BF2s CELEBRITY CHALLENGE!
That's right! Now you have the chance to flash your Falsetto, folly your vocal folds and reign supreme as BF2s premier singing sensation!
But hold on to your kah bah gees, it's not that simple. You'll have to impress the darkest, most sinister, evil, kiniving and dispicable judge in the history of everythingness. Me! That's right.
Now that I have you trembling through to your toesees, let me list the order of events:
1) Open auditions are held for all BF2s members.
People may submit one entry in which myself and (Pm me if you wanna be a judge) will judge upon. If the entrant receives two "Yes" votes or more, they proceed to the next round.
2) All second round entrants must perform 2 songs (or more, depending on the quantity of entrants) to be judged again. The judges will decide 12 entrants to proceed into the elimination finals.
3) Here comes the fun part! Judges delegate 4 wannabe idols between them to act as their mentor. The judge's role of mentor includes helping with song selection, production and performance. However, ultimately the choice of song etc. lies with you, the performer
4) Each entrant performs 1 song. Tip.it members are encouraged to vote for their favourite idol to progress further in the competition. If a poll can't handle 12 options, rounds will be split into 2 heats of 6. The two idols who receive the least amount of votes go to the judges vote. The idol who the judges want to keep will stay in the competition, the other, goes home.
5) As the competition progresses, genre themes may be introduced and idols may perform more than 1 song.
6) The final 3 idols will perform 3 songs in the finale. One favourite from the competition already performed (choice may stretch back to the heats), one original number not performed, and one pre-determined song for all to sing individually
7) The idol with the most votes in the finale will be the winner and maybe a mod can give him a custom rank of BF2s Singing Sensation?
Now, I know we all hate rules (Booo! Hiss!!) but here are just a few to help you out:
You may only enter the open auditions with one entry. Choose wisely! (We haven't got all day!)
You may only enter mp3 recordings. It just helps because i have 10 GB download limit.
You may enter as part of a duo, trio or group!
You may not perform original numbers. Sorry about this, but it needs to be a level playing ground. While most of us can attempt to sing, songwriting is a very advanced skill. You may, however, perform unique cover versions of songs, but not parodies.
You may partake in banter and psychological warfare between other contenstants, but not perform personal flaming, particularly in one's music preference. Remember, this is an all round competition, so if you flame rock one week, and have to perform a rock ballad the next, you're screwed.
And finally...
You must enjoy yourself!
Think you've got the voice of an angel, but the computer abilities of an iPod manufacturer?
Not to worry! I've composed a tutorial which you can find HERE which teaches you how to record, upload and even edit your voice!
Upload your mp3 of your singing and either post it here for public affection, or PM the link to me or (the soon to be 2nd) other judge. Some good file hosting services are in the tutorial.
Good luck smegheads!
Step 1: Download the freeware program Audacity here.
Now, we all know how to install programs, right? Good, let's continue.
Step 2: In order to encode in mp3, you'll need a codec. "Spare me your techno lingo!" I hear you cry, but alas, it's really simple!
First, go to where you installed Audacity. That's probably for us Windows folk: C:\Program Files\Audacity
Next, right click and select New Folder, like so:
Name this folder whatever you want and then enter it.
Next up, the codec! Click this link and save to a location.
Where to save it? You guessed it! That new folder you created, alieky so:
In you go amigo!
Step 3: Sound as a pound on a merry go round! You're ready to wow the judges!
Recording couldn't be easier, simply open up Audacity and you'll be greeted with this screen:
See that big red dot circled? That's your record button. Simply make sure the two things marked by the arrows are set as they are on the screen, the input being your microphone and the detection rate right up! Now you may sing to your heart's content! Sorry, I can't give a guide to this section, as you can probably tell by my singing efforts >.<
See all those jiggly lines appearing on screen, that's your voice! Fun hey! But try not to get too carried away and stick to singing!
Step 4: Finished? Alrighty, let's save this beaut!
First off, you want to select file -> export as mp3:
Now, you may be asked by the Audacity Gods to locate some weird thing like lame_enc.dll...
Wait a minute, that's the codec you downloaded! Groovy! Remember where you saved that? Well locate it!
Now you see, this is my trick, because you can save your mp3s next to your codec!
See? I'm more than just a pretty face \/
Hey, what's this st00f?
Well this is actually really handy! Now you can label your mp3. If you put your name and everything on we can recognise your work much easier.
Now it's time to upload the song! There are plenty of free, easy to use upload sites. Here are just a few:
http://rapidshare.de
http://mega-file.net/
http://www.megaupload.com/
And of course you can always upload it to your webhosting if you can!
Tip.it 1: Is your recording playing back too quiet? Then amplify your music!
All I've done here is highlighted my recording, by clicking on it, selected the "Effect" menu and clicked amplify. You can then make it as loud as you wish.
All entrants are free to use the other effects available, but remember, sometimes less is more!
Tip.it 2: Why not add backing music to your recording?
If you've found an instrumental mp3 or converted a MIDI file of the song you've sang, you can import it into audacity like so:
Now get to it Start Singing!
