hair curler - only $1.99!! by MajorDundee
- Glory, Glory, Hallelujah by The White Hat
MeFi Music Challenge 47
Submission deadline: August 30, 2011
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.
Tag your song with "riffology" along with "mefimusicchallenge". Music Talk thread discussion the challenge is here.
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- Untitled. But we're open to ideas by reklus
- Implications by mubba
- A Town with no Pity by unSane
MeFi Music Challenge 46
Submission deadline: July 31, 2011
Your challenge for July is to record an irrational song or tune - one which has no parts which repeat. Or which in some other sense or to some degree conspicuously eschews the typical repetitive elements in music. More discussion of the idea is available in this Music Talk thread.
Tag your submissions with mefimusicchallenge as normal, as well as irrationalmusic.
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- The Girl All The Bad Guys Want by chrchr
- Hey Ya by degoao
- THATS RIGHT IM A HATER by fuq
- Hang It Up by dapperkoala
- Sunshower by ageispolis
- True to you by erikgrande
- Angels by unSane
- Revulsion (Ex-Machina Mix) by NemesisVex
- I Used To Hate You But Now I Love You by flapjax at midnite
- I Knew It All Along by Karlos the Jackal
MeFi Music Challenge 45
Submission deadline: June 30, 2011
This month's challenge is to write a song of love, or hate, or love and hate, or hate disguised as love, or love disguised as hate, or... well, you get it. Special bonus points for artful combinations of the two.
Discussion thread. Tag your submission with mefimusicchallenge and loveandorhate.
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- I'm Yours But Not Really by jnrussell
- Everything I Do (I Dun Fer You) by cortex
- Fix You by Corduroy
- Higher!!! by DaDaDaDave
- Prelude-Midnight (Trans-Siberian Orchestra) by askmeaboutLOOM
- I Go Blind by unSane
- vampire deer - my sacrifice by pyramid termite
- Every Breath You Take by Et En Arcata Ego
- Higher (the slam poetry version) by Corduroy
- Tequila Sunrise (The Eagles) by snsranch
- Songbird (Kenny G cover) by baniak
- All The Small Things by ianK
- vampire deer - walks like a lady by pyramid termite
- Additional Small Things by cortex
- Keep on Loving You (REO Speedwagon cover) by DiscountDeity
- I Must Confess by ageispolis
- Ana Ng by mubba
- Old Man (cover) by cortex
MeFi Music Challenge 44
Submission deadline: May 31, 2011
A whopper from MajorDundee: you have to cover a song by the band/artist you hate the most. Or at least a band or song you heartily dislike, if you're the sort that has trouble picking a least favorite.
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MeFi Music Challenge 43
Submission deadline: April 30, 2011
The challenge for this month comes from minifigs: make a recording that is the ultimate distillation of given band or artists work.
Music Talk thread here; tag your entries with "mefimusicchallenge" as well as "ultimatedistillation".
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- The First Seven Lines... by snsranch
- Solomon Silkwood by erikgrande
- Intellectual Property by ochenk
- Babies Come From Wood by mintcake!
MeFi Music Challenge 42
Submission deadline: March 31, 2011
The challenge for this month, as suggested by moonmilk, is to make an educational or instructive song. History lesson? Teach us how to make an apple pie? Have some unusual knowledge that you would like to empart upon us? Bring it on!
Tag your upload with "eductationalmusic" along with the standard "mefimusicchallenge". Discuss the challenge over here!
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- The Remainders Pt II by snsranch
- The Goat Guys Suck by umbú
- The Goat Guys Rule by umbú
- The Goat Guys song (at the good gig) by umbú
- Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty I Found in my Armpit One Midsummer Morning by askmeaboutLOOM
- My Favourite Bathtime Gurgles by askmeaboutLOOM
MeFi Music Challenge 41
Submission deadline: February 28, 2011
Inspired by this Metafilter post, this month your job is to make a song using lyrics from a novel or other literary work. Discuss the challenge here; be sure to tag your submissions with "mefimusicchallenge" and "litmusic".
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- Clap Around by reklus
- Looking Down The Barrel of The World Famous & Hoopo by Hoopo
- The Night We Shot Bingo Elvis by baxter_ilion
- cloches oiseaux by umbú
- Better Late Than Never by uncleozzy
- "The Remainders" by snsranch
- Chromatic Satori by malocchio
- A FETID VORTEX OF SUN-DESTROYING CRAP by flapjax at midnite
- Penguin by mintcake!
- This is That by ORthey
- Leave Her, Johnny by Karlos the Jackal
MeFi Music Challenge 40
Submission deadline: January 31, 2011
It's January Music Collaboration month! Names have been drawn from hats, and the lucky pairs have to collaborate to create a track together. If you haven't signed up yet and are interested, say so in the Music Talk thread and we can probably figure something out!
