DhammaSeeker

RULES

• This karaoke contest will run for 6 weeks. After the first 5 weeks, the weekly winners will compete in a final week 6 throw down for the fame and glory of the EvBoard RockStar title!
• Each week (on Monday), a selection of 5 karaoke tracks will be made available to you. Participants get to choose which one of the 5 tracks best suits their taste and range.
• If none of the supplied tracks is to your liking, then you may submit a track that you find yourself. You may only submit that track once, so the next week you'll have to pick one of the 5 supplied or pick a different one you find yourself.
• Participants have until 11:59 pm (MDT/GMT-6) on Thursdays to email their mp3 to me.
  
• Every Friday I will make a new polling thread with the hosted mp3 tracks for all of EvBoard to vote on for 72 hours after the poll is posted.
• Tracks WILL NOT be identified with the EvBoard username that submitted it. This is to encourage you to listen to the track and evaluate it on its merits--not simply by who is your friend. We hope this will encourage the more self-conscious of you to participate.
• On Mondays, the weekly poll will close and the winner will be declared and their identity revealed!
• If a person wants to "out" themselves after a week has completed, they may do so. Officially, the anonymity of participants will be maintained until the very end of the contest to encourage participation from week to week.
• Caveat about auto-tune: The use of auto-tuning software is prohibited. If it is discovered that you use auto-tune for any submission, you will be disqualified from the competition.

PRIZES

• Weekly winners will receive 5,000 points.
• The overall (week 6) First Place winner will receive a 3 month paid subscription or 50,000 points and the Runner Up will receive a 2 month paid subscription or 33,000 points. The winner will choose between the subscription or points. If a winner is already a paid subscriber, their subscription will be extended by the appropriate length.
• But where's the 'fame and glory' you ask? The overall (week 6) First Place winner will also receive a special banner under their username designating them as the EvBoard RockStar Karaoke Contest winner!

FAQS

• Q: Do I have to participate in every week?
• A: There's no obligation to participate every week. Just submit for the weeks you can.
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• Q: If I win a week, can I continue to participate?
• A: Yes. If it ends up that one person wins multiple weeks, then we'd also take the participant with the second highest vote count for that week to participate in the week 6 final.
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• Q: Are we allowed to add echo or reverb?
• A: Yes.
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• Q: Do we have to record in one segment (as in record from start to finish), or can we record some parts one day, some parts the next, and splice it together?
• A: Splicing and dicing are allowed.
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• Q: Where should I host my mp3?
• A: I will be hosting all the tracks on my own web server. When participants email me the track, I will upload it to my server. I have plenty of bandwidth to burn.
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• Q: Are we allowed to record tracks with harmony on them if we want to?
• A: Yes.
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• Q: Is singing a capella allowed? Or with the ORIGINAL track playing very faintly in the background?
• A: Yes.
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• Q: Can I change the pitch/key of a track so that I can sing it?
• A: Yes.

thedarksun...

Hey, I'm away this week and have no way of recording, but I'd REALLY like to join the contest.

Is there anyway I could jump in on week 2?

DhammaSeeker

Yes! There's no obligation to participate every week. Just submit for the weeks you can.

thedarksun...

Cool, thanks I'll do that.

Oh and sorry for posting in the wrong thread... I was a little confused

Ayria

Just want to clarify; in a situation where one individual wins round 2 is that individuale unable to enter rounds 3, 4, and 5?

DhammaSeeker

I see no reason why they can't enter. If it ends up that one person wins multiple weeks, then we'd also take the participant with the second highest vote count for that week to participate in the week 6 final.

Togepik

I have a few questions:

1: Can we add our own touches to the songs? Like inversions of the voice but still they match with the track?

2: If one does not win in a certain week, can that person participate in the forcoming weeks?

DhammaSeeker

1: If by "inversions of the voice" you mean singing different notes than the original singer, then I think that would be fine. It's your interpretation.

2: Yes!

Darko

Are we allowed to add echo or reverb? Adding reverb is normally flattering to the voice, but pretty much everyone does it (omfg even amy lee .) Also do we have to record in lump (as in record from start to finish) or can we record some parts one day, some parts the next and splice it together?

I'm waiting for the house to be empty (and my brother to give me MY microphone back) before I record.

DhammaSeeker

Effects like re-verb and echo are allowed.

Splicing and dicing are allowed.