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
CYCLOSA
May i do a festival trap for the contest? Isnt festival trap "summer dance"?
Paradox
My track for the summer dance contest is out!Please vote and listen here:http://soundation.com/user/ParadoxMusic/track/udt-ultimate-dance-track-official-read-description
Lifeslayer
This is going to be fun
Audial
Also, as a general rule, midi requires more skill and knowledge, it is a better indicator of the talent of a user. This is purely the general case, I am not doubting that sampling can get very difficult.
Audial
If the work done with samples is really interesting and original, then by all means sampling is fine, but to drag in a loop and not do anything much with it is not original and is easier. I doubt tom was talking about sampling such as vocal cuts, or glitched guitar riffs or something like that, lots of people when using loops will just drag and drop and he's just addressing that problem by talking about "loops", not samples which are far more acceptable, but 'loops', i.e. not doing anything with them.
Cyprasonic (a.k.a) Doc Regals
@Backbonez: Yeah, exactly. I mean I like using both or one or the other. It just depends on the track, but I feel they are highly underrated for no real reason at all. MIDI's especially seem to intimidate the newer users, who I'd like to have a chance to win something too, so I don't feel it should work for or against someone when it really doesn't matter.
Cyprasonic (a.k.a) Doc Regals
@Backbonez: Yeah, you're probably right about that. I may have just been in a particularly bad mood when I posted that from my computer acting up, but I'm not really mad at anyone. It's just a little unprofessional. I honestly think a conversation needs to be had especially about the MIDI adding more value than anything else. It really doesn't. If you're creative enough, you can digitally remaster any given loop into new sounds, so it's a little insulting to my intelligence to have it promoted that way.
Cyprasonic (a.k.a) Doc Regals
Listen, I love to compete, but make all competitions the way they should be. It's really not that hard to make a fair competition without any nonsense going on. It's not that big of a deal to have Backbonez come in late, but let's get a little more professional here people and make a competition the way it should be objectively.
Cyprasonic (a.k.a) Doc Regals
@Tom: Another thing, I know you and Backbonez are chums, but a date set is a date set where I come from. If I can't make the May 29th date are you gonna extend it for me? I don't get why a fair contest is so hard for everyone to make here...
Cyprasonic (a.k.a) Doc Regals
I think we all need to have a serious talk about music and music theory here and maybe on the Soundation page. It is absolutely just as hard if not harder to make your own sounds from pre-made loops as it is from MIDI's (beat aside), so I really don't know why people insist on perpetuating the MIDI nonsense on a Soundation contest. The contest should be make the best music you can, the most original music you can, anyway you can, period.