In an effort to illuminate the incredible and diverse arts talent on SUNY campuses, the SUNY System Administration Office of New Media is proud to announce a system-wide original music contest for SUNY students called SUNY Music Madness! The call for submissions to the contest will be Friday, Nov. 1 and the official launch of Round I of SUNY Music Madness will be Monday, Nov. 18 at noon.
What the competition involves:
- Students will submit videos of themselves performing original music to the Generation SUNY Blog by going to http://blog.SUNY.edu/MusicMadness.
- Videos of all participating performers, with special and explicit notation of their enrolled campus, will be posted on the Generation SUNY Blog, with related posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
- Performers will compete in a single-elimination contest spanning three rounds. Rounds of voting will last approximately 7-14 days.
- The public will vote for their favorite performer on the Generation SUNY Blog.
Competition schedule:
Round 1: Monday, Nov. 18 at noon – Sunday, Nov. 24 at 8 p.m.
Round 2 – Semifinal: Tuesday, Nov. 26 at noon – Friday, Dec. 6 at 11 p.m.
Round 3 – Final: Tuesday, Dec. 10 at noon – Wednesday, Dec. 18 at midnight
Rules of play:
- Participants must submit 100% original material and multiple students are allowed as one submission (i.e., a band, chorus, musicians, or duet); at least 50% of any submission must consist of enrolled SUNY students. Submissions are due by Wednesday, Nov. 13.
- The content constraints (context of music and submission reviewing) are governed by the SUNY Social Media Policy and the participant must agree to the additional terms that are outlined on the submission page.
- Each round is not a bracket; rather, every video collects votes. Based on number of participants, 20-30% of the round’s entries (those with the highest number of legitimate votes) will advance to the next round. The winning submission will be crowned “SUNY Music Madness 2013 Champion.”
Published: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:45:12 +0000 by e.bryant