2 years ago I released my first ever track. It was for your competition. I have been a fan of film/videogamemusic and I wanted to be such a creator myself. Since then, I helped create 2 shortmovies, providing a score for them. I even created the music for a promovideo for an upcoming videogame in my country. Last year I enrolled in the highly recommended Dutch Academy for Music Production and Mixing (MTM). Austin, without your (small) push, there wouldn't have been that initial spark that put me on this path. I am eternally grateful for you, you don't even know. I was in Ghent a few weeks ago and I couldn't even thank you face to face. Still my biggest regret of the year. And yes, I will again enroll in this contest, hopefully improving myself. Multiple thanks. Good luck to anyone, I look forward to listening!
Thrilled to be a runner up, thanks Austin (and Dallas)! Looking forward to digging into this new contest, keen to see what I can do with two extra years under my belt.
Thanks so much again to Austin for putting this contest on, and for selecting my piece as a winner!! 🥰 Looking forward to working with you! Big congrats to everyone who entered and to the other winners - really cool work!
Hi all, if you have trouble posting here, you can leave a blank comment that sort of guides me to where your entry is (hopefully a video on your channel). If you have accessibility concerns or technical issues, you can let me know and we can troubleshoot Time's running out! :-P
I think mostly what happens is UA-cam removing comments with contact info I think the optional solution would be to put them in the video's description
I love the way you honored contestants even if they didn't win. Your contest is my favourite one. You're so free with what you can do with your prompts because they're so broad. So I'm very glad you keep doing them!
The hardest part about this is getting Adrift out of my head enough to do something different with the notes. Austin, why'd you have to make such a catchy melody?!
Austin! Huge thanks for this opportunity and for selecting my submission. Just wanted to say that I really appreciate the high value you put on creativity and ingenuity for these submissions. Being a recovering classically-trained musician, I often see what I consider to be a mis-prioritization of values: too much put on technical skill and pedigree, and not nearly enough on pure expression, creativity, risk-taking. All of the submissions you picked clearly took a leap, tried something new & crazy, and/or just went for it generally. The fact that you are actively supporting this type of approach - and that we, your followers and fans, are as well - is refreshing and bodes well for the future of the craft. Much love to all who submitted, and best of luck to the next crew as well! Can't wait to see the awesomeness that comes out of this next.
Oh my gosh, I recognize hearing these winning pieces from the score of Strayed Lights! Especially from Dario’s trumpet, I could tell immediately where that was in-game. Huge congrats to all of the winners, you guys knocked it out of the park! And I look forward to entering into this new contest, good luck to everyone!
Massive thank you Austin! Such an awesome opportunity, so incredibly grateful to have been have picked for last competition.... that new one is also looking very interesting as well 👀
I feel extremely grateful that you chose me as one of the winners! Very excited to be working with you! :) Kudos to everyone who entered and congrats to all other winners!
Great to hear everyone's submissions again! I really enjoyed participating last time, and I'm already having fun with the new prompt! Thanks for hosting these contests, you do a great job keeping the atmosphere supportive and cooperative!
I'm not a composer but as a fan of Stray Gods this is such a fun prompt! Reminds me of the motif in Defying Gravity being inspired by the same notes as Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Good luck to all the entrants :)
Ahhhh, Stray Gods was gorgeous! I've had Adrift stuck in my head like an earworm, this is the perfect opportunity! Thanks for the competition xx 🎵Is there any path through? 🎵
I think my comment didn't survive so I'll share my link in a reply to this comment. Otherwise, my entry is clearly marked on my channel. Thank you both for putting this contest together!
Many thanks Austin, very grateful to have been chosen! Great to see everyone’s entries and congrats to the other winners (Also love Alex’s Bloodborne top haha)
Hi Austin, thank you so much for giving us this great opportunity with your contest. Creating a track with the given melody was really nice and I enjoyed every second. Sadly I can't participate with my submission, because Reelcrafter and other links seem to not work here and it has to be a UA-cam link. Because of my visual impairment it's quite a challenge for me to put together a video in which I can implement the track which I could have dodged using Reelcrafter, Soundcloud, etc. Maybe I can handle this challenge of accessibility in your next contest. It would be a pleasure for me to submit my track next time, especially because of this amazing community's feedback I've read in the participants' comments. At this point I really need to say how grateful I am to have found such a supportive and nice group of people here! Last but not least good luck to all of you. All the tracks I've heard so far are fantastic and I feel lucky to be surrounded by such talented people.
oh nuuu :( I've seen people putting Soundcloud links?? Does that not work? Or even uploading to Google Drive and putting that link here? People have been emailing Dallas directly too, I THINK - in some cases
@@periwinklepopo Oh I didn't know we could send our tracks via email too. I've read a few comments to which Austin even replied which discussed these cases. But anyway it doesn't matter now and I still enjoyed everything. But thank you a lot for this advice.
I have got two entries this time around! A somber arrangement of 3 trombones and two tubas (Titled "Threnody"), and a light hearted jazz take (Titled "Strolling Down Viridian"). I have heard some AMAZING entries so far! Thank you to everyone else who has put in work. Truly inspiring! "Threnody" - ua-cam.com/video/N1-ze7RoqaU/v-deo.html "Strolling Down Viridian" - ua-cam.com/video/ODh1TdVtB88/v-deo.html
Hello everyone! Here is my entry for the competition - ua-cam.com/video/PsT-YZyyfdo/v-deo.html I've been composing for some time now, and I've really given it my all for this piece. Trying to get this done in 3 weeks was no easy task but I'm very proud to have been able to finish! Just in time too!! This piece put some of my other projects on pause, but it also invigorated me to push harder and to keep writing, so thanks for that 😅 My goal is that at least 1 person likes this piece, and hey, if that person is you Austin, then even better!!! Thanks again, take care everyone and happy Holidays!
