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Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 1:20 pm
by Niveous
Welcome to Nur Ein XIII!

The Nur Ein is a 8 round song competition. In each round, the participants are given a song title and a mandatory challenge and are given a week in which to finish that song. Then this year's group of Nur Ein Judges (TBA) will listen to the songs and rate them from best to worst. Each round whittles down the field until we are left with only 1 competitor. Creativity x Skill x Time Management = Nur Ein!

This year's Nur Ein will start on Monday, April 30th with Round Zero. Round Zero is open to all who wish to take on the Nur Ein. The participants will have until Monday May 6th at 12:01AM (Eastern Daylight Time) to create a song from the title and complete the challenge. When a competitor completes a song, it is to be e-mailed to nurein.sidefight which is a gmail address. The songs will then be posted at the Nur Ein website (http://nurein.songlander.com) and the next title and challenge will be announced at the same time. The Judges will have the next two days to listen to the songs and make their decisions and then the judges will cut down the field to 25 with an announcement at some point on the evening of the 8th.

Here's the schedule:
(Obviously, this is subject to change if something catastrophic happens, or if we don't get 25 bands in Round 0)

Round 0:
April 30-May 6
Judging May 7-8
<X> bands, <X-25> eliminations

Round 1:
May 7-May 13
Judging May 14-15
25 bands, 5 eliminations
Judges favorite gets immunity

Round 2:
May 14-May 20
Judging May 21-22
20 bands, 4 eliminations
Judges favorite gets immunity

Round 3:
May 21-27 (the guest round!)
Judging May 28-29
16 bands, 4 eliminations
Judges favorite gets immunity

Round 4:
May 28-June 3
Judging June 4-5
12 bands, 4 eliminations

Round 5:
June 4-10
Judging June 11-12
8 bands, 3 eliminations

Round 6:
June 11-17
Judging June 18-19
5 bands, 3 eliminations

Final Round:
June 18-June 24
Voting June 25-26
2 bands, 1 elimination

The final round is a battle between the two remaining competitors with the votes of the eliminated competitors and the Nur Ein Jury will choosing the winner (one vote per "act," whether you're a band or a solo competitor; if you're a duo, trio, quartet, quintet, or more, you'll need to discuss internally how to allocate that one vote).

The game is on. Nur Ein!!!!!!!!!!!

If someone wants to help me with the social media side of the Nur Ein, I would appreciate it greatly (because i clearly suck at it).

Now is the time for people to start getting prepared. The website logistics need to get figured out. And the judges need to get chosen. I will not be judging this year. Lucky Witch and the Righteous Ghost (my band) wants to join the fray.

Nur Ein!

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:21 pm
by Caravan Ray
Yay!!!! :) :)

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 5:01 pm
by Manhattan Glutton
WHEW LADS. I have a two week vacation to the Czech Republic and I think I come back the weekend round 0 is due.

Mike may or may not make it.

But the New Ugly podcast will be doing episodes focused on this again, hopefully tighter with a year of practice.

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:36 pm
by MintyHandy
So, uh, I have a new job that is ridiculously demanding and I don't have the time to do most of what I need to do in a day and, uh, I'm in.

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 11:44 pm
by vowlvom
This looked super exciting last year just when I was starting my illustrious* SongFight career and therefore I am also in, despite being On Holiday for most (but crucially not all!) of rounds 2 and 3.

* who am I again?

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 8:48 am
by Märk
I think ROTR will be participating. Until the collab challenge, at which point I'll be eliminated. Again.

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:09 pm
by ujnhunter
Märk wrote:I think ROTR will be participating. Until the collab challenge, at which point I'll be eliminated. Again.
I hope to hear ROTR participate. I shall sadly be away during Nur Ein XIII and can not partake in the fun...

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:40 pm
by Mysteria
I'm excited to be back as a judge and happy to help out with the social media Niv - text me what you need me to do because I suck at remembering to check the boards until we are in full competition mode.

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:52 am
by HeuristicsInc
Am I judging again? I forgot where we were talking and stuff.
-bill

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 11:03 am
by Niveous
Nur Ein looms in the distance.

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:40 am
by Caravan Ray
Niveous wrote:Nur Ein looms in the distance.
Who are the judges?


Not that it matters - but just curious who I will piss off this year?

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:30 am
by j$
one judge - Harriet. Good luck ;)

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 4:31 am
by Niveous
Nur Ein starts this weekend. I'm still looking for another judge to add to the panel.

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 1:12 am
by iVeg
Ok. 12:01 am EST Monday was like 4h 8m ago, right? GMT -4 ?
I'm surprised there's no prompt, no announcement on the main page. Not much chatter here.

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 1:46 am
by noma
Hey there! I'll be participating again this year :)
Yeah, iVeg, I am patiently waiting as well. Hope the first title and challenge will soon be posted! Nur Ein!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:44 am
by iVeg
Guessing judges didn't have time to discuss titles and challenges, since there was still a vacancy Friday? Or maybe this is the challenge part of this week - they don't supply the title - we have to guess it?

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:54 am
by noma
iVeg wrote:Or maybe this is the challenge part of this week - they don't supply the title - we have to guess it?
Well, current SF title is "Guessing Game", so you might be on to something. ;)

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 3:26 am
by Caravan Ray
noma wrote:
iVeg wrote:Or maybe this is the challenge part of this week - they don't supply the title - we have to guess it?
Well, current SF title is "Guessing Game", so you might be on to something. ;)
G’day Noma.

We are all waiting

I dragged in a new recruit from SE Queensland. You out there lurking new entrant?

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 4:43 am
by j$
iVeg wrote:Guessing judges didn't have time to discuss titles and challenges, since there was still a vacancy Friday? Or maybe this is the challenge part of this week - they don't supply the title - we have to guess it?
Look on facebook.

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 5:33 pm
by Pigfarmer Jr
https://nurein.songlander.com/ shows the current challenge. I don't know if it did this morning when you were asking. (Noon or slightly thereafter in the UK/Europe)

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 7:08 am
by ujnhunter
Not going to be in... but I'm still writing a song for Trial By Fire w/ the challenge... ;)

Re: Nur Ein XIII

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:53 pm
by Niveous
Hey folks,

It's nearly time for Nur Ein XIV! I'll be setting up things over the next few days. If you want to participate, start getting you (and your band if that applies) together. If you want to be a judge, drop me a PM.

More information on Nur Ein XIV to come very soon.