Details about entries of XQRJ

Rules and Regulations

Criteria of Contestant:
1. Contestants must be a student in either a Singapore-registered or Malaysia-registered educational institution or music school. Contestants may also be full-time national servicemen in Singapore or Malaysia.
2. Song entry(s) can be either an individual or group composition, contestants can have more than one (1) composer or lyricist, however contestants can only nominate one official composer and one official lyrist for the competition.
3. The song entry must be written in Chinese language, and must not be officially published by or bound in contract with any recording company. It must also not be a winning entry from any other competition(s). The composer and lyricist must not be under any contract of recording company(s).
4. The song entry must not be publicised or released before the Grand Final of the competition without permission from the Organiser.

Requirements for the Song Entry:
1. Song entry(s) can be of any music genre; however it must not contain any expletives, political agenda or propagate any religious or racial discords.
2. Contestants may submit multiple song entries; each song entry must not exceed six (6) minutes.
3. The song lyrics must consist of at least 80% Chinese language, while the remaining 20% can be of other languages.
4. Contestants have to fill up one (1) application form for each song entry submitted.

Details of Competition:
1. The competition consists of 2 phases, the Preliminaries and Grand Final.
2. To participate in the Preliminaries, you may send in your song entry(s) via 2 methods.
i. Online Submission
Contestants may submit soft copy of DEMO (mp3 or wma format), soft copy of song lyrics, scanned copy of student identification, a passport-sized photo of lyricist and composer, and filled application form via email to xqrj.submission@gmail.com
ii. Manual Submission
Contestants may also submit DEMO (mp3 or wma format) and lyrics in a CD, photocopy of student identification, a passport-sized photo of lyricist and composer and filled application form by post to
“National University of Singapore”
13th XQRJ Regional Chinese Song Writing Competition Organising Committee
King Edward VII Hall
1A Kent Ridge Road
Singapore 119224

Application form can be downloaded from www.xqrj.com or obtained from King Edward VII Hall office at National University of Singapore.
3. Contestants should indicate names of both the lyricist and composer in the song lyrics document.
4. The song DEMO must have at least one (1) musical instrument as song accompaniment, or recorded a cappella style.
5. All song entries must reach the Organiser by 13th December 2010.
6. The results of the Preliminaries will be announced one (1) week after the closing date.
7. The Grand Final will be held on 13th February 2011 at NUS University Cultural Center. During the Grand Final, there will be no limit to the types of musical instruments contestants may use. The Organiser will only provide a keyboard, digital piano, drum set and acoustic guitar during the Grand Final.
8. During the Grand Final contestants are expected to perform live and a maximum of eight (8) performers will be allowed on stage.
9. The decision of the competition’s panel of judges on the Grand Final results is final.

 

Judging Criteria:

	Preliminary	Grand Final
Originality	20 %	20%
Lyrics	40 %	25%
Melody	40 %	25%
Arrangement	-	20%
Performing and Staging	-	10%

Prizes:

1st prize S$ 1000 Cash + Prize + Certificate
2nd prize S$ 700 Cash + Prize + Certificate
3rd prize S$ 500 Cash + Trophy + Certificate
Best Song Composition Award S$ 200 Cash + Prize + Certificate
Best Song Lyricist Award S$ 200 Cash + Prize + Certificate
Other awards include Best Arrangement Award, Best Stage Performance Award, Most Popular Original Song Award.

 

Copyrights of Entries:
1. Contracts may be offered by Touch Music Publishing Pte Ltd to song entries qualified for the Grand Final; in the event of such an offer, the Organiser shall not be involved in any contractual matters between contestants and Touch Music Publishing Pte Ltd.
2. The Organiser reserves the rights to publish all Grand Final song entries in an XQRJ album, or for any publicity purposes for the competition.
3. The Organiser will not publish or publicly release song entries that did not qualify for the Grand Final, to safeguard the interest of contestants.

