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8 Responses to “Here’s the First Contest Entry for the YouPerform Contest!”

1. 

   MJK
   

   Oct 29, 2008

   Awesome contest and post. Nice video that accompanies this post. I wish I had a stronger guitar skill set to enter the contest but for now, I will only watch for the new entries…

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2. 

   Monica
   

   Oct 29, 2008

   MJK — I hope that you reconsider. No matter what your skill level is, we encourage musicians of all proficiency to enter. You never know what music fans are going to enjoy!

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3. 

   Jeff
   

   Nov 01, 2008

   Great contest. I’m considering sending in my entry for November.

   One question though: does the required piece need to be performed exactly note-for-note? Or is improvisation/creativity allowed? I only ask because I’m a jazz/new-age musician so as much as we love arrangements of all kinds, we still end up putting in our own “flair” in the music we play.

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4. 

   Johnson
   

   Nov 01, 2008

   I hate to be a damper on someone’s creative efforts, but I think the idea of this contest is actually someone recording THEIR playing of the piece - not “finger-synching”. If you pay attention, even an uninitiated music person can tell that his fingers are not moving in correct time with the music, and when the melody changes octaves, his right hand does not move up or down the keyboard! Under the rules, it states that:

   “Contest Judging and Fair Use
   (b) Musicnotes.com reserves the right to disqualify contestants or “void” votes to preserve the integrity of the Contest. Reasons for doing so might include:

   ii. Submitting a performance that the entrant did not perform”

   Unfortunately, I think this needs to be reviewed further to determine whether this is a valid entry.

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5. 

   Amy P
   

   Nov 01, 2008

   I’m sorry for the poor guy, but I agree. However, I think he should still get the $100 credit because he was the only entrant. In the future, I think it shouldn’t be accepted.

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6. 

   Music Notes
   

   Nov 03, 2008

   Because we arranged these songs and they are Musicnotes Editions, you obtain the right to do with it as you wish. You can certainly re-arrange the song and submit your entry in a different, musical style as part of the contest.

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7. 

   Music Notes
   

   Nov 03, 2008

   We sincerely appreciate your feedback and your comments. This music contest is new territory for Musicnotes.com and we are learning as we go. We will look into that particular rule for November’s contest and will update the blog with more information.

   Thank you for your patience.

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8. 

   Music Notes
   

   Nov 03, 2008

   We really appreciate your thoughts on this contest. We did receive two, late entries to the YouPerform contest, and we will be posting news about how you can rate their performance today.

   Thanks!

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