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NG Battle of The Bands Contest!

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Newgrounds Battle of the Bands!


Overview: Musicians and Singers team up to form bands which will compete against each other, with the winner decided by both a panel of judges and the people of Newgrounds. The songs of each band will be scored on originality, production quality, virtuosity, and the quality and balance of the mix (e.g. how well the instruments in the song groove with each other and how they sit in the mix).


Stage 1 The Planning Stage:

During this initial stage, participants will form bands and decide whom they’d like to collaborate with. They’ll then work on a band name and select their band leader who will have the task of arranging and publishing their song. Bands may also decide on a genre for their song during this stage. Ideally it’ll be limited to rock, metal, and blues. Since having multiple genres may make judging harder since bias towards one genre over another may occur.


Stage 2 Song Generation:

After bands have been formed and announced on Newgrounds, they will then plan their song, and respectively work on their parts within the band. Bands will be given a one month time frame to compose their song. During this stage they may also want to create a band logo or hire an artist on Newgrounds to do so which will be used for their CD Icon.


Stage 3 Finalizing Songs:

Bands will be given an additional week or two to finalise their songs this may include fixing their mix, re-recording problem parts, etc. As well as finalising their artwork for their band and song.


Stage 4 Let the Battle Begin..:

Once songs have been finished, it’s time to commence the battle of the bands. With all songs ready to go, each band will publish their songs to Newgrounds to be voted on by the people of Newgrounds for a 2 week phase. After this phase the judges will have their say, casting their votes and then deciding on the winner of the Newgrounds battle of the bands.


Stage 5 The Finale:

When the winner is decided the judges will announce the results and post them on the official Battle of the bands thread on the audio BBS on Newgrounds. All songs will be assembled into one montage and published to the site to cement another chapter in the history of Newgrounds.


Rules:


-      All songs should be .WAV 16 bit to be included in the final montage at the end of the collab.

-      Songs should be a minimum of 2 minutes and 30 seconds long and a maximum length of 6 minutes and 30 seconds.

-      Song lyrics can be NSFW as long as they don't exceed the M rating.

-      Avoid over compressing your mix into a brick wall and making it too loud.

-      Credit all your band members when publishing the song and note their roles in the description, as well as any artwork such as band logo/CD icon.

-      Include your Band name, song name, and collaborators in the file name when sending your song.


Timeframe: minimum 1 month to 3 months. Once there is a fair amount of participants and judges then the competition will kick off and a deadline will be set.


We still need judges and sponsors for this contest. Ideally there will be prizes for the top 3 songs.

When publishing your song use the tag "Battle of the Bands" or "NG Battle of the Bands"


Special thanks to @AhWham for making this awesome banner.

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Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-10-06 02:47:53


Questions since I don't remember if I asked in the collab server —


1) are two-piece bands allowed?

2) are individual musicians allowed to do multiple parts of a song, even if they won't be doing so live for example e.g. drums and guitar?

Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-10-06 03:41:36


At 10/6/23 02:47 AM, Troisnyx wrote: Questions since I don't remember if I asked in the collab server —

1) are two-piece bands allowed?
2) are individual musicians allowed to do multiple parts of a song, even if they won't be doing so live for example e.g. drums and guitar?


1) Two-piece bands are allowed, even though three-piece, four-piece, and five-piece bands are encouraged.

2) Yes, since this is purely digital and not live then it's allowed.


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Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-10-07 16:08:34


If you're looking for judges, I've judged NGUAC, AIM, and NGADM for years. Be happy to help. @TaintedLogic are you busy at all?

Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-10-07 17:44:42


At 10/7/23 04:08 PM, ADR3-N wrote:
If you're looking for judges, I've judged NGUAC, AIM, and NGADM for years. Be happy to help. @TaintedLogic are you busy at all?

Am I busy? Yes! Am I willing to help judge this competition regardless? Yes!!!


"Time's fun when you're having flies." ~Kermit the Frog

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This looks interesting


pfp: BellieQwQ | website: jaypedia.xyz | bandcamp: thejayjay.bandcamp.com

thanq yuo

Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-10-08 03:14:19


At 10/7/23 04:08 PM, ADR3-N wrote: If you're looking for judges, I've judged NGUAC, AIM, and NGADM for years. Be happy to help. @TaintedLogic are you busy at all?


