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Another forum I'm on has a Song Of The Week challenge/contest and it works as a great way to motivate people to get something done on a regular basis. It's not just a song, it can be a riff, a lead over a backing track, a quick idea on a synth and well-organized and pitched farts, as long as you constructed and posted it that week, it counts. No reaching back in your archives for that "oh my drummer didn't want to work on this one but I recorded this 18 years ago on a Fostex 4-track, I just held my phone up to an old sh*tty cassette deck and captured the audio", it has to be new. (Honor system)
The winner each week wins the pride of accomplishing something with music that week. Every submission is 1 point and whoever has the most points after week 4 is the weiner. You can contribute more than one thing in a week and it'll count. I think we did 1 point for a whole song and .5 points for a lead over a backing track, but we can iron out those details.
Playing/recording abilities don't mean a damn thing. You can start playing because of the challenge and you're just as worthy of a 'competitor'.
There's a couple guys here who took part of this at the forum, @Iron1 and I think @Desertdweller maybe? @Iron1 might be a reigning champion. When there's a lot of people doing it, it's a lot of fun because there's a healthy competition when you don't want to be the guy who DOESN'T contribute that week. It also creates a place where you can bounce ideas off people and get feedback without feeling like a turd for asking for it. It can be daunting writing an entire song in one week and I had to take a break to focus on music that I wasn't trying write and finish in 7-days and then I just fell off entirely last year.
We had two different ones going for a while; Lead Of The Week, which someone would contribute a backing track and everyone would take turns soloing over it, then Song Of The Week which is what I described above. I'd probably call it something entirely different, Noodle Of The Week or something.
If anyone would be interested in this, post yours thoughts and maybe we can make something happen!
The winner each week wins the pride of accomplishing something with music that week. Every submission is 1 point and whoever has the most points after week 4 is the weiner. You can contribute more than one thing in a week and it'll count. I think we did 1 point for a whole song and .5 points for a lead over a backing track, but we can iron out those details.
Playing/recording abilities don't mean a damn thing. You can start playing because of the challenge and you're just as worthy of a 'competitor'.
There's a couple guys here who took part of this at the forum, @Iron1 and I think @Desertdweller maybe? @Iron1 might be a reigning champion. When there's a lot of people doing it, it's a lot of fun because there's a healthy competition when you don't want to be the guy who DOESN'T contribute that week. It also creates a place where you can bounce ideas off people and get feedback without feeling like a turd for asking for it. It can be daunting writing an entire song in one week and I had to take a break to focus on music that I wasn't trying write and finish in 7-days and then I just fell off entirely last year.
We had two different ones going for a while; Lead Of The Week, which someone would contribute a backing track and everyone would take turns soloing over it, then Song Of The Week which is what I described above. I'd probably call it something entirely different, Noodle Of The Week or something.
If anyone would be interested in this, post yours thoughts and maybe we can make something happen!
