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Represent A Country 2012 [Contest]

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Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-13 18:31:52


At 3 hours ago, AKACCMIOF wrote: Heya, I'm kinda bored, guessing Ima be waiting for quite a while till I get to see what the pros in the competition have been drawing up. Just wondering if I could write some pieces for untaken countries on the proviso that they be only tribute pieces to the competition and not entries? I know I probably sound really arrogant writing this, but I'm just in a bit of writers block right now, and I figure using the competition guidelines to write some more music (and perhaps advertise the competition to any new artists who haven't ventured unto the forum yet) might be killing two birds with one stone.

Again, I'd like to specify, I don't want to double enter, just write some tribute tracks for the competition and link right back here :)

Could you maybe cover the entry that won last year?

If it's awesome enough, we will open the podcast with it! :D

At 1 hour ago, RainingDreams wrote: Name: Adam Bischoff
Account User-name: Rainingdreams
Genre: Dance/Hands-up(club trance)
Song or loop: Song

I would like to join this Contest. Good thing I signed up now. Then I wouldn't get to sign-up after tomorrow.

You kind of need to tell me the country you want to represent. :/

The Jury marking scheme has been finalised guys! I'll copy and paste it so you all know what you're doing. Basically What I'm showing is how each jury member scores your entries, the scores are totalled and then the top scorers are given the points 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 19 and 24. 14 entries get points from each category! Also all the block votes will give out the same points but will just combien the acts in each blocks scores. Confuzzling, I know! All acts will be able to ask for the entire Jury marks on their entries after the contest.

Anyways....

RAC 2012 Mark Scheme

0-20% (Fail)
20-40% (D)
40-60% (C)
60-80% (B)
80-100% (A)

Representation:-

Fail = The entry shows no effort to represent the country.
D = The entry makes an effort to represent the country, but doesnâEUTMt really do so in an accurate or informed way.
C = The entry shows an acceptable representation of the country.
B = The entry shows a very clear representation of the country.
A = The entry shows an extremely clear and obvious representation of the country, so much show you instantly know which country it is representing.

Evidence:-

Fail = No evidence provided.
D = The act only mentions influences or how they wanted to achieve representation.
C = The act provides evidence that touches on outside research.
B = The act provides good evidence for their entry, which has examples of other music, news articles or historical/ cultural context.
A = The act provides strong evidence for their entry, which includes examples of other music, news articles or historical/ cultural context which is backed up in their piece.

Originality:-

Fail = The entry uses copyrighted material, melodies, samples etc.
D = The entry is very standard and unoriginal
C = The entry has a few unique moments of interest
B = The entry in general is very interesting but not the most original thing youâEUTMve heard.
A = The entry is extremely interesting, original, unique enjoyable.

Musicality & Production:-

Fail = The entry uses copyrighted material, melodies, samples etc.
D = Some of the notation could benefit from improvement and the production could use a lot of work.
C = The entry has good notation and standard production.
B = The entry features perfect notation and melodies with good production.
A = The entry features very catchy melodies with brilliant interesting production techniques and moments.

Entertainment:-

Fail = The entry uses copyrighted material, melodies, samples etc.
D = I am not interested in this piece.
C = I can appreciate this piece but itâEUTMs not my cup of tea.
B = I really enjoy this piece.
A = This piece is brilliant, I would listen to this by choice.

Consistency:-
(This is decided by the combination of all the above scores.)

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-13 21:59:11


At 13 hours ago, NeonProject wrote: Welcome to the contest dude! Spain is reserved for you! Good luck in the contest!

PeppersMoD I can't wait to see what you've got planned, make sure you keep us updated! :D

Thanks, more than happy to participate. I just sent an acoustic version of the song to my vocalist about an hour ago, she really loved it - it's not 100% pure authentic traditional Spanish, but the overall feel will be there. While she works on lyrics, I'm going to be working on the studio version. We'll get together by the end of the month to finish everything up.

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-14 03:50:24


Really looking forward to this! Keep up the hard work! :)

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-14 05:41:41


DIDGERIDOOOOOOOOOOS EVERYWHERE!

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-14 11:34:58


At 17 hours ago, NeonProject wrote: Could you maybe cover the entry that won last year?
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/385538
If it's awesome enough, we will open the podcast with it! :D

Just PMd jkap1, waiting on a response, but that sound fantastic :)


Best be knowin, MoonBurn be postin'.

Download my EP for free RIGHT NOW

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Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-14 11:53:55


At 16 minutes ago, AKACCMIOF wrote:
At 17 hours ago, NeonProject wrote: Could you maybe cover the entry that won last year?
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/385538
If it's awesome enough, we will open the podcast with it! :D
Just PMd jkap1, waiting on a response, but that sound fantastic :)

Good! I hope we get something out of that, it would be epic!

At 6 hours ago, Squeezums wrote: DIDGERIDOOOOOOOOOOS EVERYWHERE!

Where?! 0o

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-14 20:30:08


Germany...To be honest, I do not get why pick a country. But it would be Germany ofcourse! :3


Lein the music.

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-14 20:36:06


At 2 minutes ago, RainingDreams wrote: Germany...To be honest, I do not get why pick a country. But it would be Germany ofcourse! :3

Derp much?


RAC (Represent A Country)

Next time, try to actually read what you're applying to...

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-15 00:15:12


Well. Sorry for not knowing what it meant.
Next time try to be less of an ass, seriously. People makes mistakes, Jesus.


Lein the music.

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-15 00:54:40


At 34 minutes ago, RainingDreams wrote: Well. Sorry for not knowing what it meant.
Next time try to be less of an ass, seriously. People makes mistakes, Jesus.

