SynthMaster Song Contest with $2000 cash prize(s) + software licenses

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

My brother Levent and Gercek will arrange the announcements on our facebook page

And here? Some of us don't 'facebook'

[GeorgeZ]

No doubt it'll be posted here as well

[alvfaria]

[GeorgeZ]

Copied from FB:

"Hi Folks! Here is the list of finalists for our song contest, without any particular order. In order to make the final decision we require your project files, please send us a downloadable link (dropbox link) for your project files until January 13rd. You can send the link to our email address info (at) kv331audio.com

Here is the list of the finalists:
Frequency - Julian Harig
Don't Look Back - Kopi
Lost My Way - Ramunas Vabolis
Master Of The Bass - Ian Frank
Ignoranza Novanta - Carlo Demichelis
Keep It Real - Imre Meszaros
Deepest Place - Shouta Okumura
The Hydra - Alec Eastman
Dominus - Michael Frauenknecht
I have an idea - Hasan Cicek
Desolution - John Kotz
Redefined feat. Sara Dee - Christopher Hanna
Sedated - George Zondagh
Infinity - Safet Berisha
Starlight - Szabolcs Böszörményi
Church of Atom - Gonzalo Moncada Romero
Pixels - Stefan Persson
Intoxicated and High - Mario Toney
Unplugged Journey - Bjorn Walde
Pulsation - Armon Pfister
Falcon - Oluwaseun Talabi
I did not want that - Mario Leitner"

[AJYoung]

Nice! Congrats to finalists. And thanks to Bulent for getting back to us and keeping this going. I'm sure it can be hard to run a contest and keep up with all your regualr to-do's at the same time.

Curious about the decision to list the finalists under their full name, instead of Artist names. For example, if people search my actual name they won't find anything related to my music. My entry is listed under my artist name on the actual Soundcloud track, so there's a bit of a disconnect. I'm sure many people also use an artist moniker for privacy reasons.

Either way, glad I made the finalist list and congrats again to everyone else! Good luck on the final results.

[kurodo]

Well done George, I see you made it to the finals.
Congratulations to the other finalists.

I notice that Labyrinth by Ozan Sarisoy with 6508 plays didn't make it. (perhaps a DQ?)
Seems fair considering.

[wagtunes]

I wonder if there is a way to find out where we finished in the voting if we're not a finalist.

[AJYoung]

As far as public voting, the likes on Soundcloud are easy to see just by going to "Tracks" on kv331's page, although you would have to compare your numbers to all 100+ tracks. Judge voting I doubt is public anywhere yet, but Bulent might tell you privately if you ask him.

[GeorgeZ]

Well done George, I see you made it to the finals.
Congratulations to the other finalists.

I notice that Labyrinth by Ozan Sarisoy with 6508 plays didn't make it. (perhaps a DQ?)
Seems fair considering.

Thanks you sir I guess I should go listen to the other tracks. Just listened to AJ's one at the time and pretty much made my mind up and voted for that track (Hydra), really like it so I figured no use in listening to the rest as his is totally my cuppa tea!

Re the 6k plays track: It's not bad, it's not produced bad, but it's kinda (in the nicest way possible... I know that always seems like a cop out to say that, but I really mean it) a bit boring. In saying that, I don't listen to that sort of electro, so I'm not really qualified to give an informed opinion, really. In saying that, I hardly think mine is a masterpiece, so ye I can't see that it would have been a DQ simply because of play amount.

[surreal]

Well done George, I see you made it to the finals.
Congratulations to the other finalists.

I notice that Labyrinth by Ozan Sarisoy with 6508 plays didn't make it. (perhaps a DQ?)
Seems fair considering.

Thanks you sir I guess I should go listen to the other tracks. Just listened to AJ's one at the time and pretty much made my mind up and voted for that track (Hydra), really like it so I figured no use in listening to the rest as his is totally my cuppa tea!

Re the 6k plays track: It's not bad, it's not produced bad, but it's kinda (in the nicest way possible... I know that always seems like a cop out to say that, but I really mean it) a bit boring. In saying that, I don't listen to that sort of electro, so I'm not really qualified to give an informed opinion, really. In saying that, I hardly think mine is a masterpiece, so ye I can't see that it would have been a DQ simply because of play amount.

Congrats GeorgeZ

[GeorgeZ]

Cheers bud Not holding my breath TBH, but glad I made it this far.

[AJYoung]

Results are out! I'm shocked, but excited. Congrats to everyone else.

From Facebook:

Hi folks, finally the wait is over! We're glad to announce our Top 20 list for our 2016 Song Contest. We thank everyone who has contributed for this contest! the top 3 winners should contact us for the cash prizes! All of the Top 20 contestants received SynthMaster Everything Upgrade license from us! We will also create a new preset bank which contains the presets created by the contestants.
1. The Hydra by A J Young
2. Infinity by Safet Belisha
3. Lost My Way by Rami
4. Master of the Bass by Ian Frank
5. Ignoranza Novanta Carlo Demichelis
6. Keep It Real by Imre Meszaros
7. Deepest Place by Shootan
8. Dominus by Michael Frauenknecht
9. I have an Idea by Hasan Cicek
10.Desolution by John Kotz
11.Redefined feat. Sara Dee by Chris Hanna
12.Sedated by Pykno
13.Starlight by Szabolcs Boszormenyi
14.Church of Atom by G Major Project
15.Pixels by Imprenza
16.Intoxicated and High by Soulful Minds feat. Brielle Marie
17.Unplugged Journey by Klangzaun
18.Pulsation by Armon Pfister
19.Falcon by Z-Tone
20.I did not want that by Mario.Beta

[GeorgeZ]

Congrats bud, you deserve it, t'was a cracking track fella!

Rather exited to get stuck into that SM Everything bundle (I've had SM for years, but have never bought expansions, so should be cool!)

[AJYoung]

Same here! Lol I have no idea what to do with all those presets.

[GeorgeZ]

Ye, I rarely use presets myself (I did actually in my SM track), so it should be interesting