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    Well, it's time for the next incarnation of Algorhythm. Last year's
was, and I say it perfectly honestly, very badly organised. What's more,
it's all my fault. [those who know me realise how hard it was for me to
say that ;)] This year's competition will see a far better organised
effort by the team running the competition, as well as some rule
changes. On to the info!

    BTW, this is the first revision of this document; the rules
should stay fairly constant, and things won't change much. I *will*
release a more up-to-date version of this file later on though, closer
to the competition itself.

              -*---------------------------------------*-
              -= What *is* the Algorhythm competition? =-
              -*---------------------------------------*-

    The Algorhythm music competition is a (hopefully) annual event run
to coincide with the Coven demoparty in Adelaide, Australia in the
middle of the year (June/July sometime in '96). Last year
was the first, and we received a lot more enthusiasm than we expected,
with some excellent music from all over Australia. This year's
competition has been extended to include any region that can be
considered part of Australasia... i.e. New Zealand, PNG [ ? :) ]. It is
another attempt by PoP to "wake up" the talent that *we* know is here...
but the general public don't. When asked for their favourite scene muso,
people will generally reply with the name of an American or European
musician... this competition is here to announce to the world that we
southerners are just as good, if not *better*. :)

                          -*---------------*-
                          -= Why the name? =-
                          -*---------------*-

    The name was originally suggested jokingly by Muesli, who has a
passion for elitish slogans. It stuck, despite just about everyone's
apparent inability to spell the damn thing correctly. It is pronounced
exactly the same as "Algorithm".

                            -*-----------*-
                            -= The Rules =-
                            -*-----------*-

    + The competition is ONLY open to musicians in the "Australasian"
      region. If you're not sure, contact me and find out. :)
    + ALL work must be original. No remixes of previous work, by you
      or anyone else, are permitted. All songs must be released for
      Algorhythm for the first time... i.e. you can't submit a song
      you've already distributed to the general public or used in a
      production of any kind.
    + No rehashing of tunes you've heard on the radio. Anything with
      any resemblance to "Here's Johnny" will score very badly. ;)
      Samples from other artist/radio tunes/etc. are permitted.
    + The submission must be packaged in the way mentioned below; see
      "Packaging".
    + Musicians are limited to a maximum submission of two songs.
      [wave to Phorte :) ]
    + Submissions must be in a genuine 'module' format; i.e. no MIDI
      music etc. If the format is your own or not well-known, please
      could you forward us a player as well.

                              -*--------*-
                              -= Prizes =-
                              -*--------*-

    At the present time no prizes have been worked out... cash prizes
are too variable due to the fact that we can't estimate Coven'96
attendance. I'm attempting to locate a sponsor to help us out here;
can anyone able to assist in this way contact me ASAP via one of the
methods outlined at the end of this document?

                              -*--------*-
                              -= Voting =-
                              -*--------*-

    Preliminary voting will be carried out prior to the Coven '96 party,
and the final 10 entrants will be decided. And *this* time, MZ won't
ignore it and play the whole lot. ;) This preliminary judging will be
carried out by a group of judges - if you wish to participate in
judging, drop me a message via one of the methods outlined at the end of
this document. Each song will be given a score out of twenty for each of
the following:

        + Creativity and Originality.
        + Use of and quality of samples.
        + Musical talent (the difference between music and just "noise")
        + Integration (does the song "flow", or does it sound like it's
          got different sections tacked on one after the next?)

    Thus giving each module a score out of eighty. The average of the
four scores will be taken and added to that, giving us a total score out
of one hundred.

    At Coven '96, the final ten modules will be played before the people
attending and each person will be asked to give a certain number of
points to each song (10 points for first place, 9 for second and so on)
and the placings will be given according to the total number of points
scored by each song. Results will then be released by me, and an FTP/WWW
site for all songs will be available.

    Can any Australasian demogroup interested in helping by putting the
top ten songs into a musicdisk release please contact me?

                   -*-----------------------------*-
                   -= Great - but how do I enter? =-
                   -*-----------------------------*-

	Simple. Fill out an entry form, and package it in the method
   explained below and send it to me via one of the following methods:

  + Uploading: Upload it to Room 1o1 (no. below) in the A96 entries area.
  + email: UUEncode or send in some fashion to justin@cyburbia.bns.com.au
  + FTP: Upload to ftp://cyburbia.bns.com.au/pub/music/a96/incoming/.

       Contact me if you need special help of some sort. I can be
           contacted after hours by voice on +61-8-379-2627.

                            -*-----------*-
                            -= Packaging =-
                            -*-----------*-

    The filename of the song itself does not matter in the slightest,
provided it contains no hi-ascii :). All songs must be zipped up into a
fairly common archive; i.e. ZIP, ARJ, LZH, RAR or UC2. The filename of
the archive is as follows:

             A-xxxxxx.yyy    - where xxxxxx represents the first six
                               letters of the song's filename, and yyy
                               is the archiver extension.

The entry form and any notes or information on the song (in text format)
must be included in the archive.

                          -*---------------*-
                          -= Contacting me =-
                          -*---------------*-

    email:          Write to jviiret@bns.com.au
    BBS:            Ring Room 1o1 at +61-8-294-2774 and leave a
                    message to Perception.
    Snailmail:      if you ABSOLUTELY have to use snailmail,
                    send it addressed to:

                         A95 Music Competition
                         PO Box 109
                         Glenside, SA, Australia
                         5064.

                          -*---------------*-
                          -= Closing Notes =-
                          -*---------------*-

    This is just a preliminary version o this document; things will be
changed, email and FTP etc. addresses will change as I setup my internet
machine, and the file will be prettied up a bit as well :) Can anyone
who'd like to suggest any amendments/additions send me a message (email
to the address above or SquareNet mail to Perception)

			Later,
				   Justin Viiret / Perception of PoP
                                   6th Dec 1995
                                   jviiret@bns.com.au
