Attention: Olly Olly Oxen Free had to drop out because of personal reasons, so She Has My Heart is back and has replaced her.
[TOP 6]
Ah.Sosha.
Asfand
Catauthor
Raazi
Rockerchkpoet
She Has My Heart
[[Eliminated:]]
[07th] Olly Olly Oxen Free
[08th] Lostintheshadows33 (Jury member)
[09th] Lucy sky-diamond
[10th] Flatline
(Pre-merge)
[11th] Tam Lin
[12th] Dark Whispers
[13th] Karamel Kandy
[14th] Rex Roosevelt
[15th] Eots
[16th] sleepingINdarkRain
We’re almost there - just several more rounds until the finale. In this round, you will be performing two tasks. It will be a two part challenge that is going outside of writing “poems”. This round could potentially change the game.
Task #1: Write lyrics. No specific style is required, but you need to write in such a manner that it is obvious that what you have written can be put to music. Don’t write me a free verse poem and be like “hey, these are my lyrics” because that’s not going to roll with us. While going in a different direction is a total risk and will either be a hit or a miss, I advise to stick to writing in a style that would apply to mainstream music. As for what genre, that’s up to you. Try to sing the song aloud or in your head, doesn’t matter, but make sure it is at least 2:30 minutes long. If you wish to include information about what instruments will be used, you will not get extra credit, but it is interesting [to me at least]. Don't rely on instrumental information to take up time in your song - if there is too much instruments and not enough verses/wording, that will hurt you...a lot.
While the lyrical side of the poem is key, the content of it is what mainly makes or breaks the song. I think everyone can agree that the best kind of song is a song that tells a story. If you disagree, then, okay, whatever, that’s your opinion. But what I am saying/implying is, make your song meaningful and interesting.
Task #2: Write a short story that ties in with the lyrics you’ve written. The story does not have to be completely about your lyrics; key words “tie in”. The story must be over 700 words, but no more than 2500. You may go over the limit a little bit, but you cannot go under. I just put a maximum number of words up there to give you an idea of what the highest amount of words we are looking for is.
Task 1 and Task 2 are in one round, but will be judged separately. That is why I said this round has the potential to change the game. For some of you, this is a make or break situation…so I wish you luck. I know all of you will do fine.
You will enter your lyrics into the contest. However, you will NOT enter the story into the contest. You are to write the story on a column, and in your notes of your lyrics, you will provide the link to your story/column.
Task #1 is due by Thursday, March 27th, at 9PM EST.
Task #2 is due by Saturday, March 29th, at 11PM EST.
[My advice: Get started on Task One right now.]
This round is probably the most challenging one yet, and definitely the most wordy. If you have any questions then ask - I know some of you go spacey just seeing all the words. lol
I know each of you can do this. Good luck.
PS.
I anticipate giving out more prizes [points] this round; if you show that you’re truly here, it will pay off.
And..
If everyone gets everything in by Tuesday, I will give you a pre-score that will not be official. I will give you 48 hours to edit, and will rescore. That will give you a huge benefit. The rescore will be official. This goes for both tasks.
[TOP 6]
Ah.Sosha.
Asfand
Catauthor
Raazi
Rockerchkpoet
She Has My Heart
[[Eliminated:]]
[07th] Olly Olly Oxen Free
[08th] Lostintheshadows33 (Jury member)
[09th] Lucy sky-diamond
[10th] Flatline
(Pre-merge)
[11th] Tam Lin
[12th] Dark Whispers
[13th] Karamel Kandy
[14th] Rex Roosevelt
[15th] Eots
[16th] sleepingINdarkRain
We’re almost there - just several more rounds until the finale. In this round, you will be performing two tasks. It will be a two part challenge that is going outside of writing “poems”. This round could potentially change the game.
Task #1: Write lyrics. No specific style is required, but you need to write in such a manner that it is obvious that what you have written can be put to music. Don’t write me a free verse poem and be like “hey, these are my lyrics” because that’s not going to roll with us. While going in a different direction is a total risk and will either be a hit or a miss, I advise to stick to writing in a style that would apply to mainstream music. As for what genre, that’s up to you. Try to sing the song aloud or in your head, doesn’t matter, but make sure it is at least 2:30 minutes long. If you wish to include information about what instruments will be used, you will not get extra credit, but it is interesting [to me at least]. Don't rely on instrumental information to take up time in your song - if there is too much instruments and not enough verses/wording, that will hurt you...a lot.
