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The DMusic Cover Contest!!!!

DeadraveN	Date: March 11, 2006 @ 12:14 PM Another chance to promote each others' music and have some fun... Participants will get one of their songs covered by one of the other fine artists here at Dmusic, and by covering another dmusic artist's song, get a chance at a (yet to be determined) prize, as well as bragging rights... (for those who don't know, Halaka is the reigning champion ) Okay, here are the rules: (with a big tip o' the hat to MoaM, who came up with idea originally, and whose rules I will be largely plagarizing, ) In Order to participate, each person/band must have at least three ORIGINAL songs posted.. this can of course include collaborations for vocalists, as long as they are on YOUR page. Any Vocalist may participate, providing they can get someone who can produce the music for them to agree to collaborate with them. Anyone who wishes to participate, just send me a dnote any time in the next two weeks. any old note will do, you can just say "I'm in" for example if you don't feel chatty... notes MUST be recieved by 3/27.. I repeat.. March 27th is the cutoff date for signing up.. so tell your friends. I'll post a tentative list of the cover assignments, which will be decided randomly (probably with dice, as I'm not allowed near the dart board...) I say tentative because this is the phase where a lot of people opted out last time, and I don't want things to get too messy... so, if you want out at that point, (no time to do the song, too chicken to cover a halaka song, whatever reason..) note me within a week. depending on my mood I'll either gracefully acknowledge the withdrawal or publicly mock you. ... one week after the tentative list is up, I'll post the final list. (point of no return!!)... After the final list is upparticipants will have one month to choose a song from their assigned artist and create their cover version.. during which time I'll keep un up-to date forum open with links to all the entries... when the month is up, or all entries are posted (whichever is first, of course) we can begin voting... I'll borrow a move from the rap battles here and say that anyone can vote, not just participants, but they have to have joined dmusic before today's date (3/11) in order to avoid "gaming".. oh, and none of that "vote for me and I'll vote for you" crap.. be cool. listen to all the songs and vote on which you think is best. Once all the votes are in and counted we'll anounce the winner and award the prize and the peasants will rejoice and there will be much merriment and drinking of the wines and eating of the cheeses, etc... now go forth and tell everyone to sign up! (and feel free to bump this thread if it goes under, heheh)
DeadraveN	Date: March 11, 2006 @ 12:38 PM oh, and a few things I forgot to add here... first, I liked how Moam phrased this, so this is a direct copy-paste job from the last cover contest: "Remember, this isn't about who can make the song sound most like the original... It is about SOUNDING original in your own sound and style and making a cover that just makes people love your sound. If there is someone with only instrumentals, you can always make your own sound with the song and add your own lyrics. Same goes for other lyrical songs. You don't have to use everyone of thier words. Be creative and make your own masterpiece!" and secondly.. if you must "sample" the song you're covering, please keep it to a minimum,.. though these will be "covers".. they should be as much your own creation as possible.. you should be paying tribute to the artists work, not ripping it off. I'm sure I'm forgetting something else... but oh well.. ha ha
jess1561	Date: March 11, 2006 @ 12:56 PM ... Will have to come back later when I have more time ...
koiulpoi	Date: March 11, 2006 @ 12:56 PM As Mark Kistler always said "Thumbs up, yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
aflunky	Date: March 11, 2006 @ 1:12 PM I wanna Cover an AJ Song!
shadowself	Date: March 11, 2006 @ 1:57 PM Not gonna happen, aflunky. This is gonna be cool.
Israfel	Date: March 11, 2006 @ 2:06 PM yeah!
hate9wicket	Date: March 11, 2006 @ 3:57 PM Quick question? The artist we get the opportunity to restylize in our own image, does it neccessarily have to be something within the contest period that is currently on their page? In other words: Say I get to cover a Halaka song, can it be something I downloaded 5 months ago that only now available say on the Archive website? Just curious. I am psyched be involved, but just a tad apprehensive about my own stuff, another question related to my above question: If I get a sudden burst of creative energy and put up 10 new songs, do I have until the 27th to do so? Just to give the assigned contestant more material to wade through and pick from-which probably won't happen, but you never know.
AdNauseam	Date: March 11, 2006 @ 4:48 PM do we have to have vocals?
shadowself	Date: March 11, 2006 @ 5:17 PM Vocals are a plus, but I don't think they would be needed as long as you do your own interpretation of the original.
