SEGA Music Competition Compilation April 2010 - Released!

The SEGA Music Competition Compilation is out! Here are my ten personal favourite tracks that people submitted for my competition that included chipmusic hardware as the first prize. Unlike the choice of winner for the competition (congratulations Rush Coil for winning!) which was judged by an independent panel, the decision of the contents of this compilation was entirely my own.

The compilation contains the following tracks:
Blast Processing by Rush Coil
Empty Streets by TmEE
Ode to Megaman by Gregory Bolomey
Outer Limits by Turbo Crush
Love by Solyon
Natsukashii Toshi by Rei Yano
Sonic Boss Medley by Patrick Wichrowski
Stars Are Calling by Shiru
Thought Collection by J&HT
Toads and Rabbits by Linde

Download the compilation here.

Congratulations to those that made it onto the compilation, and thanks to everyone that went to the effort of entering a tune!

Winner of the SEGA Music Competition announced!

I am happy to announce the winner of the SEGA Music Competition: Rush Coil with the track "Blast Processing"!

Here are some comments from the judges (who were from Australia, Japan and Sweden):

"This track has a couple of things that make it really stand out, firstly its sense of space through the use of panning and reverb is really nice and whilst not purist in a hardware sense it still has incredibly creative uses of the core sounds of the sega consoles. Secondly the song has a nice sense of structure introducing and reworking themes in a way that it is never too repetitive but remains familiar."

"I really like this song"

"Beautifully detailed composition within a restricted medium."

Listen to all of the entries here: http://milkcrate.com.au/sega_comp/

Congratulations once again go out to Rush Coil! I wish him the best, and I hope that he enjoys my SEGA Master System MIDI Interface. Honorary mentions go out to the entries by Rei Yano and Turbo Crush!

Thanks to everyone that participated, and a special thanks to all the judges for the amount of effort and time put into adjudicating the entries.

SEGA Music Competition Entries!

If you are wanting to hear the submissions for the SEGA Music Competition entries, whereby participants can win a SEGA Master System MIDI Interface, go to: http://milkcrate.com.au/sega_comp/.

Judging will be finalised and results tallied as soon as possible - thanks for your patience!

One Week Left Until SEGA Music MiDI Interface Competition!

Only one week left until the submission deadline for the SEGA Music MIDI Interface Competition! So get chippin'.

More info on the competition can be found here.

SEGA Music Competition: Win A SEGA Master System MIDI Interface!

It's time to get your chipmusic on! This is your chance to win a SEGA Master System MIDI Interface. Be the coolest musician in your town with this brand new tool that lets you control the sound chip in your SEGA Master System with MIDI data.



The Prize
The prize includes the following:
• brand-new, hand made little-scale-brand SEGA Master System MIDI Interface (SMSM)
• instruction manual
• required cable

Since this product will not be available on the market by the time the competition ends, the winner will be the only member of the public to own this cool piece of retro boutique music hardware!



Competition Details
Submit a SEGA-related music track. This may be:
• chipmusic written for the SEGA Master System / SEGA Mega Drive
• music written within the constraints of the SEGA Master System / SEGA Mega Drive
• music that is covering / remixing a specific SEGA Master System / SEGA Mega Drive tune
• any of the above may include additional instrumentation (whether electronic or more traditional) - however, the focus should be on the SEGA aspects of the work

Music that does not fit into the above categories will be disqualified. If your entry is a cover or a remix of a SEGA Master System / SEGA Mega Drive tune, please be sure to include what it is that you are covering.

Please note that there will only be one winner. The judge(s) decision is final.

Find out more about the musical capabilities of the SEGA Master System / SEGA Mega Drive here.





Submission Guidelines
• the deadline for this competition is the 17th April, 2010
• limit of one entry per person / group
• the length of your SEGA track should be between 1:30 and 5:00
• submission format is strictly as 192 kbps stereo MP3
• send your submissions to: sega@little-scale.com with the subject line 'SEGA Music Competition'
• the best 10 tracks will be released as a digital archive



Note that this competition is in no way affiliated with SEGA.