FORUM DRUM-OFF 2002! Time to get judging!

***FORUM DRUM-OFF 2002***

The Drum-Off site is as follows, and was made by our own rveety.
http://ryanspc.com/drum_off/

Login With your regestered screen name with the pasword " temp" . All you data should be entered already. You may change your password if you wish. After you have signed in, browse for your MP3 solo. Upload it onto the server. To listen to your solo and other solos, click on their name at the main listing. It would be a good idea to listen to all of the solos.

The judges will be myself, Ytsetone, and xthesolox. Each judge must listen to *every* solo and email me their scores. When they have listened to all of the solos to pick their winner, I will announce it on the Forum. The winner in each division will recive the Tokyo Japan Clinic DVD.

In order for the judges to make their final decision, all of the prize fees MUST be sent to Jeff Wyatt. Email me for his address. Once he gets your fee, he will post that he has gotten it on the Forum. Remember all orders MUST be in before the Judges can make their final choice.

This is the list of all who are competing in the Drum-Off:

Beginner:
Apolyom
guitargeek
bwherry
Drummergoten
strogg
Gerald

Intermediate:
KuzinRob
Universal Mind
quenchdrums
MartyM
drumphil
Dmann

Advanced:
Jason F
wetdream
Earthshaker
JayBeefC
kingpaul
Matus
aredore
Solitary Glen

And for the rules...

Rules:
-All solos must be in MP3 format
-All solos must be no longer than 3 minutes
-No overdubs
-Don' t lie about your drumming ability
-In order to compete, you MUST pay the fee of $3.00 (this goes to the prize)
-No flaming about solos
-Keep it fun!

The solo' s will be judged on the following aspects:
-Originality
-Musicianship
-Diversity
-Dynamics
-Energy
-Overall Performance

Each aspect will be scored from 1-10. Ten is the highest score, and one is the lowest score. Whoever has the best score is the winner in that division.

Remember to email me for the address for your $3.00 fee!

Good luck to all!



PEACE

" Isn' t that Captain Stoobing?" - JP
" Ass... And balls!" -MP


Edited by - willyz on 04/27/2002 7:55:13 PM

ERt. I'm gonna record another solo. Mine was like 6 minutes long.

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so when can we (non-contestants) expect to hear all the solo's? is there a deadline? i'm gonna be looking foward to hearing all yall rippin it up

Yeah, when is the deadline?

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"Don't squeeze the Charmin™!"
"Rush & Dream Theater's Vapor Tourbulence. Screw selling shirts at the show... people are gonna need new pants!!!" -JayBeefC

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Originally posted by KuzinRob:
Yeah, when is the deadline?

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"Rush & Dream Theater's Vapor Tourbulence. Screw selling shirts at the show... people are gonna need new pants!!!" -JayBeefC

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As soon as possible!!! For some that might be right now this miunte, for others it is a week later!
But as time goes on, and people still dont have a solo up, I think I'll notify them and give them a 2-day warning or somthing. If the solo is not up by then, they are disqualified (spelling?!).


PEACE

"Isn't that Captain Stoobing?"- JP
"Ass... And balls!"-MP

um....*problem*
Do i have to pay $6 because im Australian?


[url="http://www.cheesegratersodomy.cjb.net"][/url]

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Originally posted by Universal mind:
um....*problem*
Do i have to pay $6 because im Australian?


[url="http://www.cheesegratersodomy.cjb.net"][/url]

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Hrmph, that never crossed my mind! LoL
Well does 3 American get you 6 Australian? If so, you do man, sorry.

PEACE

"Isn't that Captain Stoobing?"- JP
"Ass... And balls!"-MP

DOH!!! I can't log in....

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Out to lunch....be back in 10 minutes.

nah that's cool, i'll check out the couch, see if anything has slipped between the cushions. Once i found a $50.
Plus, i emailed Jeff Wyatt about this but since you're on, Will the DVD work in Australian DVD players?

[url="http://www.cheesegratersodomy.cjb.net"][/url]

Hi guys,

Just wanted to say good luck to all of you.

I hope the accounting classes i received from the arthur andersen company will help me to keep good tabs on your money.... errrr....

Was it good porn at least?
I'm not wearing any pants. -Chroma

A Question. Do we have Tony Royster Jr.s amongst us? or Damien Corniola's (12 year old freaks) ?

[url="http://www.cheesegratersodomy.cjb.net"][/url]

Me > Tony Royster (when he was 2)

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www.fuzerocks.com and/or www.mp3.com/Rob_Menak
"Don't squeeze the Charmin™!"
"Rush & Dream Theater's Vapor Tourbulence. Screw selling shirts at the show... people are gonna need new pants!!!" -JayBeefC

even then he would've been a freak....

[url="http://www.cheesegratersodomy.cjb.net"][/url]

this question was never answered...can we (non-contestants/non-judges) listen to all the solos?
Ryan

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nevermind...i found the answer in another thread...for those of you too lazy to find it ...yes...they're public files
Ryan

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Cool Beans!!! This is too sweet!!

I have to record a solo tommorrow!!

"Originally posted by General8:
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Just curious, if something like 20 people send in $3, what is going to be done with the extra money?

shipping costs and all that good stuff, if there is any left over money the remainder will be donated to the Mike Portnoy Charitable foundation, AKA Taco Bell... JUST KIDDING!!!

Was it good porn at least?
I'm not wearing any pants. -Chroma

Yeh my sis has an MD recorder, i just have to score a mic.

