Hardware Jams

This week’s challenge is to create a jam that evokes the suspense, psychological unease, and dramatic intensity characteristic of Bernard Herrmann's film scores (e.g., Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Taxi Driver).



Bernard Herrmann's film scores are known for their:
• Dissonance and Chromaticism: While essentially tonal, his music uses heavy chromaticism (movement in half-steps) and dissonance to generate anxiety and unease. He frequently employed the tritone (the "Devil's interval") and chords that resist traditional resolution, such as half-diminished or dominant-seventh chords, keeping the listener perpetually on edge.


• Ostinati and Motifs: Instead of long, lyrical themes, he built cues around short, repetitive musical cells or motifs (ostinati). This repetition gives the music an urgent, hypnotic, and agitated quality, perfectly reflecting the characters' obsession or paranoia (e.g., Vertigo).


Deep Register Focus: He often favored darker orchestral colors, utilising instruments in their lower registers, such as bass clarinets, contrabassoons, and low brass, which contributes to the brooding, ominous atmosphere.




Usual rules apply:
You have from NOW until 19.59pm UK time Monday to create a jam
Keep your jam under 5 mins


Upload your jam (ideally to YouTube) and complete the Google Form here
forms.gle/iPBeWFsd6j6T4zG69



Jams will be played on the Hardware Jams Channel at 20.00 UK time on Monday
Don't use copyrighted visual or audio material (for example, just sticking a techno beat under the Psycho theme1)
Support each other
HAVE FUN!

18 hours ago | [YT] | 10

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The Winner for the 142BPM Banger Challenge

909 SNARE DRUM ROLL PLEASE....

🏆🥇1st PLACE🥇🏆
Travi Trav Travis Benjamin Simpson https://youtu.be/_Ooca0xbrnw?si=ovd86...

🥈2nd PLACE🥈
Grace Griffin https://youtu.be/xLDgWm2Z5SE
JohnAlchemy https://youtu.be/sBdeDU5sKP0
Hardwaresound https://youtu.be/onZcjHGRuSM

🥉3rd PLACE🥉
Jordan Jankov Lectraw youtube.com/shorts/lZ51-yL3Ax...
Keith Sutton drone-in-the-woods https://youtu.be/ynVaadIbKkY

Thank you for submitting Jams, Watching the Streamthrough, Commenting and Liking everyones Jams. Thank you to Grace Griffin and Jonathan Cross for hosting on Monday :D

ALL JAMS MADE WILL BE PLAYED ON THE CC STREAM 16th-18th DECEMBER <3

Shall we do another challenge tomorrow?

1 day ago | [YT] | 10

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VOTE! forms.gle/1SwGyH2XjAt5Eb7AA

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This week, we are working in collaboration with our friends over at the
Creative Collektive. They are hosting a weekend Festival in honour of Inkys Birthday on the 13th and 14th of December. We have a 3 hour slot where we can display everyone's prowess so The manic panda had an amazing idea where we do a challenge and then he'll mix ALL the jams into a SUPER SET 😃
The challenge is to make a SUPER CLUB BANGER at 142BPM, any genre welcome, just make it as if you're handing it to a DJ to get some bums wiggling. All Jams must be made this weekend and submissions close at Streamthrough on Monday! Please DON'T use any Copyright material for Audio or Video.


Jam Submissions here
forms.gle/2M8n7qZ4dVeZqqoS8

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Vote Link: forms.gle/JPJMFRLSMrTowEtx9

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This week's mission is to create a jam that sonically represents your favourite colour..

Hola Jammers!
This week's mission is to create a jam that sonically represents your favourite colour..
Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon where the stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway (like hearing) leads to an involuntary experience in a second sensory or cognitive pathway (like sight). We are challenging you to reverse this: to translate the visual and emotional characteristics of your favourite colour into a compelling aural experience.
That's it.. have fun. I look forward to your colourful jams. Oh and votes will be deducted if you don't spell colour with 'u'.. 🙂
Usual rules apply:
You have from NOW until 19.59pm UK time Monday to create a jam
Keep your jam under 5 mins
Upload your jam (ideally to YouTube) and complete the Google Form here
forms.gle/qBSZUCeJo1brBVrN6
Jams will be played on the Hardware Jams Channel at 20.00 UK time on Monday
Don't use copyrighted visual or audio material
Support each other
HAVE FUN!

2 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 21

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We have a WINNER! 🏆 congrats to ‪@monosnack‬ for an amazing noisy and spooky jam 🙌
Well done to everyone involved- stay tuned for the next challenge !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufRHh...

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 6

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Back to original voting parameters EXCEPT vote for the jams you think nailed the challenge specifications :D Vote as many times as you like, JUST NOT FOR YOURSELF. Voting closes Dinner-ish time on Thursday!

forms.gle/knrYsA5MBkfbjUFZ9

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Vote Link for the Melody Challenge - Please only vote for three jammers, we are trying out another variation of the voting method.

forms.gle/63JowZ6F63xE6YGKA

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