Post by Jason on Aug 6, 2005 12:47:50 GMT -5
Here are the rules for Song Contest #4:
1. Each round, you submit your song to me either by uploading it to yousendit.com and PMing the link to me...or by sending the song to me over MSN. There is no - under any circumstances - posting (or telling another contestant via e-mail, MSN, or other means) what song you entered in each round until that round is over. That way, submissions shall remain anonymous until voting is complete for a given round.
2. Submissions may not be commercially released singles (retail or radio). They must be album tracks or obscure songs. HOWEVER, they can be internationally released singles, so long as it is not familiar to the majority of Song Contest participants. So no trying to sneak in the latest hit single by your favorite artist.
3. All links will be provided by me in one single post as made by me, so that nobody posts a song & has people listen to it beforehand.
4. As I said in rule #1, songs will remain un-listed until the round is over. That way, specific artists need not be judged based on who they are. Once I receive your song with ID tag filled out, I will make the necessary changes to the tag before posting a link, in order to maintain the song's anonymity.
5. Once voting in each round is opened, you will need to PM your votes to me, ranking them from most favorite to least favorite. And, of course, you may not vote for your own entry.
6. At the end of each round, the contestant with the highest score will be eliminated from the competition.
7. You may still cast votes in rounds after you're eliminated, however, I'm not waiting. Once I receive votes from all active participants, voting will be closed regardless of if I have votes from all eliminated participants or not.
8. Each round will last two weeks. One week for song submission and one week for vote submission. If you take longer than a week to submit your song, you get 10 points added to your final total in the round. If you take longer than a week to submit your song rankings, you ALSO get 10 points added to your final total for the round. So, it IS possible to get as many as 20 points added to your final total in each round if you are late both in submitting your song AND your song rankings to me. Of course, if everyone submits their votes and/or songs before the week is over, then we'll move on with the game at that time instead of waiting for the whole week to be over.
If you have something going on in your life that is going to cause you to take longer than a week to submit either your songs or your votes to me, please let me know and an exception will be made. But please...only notify me of a delay if your reason is TRULY legitimate.[/b]
Any further questions? Please post them here and I'll clarify anything you're not sure about.