Christmas is comming up and activity is rather scarce on the music board. Since the last music competition went rather well and indeed accumulated quite some activity among the musicians here, I thought the time was right to play that card once again.
Also, some new users have entered the music board during the last year and a half, so maybe we can even beat the last entry count of ten!
This isn't really a set challenge, so feel free to speak up over the next few days, but here is my humble proposition:
Theme
No, your entry does not have to be a christmas carol.
However, something reminiscent of the winter season would be nice. That is of course a personal interpretation, so yes; you
can enter pretty much anything. But if other people get Christmas / winter vibes from hearing it as well, I would say that's a pro.
Judging
Since I would like to join in myself, provided I can find the time, I won't be judging this. I propose the simple post-your-vote system utilised in the last competition.
Contrary to the last time though, I think all user should have the right to vote, and not only the contestants. This might even entice new users to check out the music board, if advertised cleverly.
Deadline
This could do with some input from you as well.
I'd propose that all songs are to be entered up until December 24:th (2009), whereafter they will then be presented, so that nobody gets the benefit of having his / her song heard and analysed for a longer time than anyone else (pretty much like the last time).
So, that means the songs will be made available in time for Christmas, however the voting will not be done by then.
I suppose one might reason that the voting as well should be done by yule, but that will give us a bit of a tight composing schedule, realising that most people have other projects going on as well. Using what is stated above, we should have
40 days, starting today.
As said, please state your oppinion on this.
Entering process
Like last time, entries can be e-mailed to me, whereafter I can put them up for high-speed download once the ending date is in.
Should songs be entered anonymously, like last time (although some people, myself included, didn't perceive this until after entering ) or not? - I suppose we aren't really biased enough to need anonimity, right?
If everybody is fine with this, I will edit in the specific e-mail adress here later.
Entry format
The entered songs should be provided as wma or mp3 files no larger than 12Mb in size. Preferably, the bit rate should be at least 192Kb/s; 256 or 320 being the best.
The song length is rather irrelevant, but it should be an actual
song, so let's say at minimum 1:30.
Prizes
Just to be clear on this from the beginning, there will only be one prize, possibly divided into three;
the honour.
No more, no less.
Well, maybe the winner can get to set the next music competition as well, if he would like to.
Yep, that's right; no money, no copy of Vienna Symphonic Cube, no washing machine, nor a bathtub will be presented the winner.
Well, that's about it.
Now let me hear your thoughts!
Cheers,
Rudolpho
