This is an Original Compositionarrangement prompt.
Great minds think alike, and these three great minds all had the same thought - Dinosaur Week! @Timelovesahero is not one to ignore the mob when the mob is being cool, so let’s embrace the prehistoric theme. He'll also add in a musical requirement to guide your musical creations. Just like the dinosaurs who reigned across multiple time periods, your piece will include multiple time signatures. This week, compose music inspired by dinosaurs and use at least three time signatures.
Your piece can be about dinosaurs in general, a theme for a specific dinosaur (ankylosaurus, @Timelovesahero's beloved), a musical retelling of the extinction event that ended their reign, or some other dino-thing. Your choice on style and instruments. As for the time signature requirement, you have options. Maybe you'll divide your piece into three sections, each with a different signature, like a section in 4/4, another in 6/8, and ending with an 11/16 part. You might craft a melodic motif that moves through multiple time signatures. Perhaps you'll reserve the changes for big, dramatic moments. Or maybe you'll go wild and shift meters every bar or two.
Entries will be due Thursday, 20 March, 2025 9:00 PM EST.
Entries will be rated by you, the people, on the following:
Use of prompt
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To submit your entry, please DM the message vote!submit to @8Bot via Discord. This will give you a special link that will take you to a page where you can upload your music (in discord-embeddable format like mp3 or link to streaming site like soundcloud or youtube) and score (in pdf format). If you have any trouble using this system, please don't hesitate to ask an 8BMT staff member.
