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SaviorNeeded · Post by **SaviorNeeded** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:09 pm

Seldom said:

Seldom, that means you're upside down in your car in an intersection...

Tom[/quote]

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 12:20 am

ehh if i was still entering I'd have preferred bimonthly competitions.. more time to write a song and more time to vote..

but then again I gave up on the kvr contests.. just wasnt fun at all imo... far too disorganized and vague to be a serious competition yet the style and voting schemes made it a bit too structured to be a 'just for the heck of it' type event..

at least thats my opinion

Glooper · Post by **Glooper** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:25 am

MacN wrote:I was listening to the competition entries earlier and to be honest, I feel the level of enrty has slipped somewhat in the past year or so.

Now before anyone comes in shouting that I never enter them and telling me to shut up, i'd like to mention I know I never enter, there are 3 of us work on the Dan Island stuff and between us all we can only manage about 4 songs per year and I won't shup up so....

I'm only being devils advocate here and ask if maybe the competition should be held maybe 3 times per year, and then it could be an event with maybe some decent prizes and a chance for people to give it a real go.

I'll leave it there for comments.

Jeez... what entries were you listening too?... Just been listening to the entries this month and there are some f**king good entries in there! Far better than mine!,... Spyros, DaveSpiers, krims to name a few...

Admitidely some are a bit raw, but surely that's the very nature of the competition full of (learning) amateur song writers and producers. How are we amateurs going to learn unless we have a competitions like this as a forum to try out new techniques and improve our skills... It's mainly the competition at the moment that is driving my production skills forward!... always trying to push things one better, so maybe next month I might win...

So I say keep it as it is... Informal, fun and monthly.

Ben

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:34 am

whyterabbyt wrote:
As for the prize thing, just getting some feedback was enough for me.

thats it entirely,that and havin fun anyway
i know im never going to come anywhere unless we do a one note soundscape composition month,even then donks will kick my ass

but its the takin part and the fun jibes n shit that goes with it,prizes are just a bonus i guess.but ill never know the feeling of the winners enclosure

like i give a monkeys
have some fun for a change dan

knockman · Post by **knockman** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:10 pm

having posted something in the contest this month for the first time, i feel somehow partly responsible for this thread!

i'd be the first to admit i'm at the bottom of a learning curve in certain areas (and at my age that's quite an achievement!) but i am heartened by the general mood here i.e. the fun factor combined with the constructive criticism/feedback slant that KvR provides us 'novices'. and i have to say it has only just ocurred to me that the word 'contest' is actually being used here - i'd somehow overlooked that fact, buoyed along i believe by the cheerfulness of this site. i'll go and take a look at the prize is now, just out of curiosity

regards

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:13 pm

I've never entered a competition at KvR (too scared), so I don't know what value I can add to the discussion. I've listened to a few entries and all I can say is that I don't think quality is an issue at all.

Also, the comps seem to generate plenty of chatter and sometimes some pretty cool prizes.

So I vote keep the comps and one day I might get the bottle up to enter

Emerald Tablet · Post by **Emerald Tablet** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:15 pm

blaster78 · Post by **blaster78** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:15 pm

even the worst produced tune can still have some great ideas, you can usually find something good in a tune.

and as many have said, its fun.

plus you get a kick when someone who's tunes you like votes for you or comments on your track.

as someone mentioned you don't have to enter every month, or even at all.

cheers,

steve.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:19 pm

CypherOne wrote:
So I vote keep the comps and one day I might get the bottle up to enter

just do it
it gets you into producing more as its atleast one a month

and as its only short no probs on takin time out,and you get some great feedback through some great reviewers

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:20 pm

vurt wrote:
CypherOne wrote:
So I vote keep the comps and one day I might get the bottle up to enter
just do it
it gets you into producing more as its atleast one a month and as its only short no probs on takin time out,and you get some great feedback through some great reviewers

I'd need to know three months in advance what the theme was, you've seen how unprolific I am...

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:22 pm

thats what i mean it helps get you in a flow

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:35 pm

if they do a 'crap drums and acid' contest I'll enter...

You™ · Post by **You™** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:38 pm

CypherOne wrote:if they do a 'crap drums and acid' contest I'll enter...

That's this month!

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:39 pm

yeah, but I've heard Krim's entry, so I've got no hope....(not that it's all about winning). Errm, I must think of a better excuse, I'll get back to you.

Wopelka · Post by **Wopelka** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:40 pm

You™ wrote:
CypherOne wrote:if they do a 'crap drums and acid' contest I'll enter...
That's this month!

Should the competition be rested