Hey, I just had an idea of a theme for the next music contest and I wanted to get a few peoples input on it:
Covers
The idea would be to take one song by any artist and cover it in a different genre by fundamentally changing it.
-In order for an entry to be accepted, it must provide the original song via link to youtube or some other streaming site.
-In order for an entry to be accepted, a fundamental change in the genre of the song must be observed - no subtle changes either:
Thus something like:
-Jazz to Metal
-Electronica to Pop
-Rap to Folk
Would be o.k.
Something like:
-Thrash metal to Death metal
-House to Trance
-Smooth Jazz to Jazz
Would not be o.k.
-In order to be accepted, it must be observed that important elements of the original song were preserved, things like:
-Important Melody/Rhythm/Lyric/ etc. etc.
-Overall mood
Basically you can't simply just say it's a remake of a random song that sounds absolutely nothing like it.