Others:
1. The Organiser will not be deemed responsible for the loss or damage of song entry(s).
2. The Organiser reserves the rights to retain the DEMO file or CD of all song entries.
3. The Organiser reserves the right to amend the Rules and Regulations of the competition if necessary. All rights reserved by the Organiser.

For any Enquiries:
Please Contact Jasper (+65) 96413199 Jean (+65) 93402884

Or Email xqrj.enquiries@gmail.com Or visit our Official Website: www.xqrj.comThe “Organiser”refers to 13th XQRJ Regional Song Writing Competition Organising Committee
In the event of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions of the Rules and Regulations, the Chinese version shall prevail.

Production Workshop @ UCC

This is yet another fun event that every member of XQRJ gets to participate in. This workshop equips us with the essential knowledge of managing a successful stage production.

To many, the notion of learning what a stage production entails may sound extremely intimidating at the beginning! However, most of the participants actually find this course fascinating. They were given ample time to consolidate the various techniques taught by the instructor. There were also hands-on activities which allowed the participants to get familiarised with the different audio systems and equipment. You may be surprised to know that there exist terminologies behind lighting during a production process. It enables us to signal to the audience the focus, situations or even emotions of the actors during the show!

In addition, this workshop also imparted to us the skills required during the planning stage of a production. The instructor repeatedly emphasised the points of having good interpersonal skills. This is especially needed for a stage manager. (If you think you are bad-tempered and impatient, maybe you could just forget about it… Just kidding!) Even if you are rather poor at interpersonal skills, joining stage productions will enable you to hone these skills which are of utmost important in your future endeavours, and such equipped soft skills are something that differentiate you from others, apart from paper qualifications. Stage production is really exhilarating!

Another important aspect of stage production involves scheduling. This would not only better prepare the main personnel involved in the actual show, but would also provide more time for the organiser to identify the possible flaws of the productions and thus make it more plausible to coordinate the shows in a desired way. Naturally, an excellent control in budgeting the cost of production is also necessary.

In a nutshell, countless techniques and skills have been taught during the workshop. For those who were unable to attend, it’s really a pity! If any incoming Freshmen are interested to know more about stage management and production, hesitate no longer and JOIN KING EDWARD VII HALL’S XIN QING RONG JI committee during our recruitment next year!

Banner Hanging Session

After an intensive month of preparation, 13^th Xin Qing Rong Ji Regional Chinese Song Writing Competition (2010/2011) has officially began with the “Submission of Entries” phase. The various departments will work hand-in-hand in the upcoming months to bring to all a bigger and better competition.

 On the night of 1^st Oct, aside from having the usual departmental meeting, X13 had their first group event of the official work year – the symbolic banner hanging session.  With the help of our seniors (affectionately known as laorens), a successful and meaningful session of banner hanging went on smoothly without a hitch.

 Before we set off to the Central Library at National University of Singapore (where our banner will reside for the next 2 months), the banner was unrolled in King Edward VII Hall for the first time ever. Everybody was excited to take a first glimpse at the banner, and after seeing the splendid job done by our Design Department, both juniors and laorens alike were so proud that they could not wait to have their photograph taken with the wonderful banner to record this special moment in digital memory.

X13 and laorens~ Thanks to all the laorens for coming down to extend your support!

Some of our X13 members (our Departmental Heads are somehow very ‘tall’ here)

The walk to Central Library was a long one, but good company made us forget about the tiredness that was wearing us out. The trip was full of laughter and happiness, with our laorens sharing many of their experiences and their amazing memories of being part of the XQ family. Though it was rather late at night, we were still very energetic and reached the Central Library in good time. 

Everybody had a good night workout!

      
           
Almost there… Just a bit more…

Everyone got down to work straight away upon reaching the Central Library. Excited to showcase our banner to the whole of NUS, the guys brought the banner to the fifth floor and unrolled it. We held the banner in the right places and tied ropes to fix it to the façade of the building. After about half-an-hour of hard work, our banner finally hung proudly above all at the Central Library.

And we are finally done! Programme Head Edward was so happy!

