Topic: Riff Heresy, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love stealing famous riffs (Read 13607 times)

asyluman · « **on:** 25 Jun 2007, 17:50 »

I was listening to the song Satisfaction the other day and I couldn't help but think that that famous riff could have had a better song to go with it. So I decided to let the good people of the QC forums decide how they would do it. So I present to you the Riff Heresy contest, where we take famous and loved riffs and implant them into our own hideous frankenstein of music. So yeah.

The first challenge is to the the famous opening riff form the Stones' Satisfaction and build a song of your own around it. It may be played on any instrument (even the zither!) and the song but be at least 1 minute in length. After a certain timeframe (1 week? 2?) the forumites will vote and decide whose bastardization is the supreme champion.

Also you can suggest riffs for the competitions after this one.

negative creep · « **Reply #1 on:** 25 Jun 2007, 18:00 »

i'm in!

David_Dovey · « **Reply #2 on:** 25 Jun 2007, 19:29 »

Does that mean the contest is over?

asyluman · « **Reply #3 on:** 25 Jun 2007, 19:32 »

Well anyhow here's my entry, just some slightly cliche techno. some of it is premade loops, some is original.

the song is "unsatisfied"

amok · « **Reply #4 on:** 25 Jun 2007, 19:38 »

This sounds fun, I might dig out my copy of Reason and make a terrible amateur electro tune for laffs.

asyluman · « **Reply #5 on:** 25 Jun 2007, 19:40 »

Quote from: amok on 25 Jun 2007, 19:38

make a terrible amateur electro tune for laffs.

Psh sonn, beat you to that part!

amok · « **Reply #6 on:** 25 Jun 2007, 19:43 »

it's ok mine will be far worse

(I haven't downloaded yours yet but I also haven't used reason in like 3 years and don't know what any of the buttons do

)

MadassAlex · « **Reply #7 on:** 25 Jun 2007, 20:00 »

We should all not play this and just listen to Metallica.

lol

If I had recording stuff I would probably take part.

Ballard · « **Reply #8 on:** 25 Jun 2007, 21:55 »

If I can get a hand on my friend's recording equipment, I'm so in.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #9 on:** 26 Jun 2007, 05:59 »

I'm in. I am SO in.

Kai · « **Reply #10 on:** 26 Jun 2007, 08:56 »

oh my god incredible idea need recording

Ballard · « **Reply #11 on:** 26 Jun 2007, 12:04 »

I think this game should have a Chapter 2 in the form of Layla.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #12 on:** 26 Jun 2007, 12:19 »

Here's my (first at least) entry:

Halo of Flies - Dissatisfaction

negative creep · « **Reply #13 on:** 27 Jun 2007, 09:56 »

i made a song! kind of. here it is:

heartbroken satisfied fuckup

(it's not a good song)

negative creep · « **Reply #14 on:** 03 Jul 2007, 17:20 »

sorry to double-post, but where are the other entries? i think this is a good thread and i don't want it to die!

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #15 on:** 03 Jul 2007, 18:39 »

awesome idea.

a friend of mine recently did an awesome revamp of smoke on the water. It was kind of magical.

godinpants · « **Reply #16 on:** 03 Jul 2007, 23:45 »

I have a zither, i might record it.

asyluman · « **Reply #17 on:** 05 Jul 2007, 15:17 »

Quote from: godinpants on 03 Jul 2007, 23:45

I have a zither, i might record it.

That is awesome.

Also, bump.

godinpants · « **Reply #18 on:** 05 Jul 2007, 22:51 »

Here's my entry, The Sacred Cow Offers No Satisfaction, because, well it sounds Eastern.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5563el

Should also add that its probably a bit out of tune. because i lost my tuner.

negative creep · « **Reply #19 on:** 06 Jul 2007, 04:34 »

wow, that's really good.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #20 on:** 06 Jul 2007, 05:44 »

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Should also add that its probably a bit out of tune. because i lost my tuner.

Sounded like it was on purpose. sounded really good too.

a bit short. left me wanting.

godinpants · « **Reply #21 on:** 06 Jul 2007, 06:32 »

Yeah it was a bit short, but i wasnt sure where to take it, also everyone got home, making for poor conditions if i were to continue recording.

asyluman · « **Reply #22 on:** 09 Jul 2007, 18:18 »

That sounded really really good.

godinpants · « **Reply #23 on:** 10 Jul 2007, 00:39 »

I'm sorry to steal your thread here asyluman, but I Figure everyone who would do something here has.

