We drove all night to find the place that was our own

And when we couldnt find a place to keep that secret

It wasn't a big deal at all

I won't be held hostage from this feeling of regret

we won't be held in this place in doubt

and we come, we're coming for you

Time for One Hour Compo
Start up your DAW, loosen your jaw
Oh crap, there's no theme
Someone just typed fsdfdsfdsfs--...what is this?
How we gonna compose without a theme?
Come on, man, tell me this is just a dream
Am I just gonna be TBD?
Nah...that ain't me; let's see...

This is the story of One Hour Compo: Round 711
We started the night with a strange little plight
The website told us that the theme was
f-s-d f-d-s
What do you think that means to me?
f-d-s f-s-f
It might as well just say "TBD"

starla says, "ffs"
That's not the theme, bro; it's "f-s-d"
Apparently she says she had company
Yeah, yeah, okay, I see
Looks like we just got theme number two
Let's take a look and try to make do
[Tonight's theme...is]
"Story time!", well, okay!

This is the story of One Hour Compo: Round 711
We started the night with a strange little plight
The website told us that the theme was
f-s-d f-d-s
What do you think that means to me?
f-d-s f-s-f
It might as well just say "TBD"

Legends tell of stoic warriors

Armed with naught but pride

Ten feet tall with skin of leather

Teeth as sharp as knives

Standing firm against the chaos

With purpose in their eyes

Heralds of the golden ages

The hope of older times

Gather round and hear the tales (of the ancient warriors)

Heroic deeds and battles waged (aspire to greatness)

Gather round come near these flames (As the night chill sets in)

Hear these tales again

(world goth day was this week!)

wattpad mirror from fanfiction.net: https://www.wattpad.com/826415041-my-immortal-chapter-1

(This was my unreleased OHC653 entry)

[verse]

Today just felt any other day, I didn't think it'd go awry

but it's laundering day

I had my socks right here, they must have jumped right out the hamper

and took flight, or just scampered away

Imagine if the socks had found a portal and arrived at other homes

A ridiculous thought

What other reason could there be though? Have I really lost my final shot?

Maybe sandals today?

[chorus]

Am I a lunatic, because I'm losin' it?

and all things I own are gone

I had enough of it, maybe I'm full of it

The question still remains: where's my socks?

[verse]

What would happen if you spotted unfamiliar footwear in your house?

Would you call the police?

Might you put out posters asking if you recognize these little socks?

Or just toss them right out?

Soup is sick, so we get strings and piano. The latter being recorded on a digital piano and then horribly picked at until it seemed passable. Then some strings slapped on for atmosphere. You know how it goes.

the music that plays when you get the back story before your first mission in an old DOS game

A 12 year old casually writing stuff about back in the day. Ah the irony.

close your eyes

let me tell you

something stranger

you're about to see

what i get to see in you

tell me now

all your old regrets

and all that's stopping you

from singing the same song

you've been spinning

on and on

I'm getting Oxenfree vibes from this. Probably the campfire motif. Some basic FL SFX and percussion, placed spacially and minimally. Not my usual bombastic style, but hell... it's been like 4 years since I did this (and I'm juggling a beer, a cigarette, and a touchpad that hates being touched - all while on my porch. Also... this version of FL Studio is unfamiliar to me). ALl in good fun ;)

I enjoyed letting the pitched ride set the melodic tone. I also enjoyed the pressure of 1hr time limit forcing me to roll with what I have, and not composing past about a minute and a half. I think this track is good where it's at.

It's good to be back =3

the background textures were constructed by creating a sound from an image of the letters of the first theme repeating over and over again. the story was lifted from a cassette tape I found of myself rambling cult like statements for nearly an hour, probably some time around 1995. the soundscape in the background of the vocals would have been created by balancing the feedback of the speakers in the recording space by while processing effects through guitar pedals and the real time audio manipulation abilities of an early sound digitizer attached to our amiga computer.

Approaching

Waiting, watching, finding out

Simple start here (first submission). Been wanting to do this for a while and I'm elated that I got it down and out. Simple instrumentation because I'm just learning Reaper. I started with just sounds of campfire, then the 808 beat, and then just improv from there.

TheVideoGamer teaches you how to make the perfect Fish and Chips, at home using simple ingredients and a whole load of flavour. Soundtracked by a custom jingle for my show, and some old projects from past Compo Rounds. Hope you get something fun out of this, i'd figure it fits the story telling aesthetic. Enjoy!

Long ago, I knew a girl in school

She moved here from England

She lived just down the street

I walked her home each night

Through the park, stories were shared

Down the alley, feelings laid bare

Across the crescent, messages shared

But she didn't know how I felt.

I was so young, I didn't know how

I was toor strange, clinging so close

Being too weird was always my way

But being a creep drove her away.

I was a creep

I didn't know how to trest someone

With respect and care of their space

I was a creep