Nur Ein XVIII

[Niveous]

Welcome to Nur Ein #18!

The Nur Ein is an eight-round song competition. In each round, the participants are given a song title and a mandatory challenge and are given a week in which to finish that song. Then this year's judging panel will listen to the songs and rate them from best to worst. Each round whittles down the field until we are left with only 1 competitor. Creativity x Skill x Time Management = Nur Ein!

Nur Ein XVIII will begin on Monday, May 22nd with Round Zero. Round Zero is the way you enter the competition. The participants will have until May 28nd at 11:59PM (Eastern Daylight Time) to create a song from the title and complete the challenge. When a competitor completes a song, it is to be e-mailed to nurein.sidefight which is a Gmail address. The songs will then be posted at the Nur Ein website (http://nurein.songlander.com) and the next title and challenge will be announced at the same time.

The Judges will have the next few days to listen to the songs. They will rank the songs from best to worst. If there are more than 25 entries into Round zero, the judges will eliminate the lowest ranked competitors until we reach 25.

Here's the schedule:

Round 0:
May 22-May 28
Judging May 29-May 31
<X> bands, <X-25> eliminations

Round 1:
May 29-June 4
Judging June 5-June 7
25 bands, 5 eliminations
Judges favorite gets immunity

Round 2:
June 5-June 11
Judging June 12-June 14
20 bands, 4 eliminations
Judges favorite gets immunity

Round 3:
June 12-June 18 (the guest round!)
Judging June 19-June 21
16 bands, 4 eliminations
Judges favorite gets immunity

Round 4:
June 19-June 25
Judging June 26-June 28
12 bands, 4 eliminations

Round 5:
June 26-July 2
Judging July 3-July 5
8 bands, 3 eliminations

Round 6:
July 3-July 9
Judging July 10-July 12
5 bands, 3 eliminations

Final Round:
July 10-July 16
Voting July 17-July 19
2 bands, 1 elimination

The final round is a battle between the two remaining competitors with the votes of the eliminated competitors and the Nur Ein Judges choosing the winner (one vote per "act," whether you're a band or a solo competitor; if you're a duo, trio, quartet, quintet, or more, you'll need to discuss internally how to allocate that one vote).

This year's judging team will consist of:
Vom Vorton (Nur Ein XVII champion)
Niveous
Heather Redmon
Ujn Hunter
Mysteria

The game is on. Nur Ein!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rabid Garfunkel]

Dig it. Should be settled in Los Angeles by then, and maybe even have the bang toys unpacked and properly situated by then. Time for a new jam. Ozymandipus needs a shakedown cruise...

[Lunkhead]

Dig it. Should be settled in Los Angeles by then, and maybe even have the bang toys unpacked and properly situated by then. Time for a new jam. Ozymandipus needs a shakedown cruise...

Oh wow, so the move happened/is happening? Exciting! Good luck on moving/settling in. Sorry we didn't catch up with you guys in Portland since we moved to Bend.

[heid]

Oooooh I am quite tempted to join in this year.

[Evermind]

Oooooh I am quite tempted to join in this year.

I'd love to hear the return of heid!

[WreckdoMelle]

Don’t threaten me with a good time… maybe Brown Word, maybe WreckdoM?

[ujnhunter]

Round 0... no pressure... right?

[Pigfarmer Jr]

Oooooh I am quite tempted to join in this year.

I'd love to hear the return of heid!

Me, too.

[BoffoYux]

BYD will give it another shot - 12th year is a charm!

I'll set up the Listening Party schedule in the next few days. Mondays at 9 or 10 pm EST depending on if I have an evening municipal meeting or not.

Update - Links are up in the concert and events section. Here's Round 0
Nur Ein XVIII Listening Parties!
Round 0: May 29 9pm EST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak4fWFkNuHc

[Caravan Ray]

This could be my first year of non-participation. I am in Europe for first 2 rounds. Preparing song may be difficult.

[Niveous]

This could be my first year of non-participation. I am in Europe for first 2 rounds. Preparing song may be difficult.

A year without (Insert this year's name here) would be unfortunate. Hopefully you can work out something.

[Niveous]

Hey folks,
Still looking to add another name to the judging panel, if anyone is interested. Send me a direct message if you are.

[ujnhunter]

Okay... 15 years later... from participant to Judge. Beware.

[HeuristicsInc]

Niv, you have enough?

[Rabid Garfunkel]

Oh wow, so the move happened/is happening? Exciting! Good luck on moving/settling in. Sorry we didn't catch up with you guys in Portland since we moved to Bend.

Sorry for the delay, yup, back in SoCal now. No worries about not catching up (20+ years in Ore., and never made it down to Bend!). We’ll all throw around some howdys soon enough

[Niveous]

Niv, you have enough?

Yes. Got the panel in place.

[arby]

welp, I'm back this year, so get ready to hear some Omni.

[Lunkhead]

Not sure if we'll enter this year as we have travel plans during rounds 1 and 2 but I just wanted to check anyway, the title and challenge for round zero go up tonight at 8:59PM Pacific / 11:59PM Eastern?

[ujnhunter]

Yep. Looks like it went up early at 10:55 pm