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Mixer
Registered: Apr 2008
Posts: 454 |
Event id #2374 : Summer SID Competition
Your mission Jim, should you choose to accept it, is to create a SID composition within following rules:
One night during this northern summer you shall find yourself dreaming of music, perhaps only a few notes worth of melody. You'll write that down and work it to a composition. The composition is arranged into four intervowen sections.
Introduction -> Development -> Repetition -> Coda
This is sometimes referred as the sonata-form.
For example: The mood of the composition is set in the introduction that'll become developed into the main theme that shall be repeated perhaps with variation ending into finale.
Composition length, genre and number of entries are free.
Technical details:
- Provide an executable file that runs on real c-64.
- Provide preferred SID-type info.
- 1 and 2 SID entries will be judged separately.
All entries shall be released at the same time and there will be few weeks for voting. There will be a site up later on where to upload your entries.
As with the past Ambient competition, the result shall be announced in a webcast where all entries are played with real c-64 in their entirety.
As with all good music, you compose and arrange a piece of music, and your virtuosity with the instrument provides the sound.
CSDB voting will choose the popular winners in the end of the voting period. In addition to that I will select a song that in my opinion best reflects the form.
Good luck, Jim. I hope this message won't self destruct in 5 seconds. |
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psych
Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 141 |
Nice!! |
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Stinsen
Registered: Feb 2012
Posts: 77 |
Nice.. a question though. The tune doesn't necessarily have to have a summer vibe right? I.e. summer is time of the competition but not the theme? |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
Posts: 1336 |
Aren't at least half of all songs done this way in general? ;) |
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celticdesign
Registered: Oct 2005
Posts: 149 |
Quote:Introduction -> Development -> Repetition -> Coda
What? I'm pretty ignorant and have no clue about such things... Really! |
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Hein
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 954 |
Quote: Quote:Introduction -> Development -> Repetition -> Coda
What? I'm pretty ignorant and have no clue about such things... Really!
That's ok, most of csdb voters don't. And most musicians don't do what they're asked to do anyway. |
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Linus
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 639 |
Quote: Aren't at least half of all songs done this way in general? ;)
Half of yours for sure :D |
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lft
Registered: Jul 2007
Posts: 369 |
Great idea!
Nitpick:
Quoting MixerIntroduction -> Development -> Repetition -> Coda
This is sometimes referred as the sonata-form.
Sonata-form is actually more specific. First, theme A is introduced. Then, theme B is introduced in a different key. In the development, these themes interact, kind of like two people having an argument. The argument reaches a consensus in the repetition part, in which theme B is restated in the original key of theme A. Then follows a free-form coda.
Of course, the compo rules were pretty clearly described by Mixer, and there's no need to adhere to this stricter form. But perhaps it could be an inspiration; especially the argument-consensus structure. |
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SIDWAVE
Account closed
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2238 |
oh no, lft has already won with his music theory skills :) |
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Mixer
Registered: Apr 2008
Posts: 454 |
@lft: Certainly. This competition is however not about being 'classical' and not about conformity, but this is about being brave!
@Stinsen: Vibe depends on the kind of dreams you have. :)
The purpose of the excercise is to take your inspiration, for instance just a few note melody, and morph it into four purposes that become the structure of a four part composition.
Now, go on and make magnificient music. Form is given. Break the form! |
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SIDWAVE
Account closed
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2238 |
u know sidwave or not ?
i do this by instinct over and over..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coda_%28music%29
funny they mention beethoven..
im already with 1:38 mins, and every single pattern is a developing coda mix |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
Posts: 1336 |
Quoting LinusHalf of yours for sure :D
LOLs :D |
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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3057 |
Čo hovorí?
Uráa nás? |
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GH
Registered: Sep 2014
Posts: 77 |
Less theory, more soul please :D |
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Mixer
Registered: Apr 2008
Posts: 454 |
Howdy,
One month until the deadline.
The upload-site will be up later this week.
Meanwhile, pm me, if you want to submit your entry earlier.
ps. We have 2 entries already, so join in. |
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Mixer
Registered: Apr 2008
Posts: 454 |
Uploadsite is now online at http://www.6581.fi/compo/ |
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Mr. Mouse
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 235 |
Rule no 1 in composing: don't have rules. Stay raw. |
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deizi
Account closed
Registered: May 2003
Posts: 95 |
Quote: Rule no 1 in composing: don't have rules. Stay raw.
totally agree. |
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Mixer
Registered: Apr 2008
Posts: 454 |
Hello!
This is a shameless advertisement! It is now a bit over three weeks until the deadline.
It is summer here in the northern hemisphere. It is way too hot outside anyway, so why not stay indoors, start your c-64 and enter the Summer SID competion! |
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Scarzix
Registered: Aug 2010
Posts: 143 |
so you are okay with an early Christmas jam? |
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Mixer
Registered: Apr 2008
Posts: 454 |
Two weeks until deadline, we have two submitted entries so far and a couple of maybes on the way.
Put some bytes through the chip and join in! |
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Mixer
Registered: Apr 2008
Posts: 454 |
3 days to the competition deadline. :)
Waiting for your entries until the 23:59 EET 30th of July 2015 |
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freℚvibez
Registered: Nov 2002
Posts: 27 |
I'm working on a tune, but it is most likely that I can't finish it in time. Too much job related work at present and the subject of the competition is quite challenging. :) |
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TheRyk
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 2254 |
I as a non-musician can't troll any more music competions this year, sorry :D
Keep my fingers crossed, though, lookin 4wd to entries :) |
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Mixer
Registered: Apr 2008
Posts: 454 |
Quote: the subject of the competition is quite challenging. :)
@freQvibes. You are correct on that. If it is easy, everybody could do it. :) |
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musikdusche
Account closed
Registered: Sep 2014
Posts: 6 |
Okay - tune submitted.
I tried to put in practice lft's rules by introducing a second theme. Not easy, though....
And by the way: I spent way too much time on this tune (compared to the quality of the outcome). How much time do you guys need to produce a 3-minute piece?
Looking forward to hear all your entries! :-D |
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Mixer
Registered: Apr 2008
Posts: 454 |
The deadline has passed and the entries are submitted.
I'll post them to CSDB now. All 3 of them. I am glad to see that most of you chose to spend the summer outside. :)
To honor the brave attendees, the competition will go on as planned and you have, lets say until the 14.8.2015 to vote and the winner shall be announced then. |
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TheRyk
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 2254 |
Hope you don't gnaw your teeth too much about not-so-overwhelming participation. I'm not a musician myself so I need no excuse for not having trolled another music compo. As you said, it's simply not the most productive time of the year, moreover, we might also face something like ?TOO MANY COMPETITIONS ERROR especially with regard to music if we look back at first 7 months of 2015 or even include autumn/winter 2014. The three entries are good quality or even better, so thx anyway for this little compo :) |
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Mixer
Registered: Apr 2008
Posts: 454 |
@TheRyk:
All is well, thank you for your concern :) |