That's right! Now you have the chance to flash your Falsetto, folly your vocal folds and reign supreme as BF2s premier singing sensation!
But hold on to your kah bah gees, it's not that simple. You'll have to impress the darkest, most sinister, evil, kiniving and dispicable judge in the history of everythingness. Me! That's right.
Now that I have you trembling through to your toesees, let me list the order of events:
1) Open auditions are held for all BF2s members.
People may submit one entry in which myself and (Pm me if you wanna be a judge) will judge upon. If the entrant receives two "Yes" votes or more, they proceed to the next round.
2) All second round entrants must perform 2 songs (or more, depending on the quantity of entrants) to be judged again. The judges will decide 12 entrants to proceed into the elimination finals.
3) Here comes the fun part! Judges delegate 4 wannabe idols between them to act as their mentor. The judge's role of mentor includes helping with song selection, production and performance. However, ultimately the choice of song etc. lies with you, the performer
4) Each entrant performs 1 song. Tip.it members are encouraged to vote for their favourite idol to progress further in the competition. If a poll can't handle 12 options, rounds will be split into 2 heats of 6. The two idols who receive the least amount of votes go to the judges vote. The idol who the judges want to keep will stay in the competition, the other, goes home.
5) As the competition progresses, genre themes may be introduced and idols may perform more than 1 song.
6) The final 3 idols will perform 3 songs in the finale. One favourite from the competition already performed (choice may stretch back to the heats), one original number not performed, and one pre-determined song for all to sing individually
7) The idol with the most votes in the finale will be the winner and maybe a mod can give him a custom rank of BF2s Singing Sensation?
Now, I know we all hate rules (Booo! Hiss!!) but here are just a few to help you out:
You may only enter the open auditions with one entry. Choose wisely! (We haven't got all day!)
You may only enter mp3 recordings. It just helps because i have 10 GB download limit.
You may enter as part of a duo, trio or group!
You may not perform original numbers. Sorry about this, but it needs to be a level playing ground. While most of us can attempt to sing, songwriting is a very advanced skill. You may, however, perform unique cover versions of songs, but not parodies.
You may partake in banter and psychological warfare between other contenstants, but not perform personal flaming, particularly in one's music preference. Remember, this is an all round competition, so if you flame rock one week, and have to perform a rock ballad the next, you're screwed.
And finally...
You must enjoy yourself!
Think you've got the voice of an angel, but the computer abilities of an iPod manufacturer?
Not to worry! I've composed a tutorial which you can find HERE which teaches you how to record, upload and even edit your voice!
Upload your mp3 of your singing and either post it here for public affection, or PM the link to me or (the soon to be 2nd) other judge. Some good file hosting services are in the tutorial.
Good luck smegheads!
Step 1: Download the freeware program Audacity here.
Now, we all know how to install programs, right? Good, let's continue.
Step 2: In order to encode in mp3, you'll need a codec. "Spare me your techno lingo!" I hear you cry, but alas, it's really simple!
First, go to where you installed Audacity. That's probably for us Windows folk: C:\Program Files\Audacity
Next, right click and select New Folder, like so:
Name this folder whatever you want and then enter it.
Next up, the codec! Click this link and save to a location.
Where to save it? You guessed it! That new folder you created, alieky so:
In you go amigo!
Step 3: Sound as a pound on a merry go round! You're ready to wow the judges!
Recording couldn't be easier, simply open up Audacity and you'll be greeted with this screen:
See that big red dot circled? That's your record button. Simply make sure the two things marked by the arrows are set as they are on the screen, the input being your microphone and the detection rate right up! Now you may sing to your heart's content! Sorry, I can't give a guide to this section, as you can probably tell by my singing efforts >.<
See all those jiggly lines appearing on screen, that's your voice! Fun hey! But try not to get too carried away and stick to singing!
Step 4: Finished? Alrighty, let's save this beaut!
First off, you want to select file -> export as mp3:
Now, you may be asked by the Audacity Gods to locate some weird thing like lame_enc.dll...
Wait a minute, that's the codec you downloaded! Groovy! Remember where you saved that? Well locate it!
Now you see, this is my trick, because you can save your mp3s next to your codec!
See? I'm more than just a pretty face \/
Hey, what's this st00f?
Well this is actually really handy! Now you can label your mp3. If you put your name and everything on we can recognise your work much easier.
Now it's time to upload the song! There are plenty of free, easy to use upload sites. Here are just a few:
http://rapidshare.de
http://mega-file.net/
http://www.megaupload.com/
And of course you can always upload it to your webhosting if you can!
Tip.it 1: Is your recording playing back too quiet? Then amplify your music!
All I've done here is highlighted my recording, by clicking on it, selected the "Effect" menu and clicked amplify. You can then make it as loud as you wish.
All entrants are free to use the other effects available, but remember, sometimes less is more!
Tip.it 2: Why not add backing music to your recording?
If you've found an instrumental mp3 or converted a MIDI file of the song you've sang, you can import it into audacity like so:
Now get to it Start Singing!