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Created March 29, 2014

Summer Dance Contest

The Final 3 have been picked. But before I announce the winners I’d like to thank every single person that entered this year, as without you guys the contest wouldn’t be possible.
1 – Summer Paradise by Phoenix – I love the tropical feel to your track, not something many users here can pull off nicely. Well done on first place, please contact me for your packs.
2 – Lavish by Ozcii – It’s so interesting how you can incorporate your typical chill sounds into a banging house track. Super nice! Please contact me for your pack.
3 – Mind Games by Xplour – The melodies in Mind Games are so catchy, I had them in my head all day the first time I heard it. Plus the beat really gives off a summer-feeling vibe, big ups.
Also congrats to NKM and Sam Pugh for reaching the final 5, see you guys next year.
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Welcome, everybody, to the third Summer Dance contest, the only contest on Soundation to find the best artist of the so called subgenre ‘Summer Dance’. To keep it simple, I’m going to allow the same 4 genres as last year, plus two: Summer Dance, Deep House, Progressive House, Future House, Indie/Melodic House and Tropical House. If you are confused by these genres here are some examples:

Summer Dance ~ Alex Adair – Make Me Feel Better (Don Diablo & CID Remix)

Deep House ~ Azealia Banks – Chasing Time (LiTek Remix)

Progressive House ~ Martin Garrix – Forbidden Voices

Future House ~ Spraynpray – Police

Indie/Melodic House ~ Bolier & Natalie Peris – Forever And A Day (LVNDSCAPE Remix)

Tropical House ~ Coldplay – Midnight (Kygo Remix)

Why Summer Dance?
Now that spring has arrived, the weather is starting to get better and soon when summer arrives the weather will be brilliant. So why not prepare for summer with the ultimate Summer Dance track?

Info:
You have until 29th May to create your best Summer Dance track. I will pick my five favourite tracks. I will then give you guys three weeks (19th June) to vote for your favourite track. Then there will only be three remaining tracks (until next year), first, second and third place.

Rules:
1. Criticism is allowed, but no putting anybody down, no matter what!
2. Swearing is not banned, but please don’t overdo it.
3. If you want to post a WIP, please delete it once you have posted the full track.
4. Please only post ONE track. If you decide to post more than one track none of them will be judged.
5. Creating your own MIDI notes is recommended. You can use samples, but leaving them unedited gives you less of a chance to win. You can use any studio.
6. Tracks can be any length, but the recommended length is between 2 minutes and 5 minutes.
7. Tracks have to be posted via Soundation, ‘click the link’ tracks won’t be able to win, no matter how good they are.

Prizes:
1st Place – 3 soundpacks* of your choice, collab if wanted, shoutout on social media and bragging rights.
2nd Place – 1 soundpack* of your choice, collab if wanted, shoutout on social media and bragging rights.
3rd Place – Collab if wanted, shoutout on social media and bragging rights.

*Maximum £5 per soundpack (e.g. the £4.50 soundpacks) – If a collab track gets 1st or 2nd one soundpack per person.

Most importantly, have a blast :)

Comments

BaconBurger Avatar
BaconBurger
about 9 years ago

I did the same as Xeph and tried to figure out what that blue channel was and what "double click to create note clip" meant xD

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ONIX (D.E.A.D.E.N.D.)
about 9 years ago

Tru tru

Cyprasonic (a.k.a) Doc Regals Avatar
Cyprasonic (a.k.a) Doc Regals
about 9 years ago

@Xeph: Ah... I see. Yeah, for sure. Agree 100%. Most people seem to start off that way and progressively get more and more complex with their compositions. The sound sets are a great tool for learning the basics, but ideally creating with MIDI's will teach you more about music composition in its entirety. Or making/ learning music traditional ways of course too. It's interesting either way though, I feel we're all a part of some new forms of music here. How it's made, composed, digitally layering fx, and etc...

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Xephyr
about 9 years ago

@Doc, we were mostly discussing how the drag and drop of a whole soundpack with no tweaks made is simply lazy.

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Cyprasonic (a.k.a) Doc Regals
about 9 years ago

And really if you focus energy on making original sounds out of sound sets, the finished track will still be completely original to you, so I don't see that there's any difference in the end... it's art right. Make it anyway you can that makes you happy and embrace other people who make it differently. That's what art is all about to me...

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Cyprasonic (a.k.a) Doc Regals
about 9 years ago

Seems like there was a good discussion on sound sets again. Having made hundreds of original tracks out of them, you know how I feel about them. For me, I was pinned into a corner since my computer sucks, but I didn't give up on them, I just kept seeing how much I could manipulate each sound. Honestly though, I think the best artists use both samples and MIDI's. You can make a great beat, kicks, etc. with just samples than focus most of your energy on sound design (whether it be MIDI or sound set design). Is it more original to make every sound yourself? Sure, but time is money right?

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Cyprasonic (a.k.a) Doc Regals
about 9 years ago

Some sweeet tracks up in here! I've been meaning to make something for this. Just been extremely busy with graphic design lately, but this is a fun one for sure. Big ups Tom for throwing this contest again.

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Xephyr
about 9 years ago

I started with them... Then i decided to figure out what the blue channel was XD

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fsnfnanfnsanfdanf
about 9 years ago

I just entered my new track anywhere for you:)

DJ Lego Avatar
DJ Lego
about 9 years ago

when everyone first got on to music everyone use pre made loops een i did. it just takes time to learn how to make your own things

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