The Vocalist Clip-Off 2021: Sign-Up
Sept 15, 2021 21:06:03 GMT
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Post by Alex61 on Sept 15, 2021 21:06:03 GMT
WE DO BE HERE FOR A FIFTH YEAR!
Here's how it's going to work:
It's a bit much to take in I'm aware, but to those of you who have never taken part before, it'll make sense once it starts. If you want an example of how it will run, take a look below.
Because we've run this before and run into problems, there's some extra niggly rules below. Please read to avoid running into mishaps.
Also also also also, here's some general hints, tips and guidelines.
And finally, I will post mymeme outstanding team below, subject to change:
1.Grimes Cher - I'm a risk taker.
2. Yma Sumac - I'm a risk taker.
3. Maureen McGovern - I'm not that much of a risk taker (she's actually a pretty sensible singer - I own the threads for all of these ladies anyways so I doubt there'll be a lot of contention for them).
And thus concludes! Have a very merry Clip-Off and good luck!
Here's how it's going to work:
{How the Clip-Off Works}
1. Pick your teams: From now until Wednesday 29 September 23:59 BST, you must pick three singers who you plan on using throughout the clip-off. Outside of a few limitations (which I'll get into here), you're free to pick whoever you choose for your team! If you and someone else want the same singers for your team, priority will be awarded situationally (most likely to whoever has done the most work on that singers thread or whoever gets there first), so you might want to give a few reasons why you've picked the team you have. I'd also recommend picking a reserve just in case someone snags your singer.
2. DAY 1-5: Selecting clips
The clip-off runs on a ten day basis. Within the first five days, you are required to upload clips for two predetermined categories (which, in most cases, you'll be allowed to vote on). You'll be against someone else for each category and they'll be required to do the same within the same time. On Thursday 30 September 00:00 BST, I'll announce the round one match-ups!
3. DAY 1-9: Voting
Everybody is required to vote on at least two matches (outside of your own, obviously). In the first nine days in the round (i.e - at pretty much any point before I post the results), on two match-ups of your choosing, you will listen to each clip in both categories and choose which one you prefer, say why you prefer it and give a rating out of five.
Voting will be run through Google Forms to avoid looking at past votes - votes will all be revealed at the end of the round. To ensure every match gets a relatively equal distribution of votes, I'll update each thread with a "vote count", as every match-up needs a minimum of five votes to be considered valid.
4. DAY 10: Results
At the end of the round, I'll tally up the points and post them all on a thread, along with who you'll be facing for the subsequent round. Your points are worked out by your average and your category wins. For example, if you scored an average of 3.65 in one category and your opponent scored 3.30, you would receive 4.65 points (3.65 for your average + 1.00 for your category win) and your opponent would receive 3.30 points.
5. THE END
This process is repeated over eight rounds until we have an overall victor, who will receive a baked good of some description in the mail!
1. Pick your teams: From now until Wednesday 29 September 23:59 BST, you must pick three singers who you plan on using throughout the clip-off. Outside of a few limitations (which I'll get into here), you're free to pick whoever you choose for your team! If you and someone else want the same singers for your team, priority will be awarded situationally (most likely to whoever has done the most work on that singers thread or whoever gets there first), so you might want to give a few reasons why you've picked the team you have. I'd also recommend picking a reserve just in case someone snags your singer.
{Singers You Cannot Pick}
The following singers have been used previously in the 2019 and 2020 clip-offs, so they cannot be used this year. They are:
Alexi Laiho
Andrew Volpe
Annie Haslam
Axl Rose
Ben E. King
Billy MacKenzie
Billy MacKenzie
Bruce Springsteen
Buzz Clifford
Carl Wilson
Casey Crescenzo
Celine Dion
Chris Brown
Courtney Swain
Cyndi Lauper
Darren Criss
David Bowie
Eddi Reader
Florence Welch
Frank Sinatra
Freddie Mercury
Geddy Lee
Geoff Tate
George Formby
GG Allin
Greg Lake
Greg Puciato
Happy Rhodes
Ivan Rebroff
James Hetfield
Jeff Scott Soto
Jenna McDougall
John Popper
Jon Anderson
Joni Mitchell
Jordin Sparks
Josh Ramsay
Joshua Kiszka
Kim Yon-ja
Marcella Detroit
Matthias Blad
MAX
Mel Tormé
Merijn Van Haren
Michael Sweet
Mike Patton
Morten Harket
Moya Brennan
Myles Kennedy
Natalie Cole
Olivia Newton-John
Pat Benatar
Patrick Stump
Paul McCartney
Peter Steele
Prince
Rachael Price
Rhett McLaughlin
Rick Astley
Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie Radke
Sammy Davis Jr.
