This document will tell you everything you need to know for Round 3. Ensure that you read it carefully and refer to the FAQ before asking any questions. Make sure you also read all the rules as well. Please take time to read these criteria carefully. We would also recommend that you read the judging rubric thoroughly so you know what our judges will be looking for.
The main aim of this competition is to make sure that you improve as singers over the four weeks. Each round will have a different technical focus as we progress, to help you build upon your training and experience. Use your time, and your mentors wisely!
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For round 3 we would like you to sing a song based on the theme ‘Water’. A reminder not to overthink the theme. The song can be about water itself, or more symbolically. Things relating to water like rivers, oceans, seas, are equally acceptable.
The focus for this round is to build on your vocal technique, by enhancing your performance with EMOTION.
In this round emotion is worth 3x the normal amount of points, so it’s really key that you work on this area.
Emotion is not just feeling it yourself but allowing the emotion of the song to come out through your singing. There are many ways to achieve this, but one way is to look closely at which words you emphasise in a sentence. Perform the lyrics, but speak them instead of singing them. How would you say the words to get the emotion across? Now apply the same technique to the words when you sing them.
We are not only looking for sad songs! Feel free to express all types of emotion! Happy songs are welcome!
This round once again, we would like you to include at least 30 seconds of 2 part harmony. This can be one continuous section or broken up into smaller sections.
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- You MUST sing a song which fits the brief.
- LAYERS
- Minimum – 2 (You + 1)
- No Maximum
- HARMONY
- You must sing at least 30 seconds of 2 part harmony
- Octaves are not included as harmony for this.
- The harmony may be one continuous section or broken up into smaller sections.
- FX
- ALLOWED: None, Dry, Polish, Studio, Superstudio, Indie, SF Opera, Spotlight
- NOT ALLOWED: Magic, Pop, Super Pop, Double You, Grunge, Stardust, Super Harmony, Doubler, Hype, Canyon, Secret Agent, Chipmunk
- Significant Lyric Changes, Lyrical Additions, Medley’s, Mashups and Acapella are ALLOWED
- You are not marked on creativity for this competition.
- Video entries are NOT ALLOWED
- Pre-Recorded Backing Vocals on the backing track are NOT ALLOWED
- This includes any sound made by a human voice, including sampled sounds that have been heavily processed.
- If you are unsure, please ask your mentor for verification.
- You ARE ALLOWED to upload your own backing track to the smule songbook.
- You are NOT ALLOWED to open a Freestyle Track
- Should you wish to perform a capella, please use the ITM Blank Track in the ITM account Songbook.
- Your entry MUST be opened as a SOLO or GROUP.
- Your entry MUST contain at least 2 minutes of vocals.
- Language: ENGLISH only
- You MUST use headphones
- You may play your own instruments on your entry but it will not be judged.
PLEASE NOTE: Neither Judges or Mentors can approve your chosen song is valid. It is YOUR responsibility to ensure your song fits the round.
BEFORE YOU MESSAGE A MEMBER OF STAFF
- Please take a SCREENSHOT of the version of the song you want them to open and give it to them.
PRACTICE SONGS
- You may ask your MENTOR or the ADMIN assigned to your mentor room to open up to 3 practice songs for you to practice with. (these may be different songs)
FINAL RECORDING
- When you are ready to record your final version you must message the Host or Admin Staff and ask them to open the chosen song for you at least 24 HOURS prior to the round deadline. This will be opened using the ITMOfficial Smule Account and you will be tagged in the description.
- Your mentor MAY NOT open the final song for you.
- You MUST specify which FX you require the song to be opened with at the time you make your request.
SUBMISSION
- You will also need to ask them to close your song, make it public and tell them what to add to the description (e.g. hashtags etc) BEFORE the deadline (we recommend at least 8hrs prior). This is YOUR responsibility! Failure to do so will result in penalties and in some cases disqualification.
- Please remember people are in different time zones, and we all have busy lives, so they may not respond immediately. If you have not heard from your Mentor or Host/Admin after 24 hours please message someone else on the Admin or Creative Team.
