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It's time to get your chipmusic on! This is your chance to win a SEGA Master System MIDI Interface. Be the coolest musician in your town with this brand new tool that lets you control the sound chip in your SEGA Master System with MIDI data.

The Prize
The prize includes the following:
• brand-new, hand made little-scale-brand SEGA Master System MIDI Interface (SMSM)
• instruction manual
• required cable

Since this product will not be available on the market by the time the competition ends, the winner will be the only member of the public to own this cool piece of retro boutique music hardware!

Competition Details
Submit a SEGA-related music track. This may be:
• chipmusic written for the SEGA Master System / SEGA Mega Drive
• music written within the constraints of the SEGA Master System / SEGA Mega Drive
• music that is covering / remixing a specific SEGA Master System / SEGA Mega Drive tune
• any of the above may include additional instrumentation (whether electronic or more traditional) - however, the focus should be on the SEGA aspects of the work

Music that does not fit into the above categories will be disqualified. If your entry is a cover or a remix of a SEGA Master System / SEGA Mega Drive tune, please be sure to include what it is that you are covering.

Please note that there will only be one winner. The judge(s) decision is final.

Submission Guidelines
• the deadline for this competition is the 17th April, 2010
• limit of one entry per person / group
• the length of your SEGA track should be between 1:30 and 5:00
• submission format is strictly as 192 kbps stereo MP3
• send your submissions to: sega@little-scale.com with the subject line 'SEGA Music Competition'
• the best 10 tracks will be released as a digital archive

Note that this competition is in no way affiliated with SEGA.

Cool stuff :) I posted it on the site front page news, if you don't mind.

Maxim wrote

Cool stuff :) I posted it on the site front page news, if you don't mind.

Thanks Maxim! Much appreciated :)

Im in on this one Seb, for sure!

Damn, time for a crash course in chipmusic :)

Sebastian wrote

...
Any of the above may include additional instrumentation (whether electronic or more traditional) - however, the focus should be on the SEGA aspects of the work

Music that does not fit into the above categories will be disqualified
...

If I submit a cover which includes lead vocals and self-written lyrics (with several Sega references), would this count as enough focus on the "Sega aspects of the work"?

I guess you'd have to hear the song to make a judgement, but I thought I'd ask anyway...

Seems like a cool competition! I'll probably participate one way or another.

It's a shame about the 1 entry rule, was thinking of trying a couple if different approaches.

LieMfB wrote

Sebastian wrote

...
Any of the above may include additional instrumentation (whether electronic or more traditional) - however, the focus should be on the SEGA aspects of the work

Music that does not fit into the above categories will be disqualified
...

If I submit a cover which includes lead vocals and self-written lyrics (with several Sega references), would this count as enough focus on the "Sega aspects of the work"?

I guess you'd have to hear the song to make a judgement, but I thought I'd ask anyway...

Seems like a cool competition! I'll probably participate one way or another.

Use your best judgment. If you think that your piece fits into the guidelines for submission, please feel free to enter it. Vocals are allowed. :)

Count me in, i've some new gear i've been wanting to try on a full mix.

Just to be sure, guitar arranges of Sega music is okay, right ?

tibone wrote

Count me in, i've some new gear i've been wanting to try on a full mix.

Just to be sure, guitar arranges of Sega music is okay, right ?

Yep - that's fine :)

- seb

Just a quick note, if anyones wanting some sax stuff in their tracks, let me know!

I may go about this the hard way and use one of Seb's sample packs and write it on my DS. I will have some hours to kill on planes in the next few days :)

I got my tune near finished :)

What if my song is 6:00, will it be disqualified then?

LieMfB wrote

What if my song is 6:00, will it be disqualified then?

Please limit your music to 5:00 :)

Thanks!

Sebastian wrote

LieMfB wrote

What if my song is 6:00, will it be disqualified then?

Please limit your music to 5:00 :)

Thanks!