Seal
Sebastian Bach
Sly Stone
Sting
Susan Boyle
Tarja Turunen
Tommy Karevik
Tommy Shaw
Vince Neil
Zaher Zorgati
The following singers have been used previously in the 2019 and 2020 clip-offs, so they cannot be used this year. They are:
Alexi Laiho
Andrew Volpe
Annie Haslam
Axl Rose
Ben E. King
Billy MacKenzie
Billy MacKenzie
Bruce Springsteen
Buzz Clifford
Carl Wilson
Casey Crescenzo
Celine Dion
Chris Brown
Courtney Swain
Cyndi Lauper
Darren Criss
David Bowie
Eddi Reader
Florence Welch
Frank Sinatra
Freddie Mercury
Geddy Lee
Geoff Tate
George Formby
GG Allin
Greg Lake
Greg Puciato
Happy Rhodes
Ivan Rebroff
James Hetfield
Jeff Scott Soto
Jenna McDougall
John Popper
Jon Anderson
Joni Mitchell
Jordin Sparks
Josh Ramsay
Joshua Kiszka
Kim Yon-ja
Marcella Detroit
Matthias Blad
MAX
Mel Tormé
Merijn Van Haren
Michael Sweet
Mike Patton
Morten Harket
Moya Brennan
Myles Kennedy
Natalie Cole
Olivia Newton-John
Pat Benatar
Patrick Stump
Paul McCartney
Peter Steele
Prince
Rachael Price
Rhett McLaughlin
Rick Astley
Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie Radke
Sammy Davis Jr.
Seal
Sebastian Bach
Sly Stone
Sting
Susan Boyle
Tarja Turunen
Tommy Karevik
Tommy Shaw
Vince Neil
Zaher Zorgati
2. DAY 1-5: Selecting clips
The clip-off runs on a ten day basis. Within the first five days, you are required to upload clips for two predetermined categories (which, in most cases, you'll be allowed to vote on). You'll be against someone else for each category and they'll be required to do the same within the same time. On Thursday 30 September 00:00 BST, I'll announce the round one match-ups!
3. DAY 1-9: Voting
Everybody is required to vote on at least two matches (outside of your own, obviously). In the first nine days in the round (i.e - at pretty much any point before I post the results), on two match-ups of your choosing, you will listen to each clip in both categories and choose which one you prefer, say why you prefer it and give a rating out of five.
Voting will be run through Google Forms to avoid looking at past votes - votes will all be revealed at the end of the round. To ensure every match gets a relatively equal distribution of votes, I'll update each thread with a "vote count", as every match-up needs a minimum of five votes to be considered valid.
4. DAY 10: Results
At the end of the round, I'll tally up the points and post them all on a thread, along with who you'll be facing for the subsequent round. Your points are worked out by your average and your category wins. For example, if you scored an average of 3.65 in one category and your opponent scored 3.30, you would receive 4.65 points (3.65 for your average + 1.00 for your category win) and your opponent would receive 3.30 points.
5. THE END
This process is repeated over eight rounds until we have an overall victor, who will receive a baked good of some description in the mail!
It's a bit much to take in I'm aware, but to those of you who have never taken part before, it'll make sense once it starts. If you want an example of how it will run, take a look below.
{Example Round}
This is the match-up of Alex61 and Baronessa in Round One of the Clip-Off. You have five days exactly to submit your clips, and until 23:00 GMT Time Tuesday, June 9 to vote. June 10 is the Results Day.
The categories for Round One are:
1) Best Lyricless Singing - an act of singing passages without words, fairly straightforward, though the more nuanced and dynamic the clip is the higher it is likely to score.
2) Best Vocal Contrast - a showcase of one's vocal control by either morphing the voice from a clean resonance to intimidating rasping and/or shifting rapidly from low singing to high singing. Not necessarily a show of versatility, but of juxtaposition.
The pair are free to post their clips, voting commences as soon as they have.
The link for voting is here.
VOTE COUNT: 0
This is the match-up of Alex61 and Baronessa in Round One of the Clip-Off. You have five days exactly to submit your clips, and until 23:00 GMT Time Tuesday, June 9 to vote. June 10 is the Results Day.
The categories for Round One are:
1) Best Lyricless Singing - an act of singing passages without words, fairly straightforward, though the more nuanced and dynamic the clip is the higher it is likely to score.