While the lyrical side of the poem is key, the content of it is what mainly makes or breaks the song. I think everyone can agree that the best kind of song is a song that tells a story. If you disagree, then, okay, whatever, that’s your opinion. But what I am saying/implying is, make your song meaningful and interesting.
Task #2: Write a short story that ties in with the lyrics you’ve written. The story does not have to be completely about your lyrics; key words “tie in”. The story must be over 700 words, but no more than 2500. You may go over the limit a little bit, but you cannot go under. I just put a maximum number of words up there to give you an idea of what the highest amount of words we are looking for is.
Task 1 and Task 2 are in one round, but will be judged separately. That is why I said this round has the potential to change the game. For some of you, this is a make or break situation…so I wish you luck. I know all of you will do fine.
You will enter your lyrics into the contest. However, you will NOT enter the story into the contest. You are to write the story on a column, and in your notes of your lyrics, you will provide the link to your story/column.
Task #1 is due by Thursday, March 27th, at 9PM EST.
Task #2 is due by Saturday, March 29th, at 11PM EST.
[My advice: Get started on Task One right now.]
This round is probably the most challenging one yet, and definitely the most wordy. If you have any questions then ask - I know some of you go spacey just seeing all the words. lol
I know each of you can do this. Good luck.
PS.
I anticipate giving out more prizes [points] this round; if you show that you’re truly here, it will pay off.
And..
If everyone gets everything in by Tuesday, I will give you a pre-score that will not be official. I will give you 48 hours to edit, and will rescore. That will give you a huge benefit. The rescore will be official. This goes for both tasks.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 3, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: Hey,
Well this round was very good. I am very impressed with how all of you did. As of now six of you remain, but we will narrow it down to FOUR in the elimination process. Everyone completed two assignments, which would be counted on their record. However, when it comes to determining who is the top/bottom three, that has to do with both assignments combined. So, overall, the top three are:
Asfand
Catauthor
& Rockerchkpoet.
That means our bottom three are:
She Has My Heart
Ah.Sosha.
& Raazi.
All three of you have done an excellent job throughout the contest, but one of you must go. Based on overall performance throughout the contest, the next person eliminated from Teen Idol 7, placing 6th, and the second member of our jury is…
She Has My Heart.
You have been eliminated from the contest.
Ah.Sosha. & Raazi…both of you have done a great job, but we must say goodbye to one of you. The next person eliminated from Teen Idol 7, placing 5th, and the third member of our jury is…
Raazi.
You have been eliminated…
which means Ah.Sosha., you have made it to the final four! Congratulations!
Top Four:
Ah.Sosha.
Asfand
Catauthor
& Rockerchkpoet
Next round will be posted soon.
Extra informations:::
[Person, Tyler’s score, Heather’s score, Helen’s score]
Lyrics::
rockerchkpoet – 98.8 + 94.1 + 92.3
Asfand – 99.1 + 92.3 + 95.9
Ah.Sosha – 98.6 + 90.7 + 94.2
She Has My Heart – 98.8 + 93.9 + 93.1
Catauthor – 98.7 + 97.8 + 95.4
Raazi – 98.1 + 91.2 + 92.3
Story::
rockerchkpoet – 92.2 + 95.4 + 95.2
Asfand – 99.5 + 98.6 + 97.6
Ah.Sosha – 94.7 + 90.3 + 91.3
She Has My Heart – 91.3 + 92.2 + 91.4
Catauthor – 91.5 + 93.4 + 96.7
Raazi – 82.0 + 88.9 + 91.1
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Lyrics::
1st. [291.9] Catauthor
2nd.[287.3] Asfand
3rd. [285.8] She Has My Heart
4th. [285.2] Rockerchkpoet
5th. [283.5] Ah.Sosha.
6th. [281.6] Raazi
Story:
1st. [295.7] Asfand
2nd. [282.8] Rockerchkpoet
3rd. [281.6] Catauthor
4th. [276.3] Ah.Sosha.
5th. [274.9] She Has My Heart
6th. [262.0] Raazi
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Overall:
1st.[583.0] Asfand
2nd.[573.5] Catauthor
3rd.[568.0] Rockerchkpoet
4th.[560.7] She Has My Heart
5th.[559.8] Ah.Sosha.
6th.[543.6] Raazi
Contest Winners
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wowowowowowowowowwowowowowowowowowowwowowow.
I'm really glad to be here. Can't wait to get started.
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Don't disappoint us.
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I probably will. Lyrics aren't my forte.
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lol but your name is "rockerchkpoet"
write us a rock song
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My name is rockerchkpoet because I couldn't think of anything else when I signed up for this site.
