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Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 4:09 pm
by bambamoozle
dantes wrote:bambamoozle wrote:dantes wrote:I don't know who I could ask... :/
Ask an eliminated Nureiner, that's one idea. Ask someone on the message board. Ask 10 people and maybe someone will accept.
In Nur Ein IV it needed a guest rapper and my then-9 year old son Jack did it. Of course that was an example where my cleverness didn't work again; I wrote the part for him singing as my son but got eliminated in that round. Kinda like Round Zero, Sleep Tight, where I was the only one of the 25 entrants to have the mandatory whistling be a lyrical part of the song, and was rewarded with a second-to-last finish.
I don't know if I'm comfortable with just asking a random stranger. And I can't be sure I'll get it or that it will be of sufficient quality then.
Has anyone ever told you that you're just full of excuses? Man up!
NUR EIN!!!
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 5:51 pm
by roymond
RangerDenni wrote:
so we are not meant to use someone from the contest at all then either? and most likely a new face for us as well (what I'm supposing).
Where are these rules stated?
dantes wrote:
You can do guitar duets? I thought only vocals.
Again, where is this rule stated? I keep looking and all I see is:
Non Optional Challenge: Duet with a Guest
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 6:28 pm
by RangerDenni
roymond wrote:RangerDenni wrote:
so we are not meant to use someone from the contest at all then either? and most likely a new face for us as well (what I'm supposing).
Where are these rules stated?
dantes wrote:
You can do guitar duets? I thought only vocals.
Again, where is this rule stated? I keep looking and all I see is:
Non Optional Challenge: Duet with a Guest
i was just wonderin' ...
i have someone - i think - anyway. which is why I had to stop mid-reviews and get on the stick with my song.
the drama!
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 6:32 pm
by RangerDenni
dantes wrote:bambamoozle wrote:dantes wrote:I don't know who I could ask... :/
Ask an eliminated Nureiner, that's one idea. Ask someone on the message board. Ask 10 people and maybe someone will accept.
In Nur Ein IV it needed a guest rapper and my then-9 year old son Jack did it. Of course that was an example where my cleverness didn't work again; I wrote the part for him singing as my son but got eliminated in that round. Kinda like Round Zero, Sleep Tight, where I was the only one of the 25 entrants to have the mandatory whistling be a lyrical part of the song, and was rewarded with a second-to-last finish.
I don't know if I'm comfortable with just asking a random stranger. And I can't be sure I'll get it or that it will be of sufficient quality then.
you have a host of arti people who'd prolly help you as well. if joe had a daw I bet he woulda. he can't record now so I can't use him as my own fallback either.
i asked someone I was REALLY afraid to ask and might not finish in time for, so DO IT DO IT DO IT!!!!!!
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 7:05 pm
by glennny
Dear judges (not Frankie Big Face)
What exactly is a duet? In the spirit of defining terms.
"Summer Nights" from Grease is mostly a duet, but when the backing vocals come in with the "tell me more, tell me more" is it still a duet?
Just wonder how strictly we need to stay with 2 and only 2 vocalists.
Were it an instrumental I would think it would e strictly 2 instruments.
Thanks! Sorry I had to ask.
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 7:12 pm
by glennny
Roymond wrote:
Where are these rules stated?
Nur Ein II page 18 near the bottom.
http://songfight.net/forums/viewtopic.p ... &start=374
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:13 pm
by Caravan Ray
dantes wrote:bambamoozle wrote:dantes wrote:I don't know who I could ask... :/
Ask an eliminated Nureiner, that's one idea. Ask someone on the message board. Ask 10 people and maybe someone will accept.
In Nur Ein IV it needed a guest rapper and my then-9 year old son Jack did it. Of course that was an example where my cleverness didn't work again; I wrote the part for him singing as my son but got eliminated in that round. Kinda like Round Zero, Sleep Tight, where I was the only one of the 25 entrants to have the mandatory whistling be a lyrical part of the song, and was rewarded with a second-to-last finish.
I don't know if I'm comfortable with just asking a random stranger. And I can't be sure I'll get it or that it will be of sufficient quality then.
Last year I "collaborated" with (among others) the Australian Prime Minister and Minister for Climate Change. Just sayin'....lateral thinking is always a good thing.
