CURRENT CHALLENGE - GENERAL INFORMATION
Time Frame: Friday, 01st June 2018 to Sunday, 24th June 2018 (24 days)
Challenge submission will end on 24-06-2018, 11:59pm CEST/GMT+2 (Germany) - until further notice.
Want to find out if you're still within the deadline, please consult the following options:
The
Global Countdown on it's dedicated page or the countdown on the
home page. You can also consult the World Clock at the top of the forum or alternatively the following tool - in this case please select "Berlin (Germany)" as location 1, and your location as location 2:
Time and Date - World Clock Meeting Planner. We do post reminders via our
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SONGWRITING THEME: Fête de la Musique (Festival of Music)
GENRE: free for all
Image Source: Pixabay, photo by MemoryCatcher, released under Creative Commons CC0
A few word about this month's theme:
Staff (Mister Fox) wrote:This month's theme is "Fête de la Musique" (French for "Festival of Music").
This month is all in the sign of "celebrating" - the Mix Challenge itself has it's 4th anniversary, it's the meteorological start of Summer in the northern hemisphere, the season of "open air" and "street music". In fact, the "Make Music Day" is on 21st June - which is also known as the date the
"Fête de la Musique" first originated
The rule is, that there are no rules. You can write a Rondo, you can write a metal hymn, your can sing in your native tongue while recording yourself playing in your backyard with just a guitar, you can mash up genres a fellow musician you'd have never thought to collaborate. It doesn't matter.
This month is all about making and celebrating music. So please spread the word
Songwriting Add-On Rules:
- You can use whatever is at your disposal (samples, virtual instruments and/or real instruments)
- creating your own sounds is highly encouraged, but not mandatory
- It is recommended to not go higher than -14LUFS SLk (avg) or K-12v1 (avg) in terms of perceived loudness
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Please
take note of the official rules - they can be found at the following thread:
Songwriting Competition - Official Rules and Guidelines
Please address any OT question in the official Gossip thread:
Songwriting Competition - Gossip and Discussion
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SPONSORS (Prizes):
Prizes for Songwriting Challenge participants:
Note: All licenses are NFR (Not-For-Resale), except where noted.
Changes to available prices on short notice may be possible and will be announced separately.
Rekkerd Sounds is kind enough give away 1 sound set of winners choice (
exception: Krezie EDM and Neurofunk Vol. 1)
License will turn into NFR
More info on Rekkerd Sounds:
http://sounds.rekkerd.org/
Bjulin Waves is kind enough to donate 1 sound set of winners choice and one "Inspire Me" sound set of choice for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
License will turn into NFR
More info on Bjulin Waves:
http://bjulin.de/
Ghostwave Audio (Vincent Bastiat) is kind enough to donate any 2 sound sets to the winner
License will turn into NFR
More info on Ghostwave Audio:
http://ghostwaveaudio.com
Hollow Sun is kind to donate one license of "Music Laboratory Machines - The Suite I" to the winner
License will turn into NFR
More info on Hollow Sun:
http://www.hollowsun.com
Hornet Plugins is kind enough give away one license from the depicted tools (see image) to the winner
License will turn into NFR
More info on Hornet Plugins:
http://www.hornetplugins.com
kv331 audio is kind enough give away a bundle of either SynthMaster 1+2 Bundle, or a freely selectable set of 3 SynthMaster Expansions (donations until Spring 2018)
License will not turn into NFR, you need to have a kv311 audio user account in order to pick up Expansions
More info on kv331 audio:
https://www.kv331audio.com
Luftrum is kind enough give away either a license of Lunaris, or any 2 sound sets of winner's choice (
exception: Bundles and Nano Electronics)
License will turn into NFR
More info on Luftrum:
http://www.luftrum.com
Sound / Graphic Designer, and honorary Mix Challenge staff
satYatunes is donating one commercial product of winner's choice (until further notice)
More info on satYatune's page:
http://www.satyatunes.com/
THANKS FOR THE DONATIONS!
And also a thank you to all former contributors as well.
If you want to sponsor content (please have a focus on instruments, samples and sound sets), please get in touch with the Mix Challenge staff.
Please spread the word of the challenge on social media.
For example with our dedicated
Twitter Account or
Facebook Page
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Good luck to all participants.
And most importantly, have fun!
