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TAPS Idol - Launched!! - Limited spots remaining
hi gang after a lot of PMs and responses from the last thread we've decided to give this competition a go.
IMPORTANT:
this is a 6 week competition, if for ANY reason, you don't think you can compete all 6 weeks please don't bother signing up, you'll be wasting someone elses spot and thats not fair.
with that said here is how the competition is going to be structured:
6 weeks of competition:
week 1 - guitar hero - best use of guitar samples(provided) in any kind of prog house/prog trance bit. bpm range is acceptable, looking for melody, production quality and over all appeal. minimum length 1:30, maximum 3min
week 2 - 'clone it' - i love this one, pick one of your favorite trance/psy/whatever tracks and do your best to recreate it. your mp3 of your work must be side by side with the original(a clip for copyright sake) so we can compare and see who truly understands the eq, compression, synth programming of their favorite artists. midi's available at nonstop2k. 1minute - 3 min in length
week 3 - phat bassline - your turn to be vandalism/hook n' sling/sander van doorn for the week, we're looking for the dirtyest, dancefloor killer. production will be based on bassline programming, use of automation and compression/eq/driving techniques.
week 4 - vocal love - with the supplied acapella we want to see your most creative use of vocal processing techniques on top of any beat(breaks, ambient, dub step, house, trance, whatever). this competition will judge the processing on vocals mainly but will look at over all ability to fit these into a proper mix with creativity. minimum length is 1min, longest 3min.
week 5 - percussion - with only using the given samples for percs(1-shots) we want a strictly percussion track(with fx pieces if necessary but no melodies, basslines, pads, etc). voting should be based on, catchyness, creativness of percs, over all swing and groove.
week 6 - originals, originals, originals. - if you've made it this far
taking direction from others you've obviously proved your worth, not only to yourself but to the rest of the field as well. now its time for you to do what you want, we want 4-9min full length tracks in here to showcase your talent.
To register:
http://download.yousendit.com/FD7457656B25F4B2
please fill out this form and email to: anthony@dj
Schedule
Mon 17 Sep 2007 Rules announced/ open for entries
Thurs 20 Sep 2007 First challenge announced
Mon 24 Sep 2007 Entries submitted
Wed 26 Sep 2007 Voting closes for round 1
Thurs 27 Sep 2007 All voting revealed, as well as overall tally.Week 2 challenge announced
Mon 1 Oct 2007 Entries submitted
Wed 3 Oct 2007 Voting closes for round 2
Thurs 4 Oct 2007 Voting results announced. Week 3 challenge announced
Mon 8 Oct 2007 Entries submitted
Wed 10 Oct 2007 Voting closes for round 3
Thurs 11 Oct 2007 Voting results announced. Week 4 challenge announced
Mon 15 Oct 2007 Entries submitted
Wed 17 Oct 2007 Voting closes for round 4
Thurs 18 Oct 2007 Voting results announced. Week 5 challenge announced
Mon 22 Oct 2007 Entries submitted
Wed 24 Oct 2007 Voting closes for round 5
Thurs 25 Oct 2007 Voting results announced. Week 6 challenge announced
Mon 29 Oct 2007 Entries submitted
Wed 31 Oct 2007 Voting closes for round 6
Thurs 1 Nov 2007 Voting results announced. We have a winner!
Rules announced shortly
very great idea! i would love to join.. but the time doesn't allow it in the next 6 weeks. hopefully there will be another round sometime
+1
good luck with it 
. I'm already a fan of the show
this seems to be pretty time demanding.
is it possible to subscribe in particular?
Week 2 Competition kinda turns me off from joining.. I'll definatly be following it though.
if you guys think cutting it down(time wise) will get more interets i'm down, otherwise might have to make this known on a few other forums to get enough people
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| Originally posted by Zombie0729 if you guys think cutting it down(time wise) will get more interets i'm down, otherwise might have to make this known on a few other forums to get enough people |
Sounds like a lot of fun, but also a lot of commitment. Some of the rules seem a little tight though...
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| Originally posted by wayfinder Sounds like a lot of fun, but also a lot of commitment. Some of the rules seem a little tight though... |
I don't understand week 2. Must i recreate a song??? totally? with perc, bassdrum etc? or just a synthline? Even if it's the synth..Hurray for Reason users with a 2osc Subtracting synth..
As above poster, this idea is nice, but week 2 makes me say no.
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| Originally posted by Pompous SmugFag Week 2 Competition kinda turns me off from joining.. I'll definatly be following it though. |
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| Originally posted by daeus Yea, I'm not sure of your reasons but I dont like the obsession with trying to copy old sounds, its all about being new and original. Will still sign up though! |
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| Originally posted by daeus Yea, I'm not sure of your reasons but I dont like the obsession with trying to copy old sounds, its all about being new and original. Will still sign up though! |
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| Originally posted by Zombie0729 ...see who truly understands the eq, compression, synth programming of their favorite artists. |
why are people so turned off by week 2! OMG week 2 will be my favorite.. it will prove if you can understand why shit sounds the way it does 
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| Originally posted by System101 why are people so turned off by week 2! OMG week 2 will be my favorite.. it will prove if you can understand why shit sounds the way it does |
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| Originally posted by Pompous SmugFag not really.. will just prove that you were able to find similar sounding drum samples and make similar patches with the gear you have available lol. whatever it'll be fun to listen too though. just makes me not want to compete personally. |
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| Originally posted by System101 why are people so turned off by week 2! OMG week 2 will be my favorite.. it will prove if you can understand why shit sounds the way it does |
Vocal tracks are fine by me. There's generally enough else going on that it's enough of a challenge to recreate.
It'll be interesting to see what tracks get picked for that challenge. Trying to find a track which is fairly straightforward to recreate, but still sounds like it was challenging...I'll have to start thinking, trying out some options, in case I get to round 2.
anthony.. whats going on with the rules of the contest?
Rules will be up later today (or just "pretty soon", depending what time zones we're all in), as well as the week 1 challenge!
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| Originally posted by Zombie0729 it was either make very specific rules or leave it entirely open. if we left it too open we were just afraid genre would supercede all voting instead of the production elements of the contest (ie we do the guitar hero comp, 3 house tracks 9 trance... most people on this board are into trance... trance wins... a subconscious thing i'm sure but still something to consider) |
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