One Hour Compo - Round 686 (OHC686)
Outline
You've rounded the corner, but you've been here before. You've won this battle before, and you've won it yet again. Surely this time will be different. This time you are stronger. Tonight theme is "No More!"
Rules
You will have 1 hour to complete your song and 10 minutes to finish it up. You will then have an additional 10 minutes to upload your song. At 6 PST/9 EST you may begin your mixing, please have your files uploaded by 7:20 PST/10:20 EST. Join us for discussion on Discord!
Entries (16)
it's okay to take a break sometimes.
"I can do this all day", you say out loud, while you receive multiple beatings. Sure, you always stand up to them, but you only win when they get tired of beating you. This time, though, you're different. This is where the fun begins.
[Verse]
I face the same things that I had at the start
Go round and round until fatigue has had the best of me
While I could take down what I faced off before
They rise again and the futility is tiring
Dust off my shoulder, and prepare to commence
Just like before, it never ends, a cycle all-consuming
But then it dawns on me, the end to this curse
Toss down my sword and shield, give up and let them all go through me
[Chorus]
Hands up, foot down, I've had about enough
No more, I'm done with playing in the rough
I quit, retire, and off into the hills
I throw the towel, I've had my fill
[Verse]
Like that it ended, but I'm raising my doubts
I come to think that the solution isn't quite what I hoped
But starting up again is not for me now
Upon reflection all my fate decides is where I will go
stand your ground, enough is enough, we will take it no more!
Coming onto shore
Kingdom is before you
Sharpening the axe
Wringing out your hands
Kingdom is before you (x2)
Swing swing that axe
Take what's yours (x3)
Yours for the taking
I don't recommend experimenting with 7/4 time on OHC if you've never composed something in the time signature before XD.
stand your ground
when you tear it down
speak your voice
as your flag your hoist
hear the withered cries
that you can't deny
we can take no more
we can take no more
battles rage
our hope made fade
but we will stand
for what we demand
we can take no more
we can take no more
Oh, this guy again? Why is he always stronger than me?
This track is as angry as it gets. I was initially gonna do a metal track (Or at least a close proximation), but it didn't work out, because i wanted it to go really hard.
And i don't just mean basic distortion, i mean so much it's just pure screech, while still retaining a structure, an arrangement and a melody/chord progression. The distortion was soo much, even my DAW couldn't handle it haha. In the end, it's either too loud, or not loud enough...
As for the melodies, it's mostly chord stabs, a full on progression with a choir, acid synths, riffs and other oddities. Tried to navigate through a really laggy daw for this, there was soo much amps going lol. All in all, it might not be everyone's cup of tea, it was certainly a different and fun way of making things. Hope you enjoy!
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