SpinTunes #2

[Spintown]

I really wanted to wait until after the holidays, but a lot of people seemed to want to have another go around before the holidays. Soooo the judges have been selected, they are currently making the challenges, updated rules & schedules have been posted, and I just posted the sign up information for anyone who wants to join in this time. Everyone is welcome, we can have 10 or 50 people sign up. I think last time we had 31 sign up & there were about 70 songs created for the contest.

http://spintunes.blogspot.com/2010/09/spintunes-2-sign-up-page.html

Judges:
1. Kevin Savino-Riker - The current champion of SpinTunes.

2. Dr. Lindyke - Runner up in Masters Of Song Fu #6.

3. Jeff MacDougall - Runner up in Masters Of Song Fu #1 & TMA co-founder. (He lost to some nobody named Jonathan Coulton)

4. Zack Scott - YouTuber & amateur musician.

5. Glenn Phillips - I was part of the Nur Ein 3 winning band The Worldly Self Assurance, and I was a judge for Nur Ein 4. I have 15 Song Fight/Nur Ein wins under my belt as well (8 different bands).

[Spintown]

UPDATE: So far 11 people have signed up, with another half dozen saying they plan on it. The judges have currently decided on 3 of the 4 challenges, and we are working on picking the last one.

[Spintown]

Deadline for sign ups is now past. 35 people/bands have entered the contest (4 more than last time), and the profiles of all the participants have been posted. So you can now see who you'll be competing with.

[Spintown]

The round 1 challenge has now been posted. (links to the examples are on the blog...I'm too lazy to copy them :p )

There's No Place Like Home - Write a song about YOUR hometown. (2 minute minimum) (your submission is due October 10th 11:59PM Sun EST)

You should use the name of the town in the song at some point. The town you pick can be your place of birth, where you grew up, or where you're living now; but it has to be someplace you have actually lived at some point in your life. If you once took a 2 week vacation to Florida...that does not count. We mean someplace you have roots of some sort.

Example:
One famous example would be "I Left My Heart In San Francisco". Here's 2 examples from one of our judges: "Here In Union" & "Killin' Time".

[Eric Y.]

In your first post in this thread, you have a link that goes directly to the signup page. In your signature you have a variety of links. Nowhere in this thread do you have an actual link to the contest itself. Here ya go... http://spintunes.blogspot.com/

[Spintown]

I just figured if they found the sign up page, they could find the rest. Thanks though.

[Spintown]

You can now download the round 1 album for free. We have 31 songs about hometowns.

http://spintown.bandcamp.com/album/spintunes-2-round-1

[Spintown]

I don't know if anyone would like to shadow from here or not, but I figured I'd post the round 2 challenge here as well.

The Musician Strikes Back - We want you to write a sequel. A song that picks up where another famous song left off. (2 minute minimum) (they had 8 days)

We are going to define "famous" by making you pick a song that has at some point been on Billboard's Top 20 for at least 1 week. This gives you a lot of options while making it easy for the judges to say if your song was "famous" enough.

Examples Of Songs With Sequels:
"Peggy Sue" & "Peggy Sue Got Married " by Buddy Holly
"It's My Party" & "Judy's Turn To Cry" by Lesley Gore
"Space Oddity" & "Ashes To Ashes" by David Bowie

There were more details that were not covered in the original challenge. For instance, you do not have to match the style of the original song. If you decide to do that, be careful not to plagiarize the original tune.

Us can use Billboard lists from different countries & different genres. And you have to use a singles list. You can't pick an albums list & take a song from a popular album. The song itself has to be on a singles chart.

[HeuristicsInc]

"Space Oddity" & "Ashes To Ashes" by David Bowie

don't forget peter schilling's "major tom (coming home)" which is actually a sequel by a different artist!
-bill

[Spintown]

That's a better example than the 3 I mention then. Thanks.

[Spintown]

The round 2 album is posted. You can listen to all the songs for free & vote on the blog (2nd link).

http://spintown.bandcamp.com/album/spintunes-2-round-2

http://spintunes.blogspot.com/2010/10/spintunes-2-round-2-songs.html

[Spintown]

http://spintunes.blogspot.com/2010/11/spintunes-2-champion-mitchell-adam.html

It's all over, the new SpinTunes champion has been decided. SpinTunes #3 won't be until after Nur Ein 6. So I'm guessing late June or early July if Nur Ein finishes around the same time as #5.

You can download the 4 new SpinTunes albums for free or contribute to any of the 8 albums at any time.