DeadraveN	Date: March 11, 2006 @ 7:43 PM shadowself nailed it. no vox are necessary if you do instrumentals... of course if you so chose you could always con a vocalist into collabing with you. and wicket, well, I guess in answer to that, the song should be up during the "voting" period, so people could have a chance to hear both the original and the cover,... so in the example that you gave, if you could talk them halaka boys into putting the song up for at least that period of time, you could go ahead with the cover, but I do think it's only fair to say that the original should be up so people can compare and contrast. as for uploading songs... well, this shouldn't change any plans to do or not do that.. as stated before, the only real stipulation is that you have three original songs posted... so feel free to keep on uploading all you want.
kingo	Date: March 11, 2006 @ 7:45 PM Previous contest, vocals were optional. Which I think should go without saying. For one thing, if you're an instrumental artist, being forced to use vocals would go against your style. Unless of course you wanna. For another thing, some of the songs being covered could very well be instrumental in the first place, and it'd be silly to force anyone to use vocals for that. I'm still interested in raveN's answer to the question of whether or not the songs have to be currently available here to be eligible as covers. Or even if they have to have been posted here ever at all. Like if someone has to cover halaka could they send me an email saying, "All this shit sucks, got anything else I can cover?" AND, finally, an actual question, to which I assume I know the answer because I know everything but just so we can clarify: can we cover a cover? Some of us in this contest have multiple covers on our artist page. I'd say those shouldn't be fair game -- it should be a cover of an original song by the artist in question. 'k i'll go back under my gong now.
DeadraveN	Date: March 11, 2006 @ 7:48 PM agreed, Kingo... covers of covers are out. the entry must be a cover of one of the artists original songs.
leedsquietman	Date: March 11, 2006 @ 7:59 PM must have 3 original songs posted... what about if you have a 'rock version' and an acoustic unplugged version - do they count as 2 seperate songs because I have 2 original works posted but an unplugged version of one of my songs I could upload right away. This is easier than me going back and remixing some of the numerous cr*p I have on my computer and may enable me to enter the contest.
MinisterofSc...	Date: March 11, 2006 @ 10:45 PM ZING! By the teeth of Aladin, I am exuberant with jubilation! pecialbusclapmyhands: We have three songs to choose from...and we have to pick JUST ONE? Or can we do a couple of covers? Or is that a dumb idea? I'm such an IDIOT! :hittingselfinface:
vladb	Date: March 12, 2006 @ 6:11 AM Damn my lack of ability to create coverable tunes...
SimonWaldram	Date: March 12, 2006 @ 9:18 AM Okay folks, count me in.
EvilPicnic	Date: March 12, 2006 @ 9:30 AM
SimonWaldram	Date: March 12, 2006 @ 9:35 AM What's up, James?
AdNauseam	Date: March 12, 2006 @ 9:36 AM I'm in!
EvilPicnic	Date: March 12, 2006 @ 10:11 AM Just felt like wearing a paper bag. I'm in, btw.
aflunky	Date: March 12, 2006 @ 10:21 AM I'm in, AJ Cover or not! (ps, no hilary duff please)
DeadraveN	Date: March 12, 2006 @ 3:39 PM Leeds, the purpose of the 3 tune rule is that whoever covers you will have at least that many to choose from.. I say if you're at two songs and want to particiapate, just throw something old up and send me the note.
DeadraveN	Date: March 12, 2006 @ 3:42 PM oh, and btw.. if you want in and haven't noted me yet, Do so! I'm putting the list together out of my notes. I've noticed a few people who've said they're in here but haven't noted me, and I'm worried that if I allow that I'll have to keep coming back and cross checking this and the other forum with the list I'm putting together,.. and dammit, I'm too busy (and lazy) to keep doing that.
leedsquietman	Date: March 12, 2006 @ 6:18 PM OK cheers. Maybe I'll be up for the next comp., time is scarce right now! good luck to y'all !!
EchoMinor	Date: March 12, 2006 @ 9:09 PM im in
koiulpoi	Date: March 13, 2006 @ 12:12 AM On the subject of lyrics - again, if you can capture the original's spirit, you don't need them. For an example of this, check out my entry for the last cover contest. It's "Rain in November", originally by Ryan Williams. And the opposite is also true. Somebody who sings is probably gonna get my music, and as such, words SHOULD be added, if they are felt neccisary.
