Do we have a chance? (Hope Against Hope prefight)

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Do we have a chance? (Hope Against Hope prefight)

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Hope Against Hope
Due: Monday, 05/20/19 9:59am PDT
yourbandname_btk.mp3 sent to fightmaster@songfight.org
Subject: Hope Against Hope
Body: (your band name)

Or are we doomed?
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Got a song down but haven't had a chance to record vocals yet, hopefully I'll get them done tonight though. Post-deadline I know but I've been told it's generally a little flexible. 🤞
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Absolutely unacceptable. You'll be drawn and quartered (at the very least) if you're not more respectful around here.

BTW, we're gonna be a hair late, also.
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The deadline is neigh and I haven't yet received a single song. :/ Is everybody too busy with Nur Ein or something? :P
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Whoa, not one? I was hoping to transform another one of the Vowl Sounds cast-off ideas for Color Me into a song for this, but I should probably focus on the next round instead...
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I was also hoping to write something for this but also was fully preoccupied with Nur Ein (and other things in my outside life!) If I come up with something tonight, I will send it in, but it's probably going to be an acoustic thing if so.
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just sent in somethin'
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Hmm. I sent one in Sunday night...

Edit: Just double checked, it was sent, with attachment, at 11:19 Eastern. It's out there somewhere, man!
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OK, something must have been gummed up with the fightmaster email. I just got a bunch of messages showing up starting with yours from last night at 8:19pm my time. Weird! I've now replied to all the folks whose songs I've seen so far. If you didn't get a reply from me try submitting again when you have a chance.
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Image

So that's me out I reckon. Maybe I'll be able to come back to this tomorrow when I'm less angry but I've just spent 2 hours recording and mixing vocals, which were all inexplicably wiped as I pressed save on the finished project, and at the moment I kinda never want to hear this song again. Nevermind ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Also just to preempt the inevitable judgement, yes I still use Audacity - in my defence despite it's many flaws I usually find it pretty reliable. It's been years since it's crashed on me like this...
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Oh man, that sounds so super duper frustrating. Sorry to hear that! We've all been there, it is no fun. Feel free to submit late if you change your mind.
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That sucks. I know it's of no use to you now... but I tend to make sure I'm saving my project at least once every 15 minutes (Ctrl+S) and also make sure to "Save As" my project after significant changes... so I always have something to go back to if one Project file seems to be borked. I probably save Revision Project files more often than actually needed (which sometimes makes going back into my archives kind of tedious...), but I feel like it's better to save too many than not enough. Hope you're able to recover and submit.
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Save early, save often.
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In... late as we predicted.
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Also in, with I-definitely-put-less-effort-in-on-the-second-try vocals
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I added another cover art entry. For those who are interested (maybe someone?) it references Osip Mandelstam. His wife wrote a book "Hope against Hope" about him and his death. (Actually two books, but....) The easily found and read wiki page is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osip_Mandelstam
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I thought I wouldn't have a chance at this one but I was with some musical friends and saw this title was still up so we collaborated on an entry, recorded it last night, and submitted as Not Blue Dolphins.
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I've been super busy with various things. I hope to have a chance to update the site tomorrow. Apologies for the delay.
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