Be sure to tag your submissions with "januarycollaboration" along with the standard "mefimusicchallenge".
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- The Worst Things (Christmas Remix) by man vs sun
- CrimboRingoTone by gallus
- Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (A Dramatic Reenactment) by askmeaboutLOOM
- Christmas Time is Here by sleepy pete
- Shchedryk by unSane
- Get out! by MonsieurBon
- Christmas Don't Be Late by chococat
- From Olga by unSane
- Vilchik, the Dog by Beardman
- Santa santa (with your nose so bright) by umbú
- donkey by peterkins
- Driving Home For Christmas by MajorDundee
- Jingle Bells by askmeaboutLOOM
- O Tannenbaum by man vs sun
- Santa's Slay by askmeaboutLOOM
- Christmas (Is the Time to Get Fucked Up) by uncleozzy
- Rusty Chevrolet by g.i.r.
- Fool For Yule by doubtfulpalace
- Silent Night by man vs sun
- Have Yourself a Walken Little Christmas by cortex
- What Child is This? by askmeaboutLOOM
- Up on the Housetop by man vs sun
- Silent Night by cortex
- Bad Santa by askmeaboutLOOM
- Winter Wonderland by SamuraiCarChase
- Little Drummer Boy by roll truck roll
- Mountain Instrument Medley by man vs sun
- Coalstockings (Blacklung) by askmeaboutLOOM
- Angels We Have Heard On High by man vs sun
- Ukrainian Crab Carol (Shchedryk) by askmeaboutLOOM
- Deck the Halls by man vs sun
- We Three Kings by askmeaboutLOOM
- Oh Come All Ye Slothful by cortex
- Auld Lang Syne by man vs sun
- Amazing Grace by TheCoug
MeFi Music Challenge 39
Submission deadline: December 31, 2010
For December, we're keeping it simple: just Holiday Music. Not specifying what holiday, country, culture etc. That's up to you and should provide some spice for this challenge. Get your holiday on!
Along with the standard "mefimusicchallenge" tag, be sure to tag your submissions with "HolidayMusic".
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- Larynges(n+1) by askmeaboutLOOM
- Real Talk to Meffy by frecklefaerie
- Para ti no es premio by micayetoca
- Clockwatching by MajorDundee
- The Worst Things by chococat
- Beautiful Ships by askmeaboutLOOM
- Monologue by freya_lamb
- ROYGBIV by onehalfjunco
- Simple Town by unSane
- Glory Boy by doubtfulpalace
- Buckets and Big Ideas by flapjax at midnite
- beradero by umbú
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by gallus
- Into the Night by SamuraiCarChase
MeFi Music Challenge 38
Submission deadline: November 30, 2010
The challenge for this month is challenging. The theme is Vocals Only and it goes like this: Sing anything. It can be absurd, theatrical, sad or lovely. Feel free to use effects but leave your instruments behind.
Tag your song with "vocalsonly" along with the standard "mefimusicchallenge", and check out the discussion thread right here.
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- There's A Ghost In My House (Runnin' With The Community Dick Mix) by MajorDundee
- Dreamscape by snsranch
- There's A Guest In My Hose (NSU Mix) by MajorDundee
- Swamp by Saellys
- Scary Train by Greynaab
- the house on the hill by peterkins
- Creepy Doll by askmeaboutLOOM
- titan (tactical terror mix) by kimyo
- Astro Zombies by InfidelZombie
- Spooky Drone by sailormouth
- Balkan Red Alert Part II by unSane
- Threat by makabampow
- Cyclic Surname Theme by abc123xyzinfinity
MeFi Music Challenge 37
Submission deadline: October 31, 2010
It's that time of year again: for October, let's be scary and anything goes. Just imagine that your producing something for a Halloween party, a Haunted House or even something just to scare the daylights out of trick-or-treaters. Tag your submission with "scary" (even if the song isn't that, exactly) as well as the standard "mefimusicchallenge". Talk about your ideas and your recordings in this thread!
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- Woman Driving, Man Sleeping by ZsigE
- Watched You Drive Away by flapjax at midnite
MeFi Music Challenge 36
Submission deadline: September 30, 2010
This months challenge: TRANSPO! Discussion thread here.
Transpo can be any or all of the following: Road trip songs, songs about cars, trucks, bikes, scooters, 18 wheelers, music that sounds like those road machines and anything that gets your gears turning and rubber burning. Hat tips to bonefish and Karlos the Jackal for the inspiration.
Tag your submission with transpo as well as the standard mefimusicchallenge.
