Listen to the 10 song collaborations entered in RiffRumble X. More than 30 musicians teamed up into "virtual bands" and collaborated online using RiffWorks to make these 10 tunes about moms. One band will receive free international flower delivery for their moms and one will win RiffWorks schwag.
Vote for your favorite songs by leaving one 'Shout' per song that you like here until May 21st (23:59 PST).
RiffRumble X is hosted by Sonoma Wire Works, developers of RiffWorks guitar recording software and RiffWorld.com online collaboration community.
2 Categories to Win
- Contestants' Choice: Contributors to the song that receives the most votes from the contestants win flower delivery for their moms and RiffWorks logo items.
- Popular Choice: Contributors to the song that receives the most votes from the public win RiffWorks logo items.
Submission Rules
- Launch RiffWorks and Create or Join an Invite-Only Collaboration with "RiffRumble X" in the title. How to Collaborate Online in RiffWorks.
- Must be an orginal song (no covers) about anyone's Mom(s).
- Song must be recorded in April or May 2008.
- Song Creator may invite 2 - 5 people to collaborate.
- Request to be invited by contacting the creator or by "Shouting" on the collab.
- No limit to the number of collaborations you may create or join.
- Collaboration description may request instruments, musicians, vocals, etc.
- No rule against using third party applications with RiffWorks, but you must use RiffWorks to record and collaborate online.
- Any collaborator may submit his/her mix of the collaboration to the Rumble. If you would like only one person to RiffCast the song to RiffRumble X, then communicate that to your "band mates", but there is no rule against it.
- When a collaboration is ready to be entered, use RiffWorks to RiffCast it to "RiffRumble X" May 1st - May 14 (23:59). Voting also begins May 1st!
- Each individual may only RiffCast one entry.
- Everyone who collaborates and contributes to a winning entry will win - limit 5.
- Entries may be deleted and re-entered as many times as you'd like until May 14th (23:59), but Shouts/Votes will be reset to zero.
- Contestants responsible for making sure their entry appears. If you don't see your song right away, wait 15 minutes, and if it doesn't show up please contact support. Don't wait until the last minute.
- In order to protect your music, songs submitted to RiffRumble are placed under the Creative Commons Music Sharing License. More Info
- Contestants worldwide are eligible - you do not have to live in the US.
Voting Rules - Popularity Category
- Voting is open for 3 weeks! Votes will be accepted as 'Shouts' on each song May 1st (00:01 PST) - May 21st (23:59 PST).
- Invite people to add a comment to your song starting May 1st.
- Individuals, including all contestants/participants, their moms, and the public, may leave one shout per song entry.
- Voters may be logged in when they leave a comment or leave a comment as a guest. We have ways to see if people vote more than once. Tell people not to vote more than once. If someone votes for a song more than once, that song may become disqualified. Let us know if you notice duplicate votes.
- Contestants who receive more than one vote per person, or cheer more than once for a song may be disqualified.
- Voters must vote from their own individual computers.
Voting Rules - Contestants' Choice Category
- Each contestant (every participant) will receive an email with instructions for voting on or before May 1st. Vote for your favorite song that is not yours (one that you didn't collaborate on or post) by replying to that email by May 21st (23:59). All Contestants (including all collaborators) must vote in this category in order to win either category.
Winners
Winners will be announced in the RiffRumble Forum and on this page by May 23rd.
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