Guru Drums
Senior Member
Ok, nothing thinly veiled about this We're running a competition! I'm travelling outside the country next week, & when I return, we'll be officially launching a video competition on our website & Guru Facebook page. It's free to enter, & the prize is a 13" x 7" In-Tense series steam bent English Ash snare, c/w protection racket AAA rigid case, delivered priority air to your door, anywhere in the world!
You'll have to work for it though Entrants are invited to submit a video of around 1 minute duration demonstrating the sounds they can pull from their snare drum in a creative way. We're looking for expression using dynamics & a wide range of sounds, not blazing technical stuff. We suggest use of both snares on & snares off, rimshots, cross stick, etc to achieve this. Performance can be either solo snare or in a kit/alternative percussion context. Videos will need to be submitted to our Facebook page, either linked to Youtube or uploaded to Vimeo. Closing date for submissions is Sunday June 1st. The best 5 submissions will be selected by a panel of judges consisting of Guru artists, & the winner will be drawn live at the Manchester drum show on Sunday 8th of June.
To make this as inclusive as possible, the final 5 submissions will consist of videos from players with a variety of abilities, from beginner through to seasoned pro. Quality of visuals or audio will not feature in the decision either, but it must be clear & without distortion. In all cases, & following Guru's standards, all submissions must be unprocessed (no EQ/effects, etc). Hopefully, this means everyone stands a chance of winning, so get creative Submission details will be posted next week, c/w a full list of (sensible) rules.
For the interest of forum members (Mod's permitting), I'm hoping to update the forum with submissions as they come in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKMkvmBq3Pw&hd=1
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You'll have to work for it though Entrants are invited to submit a video of around 1 minute duration demonstrating the sounds they can pull from their snare drum in a creative way. We're looking for expression using dynamics & a wide range of sounds, not blazing technical stuff. We suggest use of both snares on & snares off, rimshots, cross stick, etc to achieve this. Performance can be either solo snare or in a kit/alternative percussion context. Videos will need to be submitted to our Facebook page, either linked to Youtube or uploaded to Vimeo. Closing date for submissions is Sunday June 1st. The best 5 submissions will be selected by a panel of judges consisting of Guru artists, & the winner will be drawn live at the Manchester drum show on Sunday 8th of June.
To make this as inclusive as possible, the final 5 submissions will consist of videos from players with a variety of abilities, from beginner through to seasoned pro. Quality of visuals or audio will not feature in the decision either, but it must be clear & without distortion. In all cases, & following Guru's standards, all submissions must be unprocessed (no EQ/effects, etc). Hopefully, this means everyone stands a chance of winning, so get creative Submission details will be posted next week, c/w a full list of (sensible) rules.
For the interest of forum members (Mod's permitting), I'm hoping to update the forum with submissions as they come in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKMkvmBq3Pw&hd=1
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