june contest ... GOSSIP

[peppy197]

The 2 first entries for the June contest were NOT submitted in june but in May ??

Unless you were in Europe when entering...

allen

[vurt]

as ever everyone ... dont necessarily take it TOO literally ...

... for a start ... for 'get signed etc' maybe read 'how commercial can YOU be within your chosen genre' ...

slainte rob

surely at least i get to say hehe

[VitaminD]

I still say onepingonly and team collaboration contests would be awesome

though for teamups.. I'd suggest it last 2 months long as schedules and stuff can be hard to work around..

[Barnadine]

Come on, Rob - a couple of pagedowns of flaming your themes (or non-themes) is kinda mandatory.

You betcha. Hallowed tradition.

So what can we expect to see out on the track this month, punters? Let's take a quick look at the form guide:

Treat it like a free-for-all: 3 to 2
Competent but impersonal clone of commercial music: 2 to 1
Ironic/sarcastic/parody: 5 to 1
Defiant anti-commercial backlash entry: 10 to 1
Genuine unironic, inspired radio-friendly hit: 30 to 1 (Where's Resonance when you need him? )
Beethoven's 5th on kazoo: 67 to 1

Is the esteemed Mr Friedman in the mood for an alternative contest this month?

[VitaminD]

if I enter its going to be trance.. as a result I'm expecting last place again.

[Barnadine]

VitaminD does trance: 1 to 1

Inside tip.

[VitaminD]

any bets on where I place?

[farlukar]

I'm expecting last place again.

Hey, I was aiming for that spot!

[slartibartfast]

And when we vote, do we vote for the track we think most likely to be a chart-buster, or the track we think most displays musical competence, originality and which we like the most? They are, in the end, two completely different things.

[pHz]

as ever vote subjectively based on whatever criteria YOU want to apply ...

relevance to theme
technical competence
creativity / originality
production values
whatever

(no-one ever claimed it was a scientific process)

slainte rob

[Hovmod]

VitaminD does trance: 1 to 1

Inside tip.

I like the Beethoven's 5th on Kazoo.

I was looking for the tabs for Pink FLoyd's Atom Heart Mother once, and the guy who put the tabs out there said he was doing it in 8 minutes now, with an acoustic guitar and a kazoo!!!

2 minutes is a bit short for both Beethoven and Pink Floyd covers, though. I'm still thinking... What's that thinking cap Gyro Gearloose puts on? The one with the ravens in it? That one.

[M'Snah]

as ever vote subjectively based on whatever criteria YOU want to apply ...

relevance to theme
technical competence
creativity / originality
production values
whatever

(no-one ever claimed it was a scientific process)

slainte rob

wow... a true checklist , although the 5th category is not entirely clear to me...

[AndreasE]

II'd suggest it last 2 months long

Unlike I want propose to have the contests on a weekly basis: 5 days for entering the tracks and 2 days for voting. And everybody who manages to participate all 52 weeks in one year will get a special prize like ...

[hoffy]

I've never entered a KvR comp, but since i now have broadband i might... This sounds like fun =). Although i don't listen to the radio so i really don't know what a commercial song is supposed to sound like =))))))

[pHz]

Although i don't listen to the radio so i really don't know what a commercial song is supposed to sound like =))))))

excellent ...

slainte rob