2. Killing Time - Dan Foden (@dantruckerfoden)
Did Google’s priority inbox put my 1 minute wonder at the bottom of your to-do list or did it suck THAT much? ;) I have another one for your collection. Dan Foden of Great Shakes fame just came over and recorded this in my garage… Mark.

2. Killing Time - Dan Foden (@dantruckerfoden)

Did Google’s priority inbox put my 1 minute wonder at the bottom of your to-do list or did it suck THAT much? ;) I have another one for your collection. Dan Foden of Great Shakes fame just came over and recorded this in my garage… Mark.

 3. Standard, as standard by danieljharvey
This is my one minute song what I wrote and did tonight after tea but before bed.

3. Standard, as standard by danieljharvey

This is my one minute song what I wrote and did tonight after tea but before bed.

 5. The Travelling Knife - Emily Sargasso (@sargassotrio)
Hi James Here is my one minute song. It’s all over the place, but what the hell!
Emily

5. The Travelling Knife - Emily Sargasso (@sargassotrio)

Hi James 
Here is my one minute song. It’s all over the place, but what the hell!

Emily

 6. Sticky Situation by Girl in a Thunderbolt
Cautionary tale, set to an Omnichord.

6. Sticky Situation by Girl in a Thunderbolt

Cautionary tale, set to an Omnichord.

 7. The Ballad Of Peach - Mark Thorby @thorbym
Hi James,
So I actually had an evening off tonight and thought I’d have a pop at a one minute wonder. I’m way too deadpan for this drama malarky…
Mark.

7. The Ballad Of Peach - Mark Thorby @thorbym

Hi James,

So I actually had an evening off tonight and thought I’d have a pop at a one minute wonder. I’m way too deadpan for this drama malarky…

Mark.

 8. Helicopter Gunship by Tin (@jamestinman)
Sometimes you get such an emotional battering it’s like being ploughed into by an Apocalypse Now-style Apache… 
My emotions are civiliansInnocent collateralMy emotions are innocent collateral(The women and the children)But you keep on firing..!
You’re a Helicopter Gunship, a helicopter gunshipYou’re a helicopter gunship…With a mini-gun

8. Helicopter Gunship by Tin (@jamestinman)

Sometimes you get such an emotional battering it’s like being ploughed into by an Apocalypse Now-style Apache…
 

My emotions are civilians
Innocent collateral
My emotions are innocent collateral
(The women and the children)
But you keep on firing..!

You’re a Helicopter Gunship, a helicopter gunship
You’re a helicopter gunship…
With a mini-gun

9. Son Of Sam – Sticky Bongo
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 10. I dreamt about dying by aCivilian
My 1 minute wonder, written, performed and recorded by me last weekend.

10. I dreamt about dying by aCivilian

My 1 minute wonder, written, performed and recorded by me last weekend.

 12. Doomed Gondola - James Elliot Taylor @jameselliottwit
hi james leeds.
well, i thought “if i don’t do it right now while its fresh in my mind and raining, it’ll never get done”, so i wrote and recorded a song for your friendly competition. i hope it meets the criteria of drama, though its not exactly “crammed”, but it is about a murder, and is one only one minute … well 1:06.
anyway, i opened up a new file in logic which i had to title and because i had no idea what i was about to write, for inspiration i randomly opened up a book i have called ‘the fairy tales of hermann hesse’ (which is brilliant by the way, if you don’t know it) and immediately saw the seductive couplet “doomed gondola” so decided to write something around that. after 3 hours and 4 beers i’ll call it done as i can’t think of what else i can do with it.
right so, speak soon,
love james

12. Doomed Gondola - James Elliot Taylor @jameselliottwit

hi james leeds.

well, i thought “if i don’t do it right now while its fresh in my mind and raining, it’ll never get done”, so i wrote and recorded a song for your friendly competition. i hope it meets the criteria of drama, though its not exactly “crammed”, but it is about a murder, and is one only one minute … well 1:06.

anyway, i opened up a new file in logic which i had to title and because i had no idea what i was about to write, for inspiration i randomly opened up a book i have called ‘the fairy tales of hermann hesse’ (which is brilliant by the way, if you don’t know it) and immediately saw the seductive couplet “doomed gondola” so decided to write something around that. after 3 hours and 4 beers i’ll call it done as i can’t think of what else i can do with it.

right so, speak soon,

love james

 2. Killing Time - Dan Foden (@dantruckerfoden)
Did Google’s priority inbox put my 1 minute wonder at the bottom of your to-do list or did it suck THAT much? ;) I have another one for your collection. Dan Foden of Great Shakes fame just came over and recorded this in my garage… Mark.

2. Killing Time - Dan Foden (@dantruckerfoden)

Did Google’s priority inbox put my 1 minute wonder at the bottom of your to-do list or did it suck THAT much? ;) I have another one for your collection. Dan Foden of Great Shakes fame just came over and recorded this in my garage… Mark.

 3. Standard, as standard by danieljharvey
This is my one minute song what I wrote and did tonight after tea but before bed.

