It is my pleasure to present to you a new competition which will be done alongside this months Wiki-competition.

The Coversong competition!

Sigma7 had a great idea for a competition in this thread: http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=16114

I have chosen a song you will be covering, and it is.. *drumroll* Enter Sandman by Metallica
You can choose to cover the whole song with all instruments or just the guitartracks, and judging will be based on two different criterias, Sound and quality of playing as well as how it is filmed and the quality of production! This is explained further down!





Please read the rules before posting.
All entries should be posted on YOUTUBE, because of copyright issues!
Everyone should reupload their songs to Youtube as it is written in the competition text.

I'm sorry, but this is how it is need to be done!

All entries which are not reuploaded to youtube, will unfortunately be disqualified!!!
I really don't want anyone to be disqualified, as there are so many awesome entries here
So please reupload them as soon as possible

I'll postpone the deadline to the end of this week, so have them up on youtube by sunday and you're still in the competition! (13.07.2008)




The competition will work as follows:

1. Make a cover version of the song, and post the video on Youtube!
2. All entries posted on Youtube within the qualifying period will be entered into the competition!
3. The competition will be closed by the end of Tuesday, 8th of July. 4 weeks should be sufficient!
4. Judging will be by votes. I will create a poll with two different voting possibilities;
you can give one vote for best cover-version (sound and quality of playing) and one vote for best video
(how it is filmed and the quality of production). And then the winner is the one with the most votes overall!
5. All prizes are final.

If there is anything that is unclear about this competition, just ask and I will answer as soon as possible

Let the covers rock and the competition roll!

Sounds cool audio very kind of you to put up that prize

Hey Paal - this is just awesome of you in every perspective - also the competition topic is a really cool one, can't wait to see the videos!

Great competion but a question does it matter what tabs we use and do we have tp play the solo?

yeah great idea !!!! ehem... can instructors participate ???

great idea Audiopaal to present a gift to the winner in this competition .

What a great idea.. I'll try to participate, really not sure I'll be able to though

Sounds cool!

But can this be fairly jugged?

Will a guy playing a 3 chord song make the same change as a guy playing rusty's under the influence? Or vica verse because 3 chords are way easier to play then some shreding stuff.

Thanks mate, hope you'll participate




Thanks Kris, glad you like it
I'm really looking forward to the videos too




You can cover the song the way you like it, so use whatever tabs you want
Yes, the solo should be played as well.
But you can make your own version of the song though, it's a coversong contest so you can cover it Superize style if you want! Whatever needs to be done with the song and the video to make people here vote for you



Everybody can participate Juan

I will give my prize (PocketPod) to the highest ranking member of this competition though,
as I believe they need that piece of gear more than you Instructors

Hope you understand

Maybe I'll add a special Instructor prize as well though, need a new hat Juan?

Hope you'll participate!



Thanks Hisham




Come on Iluha, you'll do great!! Please try




Thanks

Well since the judging will be by votes, it's the coversong the members here at GMC likes the most that will be the winner. There will also as I mentioned be more than one criteria to vote for, so you should really think of how you make the video as well. I think it's a fair way to judge it, but I might be wrong?

Awesome competition!

I found a few Enter Sandman drum/bass tracks on the internet, can we use them in our entry?

And I'd just like to say it's extremely generous for you to add your own PocketPod for a prize! Thanks!

Thanks, glad you like it

Of course, as long as you don't find any guitar tracks and already recorded videos

Thanks

Cool, of course.

I found some backing tracks for the song here if anyone is interested. They're not great quality or anything but they're the best I can find.

This is a great competition , and awesome prizes too!!
Can't wait to hear entries

how about if you make your own backing track, that'd be a +?

awesome choice enter sandman im gonna practice
thanks for listening gmc and thanks for the comp. audiopall.
this is sick

I'll maybe have a go at this

nice compettion

Are we allowed to make our own version of it?
Gee, you must be a great guy...
Cheers, Eddie

I'll try this one! (but the song is so simple, yet hard. it annoys me!)

