Competition Rules
Song Writing Competition Rules:
" Entries shall be registered either:-
In person at the venue, by 2.00 p.m. on the Saturday of the event
Or
by email, by noon on the Friday prior to the event, to loanheadfest@googlemail.com
" Songs must be the original work of the registered entrant.
" Only one entry per person.
" Songs can be performed in collaboration with other musicians.
" All vocals and instrumentation must be performed live with no pre-recorded backing tracks or drum machines.
" The judges' decision is final.
The winner will be presented with the Iain McLennan Trophy* and a cheque for £50.
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Recycled Instrument Competition Rules:
" Entries shall be submitted by 2.00 p.m. on the Saturday of the event.
" Multiple entries are permissible
" The entries shall be the work of the entrants
" The entrant (or his nominee) must play the entry when requested by the judges.
The object of the competition is to make a playable musical instrument using as high a proportion of recycled material as possible.
The instrument will be judged along the following lines:
1 Playability. Has it got a reasonable range of notes? Has it got reasonable volume? Does it stay reasonably in tune? Does it last long enough to be handled and demonstrated? Note that the intention is not to judge the musical skills of the player, and makers may choose who should play it. The judges will make reasonable allowance for the possibility that no-one has any idea how to play it properly.
2 Recycled content. What percentage of recycled parts is incorporated? Is there a history for the materials? Have they been saved from destruction? Note that reclamation is the intent, ie salvaging material that would otherwise be disposed of. Mere substitution, eg, stripping parts off one instrument to put on another, would have low merit - unless of course they were completely different types of instrument. Supporting photographic evidence will be very helpful.
3 Novelty value. Is any inventiveness or lateral thinking evident (even if it didn't fully work)? The use of recycled items in unexpected ways (eg using a car jack from a scrapyard to tension strings) would attract higher scoring that sticking to more conservative designs.
4 General appearance. Does the finished instrument have any aesthetic qualities, or is it indeed the heap of crap that it first looked like? Judicious use of pre-finished material might gain points. If it causes anyone to burst out laughing, that's worth a point or two as well.
We will also accept part-completed instruments as entries, though obviously allowance will have to be made for the unfinished condition.
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