Posts Tagged ‘challenge’

Studio Diaries 090619

» Posted Friday, the 19th of June, 2009 at 4:43 pm in Stuff by stv
Photo "Fucking Bench" by Anti-Kim

Photo "Fucking Bench" by Anti-Kim

Here’s a brief round up of my baby steps toward global domination today:

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“The Only Way I Know”

» Posted Tuesday, the 9th of June, 2009 at 10:26 pm in Music Downloads by stv
Photo "Little dude in mismatched boots" by yours truly

Photo "Little dude in mismatched boots" by yours truly

Here’s my latest submission in the Masters of Song Fu challenge:

The Only Way I KnowDownload

Vote for your favourite tracks in Masters of Song Fu #4 Round 1
(Voting closes 11:59pm EST on Sunday, June 14th, 2009.)

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These boots were made for marching

» Posted Tuesday, the 2nd of June, 2009 at 11:47 am in Stuff by stv
Photo of me and the little dude by Tina Smith-Pautler

Photo of me and the little dude by Tina Smith-Pautler

Woke up this morning to find out what the next songwriting challenge on my plate is. The object of Masters of Song Fu #4 Round 2 is:

Write a march.

A march is “a piece of music with a strong regular rhythm which in origin was expressly written for marching to” – and that is your challenge. You can write on any topic. Your song must run no shorter than 1 minute 15 seconds.

And I was just saying the other day that it’s high time I dusted off the old Sousaphone.

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“I Will Always Look up to You”

» Posted Wednesday, the 27th of May, 2009 at 9:19 am in Music Downloads by stv
I've got a new track in Masters of Song Fu #4 Round 1 @ Quick Stop Entertainment - Vote early, Vote Often! (Just Kidding)

I've got a new track in Masters of Song Fu #4 Round 1 @ Quick Stop Entertainment - Vote early, Vote Often! (Just Kidding)

Well, it’s that time again; time to vote for another set of challengers in Quick Stop Entertainment’s Masters of Song Fu songwriting challenge. Here’s my track:

I Will Always Look up to YouDownload

Vote for your favourite tracks in Masters of Song Fu #4 Round 1
(Voting closes 11:59pm EST on Sunday, May 31st, 2009.)

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The wide, wide world of online songwriting challenges

» Posted Tuesday, the 23rd of September, 2008 at 2:59 pm in Stuff by stv
Bubbles in the old backyard

   » Bubbles in the old backyard «

I was poking around the web the other day trying to find some reputable online songwriting challenges to participate in and thought I’d start building a list right here for future reference.

I think contests like this are cool for several reasons, some of which I’ll expand upon right now before we get to the official list.

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