Ivan Milenkovic Instructor Week Competition! :), Make a Blues Song! :)
Ivan Milenkovic
Apr 18 2009, 06:14 PM
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Hey hey guys, welcome to my competition, featured in my first instructor week here on GMC. As you know this week I am doing a blues theme, and this competition is no exception! cool.gif

Here's the deal: wink.gif

- Deadline is 28th or April (I will stretch it if needed of course) smile.gif
- No official sign ups (as soon as you post your finished blues song it will count as a sign up)
- Download the backing track that I've made and make a blues song out of it!

A word about the backing:

- Standard 12 bar blues progression from E, 100bpm tempo
- Only drum and bass tracks are in the track
- Drum track is simple shuffled rhythm
- Bass track is simple shuffled rhythm using only roots.
- The 12 bar blues is repeated 3x during this small song


You are free to add anything you like to this in order to finish this short tune, the more you add the better can be (example: guitar rhythm, guitar lead, vocals, organ, piano, brass, harp, whatever!)
Since it has only 3 repeated 12 bar frames, you have a limited time to express everything you want, so use all your knowledge about blues and other music styles to make it as interesting as possible! smile.gif


And of course the prizes for the best blues composers are appropriate! cool.gif


FIRST PRIZE:

BOSS BLUES DRIVER BD2
The Boss BD-2 Blues Driver guitar effects pedal delivers that creamy-yet-crunchy sound you've heard countless great blues guitar players call up - and at a great value! The BD-2 Blues Driver simulates the sound of a vintage tube amplifier, giving you instant access to timeless tones. It also responds to your playing dynamics, so you can pull out a range of tones to give each note the perfect flavor and feel. All in all, you'll love the warm overdrive and emotive distortion the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver adds to your rig. Over 10,000,000 sold!

SECOND PRIZE:

3 SETS OF DEAN MARKLEY "BLUE STEEL" ELECTRIC GUITAR STRINGS

Blue Steel™ are the world's first and finest Cryogenic- processed strings. That's right, this is the one everyone's been talking about. Blue Steel™ strings are a total breakthrough in string technology. Starting with the very finest quality materials, Blue Steel™ strings are frozen to minus 320 degrees Fahrenheit, held there for an exact period of time and then slowly and carefully brought back to their original temperature. This unique Cryogenic treatment realigns the molecular structure of the string, giving Blue Steel more highs and lows, a longer life and greater ability to stay in tune. It's simply amazing what a little -320º liquid nitrogen can do to a guitar string. Put on a set and see what all the noise is about. Twice the tone and twice the life.



THIRD PRIZE:

FUNK/ROCK ALBUM "IN THE MOOD" OF MY BAND "ANGRY PAPRIKAS" (FEATURING ME AND INSTRUCTOR BOGDAN!)

This album contains author material on our native language (Serbian), and although you may not understand the lyrics, I hope you enjoy our music! smile.gif

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Apr 22 2009, 08:05 PM
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Here be mine!!

I was listening to (The great) Peter Green's "Stumble" and thought an all instrumental track might be nice, so here it is!
the first guitar slide piece is in open E on a 335 replica, the secong and third were on my strat in standard tuning and the rythym on my Les Paul.

I went for a old blues feel for the first part, SRV for the second and a Gary Moore style for the end.

I may develop this and add some lyrics, any restriction on number of entries Ivan???

Hope you like it!

Attached File  blues_competition_4.mp3 ( 1.45MB ) Number of downloads: 264


PS: didnt mean that little dink just before the end but thought it sounded cool!!