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- Voom, As In Va Va! by bonefish
- I'm the Scapegoat (But I Don't Eat Garbage) by askmeaboutLOOM
MeFi Music Challenge 35
Submission deadline: August 31, 2010
This month: song to burlesque to.
Says divabat, "I'd like to suggest a challenge for MeFi Musicians to come up with songs that would make an awesome burlesque number. It doesn't have to sound like "The Stripper" or anything out of the 40s necessarily (then again that's just my taste), but something fun, danceable, unusual."
Be sure to tag your contributions with burlesque, along with the standard mefimusicchallenge.
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- Jasmine & Seashells by MajorDundee
- This is the Summer by unSane
- Easy (If It Wasn't So Hard) by johndavi
- 60 Days by chococat
- Diggin' The Sand by bonefish
- Summer's Calling (remix) by unSane
- Fantastic Soul Party by bonefish
- After the Summer Has Gone by Karlos the Jackal
MeFi Music Challenge 34
Submission deadline: July 31, 2010
Write a Summer Song: Be it bubblegum or anthem, strive to capture the elusive vibe of the Summer Tune that you actually don't mind hearing over and over, and which works its way into your mind to be endlessly inseparable from a certain time and place. Or something. Can be more literal (hot weather, vacation, etc.) or more about getting the feel of a summer hit, whatever.
In addition to the usual mefimusicchallenge tag, please tag your submission: summersong. Hat tip to chococat!
Discussion thread about this challenge on Music Talk.
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- Heart of Glass by cortex
- People Got to Be Free by chococat
- Maniac by burnmp3s
- Sugar, Sugar by Karlos the Jackal
- Dang Me by unSane
- Like a Virgin by Lutoslawski
MeFi Music Challenge 33
Submission deadline: June 30, 2010
BONUS ROUND: May's challenge is back for an encore.
Cover the song that was #1 on the charts the day you were born. Don't like the song? Use whatever country's chart you want, there's got to be something! In addition to the usual "mefimusicchallenge" tag, please tag your submission with "numberonehit". Thanks to minifigs for the idea.
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- i remember you by peterkins
- The first time ever I saw your face by umbú
- You Light Up My Nightmares by Kirk Grim
- All Shook Up by flapjax at midnite
- (Not) Missing You by The Whelk
- Apache by Jonesisdying
- Son of My Father by Pecinpah
- Africa (Dark Continent Mix) by ropeladder
- Physical by naju
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack cover) by NemesisVex
- Ring My Bell: Tango by koeselitz
- Heavenly Club by chococat
- Two Tribes by minifigs
- Na Na, Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) [Steam cover] by not_on_display
MeFi Music Challenge 32
Submission deadline: May 31, 2010
Cover the song that was #1 on the charts the day you were born. Don't like the song? Use whatever country's chart you want, there's got to be something! In addition to the usual "mefimusicchallenge" tag, please tag your submission with "numberonehit". Thanks to minifigs for the idea.
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- plums by pyramid termite
- half note juke (after diana deutsch) by sleepy pete
MeFi Music Challenge 31
Submission deadline: April 30, 2010
From the mouth of flapjax: "This month of April, starting as it does on the first, is a special one, and calls for a very special, April-y sort of Challenge. So, your mission, Mefi musicians, should you decide to accept it, is... make a song with a half a note. You can take a note and saw it in half, burn half of it off, slice it in half with a razor, whatever. But however you do it, your song must contain ONLY half of a note. No more, no less."
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- 100 Ho! by blue bar
- Six is where you take the three and make it two times by ORthey
- multiplication by edlundart
MeFi Music Challenge 30
Submission deadline: March 31, 2010
This month's challenge suggested by Mhead:
"I think a great idea for the music challenge would be to sing the multiplication table. There are high-priced multiplication table songs out there but they are overpriced garbage. You guys could do so much better! Think of all the kids you could help. Many kids, particularly learning disabled, learn the times table by listening to the multiplication table sung to music.
A few suggestions would be to maybe make it fun with a few rhymes here and there ( like three times three is nine… a mighty fine design… three times three is nine), repetition repetition repetition and go slow. You could even have one person do the twos, another the threes and so on."
Be sure to tag your submission "multiplication" in addition to the usual "mefimusicchallenge".
