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XMark
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 Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 6:47 pm Post subject: Anyone up for a compo? |
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Just thought it would be a good idea to kickstart this new music forum with a competition. Nothing too major, maybe just a one-song deal. Like someone outside of the compo writes a short story snippet and the competitors write a song to evoke the mood of it. Then everyone votes for who did the best job of matching the mood. Any other ideas?
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Rainer Deyke
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not sure I'm up to the challenge, but it sound interesting.
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DeveloperX
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Terry
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XMark
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| Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I'm open to any suggestions on how to do the compo. My idea was just something off the top of my head.
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Rainer Deyke
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I once ran a monthly music contest where a single-word theme was announced at the start of the month, and entries had to be submitted by the end of the month. Some themes were "wind", "darkness", and "sadness". I think a similar format could work here as well.
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Terry
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| Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:34 am Post subject: |
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...Didn't mean to send a negative vibe through this thread or anything, sorry :)
I've very excited about this contest, and I don't really care how we do it. Since I brought it up though, here's a few suggestions off the top of my head:
(1) We try to compose a song in the style of a video game master, e.g. Nobuo Uematsu, Martin Galway, Akira Yamaoka, Mark Hall, whatever :)
(2) Either Rainer's or Xmark's idea - we take an emotion/setting and compose a piece to match it.
(3) Being an RPG board, we could compose a song to suit a generic RPG situation, i.e. a battle theme, town theme, castle etc...
(4) We could just go totally free, and compose one song with no restrictions.
(5) We could impose technical limitations - i.e. must use only four instraments, must use midi...
(6) I've run out of ideas.
And we should do it as soon as possible. I suggest we start this weekend, and finish whenever everyone participating is ready.
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Rainer Deyke
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| Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:14 am Post subject: |
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| Chaotic Harmony wrote: | | (1) We try to compose a song in the style of a video game master, e.g. Nobuo Uematsu, Martin Galway, Akira Yamaoka, Mark Hall, whatever :) |
I dislike this idea for a couple of reasons:- I am not really familiar with any of these names.
- Just because somebody is considered a master doesn't mean I like their style, or wish to imitate it (even for a contest).
- I really don't feel up to the challenge of imitating somebody else's style. Composing in my own style is difficult enough for me.
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Terry
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XMark
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| Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, I'm going to get it started pretty soon, but first I'm gona pop into the writing forum.
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Darcnyss
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:43 am Post subject: |
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If we can submit IT, XM, S3M or MOD I'm definitely game!
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XMark
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:50 am Post subject: |
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yep, open format. Use whatever you want!
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