In this little game, you have to make a smash-up-remix of two or more songs in the audio editor, Audacity, by a certain date and get scores determined by the quality of your remix. As the Lead Judge of this game, I will be posting your score after you post an audio file of your remix. You can make a video of it, too, if you have time and you think that you are done. NOTE: I HAVE NO JUDGES. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF ASKING CERTAIN PEOPLE FOR THEIR HELP ON THIS MATTER, SO DON'T PM ME OR POST HERE ASKING TO BE A JUDGE. Here are the rules... 1.) There must be two distinct songs in the remix. You can do more, if you want, but at least TWO are required. You will be given a chance to explain what two songs you used when one of he judges, (most likely me), PMs you, asking you to explain it. If you can't explain it sufficiently, you will be disqualified, unfortunately. Thus, make it VERY clear in your entry what two songs you used! 2.) You must post your submissions in THIS THREAD. No linking, unless to a YouTube video or some equivilent. Any violations of this rule will result in disqualification if you do not edit the post with correct format within 24 hours of a warning from a judge. The deadline is one week after a post by me that declares that particular round open. We can't control if you start before then or if you use an already made remix to work off of. It's on you to not break the rules. 3.) Myself and the other judges will confer via Skype/MSN for three days after the deadline. After which time, we will decide on scores for all entrants and post them here. I will update this post with the winners and the scores of each entrant. 4.) Audacity, a free-to-use program, (Google it if you don't have it already), is the ONLY program that you can use! If we ask you what effects in Audacity you use, you have to be VERY specific as to the names of those effects! Using any other program will result in INSTANT DISQUALIFICATION if it is too obvious that more advanced software was used. 5.) MP3 or WAV only, please! Any other file type will not be accepted and will asked to be resubmitted. If it is not re-posted, then it will not be accepted. If you have a legitimate excuse for not using either of these two file types, then you will be pardoned. You must do so BEFORE SIGNING UP, however, so do it as your first action here. Just try to use these extensions, if you can. Here are some tips for contestants... 1.) REPITITION and LAYERING are your friends here. TIMING is key, too. If you can layer a stuttering drum beat over string instrumenals and have them line up well, you got yourself a great smash-up! 2.) Make sure that your layers are AMPLIFIED correctly! It won't do to have a great instumental if the drums drown it out, now would it? 3.) FEEL FREE TO SING. I could not tell you how impressive it would be to the judges if you sing over an instrumental song. Take for instance singing Sanctuary's lyrics over the drums of the same song, while layered over the chorus of Destati. It would be difficult, yeah, but it could be the difference between first place and last! Original lyrics welcome, too, just don't claim someone else's for your own. 4.) RECORD YOURSELF PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT. This is another thing that could win over the judges. Original or otherwise, playing an instrument is hard! If you have talent, then use it! That's it for now! Go over the rules, maybe think about what kind of song you want to do or what tracks you want to use. Once I get my judges set up, we'll start the sign-ups! Good luck to all! - Ol'Sephy
