STBB wrote: ↑Wed Nov 07, 2018 6:38 pm
Weekly Beat Battles at the STBB Forever Forum
Anyone can participate.
Each Saturday a sample and set of rules is posted in the Beat Battles forum.
Make a beat using the sample, and post it on the forum by Wednesday, midnight, Pacific time.
Voting takes place in a vote thread in the same forum from Thursday to Friday, midnight Pacific time.
The winner chooses the sample and sets rules for the next battle.
The Beat Battles are run entirely by members of the STBB Forever Community.
Your participation is valued
HOW IT WORKS:
• Join the
STBB Forever Forum
• Download the sample from the latest thread on the
Beat Battles forum.
• Post your beat on Soundcloud, with the
tag and
title STBB### (using the number of the current Beat Battle)
• Post your beat (by pasting your beat's Soundcloud URL/Share button Code ) on the latest Beat Battle by Wednesday Midnight Pacific time.
• Voting starts on the Beat Battles forum after the Posting deadline and ends on Friday Midnight Pacific time
• Winner posts next week's new Sample & Rules on Saturday by 12 Noon Pacific time.
DEFAULT RULES:
The winner of the previous week's battle sets the rules. Here are the default rules:
• One beat per person
- extra entries are allowed but must be labelled "Non-entry" in the track title.
- entries posted after the deadline must be labelled as 'late entry' in the track title.
• Flip the chosen sample any way you want.
• Allowed: outside drums and bass, vocal shots, cuts/scratches, fx like crackle etc.
own recorded and/or played vocals, instruments, synths.
• Not allowed: outside acapellas or added samples unless stated.
NOTES:
• No significant rule changes to be made after posting. Clarifying, yes.
• The winner has the final say on entries being legit or not based on the rules provided.
• An entered beat may be substituted for another if it's a totally different flip.
• Beats that are the same as another entry but with or without aca won't be reposted.
- Nelson Mandela collab Week
This has been a yearly returning special rule since the week he passed away on december fifth 2013 ~ R.I.P. Nelson Mandela.
VOTING:
Voting takes place in a separate thread for each Beat Battle.
*You can vote if you have entered the battles before, or if you have a post count of 5+.
*this rule will be applied when deemed necessary
• Votes must be in by Friday Midnight Pacific Time.
• Vote 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for 5, 3, 1 points respectively.
• Don't vote for yourself.
• Make your votes easy to read using
BOLD,
BIG FONTS and
Crazy Colors.
• Must vote to be eligible for the win.
• Votes will be counted and result will be announced by a Moderator / Any member.
• Votes for non-entries will be disregarded. If additional places have been awarded, the votes will scoot up.
• collabs need only one vote*
* except for Nelson Mandela collab Week
This has been a yearly returning special rule since the week he passed away on december fifth 2013 ~ R.I.P. Nelson Mandela.
Contenders must collab to make for an eligeble entry.
all collabing parties have to vote for it to be an eligeble entry.
Reposting and adding to Playlist on STBB Collection:
• This is done for easy listening sake and has no direct bearing on the STBB Forever Battles.
• If your track is a legitemate entry and has been missed by the moderators you can
post in the round or vote thread and it will get picked up, or else message:
https://soundcloud.com/stbbcollection
https://soundcloud.com/joagymshoe
https://soundcloud.com/waxramble
https://soundcloud.com/grannydavid
https://soundcloud.com/per_du
*rules may be subject to change over time. all suggestions welcome.