Kudos to our Design Department for the design of such an eye-catching and trendy banner! Do keep a look out for this wonderful banner that is hung right in front of Central Library if you do visit NUS!

Presenting to you: Banner of X13!

Singing the XQRJ song together

As with our age-long tradition to mark the end of this symbolic event, X13 gathered alongside the laorens to sing the XQRJ Theme Song. Though we, the “young ones”, needed to improve on our singing of the XQRJ Theme Song (thus far there hasn’t been a batch where the “young ones” were able to meet the laorens’ high standards), all of us really enjoyed this momentous night. This Banner Hanging Session is a symbol of more great things to come from our committee, and there still lies a long journey ahead of us. ~~Jiayou X13!~~

Boomz & Freeze!

Imagine walking down Orchard Road and this is what you see:

Motionless

You must be wondering: Just what are these people up to?

Many curious onlookers

You carry on scrutinizing the people’s actions and you find all sorts of weird poses and stunts.

I choose you!

Look into my eyes...

And when you see a pose like this:

WOW!

What do you say?

BOOMZ!

Try staying in that pose for 5 minutes! Even the most muscular will find this a hard feat.

It will then hit on you that these people are actually playing the FREEZE GAME! (freeze game: a large group of people will assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse)

Now is your chance to see or even take part in a real-life freeze game! All you have to do is come down to Junction 8 on 3rd January 2010!

3 January 2010, Top-of-the-8 Level 3 Junction 8, 4pm

We, Xin Qing Rong Ji will be organising a roadshow on 3rd January 2010, at the rooftop garden at Junction 8 where we will be showcasing the talents of our 10 finalists. Our 10 finalists have outshoned 148 other participants and are handpicked by our judges,洪俊扬（新加坡绝对Superstar），张思尔（JJ林俊杰御用写词人，《曹操》，《豆浆油条》等作词人) from Ocean Butterflies Music Forest and Touch Music Publishing.

To hype up our roadshow further, there will be a guest performance by Azure Indie Band, who will be presenting a series of pop and funky pieces.

Not only so, YES933DJ will also be present to host our show and conduct many other interesting and engaging activities just for you. There will also be a lucky draw with attractive prizes to be won! Definitely a must-go!

粉色桌面，粉色心情！

心情溶剂可爱的粉色电脑专用桌面新鲜出炉啦！^^

这是心情溶剂为大家制作的电脑桌面，希望这艳丽的颜色总能为大家带来一份好心情！

这款桌面共有三种size：1600X1200，1280X800还有1024X768，方便各种大小的电脑使用。欢迎大家去http://www.flickr.com/photos/xqrj/下载使用。粉色桌面，粉色心情呦！

MY FM主持人与11th届final list选手蕙甄，碧琪

MY FM专访

 当听到心情溶剂在马来西亚MY FM中文电台的专访时心情真的是无比激动。这次MY FM请到的是去年第十一届心情溶剂Final list的两位选手赖蕙甄和柯碧琪。在这段长达20多分钟的专访里，风趣的主持人和蕙甄，碧琪一起分享了她们的音乐创作，还有她们在心情溶剂的经历。

蕙甄和碧琪都是从中学的时候就开始了自己的音乐创作，但是一直都只是作为一种爱好。而参加了心情溶剂后，她们第一次将自己的创作完整的修改并录制了下来，这种感觉是她们以前所没有感受到的。与一样爱好音乐的朋友们交流讨论，在真正的录音棚里录制自己的音乐，在初赛和决赛时评委老师也给予的意见都帮助她们对音乐创作有了更深刻的了解。

在专访里，电台还播放了蕙甄的参赛作品音乐宅女，以及碧琪的五楼。清新的歌词和曲调让人感受到了那种青春的活力。对于自己能够获奖，最终能够站到final的舞台上，蕙甄和碧琪都感到很意外，很激动，但是这份激动里更多透露出的是她们对音乐的热爱，这份激动源于她们的音乐之梦……