Look for a submission from me.
i certainly will
I sat down the day I read it and had some ideas,but then...... enter crazy work schedule and I forgot all about it.
Well, now you've been reminded
Looking forward to your submission.
I think this In-Tense competition is a little different than a competition. Guru is simply asking the musical question, “how many different sounds can you get out of a snare drum?”
And they will be judging based on what makes them smile the most.
And in the end it is a random drawing.
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That's pretty much it in a nutshell
Basically what I meant was that all of the videos could be shown, but not until the contest has closed for entries. I would like to see them all but don't think showing them early is a good idea. If the contest closes June 1st, make them available June 2, and then the judges can do their thing without others worrying about being copied.
I got you Grunt, but I'm leaving the publication decision up to the entrants except the winning submission. Thanks for your input though - it's appreciated.
#2. I'm fairly certain that this is mainly about an acoustic snare drum, plain and simple. Anything else may detract. It's not what you play, it's the different sounds you can coax out of it. So I'd say forget about the piano and the e kit, or a drum set. It's not about sampling for sure. Or piano. It's only supposed to be about 60 seconds in length.
This is essentially it, although snare in a kit context is just fine, so long as the core focus is the variety of sounds/expression on the snare. It's a competition to win a highly expressive acoustic drum. In that context, E drum generated sounds aren't appropriate.
3. No runner-up prizes? Even a T-shirt? Seems like someone could produce the most amazing snare drum video in the history of the world and still have an 80% chance of getting nothing.
Unfortunately, we don't have any T-shirts, although I am thinking of something appropriate for the final 5 entries chosen for the random draw. In your scenario, the entrant producing "the most amazing snare drum video in the history of the world" would stand a 20% chance of winning. I offer that those odds are way better than any competition out there.
To all: I have no issue with asking for a bit of effort from entrants. Yes, we could have designed this as a stupid question/statement kinda deal, & it would no doubt attract a much wider pool of entries, but part of me thinks why the hell should we. We're a tiny company run on private finances. When the big boys give away a $1,000 snare drum, the actual cost to them is more like the production cost ($200 - $300), & that can be written off against profits. If we give away a $1,000 snare drum, it's cost us over $800 to make it. Moreover, it's taken 20 hours of highly skilled labour to craft it, & proportionally to our turnover, it's a big deal. Bottom line, if you want to win our hard earned effort, the least you can do is put a small amount of effort in yourself. like all things in life, if it's easily won, it's probably not worth winning. I'm sorry if that offends anyone.