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Hahahaha! I'm BACK! ARGHHHHHHHHHH *crazed look*
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*cries*
I have never in my entire life written lyrics... I have a feeling this will go ... wonderfully? *continues crying* -
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I have a feeling you will do well - you're good at telling stories in your poetry, I'm sure you will do it well in here. The lyrical side, not so sure - I've never seen you write lyrics before. But anyhow, good luck.
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I know I can write short stories... lyrics make me shudder. Last night I studied the lyrics from some of my favorite songs. I have no idea what I'm going to write about though.
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The key (in my eyes anyway) is thinking of your rhyme scheme and being able to rhyme pretty well.
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Rhyming is not my thing. It is not my thing at alllllllll.
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oookay.....i just fell and broke my bum in two....
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Bollocks! This would have been my exact thing!
Dagnabbit, that's bloody typical
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That usually happens to me when I'm eliminated from contests too. lol
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Sod's Law!!!
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Quick question...
I'm most likely going to put instrumental information on my song, but I was wondering if you wanted it in the author notes? Will it be too distracting if I put notes inside the song itself?
Yes, yes, I won't put too many instruments in there...
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Here's how I do it:
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4026193
like, write the song; and in the notes copy + paste the song, and insert the instrumental info. That would work best.
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This will work.
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And I just wanted to let you know, this prompt is mean.
Evilly mean.
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Try to have the chorus being the main concept of the entire poem. Like in my poem "I'm staying i'm staying i'm staying - i dont care what happened, i'm staying" [that's the main message] (even though the last two lines changed each time]
and then from there, i told the story and how i felt.
and then the ending was the part when the main message [no one is ever wrong, we all just need to find where we belong] is the message left at the end.
so from the story/lyrics you got to really know the writer, and you inhaled his message.
That's just how it flowed with me - maybe the same strategy/intention could help you. Good luck.
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Yeah, that should help me... It's just my theme is so confusing. I'm trying to use a person from mythology (with my same name ) as a symbol and I'm trying to tie that in with everything and it's getting complicated but I think I can do it.
whew, long sentence.
What do you think about funky rhyme schemes?
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Consistent, gotcha!
*quickly scratches something out on her lyrics page*
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but with my lyrics - in my case - the main message came at the very end. like, that is my message to EVERYONE.
as for the chorus - that was just the main message to the guy i wrote it for, and was meant to emphasize the strong emotion.
i'm being way too wordy with this. i could have made this so much more concise, lol, but whatever.
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You're not being to wordy... I need all this to help me.
I haven't actually written lyrics before where I had to THINK about what I was writing.
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AAAAAAAAGH people ENTER!
I want that pre-score!
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Aww, I'm sorry, Cassie.
I'm just too busy...and by the number of entries, it looks like everyone else is, too.
At least, I hope they are.
Otherwise, I'm going to look pretty dumb when everyone's entered for the pre-score but me. o.O
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That's exactly what I thought would happen to me. I thought I would be the only one who didn't enter for the pre-score, and I ended up being the only one that DID enter for a while.
I actually haven't even finished my story yet.
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Just wanted to let you know that I'm halfway through my story and it'll be done soon.
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I can't wait until I get my score and this thing is JUDGED!
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me tooooooooooooo... the suspense is KILLING me
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i think helen and heather vanished from the face of the earth
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haha - definitely. :]
Cassie can use her powers to figure out where they are and lead us to where we shall "save" them. [aka find them, bring them here, and lock them in the Teen Idol Contest prison so they will have their scores in instantly and we won't have to ever wait]
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I think I speak for the rest of the contestants when I say that it isn't a matter of impatience on our parts, it is our underlying need to be judged. Really.
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Teen Idol has a prison?!
...and did I mention how awesome your hair is, Mr. Tangled Angle, sir? And how great your poems are?
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You suck up.
But his hair is not just awesome, is pretty-tastic.
yes, I JUST made up that word right now.
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Cassie has SUPER POWERS???
Wow.
But I doubt that even if I had powers, they wouldn't listen to me because I don't know them that well.
Or I could get Chelsea (Melted Dawn) to go all stawby stawby on them.
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sooooo... this is making me really paranoid
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Yeah, sorry. Just waiting on Helen - she hasn't been able to access a computer in the past few days. =/
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This makes me so sad! I get to go on, but other really really really great people don't.
I would have expected to be eliminated. I thought your story rocked.
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At least I got a new AP brother out of it, though.
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