The wide, wide world of online songwriting challenges

Bubbles in the old backyard

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I was poking around the web the other day trying to find some reputable online songwriting challenges to participate in and thought I’d start building a list right here for future reference.

I think contests like this are cool for several reasons, some of which I’ll expand upon right now before we get to the official list.

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September 23rd, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Song Fud - Oh well, back to the drawing board

   » Song Fu'd - Oh well, back to the drawing board «

I concede nothing! Except maybe defeat, just possibly, I guess …

Well, even though the polls are still open for another thirteen hours or so, it’s high time I dealt with reality and came to grips with the crushing blow that I will not be advancing to the next round of the Masters of Song Fu songwriting challenge. Let’s face it, I started in 5th place, I’m still in 5th place, the current leader has more than four times as many votes as I do; I’m pretty much screwed.

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September 17th, 2008 | Leave a Comment

New Song Fu! Woo-ho!

Detail of “Unibroue Cork vs. Vise Grips”

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Will I get a kick at the can this time?

I went to check out who won the Song Fu Challenge last week (surprise, surprise, it was Jonathan Coulton) just to find out the good folks at Quick Stop Entertainment were planning to start another songwriting challenge starting this week!

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August 6th, 2008 | 7 Comments

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