If you can't film, is audio with a picture ok as well?

Great idea Paal!, it will be fun to watch all the entries

Thanks
You should join too




Sure, if you make a good backingtrack that might help you get some more votes




Awesome, I'm looking forwarrd to your coverversion




Not maybe, you will have a go at this! Right!?




Thanks! (..and thanks to Sigma7 as well, great idea!)




Yep! You can make your own version
It depends on who you ask, my former teachers would tell you differently
Cheers mate!




Thank you, looking forward to yhe video




Of course




It will indeed

about the competition, is voting going to start july 4th or during the month. Because what if someone already memorized and learned the song to perfection and posted it b4 the comp was announceed.. That would give him n unfair advantage

No, it will start when I close the competiton
I will create the poll then, and the voting will last for a week!

awesome

i already started haha

omg.. i call Fire and the Fury by Gus G .. awsome competition idea!

Great idea and prizes man! You really kicked in with these competitions man.

Nice, that's the spirit





Glad you like the competition
But this competition is for Enter Sandman by Metallica only, The Fire And The Fury might happen at a later time though

nice audiopaal will defintely participate

Awesome, looking forward to your cover

Gonna be fun to see everyones cover for sure

hmm. I'm either just gonna have a picture or gonna make a flash animation. But my cover will be very very wierd. Maybe hard to even identify at first. I'm almost done with the drums now. When I am, I will add some bass to it. Then I'll be ready to record

Make sure you don't freak out when you hear it It's gonna be nuts. The solo will be hard though. (you'll see what I mean)

Haha, cool, sounds interesting! Can't wait to hear it!

Nice, looking forward to hear it
Flash animation is a good idea

What a great idea for a competition .. and a real nice gesture with the prize

I will definetly make a version too, just because it sounds like too much fun

Grazie Trond

Yey, that's the spirit
Tell the other instructors to join as well



Thanks Ivan, glad you like the competition and prizes

Drums and bass done Now I'm gonna record the rythm guitar, and TRY to do some vocals with my headphones. But I'm leaving town in two days, so I might not be able to finish it into video, only to mp3... is there a way a can participate anyway?

How long are you away for?
The competition doesn't end before July 8th, that's 4 weeks..

But you can upload it to Youtube with a picture instead of recording a video

I'm leaving for whole of summer hopefully. But I'd have to get a program and learn how to use it to even just get a picture there... I'll do my best, otherwise I'll upload it as an mp3 because you've got to hear it, even if I'm disqualified.

See what you can do, I'm looking forward to hear it
Just upload the mp3 and we'll work it out

Rythm guitar already done, I may adjust it a little but this means that either, I go vocals or I do the lead after a nice little coffee break. I'm just wondering how the heck I'm gonna nail that solo.

I just wanna make sure, we don't have to record vocals do we?

No, im pretty sure you don't.


Oh yeah, can I change the song to my style so much that it turns into Carry on my Wayward Son?

No you don't have to record vocals
But you can if you want to tho..



Carry On Wayward Son is awesome, but this competition is for Enter Sandman..
You can however cover it in the same style as Carry On Wayward Son, as long as it still is somewhat recognizable as Enter Sandman

I may try and give this a try. I don't know whether I have the time but I will try. I want to sing it lol

It would be awesome if you did OC
And I'd love to hear your take on the vocals!!!

I will give it a shot. When was the deadline again?

July 8th, plenty of time to work your magic

Best get the Magic Dust out of the attic . I haven't used it in a while. I always get the stuff that turns me into a frog and the stuff that turns me into Kirk Hammett mixed up.

I will drive a small toy truck over a dolls bed lol to recreate the video If only I had a video camera

If you don't have a cam, you can always take lots of pictures and play/put them in sequence over the track
in a video editing program Could be a cool effect