Comments with links kept getting removed. Seems like the 4th one I posted stuck. Original, from yesterday, was ReelCrafter, which I guess UA-cam didn't like. If too late to be entered, no worries. I should have double-checked my comment yesterday. Still fun to work with the prompt though.
Hi Austin! This is my entry to your contest: ua-cam.com/video/pCG2bIn9Di8/v-deo.html Thank you, and anyone else who chooses to, for listening! No matter what happens with the outcome, this was a wonderful and fun creative opportunity. I look forward to seeing and hearing more work from you, and all the best to you and everyone who enters!
Finally finished my submission! Hope it's not too late. I took 8th December to mean submission at any time on that day. I'll put it in a reply, seeing as other people were saying their comments were removed as spam but that seemed to work for some? Edit: nope, replying to the comment didn't help - hopefully having the video on my channel is enough (most recent upload)
Entry here: ua-cam.com/video/zaH0El6qJbU/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared Thanks so much for hosting these contests, this was my first time participating and I had a lot of fun doing so! Hope you have a good time listening to all the submissions. The ones I've listened to so far have been really good!
Elloooo - Happy Festive Season, everyone!❄ Your entries are all GORGEOUS, I've been nosily listening to all of them and there are OODLES of textures in this world, who knew?! Thank you to Austin and the team for introducing me to all this talent. My entry is below! Wear a jumper before listening, it's a chilly one ☃ The Last Ice Giant: ua-cam.com/video/28nlbQXWd0Y/v-deo.html
It seems my comments have been deleted, but my submissions are on my channel under the playlist "Austin Wintory Contest 2023". Sorry for the hassle! It just wont let me post links for some reason
I don't know if I'll have time to participate but I have a question. Do you always have to use those pitches exactly as they are and in order or can you make changes? Like, would it be ok if I have it as is at some point but then I change some pitches while keeping the silhuette or adding flourishes inbetween? Essentially, can I treat it like an evolving theme in a story, or are there rules about that? I want to get as creative as possible but I don't want to do something that would get me disqualified for it. Anyway, can't wait to dig in and I love adrift too so I'm quite happy about that, tho, when the original is so good it gets a bit hard to forget about it. Also thank you Austin for being so generous and helping other composers!
Apologies, posting again as it seems that non YT links are getting shafted. Had to put it together into a 'video'. ua-cam.com/video/syfjAF9MnGQ/v-deo.html Hopefully this stays together. Loving the other entries so far.
I've tried to post a UA-cam link 3x today and keeps getting removed. Not sure what is going on. I posted a comment yesterday with a ReelCrafter link and it got deleted. Today I used UA-cam link and still getting removed.
Looks like my submission is getting caught in the spam filter. 😅 Here's a comment without a direct link to let you know I exist and am a real human being! The submission is on my channel but I'll try to see about getting a link to you here.
Is there a specific time on December 8th for the cutoff? I think I’ll need all the time I can get to finish my entry but don’t want to get excluded if it’s like, noon PST on Saturday. Super excited for this - many thanks Austin and Dallas for all you do! Edit: D’oh, i meant Friday. should have looked at the calendar more closely 😬
This time, I am submitting something more personal, with the guitar - my primary instrument - at the core of the composition. Following the link to my entry: ua-cam.com/video/3UIpN_kAYHo/v-deo.htmlsi=zH0NeEaLZBB8oZhT I greatly appreciated the opportunity to participate in the previous contest and was genuinely thrilled to find myself among the runners-up. Thank you so much for this contest, I really enjoy listening to everybody`s music.
Here is my entry! ua-cam.com/video/twrFgxPBrW8/v-deo.html I had so much fun doing this, thank you for holding this contest. This was honestly the push I need to start really getting into making my own music and I'm excited to start making more! :D
Question! Can you submit multiple entries? I'd imagine not but I felt i should ask anyway. (Edit: I saw your reply, I'm very much relieved because I've got two different ideas and I don't know how I would choose between the two) I'm so excited!
It's on you if you wanna do more work. Some people did in the last round, including one person I picked as a winner. If you feel motivated go for it! FWIW I am only listening to the music unto itself so doing more work only increases one's chances insofar as it gives me more options to listen to (IE, I am not inclined to reward 'more' work as an achievement of its own)
Hello! Thanks so much for putting this contest together-had a fantastic time making my little tune for it! ua-cam.com/video/Lk_VScSYKak/v-deo.html Also having a blast listening to everyone's submissions! Happy to hear how other people have approached the melody line.
Hello everyone, I've enjoyed listening to everyone's submissions! Here is my entry for the contest: ua-cam.com/video/CLaX_bKVcJY/v-deo.html I apologize for the length of my piece, it is a little over 10 minutes long, but I am also using it as one of the pieces on my Capstone Project for my Music BA degree. I hope you enjoy it! I will also attempt to get another submission in of me playing a composition for percussion quartet. If I don't make it in time for the contest, and anyone would like to listen to it, I will eventually post it on my channel. Many thanks, and I look forward to hearing more submissions. They have all been so fantastic!