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Tap here for Judging Criteria
For the initial rounds you will be judged by TWO (2) Judges. In later rounds you may be judged by more than two judges. When you are judged by 4 or more judges, we will discount the highest score and lowest scores you receive.
SCORING IS CUMULATIVE (i.e. the scores each week add up to become your final score)
There are NO eliminations in this competition.
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- You MUST submit BEFORE the DEADLINE
- HASHTAGS
Use the correct hashtags provided BELOW. You MUST have each of them in your entry’s description.
#FTLSS2
#FTLSS2R3
#FTLSS2R3TEAMNAME (e.g. #FTLSS2R3IRON)
You may have additional hashtags/description information, as long as the competition hashtags remain and function properly. - COVER ART
You MUST use the cover art provided – this will be posted in an album in the main competition room/quiet room and is in this document. - VERIFICATION LINK
No verification links are required - CLOSED & PUBLIC
Your entry MUST be closed and public BEFORE uploading your screenshot. - SCREENSHOT
You MUST upload a screenshot of your closed and public song to the album in your mentor room. Please ensure your screenshot shows your entries description. This does not need to show the correct artwork if you are unable to see it in smule. You may take a second screenshot of your channel and post that to show the artwork was correct at the time of submission. We would however recommend that you paste your smule link into a browser and take a screenshot of that (ensuring you have displayed the description). - SUBMISSION FORM
You MUST complete the following submission form for this round: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckHgEsug7TbTIH9Ppkpx2iN6nwJlc5B1rWxTIz4C_8mM8CUQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Please ensure your submission was successful via this link:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16DCX2DkN3OmbJmd-fyRh1_wzr7yt-IyCglMBBGntSeo/edit?usp=sharing - DON’T CHANGE ANYTHING
Once you have submitted you CANNOT CHANGE ANYTHING. If you do then you will be disqualified.
LOCKING IN
A member of the admin team will comment on your song once submitted to let you know that it has been accepted. Please be patient. If you submit with less than 24 hours left to go your song may not be commented on, but it will be considered locked from the point of submission.
[/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”DEADLINE” _builder_version=”3.26.7″ open=”on”]Sunday 29th November 2020 7AM UK TIME
Late submissions will result in penalty and/or disqualification:
Received within 5 minutes of deadline, via the submission form: – 5 points
Received after 5 minutes (e.g. 0h:05m:01ss) but before one hour (0:59:59) after deadline, per the submission form official time, – 10 points
Received 1 hour or later past deadline (1:00:00) is DISQUALIFIED
[/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”PENALITIES” _builder_version=”3.26.7″ open=”off”]- – 5 points for not fulfilling any of the round criteria
- – 10 points for not following any of the submission guidelines
- – 5 points for late but within 5 minutes
- – 10 points for after 5 minutes, but before 1 hour after deadline.Penalties are applied BEFORE the average of your judges scores are found.E.g (SUM(‘JUDGES_SCORES’))-PENALTIES)/’Number of Judges’=TOTAL SCORE
- Late submission
- Failure to submit
- Submitting a song opened prior to the release date of the round.
- Submitting a song you have previously sung in a Season 3 audition, bonus round, or round. (unless specified in the round requirements)
- Changing anything once the entry has been submitted
- Adding anyone to any chat room
- Removing anyone from any chat room
- Posting notes/polls etc in any chat room
- Deleting any notes or images from the chat rooms.
- Changing the settings of any chatroom
- Submitting an Original Song (unless specified in the round requirements)
- Submitting a song opened using freestyle (unless specified in a the round requirements)
- Leaving any of the required chat rooms.
- Repeatedly not following the rules of the chat room despite warnings.
- Using external audio processing equipment (e.g. reverb pedal)
- Breaking the RULES of the competition.
All scores and critiques are FINAL (except in the event of a genuine admin error – hey, we are human)
All scores and critiques are FINAL. If you are unhappy with your result, please feel free to PM one of the creative team. Foggy, Tiffany, Kirsty, Karlien, Sheree, Sara or Haley.
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