Posted June 11, 201213 yr http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/5417/65591566.png A more in-depth explantaiton of this process is at this thread, but all the rules listed below here are current ones. In general, here's how it goes / what you need to do to join in on the fun fun fun: - Create a playlist of songs (a "CD") that you wish you share with another BJ user. - It must be no shorter than 40 minutes and no longer than 80 minutes. - There is no boundary on genre/song/artist/theme, the fact that this is in the "Indie" forum is just to promote a sense of discovery / the unknown. I don't really police this but I'd say don't use any Top 10 hits after the year 2000, really. Any artist is totally fine but if you're going to put a Mariah Carey song on your CD (which I would be so in ~* luv *~ with) maybe try a Fantasy b-side instead of Obsessed or something. Ya feel me? - Once done, you must remove ALL artist/album/song information. Feel free to replace it with your own or leave it untitled, but no trace of the original song must be there. This is important, really try and do this properly. It isn't difficult. Feel free to ask for help in here. Of course people can just google lyrics or whatever, but it gives the whole event a sense of anonymity and fun! You have no idea what you're getting into. - There is a tutorial on that here if you don't know how to do that. - Upload it to mediafire.com / depositfiles / dropbox / whatever site you want / RIP Megaupload. Do not post links to it on the forum. Do not use sites like yousendit.com that delete files after a week. - PM the link to me. This will act as your "sign-up". There is no restriction on number of participants but you must submit by the deadline. - After everyone has sent their CDs, I will randomly send them out to other participants. They will come anonymously. - You have one month to listen to your CD and review it on a thread I will create. Last year I think (?) I may have had some sort of minimum word count. There are no rules on the review style this year besides that YOU MUST SCORE EVERY SONG (on a scale of your choosing, out of 10 is the "norm" but get krazy if ya want), and every song must have at least ONE WORD of review. "Sucks" "boring" "cool" are all totally fine, but you need to at least comment on every song somehow. I'm making this a lot lighter becuase last year a lot of people didn't do their reviews. If you want to type a longer review, I really encourage that (and you could disregard the scoring thing if you want to really make it legit), but please complete the few requirements that I'm asking. - If you don't submit a review, you cannot participate in the next CD Swap. I will keep track this time. If you didn't review yours last time, you're fine for just this contest. - Reveal yourself when someone else reviews yours! It's cool. Feel free to share your mix with others / ask for other mixes. - CDs are due by JULY 10TH. Reviews will be due by AUGUST 10TH.
June 11, 201213 yr Good to it starting quickly :D My first one of these (aside from the BJSC one), I'll give it a go later!
June 11, 201213 yr I already have made a selection. I am kind of worried that my CD ends up with someone who has a completely different taste though. You have to be pretty ''into it'', I think.
June 11, 201213 yr Groovy b's. I'm in the middle of deciding what to put on it, whether to go with a theme etc. I'm sure whoever gets my mix will enjoy it regardless.
June 11, 201213 yr Mine's done but it's still a month away so I probably won't send it for a while in case I want anything changed.
June 11, 201213 yr Count me IN. I won't send for a few weeks though as I like to listen and subtly amend it about 100 times over first.
June 11, 201213 yr I'll certainly be taking part, I have about half a tracklist ready in my mind already :D
June 12, 201213 yr Sent mine in. It's quite a thrown together type affair, but I'm rather pleased at how it turned out in the end!
June 12, 201213 yr I'll be making a CD soon as soon I get enough time to put a tracklist together. But it will be with you before the end of the month.
June 12, 201213 yr I've got enough tracks to make a f~a~b CD as is, but I think I might wait a few weeks too, no sense rushing it when we have a month.
June 12, 201213 yr I just don't know if I can do this as I would only have internet access for the first 6 days of the review period. Considering my track record in this (well, out of one occasion), I reckon it'd be for the greater good to step aside. By the way, when was the second CD swap?! I only remember one happening.
June 12, 201213 yr I've sent mine, I'm rather pleased with it so hopefully whoever receives it will enjoy at least part of it!
June 12, 201213 yr I may give this a go, although it will be pretty hard finding songs that I think will be genuine discoveries to everyone :lol:
June 12, 201213 yr I shall throw something together too. :D Glad we've got roughly a month, gives me plenty of time to think about how I'll approach this.
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