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- Ivan Milenkovic   Ivan Milenkovic Instructor Week Competition! :)   Apr 18 2009, 06:14 PM
- - Tolek   Wohoo, cool prizes. I´ll give my best to submit ...   Apr 18 2009, 06:59 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   You want me to turn it down? (it is a little loud)   Apr 18 2009, 07:05 PM
|- - Tolek   QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Apr 18 2009, 08...   Apr 18 2009, 07:06 PM
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- - Ivan Milenkovic   OK, I added one more track, let me know if you nee...   Apr 18 2009, 07:24 PM
- - berko   The bass is quite loud originally! But it...   Apr 18 2009, 07:28 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   Yeah, I think it's a bit loud as well, I compr...   Apr 18 2009, 07:42 PM
- - Tolek   Yes, that´s much better! Thanks very much.   Apr 18 2009, 07:44 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   OK mate, no problem   Apr 18 2009, 07:54 PM
- - Bogdan Radovic   Cool competition!! Looking forward to hear...   Apr 18 2009, 07:59 PM
- - sigma7   when is the deadline Ivan?   Apr 18 2009, 08:07 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   Deadline is 28th or April (I will stretch it if ne...   Apr 18 2009, 08:17 PM
- - superize   Not really a blues player but i will see if i can ...   Apr 19 2009, 08:40 AM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   That would be great man, try it, there is no wrong...   Apr 19 2009, 01:45 PM
- - audiopaal   Nice prizes and backing I'll make an attempt ...   Apr 19 2009, 01:52 PM
|- - Ivan Milenkovic   QUOTE (audiopaal @ Apr 19 2009, 02:52 PM)...   Apr 19 2009, 02:43 PM
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- - skennington   Hey Ivan, any chance in getting the BT in midi for...   Apr 19 2009, 10:32 PM
|- - Ivan Milenkovic   QUOTE (skennington @ Apr 19 2009, 11:32 P...   Apr 20 2009, 01:13 PM
|- - skennington   QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Apr 20 2009, 08...   Apr 20 2009, 02:00 PM
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- - Deleted   So is not required to upload a video.   Apr 20 2009, 02:08 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   No mate, audio will be quite enough for this one...   Apr 20 2009, 04:04 PM
|- - arctic1234   QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Apr 20 2009, 05...   Apr 20 2009, 04:56 PM
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- - Ivan Milenkovic   Of course! Video should look very good! ...   Apr 20 2009, 05:48 PM
|- - arctic1234   QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Apr 20 2009, 06...   Apr 20 2009, 06:05 PM
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- - stevie ray hey hey hey   wow man, this is pretty weird for me... I just tr...   Apr 21 2009, 03:01 AM
- - skennington   Guess I'll be the first Ivan to upload.. Reme...   Apr 21 2009, 06:23 AM
|- - Bogdan Radovic   QUOTE (skennington @ Apr 21 2009, 07:23 A...   Apr 22 2009, 12:38 PM
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- - Ivan Milenkovic   Great idea man! You sure created an awesome cl...   Apr 21 2009, 11:27 AM
|- - skennington   QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Apr 21 2009, 06...   Apr 21 2009, 01:55 PM
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- - Marc_Maiden   im gonna do this one for sure!   Apr 21 2009, 08:30 PM
- - Tolek   He, wait for me as well! Skenny, your take is...   Apr 21 2009, 10:14 PM
|- - skennington   QUOTE (Tolek @ Apr 21 2009, 05:14 PM) Ske...   Apr 21 2009, 11:35 PM
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- - Ivan Milenkovic   Looking forward to hearing more takes guys, this c...   Apr 22 2009, 12:51 PM
- - Deleted   This is my entry, my little song, hope you like it...   Apr 22 2009, 03:26 PM
|- - Bogdan Radovic   QUOTE (Deleted @ Apr 22 2009, 04:26 PM) T...   Apr 22 2009, 07:48 PM
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- - Ivan Milenkovic   Awesome takes Deleted and sted, excellent stuff...   Apr 22 2009, 09:34 PM
- - skennington   A little added motivation for Blues week. This is ...   Apr 23 2009, 06:29 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   Hehe, very nice clip!   Apr 23 2009, 10:03 PM
- - Marc_Maiden   i am proud to call this my take! enjoy! ...   Apr 24 2009, 03:48 AM
- - Deleted   You're very fast! This remember me some me...   Apr 24 2009, 02:07 PM
|- - Marc_Maiden   QUOTE (Deleted @ Apr 24 2009, 06:07 AM) Y...   Apr 24 2009, 05:16 PM
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- - Ivan Milenkovic   Very nice track Marc, there are some intense chops...   Apr 26 2009, 09:17 PM
- - David Berntsen   Nice takes! . I'm working on my take, sho...   Apr 26 2009, 10:01 PM
- - Oxac   -Removed   Apr 26 2009, 11:23 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   Very interesting take and nice soloing Oxac. Thank...   Apr 26 2009, 11:24 PM
- - Oxac   Sorry Ivan, I wasn't happy with the take at al...   Apr 26 2009, 11:26 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   no prob man! The deadline is now Thursday, s...   Apr 27 2009, 02:15 PM
|- - Gus   QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Apr 27 2009, 03...   Apr 27 2009, 09:51 PM
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- - JimmyRare   I decided to give this a try when I saw this threa...   Apr 27 2009, 06:49 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   Sure man, hop in if you want! Competition is o...   Apr 27 2009, 11:20 PM
- - David Berntsen   Here's my take   Apr 28 2009, 04:36 PM
- - Oxac   I managed to complete one that's a little bit ...   Apr 28 2009, 10:52 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   Awesome takes guys, I'm glad you participated...   Apr 29 2009, 11:27 AM
- - Sensible Jones   I think I've managed to rig up this old PC to ...   Apr 29 2009, 12:05 PM
|- - David Berntsen   QUOTE (Sensible Jones @ Apr 29 2009, 12:0...   Apr 29 2009, 06:18 PM
|- - Sensible Jones   QUOTE (David Berntsen @ Apr 29 2009, 06:1...   Apr 29 2009, 06:28 PM
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- - Gus   And here we are. This is my entry for the competi...   Apr 30 2009, 10:56 AM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   Great take Gus, very good blues soloing! ...   Apr 30 2009, 12:49 PM
- - Sensible Jones   OK, it's not the best. I could have done a lot...   Apr 30 2009, 04:51 PM
- - Marc_Maiden   ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i cant waiitttt...   Apr 30 2009, 04:52 PM
- - Bogdan Radovic   So many great takes in this competition!!...   Apr 30 2009, 07:07 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   OK guys, great takes so far, the competition threa...   May 1 2009, 11:48 AM
|- - skennington   QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ May 1 2009, 06:4...   May 2 2009, 01:45 AM
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- - Thunder9513   QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Apr 18 2009, 09...   May 2 2009, 07:42 PM
- - skennington   Hey Ivan, if you need any help deciding, just let ...   May 3 2009, 03:27 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   i was just thinking how to handle prizes before I ...   May 3 2009, 04:01 PM
- - Marc_Maiden   QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ May 3 2009, 08:0...   May 3 2009, 05:11 PM
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