dirkallie
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If you're anything like me, you love to pick up the uke and use its soothing powers to turn any song into a mellow jam. Things can get pretty epic. The Who. Black Sabbath. Queen. Hendrix. Zeppelin. You get the picture.
The contest is as follows: you need to pick any upbeat classic rock song (the more rockin', the better) and turn it into a rightous mellow version using the uke and your chops. remember, the object is to transform a normally rock-out, air guitar-ing, head banging, fist pumping song from the 60's-90's into an awesome relaxing cover. So don't "mellow out" a James Taylor song. It won't cut it.
The prize: The winner will be awakened from their chill with a POUND OF STARBUCKS COFFEE! That's right, the best will be rewarded with the best. Whole bean, any blend of your choice. There will be no runner-ups. There can only be one king of the mellow uke cover. Could it be you? post a link to your effort and find out!
Rules: Post a link to your video. It does not have to be in one take, you may have band members and other instruments, but it must prominently feauture the uke. The song of choice must be a ROCKING classic rock song (use your own judgement deciding this). The song should be complete, and not exceed 5 minutes (mellow, not snore inducing). And, in what may be the most important rule of all, you must address yourself (or your band) as the king(s) of mellow, and that you are going to mellow out (name of classic rock song).
In tradition of the mellow spirit, any contestants who ask any unneeded nit-picky questions on the forum regarding the rules will be disqualified. If you are not sure, just go with the flow.
You will be judged on the mellow and groovability of the cover. you will be judged on presentation. You will indeed be judged on the mellowness and listenability of the cover as opposed to the rocking song of choice. As I said before, do NOT pick a song that is already mellow.
The contest will end at midnight, April 22. The winner will be announced within the 23-24th. As the time of this writing, one entry per person/band, 50 entry slots total. So get going! But not too fast.
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ATTENTION!!! In addition to the coffee, the King of Mellow will also receive an amazing MYSTERY MELLOW AWARD BASKET!! The contents will be revealed once the winner is announced, and trust me, you will NOT be disapointed.
EDIT: I talked to the other judges, and you can submit as many entries as you'd like and we will pick your best entry as the one that will be in competition with the others. This goes for all participants. Good luck!
The contest is as follows: you need to pick any upbeat classic rock song (the more rockin', the better) and turn it into a rightous mellow version using the uke and your chops. remember, the object is to transform a normally rock-out, air guitar-ing, head banging, fist pumping song from the 60's-90's into an awesome relaxing cover. So don't "mellow out" a James Taylor song. It won't cut it.
The prize: The winner will be awakened from their chill with a POUND OF STARBUCKS COFFEE! That's right, the best will be rewarded with the best. Whole bean, any blend of your choice. There will be no runner-ups. There can only be one king of the mellow uke cover. Could it be you? post a link to your effort and find out!
Rules: Post a link to your video. It does not have to be in one take, you may have band members and other instruments, but it must prominently feauture the uke. The song of choice must be a ROCKING classic rock song (use your own judgement deciding this). The song should be complete, and not exceed 5 minutes (mellow, not snore inducing). And, in what may be the most important rule of all, you must address yourself (or your band) as the king(s) of mellow, and that you are going to mellow out (name of classic rock song).
In tradition of the mellow spirit, any contestants who ask any unneeded nit-picky questions on the forum regarding the rules will be disqualified. If you are not sure, just go with the flow.
You will be judged on the mellow and groovability of the cover. you will be judged on presentation. You will indeed be judged on the mellowness and listenability of the cover as opposed to the rocking song of choice. As I said before, do NOT pick a song that is already mellow.
The contest will end at midnight, April 22. The winner will be announced within the 23-24th. As the time of this writing, one entry per person/band, 50 entry slots total. So get going! But not too fast.
Edit:
ATTENTION!!! In addition to the coffee, the King of Mellow will also receive an amazing MYSTERY MELLOW AWARD BASKET!! The contents will be revealed once the winner is announced, and trust me, you will NOT be disapointed.
EDIT: I talked to the other judges, and you can submit as many entries as you'd like and we will pick your best entry as the one that will be in competition with the others. This goes for all participants. Good luck!
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