Drop the Needle guidelines amendment
There’s been some confusion about just what exactly we’re asking people to submit for Drop the Needle. We intended for a certain amount of ambiguity in the original guidelines, but they actually ended up misleading people. Sorry, our fault. We’re making a change to the guidelines so that people might have a better clue of […]
There’s been some confusion about just what exactly we’re asking people to submit for Drop the Needle. We intended for a certain amount of ambiguity in the original guidelines, but they actually ended up misleading people. Sorry, our fault. We’re making a change to the guidelines so that people might have a better clue of what they should send in:
With the advent of Garage Band, Pro Tools, Macs et cetera, many musicians have decent mobile recording capabilities. We’re looking for submissions of rough ideas ad hoc creative recordings that may or may not be odd instrumentations: incomplete bands, duos, new bands, jam sessions, solo stuff…really anything but a polished studio track. The idea is to capture the creative process at a stage we don’t normally see it.
If it has a beginning, middle, and an end, then great. Finished products are excellent. That said, if you want to submit an incomplete piece of music, that’s your prerogative. Maybe to the judge’s ears, it will sound complete. What we don’t want is something that has been on or will be on an album; in other words, something that you have spent significant time on the post-musical process, like mixing and mastering. The everyday musician — one without expensive microphones or access to a recording studio — should feel comfortable submitting to Drop the Needle. The bottom line: We won’t turn any submissions away unless they have been professionally or independently released.
Did we mention live recordings are welcomed?
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