That wasn't the impression I got from the YouTube Q&A session on Sunday. Bryan specifically said: "We're not expecting production or mixing or mastering expertise... this is a composing competition." ... then Jack: "You can mix it and master it as good as you're able to when you submit [...] You want to present your music as best as you can [...] but we wouldn't mark you down for a bad mix".Too bad most of it will probably come down to who the best mixer is.
So I can score with NotePerformer in Sibelius without it "marking down"?That wasn't the impression I got from the YouTube Q&A session on Sunday. Bryan specifically said: "We're not expecting production or mixing or mastering expertise... this is a composing competition." ... then Jack: "You can mix it and master it as good as you're able to when you submit [...] You want to present your music as best as you can [...] but we wouldn't mark you down for a bad mix".
I think the core desire is to judge the composition not the mix. However the qualities of the sample libraries used might effect the composition, though I feel strongly that the desire is to focus on the composition.So I can score with NotePerformer in Sibelius without it "marking down"?
I love this competition... the opportunity to score such nice material is great and I learned so much while composing. I don’t think I have a chance to win, cause there are so many great entries... but it’s awesome to have such a pool of scoreable material.
This is my entry:
Here's my 2 weeks of blood, sweat and tears (I'm kidding, I really enjoyed the process, but I need to publish it or I'll just be tempted to fiddle with it every day until the end of Jan):
Hey! You used the little woodblock tune too! Awesome stuff, here's mine: