Hello TPS!
We are ecstatic to announce the fifth annual GP7 Music Competition!
Years ago, GP7 was haunted by a singular repetitive tune that would play on loop before every class. The Senior Editors decided to introduce the first Music Competition as a solution. Since then, GP7 has enjoyed countless pieces of music composed or performed by our very own TPS community. These contests have been a huge success over the years, and we can’t wait to hear from the skilled musicians of our school once again!
How does all of this work? For this competition, we will accept submissions of original pieces, classical pieces, and other arrangements or songs within the public domain. The winning songs will be played on rotation in GP7 for the rest of the school year. All interested students must first submit their songs to newGP7music@gmail.com by February 6th. After careful review, 8-10 top picks will be selected and published on clay in mid February, so that the TPS community can vote for their favorites. Once the public vote concludes, the resulting four most popular songs will play on rotation as GP7 room music for the rest of the year. This process should ensure that the classroom soundtrack has enough variety to give everyone a chance to listen to something they can enjoy.
If you or someone you know is interested in entering the contest, please review the guidelines listed below:
- You must be a current TPS student to submit music.
- All submissions must be sent to newGP7music@gmail.com by February 6th. Late entries will not be considered.
- We cannot use music that may be offensive or questionable to some TPS students. As a result, we cannot consider rap, rock, romance music, political or protest music, etc. Instrumentals are best. Music with soft vocals and digital (techno) music are also acceptable.
- Any submissions must be completely original to the contestant: composed, performed, and recorded by TPSers. One exception is music clearly in the public domain (all works published in 1924 or earlier), although the performance and recording should still be the contestant’s own.
- Submissions may be in any popular, accessible format (e.g. MP3) or may be links to an audio site. The file that is provided for use in GP7 will need to be originally recorded as an uncompressed WAV file of a high sample rate (please do NOT convert an MP3 file to an uncompressed WAV, as the file will become unusable in GP7).
- Please attach your song file to an email that includes your name/composer’s name, the song title, and the year of composition along with any other information you believe is relevant.
- We will only allow ONE submission per person.
Please let us know if you have any questions! We’re so excited to hear from all of the talented students at TPS.
Happy composing!
Misa Stanton and Dianna Pledger
clay 2022-2023 Senior Editors
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