K3VIN	Date: March 13, 2006 @ 12:21 AM still has to cover im drunk by aflunky from last year
EchoMinor	Date: March 13, 2006 @ 10:40 PM i have a bunch of completed original collabs on my page. each containing vocals, i of course was responsible for the music production. they are all open for covering, rearranging, mangling! etc etc! just have fun! http://Cafe.dmusic.com i can cover someone elses aswell if you want
EchoMinor	Date: March 13, 2006 @ 10:40 PM ok ask the vocalist if you do decide to cover one of them, just so they are aware etc.
DeadraveN	Date: March 14, 2006 @ 11:05 AM Bump Bump bu-bump bump remember to get me a note if you want to participate.. that's where the list is being generated from..
MonkeyGirl	Date: March 14, 2006 @ 11:11 AM you're bumping your own thread?! hehehe... count me and Inoxx in (joint effort)... gah.. and now i have to note as WELL?! jeeze... double entry accounting arrives at dmusic!
K3VIN	Date: March 14, 2006 @ 11:41 AM if anybody needs me im getting a mic this week. I don't think anyone would want me helping cover somethintg so just tell me and il lsign u p .
Stercesderised	Date: March 14, 2006 @ 11:44 AM I'm in...
ChandlerAshari	Date: March 14, 2006 @ 6:55 PM this is interesting...
ChandlerAshari	Date: March 14, 2006 @ 6:56 PM i'm in...
hate9wicket	Date: March 14, 2006 @ 11:40 PM bump I'm as curious to see what whoever does to my stuff as I am to see what can be done with whatever I get to reconstruct.
DeadraveN	Date: March 15, 2006 @ 12:32 AM 17 Participants so far. this is looking like it will kick more than it's fair share of ass...
PrincessTast...	Date: March 15, 2006 @ 1:04 AM Fat Bernie's/Flying Apparatus is in! (DeadraveN already knew this, just letting the rest of DMusic know)
danjek	Date: March 15, 2006 @ 6:49 AM count me in!
SimonWaldram	Date: March 15, 2006 @ 11:03 AM If only Jacob Siegal was still here to participate in this
shadowself	Date: March 15, 2006 @ 12:20 PM I was just about to tell you where you can shove your Jacob, Simon... then I thought about it. My god, that would be funny.
shadowself	Date: March 15, 2006 @ 12:20 PM Remember everyone, if you are "in" and have not sent a note to Deadraven yet, please do so.
evansorchid	Date: March 15, 2006 @ 2:13 PM I'm in....... .... I'm going to regret this. .... No, this will be fun. ..... I'm split on this....or maybe just bipolar.
Alstroph	Date: March 15, 2006 @ 2:17 PM When do we find out who's songs we get to cover?!?! :excited:
Alstroph	Date: March 15, 2006 @ 2:17 PM
K3VIN	Date: March 15, 2006 @ 2:20 PM im ordering my mic tonight.
shadowself	Date: March 15, 2006 @ 2:21 PM I just got myself an M-Audio soundcard. Let's do it!
DeadraveN	Date: March 16, 2006 @ 4:17 PM I'makeepbumpinjustbecauseIcan see that, see how I made that one word? yeah, i do that sometimes. heheh 20 entries so far! see some people here who haven't noted me yet, too...
EchoMinor	Date: March 16, 2006 @ 4:22 PM "begins skating down a sidewalk when someone tosses a huge stick in his way" G**Damn STick! bump!
hate9wicket	Date: March 16, 2006 @ 11:57 PM Here, let me help you with that large package of BuMpPiDy.
EchoMinor	Date: March 17, 2006 @ 3:46 AM be sure not to lift with your back when picking up a large package of BuMpPiDy!
DeadraveN	Date: March 18, 2006 @ 12:23 PM what's that?
DeadraveN	Date: March 18, 2006 @ 9:23 PM so the notes have slowed down.. hell, they've stopped.. you guys and gals want me to post a list earlier than planned, (as in, maybe Monday?) or should I go ahead and wait until the 27th like originally planned?
kingo	Date: March 18, 2006 @ 11:29 PM My hat is sideways.
