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Who's up for Stayin' Alive in the RiffMasters Realm?

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In the Round 8 Main Event. we return to the musical root-base of many TTR members
with opportunity for some skull-poundin’ overdrive and hackle-raisin’ dirtifications!!!!

Main Event Chapter 8
METALMORPHOSIS

To complete this challenge with a valid entry for the community vote, you are going to take a very NON-Metal song,
Dance Pop, Rap, EDM, New Wave, R+B... whatevers and convert it to hard rock/metal. Choose carefully.

Just as long as your chosen piece features a minimum, or no overtly distorted guitar
as key instrumentation in the original, and you make heavy/rock guitar the NEW instrumental focus of the piece, your choice should be valid and safe.
Lyrics or vocals are not required in the final, but may help your submission along (or not!) for the voting.

Your track choice and valiant, skillful attempt to metal-morph it into as musically a nasty/heavy crusher of a track as you can muster could earn you the big points in the vote five weeks from now. But remember, even
just any acceptable submission is good for five.

As per usual there are bonus points available, awardable after the voting is done.
1 bonus points for metal-morphing a widely popular Rap/Hip-Hop song
1 bonus points for metal-morphing a genuine Disco hit

If you are wondering ways this can be done... I suggest checking out the Frog Leap Studios
Youtube page with featuring Leo Moracchioli (dude above) who’s kind of developed this into his musical “thing.”

Your “Metalmorphosis” Main Event #8 submission is due in this RiffMasters thread before 7PM Weds. August 28th

Round Four Main Event Scoring: 48 hour Community Poll Vote on submissions post deadline.
Top Vote Earner = 10 points
Second & Third Places = 7 points.
Participation Award: All other competitors who manage to submit a valid entry = 5 points

Plenty to enough get excited about, ain’t it? Hold on soldiers. Take half minute with me to take pause, and concentrate
on breathing in time with this calming gif for a few cycles... relax, clear your mind, let your all your earthly stresses... Every problem and concern now begins melting off from your body... troubles falling away easier, and easier as you count backwards from five down to zero.... Five..... Four..... Three.... Two... One.....

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Now, as you are mentally absolutely unencumbered, open and ready, feel free to venture onward....

We gonna rock out real in Round 8, cut loose and grind out some serious nasty! And, we’ll also enjoy a new Guitar Duel as well
as a WTF?!? Side Hustle. The latter could result in some negative energy, particularly with the increased testosterone production all that metal-morphing will surely spur. In advance, again, I suggest you RiffMasters with known anger issues bookmark this page
so you may continue to practice your deep breathing, or begin to pursue yoga or some new age crystal-fondling meditative practices.
This will help you prepare yourself with ways to cope mentally with a rather uncomfortable Side Hustle situation looming ahead.

Fair warning!

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Leo M. of Frog Leap Studios is pretty awesome.
This was the first thing i heard from him:

i do love a good metal transmogrification/ mashup ...

i think i probably lack the testosterone level and metal chops required for this one, but i'll have a go anyhow ...
(i'm also recovering from producing over 3 hours of music over the past month or so for a challenge on another site, so please forgive me if it's lame, LOL).
 
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PRESS PLAY

Who's up for Stayin' Alive in the RiffMasters Realm?

HKEnOiib_o.jpg


In the Round 8 Main Event. we return to the musical root-base of many TTR members
with opportunity for some skull-poundin’ overdrive and hackle-raisin’ dirtifications!!!!

Main Event Chapter 8
METALMORPHOSIS

To complete this challenge with a valid entry for the community vote, you are going to take a very NON-Metal song,
Dance Pop, Rap, EDM, New Wave, R+B... whatevers and convert it to hard rock/metal. Choose carefully.

Just as long as your chosen piece features absolutely NO overtly distorted guitar
as key instrumentation in the original,
and you make heavy/rock guitar the NEW instrumental focus of the piece, your choice should be valid and safe.

Lyrics or vocals are not required in the final, but may help your submission along (or not!) for the voting.

Your track choice and valiant, skillful attempt to metal-morph it into as musically a nasty/heavy crusher of
a track as you can muster could earn you the big points in the vote five weeks from now. But remember, even
just any acceptable submission is good for five.

As per usual there are bonus points available, awardable after the voting is done.
1 bonus points for metal-morphing a widely popular Rap/Hip-Hop song
1 bonus points for metal-morphing a genuine Disco hit

If you are wondering ways this can be done... I suggest checking out the Frog Leap Studios
Youtube page with featuring Leo Moracchioli (dude above) who’s kind of developed this into his musical “thing.”

Your “Metalmorphosis” Main Event #8 submission is due in this RiffMasters thread before 7PM Weds. August 28th

Round Four Main Event Scoring: 48 hour Community Poll Vote on submissions post deadline.
Top Vote Earner = 10 points
Second & Third Places = 7 points.
Participation Award: All other competitors who manage to submit a valid entry = 5 points

Plenty to enough get excited about, ain’t it? Hold on soldiers. Take half minute with me to take pause, and concentrate
on breathing in time with this calming gif for a few cycles... relax, clear your mind, let your all your earthly stresses...
Every problem and concern now begins melting off from your body... troubles falling away easier, and easier as you
count backwards from five down to zero.... Five..... Four..... Three.... Two... One.....

FQbupvZV_o.gif


Now, as you are mentally absolutely unencumbered, open and ready, feel free to venture onward....

We gonna rock out real in Round 8, cut loose and grind out some serious nasty! And, we’ll also enjoy a new Guitar Duel as well
as a WTF?!? Side Hustle. The latter could result in some negative energy, particularly with the increased testosterone production all
that metal-morphing will surely spur. In advance, again, I suggest you RiffMasters with known anger issues bookmark this page
so you may continue to practice your deep breathing, or begin to pursue yoga or some new age crystal-fondling meditative practices.
This will help you prepare yourself with ways to cope mentally with a rather uncomfortable Side Hustle situation looming ahead.

Fair warning!

E8rqU7Bp_o.gif
Are we allowed to change the lyrics a little?
 
Absolutely... I don't want to stifle anyone's creativity, more the opposite, but I know not everyone is a songwriter so consider your choice merely a base to mess with. @frostyjr2 keep watching this round ... the side hustle will probably be something you can get behind 'cause it's a bit quirky and definitely not metal
 
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I don't know how I keep missing all the action, but DAYUM, I'll never eat leftovers from the local Tavern again. I just spent the last 24hrs glued to the ol' porcelain throne, I'll spare you the deets. @TVvoodoo, I may have thought you tried poisoning me, but alas, it was self inflicted and you did mentioned we should be working together. Congrats on the win!
Now, as far as Challenge 8 goes, is this another one where we have to quickly pick a tune before all the best ones are taken?
 
Wow! Enjoying some time in the Penthouse all by myself!
Put Febreeze on the shopping list ugh!
Smells like weed and Kraft Dinner in here...

I have to congratulate @ibmorjamn on reaching "rocker" status
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@Randy Van Malmsteen and @Aynirar27 on "roller" status

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And @Ku² as well as @LiveeviL2000 join myself in reaching "Superstar" status.
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The only higher level is "RiffMaster" at 100 pts. Who's gonna get there first?

@Ku² suggest you claim as a couple of us already did but there is a very wide field to choose from, I imagine your choice might be eclectic
 
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