Hey! Here's my entry for this competition! This was a lot of fun, and a lot of work. I decided to realize every idea I had for what I could do with the prompt, so I ended up with... more music than strictly necessary. If you're looking to narrow it down, tracks 2 and 3 are my personal favorites. I also tried my hand at playing and recording live instruments, and I think it turned out alright- all of this was a big stretch for me as a musician. A more detailed description is in the description of the video. The deadline is today, so I interpreted that to mean any pieces turned in today will still be considered. My apologies if I accidentally turned my entry in late. ua-cam.com/video/VlEOEPDhF4I/v-deo.html
Hey Austin, I am just wondering, will you make a community post when you have chosen the winners? Big thanks for putting on another contest, it was great fun, I don't envy you having to pick from all the fantastic submissions!
Hey, has anyone noticed that their submission is being removed from the comments? Just checked back on mine and noticed that it was deleted, probably due to being wrongly categorized as spam.... Any ideas on how to submit without getting auto deleted??
Ok one more question... Does it have to include specifically the notes shown on the screen or the song 'adrift' itself? As in, is it only the notes shown in the video or more like the whole melody?
Heya everybody! Sorry if this is a double post - I made sure to post on time yesterday, but can't find the comment anymore, so sorry if it is already in there but I just can't find it 🥲 I'll post in the replies to this comment. Good luck to everybody! Can't wait to listen to all the other entires of all you talented peeps! :D
Testing Apologies for any spam in your notifications, Austin. My comments keep disappearing and I have no idea if you’re getting my link. UA-cam doesn’t seem to like me posting links. Thanks, Austin! Edit: link in comments
I had a lot of fun working on this! Thanks for the fun opportunity to write more music Austin!! A set of miniatures in the style of a Spooky CS:GO Music Kit - ua-cam.com/video/n9USe474J00/v-deo.htmlsi=ASlJntGecT4kK8aK
On the topic of being one's self, I don't read music (probably not the kind of person you work with, but this looks like a fun thing to participate in). Is there a MIDI file one can grab to start?
Given my first comment was deleted (probably because youtube thought it was spam), here is another try! I focused on using accordion in a few less common, textural ways. It is short and sweet but I hope that some of the textures are inspiring. Thanks for the opportunity to get creative, Austin! Looking forward to hearing other entries. I'll try to post my contact info in the video description because it seems that we can't post it here. ua-cam.com/video/dZtM9A-hHiY/v-deo.html
Hi Austin, I'm having trouble submitting my music. I've tried twice to add a comment + link but it doesn't show up. I think my comment has been caught in some spam filter. What should I do ?
@@eitanmedina9098, interesting. I do have my email in the description box for easy contact. So you're saying that by removing my email I should be able to post ?
ua-cam.com/video/oSy5bscBcFU/v-deo.html Ok finally done! Thank you Austin for the inspiration; Adrift is a fantastic piece of music. I went for an electronic angle and used the pitches in fast rhythms to simulate chords. There were SO many revisions for this but it was a fun challenge. I look forward to checking out other peoples entries!
My last minute entry to this competition! I put as much love into it as I could ua-cam.com/video/a2uTZC8eqPI/v-deo.html Thanks again for the fun prompt Austin!
Hi! Here's my entry: ua-cam.com/video/S5Kz6xnHTp4/v-deo.html Lost access to my sounds recently, so I had to whip something up in a rush through musescore!! Hope it's alright! Also, I think on your end it would be much more organized to do this through a google form. That way you can have contact information pretty much immediately without having to do some manhunt!
Thanks for setting up such a wonderful contest, Austin! Here's my entry: ua-cam.com/video/PgO-j9IbzE0/v-deo.html Hope you enjoy it; I certainly had a blast making it. ☺ Can't wait to check out what everyone else has submitted!
Thanks for the contest, here is my submission: ua-cam.com/video/L2iOb8hrOLg/v-deo.html It is also my first youtube video as a hmmm..."musician" as, I've just started a few weeks ago to play with some ideas (I'm from a more visual background, illustatration and comics in a former life, photography now), so the contest is a perfect opportunity for me, nice timing. This channel and your insight, Austin, have been a huge factor in making me taking the leap and start really trying to do some music, so thanks a lot for your work and kindness. Good luck to everyone, there are already some really nice coming out from this contest, and I'm sure more will come during this last week. Can't wait.
Thanks for the opportunity, Austin! It was a lot of fun making a composition again, it's been a while since I've felt the creative motivation to create. I'll try attaching my link in a comment below, seems UA-cam spam filter is catching it. Edit: ua-cam.com/video/JrJj-N9TTZk/v-deo.html
Here is my entry: ua-cam.com/video/b6aKyXRVcoI/v-deo.html This was a ton of fun. Best of luck to all other participants! Thanks a bunch Austin for this contest. Oh, and big shoutout to Dallas Crane for all of the work behind the scenes.
Hey Austin! You can listen to my entry for the contest here: ua-cam.com/video/lPZQtd2jDSg/v-deo.html Had a fun time making this, it's fun to work with restrictions like this. Hearing everyone's take on the same material is really interesting. Good luck everyone! Cheers
Hello Austin ! First of all, thanks a lot for the content of your channel ! Always really inspiring ! And thanks a lot for this contest idea. Completely missed the first one, but this is my humble participation for this one. Hope you'll enjoy it :) Can't wait to hear everyone else's productions :) Cheers ua-cam.com/video/zLwhzuLXCR8/v-deo.html
Here's my entry! ua-cam.com/video/7_evPVGNaWo/v-deo.html Had a lot of fun! Thanks for making this contest! Best of luck to everyone else! (Sorry if there's repeated comments, mine seemed to have disappeared)
@@DallasCrane what do you mean? Edit: Oh! I see your gathering everyone's entries, didn't know, my bad! Thank you! I have my e-mail in my yt channel information rather than the video description, hope that's okay but let me know if otherwise
Here's my arrangement: ua-cam.com/video/EkqcFz1tjfM/v-deo.html Thank you for the opportunity to arrange your melody! I probably SHOULD also take this opportunity to apologize for the terrible pun which inspired much of my arrangement, but I'll decline to do so. To everyone else: I wish you all the best, and I hope you had as much fun writing your own tracks as I did with mine.
