Happy New Year everyone!
So it is a new year and a chance for a new start so what better way then a forum competition! Some of you may have read my original post on the idea and having discussed it with some of you / observed the ideas that were already going in the Studio section of the forum, well we are now ready to rock out the first competition.
The competition:Every 3 months there will be a competition, it revolves around
individuals or groups of forum members composing or covering songs based
on a set of rules or guidelines laid out for that particular competition.
The first competition will have a Prize and it is also possible that future competitions may also have prizes depending on donations/sponsors.
The first competition will run from the 1st Jan 2014 and end with the winner being announced on the 31st March 2014.
The second competition will run from the 1st April 2014 and end with the winner being announced on the 30th June 2014.
The third competition will run from the 1st July 2014 and end with the winner being announced on the 30th September 2014.
The fourth competition will run from the 1st October 2014 and end with the winner being announced on the 31st December 2014.
And so on for next year.
Submissions must be made on or before the 15th day of the last month of the competition, for example the 15th March 2014. This is to allow time for uploading all the submissions and for voting.
PurposeTo encourage people on this forum to actually engage in more practical music making and to attract new member's to the forum. Fretboard Challenge should be a fun and productive online community competition.
Entry RequirementsYou must be a registered forum member with at least 10 posts to enter the competition.
Submission DetailsAll recordings will need to be sent via email to fretboardchallenge AT gmail.com
All songs will then be upload to the Fretboard Challenge YouTube channel.
(Competition details will be posted on there soon).
Songs can be submitted in an MP3 format with an accompanying Image (this will be then used to create a WMV to be uploaded to youtube) or you can submit your own WMV file and create a proper video if you wish.
VotingVoting will commence on the 17th day of the last month of the competition. Unless this forum gets a proper voting system in the next 4 months voting will be undertaken as follows:
I shall post a voting thread on the forum on the 17th, every registered forum member can vote once by simply posting in the thread their vote for best track. Please only post once and do not post anything else other than your vote in the thread (mods could you please police this).
Hopefully no one has a problem with public voting.................
Legal Stuff (because some people will undoubtedly ask)
This is supposed to be a friendly competition so hopefully we don't get into any of this stuff but:
This competition is
NOT administered by the administration of www.thefretboard.co.uk and the website takes no responsibility for any content produced or uploaded via this competition.
All songs and videos will belong to the people that created the original track (you), after the end of the competition if you wish for your track to be removed from youtube just let us know and will we do it straight away.
When creating your tracks please do not breach copyright law or plagiarize other peoples work, if you do this you will be removed from the competition.
FRETBOARD CHALLENGE #1
Guidelines
To create a track at least 2 minutes in length in a Malian Desert Blues/Folk style. Think Ali Farka Toure, Tinariwen etc etc.
Any number or combination of instruments can be used, vocal layering and sampling is also permitted.
You Do Not have to use guitars if you don't want to.
Deadline
Midnight (UK time) 15th March 2014.
Prize
The prize for this competition will be a brand new Electro Harmonix Knockout Effects Pedal (worth about £50) (unless anyone has major objections)
I shall provide the prize, however If you would like to make a donation to the prize fund please let me know.
Questions
Let me know.
Comments
Theme for this one might push us out of our comfort zone a bit, but isn't that the aim?
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Now for 2014:
Holland - Amsterdam, PARADISO Sunday, 2nd March 2014
Holland - Eindhoven, MUZIEKGEBOUW, Monday 3rd March 2014
Belgium - Gent, VOORUIT, Tuesday 4th March 2014
Germany - Filderstadt/Stuttgart, FILHARMONIE Thursday 6th March 2014
Germany - Cologne, THEATER AM TANZBRUNNEN Friday 7th March 2014
UK - Sheffield, CITY HALL, Sunday 9th March 2014
UK - Birmingham, TOWN HALL Monday 10th March 2014
UK - Cambridge, CORN EXCHANGE, Tuesday 11th March 2014
UK - Warrington, PARR HALL, Thursday 13th March 2014
Dates not yet confirmed:
Portugal - Lisbon, AULA MAGNA, Sunday 16th March 2014Spain - Madrid, TEATRO NUEVO APOLO, Monday 17th March 2014
Spain, Barcelona, BARTS THEATER, Tuesday 18th March 2014
Italy - Turin, HIROSHIMA, Thursday 20th March 2014
Italy - Vincenza, TEATRO COMUNALE, Friday 21 March 2014
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
This challenge is right outside my comfort zone but I'm up for it. My only comment is the length of time between challenges. Perhaps it could be a tad shorter .. I don't intend to re-record tubular bells ... :-)
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
As for time scales I was going to originally do it every 3 months so I could change it back to that
As Fretwired said all the other competitions fizzle out and that i because they are in a sub section that not many people will read!