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- Knoxville Girl by chococat
- Allegro Vivace from G.B. Viotti's 'Trio for 2 violins and cello' in Bb Major by mythicalbyrd
- María tero lero lé by micayetoca
- So We'll Go No More A-Roving by ZsigE
- Year of Jubilo by usonian
- Scarlet Town by hiteleven
- Greensleeves by dnash
- "Spanish Ladies" by Peg-Leg Dundee featuring The Bilge Rats by MajorDundee
- Tumbalalaika by archivist
- Banks of the Ohio by Obscure Reference
- Danville Girl by l2p
- The Murder of Maria Marten by askmeaboutLOOM
- Captain Kidd by blue bar
MeFi Music Challenge 29
Submission deadline: February 28, 2010
Cover a "traditional" song. Can be from anywhere, but should meet the following criteria: (a) the origin of the words and/or music is lost in time, and/or (b) that it's at least 100 years old, give or take a year or two. In addition to the usual "mefimusicchallenge" tag, please add the "traditional" tag to your submission. (Hat tip to MajorDundee!)
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- waraw's answering machine message by waraw
- Living With An Alien by soundofsuburbia
- I Don't Want to Talk to You by hamfisted
- My Voice on Carl's Home Answering Machine by The White Hat
- Answering Machine of the Borg Collective by nollaf126
MeFi Music Challenge 28
Submission deadline: January 31, 2010
You may know (or not), but radio announcer Carl Kassel is a score keeper and judge on an NPR show. The winners of various segments can get his voice on their answering machine.
You also may know (or not), but Carl Kassel is retiring from newscasting.
So, the January 2010 Mefi Music Challenge is: make up jingles and such for Carl Kassel's answering machine. It might be fun to make up a CD of these and send it to him!
Let's open the idea up a bit more for those not interested in the Carl Kassel angle: make an outgoing message for anyone's answering machine: yours, some favorite Mefite's, some other public figure's, God's... the sky's the limit. But speaking of limits, let's keep in mind, we're going for brevity and punch here. Something you could really imagine as an outgoing message.
(Hat tip to cjorgensen and flapjax at midnite for the challenge suggestions.)
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- How To Write A Christmas Song by raisindebt
- What Child Is This by leapfrog
- Winter Wonderland by raisindebt
- O Holy Night by cortex
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by american caesar
- White Christmas by raisindebt
- The Wassail Song by usonian
- Here Comes Santa Claus by mintcake!
- Christmas Wrapping by MajorDundee
- Low-Fi Silent Night by French Fry
- The Most Wonderful Day of The Year (Misfit Toys) by chococat
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (MagiMix) by MajorDundee
- douce nuit by nicolin
- O Come, O Come Emmanuel by roll truck roll
- O Little Town of Bethlehem by usonian
- Sing Christmas by minifigs
- Here Comes Santa Claus by uncleozzy
- Want To Embarrass That Irritating Twat Of A Relative/Colleague At This Year's Christmas Get-Together? - Dundee Tells You How - For FREE! by MajorDundee
- God Rest Ye Merry Juggalos by uncleozzy
- Dear Santa Claus by keithburgun
- The Ghost of Christmas Pluperfect Subjunctive by Karlos the Jackal
MeFi Music Challenge 27
Submission deadline: December 31, 2009
This month's Challenge: submit a holiday song. As if you couldn't have guessed! But that's it, really, just a SEASONAL HOLIDAY SONG. Cover or rendition of a well-known or little-known Christmas song? Sure! Your own original holiday-related number? Whatever you like! We're going to take things nice and easy this month, without a lot of pesky and demanding details or requirements. Consider it your [insert holiday of choice] present, friends!
Extra points, though, if you cover a standard Christmas or Hanukkah song or carol in a different time signature. That'll be cool.
Be sure to tag it "holidaymusic", along with the standard "mefimusicchallenge".
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- The Falcon and The Showman by mundy
- Joe Wilson's Lament by sredefer
- Oh Balloon Boy by cortex
- Two Fair Brides by slipperystar
- violent night. by infinite intimation
MeFi Music Challenge 26
Submission deadline: November 30, 2009
Planet Kyoto suggests: "The Ballad of Balloon Boy". Sounds good, but let's open it up a bit more... other likely candidates: "The TSA Took My Baby Blues", or "The Scientology Shuffle". Something topical, kids. Have at it! Be sure to add the standard "mefimusicchallenge" tag as well as "topicalsong".
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- Haunted Backyard by mundy
- Chemin Des Dames by MajorDundee
- The Fear by philip-random
- Looking at Witches by Jawbones
- The David Lee Roth Isolated Vocal Track Piano by speicus
- Bride of the Creature From the Deep by uncleozzy
- Healing Hands by MajorDundee
- All Tomorrow's Parties by InfidelZombie
- Raven (Do As Infinity cover) by NemesisVex
- Smells like Hell by abc123xyzinfinity
- Oyohoyi ho Hi by infinite intimation
- Vampire Dub No. 13 by ford and the prefects
- Old Friend by tmcw
- One day at a time; sunlight and starligh fall silently in line. by infinite intimation
- When Shall We Three Meet Again? by MajorDundee
- No Known Survivors by man vs sun
- Aleatoric Boogie Man by askmeaboutLOOM
- Bed of Nails by infinite intimation
- No One Lives Forever by askmeaboutLOOM
- CULTED by The Audio Invasion
MeFi Music Challenge 25
Submission deadline: October 31, 2009
It went like gangbusters last year, so, hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? This October, again, is SCARY SONG MONTH. Submit something appropriate for Halloween! In addition to the usual "mefimusicchallenge" tag, please tag your submission "scary".