This is my submission for the contest: ua-cam.com/video/ueJImUN-1Tw/v-deo.html Thanks for the contest, I had a lot of fun putting this little piece together.
Was super mega busy studying when the last contest happened. Now I'm free and excited to finally take part in this new contest😤😤😤 !! ua-cam.com/video/3RXJ_ZZ4ewY/v-deo.html
Hi Austin / Dallas, here is my submission for the contest! ua-cam.com/video/tJ1bC6f_xjo/v-deo.html Thank you both for all of the hard work that goes into this channel.. I have learned so much from watching over the last couple of months and I am extremely grateful! Also I had a great time creating something for this.. Looking forward to checking out what everyone else came up with 🙂
I just found out about this contest tonight! 😅Here is my last minute submission :) Thank you for the opportunity! ua-cam.com/video/kTwty-gJ6pY/v-deo.html
Per request, I've added a MIDI file of the notes to the description, in case that makes it easier for anyone!
2 years ago I released my first ever track. It was for your competition. I have been a fan of film/videogamemusic and I wanted to be such a creator myself. Since then, I helped create 2 shortmovies, providing a score for them. I even created the music for a promovideo for an upcoming videogame in my country. Last year I enrolled in the highly recommended Dutch Academy for Music Production and Mixing (MTM).
Austin, without your (small) push, there wouldn't have been that initial spark that put me on this path. I am eternally grateful for you, you don't even know. I was in Ghent a few weeks ago and I couldn't even thank you face to face. Still my biggest regret of the year.
And yes, I will again enroll in this contest, hopefully improving myself.
Multiple thanks.
Good luck to anyone, I look forward to listening!
I love this so much!
“Look, Ma! I’m in an Austin Wintory video!” :) Thanks for the update. Perfect timing for a new contest, too. I look forward to working on my entry.
Thrilled to be a runner up, thanks Austin (and Dallas)! Looking forward to digging into this new contest, keen to see what I can do with two extra years under my belt.
Loved your last entry. Excited to see what you make next!
Thanks so much again to Austin for putting this contest on, and for selecting my piece as a winner!! 🥰 Looking forward to working with you!
Big congrats to everyone who entered and to the other winners - really cool work!
Mega congrats on your amazing work! 🥳
@@samwisegamgee1243 Thanks so much!! ☺
Hi all, if you have trouble posting here, you can leave a blank comment that sort of guides me to where your entry is (hopefully a video on your channel). If you have accessibility concerns or technical issues, you can let me know and we can troubleshoot
Time's running out! :-P
I think mostly what happens is UA-cam removing comments with contact info
I think the optional solution would be to put them in the video's description
^^^@@eitanmedina9098
Hey Dallas, I got three entry on my channel and can't seem to make a comment here, hope you can reach them ^^
I love the way you honored contestants even if they didn't win. Your contest is my favourite one. You're so free with what you can do with your prompts because they're so broad. So I'm very glad you keep doing them!
My submission will be linked in the replies of this comment. Thank you.
Entry: ua-cam.com/video/z_XkibVNAcE/v-deo.html
Added@@ComposerGregory
The hardest part about this is getting Adrift out of my head enough to do something different with the notes. Austin, why'd you have to make such a catchy melody?!
🙏 Can't wait to hear how you fuss with it!
Austin! Huge thanks for this opportunity and for selecting my submission. Just wanted to say that I really appreciate the high value you put on creativity and ingenuity for these submissions. Being a recovering classically-trained musician, I often see what I consider to be a mis-prioritization of values: too much put on technical skill and pedigree, and not nearly enough on pure expression, creativity, risk-taking.
All of the submissions you picked clearly took a leap, tried something new & crazy, and/or just went for it generally. The fact that you are actively supporting this type of approach - and that we, your followers and fans, are as well - is refreshing and bodes well for the future of the craft. Much love to all who submitted, and best of luck to the next crew as well! Can't wait to see the awesomeness that comes out of this next.
Morning fellow music nerd.
Oh my gosh, I recognize hearing these winning pieces from the score of Strayed Lights! Especially from Dario’s trumpet, I could tell immediately where that was in-game.
Huge congrats to all of the winners, you guys knocked it out of the park! And I look forward to entering into this new contest, good luck to everyone!
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It’s always so cool to hear all the different things everyone and up with from the same prompt! Thanks for choosing me as a winner!
Massive thank you Austin! Such an awesome opportunity, so incredibly grateful to have been have picked for last competition.... that new one is also looking very interesting as well 👀
I love how Freddie is the image you used to introduce everyone- it's so fitting to me.
I feel extremely grateful that you chose me as one of the winners! Very excited to be working with you! :)
Kudos to everyone who entered and congrats to all other winners!
Great to hear everyone's submissions again! I really enjoyed participating last time, and I'm already having fun with the new prompt! Thanks for hosting these contests, you do a great job keeping the atmosphere supportive and cooperative!