Engine11RDenny	Date: March 19, 2006 @ 12:25 AM Im in
GeneHilbert	Date: March 19, 2006 @ 12:27 AM 27th like originally planned
shutyatrap	Date: March 19, 2006 @ 12:31 AM Good idea. I would love to do something there. But who to cover??
shadowself	Date: March 19, 2006 @ 10:17 AM You will find out when the list is posted.
DeadraveN	Date: March 19, 2006 @ 2:45 PM yip. and yeah, I'll think I'll wait until stated before.. give everyone who wants to all the time they need to decide and whatnot.
Stercesderised	Date: March 20, 2006 @ 3:23 PM ...beware those who like to write pretty accoustic tunes that I get to cover; I plan on doing ugly and unnatural things to these tunes in particular I'm thinking massive amounts of fuzz draped guitar and psychedelic swirling effects will be in abundance...
shadowself	Date: March 20, 2006 @ 4:04 PM That would be fine by me! It's all about doing your own interpretation, it's not a cloning contest.
DeadraveN	Date: March 22, 2006 @ 11:59 PM 5 more days to get your entries in!!! remember to note me if you haven't!
kingo	Date: March 27, 2006 @ 3:00 PM bump?
EvilPicnic	Date: March 27, 2006 @ 3:08 PM Today is the 27th...
DeadraveN	Date: March 27, 2006 @ 3:27 PM yip!!1 it's the 27th!!! last day to get me a note if you haven't already!! I'll be making the list tonight, and should have it up sometime tomorrow! note me if you haven't and want in!!
EchoMinor	Date: March 27, 2006 @ 4:08 PM awsome! i hope i get someone very hard and metal-like so i can turn it into an etherreal jazzy tune that makes you think of clouds as aposed to jumping into a bus! YEAH!
Israfel	Date: March 27, 2006 @ 7:17 PM oooh I'm so excited!!
EvilPicnic	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 2:14 AM awsome! i hope i get someone very etherreal and jazzy so i can turn it into a very hard and metal-like tune that makes you think of jumping into a bus as aposed to thinking of clouds! YEAH!
Engine11RDenny	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 3:20 AM -------
Firefly	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 7:25 AM i soooooooooo hope stercesderised is doing one of mine
shadowself	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 1:42 PM tapping foot
kingo	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 2:43 PM slapping balls
orgasmotron	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 4:12 PM sticking finger in nose
EchoMinor	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 4:16 PM "straps the annoying kid next door to a rocket aimed for the moon"
SimonWaldram	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 5:00 PM farting violently and repeatedly
AdNauseam	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 5:07 PM waiting
imemine	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 5:14 PM * notices that there are a lot of really strange people at Dmusic *
JasonJSmoke	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 5:17 PM I didnt think anyone remembered "Commander" Mark Kistler of The Imagination Station.
EchoMinor	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 5:53 PM "starts singing" when IM strange...doba dee ta..monsters come out of the rain..."twangy guitar note" when IM strange...when IM strange! do really i am perfectly ok, NO he isnt! he's full of lies! shutup you! go back into the back of my head where you belong! no...you are just mad that you lost your wallet to a demonically possessed clown! "cries uncontrollably"
AdNauseam	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 6:08 PM ok...
hate9wicket	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 6:52 PM runs out of fingernails,so starts biting off toenails
Israfel	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 7:01 PM Ok, Mr. Raven is online right now...mindlessly streaming music while we are here waiting...and waiting...and waiting. I think he likes to torture us.
SimonWaldram	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 7:06 PM He's a bastard!!!
kingo	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 7:07 PM Noooo, the DeadbirdmaN wouldn't DREAM of torturing us. I can't imagine.
SimonWaldram	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 7:08 PM bites hate9wicket's toenails
Israfel	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 7:16 PM I'm to the point that if he doesn't post the damn list soon I will resort to typing in all caps. Now that should tell you something!
SimonWaldram	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 7:48 PM And I'm going to put a saucepan on my head and march around the room while banging the aforementioned saucepan with a wooden spoon and singing 'Sweet Home Alabama' in the style of a drunken Irishman.
K3VIN	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 7:56 PM ^^inspiring, id liek to hear tha recorded.
DeadraveN	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 10:56 PM easy kids.. just waiting for a few responses... list will be up shortly....
EchoMinor	Date: March 28, 2006 @ 11:10 PM