Hi there good folks.


Well life can be a little dull occasionally at the Park Slope seed ranch and studio. In fact today I am just plain BORED.
Fortunately YOU can help. It's also often a little too serious in the competitive New York jazz scene. With 8000 students matriculating from Jazz Universities based in Manhattan every year (not to mention blow-in Aussies and Israelis and Eurotrash) and about 2.5 gigs/clubs left its get tough. Happily here at Seed Music, as always we have created the necessary stress release valve and escape route.

For the purposes of promoting excellence in the art of jazz humour I have inaugurated the first:

SEAN WAYLAND INTERNATIONAL WORLD WIDE WEB FUNNIEST JAZZ SOLO COMPETITION

http://www.seanwayland.com/funniest%20arc%20competition.mp3

This is the rhythm section track from the tune "Arc Etude" from my CD expensive habit. After Donny McCaslin struggles to complete one of my very cool yet unfortunately unplayable (by the best in the business) head there are 2 chorus of bass and drums only. The tune is loosely structured around a B flat version of Gershwin's "I got Rhythm".

My hope is that thousands of you will over overdub solos by any means you can. Book "Avatar" if you wish or just use Thomas Edison's original Phonograph if you have it lying around (although in disagreement with Walter Sear I wouldn't trust one of those sonically , as Thomas Edison was deaf, regardless of the things "specs").

There are no real "guidelines", hopefully I will be rolling on the floor upon hearing your entry (video entries also accepted). Entries will close July 5th, 2063. Winner will receive something.

I plan to post the "finalists" entries on this site. If you post a video entry on "youtube" and notify me I will post a link to your entry here (this is the preferred method of entry).
The judge(s) (Sean Wayland) may also enter and deem himself winner.

As a guideline I have included a sample entry here www.seanwayland.com/funny%20arc.mp3

I detuned the D+ triad all over my keyboard down a 4th to create it.

As the composer of "Arc Etude" unfortunately for yourselves (and possibly me too) I will become the copyright owner of your solo on my composition (thanks to the ingenious system of copyright laws in use in the US). I found this out when I considered posting here some Kenny Kirkland Transcriptions. After consulting a lawyer I was surprised to find that the "copyright" in his most of his best solos belongs to one of the Marsalis brothers or Kenny Garrett. In the current world where anything decent is already freely available on the internet (swimming in more cr%p than you can poke a stick at) I wouldn't get too worked up about your rights. Lie down and take it like the rest of us quietly please.

Please email your best efforts or just post them somewhere and send me a link. If you cant think of anything stupid enough for this competition and just want the world to know you are a "killing badd As# mofo" please send me a recording of that, preferably overdubbed on my boys playing a rhythm changes.

Thanks and I look forward to your entry (pardon the pun).


Best regards

Sean Wayland