Great, if you know any more people that would be interested in judging then feel free to tag them in this thread. Ideally a minimum of 3 judges should suffice, but 4-5 judges would be better.


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Myself and @EclpiseProductions will be entering. Already working on something. Is there a timeline for this contest yet btw? Like a start date, a deadline date for when the project needs to be done btw, etc.


Also, about the explicit lyrics...the song in question is unforunately a tad vulgar (only 1 or so 'f bomb') but the topic is eluding to something more NSFW. Is that a problem? or can we just bleep the vulgarities? (I personally am not a fan of those edits as I feel they do take away the impact of the intended energy, but also don't want us to be disqualified, lol)


My Music

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Always open for collab and VA work! PM me anytime

Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-10-08 13:32:16


At 10/8/23 03:14 AM, Flamadour wrote:
At 10/7/23 04:08 PM, ADR3-N wrote: If you're looking for judges, I've judged NGUAC, AIM, and NGADM for years. Be happy to help. @TaintedLogic are you busy at all?
Great, if you know any more people that would be interested in judging then feel free to tag them in this thread. Ideally a minimum of 3 judges should suffice, but 4-5 judges would be better.


@ChronoNomad, @Bosa, @LexRodent, you open to judge, or know of anyone who would be interested in judging?


Just confirming that I'll be entering with @NahuPyrope for this. We've already got a solid idea for what we'd like to do, alongside a project name, artwork planned for it (I'll be 3D Modelling/Sculpting something for it sometime after we've started), definied roles for who's doing what etc. We're just waiting for the official go-ahead for us to get started.


@Flamadour just for comfirmation after our last messages at the Audio Pub, are you going to be increasing the time-limit for tracks to 5 mins? (or possibly beyond?)


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Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-10-08 22:19:06


At 10/8/23 11:14 AM, FarFromSundown wrote: Myself and @EclpiseProductions will be entering. Already working on something. Is there a timeline for this contest yet btw? Like a start date, a deadline date for when the project needs to be done btw, etc.

Also, about the explicit lyrics...the song in question is unforunately a tad vulgar (only 1 or so 'f bomb') but the topic is eluding to something more NSFW. Is that a problem? or can we just bleep the vulgarities? (I personally am not a fan of those edits as I feel they do take away the impact of the intended energy, but also don't want us to be disqualified, lol)


I haven't set a deadline yet since I want more participants for this contest. I have created a participant list in Word which I'll be updating once I have a clear list of who is participating. Once the list of judges and participants has been finalised then a timeline and deadline will be set.


In regards to your questions about lyrics, as long as the lyrics are kept to an M rating and don't go beyond that, then it's fine.


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Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-10-08 22:20:17


At 10/8/23 02:09 PM, LD-W wrote: Just confirming that I'll be entering with @NahuPyrope for this. We've already got a solid idea for what we'd like to do, alongside a project name, artwork planned for it (I'll be 3D Modelling/Sculpting something for it sometime after we've started), definied roles for who's doing what etc. We're just waiting for the official go-ahead for us to get started.

@Flamadour just for comfirmation after our last messages at the Audio Pub, are you going to be increasing the time-limit for tracks to 5 mins? (or possibly beyond?)


I'll be posting an official update to this thread to clarify any rule changes.


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Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-10-08 22:24:05


Official Update to the Rules:


  • The Song limit has been raised from 4 minutes to 6 minutes and 30 seconds.
  • Song lyrics can be NSFW as long as they don't exceed the M rating.

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Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-10-08 22:25:17


At 10/8/23 01:32 PM, ADR3-N wrote:
At 10/8/23 03:14 AM, Flamadour wrote:
At 10/7/23 04:08 PM, ADR3-N wrote: If you're looking for judges, I've judged NGUAC, AIM, and NGADM for years. Be happy to help. @TaintedLogic are you busy at all?
Great, if you know any more people that would be interested in judging then feel free to tag them in this thread. Ideally a minimum of 3 judges should suffice, but 4-5 judges would be better.
@ChronoNomad, @Bosa, @LexRodent, you open to judge, or know of anyone who would be interested in judging?