Damn, that's too bad, because it would be very difficult to shorten the song I'm working on. Oh well... I'll see what I can do. It might be that I'll have to skip the competition altogether.

Alright, my music has been sent in!

So ......... when are we going to listen to the songs ?? I'm ready to vote !

Sebastian will do the voting all by himself to my knowledge. I'm quite eager to hear about the results. There was 29 entries IIRC so it will take a bit time to judge all of them.

TmEE wrote

Sebastian will do the voting all by himself to my knowledge. I'm quite eager to hear about the results. There was 29 entries IIRC so it will take a bit time to judge all of them.

Ok ^_^ , go go Sebastian !!

TmEE wrote

Sebastian will do the voting all by himself to my knowledge. I'm quite eager to hear about the results. There was 29 entries IIRC so it will take a bit time to judge all of them.

Actually, the judging will be done by a small panel of people from Australia, Sweden and Japan. I am not on the judging panel.

aha, ok.

Do you have any estimation when things get done ?

I would appreciate if all tracks submitted were disclosed to the public, not only the winning one(s).

Niloct wrote

I would appreciate if all tracks submitted were disclosed to the public, not only the winning one(s).

Regardless of how well my song fares in the competition, I will post the mp3 here and probably on my website as well. http://mutherpluckin-b.com
I hope other people here will do the same.

I've published my compo song two days after deadline, it is here.

Btw will that midi tool also support the FM chip?

If you are wanting to hear the submissions for the SEGA Music Competition entries, whereby participants can win a SEGA Master System MIDI Interface, go to: http://milkcrate.com.au/sega_comp/.

Judging will be finalised and results tallied as soon as possible - thanks for your patience!

I'd prefer to download to listen offline. Here's links, let me know if that's unwanted:

Quote

Floetkoe.mp3
Cold Sweats 192 MP3.mp3
even microwaved fish cubes keep thier shape.mp3
Swamp Meet.mp3
Back to Minnie.mp3
The Future History.mp3
Pasion terrenal.mp3
Empty Streets.mp3
Devastation.mp3
Solyon - LOVE.mp3
Inside Reprise.mp3
Thought Collection.mp3
rei.mp3
west.mp3
Line of Fire.mp3
Bridge Zone.mp3
Stars Are Calling.mp3
Toads and rabbits.mp3
ode to megaman.mp3
02 Sonic Boss.mp3
Space Harrier.mp3
01 smsha.mp3
01 Zillion.mp3
Outer Zone.mp3
8th Stand.mp3
Eternal Champions Xavier Remix.mp3
01 SegaMegadrive Tetris.mp3
Blast Processing.mp3
sonic medley 192kbps.mp3

It's not unwanted at all - although I will be posting my favourite 10 picks as a .zip archive once the judging has been completed.

:)

I am happy to announce the winner of this SEGA Music Competition: Rush Coil with the track "Blast Processing"!

Here are some comments from the judges (who were from Australia, Japan and Sweden):

"This track has a couple of things that make it really stand out, firstly its sense of space through the use of panning and reverb is really nice and whilst not purist in a hardware sense it still has incredibly creative uses of the core sounds of the sega consoles. Secondly the song has a nice sense of structure introducing and reworking themes in a way that it is never too repetitive but remains familiar."

"I really like this song"

"Beautifully detailed composition within a restricted medium."

Listen to all of the entries here: http://milkcrate.com.au/sega_comp/

Congratulations once again go out to Rush Coil! I wish him the best, and I hope that he enjoys my SEGA Master System MIDI Interface. Honorary mentions go out to the entries by Rei Yano and Turbo Crash!

Thanks to everyone that participated, and a special thanks to all the judges for the amount of effort and time put into adjudicating the entries.

The Competition Compilation of 10 tracks is out!

Link: http://tinyurl.com/2dr3kl2

jawusum :D

Downloading ^^

Thanks for the competition!
Quite a few interesting contributions there!