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- Qipheyo (The Great Big Mulp adaptation) by askmeaboutLOOM
- green lights flashing (again) by the_very_hungry_caterpillar
- The Bottom Falls Out of the Clouds (demoriffic version) by rangefinder 1.4
MeFi Music Challenge 24
Submission deadline: September 30, 2009
Cover another Mefi musician's LYRICS ONLY. Use the lyrics from another users song posted to Metafilter Music, but not anything else. Your submission should feature an entirely different melody and arrangement from the original. Lyrics should remain intact, faithful to the original. In addition to the usual "mefimusicchallenge" tag, please tag your song "mefilyricscover". (Thanks to mediocre for the suggestion.)
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- August Challenge - MeFiMu jingle by MajorDundee
- Post-Jingle by DaDaDaDave
- "Nerd Mafia" (silly ringtone) by snsranch
- Mefi Music - that is correct. by the_very_hungry_caterpillar
- MeFiMu Promo by uncleozzy
- MetaFilter Music Logo by askmeaboutLOOM
- MetaFilter Music (Promo?) by askmeaboutLOOM
- Low, High, MetaFilter Noise. by askmeaboutLOOM
MeFi Music Challenge 23
Submission deadline: August 31, 2009
Compose a MetaFilter Music jingle, ring tone or sound logo. One simple rule: your submission must be 30 seconds long or less. Be sure to tag it with "underthirtyseconds".
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- Femme Fatale by askmeaboutLOOM
- Femme Fatale (Ambient Take) by man vs sun
- I'm Waiting for the Man by flapjax at midnite
- Venus in Furs by dagosto
- Sunday Morning by mexican
- European Son by criticalbill
- (Saturday Night And) Sunday Morning by MajorDundee
- Femme Fatale by cortex
- Run Run Run by ORthey
- There She Goes Again by not_on_display
- vampire deer - the black angel's death song by pyramid termite
- Sunday Morning by askmeaboutLOOM
- I’m Waiting for the Man by man vs sun
- Venus In Furs by MajorDundee
- Femme Fatale by askmeaboutLOOM
- Venus In Furs by man vs sun
- Run Run Run by askmeaboutLOOM
- Sunday Morning by micayetoca
- All Tomorrow's Parties by man vs sun
- Heroin by askmeaboutLOOM
- There She Goes Again by man vs sun
- I'll Be Your Mirror by askmeaboutLOOM
- The Black Angel’s Death Song by man vs sun
- European Son by askmeaboutLOOM
- Run Run Run by minifigs
- Heroin by chococat
- All Tomorrow's Parties (A Study) by azarbayejani
- All Tomorrow's Parties (SKIST) by flapjax at midnite
- Venus in Furz by bonobothegreat
- Waiting for the Man by snsranch
- I’m waiting for the man (caterpillar mix #1) by the_very_hungry_caterpillar
- Femme Fatale (VU+N cover) by cortex
- Heroin by uncleozzy
- I'll Be Your Mirror by He Is Only The Imposter
- Femme Fatale (VN+U Cover) by davejay
MeFi Music Challenge 22
Submission deadline: July 31, 2009
This month, Mefi musicians are covering songs from what's been called (among other things) one of the most prophetic albums of the 1960s. Or of all time. Or something. Anyway, the record is The Velvet Underground & Nico, and songs have been (and are being) assigned. There are 30-plus participants already on board as of now (July 1), and if you'd like to join the list, please go to the Music Talk thread and let us know you'd like to join. A song will be assigned you.
