LinuxMusicians

Hey hey,
I would like to present my song "Ends of the earth" in a shorter edit with a proper video and an announcement:
https://youtu.be/f-ERmWxPFi0
The song is now entered for the "International Low-vision Song Contest 2023" (ILSC 2023). It is an accepted entry for the German national semi-final. This contest is organised by several national organisations for the blind and visually impaired.
Why do I post it here? It is possibly the only entry produced with Linux open source software, including: Csound (which gets a special mention in the introduction), LinuxSampler, Yoshimi, Midish, Nama, several LADSPA plugins, as well as free and commercial sample libraries, field recordings and purely synthesized sounds. Including My Csound handpan instrument, several risers and effects also created in Csound.
The German semi-final will air on
April 14, at 20:00 CEST (18:00 UTC, 14:00 EDT, 12:00 MDT)
The YouTube live stream will be here:
https://youtu.be/CJ5kJ1PDS7g
The official website for the whole contest is here:
https://www.dbsv.org/ilsc.html
This year's ILSC sees a greatly extended list of countries across the world joining in. From what I have been able to gather (by looking at the German entries), a broad range of genres and musical background will be represented.

For the curious, the lyrics will follow below. I would like to invite you to listen and vote.

Best wishes and enjoy,

Jeanette

*** LYRICS ***
Sprite on the ice
In a mist laden dream.
Like rain from the skies,
You touch
And are gone with the stream.

Now, here...
I feel you close
Soft like a tear,
Sharp as a rose.

[Chorus]
You're so near but far away,
Out of reach, across the seas.
Seeking you I sail astray,
I'll strive for you without cease.

Frozen and seared
By the rays of your moon.
My heart burns to dust
If I can't find you soon.
Here, now...
I make a vow.
I'll cross the earth,
Volcanoes and all... To you.

[Chorus]
You're so near but far away,
Out of reach, across the seas.
Seeking you I sail astray,
I'll strive for you without cease.
*** END OF LYRICS ***

Hi Jeanette!

Great production, mixed very well! Engaging and interesting sounds, I especially liked the percussive stuff and the imagery of the lyrics, well done!

Best of luck in the contest, I went to the website and the English version seems to not link to the contest, I would like to vote if possible.

Hi @GMaq , many thanks. The voting will only be open during the evening. I may post something here, when it's time and we have the link to the poll. Your vote would be very much appreciated.
The percussion is based on a free Tabla and Djembe SFZ, the Djembe is processed in parallel through the Bode Frequency Shifter LADSPA plugin. There's also vocoder processed hihats and more Csound FX. The noisy rushes are inspired by one or other version of the doctor Who theme. I think that they were called Clouds in the original "score".
Best wishes and thanks again,
Jeanette

It was nice to listen to this song again. Good luck on the contest as well!

Hey hey,
OK, the final details about the contest are in. The contest will be streamed onYoutube. The German semi-final, of which I am a part:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ5kJ1PDS7g
There's a voting site. It will be live on Friday the 14th some time after 8PM CEST:
https://ilscvoting.org/
The world final of the ILSC 2023 will be on 12.05.2023 at 8PM CEST and will be streamed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4_imgYNdqc
I have sent an inquiry to the organisers to see if any more participatns in the finale have used Linux. Considering that we have countries from Africa and Asia taking part, it is a possibility and it would be interesting to learn about that, maybe even win new members for this forum.
Best wishes and thanks for your kind comments,
Jeanette

Hi Jeanette,
really very interesting sound. With a very few you obtain very much!
there is little to say, I love your mix!

Thanks for share!
KL

Listened to it a couple of times already, I loved the ethereal vibe of the song!
Best wishes for the contest! I'll see if I can vote on the 14th too.

Well done, and good luck tomorrow!

Hey hey,
I just wanted to give a shout out that the German finale to the ILSC will begin in half an hour's time. The livestream will be here:
https://youtu.be/CJ5kJ1PDS7g

Voting should start about two hours later and I'd be grateful for any vote. The voting site is here:
https://ilscvoting.org/

Thanks! I hope you enjoy the contest!

Best wishes,

Jeanette

jeanette_c wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 5:28 pm

Hey hey,
I just wanted to give a shout out that the German finale to the ILSC will begin in half an hour's time. The livestream will be here:
https://youtu.be/CJ5kJ1PDS7g

Voting should start about two hours later and I'd be grateful for any vote. The voting site is here:
https://ilscvoting.org/

Thanks! I hope you enjoy the contest!

Best wishes,

Jeanette

Ah! I won't miss it then! I'll be following it on yewtu.be...Thanks for the heads-up!

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Eh, I lost the connection 10 minutes ago, and only see a static image on youtube, nothing at all on yewtu.be....

Hi @Impostor , I'm sorry to hear that. Technology can be annoying. I had my own issues... Awkward smartphone...

erlkönig wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:14 pm

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Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! <3

I really like your songs

There are some really strong contestants!