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[daggertrepe]

lol yes.

[Captain Maxx Power]

Originally Posted by Araciel ^

i would be in but i have no mic and therefore no means of recording anything on my computer

O no I'm not talking about recording. I'm talking about weekly live shows on which people vote, probably over something like TeamSpeak or somesuch. When I say EoFF Idol, I MEAN EoFF Idol, not just "send in a song and see who votes as the best", the whole shebang - auditions, voting off each week, themed weeks. It's a pretty big idea, but hey, I want something that people are really going to remember me by on this site, not just Pirate Red Magery or Edwardness. Plus it'd be cool to give back something.

[DK]

Originally Posted by Psychotic ^

BoB would win. No doubt in my mind.

He's nothing on his own.

[Raistlin]

I have to say, I think RSL's got this one covered.

[Yuna_wannabe]

I wsould love it as long as i got to participate

[Kirobaito]

I would make some sort of an attempt to participate, as long as it allows for secondary instruments to be played by the participant, an element whose lack is completely destructive to the joke that is American Idol.

[tan]

Originally Posted by Maxx Power ^

Originally Posted by Araciel ^

i would be in but i have no mic and therefore no means of recording anything on my computer

O no I'm not talking about recording. I'm talking about weekly live shows on which people vote, probably over something like TeamSpeak or somesuch. When I say EoFF Idol, I MEAN EoFF Idol, not just "send in a song and see who votes as the best", the whole shebang - auditions, voting off each week, themed weeks. It's a pretty big idea, but hey, I want something that people are really going to remember me by on this site, not just Pirate Red Magery or Edwardness. Plus it'd be cool to give back something.

Trust me, hoping for too much like this is not a wise idea (coming from myself, EoFF's Top Artist's competition runner). I think that if you don't do auditions and you get the public (of EoFF, obviously =P) to know about it, it'll do really well, you just can't expect it to run for like two months because people are going to drop out. Maybe just skip the auditions and let anyone join who wants to, and if there turns out to be too many people (which will be a good thing) narrow it down to about 6-8 after the first week's elimination. If you do do 12, then eliminate 2 people each week, because a 6-week competition will still be very popular and most of the contestants will not drop out immediately. Just some suggestions :)

Maybe you could even include composed music into the competition as well? There aren't enough composers around here to do their own little competition. Or maybe just ask one of the guitar players around here to do a track, and then the contestants have to write lyrics and perform to the song that was composed. But, whatever. It's your competition. You can do whatever you want :D

[Captain Maxx Power]

Originally Posted by Kirobaito ^

I would make some sort of an attempt to participate, as long as it allows for secondary instruments to be played by the participant, an element whose lack is completely destructive to the joke that is American Idol.

But then playing an instrument would become mandatory, since all contestants are meant to be on level ground, and I'm not prepared to isolate anyone in such a manner.

Originally Posted by tan ^

Maybe you could even include composed music into the competition as well? There aren't enough composers around here to do their own little competition. Or maybe just ask one of the guitar players around here to do a track, and then the contestants have to write lyrics and perform to the song that was composed. But, whatever. It's your competition. You can do whatever you want

Again, a problem since do I have a seperate category for song writers, lyric writers, singers and lyric writers etc. etc. or do I throw them all together? It's like comparing people doing triple jump to people doing long jump - same end, different techniques, different results, no direct comparison. I'm sure there are plenty of ways for those who do write their own musical material to show off their artisitic talents, but as you say there's not enough of them to constitute their own competition.

My main concern at the moment is that if I allow just anyone to join in then it's going to become a popularity contest (i.e. everyone will end up voting for Rye or Loony BoB or somesuch), which isn't the point. It's why I want to have some kind of pre-screening process beforehand. However if I do that on my own I'll get accused of rigging the contest or playing favourites, hence why I'd like other people with which to decide who would be able to compete. The crux of the competition is meant to be around live performing as oppose to pre-recorded stuff. Pre-recorded material can be redone again and again, be edited, mixed etc. Not that I'm saying that the people who would enter would be dishonest, but the cool idea (at least I think) of the competition would be to get people to perform live. A low-quality recording over TeamSpeak converted to mp3 wouldn't be too large to download, plus people will be more than welcome to hear people on the server itself. If however you think it would just fall flat on it's arse feel free to say so. Heaven knows that you can't start up something this big on your own, be it some faux-pas elections or nonsensical awards. That'd just be impossible.