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- Hallelujah, Hoarse (cover) by cortex
- Hallefuckinlooya by MajorDundee
- David's Chords by umbú
- Hallebritishlujah by nunoidia
- Skallelujah by Jon_Evil
- Brubekujah by cortex
- It's a cold and it's a Disco Hallelujah by TwoWordReview
- Hallelujah (island version) by mexican
- Divalujah by abc123xyzinfinity
- Hallelujah für Stimme und Streichquartett by NemesisVex
- SvenskaLujah by French Fry
- Tunelujah by uncleozzy
- Hallelujah (drone version) by flapjax at midnite
- Folsomlujah by chococat
- Halle Hula by cortex
- Hillbillujah by cortex
- Zimmerlujah by cortex
- hallelujah was {not} a hoodrat.. by xorry
- Hellelujah by DaDaDaDave
- Hallelujah! (So Very NSFW Mix) by askmeaboutLOOM
- Unrecognisable-lullejah by Admira
- Fingerpickujah by ORthey
- Chill-elujah by ichthuz
- Gumby-lujah by askmeaboutLOOM
- Ha! Lay, Lou. Yah? by andrewraff
- Acappellujah by cortex
MeFi Music Challenge 21
Submission deadline: June 30, 2009
Cover Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Even if you're not the first on your block!
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- Breathing On Another Planet by Saellys
- cavacavaco by umbú
- Hommage a Quelqu'un (2009) by azarbayejani
- Elemental Fire, 2009 version by wanderingmind
- Days Are Long by chococat
- Techno Space Chase by dagosto
- Chase Scene by flapjax at midnite
- Mr Slug goes back to hell 2009 by fuq
- Oklahoma, Boston by abc123xyzinfinity
- Macapa by umbú
- All Undone by flapjax at midnite
- Untold Demons (new mix) by NemesisVex
- Distance of the Moon (Albedo Mix) by speicus
- Chase Scene ala Wes Anderson by snsranch
MeFi Music Challenge 20
Submission deadline: May 31, 2009
1. 'cover,' so to speak, the very first song you ever wrote, or if you can't remember which one that was, one of your earliest songs. Take the song and update it with your current skills, sensibilities, instruments and recording capabilities. And if you just happen to have an older recording of it, post that in the same file, or on a consecutive day, so we can compare! Please tag your submission: "remake", as well as the usual "mefimusicchallenge". (suggested by ORthey, with some slight additions from flapjax)
2. make... chase scene music! Please tag your submission: "chasescene" and/or "chase", as well as the usual "mefimusicchallenge". (suggested by Hoopo)
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- My Amnesty Song by snsranch
- I Said It All by chococat
- This Much by Corduroy
- Portland, City of Roses, City of Dreams by kaibutsu
- You're Not Alone by ORthey
- Kimo by micayetoca
- Rescuer (cleaner mix) by NemesisVex
- Letter & line by freya_lamb
- All Day Long by snsranch
- Everything (is on fire) by The Great Big Mulp
- Soon by uncleozzy
- In the Morning We Awoke by orville sash
- Everywhere With Helicopter (feat. jessamyn; Guided By Voices cover) by not_on_display
- Moonshake (two chord version) by arcanecrowbar
- Drip Drop by dagosto
- Ataraxia by semblance
- Why donchu go by xorry
- Lackawana Standoff by Liv Pooleside
- Gone Gone Gone by flapjax at midnite
- The Last Native Speaker by doubtfulpalace
- Morning by azarbayejani
- Thanks to the Wishing Well by Karlos the Jackal
MeFi Music Challenge 19
Submission deadline: April 30, 2009
1. Make a song using only two chords. (suggested by cortex)
2. Make a song for a very specific occasion, i.e. a song for chopping onions, or a song for putting on your socks, or a song for turning the ignition in your car.. that kinda thing. (suggested by abc123xyzinfinity)
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- The Snake by umbú
- I Stand In Line by BrnP84
- ...Meat by orville sash
- Real Bad Dad (Theme Song) by dagosto
- Misused by idiopath
- The Ground Squirrel turns spy by BrnP84
- El aparato by micayetoca
- Mbira Experiment 1 of 2 by dagosto
- Secret Agent Love Scene by dagosto
- Over the edge by freya_lamb
- Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal by greekphilosophy
MeFi Music Challenge 18
Submission deadline: March 31, 2009
March MeFiMu Challenge: "Amnesty Month" - submit songs based on any previous music challenge that you may have missed. suggested by AppleSeed
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MeFi Music Challenge 17
Submission deadline: February 28, 2009
LYRIC Challenge: You must include this exact phrase somewhere in your song (either in LOL-speak or as the actual words the letters represent): OMG WTF BBQ. From this comment by Mister_A
MUSIC Challenge: Make choral music. Whether you pull together a genuine, full-blown choir, or use vocal or choir samples, or multitrack your own voice 20 times, it's gotta be choral music: voices only. Please tag your submission: "choral". Suggested by Galvatron.
WILDCARD Challenge: Your submission must consist of a single track (no overdubbing) in which you perform on an instrument in a way that the instrument is not "meant" to be played. Bang on your tuba. Drop ping pong balls on your acoustic guitar. Push your piano out a 2nd story window. That kind of thing. Please tag your submission: "wrong". Suggested by flapjax at midnite.
