CURRENT CHALLENGE - GENERAL INFORMATION
Time Frame: Thursday, 01st August 2019 to Saturday, 24th August 2019 (24 days)
Challenge submission will end on 24-08-2019, 11:59pm CEST/GMT+2 (Germany) - until further notice.
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SONGWRITING THEME:
Elevator Pitch
GENRE: Muzak® or Elevator Music
Image Source: greissdesign (via Pixabay), released under Creative Commons CC0/Public Domain
A few word about this month's theme:
Staff (Mister Fox) wrote:
It is either too hot too move, you're trapped in a telephone hold line, or you're just plain downright stuck in an elevator while you're already over 10 minutes late to your appointment. And the only thing you hear is the "
smooth rhythm of muzak", constantly repeating every 2,5 minutes. Only for you to just give in and tap your toe after the 10th loop, 20 or so minutes in.
There it is...
the ultimate nightmare.
Your task for this Songwriting Competition:
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This month, you can create anything in the so called
"Muzak" or "Elevator Music" genre.
I'd love to see/hear productions that have a relaxed feel (easy listening), or is "background type" jazz music. The production should ideally be placed in the time frame that "muzak" was popular - so basically 1950s to 1970s - but you won't loose any points if you go a more modern route.
What I do not want to see/hear, are "Vaporwave" productions. Keep the tape warp/wobble and sound degradation in check. The production "can" sound like it's being archived from the 60s tape, but it shouldn't be super worn out and unnecessarily muffled.
If you want to read up on the history of this particular genre (as in: how it came to be), and how this sounded, you can find examples
down below.
As usual - please have fun, find your own groove and create some outstanding music!
Songwriting Add-On Rules:
- Create a production in the "Muzak" / Elevator Music genre (ideally!)
- you can use any tool that is at your disposal (samples, virtual instruments and/or real instruments)
- IMPORTANT: if you use non-licensed material (no material from sample CDs, etc), give full credit to the source material
- It is recommended to not go higher than -14LUFS SLk (avg) or K-12v1 (avg) in terms of perceived loudness. Music doesn't have to be squashed to bits in order to be impactful - and yes, EDM can be "impactful" at this loudness
- for newcomers: no cover versions or remixes
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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.
RECURRING LICENSE SPONSORSHIP:
IK Multimedia is kind enough give away one license of MODO BASS to the winner
License will turn into NFR
More info on IK Multimedia:
https://www.ikmultimedia.com
Tone2 is kind enough to donate a license of
Saurus2 to the winner (until further notice)
License will turn into NFR
More info on Tone2:
https://tone2.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
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
JRR Sounds is kind enough give away any-1 sound sets or sample set of winner's choice (
exception: Bundles)
More info on JRR Sounds:
https://www.jrrshop.com/jrr-sounds
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
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/
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
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.
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Good luck to all participants.
And most importantly, have fun!
since this is his territory , what instruments to use i hear lotz of strings and brass? .Jazz is big mystery to me.
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