The submissions for the previous contest were AMAZING! Looking forward to all the creativity people come up with for this new contest!
I'm not a composer but as a fan of Stray Gods this is such a fun prompt! Reminds me of the motif in Defying Gravity being inspired by the same notes as Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Good luck to all the entrants :)
Ahhhh, Stray Gods was gorgeous! I've had Adrift stuck in my head like an earworm, this is the perfect opportunity! Thanks for the competition xx
🎵Is there any path through? 🎵
I think my comment didn't survive so I'll share my link in a reply to this comment. Otherwise, my entry is clearly marked on my channel. Thank you both for putting this contest together!
ua-cam.com/video/c2ghHaPEy4A/v-deo.html
Got it!
Many thanks Austin, very grateful to have been chosen! Great to see everyone’s entries and congrats to the other winners (Also love Alex’s Bloodborne top haha)
I don’t know if James Cullen is reading this, but your submission for the last contest was AWESOME!
Awesome! I’ll definitely throw one of my *many* hats in the ring again :)
I’m DEFINITELY having a go at this, good luck all!
This has timed out perfectly for me as a school teacher! I’ve got a whole week of good writing time coming up.
Have at it! :)
Good luck to everyone and thank you Austin for this great opportunity!
There were so many creative entries! I'm honored to be a runners up. I'm keen as a bean for the new prompt :D
Super psyched for this! Thank you Austin for your dedication to this contest after so long. You truly do great work
Hi Austin ! I've commented twice to post my entry but it's not showing. I hope you received it, and thanks for the opportunity !
I don't see it but Dallas will touch base!
Oh man, I may jump in on this and goof around with stuff👀
Hi Austin, thank you so much for giving us this great opportunity with your contest. Creating a track with the given melody was really nice and I enjoyed every second. Sadly I can't participate with my submission, because Reelcrafter and other links seem to not work here and it has to be a UA-cam link. Because of my visual impairment it's quite a challenge for me to put together a video in which I can implement the track which I could have dodged using Reelcrafter, Soundcloud, etc. Maybe I can handle this challenge of accessibility in your next contest. It would be a pleasure for me to submit my track next time, especially because of this amazing community's feedback I've read in the participants' comments. At this point I really need to say how grateful I am to have found such a supportive and nice group of people here!
Last but not least good luck to all of you. All the tracks I've heard so far are fantastic and I feel lucky to be surrounded by such talented people.
oh nuuu :(
I've seen people putting Soundcloud links?? Does that not work?
Or even uploading to Google Drive and putting that link here?
People have been emailing Dallas directly too, I THINK - in some cases
@@periwinklepopo Oh I didn't know we could send our tracks via email too. I've read a few comments to which Austin even replied which discussed these cases. But anyway it doesn't matter now and I still enjoyed everything. But thank you a lot for this advice.
If you're sure! I'm happy to reach out/help you upload if you'd like, and really want to submit
Reach out to me with what you have and we can make it work
@@DallasCrane fab, the king has arrived ☀️
That's a nice selection of notes you've given us. Time to start noodling!
I have got two entries this time around! A somber arrangement of 3 trombones and two tubas (Titled "Threnody"), and a light hearted jazz take (Titled "Strolling Down Viridian"). I have heard some AMAZING entries so far! Thank you to everyone else who has put in work. Truly inspiring!
"Threnody" - ua-cam.com/video/N1-ze7RoqaU/v-deo.html
"Strolling Down Viridian" - ua-cam.com/video/ODh1TdVtB88/v-deo.html
Received thanks
@@DallasCrane You are awesome, thank you!
This will be fun. I will go ahead and try writing something!
Hello everyone! Here is my entry for the competition - ua-cam.com/video/PsT-YZyyfdo/v-deo.html
I've been composing for some time now, and I've really given it my all for this piece. Trying to get this done in 3 weeks was no easy task but I'm very proud to have been able to finish! Just in time too!!
This piece put some of my other projects on pause, but it also invigorated me to push harder and to keep writing, so thanks for that 😅
My goal is that at least 1 person likes this piece, and hey, if that person is you Austin, then even better!!!
Thanks again, take care everyone and happy Holidays!
thanks mark
If I haven't responded to your comment with a like and comment, let me know by replying here
You may not have seen my entry yet (I think it got deleted)
Just reposted it
Comments with links kept getting removed. Seems like the 4th one I posted stuck. Original, from yesterday, was ReelCrafter, which I guess UA-cam didn't like. If too late to be entered, no worries. I should have double-checked my comment yesterday. Still fun to work with the prompt though.
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Got yours Rob@@robkovacsmusic
Got yours!@@FloeOfMusic
Count me in this next context my friend!
Hi Austin! This is my entry to your contest: ua-cam.com/video/pCG2bIn9Di8/v-deo.html
Thank you, and anyone else who chooses to, for listening! No matter what happens with the outcome, this was a wonderful and fun creative opportunity. I look forward to seeing and hearing more work from you, and all the best to you and everyone who enters!
I loved your entry! One of my favorites
Love this!
Wonderful track! A really nice casual game vibes. Reminds of something that could be in Sims!
Great work🙌
Thanks added
I'm definitely taking part in this! Turn it into synthwave maybe?
Whatever you want!
Hello! My entry is a reply to this comment because of spam filter.
