1. The District Contest consists of 3 rounds: Preliminary, Semi-Finals, and Finals. Any travelling expenses incurred in the district rounds are to be borne by the contestants. Singapore-Malaysia District will have 2 winners for each of the Categories, and the Winners will represent the District to participate in the Grand Finals in Beijing in 2009. Travelling expenses to the Grand Finals will be borne by the Organizer.
2. Preliminary Round: All contestants are required to upload their tracks in MP3 or AAC format to this
web page. The panel of judges will choose Ten(10) best entries for each Category.
a. For contestants entering for the Singer-Songwriter Category, please email your lyrics together with the application form to
leeguitars@rock-records.org
3. Semi-Finals: Semi-Finalists are required to upload their tracks in MP3 or AAC format to their designated artiste's page.
a. Semi-Finalists for Fingerstyle (Category A) need to submit new music tracks (one original self-composition and one predertemined track) from those they submitted for Preliminary Round.
b. Semi-Finalists for Singer-Songwriter need to submit new original self-compositions different from those submitted for Preliminary Round.
4. For Finals, all Finalists are allowed to either choose one self-composed track from earlier Rounds, or to submit a totally new track. In addition, all finalists are required to email the following to
rockguitar.public.finals@share.ovi.com by
14th November 2008:
a. The Finalist's music track in WAV format
b. Video recording of the Finalist's performance in MP4 Format
5. All Finalists must participate in the promotional activities. (i.e. Television, Radio, Media interviews etc) arranged by Lee Guitars or its appointed third parties.
6. Date of Finals: 27th November 2008. All Finalists are required to perform live, and will be judged according to their live performance. Two winners will be selected from each of the Category.
7. During the process of the Contest, all Contest results will be announced on this web page. Contestants who have successfully moved on to the next Round will be informed via email.
8. There will be a "Most Popular Award" for the track/artist that have won the most number of public voting; however, this will not form part of the Judging Criteria for the two Categories. The "Most Popular Award" will be presented on the day of Finals.
1. The Contest name in Chinese and English are "Lee Guitars 指彈與創作大賽 2008" and "Lee Guitars Fingerstyle and Singer-Songwriter Contest 2008", carried out in a total of 4 Districts - Singapore and Malaysia as a single district, Taipei, Hong Kong, Mainland China.
2. All Contestants have to be legal residents of Singapore and Malaysia to participate in this Singapore-Malaysia District Contest. There's neither additional cost nor any form of exchange required to register in this contest. However, all applicants are required to authorize their entries in the designated site for free download of its netizens.
3. There are 2 Categories to this contest, namely, The Fingerstyle Category and the Singer-Songwriter Category. Both categories require the use of Acoustic Guitar (Steel String) as the only instrument throughout their performance.
a. Category A: Fingerstyle
This category is limited to individual participation. All contestants are required to upload one track based on the predetermined track, and one original self-composed track (of about 3min). There will be different predetermined tracks for contestants to model after for the Preliminary round and the Semi-Finals. All submissions have to be done with Acoustic Guitar (Steel Strings).
b. Category B: Singer-Songwriter
All submissions are to be original self-compositions of Chinese music pieces, about 3min each, accompanied by Acoustic Guitar (Steel Strings). You can invite a co-singer, or a co-artist to perform together.
1. Every District will be represented with two winners for each Category.
2. Each District winner will win:
– Chance to represent Singapore-Malaysia District in the Grand Finals at Beijing in 2009.
– One mobile phone from Nokia
– All 4 winners will have a chance to perform at [Lee Guitars All Star Concert Singapore 2008] at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 29th November 2008 with renowned Artsites like Mayday 五月天, Wakin 周華健, Tanya Chua 蔡健雅, Zhang Zhen Yue 張震嶽 and Jonathan Lee李宗盛.
3. Winners of each District Contest are obligated to attend all promotional activities arranged by Lee Guitars within a one-year period.
4. Winner of Grand Final stands a chance to be signed on as an artist under Jonathan Lee's artist management.
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