Heavensward Music Contest (EU) - Discussion Thread

Please feel free to use this thread to discuss the Heavensward Music Contest and practice submitting your entries.

The full contest details and rules can be found here.

When you are ready to make your entry, please do so by posting in the entry thread.

Totally gutted, I have no musical ability whatsoever :(. I couldn't participate in the last competition either as couldn't edit the pictures into the required format :(

I want to participate with a piano entry, but I'm not quite sure about the rules.
Do I need to be in the video playing the song for the entire duration? I'm more of a composer and would likely need multiple takes, so the question is if it's valid if I show some footage of me playing the song and alternate that with something else like FF14 ingame footage.

Besides that I think 2:30 is a bit short, but I guess I'll manage somehow. There are no rules whatsoever regarding the arrangement, right? So if I just use parts of the theme in my song and compose the rest myself it's still valid, right?

If only I wasn't so lazy with getting my piano tuned up I'd give this a try :( hopefully there'll be some nice entries though, I absolutely love the OST in question

Man, if only the composition was enough, I'd make something in FL Studio. :P
Still looking forward to listen to what actually talented people make, though. The song itself is already really beautiful.

I would like to get some more clarification on the video rule.
I'm currently working on a arrangement to participate, but since I'm a trumpet player I've been working on a 3 line composition to get in some chords to back up the song. Doing this on my own however means that I will be recording the audio of all 3 lines separately and mix them together under the video.

Which leaves me with the question if it would be good enough if I only record a video of me playing the first line? Or do I need to provide 3 videos in this case as well?

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The Contest is only open to holders of an active FINAL FANTASY XIV service account (“Service Account”) during the Entry Period who are resident in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, and the United Kingdom (the “Territory”). Residents of jurisdictions other than the Territory may also be eligible to enter the Contest under rules applicable to those residents’ jurisdictions if Square Enix or one of its affiliates has posted such rules.

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Most contests lately have not been opened to residents in Italy (like myself) and other european countries. I would like to give it a try, especially since contests are getting more interesting than just "post your screenshots" but I cannot enter, due to territory restrictions. Is there any chance we'll see this restriction lifted in any upcoming event?

Greetings,

We are happy to announce the sheet music for the song "Night in the Brume" is now available here. The sheet music shows the melody and the chords for this song.

With the availability of the sheet music we've updated the contest details page. We also received a comment from Sound Director Soken "Go ahead and cook this song anyway you want!", so you can perform as is, or make further arrangements to this to add your own flavor!

To accommodate this change, we will be extending the entry deadline by two weeks. We'll follow up with the new deadline date on the contest page, and through Lodestone topics, so please keep an eye out for it!

We would like to thank all of you who have already submitted your entries by playing by ear! Since we have posted the sheet music, if you would like to submit another entry, we'll consider the new entry valid as well.

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by Zhexos

Greetings,

We are happy to announce the sheet music for the song "Night in the Brume" is now available here. The sheet music shows the melody and the chords for this song.

With the availability of the sheet music we've updated the contest details page. We also received a comment from Sound Director Soken "Go ahead and cook this song anyway you want!", so you can perform as is, or make further arrangements to this to add your own flavor!

To accommodate this change, we will be extending the entry deadline by two weeks. We'll follow up with the new deadline date on the contest page, and through Lodestone topics, so please keep an eye out for it!


Good luck!

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Hello Zhexos,

Hello Zhexos,

Thanks for this wonderful contest.

Sadly, I live in Greece. I am so sad that I cannot partake in the contest. This isn't fair. I pay the same Euros as the other countries. :(
I personally will still participate and hope that I'll be considered. The personal video from Soken is the best reward as far as I am concerned, but that Noble Barding is something I have been seeking very much, I really want it, you can't keep offering it only on one part of the customers.

Is there any way may be elligible? This is from the official rules:

"Prospective contestants must possess an active service account and have a permanent residence in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia or the United Kingdom in order to be able to enter."


I live in Greece, but my cousin is a permanent residence in Belgium. Can he sign in my place?

Please reply. Thanks in advance.

Hi Zhesos
I am going to be entering on my violin, just don't have time to record it till April. I don't currently have access to a keyboard, or computerised Mixing programs to play for me, so am going to ask my sister to play a composed accompaniament on her Cello, I want to check this is allowed and also would it be okay to include her on my video or should it just be myself playing my violin. Thanks in advance.

'Zhexos' sorry :(

Greetings,

Yes, you may have someone accompany your performance in your entry video. :)
To quote the rules:

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You may collaborate with other people; however, only (1) prize will be awarded per entry, if selected.

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We are looking forward to the amazing entries from everyone!

Niconico chokaigi is done, but i can't find any result on the music contest. Where and when is this info gonna be released?

'Winners will be announced on the official forums on or around 2 May, 2016. If the winner announcement date needs to be pushed back then we will make an official announcement beforehand.'

Greetings,

Zhexos posted an update regarding the winner announcement date on the North American contest thread, so we would like to share with you all too.

The winner announcement was originally planned for 2nd May; however, we received a huge number of amazing entries (over 150 entries globally!), so the Sound team has requested a little bit more time to select the honourable mention winners.

We apologize for the delay, but we're planning to announce the full list of winners later this month.

We truly appreciate your patience!

Because SE decided that EU isn't worthy of an up to date notice :)
http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...18064d28fbf263