The 'Shroom's Zeldamon Music Contest!

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Greetings, composers and artists, welcome to the official thread for The 'Shroom's Legend of Zelda Music Contest! Here is the place to submit your entries, ask questions, and interact with other entrants!

The official post, for your reference:
To mix it up for the Legend of Zelda series 30th anniversary, I’m pleased to announce the opening of our first music composition contest! If music is your thing, please consider joining in!

Give us your best! Compose a song, remix an old favorite, create a mash-up, it’s up to you! The Zelda series is known for its amazing music, and we want to see your take on it!

The official rules:

1. Your piece must be no shorter than 30 seconds in length or no longer than 10 minutes. The purpose of the length limit is not to force anyone into trying to put out something much longer than they think they can do, but to make entries easier to create for everyone.

2. Any style of composing is allowed. If you want to compose your piece on a music editing software and perform it with instruments, that’s fine. If you want to make a chiptune or a computer-generated piece, that’s fine as well.

3. Your final submission must be in a format we can share here, whether that’s a public file on SoundCloud, a download link, or a YouTube video. If you do choose to put your video on YouTube, please be careful of copyright infringement.

4. As per usual with our Art contests, please include a small summary of your piece, describing what it is, why you decided to pick that music, etc.

5. We will be watching out for any plagiarism in entries. Remixing a song in a new key, tempo, or style is fine. Changing one or two small things in a song and calling it good is not. Please don’t try to pass off a Zelda song as your own!

You will have until March 19th, the day when the next issue comes out, to submit your music! There will be an official board in the Fan Creations topic in the Forums, so post your entries, questions, concerns, etc., there.

Good luck to all you composers!
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Again, you will have until March 19th to post your entries here. If you need more time, please let us know on this board!

EDIT: Due to some concerns about time constraints with the deadline, the official due date for your submissions has been extended to April 16th, the day that Issue 109 comes out.
 
Umi Sonoda said:
Really hope the deadline won't arrive fast, I'm dying for working on the laptop for long, but so far so g00d
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Same here, I only have half an hour a week to do this on the school's Garageband, so I'm getting a backup entry ready just in case.
 
The Pyro Guy said:
Umi Sonoda said:
Really hope the deadline won't arrive fast, I'm dying for working on the laptop for long, but so far so g00d
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Same here, I only have half an hour a week to do this on the school's Garageband, so I'm getting a backup entry ready just in case.
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If it's getting close to the 19th and you guys need more time, absolutely feel free to let me know. We can totally extend the deadline.
 
I actually think an extension is a good idea due to how layered music tends to be
 
Crocodile Dippy said:
I actually think an extension is a good idea due to how layered music tends to be
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I agree. I'll extend the deadline out another month.
 
This contest sounds like a great idea! :dk:

I won't be participating, but I am excited to hear what the contestants will come up with!
 
Dinomyte said:
This contest sounds like a great idea! :dk:

I won't be participating, but I am excited to hear what the contestants will come up with!
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Glad to hear it! You can still participate by voting for your favorite in the final round!
 
FunkyK38 said:
Glad to hear it! You can still participate by voting for your favorite in the final round!
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Thanks! I'm looking forward to it.
 
Funky, would you consider in the future extending such contests to playing off a score? Interpretation's a form of creation as well; no two performances are the same. I'd have a blast if that happened. :P

Can't wait to vote.