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MeFi Music Challenge 16
Submission deadline: January 31, 2009
LYRIC Challenge: You must include this exact phrase somewhere in the lyrics to your song: "it's just banjo and booze for the rest of my life." From THIS comment by RussHy (and thanks to davejay for suggesting it!):
MUSIC Challenge: Use the lyrics from another user's song already posted to MeFiMu, but not anything else. The song shouldn't resemble the original in any way: melody, arrangement, anything. But it must have the same lyrics. Suggested by mediocre
WILDCARD Challenge: Record a song to be played simultaneously with another song on MetaFilter Music. Suggested by arcane crowbar.
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- Linus and Lucifer by doubtfulpalace
- Buttfuck Baby Jesus by uncleozzy
- Kris Krackle by american caesar
- Jingle Bells (1993) by doubtfulpalace
- Jingle Bells (1997) by doubtfulpalace
- Xmas Don't Be Late by self
- Sangre de Santa by doubtfulpalace
- Down In The Forest by doubtfulpalace
- Jingle Burn by dagosto
- Black Dog, Friendly Dog by micayetoca
- Happy Birthday Jesus by hideousnorth
- Santa Claus is comin' to town by ORthey
- Santa Punk Is Coming to Town by uncleozzy
- Let It Snew by abc123xyzinfinity
- Mary Mary by sleepy pete
- O Holy Night by ageispolis
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by chococat
- Let It Snow by dagosto
- The Day of the Christmas Parade by Astro Zombie
- very big delicious christmas part one (o holy linus) by sleepy pete
- very big delicious christmas part 2 (sacred rudolph) by sleepy pete
- very big delicious christmas part 3 (snow drums) by sleepy pete
MeFi Music Challenge 15
Submission deadline: December 31, 2008
This month's Challenge (only one this month) is a holiday theme: Make a "broken" Christmas song. For example, cover a typically cheerful tune like "Jingle Bells" or "Santa Claus is Coming To Town" in a minor key, or full of sludge-doom guitars and growling vocals. Or make your own original Christmas song, but make it ominous, or scary, or violent. Just somehow... inappropriate. Suggested by flapjax at midnite. Please tag your selections with "brokenchristmassong".
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- Whiter Shade of Pale (Radio Edit) by dagosto
- Miss You by dagosto
- In Under A Minute by snsranch
- Interlude by effwerd
- September Gurls by uncleozzy
- Canção de amor by micayetoca
- That Guy In That Room by flapjax at midnite
- Three-Camera Sitcom by uncleozzy
- Here comes your man by ORthey
- Cashmachine by arcanecrowbar
- Henry Pants by Karlos the Jackal
- Brother North-Wind's Secret by doubtfulpalace
- It's Jay! by cortex
- Watching the Detectives by chococat
- I Want To Sing That Rock and Roll by BrnP84
- Country Death Song by chococat
- Little Red Corvette by chococat
- Slaw Value-Pak by doubtfulpalace
- My Little Corner of the World by micayetoca
- Sad, Sad Song by micayetoca
- Personal Jesus by mexican
- Six Fifths by abc123xyzinfinity
- Girlfriend Song by Karlos the Jackal
MeFi Music Challenge 14
Submission deadline: November 30, 2008
LYRIC Challenge: You must use this exact phrase in your submission: "I kept thinking of all those other words I know" from THIS COMMENT by Fuzzy Skinner
MUSIC Challenge: Spoiler tv series theme music.
In the early days of television, viewers were introduced to a show each week with a theme song that described the show's premise: "Mr. Ed" told us a horse would talk, "Gilligan's Island" let us know the cast had only planned on a three hour tour (a three hour tour), etc. Create a theme song for a television series (imaginary or real) using lyrics that explain the premise. Suggested by lothar (with slight modification by flapjax at midnite) Please tag your submission: TVseriesTheme
WILDCARD Challenge: Submit a song that is less than one minute long. suggested by ORthey - Please tag your submission: LessThanAMinute
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- Deixa Isso Pra La by flapjax at midnite
- last night a werewolf fell in love with me (silver lipstick remix) by February28
- Todo Los Dolores (Devendra Banhart cover) by buriednexttoyou
- I Trust You To Kill Me by mediocre
- That's Easy For You To Say by micayetoca
- Pretorius by sleepy pete
- Creature From the Deep by uncleozzy
- The Zombie Apocalypse Part 1 by Astro Zombie
- Demented Children's Songs by csimpkins
- Ugly Monster by AppleSeed
- Mister Bones by nosila
- Giant Electric Flying Insect by awfurby
- The Girl at the End of the Road by Karlos the Jackal
- The Dangers of Buying an Older House by cortex
- Funky Monster Dance by dagosto
- On Halloween by Monstrous Moonshine
MeFi Music Challenge 13
Submission deadline: October 31, 2008
This month's Challenge: A good HALLOWEEN song. Or something, you know, scary. Otherwise, there's a special one month extension on LAST MONTH'S Challenges. Yes, you still have a chance to work with one (or more) of those! So get to it!