Here is my track again if anyone wants to download:
http://www.update.uu.se/~lidbjork/nintendo_slask/MutherpluckinB_-_Devastation.mp3
It's a rock 'n' roll cover with vocals from the SMS game Powerstrike (Aleste). That's me on guitars, bass, keyboards, sampled drums, percussion and vocals.
The song was very inspired by Velvet Underground, Bowie, Rolling Stones and Chuck Berry.

Lyrics can be viewed here:
http://www.update.uu.se/~lidbjork/nintendo_slask/Devastation_lyrics.txt

Your tune was the best IMO, or Shiru's... cannot decide :P

I regret not entering this in the end... Maybe next time. It was good Seb didn't do the voting as we are good friends IRL. Hey Seb :D lets go to the Vegie Garden sometime soon!

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Sebastian Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 17 Location: Adelaide, Australia	SEGA Music Competition: Win A SMS MIDI Interface! Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:11 pm
	It's time to get your chipmusic on! This is your chance to win a SEGA Master System MIDI Interface. Be the coolest musician in your town with this brand new tool that lets you control the sound chip in your SEGA Master System with MIDI data. The Prize The prize includes the following: • brand-new, hand made little-scale-brand SEGA Master System MIDI Interface (SMSM) • instruction manual • required cable Since this product will not be available on the market by the time the competition ends, the winner will be the only member of the public to own this cool piece of retro boutique music hardware! Competition Details Submit a SEGA-related music track. This may be: • chipmusic written for the SEGA Master System / SEGA Mega Drive • music written within the constraints of the SEGA Master System / SEGA Mega Drive • music that is covering / remixing a specific SEGA Master System / SEGA Mega Drive tune • any of the above may include additional instrumentation (whether electronic or more traditional) - however, the focus should be on the SEGA aspects of the work Music that does not fit into the above categories will be disqualified. If your entry is a cover or a remix of a SEGA Master System / SEGA Mega Drive tune, please be sure to include what it is that you are covering. Please note that there will only be one winner. The judge(s) decision is final. Submission Guidelines • the deadline for this competition is the 17th April, 2010 • limit of one entry per person / group • the length of your SEGA track should be between 1:30 and 5:00 • submission format is strictly as 192 kbps stereo MP3 • send your submissions to: sega@little-scale.com with the subject line 'SEGA Music Competition' • the best 10 tracks will be released as a digital archive Note that this competition is in no way affiliated with SEGA.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14939 Location: London	Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:50 pm
	Cool stuff :) I posted it on the site front page news, if you don't mind.

Sebastian Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 17 Location: Adelaide, Australia	Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:40 pm
	Maxim wrote Cool stuff :) I posted it on the site front page news, if you don't mind. Thanks Maxim! Much appreciated :)

Jacko Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 1464 Location: Sunny ol Tamworth, New England NSW AU	Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:51 pm
	Im in on this one Seb, for sure!

thatawesomeguy Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 742 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:02 am
	Damn, time for a crash course in chipmusic :)

LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:52 pm
LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	Sebastian wrote ... Any of the above may include additional instrumentation (whether electronic or more traditional) - however, the focus should be on the SEGA aspects of the work Music that does not fit into the above categories will be disqualified ... If I submit a cover which includes lead vocals and self-written lyrics (with several Sega references), would this count as enough focus on the "Sega aspects of the work"? I guess you'd have to hear the song to make a judgement, but I thought I'd ask anyway... Seems like a cool competition! I'll probably participate one way or another.

thatawesomeguy Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 742 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:33 am
	It's a shame about the 1 entry rule, was thinking of trying a couple if different approaches.

