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el-bo (formerly ebow) · Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:46 am

kryptonaut wrote:I think the 3-minute limit could maybe be relaxed - I know the music has to be composed specifically for the contest but it's also good to have something worth keeping at the end of it, and I have many pieces now which are 2:58 to 3:00 long when they probably would have been better a bit longer. A 3-minute limit is maybe reasonable if there are 30-40 tracks to audition, but that doesn't seem to be the case these days so I'd suggest a limit of 5 minutes, with no obligation to actually be that long

+1000

erictracks · Post by **erictracks** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:32 pm

kryptonaut wrote:I think the 3-minute limit could maybe be relaxed - I know the music has to be composed specifically for the contest but it's also good to have something worth keeping at the end of it, and I have many pieces now which are 2:58 to 3:00 long when they probably would have been better a bit longer. A 3-minute limit is maybe reasonable if there are 30-40 tracks to audition, but that doesn't seem to be the case these days so I'd suggest a limit of 5 minutes, with no obligation to actually be that long.

This would be a very good rule change.

Laguna Rising · Post by **Laguna Rising** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 7:25 pm

Wow

While listening to "The Drop That Contained The Sea" I realized it couldn't be more different from what I usually try to do...

It doesn't inspire me much, although it's nice to listen to

I'm looking for inspiration elsewhere

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:15 pm

kryptonaut wrote:
I think the 3-minute limit could maybe be relaxed

I would support as far as 3 minutes 30, well 3 mins 33 seconds - more metel! Any longer and the prog-rokk coefficient starts to exponentially rise with each passing second.

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:42 pm

Anyway, I'm in this month. Don't know where it came from (probably ripped off from somewhere else, that's where

), but I'm going for a full on dance-pop thing with tarnce sinthesiser and all.

Hellfog · Post by **Hellfog** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:23 pm

I would also want to see longer songs for ex 5 min.

The Drop That Contained The Sea, wasn't my thing, didn't remind me of water at all.

Mister Natural · Post by **Mister Natural** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:24 am

wow, cool theme

hope I can cobble something together worthy of your listening to . . .

Laguna Rising · Post by **Laguna Rising** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 11:18 am

@donkey tugger : wow!

that was fast...

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 11:23 am

Laguna Rising wrote:@donkey tugger : wow! that was fast...

To be fair I'd had the verse chord progression ages on acoustic guitar (completely different key and strummed!) but never did anything with it. I wrote the lyrics and did the singing (one take..) at 5.30 this morning when I woke up with a hangover after a works do. The neighbours love me.

Laguna Rising · Post by **Laguna Rising** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 11:56 am

donkey tugger wrote:The neighbours love me.

ericbourne · Post by **ericbourne** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 4:15 pm

I must admit I'm a little sad to see my posting history gone from when I first found KVR (back in like 2005, I think?). I was a semi-regular song contest participant. Didn't the domain name used to be different too? I feel so old.

I've made it a point to start making more music again. I hope I can use the song contest as a method to do that. Happy Sunday to all!

bluerobot · Post by **bluerobot** » Mon Mar 06, 2017 10:52 pm

Also very intrigued by the theme. Hope I can get to it this month.

Not that I would ever put myself in this category, but one great piece that comes to mind is La Mer by Claude Debussy. Not sure how he would have done with a 3 min. limit, however.

Mister Natural · Post by **Mister Natural** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:30 pm

I'm in with a total goof of a tune

I think I've found a new technique to record my acoustic. Only 8 bars this go-around (x2) using a Joni Mitchell tuning but want to explore this more.

peace

rp314 · Post by **rp314** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 2:08 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1tOV7y94DY

Max el Belga · Post by **Max el Belga** » Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:11 am

This contest used to be a lot of fun !!!... .. .

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