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:17 pm
by Caravan Ray
glennny wrote:Dear judges (not Frankie Big Face)
What exactly is a duet? In the spirit of defining terms.
"Summer Luvin" from Grease is mostly a duet, but when the backing vocals come in with the "tell me more, tell me more" is it still a duet?
Just wonder how strictly we need to stay with 2 and only 2 vocalists.
Were it an instrumental I would think it would e strictly 2 instruments.
Thanks! Sorry I had to ask.
This is a very simple question to answer........
Look!! There's a dog with a puffy tail!!
Here puff puff!!
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 12:57 am
by jast
Dear contestants,
a "duet" is typically defined as a work in which two... hey waitasec. I had to look it up in an encyclopaedia, too, in anticipation of these kinds of questions. Why am I doing the work for you, I ask myself?
It's not really all that complicated. Look up the definition, consider the spirit of a guest challenge, read minds of judges, submit song, win round. Go!
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 4:41 am
by roymond
Time warp? Isn't this Nur Ein VI?
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 5:43 am
by Caravan Ray
roymond wrote:
Time warp? Isn't this Nur Ein VI?
No - Glennny and Ross are still whinging about stuff. We are all still on the same page. FBF didn't seem to be there that year - but we know he was there in spirit.
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 5:48 am
by Caravan Ray
jast wrote:Dear contestants,
a "duet" is typically defined as a work in which two... hey waitasec. I had to look it up in an encyclopaedia, too, in anticipation of these kinds of questions. Why am I doing the work for you, I ask myself?
It's not really all that complicated. Look up the definition, consider the spirit of a guest challenge, read minds of judges, submit song, win round. Go!
What is wrong with the youth of today? It is all Facebook and crackpipes and piercings and Justin Beiber nowdays. No attention to detail. No imagination. They make me want to puke my guts up.
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 7:46 am
by JonPorobil
Seriously. Interpret the challenge reasonably. Don't try to find a loophole. I'm sure that if the judges can figure out from listening to the song how you arrived at your interpretation of the word "duet," then they won't fault you.
In other words: shut up and play!
NUR EIN!!!
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 8:47 am
by glennny
@ Jon Eric- STFU
@ C-Ray- Frankie was there in Nur Ein II, answering questions addressed to the judges, while he was a contestant.
@ C-Ray and Jast- Thank you for answering, though not directly, you did indeed answer my question. I did laugh, so I appreciate the responses, however if you wanted less work, a direct answer is the quickest.
NUR EIN!!!
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 9:26 am
by roymond
So, to be clear...and to shoot a dead horse...
A duet concerns more than one. Phew!
A guest is someone else who isn't a regular. Phew, too!
There's no mention of vocal vs instrumental duet.
And there's no mention of with whom it shall be performed.
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 9:43 am
by Billy's Little Trip
I'm doing an arm fart duet. I hope Albatross is available. His arm farts caught the ear of none other than Weird Al.......Liance.
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 11:32 am
by Albatross
Billy's Little Trip wrote:I'm doing an arm fart duet. I hope Albatross is available. His arm farts caught the ear of none other than Weird Al.......Liance.
Those were hand farts, actually.
And a hand fart duet on Songfight
isn't quite an alien concept.
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 12:28 pm
by Rabid Garfunkel
Heh. Damned 10 character limit!
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 1:26 pm
by Caravan Ray
glennny wrote:
@ C-Ray and Jast- Thank you for answering, though not directly, you did indeed answer my question. I did laugh, so I appreciate the responses, however if you wanted less work, a direct answer is the quickest.
Do not seek the direct answer Grasshopper: By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. -
Confucius
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 8:32 pm
by Manhattan Glutton
Unholy Appliance
discuss.
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 10:48 pm
by Billy's Little Trip
Albatross wrote:Billy's Little Trip wrote:I'm doing an arm fart duet. I hope Albatross is available. His arm farts caught the ear of none other than Weird Al.......Liance.
Those were hand farts, actually.
And a hand fart duet on Songfight
isn't quite an alien concept.
SOooo....is this a maybe? Your hands, my hands, flabbergasting?
Re: Nur Ein VI: Round Three
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 10:50 pm
by Billy's Little Trip
Manhattan Glutton wrote:Unholy Appliance
discuss.
Un Holy Al Liance.
disgust.