2) Best Vocal Contrast - a showcase of one's vocal control by either morphing the voice from a clean resonance to intimidating rasping and/or shifting rapidly from low singing to high singing. Not necessarily a show of versatility, but of juxtaposition.
The pair are free to post their clips, voting commences as soon as they have.
The link for voting is here.
VOTE COUNT: 0
Because we've run this before and run into problems, there's some extra niggly rules below. Please read to avoid running into mishaps.
{Rules}
• Keep your clips between 0:10 and 2:00. I don't mind if you go a little bit (literally only a few seconds) over or under, but try to avoid it if possible. Don't feel like your clip has to be too long for the sake of it, as well - in fact, people may be less inclined to vote on your match if you've used really long clips. You can use live clips, but please ensure that if you do, the audio is of decent quality.
• If your opponent has uploaded their clips before you, please, please, please do not look at their clips. I would strongly suggest spoilering your clips as you upload them for this reason - they can still be seen, but people will be far less likely to accidentally take a glance.
• If you decide to change your team before the deadline, please post again or make another post tagging me. If you edit your original post I might not notice it.
• I cannot stress this enough - please submit your clips in the order the categories were listed on the thread! I understand this may seem unnecessary, but it really helps when it comes to tallying up the scores - if you don't submit clips in the same order, people won't vote in the same order, and mistakes may be made when tallying the results (probably by me). The categories will always be listed in alphabetical order.
• You can tell voters to skip certain parts of your clip as long as it remains within the two minute time frame (for example, if there is an instrumental, or part of your clip that does not fit the category as well). For instance, if you wanted to use from 2:00 - 3:30 of a song but 2:30 - 2:50 was an instrumental, you could say "the timestamp is 2:00 - 3:30, but skip 2:30 - 2:50". Please don't edit clips yourselves, that comes across as sneaky.
• Clips can be submitted via 4Shared or YouTube. If you're using YouTube, please specify timeframes. Vocaroo may be a temporary substitute at times if we have technical mishaps.
• You can't reuse clips! If you want to use a different part of a song you've already used, it must completely different (i.e - if you've already used a verse or chorus from that song, you can't use another) and it must be the same version as the first one (i.e - you can't use the verse from the studio version of the song and the chorus from a live performance).
• Keep your clips between 0:10 and 2:00. I don't mind if you go a little bit (literally only a few seconds) over or under, but try to avoid it if possible. Don't feel like your clip has to be too long for the sake of it, as well - in fact, people may be less inclined to vote on your match if you've used really long clips. You can use live clips, but please ensure that if you do, the audio is of decent quality.
• If your opponent has uploaded their clips before you, please, please, please do not look at their clips. I would strongly suggest spoilering your clips as you upload them for this reason - they can still be seen, but people will be far less likely to accidentally take a glance.
• If you decide to change your team before the deadline, please post again or make another post tagging me. If you edit your original post I might not notice it.
• I cannot stress this enough - please submit your clips in the order the categories were listed on the thread! I understand this may seem unnecessary, but it really helps when it comes to tallying up the scores - if you don't submit clips in the same order, people won't vote in the same order, and mistakes may be made when tallying the results (probably by me). The categories will always be listed in alphabetical order.
• You can tell voters to skip certain parts of your clip as long as it remains within the two minute time frame (for example, if there is an instrumental, or part of your clip that does not fit the category as well). For instance, if you wanted to use from 2:00 - 3:30 of a song but 2:30 - 2:50 was an instrumental, you could say "the timestamp is 2:00 - 3:30, but skip 2:30 - 2:50". Please don't edit clips yourselves, that comes across as sneaky.
• Clips can be submitted via 4Shared or YouTube. If you're using YouTube, please specify timeframes. Vocaroo may be a temporary substitute at times if we have technical mishaps.
• You can't reuse clips! If you want to use a different part of a song you've already used, it must completely different (i.e - if you've already used a verse or chorus from that song, you can't use another) and it must be the same version as the first one (i.e - you can't use the verse from the studio version of the song and the chorus from a live performance).
Also also also also, here's some general hints, tips and guidelines.
{WikiHow}
• This may sound ridiculous, but please do consider whether you're invested enough in taking part in this. Drop-outs are generally frowned upon by competitors who are enjoying the competition and taking it seriously, since they tend to disrupt scheduling and suck the fun out of it for others. If you do want to drop out of the competition for legitimate reasons then that's fine, but it would be seriously appreciated if you could complete the current round in progress before you drop out.
