I get the point! I guess it means that in some genres the main point is not the originality of the melody line but the new creative way or contex how it is used.becsei_gyorgy wrote: ↑Sat Apr 02, 2022 08:02 CESTYes, I understand what you mean, and I accept it (I saw that In a previous competition, you have already given 0 points to someone else if the vocals were not original in the sense that the vocals came from samples).
I’m sorry because even though I haven’t done this much in the past, I’ll do it more often in the future. It is not always the case that a singer is at hand, and due to the shortness of time in this competition, there is often no time for proper cooperation with a singer (although I have had this several times before). Anyway, this is a completely common way to make (original) music (songs). Especially in dance music. Many of the songs on the Beatport TOP100 list are made from such vocal samples. Quite big names also use this. And believe me, it's not at all as easy as you might think at first.
I understand your position, but since the rules don't forbid it here either, maybe I'll apply it another time - if at all...
But still, in this case we are not in the dance floor but we are talking about a special SongWriting competition, where votes are given by other contestants. And in this case, as you take this up, I guess, you want question my voting logic to diminish some points if the melody line has been taken from samples.
So naturally I feel I must defend my logic. This SongWriting competition has this kind of rules: "Please no cover version / rearrangement / remix from somebody else. Or in other words: content that you don't the hold rights to (like "a found" a capella, or "resampled" parts from other songs without drastic mangling)"
I don't know what is the correct way to interpret that line in this case, but so far and currently, and according to my current knowledge, to me it feels quite justified within this competitions voting process to take some points away from submission if the melody line is from samples.