UA-cam won't allow comments with contact info
What I and a few others did was put it in the video's description
ua-cam.com/video/fIYZ59NILw0/v-deo.htmlsi=rolKfT027ZIYJFIn
@@victorphan_ Received your entry
Finally finished my submission! Hope it's not too late. I took 8th December to mean submission at any time on that day. I'll put it in a reply, seeing as other people were saying their comments were removed as spam but that seemed to work for some? Edit: nope, replying to the comment didn't help - hopefully having the video on my channel is enough (most recent upload)
Got it, thanks Morgan
Entry here: ua-cam.com/video/zaH0El6qJbU/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
Thanks so much for hosting these contests, this was my first time participating and I had a lot of fun doing so!
Hope you have a good time listening to all the submissions. The ones I've listened to so far have been really good!
thanks
Wish I could join, but I sadly can't. I've got other things going on right now.
Just saw the video... well for the next time I guess...
Elloooo - Happy Festive Season, everyone!❄
Your entries are all GORGEOUS, I've been nosily listening to all of them and there are OODLES of textures in this world, who knew?!
Thank you to Austin and the team for introducing me to all this talent. My entry is below! Wear a jumper before listening, it's a chilly one ☃
The Last Ice Giant: ua-cam.com/video/28nlbQXWd0Y/v-deo.html
got it thanks
@@DallasCrane Thank yeuuu, Dallas! Have a lovely and restful season with fam and friends! ❄️🧊⛸️✨hope you aren’t working too hard huehue
Hello Austin and Dallas, sorry for being a last minute guy but its because of work haha. Do we have an exact time for the deadline?
By EOD
It seems my comments have been deleted, but my submissions are on my channel under the playlist "Austin Wintory Contest 2023". Sorry for the hassle! It just wont let me post links for some reason
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I don't know if I'll have time to participate but I have a question.
Do you always have to use those pitches exactly as they are and in order or can you make changes? Like, would it be ok if I have it as is at some point but then I change some pitches while keeping the silhuette or adding flourishes inbetween? Essentially, can I treat it like an evolving theme in a story, or are there rules about that? I want to get as creative as possible but I don't want to do something that would get me disqualified for it.
Anyway, can't wait to dig in and I love adrift too so I'm quite happy about that, tho, when the original is so good it gets a bit hard to forget about it.
Also thank you Austin for being so generous and helping other composers!
The goal is to unleash creativity, not constrain it :) That's the best answer I can give you
@@awintory Oh ok, good to know! Thank you!
Hey Austin, really grateful with these contests. Can we post more than one entries?
Yep!
Seems my entry got deleted since last night, its gonna be in the replies to this now (hopefully it counts!)
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Apologies, posting again as it seems that non YT links are getting shafted. Had to put it together into a 'video'.
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Hopefully this stays together. Loving the other entries so far.
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I've tried to post a UA-cam link 3x today and keeps getting removed. Not sure what is going on. I posted a comment yesterday with a ReelCrafter link and it got deleted. Today I used UA-cam link and still getting removed.
Looks like my submission is getting caught in the spam filter. 😅 Here's a comment without a direct link to let you know I exist and am a real human being! The submission is on my channel but I'll try to see about getting a link to you here.
Submission link, fingers crossed this works:
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Is there a specific time on December 8th for the cutoff? I think I’ll need all the time I can get to finish my entry but don’t want to get excluded if it’s like, noon PST on Saturday.
Super excited for this - many thanks Austin and Dallas for all you do!
Edit: D’oh, i meant Friday. should have looked at the calendar more closely 😬
Let's call it End of Day
@@awintory Perfect- thanks!
Link to my entry is a reply, my comment disappeared.
Time to check out everyone else's work!
Link: ua-cam.com/video/RDS7RBHy2zI/v-deo.html
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Let’s go boys
This time, I am submitting something more personal, with the guitar - my primary instrument - at the core of the composition. Following the link to my entry:
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I greatly appreciated the opportunity to participate in the previous contest and was genuinely thrilled to find myself among the runners-up. Thank you so much for this contest, I really enjoy listening to everybody`s music.
Thanks!!
Here is my entry! ua-cam.com/video/twrFgxPBrW8/v-deo.html
I had so much fun doing this, thank you for holding this contest.
This was honestly the push I need to start really getting into making my own music and I'm excited to start making more! :D
Thank you LLI
Question! Can you submit multiple entries? I'd imagine not but I felt i should ask anyway. (Edit: I saw your reply, I'm very much relieved because I've got two different ideas and I don't know how I would choose between the two)
I'm so excited!
It's on you if you wanna do more work. Some people did in the last round, including one person I picked as a winner. If you feel motivated go for it! FWIW I am only listening to the music unto itself so doing more work only increases one's chances insofar as it gives me more options to listen to (IE, I am not inclined to reward 'more' work as an achievement of its own)
Hello! Thanks so much for putting this contest together-had a fantastic time making my little tune for it!
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Also having a blast listening to everyone's submissions! Happy to hear how other people have approached the melody line.
Love the vibe you've got going in yours!
Got it thanks
Hello everyone, I've enjoyed listening to everyone's submissions!
Here is my entry for the contest: ua-cam.com/video/CLaX_bKVcJY/v-deo.html
I apologize for the length of my piece, it is a little over 10 minutes long, but I am also using it as one of the pieces on my Capstone Project for my Music BA degree. I hope you enjoy it!
I will also attempt to get another submission in of me playing a composition for percussion quartet. If I don't make it in time for the contest, and anyone would like to listen to it, I will eventually post it on my channel.
Many thanks, and I look forward to hearing more submissions. They have all been so fantastic!