I go where I am needed. Count me in, @ADR3-N

Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-10-09 19:20:08


At 10/8/23 01:32 PM, ADR3-N wrote: @ChronoNomad, @Bosa, @LexRodent, you open to judge, or know of anyone who would be interested in judging?


Just let me know!


Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-10-10 04:03:54


Seems cool, i got a question.


do i have to team up with someone that can sing or can it only an instrumental.


And can I use vocaloid?


other than that I’m interested just gotta find some peeps to work with.


At 10/10/23 04:03 AM, CorruptModule wrote: Seems cool, i got a question.

do i have to team up with someone that can sing or can it only an instrumental.

And can I use vocaloid?

other than that I’m interested just gotta find some peeps to work with.


Songs can be instrumental.


As for using vocaloid, I'd so no.


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Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-10-15 13:20:30


I make a da band

Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-11-09 02:46:59


The Deadline for Signups is November 16th!


I wrote about it in my latest blog post Here


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Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-11-10 18:17:03


Cool! I’ll definitely join! BTW: I’ll be making a Lemon Demon, Tally Hall, Logan Whitehurst, TMBG, Icosahedron kind of song… And before I forget to ask you this, is alternative rock okay?

I might be making the song by myself if I can’t find anyone else to help me make the song…

PolyRedProductions2023

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Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-11-10 20:27:43


At 11/10/23 06:17 PM, PolyRedProductions wrote: Cool! I’ll definitely join! BTW: I’ll be making a Lemon Demon, Tally Hall, Logan Whitehurst, TMBG, Icosahedron kind of song… And before I forget to ask you this, is alternative rock okay?


Yes Alt rock is okay. And it's a minimum of 2 people in a band, think the White Stripes as an example.


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Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-11-10 20:30:28


At 11/10/23 08:27 PM, Flamadour wrote:
At 11/10/23 06:17 PM, PolyRedProductions wrote: Cool! I’ll definitely join! BTW: I’ll be making a Lemon Demon, Tally Hall, Logan Whitehurst, TMBG, Icosahedron kind of song… And before I forget to ask you this, is alternative rock okay?
Yes Alt rock is okay. And it's a minimum of 2 people in a band, think the White Stripes as an example.

Oh cool, thanks!


PolyRedProductions2023

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Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-11-11 15:33:23


I'm keen to enter this contest! Does the band need to be formed only with people on Newgrounds? Or can I collaborate with someone IRL?

Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-11-12 00:08:57


At 11/11/23 03:33 PM, Mischa-head wrote: I'm keen to enter this contest! Does the band need to be formed only with people on Newgrounds? Or can I collaborate with someone IRL?


Since It's hosted on Newgrounds I intended it for members of the site only.


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Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-11-12 04:07:13


At the moment, I'm only a single person but would still love to participate somehow. :)

Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-11-12 21:08:48


At 11/9/23 02:46 AM, Flamadour wrote: The Deadline for Signups is November 16th!

I wrote about it in my latest blog post Here


Im in with @Nemira


To stand out or to be left out?

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Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-11-12 22:24:33


Major Update! there is now a prize pool of $100 USD which will be awarded to the band that takes top spot in this competition.


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Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-11-13 22:08:48


Ok, I got BeepBoxClock and PapoFuradoPA and we are called, The Cracker Time :D


PolyRedProductions2023

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Response to NG Battle of The Bands Contest! 2023-11-14 01:56:29


If anyone is in need of a vocalist who also knows their way around the guitar and drums, hit me up!



The deadline for sign-ups is 1 day away!


So far I have 6 "bands" that have signed up and they are as follows:


1. @FarFromSunDown & @EclipseProduction

2. @LD-W & @NahuPyrope 

3. @DaxCamdaxian & @MYYA

4. Deathslab (Darkmasters + 2 others)

5. @JinZ & @Nemira

6. The Cracker Time (@PolyRedProductions, @BeepBoxClock, & @PapoFuradoPA)


If your band hasn't signed up yet, then please do so. Bands may begin working on their songs on November 17th! @ 12:00am EST


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