Jeez, man, relax, I'm just trying to help out. I tried to have a sense of humor, but I guess you didn't bite.

You still gotta agree you kinda failed to read the thread title, right?

In any case, good luck with the competition! :)

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-15 04:22:20


At 4 hours ago, RainingDreams wrote: Well. Sorry for not knowing what it meant.
Next time try to be less of an ass, seriously. People makes mistakes, Jesus.

I'll accept you, but please make sure you read the first post and how the contest works.

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-15 04:26:26


At 2 minutes ago, NeonProject wrote:
At 4 hours ago, RainingDreams wrote: Well. Sorry for not knowing what it meant.
Next time try to be less of an ass, seriously. People makes mistakes, Jesus.
I'll accept you, but please make sure you read the first post and how the contest works.

I jumped ahead of the gun there. Germany isn't available. Look at the countries list and see what is left over.

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-15 10:41:21



Anyways....

RAC 2012 Mark Scheme

(Scoring junk)

If saz and darbuka don't make it obvious enough that I'm representing Turkey... I'm'a flip shit, lol. Cool to know the scoring system. I'll have my confirmation thing in to you soon.

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-15 15:43:11


At 4 hours ago, Rahmemhotep wrote:

Anyways....

RAC 2012 Mark Scheme

(Scoring junk)
If saz and darbuka don't make it obvious enough that I'm representing Turkey... I'm'a flip shit, lol. Cool to know the scoring system. I'll have my confirmation thing in to you soon.

H'okay! :D I thought it was more fair to show you guys how the Juries would judge you :D Don't forget, you guys list your top 10 entries and they get combines as block votes too!

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-15 23:57:08


Oh. Sorry for calling you an ass. It's hard to tell humor on the internet because emotion doesn't really show. I read some of it and was like Ooooh...interesting. And read some posts of how we were suppose to sign-up. Just didn't see the "Represent a country" part. But it's OK now, got accepted anyways.
Again sorry for calling you an ass.


Lein the music.

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-16 00:01:40


Oh sorry NeonProject. I saw United-kingdom there, so I chose that country.

Thank you for accepting me, even though you didn't have too!


Lein the music.

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-16 02:48:19


Name Of Act: xxxZigZagxxx
email: thatbennyguy@gmail.com
Genre: Dance
Song Title: Sunni Dreams
Country: Egypt

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-16 09:44:02


Egypt and United Kingdom applications accepted! :D

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-17 14:52:42


I've had no PM back from Jkap, but seeing as his track's creative commons, I figure "fuck it!", he'll probably appreciate the surprise :P


Best be knowin, MoonBurn be postin'.

Download my EP for free RIGHT NOW

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Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-18 00:36:24


At 9 hours ago, AKACCMIOF wrote: I've had no PM back from Jkap, but seeing as his track's creative commons, I figure "fuck it!", he'll probably appreciate the surprise :P

Yeah, go ahead. This is NG, muthafucka.

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-18 11:32:28


At 20 hours ago, AKACCMIOF wrote: I've had no PM back from Jkap, but seeing as his track's creative commons, I figure "fuck it!", he'll probably appreciate the surprise :P

I seriously doubt he'll mind to be honest :)

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-20 11:31:58


It is now confirmation week!

For people thinking of participating, there are still countries left and if you get in by the weekend you can make sure that country is reserved for you! Otherwise, if you choose to take part later, you will have to have a completed entry before you are accepted.

Any acts who fail to confirm will also have to follow by the same rules, meaning some of the taken countries may become available to prospective artists.

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-20 15:24:10


At 2 days ago, Rahmemhotep wrote: Yeah, go ahead. This is NG, muthafucka.

Just like that, this thread became a badman ting.

Manz ona hypeee

Best be knowin, MoonBurn be postin'.

Download my EP for free RIGHT NOW

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Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-20 15:26:05


At 25 seconds ago, AKACCMIOF wrote:
At 2 days ago, Rahmemhotep wrote: Yeah, go ahead. This is NG, muthafucka.
Just like that, this thread became a badman ting.

Manz ona hypeee

This da thread for badass! :P

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-20 20:06:48


I'm confirming, though I don't really have anything to present, fault given to the fact the deadline's too close from the MAC's deadline :\

I did do some research, and am currently transcribing some Avishai Cohen (Original), for the sake of fully understanding the concept (and also just because it's awesome).

Anyways, give or take, I'll get to work as soon as I get back home, I'm currently on the go right now.

Represent A Country 2012 [Contest]

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-22 04:24:50


Thanks for your confirmation CamoShark :)

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-22 05:27:20


Confirmation requested, sir!

Now I better start on my research...


[Hidden Audio Gems]

SoundCloud || YouTube || Facebook

PM me for constructive reviews, collaborations or commissions!

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Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-22 18:01:49


I'm confirming. Don't really have anything to show, but I've been listening to swedish trance artists and trying to emulate their sound. Specifically Marcus Schossow, because he has a very unique style.


Very Nice.

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Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-23 14:02:51


Thanks for your confirmation guys!

So far we've had 6 confirmed out of 20. Very disappointing effort.

Response to Represent A Country 2012 [Contest] 2012-02-23 22:20:07


At 8 hours ago, NeonProject wrote: Thanks for your confirmation guys!

So far we've had 6 confirmed out of 20. Very disappointing effort.

I guess they're either working too hard on their song to reply, or they simply feel their active participation in the thread makes up for it.

Also, perhaps simply because they signed up only recently? I don't really feel they'd actually need to confirm their participation if they only JUST asked to participate...

In any case, hard at work on my piece right now, I'll eventually post a WIP. It's quite different from what I first had in mind, but I really like how it's turning out too, so I don't mind! :3