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@@DallasCrane Thanks Dallas!
Hey! Here's my entry for this competition!
This was a lot of fun, and a lot of work. I decided to realize every idea I had for what I could do with the prompt, so I ended up with... more music than strictly necessary. If you're looking to narrow it down, tracks 2 and 3 are my personal favorites.
I also tried my hand at playing and recording live instruments, and I think it turned out alright- all of this was a big stretch for me as a musician. A more detailed description is in the description of the video.
The deadline is today, so I interpreted that to mean any pieces turned in today will still be considered. My apologies if I accidentally turned my entry in late.
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Somehow the comment with my entry link is disappearing, will try responding to this post with it.
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Yum, thanks T@@swGravemaker
My comments keep getting caught in the spam filter. I'll try posting the link as an answer to this comment.(Edited: It worked- Good luck, you guys!)
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@@SwordandPentacle Added your entry. Is a pentacle half a tentacle? 🤔
@@DallasCrane It's a talisman used in magical evocations ^^ which places my username somewhere in between edgelord and metal band
Sweet! @@SwordandPentacle
Hey Austin, I am just wondering, will you make a community post when you have chosen the winners? Big thanks for putting on another contest, it was great fun, I don't envy you having to pick from all the fantastic submissions!
I've been making videos revealing the winners each time ... check the contest playlist! :)
@@awintory sorry! New to these contests and didn't see that!
Hey, has anyone noticed that their submission is being removed from the comments? Just checked back on mine and noticed that it was deleted, probably due to being wrongly categorized as spam.... Any ideas on how to submit without getting auto deleted??
UA-cam won't allow contact info be posted for some reason
Me and a few others put it in the comment of their videos
@@eitanmedina9098 I didn't post any contact info, though I did use reelcrafter instead of a youtube video. Trying to upload to youtube instead now
Is Damp Tuning your entry? I added that.
@@DallasCrane it is, the original comment is gone but it appears that by using youtube instead of reelcrafter it doesn't get deleted
Ok one more question... Does it have to include specifically the notes shown on the screen or the song 'adrift' itself? As in, is it only the notes shown in the video or more like the whole melody?
I am intentionally vague in the rules :)
Hello again Austin! I think my comment has disappeared, I'll put my submission in the replies to this comment.
Thank you and goodluck to everyone!
my submission: ua-cam.com/video/OtjIukK2FY8/v-deo.html
Got it!
are we allowed to upload our submissions to spotify or does it have to stay only for the purpose of this contest?
Soundcloud is fine if UA-cam is not a possibility, I need to be able to download the audio and copy the link
Heya everybody!
Sorry if this is a double post - I made sure to post on time yesterday, but can't find the comment anymore, so sorry if it is already in there but I just can't find it 🥲
I'll post in the replies to this comment.
Good luck to everybody! Can't wait to listen to all the other entires of all you talented peeps! :D
Added your video from your YT channel
@@DallasCrane Perfect! Thanks a lot Dallas! :D
Weird question: can we transpose the notes? E.g. moving from Ab major to D major?
Yep! The prompt is all about engaging your creative energies, not restraining them
Hi Austin and Dallas! I had so much fun writing this, so thanks so much for the prompt!
Here's my entry: ua-cam.com/video/wWYOQ4bV_4Q/v-deo.html
Thanks JH
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Apologies for any spam in your notifications, Austin. My comments keep disappearing and I have no idea if you’re getting my link. UA-cam doesn’t seem to like me posting links. Thanks, Austin!
Edit: link in comments
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Apparently UA-cam doesn’t like me posting my contact info. You should be able to find it in my channel/profile
@@alexjwalkermusic exactly
What I saw people doing and decided to do to is put the contact info in the video's description
@@eitanmedina9098That’s a great idea!
Got your entry Alex@@alexjwalkermusic
I had a lot of fun working on this! Thanks for the fun opportunity to write more music Austin!!
A set of miniatures in the style of a Spooky CS:GO Music Kit - ua-cam.com/video/n9USe474J00/v-deo.htmlsi=ASlJntGecT4kK8aK
Cool thanks
My second submission:
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On the topic of being one's self, I don't read music (probably not the kind of person you work with, but this looks like a fun thing to participate in). Is there a MIDI file one can grab to start?
I would say simply listen to the tune "Adrift" and use you ears :) Though posting a MIDI file isn't a terrible idea ...
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Ok another question. Can you change the key? (Never mind. I gotcha. Everybody else is asking the right questions 😊)
The rules are intentionally vague :)
Given my first comment was deleted (probably because youtube thought it was spam), here is another try! I focused on using accordion in a few less common, textural ways. It is short and sweet but I hope that some of the textures are inspiring. Thanks for the opportunity to get creative, Austin! Looking forward to hearing other entries. I'll try to post my contact info in the video description because it seems that we can't post it here. ua-cam.com/video/dZtM9A-hHiY/v-deo.html
Yep got it
Hi Austin, I'm having trouble submitting my music. I've tried twice to add a comment + link but it doesn't show up. I think my comment has been caught in some spam filter. What should I do ?
I’ve tried to do the same too with my reel crafter link, but it hasn’t shown up too.
@@kylebooth2695 I had this problem with soundcloud link, you need to upload a youtube link or it wont show in the comments
@@connorrobinson-pierce my issue is with a UA-cam link
I think youtube won't let contact info be posted?
Whenever I tried to post something with some sort of contact info it didn't show
@@eitanmedina9098, interesting. I do have my email in the description box for easy contact.