• I'd recommend keeping an eye on this thread, the "Vote for Round Categories 2021" thread and the "2021 Clip-Off Calendar", as these are likely to stay updated with important information regarding the competition. You could bookmark them if you want.
• If you plan on playing to win, be careful when picking your team. A versatile team will serve you better in the long run than a team of personal favourites. If an artist has a very small discography, you may struggle to find enough material from them to work with. I would also (personally) advocate against going for singers who might be considered too unique, idiosyncratic or avant-garde. Think of it like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, except with Mike Patton as Joker and Beyoncé as Palutena.
• While some people may reason that they want a singer because they own their thread or they've done a lot of research for them (and that may be a deciding factor in cases where a singer is wanted more than once), you can really pick just about anyone for your team. Just be aware that some singer choices will be more popular than others, which is why you should pick a reserve.
• Your reviews don't need to be too long (the length of a tweet for each clip is probably fine), but try to justify why you picked one person's clip over someone else's. Please try to vote as the category dictates, and don't give out "cookie cutter" votes (as in, things you could say about every clip submitted by that singer) - voting on things like how much you like a singer's tone may seem alright, but it doesn't fit in with a lot of categories. Consider it as if you were receiving your votes - would you appreciate how you've voted?
• Similarly, if you're not sure which match-ups to vote on, try to vote on ones which have fewer votes - if a match-up doesn't reach five votes by the deadline, we'll have to shift back the rest of the competition by a day until it does. Usually, if some don't have enough votes one day before, I'll tag people who haven't voted yet to let them know.
• Most importantly, try to have fun! The Clip-Off isn't a super serious competition, after all, it's merely to enjoy. Don't take it to heart if some of your clips get some negative reviews, that's just how it is sometimes. Many people in the past have been great sports despite not winning or being particularly successful, which is how the competition should be really.
• This may sound ridiculous, but please do consider whether you're invested enough in taking part in this. Drop-outs are generally frowned upon by competitors who are enjoying the competition and taking it seriously, since they tend to disrupt scheduling and suck the fun out of it for others. If you do want to drop out of the competition for legitimate reasons then that's fine, but it would be seriously appreciated if you could complete the current round in progress before you drop out.
• I'd recommend keeping an eye on this thread, the "Vote for Round Categories 2021" thread and the "2021 Clip-Off Calendar", as these are likely to stay updated with important information regarding the competition. You could bookmark them if you want.
• If you plan on playing to win, be careful when picking your team. A versatile team will serve you better in the long run than a team of personal favourites. If an artist has a very small discography, you may struggle to find enough material from them to work with. I would also (personally) advocate against going for singers who might be considered too unique, idiosyncratic or avant-garde. Think of it like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, except with Mike Patton as Joker and Beyoncé as Palutena.
• While some people may reason that they want a singer because they own their thread or they've done a lot of research for them (and that may be a deciding factor in cases where a singer is wanted more than once), you can really pick just about anyone for your team. Just be aware that some singer choices will be more popular than others, which is why you should pick a reserve.
• Your reviews don't need to be too long (the length of a tweet for each clip is probably fine), but try to justify why you picked one person's clip over someone else's. Please try to vote as the category dictates, and don't give out "cookie cutter" votes (as in, things you could say about every clip submitted by that singer) - voting on things like how much you like a singer's tone may seem alright, but it doesn't fit in with a lot of categories. Consider it as if you were receiving your votes - would you appreciate how you've voted?
• Similarly, if you're not sure which match-ups to vote on, try to vote on ones which have fewer votes - if a match-up doesn't reach five votes by the deadline, we'll have to shift back the rest of the competition by a day until it does. Usually, if some don't have enough votes one day before, I'll tag people who haven't voted yet to let them know.
• Most importantly, try to have fun! The Clip-Off isn't a super serious competition, after all, it's merely to enjoy. Don't take it to heart if some of your clips get some negative reviews, that's just how it is sometimes. Many people in the past have been great sports despite not winning or being particularly successful, which is how the competition should be really.
And finally, I will post my
1.
2. Yma Sumac - I'm a risk taker.
3. Maureen McGovern - I'm not that much of a risk taker (she's actually a pretty sensible singer - I own the threads for all of these ladies anyways so I doubt there'll be a lot of contention for them).
And thus concludes! Have a very merry Clip-Off and good luck!
Can I be on the sub's bench again, and join in any rounds which would otherwise have an odd number? If so I'll have a musical theatre themed team in case I get a chance to play: Michael Cavanaugh, Elaine Paige and David Essex please.