Sebastian Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 17 Location: Adelaide, Australia	Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:44 am
	LieMfB wrote Sebastian wrote ... Any of the above may include additional instrumentation (whether electronic or more traditional) - however, the focus should be on the SEGA aspects of the work Music that does not fit into the above categories will be disqualified ... If I submit a cover which includes lead vocals and self-written lyrics (with several Sega references), would this count as enough focus on the "Sega aspects of the work"? I guess you'd have to hear the song to make a judgement, but I thought I'd ask anyway... Seems like a cool competition! I'll probably participate one way or another. Use your best judgment. If you think that your piece fits into the guidelines for submission, please feel free to enter it. Vocals are allowed. :)

tibone Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 297	Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 3:13 pm
tibone Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 297	Count me in, i've some new gear i've been wanting to try on a full mix. Just to be sure, guitar arranges of Sega music is okay, right ?

Sebastian Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 17 Location: Adelaide, Australia	Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:43 pm
	tibone wrote Count me in, i've some new gear i've been wanting to try on a full mix. Just to be sure, guitar arranges of Sega music is okay, right ? Yep - that's fine :) - seb

Jacko Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 1464 Location: Sunny ol Tamworth, New England NSW AU	Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:08 pm
	Just a quick note, if anyones wanting some sax stuff in their tracks, let me know! I may go about this the hard way and use one of Seb's sample packs and write it on my DS. I will have some hours to kill on planes in the next few days :)

TmEE Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 853 Location: Estonia, Rapla city	Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:43 pm
	I got my tune near finished :)

LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:42 pm
LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	What if my song is 6:00, will it be disqualified then?

Sebastian Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 17 Location: Adelaide, Australia	Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:28 pm
	LieMfB wrote What if my song is 6:00, will it be disqualified then? Please limit your music to 5:00 :) Thanks!

LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:53 pm
LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	Sebastian wrote LieMfB wrote What if my song is 6:00, will it be disqualified then? Please limit your music to 5:00 :) Thanks! Damn, that's too bad, because it would be very difficult to shorten the song I'm working on. Oh well... I'll see what I can do. It might be that I'll have to skip the competition altogether.

LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 1:07 pm
LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	Alright, my music has been sent in!

Iced Joined: 06 Nov 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Madrid	Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 4:11 pm
Iced Joined: 06 Nov 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Madrid	So ......... when are we going to listen to the songs ?? I'm ready to vote !

TmEE Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 853 Location: Estonia, Rapla city	Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:16 pm
	Sebastian will do the voting all by himself to my knowledge. I'm quite eager to hear about the results. There was 29 entries IIRC so it will take a bit time to judge all of them.

Iced Joined: 06 Nov 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Madrid	Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 7:07 pm
Iced Joined: 06 Nov 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Madrid	TmEE wrote Sebastian will do the voting all by himself to my knowledge. I'm quite eager to hear about the results. There was 29 entries IIRC so it will take a bit time to judge all of them. Ok ^_^ , go go Sebastian !!

Sebastian Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 17 Location: Adelaide, Australia	Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:18 am
	TmEE wrote Sebastian will do the voting all by himself to my knowledge. I'm quite eager to hear about the results. There was 29 entries IIRC so it will take a bit time to judge all of them. Actually, the judging will be done by a small panel of people from Australia, Sweden and Japan. I am not on the judging panel.

TmEE Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 853 Location: Estonia, Rapla city	Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:37 am
	aha, ok. Do you have any estimation when things get done ?

Niloct Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 618 Location: São Paulo - Brazil	Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:27 pm
	I would appreciate if all tracks submitted were disclosed to the public, not only the winning one(s).

LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:49 am
LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	Niloct wrote I would appreciate if all tracks submitted were disclosed to the public, not only the winning one(s). Regardless of how well my song fares in the competition, I will post the mp3 here and probably on my website as well. http://mutherpluckin-b.com I hope other people here will do the same.

Shiru Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 35 Location: Russia, Moscow	Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:43 am
	I've published my compo song two days after deadline, it is here.

jensjoachim Joined: 16 Jul 2009 Posts: 30 Location: Denmark	Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:08 pm
	Btw will that midi tool also support the FM chip?