So you're saying that by removing my email I should be able to post ?
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Ok finally done! Thank you Austin for the inspiration; Adrift is a fantastic piece of music.
I went for an electronic angle and used the pitches in fast rhythms to simulate chords.
There were SO many revisions for this but it was a fun challenge.
I look forward to checking out other peoples entries!
Thanks!
My last minute entry to this competition! I put as much love into it as I could ua-cam.com/video/a2uTZC8eqPI/v-deo.html
Thanks again for the fun prompt Austin!
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Hi! Here's my entry: ua-cam.com/video/S5Kz6xnHTp4/v-deo.html
Lost access to my sounds recently, so I had to whip something up in a rush through musescore!! Hope it's alright!
Also, I think on your end it would be much more organized to do this through a google form. That way you can have contact information pretty much immediately without having to do some manhunt!
Got it!
Thanks for setting up such a wonderful contest, Austin!
Here's my entry: ua-cam.com/video/PgO-j9IbzE0/v-deo.html
Hope you enjoy it; I certainly had a blast making it. ☺ Can't wait to check out what everyone else has submitted!
thanks Ross
Thanks for the contest, here is my submission: ua-cam.com/video/L2iOb8hrOLg/v-deo.html
It is also my first youtube video as a hmmm..."musician" as, I've just started a few weeks ago to play with some ideas (I'm from a more visual background, illustatration and comics in a former life, photography now), so the contest is a perfect opportunity for me, nice timing.
This channel and your insight, Austin, have been a huge factor in making me taking the leap and start really trying to do some music, so thanks a lot for your work and kindness.
Good luck to everyone, there are already some really nice coming out from this contest, and I'm sure more will come during this last week. Can't wait.
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Thanks @@DallasCrane :)
This has SUCH incredibly cool atmosphere
Ha! thank you so much @@cakeatjobs :)
Thanks for the opportunity, Austin! It was a lot of fun making a composition again, it's been a while since I've felt the creative motivation to create. I'll try attaching my link in a comment below, seems UA-cam spam filter is catching it.
Edit: ua-cam.com/video/JrJj-N9TTZk/v-deo.html
thanks for entry
Here is my entry: ua-cam.com/video/b6aKyXRVcoI/v-deo.html
This was a ton of fun. Best of luck to all other participants! Thanks a bunch Austin for this contest. Oh, and big shoutout to Dallas Crane for all of the work behind the scenes.
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Hey Austin!
You can listen to my entry for the contest here: ua-cam.com/video/lPZQtd2jDSg/v-deo.html
Had a fun time making this, it's fun to work with restrictions like this. Hearing everyone's take on the same material is really interesting.
Good luck everyone!
Cheers
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Hello Austin ! First of all, thanks a lot for the content of your channel ! Always really inspiring ! And thanks a lot for this contest idea. Completely missed the first one, but this is my humble participation for this one. Hope you'll enjoy it :) Can't wait to hear everyone else's productions :) Cheers
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@@DallasCrane awesome ! Thank you Dallas !
Here's my entry! ua-cam.com/video/7_evPVGNaWo/v-deo.html
Had a lot of fun! Thanks for making this contest!
Best of luck to everyone else!
(Sorry if there's repeated comments, mine seemed to have disappeared)
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@@DallasCrane what do you mean?
Edit: Oh! I see your gathering everyone's entries, didn't know, my bad! Thank you! I have my e-mail in my yt channel information rather than the video description, hope that's okay but let me know if otherwise
Austin, you are a god among men and we do not deserve you.
Far from it, but I'm glad folks enjoy doing these! :) It's a real pleasure to discover and engage with new talent this way!!
Here's my arrangement: ua-cam.com/video/EkqcFz1tjfM/v-deo.html
Thank you for the opportunity to arrange your melody! I probably SHOULD also take this opportunity to apologize for the terrible pun which inspired much of my arrangement, but I'll decline to do so. To everyone else: I wish you all the best, and I hope you had as much fun writing your own tracks as I did with mine.
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This is my submission for the contest: ua-cam.com/video/ueJImUN-1Tw/v-deo.html
Thanks for the contest, I had a lot of fun putting this little piece together.
Got it!
Was super mega busy studying when the last contest happened. Now I'm free and excited to finally take part in this new contest😤😤😤 !! ua-cam.com/video/3RXJ_ZZ4ewY/v-deo.html
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n o p r o b l e m @@DallasCrane
Hi Austin / Dallas, here is my submission for the contest! ua-cam.com/video/tJ1bC6f_xjo/v-deo.html
Thank you both for all of the hard work that goes into this channel.. I have learned so much from watching over the last couple of months and I am extremely grateful! Also I had a great time creating something for this.. Looking forward to checking out what everyone else came up with 🙂
Thanks!
Thank you for this contest! Here's my entry: ua-cam.com/video/JAED4fl4L2o/v-deo.html
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Had a great time doing this, thanks for this amazing contest!
Here's my track: ua-cam.com/video/FPuQEeFvckQ/v-deo.html
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Hello! This is my entry for the contest: ua-cam.com/video/FYERPqE_biY/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for the prompt, I had fun writing this one :)
Got it!
Hello again! Here is the link to my second submission for this fantastic contest, "Felt At Home" ua-cam.com/video/hjTuXG5L2ZY/v-deo.html
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I just found out about this contest tonight! 😅Here is my last minute submission :) Thank you for the opportunity! ua-cam.com/video/kTwty-gJ6pY/v-deo.html
pinging @dallascrane :)
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