The Marching Mouthpiece!
Ok guys – just when you thought things couldn’t get any better here on tMP, and following on from the Copyright FAQ and the Regionals Predictions Competition, it’s time for perhaps the most exciting venture yet on the forum!
Acting on many of your requests for a ‘signature tune’, the tMP Team have set up a Composers Competition. The task is to write a march that will be named ‘The Mouthpiece’ and will be available for purchase as ‘The Official tMP March’.
You are encouraged to submit an entry for the first round of the competition which will be judged by none other than Philip Sparke! As most of you know of course, Philip is himself a tMP member, and we are extremely grateful for his continued commitment to tMP and for his willingness to help us in this competition.
Philip will then produce a shortlist of 3 marches which will then be posted (anonymously) on theMouthPiece.com for you, the members to vote on your favourite march. The winning composition will be published by Thornes Music and all profits from the sales of the winning march will be donated to The MouthPiece.com to help towards its running costs for the future. It is also hoped to have the winning march recorded for posterity on a CD some time in the near future.
And now for the boring bit!
The Rules:
theMouthPiece.com Composers Competition.
Rules:
General:
The entrant must agree to the terms stated below.
The entrant must be a registered member of theMouthPiece.com on the date of submission.
Only one entry per Member will be allowed.
The march must be playable by all grades/standards of bands.
Scoring for Percussion: Please use only Side Drum, Bass Drum and Clash Cymbals.
No entry will be accepted if it has been performed in public by any ensemble/band before the closing date of the competition.
Your score should be submitted in the form of a ‘hard copy’. These can either be computer generated or handwritten manuscripts. In the case of handwritten scores please do not send the originals. Entries will not be returned unless a S.A.E. is supplied.
The decision of the Administration/Moderating team at theMouthPiece.com will be final.
The winning composition will be used as theMouthPiece.com's signature tune and be published by Thornes Music.
Composers may wish to attach a title to their entries, but the winning entry will be renamed 'The Mouthpiece'.
Dates:
All entries must be received by us no later than 31st July 2004.
No entries will be permitted after this date. theMouthPiece.com Administration/Moderating team reserve the rights to extend the date for entries for any reason they deem to be necessary.
Please send scores to: Roger Thorne, 18 Sundorne Crescent, Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 4JE.
Judging:
1st round: Submitted scores will be judged by Philip Sparke with an objective to shortlist a final 3.
Final round: The final 3 entries will be presented anonymously as a poll on theMouthPiece.com forum and will run for 4 weeks. These entries will be typeset and be available for viewing and listening through the Sibelius/Scorch facility. (Anyone posting information on tMP or any other website identifying the composers of the final three entries will risk that entry being disqualified.)
Proceeds:
The winning composition will be published by Thornes Music and all profits from the sales of the winning march will be donated to theMouthPiece.com to help ensure running costs for the future.
Copyright:
The copyright will remain with the composer.
So come on guys, get your creative juices flowing and let’s have some exciting marches to listen to! Remember, the winning march will, after all, be voted by your fellow tMP’ers who between them, cover a huge number of bands – so there’s a big possibility here that your march would be played by bands across the world! And if that wasn’t incentive enough – you’d also be contributing to the future of theMouthPiece.com!
Edit: 20th June, 2004
We would like to thank everyone who has sent their entry in so far - the response we've received to date has been excellent. Following a few messages that have come to hand, it has become evident that a few of you are struggling to meet the deadline. In order to give everyone a fair crack at the prize, we will be extending the deadline by a month.
So the new closing date for this competition is now the 31st August 2004. This deadline will not be extended further.
Good luck, and don't forget that this is a unique opportunity to get your march heard by hundreds of your fellow tMPers!
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Your tMP team
Ok guys – just when you thought things couldn’t get any better here on tMP, and following on from the Copyright FAQ and the Regionals Predictions Competition, it’s time for perhaps the most exciting venture yet on the forum!
Acting on many of your requests for a ‘signature tune’, the tMP Team have set up a Composers Competition. The task is to write a march that will be named ‘The Mouthpiece’ and will be available for purchase as ‘The Official tMP March’.
You are encouraged to submit an entry for the first round of the competition which will be judged by none other than Philip Sparke! As most of you know of course, Philip is himself a tMP member, and we are extremely grateful for his continued commitment to tMP and for his willingness to help us in this competition.
Philip will then produce a shortlist of 3 marches which will then be posted (anonymously) on theMouthPiece.com for you, the members to vote on your favourite march. The winning composition will be published by Thornes Music and all profits from the sales of the winning march will be donated to The MouthPiece.com to help towards its running costs for the future. It is also hoped to have the winning march recorded for posterity on a CD some time in the near future.
And now for the boring bit!
The Rules:
theMouthPiece.com Composers Competition.
Rules:
General:
The entrant must agree to the terms stated below.
The entrant must be a registered member of theMouthPiece.com on the date of submission.
Only one entry per Member will be allowed.
The march must be playable by all grades/standards of bands.
Scoring for Percussion: Please use only Side Drum, Bass Drum and Clash Cymbals.
No entry will be accepted if it has been performed in public by any ensemble/band before the closing date of the competition.
Your score should be submitted in the form of a ‘hard copy’. These can either be computer generated or handwritten manuscripts. In the case of handwritten scores please do not send the originals. Entries will not be returned unless a S.A.E. is supplied.
The decision of the Administration/Moderating team at theMouthPiece.com will be final.
The winning composition will be used as theMouthPiece.com's signature tune and be published by Thornes Music.
Composers may wish to attach a title to their entries, but the winning entry will be renamed 'The Mouthpiece'.
Dates:
All entries must be received by us no later than 31st July 2004.
No entries will be permitted after this date. theMouthPiece.com Administration/Moderating team reserve the rights to extend the date for entries for any reason they deem to be necessary.
Please send scores to: Roger Thorne, 18 Sundorne Crescent, Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 4JE.
Judging:
1st round: Submitted scores will be judged by Philip Sparke with an objective to shortlist a final 3.
Final round: The final 3 entries will be presented anonymously as a poll on theMouthPiece.com forum and will run for 4 weeks. These entries will be typeset and be available for viewing and listening through the Sibelius/Scorch facility. (Anyone posting information on tMP or any other website identifying the composers of the final three entries will risk that entry being disqualified.)
Proceeds:
The winning composition will be published by Thornes Music and all profits from the sales of the winning march will be donated to theMouthPiece.com to help ensure running costs for the future.
Copyright:
The copyright will remain with the composer.
So come on guys, get your creative juices flowing and let’s have some exciting marches to listen to! Remember, the winning march will, after all, be voted by your fellow tMP’ers who between them, cover a huge number of bands – so there’s a big possibility here that your march would be played by bands across the world! And if that wasn’t incentive enough – you’d also be contributing to the future of theMouthPiece.com!
Edit: 20th June, 2004
We would like to thank everyone who has sent their entry in so far - the response we've received to date has been excellent. Following a few messages that have come to hand, it has become evident that a few of you are struggling to meet the deadline. In order to give everyone a fair crack at the prize, we will be extending the deadline by a month.
So the new closing date for this competition is now the 31st August 2004. This deadline will not be extended further.
Good luck, and don't forget that this is a unique opportunity to get your march heard by hundreds of your fellow tMPers!
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Your tMP team