Sebastian Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 17 Location: Adelaide, Australia	Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 4:07 am
	If you are wanting to hear the submissions for the SEGA Music Competition entries, whereby participants can win a SEGA Master System MIDI Interface, go to: http://milkcrate.com.au/sega_comp/. Judging will be finalised and results tallied as soon as possible - thanks for your patience!

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14939 Location: London	Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 9:53 am
	I'd prefer to download to listen offline. Here's links, let me know if that's unwanted: Quote Floetkoe.mp3 Cold Sweats 192 MP3.mp3 even microwaved fish cubes keep thier shape.mp3 Swamp Meet.mp3 Back to Minnie.mp3 The Future History.mp3 Pasion terrenal.mp3 Empty Streets.mp3 Devastation.mp3 Solyon - LOVE.mp3 Inside Reprise.mp3 Thought Collection.mp3 rei.mp3 west.mp3 Line of Fire.mp3 Bridge Zone.mp3 Stars Are Calling.mp3 Toads and rabbits.mp3 ode to megaman.mp3 02 Sonic Boss.mp3 Space Harrier.mp3 01 smsha.mp3 01 Zillion.mp3 Outer Zone.mp3 8th Stand.mp3 Eternal Champions Xavier Remix.mp3 01 SegaMegadrive Tetris.mp3 Blast Processing.mp3 sonic medley 192kbps.mp3

Sebastian Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 17 Location: Adelaide, Australia	Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 10:13 am
	It's not unwanted at all - although I will be posting my favourite 10 picks as a .zip archive once the judging has been completed. :)

Sebastian Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 17 Location: Adelaide, Australia	Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 9:07 am
	I am happy to announce the winner of this SEGA Music Competition: Rush Coil with the track "Blast Processing"! Here are some comments from the judges (who were from Australia, Japan and Sweden): "This track has a couple of things that make it really stand out, firstly its sense of space through the use of panning and reverb is really nice and whilst not purist in a hardware sense it still has incredibly creative uses of the core sounds of the sega consoles. Secondly the song has a nice sense of structure introducing and reworking themes in a way that it is never too repetitive but remains familiar." "I really like this song" "Beautifully detailed composition within a restricted medium." Listen to all of the entries here: http://milkcrate.com.au/sega_comp/ Congratulations once again go out to Rush Coil! I wish him the best, and I hope that he enjoys my SEGA Master System MIDI Interface. Honorary mentions go out to the entries by Rei Yano and Turbo Crash! Thanks to everyone that participated, and a special thanks to all the judges for the amount of effort and time put into adjudicating the entries.

Sebastian Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 17 Location: Adelaide, Australia	Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:05 am
	The Competition Compilation of 10 tracks is out! Link: http://tinyurl.com/2dr3kl2

TmEE Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 853 Location: Estonia, Rapla city	Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:28 am
	jawusum :D Downloading ^^

LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:21 am
LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	Thanks for the competition! Quite a few interesting contributions there! Here is my track again if anyone wants to download: http://www.update.uu.se/~lidbjork/nintendo_slask/MutherpluckinB_-_Devastation.mp3 It's a rock 'n' roll cover with vocals from the SMS game Powerstrike (Aleste). That's me on guitars, bass, keyboards, sampled drums, percussion and vocals. The song was very inspired by Velvet Underground, Bowie, Rolling Stones and Chuck Berry. Lyrics can be viewed here: http://www.update.uu.se/~lidbjork/nintendo_slask/Devastation_lyrics.txt

TmEE Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 853 Location: Estonia, Rapla city	Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:10 pm
	Your tune was the best IMO, or Shiru's... cannot decide :P

Jacko Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 1464 Location: Sunny ol Tamworth, New England NSW AU	Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:47 pm
	I regret not entering this in the end... Maybe next time. It was good Seb didn't do the voting as we are good friends IRL. Hey Seb :D lets go to the Vegie Garden sometime soon!

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