[url="http://www.cheesegratersodomy.cjb.net"][/url]

Also, I hope the judges are more than capable on judging everyone on the piece. Not the quality of their equipment. Because my kit is in dire need of a tune up, but also new skins and I can't afford to reskin my kit at this point in time...

[url="http://www.cheesegratersodomy.cjb.net"][/url]

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Originally posted by Universal mind:
Also, I hope the judges are more than capable on judging everyone on the piece. Not the quality of their equipment. Because my kit is in dire need of a tune up, but also new skins and I can't afford to reskin my kit at this point in time...

[url="http://www.cheesegratersodomy.cjb.net"][/url]

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Yeah it will be judged not by kit at all. Anybody would by a shitty kit just to play drums. If you can truly play drums, any kit will sound good.

PEACE

"Isn't that Captain Stoobing?"- JP
"Ass... And balls!"-MP

As one of the judges, I can say that as long as I can hear what they play thats all that matters. I'm more interested in the quality of the content instead of the recording. Good Luck to ALL.

I looked into the eyes of the swat team as they surrounded us at the Palace and wondered Does he even know who Dream Theater is????

If everything goes as planned, I hope to have my solo recorded and up by tomorrow evening! I'm planning on focusing a bit more on grooving and developing interesting patterns within it, making it musical in-and-of-itself, rather than trying to show off speed and technical chops (mainly because I don't have any )...how's everyone else's coming along?

i cant log in! i tried with my sn and both my password for mp and temp and it didnt work...


geez im stupid...wouldnt it make sense to be in the contest in order to be able to log in...=P
*smacks self*


Edited by - dteeban on 04/28/2002 9:32:08 PM

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Originally posted by Universal mind:
Also, I hope the judges are more than capable on judging everyone on the piece. Not the quality of their equipment. Because my kit is in dire need of a tune up, but also new skins and I can't afford to reskin my kit at this point in time...

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Having a professional/huge kit != being a good player! Hell, if having a huge kit meant you were good, then Baxter would be an amazing player! (and we all know THAT isn't true! )

I can't speak for the other judges, but I intend to judge every solo on the drumming, and not the kit it is being played on.

Good luck to everyone!

I made a couple small changes to the program tonight:

• Now contestants can change their own password without asking an admin
• Contestants get a little speaker next to their name once they upload

If anyone has ideas for new features or would like to report a bug just let me know.

I have a couple of requests
Can aussie's only pay $5 austrlian.
1) There will still be left over money
2) It's easier to mail over a $5 note, than with another coin in there

Plus, can we make the solo length 3->4 mins?

And, will anyone be able to tell me if the DVD will work in Aussie players?


[url="http://www.cheesegratersodomy.cjb.net"][/url]

I can see i am the not the only one having trouble logging in. Is there some kind of problem or am i doing something wrong. I am just using my normal forum password.

The first time you login use "temp" as your password. Then immediatly change the password to something you'll remember. The last time I wrote a program that used the forum password people wouldn't use it because they were afraid of getting their forum account hijacked by me (though I would never do such a thing).

I have 2 questions about this...

1) I had expressed interest in participating, but never was contacted about any of it, and I see I'm not on the list. Is the list the closed list of people that can participate, or those that have sent in the fee?

2) If the list is expandable, when is the deadline to have an MP3 submitted?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
H

Please allow myself to introduce...... umm... myself

HDrums: Email willyz and tell him your skill level and years of experience. As far as I know it shouldn't be a problem as long as your entry fee and solo are provided by the deadline (whenever that may be).

Thanks for the info.
I'll get in touch with willyz

Please allow myself to introduce...... umm... myself

Can someone point me to some more info on the Japan clinic DVD? I did a search but only came up with "it doesn't work in my DVD player..." threads... Is it a bootleg of some sort?

Thanks,

Brian

Mines like 3:13.. is that ok?

Yeah, as I was playing I had three minutes in mind, and I could have sworn I made it under three (I was checking the clock in the middle of it!), but when I ripped it, it ended up being aboot 3:30, will it be a problem?

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www.fuzerocks.com and/or www.mp3.com/Rob_Menak
"Don't squeeze the Charmin™!"
"Rush & Dream Theater's Vapor Tourbulence. Screw selling shirts at the show... people are gonna need new pants!!!" -JayBeefC

Ah, yes, and does the payee take checks or should I send a money order?

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www.fuzerocks.com and/or www.mp3.com/Rob_Menak
"Don't squeeze the Charmin™!"
"Rush & Dream Theater's Vapor Tourbulence. Screw selling shirts at the show... people are gonna need new pants!!!" -JayBeefC

Heh! Mine's like 2:45 =/

I hope to have it submitted by tonight. Anyone have a GOOD wav to mp3 converter? I'm using MusicMatch right now and it blows. The thing is, I have a lot of peaks in my wav file, which aren't bad to listen to in-and-of themselves, but when converted to mp3 (with musicmatch), they sound like CRAP.

Use [url="http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/"]LAME[/url] or anything that uses LAME as it's backend. It is the best sounding encoder currently out there.

Yes, definitely get Lame. I use RazorLame as the front end, and it's hella cool and really easy to use. I don't have a link, but Google should find it for you right away.

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www.fuzerocks.com and/or www.mp3.com/Rob_Menak
"Don't squeeze the Charmin™!"
"Rush & Dream Theater's Vapor Tourbulence. Screw selling shirts at the show... people are gonna need new pants!!!" -JayBeefC