Friendly Non-Contest #17

Let's make the most of our time. Here is the first friendly non-contest in 2026.

* The submitted track must be an original piece created for the occasion, with the below image as inspiration.
* The creative process is your own, there are no bad entries.
* If possible, please provide us with a little insight into your interpretation of the images alongside your track.

Deadline: February 4, 2026



About the picture:

Photography of Yoko Ono, John Lennon and Maria de Soledade Alves by Charles Ley published in Daily Mirror on March 26, 1969, with the headline "Beatle John and Yoko are forced out of their £20-a-day bed by Maria, the hotel maid"

Taken from the fake check article at snopes (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-and-yoko-maid-pic/):

In 1969, the world-famous couple staged a unique form of protest called the "Bed-ins for Peace" to oppose the Vietnam War and promote peace. Instead of traditional protest methods, the couple chose to use the publicity from their recent marriage to highlight their message of peace by staying in bed in their pajamas. They held two week-long protests: one at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam and the second at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. The events were open to the media for several hours each day, allowing Lennon and Ono to discuss peace with the press.

I will also not spare you its more recent resurfacing causing context. The picture was added a caption that read: "John and Yoko waiting for the maid to make the bed so they can continue protesting against the system, 1969,"

You may also check out the very documentation of this event by the initiators themselfes:

Personal message to the future contestants on the edge:

There is frankly no better way making music than to actually make some. Here is your chance. With no pressure (well except a deadline, but this will help you and in the end we do all have one final deadline that we conciously cannot escape. Own the time you are given.) and friendliness (It’s in the title duh. Even though I know for sure that what people say is not always what people do, but in this case I dare you to trust us. It is indeed a friendly event) you may have a lot of fun in participating!

If you are really really really self-concious about your creations or not even a member of this forum: I got you. Just shoot me an email at [email protected] and we work something out to make it available for the nice people here to hear.

Past contests:

#00 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/battle-for-everything-created-for-a-friendly-forum-contest.75670/
#01 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/a-friendly-contest-1.75684/
#02 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/a-friendly-non-contest-2.76333
#03 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/non-contest-3-has-concluded.76618/
#04 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/not-a-contest-4.76970/
#05 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/non-contest-5.77309/
#06 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/friendly-non-contest-6.77712/
#07 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/friendly-non-contest-7.78214/
#08 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/friendly-non-contest-8.78700/
#09 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/friendly-non-contest-9.79321/
#10 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/friendly-non-contest-10.79693/
#11 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/friendly-non-contest-11.80017/
#12 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/friendly-non-contest-12.80400/
#13 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/friendly-non-contest-13.80971/
#14 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/friendly-non-contest-14.81562/
#15 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/friendly-non-contest-15.81870/
#16 - https://audiosex.pro/threads/friendly-non-contest-16.82720/

 

Noice!

 

My manager's secretaries are already receiving phone calls from ghost writers!!!

 

imma sit this one out but ill definitely check in on how yall interpret it, hope you have fun

 

Hi @Grape Ape! Does that mean you'll be playing silence?

 

@capitan crunch lol, i just need to chill for minute dawg. i want to do like John and take a vacation with my girl for a couple weeks. we were talking about going to Morrocco last year but thats not a flight i wanted to take originally; but my bitch badder than yoko like, i could do that for her - this inspired me, just in a different way. i know youre about to kill it though my friend

also my fave John song, hes singing that from his soul

 

I completely understand. me too. I escaped a month and a half ago for 2 weeks. much needed. but now I back to being stressed.
some would guess that that's life...

 

My wife and her brother are going to Casablanca in the Spring and then on to Marrakesh. I can't travel for at least nine months, so...

Have a great time and bring back a nice carpet.

This...might...just...be...your...song!!

 

@Lois Lane yep Marrakech is exactly where we're headed, it looks really nice. damn i wish you could go man....though thats fantastic song, ive never heard that before so thanks homie and take care of yourself. youre a very talented dude and i know youre a Beatles fan, so if youre able to make it i know its gonna be well crafted

like i said many times, you inspire me dude. i hope im still able to play and have fun like you when im that age, i know how life can be, its a blessing