So shall we just nominate a new riff to play?
Because last time we had something like this(hip hop battle) we kept waiting for something and it died.
If we keep this moving, it might live longer.

May i suggest sunshine of your love?

asyluman · « **Reply #24 on:** 10 Jul 2007, 09:07 »

Sure.

Should be vote for the winner of the Satisfaction riff though?

You'd probably win, godinpants.

amok · « **Reply #25 on:** 10 Jul 2007, 12:48 »

I'm out I'm afraid, formatted my computer and can't find the installers for any of me bleep-making software.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #26 on:** 10 Jul 2007, 13:11 »

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I'm out I'm afraid, formatted my computer and can't find the installers for any of me bleep-making software.

On that note. I would love to get in on this, but I don't have any bleep-making software. What do you guys use/ how good is it?

I heard fruityloops was good and kind of free.

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May i suggest sunshine of your love?

I'm kind of excited to hear some variations on that. Cream seems like a great pool of riffs for this thing.

amok · « **Reply #27 on:** 10 Jul 2007, 13:33 »

I use Reason. Not that I'm a 'musician' or anything, I just like getting high and pushing buttons to make it go 'beep.' But I hear a lot of real musicians like Reason so maybe check it out.

(It's expensive so maybe use the internet to try before you buy as it were.)

godinpants · « **Reply #28 on:** 10 Jul 2007, 18:36 »

Quote from: StaedlerMars on 10 Jul 2007, 13:11

On that note. I would love to get in on this, but I don't have any bleep-making software. What do you guys use/ how good is it?

I heard fruityloops was good and kind of free.

Fruity loops is "kind of free" in that you can get a demo which will export, but not save as far as i know(im a mac user)
And from my use of fruity loops it seems like a very underrated piece of software, most people use it as just a sequencer and synth, but its so much more.

Your best choice for looking for software (free, demo versions, full versions you can buy) is this site.
http://www.kvraudio.com/

It lets you search their database for what you need, so you select what os you are on, what you want it to do, what sounds it should make, all that type of stuff, and at the end it gives you a bunch of links to the pages you can get them from.

Assuming you are on windows, heres an open source selection for you.

http://www.angryredplanet.com/temper/
Temper will be your "host" program. Its only in beta, but being a host means exactly that, it will "host" all your instruments and effects. It sequences midi which will be used with instruments and also can handle audio, for loops and stuff you record.

http://www.audiosonic.dk/digidrumpro.html
Digi drum pro is a decent drum synth from what ive heard. basically make some patterns in temper and this will play through it.

Now you just need to go through and find some interesting synths on the page by doing an instrument search, and ticking the "all" box , or just choosing the type of sounds you want.

asyluman · « **Reply #29 on:** 13 Jul 2007, 12:00 »

Alright, hows about we declare godinpants the winner and move onto Sunshine of Your Love?

That is unless anyone has objections?

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #30 on:** 17 Jul 2007, 11:22 »

Quote from: asyluman on 13 Jul 2007, 12:00

Alright, hows about we declare godinpants the winner and move onto Sunshine of Your Love?

That is unless anyone has objections?

I agree. Also, this idea is too awesome to die.

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll be looking into those programs when I get back to my computer.

negative creep · « **Reply #31 on:** 17 Jul 2007, 12:43 »

yeah, sounds cool. let's do this.

Shake n Baker · « **Reply #32 on:** 23 Jul 2007, 19:28 »

the band The Sword makes some badass riffs. The song 'Ebethron' would be a good suggestion for later testing.

est · « **Reply #33 on:** 25 Jul 2007, 08:51 »

This is a fun thread, guys. I'm trying to teach myself how to use this so I can play the next round too.

But here's something for half time intermission

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #34 on:** 25 Jul 2007, 13:25 »

Quote from: est on 25 Jul 2007, 08:51

This is a fun thread, guys. I'm trying to teach myself how to use this so I can play the next round too.

But here's something for half time intermission

THAT was very cool.

est · « **Reply #35 on:** 25 Jul 2007, 18:01 »

Thanks! I am trying to work my way up to a super-spazzy 80s electro song using FruityLoops Studio, so these riff challenges will be good practice.

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