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2007 Cassette Jockey World Championships
*** CALL FOR COMPETITORS ***
CALLING ALL: Cassette Jockies… Retro-Tech Lovers… Magnetic Media
Monsters… Circuit Benders… Multi-Media DJs… Walkman Hot-Rodders… we
want you at the:
2007 CASSETTE JOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
at the Make Magazine Maker Faire!
http://makerfaire.com/cj/
In 2003 at a festival in Chicago, a group of retro-tech geniuses
organized The Cassette Jockey World Championships. Like the popular
DJ (Disk Jockey) competitions with record-toting DJs showing off
their turntable skills, the CJ Championships showcases skills and
styles in the venerable world of cassettes. Since CJs were encouraged
to hot-rod their own equipment, eviscerated boomboxes, disembodied
tape heads, and overclocked Walkmans were the weapons of choice…
anything that used the standard cassette as its ammo.
Now, in 2007, we’re hijacking the battle and hauling it to the west
coast!
Forget DJs, this is for the CJs: The Cassette Jockey Championship is
where YOU can show off your skills as a world-class CJ. This is your
chance to show the world what the venerable and once-mighty cassette
tape is capable of. The CJ who amazes the judges with their skill,
technique, and knowledge will become the 2007 CASSETTE JOCKEY CHAMPION!
The Rules
1. One (1) Cassette Jockey at a time – no teams.
2. Competitors are ENCOURAGED to create or alter their own cassette
tape decks/players/recorders/etc. to compete on. However, some stock
cassette equipment will be provided at the competition.
3. Standard cassette tapes ONLY – no mini-cassettes or 8-Track tapes.
4. Cassettes used MUST be published, pre-recorded, “store-bought”
cassettes for source material – No dubbing of CDs/LPs/8-Tracks/MP3s
to tape, home recordings, battle cassettes, or found sounds are allowed.
5. Spliced tapes/tape loops are allowed. (But remember Rule #4.)
6. Live microphone usage and live feedback are allowed.
7. Headphones are allowed (supplied by competitor).
8. Competitors may use no more than six (6) cassette devices.
Competition
Competition will be Saturday, May 19, 2007 at the Maker Faire
(admission/ticket required). The competition begins at 1pm with an
Elimination Round, with each competitor given three (3) minutes to
compete. Each will be scored by a panel of judges based on the
criteria described below. The top five (5) scoring Cassette Jockeys
will progress to the Final Round at 5pm. During the Final Round, each
competitor is given five (5) minutes to compete. As before, each will
be scored by the judges. The highest scorer is the winner, and
receives a prize package and the title of Cassette Jockey World
Champion!
Judging
A panel of judges will score each competitor in each round based on
the following criteria:
1. (10 Points) Content. Techniques, musical ideas, and exploitation
of the cassette medium.
2. (10 Points) Form. Performance style, transitions, overall set
structure.
3. (5 Points) Intangibles. Bonus score for anything else the judge
deems worthy.
Entry
For an entry form and up-to-date information about the 2007 Cassette
Jockey World Championships, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Entry Fee: $20 (payable at contest; does not include entry to Maker
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