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MeFi Music Challenge 12
Submission deadline: September 30, 2008
LYRIC Challenge: You must use this exact phrase in your song: "I meant to say tweaked out freak." from this comment by MaryDellamorte.
MUSIC Challenge: Cover a song that is sung in a language you don't speak. suggested by: p3t3
WILDCARD Challenge: MeFiMu Mashup! Your submission must use ONLY samples grabbed from at least two or more MeFi Music songs. suggested by: PeterMcDermott
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- Ugly Bugly Tuna Wiggle by cog_nate
- Cephalopod by lothar
- Lucky's Song by lothar
- Anthem For An Ant Colony by AppleSeed
- Jefferson's Clockwork by umbú
- You Need More MeFi In Your Life by davejay
- Africa by Astro Zombie
- Treehouse by Karlos the Jackal
- Elves in Iceland by ORthey
- A Little Scared by flapjax at midnite
MeFi Music Challenge 11
Submission deadline: August 31, 2008
LYRIC Challenge: Include this exact phrase in your song: "If you're not at least a little scared, you're doing it wrong". [tag: "lyricchallenge"] From this comment by loquacious.
MUSIC Challenge: Make a children's song about a bug, or bugs in general. [tags: "musicchhallenge" , "childrenssong" and "bugs"] suggested by: Appleseed
WILDCARD Challenge: Click "Random" on the Mefi Menu and write a song incorporating the text and comments of the FPP you arrive upon (discretion of how MUCH text to use is up to the musician). [tags: "wildcardchallenge" and "randommefipost"] suggested by: Zephyrial
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- The Spyware who lagged me by BrnP84
- Munich - 1970HundredThirtyTwoFifty by xorry
- I Burned This Song by flapjax at midnite
- Leaving on a Jet Plane by Meatbomb
- Black Rock Lizard dance remix by lothar
- Your Turn by spiderskull
- Numbers Station by Hoopo
- Not Enough to Keep Me Satisfied by quadog
- Falling In Love With A Woman Reading Numbers by awfurby
- Theme From Squidboner by chococat
- Lazy Mary by uncleozzy
- Say U.N.C.L.E. by itchylick
- I kill you. You die. by sleepy pete
- Spies! Again! by aleb
- Heist Scene by AppleSeed
- Secret Asian Man by BrnP84
- Tasty Treats by BrnP84
- Eleven by not_on_display
MeFi Music Challenge 10
Submission deadline: July 30, 2008
LYRIC Challenge: you must include this exact phrase in your submission: "I burned this song" -- from this comment by umbú
MUSIC Challenge: Make "Spy Music". Something that would be at home in an old-school James Bond movie or Man From U.N.C.L.E. episode. suggested by: stavrosthewonderchicken
WILDCARD Challenge: Do any song (your own or a cover) in a STYLE you despise. suggested by: not_on_display
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- Til we're dead by BrnP84
- Body Music 1 by flapjax at midnite
- Grossenschrift S by Meatbomb
- Flyball's Lament (the cover one) by ORthey
- Ossuary I by naju
- You are my sunshine by ibfrog
- four ewe [the cover] by micayetoca
- 2 Cigarettes (cover) by Karlos the Jackal
- Es Muerta Me Corazon by snsranch
- Blah blah blah (cover version) by nthdegx
- Veronica (cover) by chococat
- Life by flapjax at midnite
- The Book of Love by saulgoodman
- Rock n' roll song (about rock n' roll) by uncleozzy
- 'Till We're Dead by By The Grace of God
- The Worst Decision by AppleSeed
- Roads of Plenty by Static Vagabond
- Blue Train (the slow one) by flapjax at midnite
- And Now She's Gone by not_on_display
- Colonel Roger (is a Soldier from the Future (is a Cover)) by The Great Big Mulp
MeFi Music Challenge 9
Submission deadline: June 30, 2008
LYRIC Challenge: you must include this exact phrase in your submission: "Life is all about conflicting desires" from this comment
MUSIC Challenge: cover a MeFiMu song by another MeFier. Please LINK to original when you submit your cover version! Suggested by: Several MeFiers. Thanks to all!
WILDCARD Challenge: submit music using only your body as a sound source (can include vocalizing), no instruments. Suggested by: bitterkitten
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