We are calling for entries in the first ever Forecast Music Contest. What we are looking for is a song to be featured during the end credits of Season One. The season will end on an awesome note, so naturally the ending song has got to follow suit. I don't know how long the credits will be, but we should probably guess around at least 2 minutes. There won't be many guidelines for your entry because I want you to be able to utilize all your musical creativity without being too restrictive.
All we ask is that the song feel like it belongs to Forecast. It can be rock, hip hop, techno, etc., have lyrics or be just instrumental, whatever; the song just needs to be awesome! Now some have suggested that you take the small bits of music we have in our episodes and incorporate them in the song. You can do that, I think its a great idea but you don't have too. I won't hold it against you if I don't hear a single note from our small music pieces.
Here's how you can submit your entry. You can either email the song to me (.mp3, .wav, or any other format that may work), post it on a hosting site yourself and give me the link, record yourself (or your band) performing the song and put the video on YouTube (which I think is an awesome idea) and tell me where to find the video. As long as I can hear a decent quality version of the song, any way you get it to me is fine.
The deadline for the entries is 4 weeks from today. So on November 28th, all entries must be in to me. At that point I will pick the top 5 entries and post the artist/band's name here on the website. If you make the top 5, and you haven't sent me a high quality version of the song (either through email or from a place I can download it) you'll need to do so with in 3 days of me posting the names of the top 5 entries. You will then find out who the winner is once the season finale is released shortly after that. We will also feature the winner on our site with links to their website, MySpace, Face Book, whatever you may have to help promote yourselves.
If you have any questions what so ever, or this posting is just extremely confusing to you, or whatever, don't hesitate to email me at youngstreetproductions@gmail.com. So get to it. We can't wait to hear what you create!
October 31, 2008
October 29, 2008
Music Contest...just an idea
Eventually we will come to the finale of the first season of Forecast (not able to say when that is yet). When we are at that stage of the finale, we will have credits for the entire season played at the end of the last episode. Now my thought was to get with a couple of buddies of mine who produce music and have them pump out a song for the credits, but then it crossed my mind that we could possibly have a contest for anyone to produce and record a song to be featured as the end credit song for Season One.
I don't have any details on what the rules and guidelines would be, because right now I just want to get a feel from all of you if that would be something that you'd take part in. So, I set up a poll (move your eyes a few inches to the right of this blog) for you to vote whether or not this contest would be of interest to the Forecast community. This may be a great way to draw some more attention to your band (or yourself if you are a single artist). Let me know what you think by using the poll, even comment on this post or email me.
I don't have any details on what the rules and guidelines would be, because right now I just want to get a feel from all of you if that would be something that you'd take part in. So, I set up a poll (move your eyes a few inches to the right of this blog) for you to vote whether or not this contest would be of interest to the Forecast community. This may be a great way to draw some more attention to your band (or yourself if you are a single artist). Let me know what you think by using the poll, even comment on this post or email me.
October 28, 2008
1,000 Subscribers and Counting!
We have reached a milestone today (well at least in my mind). The Young Street YouTube Channel has now reached 1,000 subscribers. Who is the lucky 1,000th customer you ask? Its user trazey2. Head on over to his YouTube page and thank him for joining. And a big thanks to all you who continue to support us! We make these videos for you guys!
October 27, 2008
Thank You
Well its almost been 48 hours since the release of episode 7 and I can't believe how well received this episode was. In less than 36 hours, the video reached over 1,000, in which it took episode 6 one week to accomplish. I'm glad everyone is loving the shot of Timmy on the base from the "Big Bang" short.
Also, Nic (Dirt410) who designed the website header (seen above) has designed the look of our MySpace page. If you haven't been there check it out and send us a friend request. Oh and one thing about the header I have to mention, my favorite part is the faint image of Timmy's helmet in the background...awesome!
We're excited for the coming episodes; got some good stuff planned for you all. Keep watching and tell everyone you know to check out the series. Thanks again!
Also, Nic (Dirt410) who designed the website header (seen above) has designed the look of our MySpace page. If you haven't been there check it out and send us a friend request. Oh and one thing about the header I have to mention, my favorite part is the faint image of Timmy's helmet in the background...awesome!
We're excited for the coming episodes; got some good stuff planned for you all. Keep watching and tell everyone you know to check out the series. Thanks again!
October 25, 2008
And the winner is...
We had some great entries to the contest come in and we really liked everything that we saw. However, we did have to pick a winner and the one we picked was by far our favorite. And the winner of the Forecast Header contest is...Nic Fontaine (or some of you know him by the name Dirt410). Congrats to Nic! To find out a little more about our winner, jump over to one of his sites below. Again, thanks to all who participated in the contest. Trust me, this won't be the last one.
The Many Websites of Dirt410:
October 24, 2008
Word to the Wise
Any plans you have for your Saturday morning (i.e. Sleeping In, Eating) should be done after you watch Episode 7. It'll be online in the morning.
October 23, 2008
Last Call
All entries for the Header contest must be into me by tonight at midnight (Mountain Time). Look for Episode 7 in the next day or so. It's our longest one yet.
October 22, 2008
For whom it may concern...
To those of you waiting on edge for it, the next episode of Forecast will be out in the next couple of days. I had to do some re-working of a scene which would ultimately play a part in the season's finale. What are the odds that I was going to introduce an "EMP" device in episode 7 (which was written almost 2 and half weeks ago), the same week RVB Reconstruction's chapter 18 talked about using an EMP to take down the Meta. For my sake, I'm re writing some stuff- I'm not going to have come this far with the series to only be seem like I'm copying RVB.
October 14, 2008
MySpace Bound
For those of you on MySpace, we have arrived. Send us a friend request, tell your friends, and let us know who you are. We look forward to hearing from you.
Episode 7 News
We are well under way with record dialog and filming. So be looking for the episode soon. We've got some good stuff coming up, you won't want to miss it. Also, as a reminder we will be announcing the winner of the Header Contest with the release of episode 7.
October 9, 2008
Halo Machinima Wiki
A page has been created on the Halo Machinima Wiki website about Forecast. Please feel free to edit any info and add to the page to let others know about Forecast. Here's the link.
October 7, 2008
Contest Extended
Per the request of some of you, we will be accepting entries to the contest until episode 7 is released. Keep 'em coming!
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