3. Standard, as standard by danieljharvey

This is my one minute song what I wrote and did tonight after tea but before bed.

 5. The Travelling Knife - Emily Sargasso (@sargassotrio)
Hi James Here is my one minute song. It’s all over the place, but what the hell!
Emily

5. The Travelling Knife - Emily Sargasso (@sargassotrio)

Hi James 
Here is my one minute song. It’s all over the place, but what the hell!

Emily

 6. Sticky Situation by Girl in a Thunderbolt
Cautionary tale, set to an Omnichord.

6. Sticky Situation by Girl in a Thunderbolt

Cautionary tale, set to an Omnichord.

 7. The Ballad Of Peach - Mark Thorby @thorbym
Hi James,
So I actually had an evening off tonight and thought I’d have a pop at a one minute wonder. I’m way too deadpan for this drama malarky…
Mark.

7. The Ballad Of Peach - Mark Thorby @thorbym

Hi James,

So I actually had an evening off tonight and thought I’d have a pop at a one minute wonder. I’m way too deadpan for this drama malarky…

Mark.

 8. Helicopter Gunship by Tin (@jamestinman)
Sometimes you get such an emotional battering it’s like being ploughed into by an Apocalypse Now-style Apache… 
My emotions are civiliansInnocent collateralMy emotions are innocent collateral(The women and the children)But you keep on firing..!
You’re a Helicopter Gunship, a helicopter gunshipYou’re a helicopter gunship…With a mini-gun

8. Helicopter Gunship by Tin (@jamestinman)

Sometimes you get such an emotional battering it’s like being ploughed into by an Apocalypse Now-style Apache…
 

My emotions are civilians
Innocent collateral
My emotions are innocent collateral
(The women and the children)
But you keep on firing..!

You’re a Helicopter Gunship, a helicopter gunship
You’re a helicopter gunship…
With a mini-gun

 10. I dreamt about dying by aCivilian
My 1 minute wonder, written, performed and recorded by me last weekend.

10. I dreamt about dying by aCivilian

My 1 minute wonder, written, performed and recorded by me last weekend.

 12. Doomed Gondola - James Elliot Taylor @jameselliottwit
hi james leeds.
well, i thought “if i don’t do it right now while its fresh in my mind and raining, it’ll never get done”, so i wrote and recorded a song for your friendly competition. i hope it meets the criteria of drama, though its not exactly “crammed”, but it is about a murder, and is one only one minute … well 1:06.
anyway, i opened up a new file in logic which i had to title and because i had no idea what i was about to write, for inspiration i randomly opened up a book i have called ‘the fairy tales of hermann hesse’ (which is brilliant by the way, if you don’t know it) and immediately saw the seductive couplet “doomed gondola” so decided to write something around that. after 3 hours and 4 beers i’ll call it done as i can’t think of what else i can do with it.
right so, speak soon,
love james

12. Doomed Gondola - James Elliot Taylor @jameselliottwit

hi james leeds.

well, i thought “if i don’t do it right now while its fresh in my mind and raining, it’ll never get done”, so i wrote and recorded a song for your friendly competition. i hope it meets the criteria of drama, though its not exactly “crammed”, but it is about a murder, and is one only one minute … well 1:06.

anyway, i opened up a new file in logic which i had to title and because i had no idea what i was about to write, for inspiration i randomly opened up a book i have called ‘the fairy tales of hermann hesse’ (which is brilliant by the way, if you don’t know it) and immediately saw the seductive couplet “doomed gondola” so decided to write something around that. after 3 hours and 4 beers i’ll call it done as i can’t think of what else i can do with it.

right so, speak soon,

love james

9. Son Of Sam – Sticky Bongo


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2011 WINNERS ARE IN:

Valvetronix : The Beelips
Killing Time : Dan Foden
Sticky Bongo : sonofsamsounds
At Sea : Lowery
The Ballad Of Peach : Mark Thorby
Quadrahick : Mike Jackson
The Dell : Red Cassette
Helicopter Gunship : James Leeds
I Dreamt About Dying: PhilCivilian
The Travelling Knife : Emily Sargasso
Standard, as standard : danieljharvey
A hinge : Transept
When's the right time to stop : davidpye
Sticky Situation : Girl in a Thunderbolt

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My sub-standard web-connection led to a Ramona Falls song cutting off at 1 minute... and you know what? It was a GOOD song, but I knew what the rest of it would be like almost exactly... I'd already been exposed to most all the creativity, and the rest of a 3.50 modern pop-song was inevitably going to be just repeats. Yeah, repeats are good when you love something - but that's what the back button is for, surely...

This got me thinking - maybe the accepted wisdom on song length is simply wrong in the modern world when time is what we're most short of...

So here's a bit of fun - I initially asked my song-writer friends (@jamestinman, @jameselliottwit, @Iain Lowery, @redcassette) to write a 1-min song - the theme simply "the most dramatic you can be in 1 min" - but YOU'RE welcome to join in if you fancy a bit of unbridled creativity...

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