Hi folks,

Due to the tour and everything else going on this year, we thought it would be best to move this year's Covers Comp end date on a bit from the mid-year date we originally intended. It's now set for 12pm GMT October 10th 2009 (Midge's birthday seemed like an appropriate date!) and we'll start uploading all the already-submitted entries shortly.

Ladies and gents, start your engines please!

Cheers,
Cerise, Rob & Paul.

Get your motor running,
Head out on the highway......

Nice, my birthday starts a minute later on October 11th Would love to take part in this, it'll probably take me until October 9th to wittle down my shortlist of songs Id love to cover to 1 tho But I'll give it a shot! Actually, an idea has just popped into my head!

Hello!

I'll be entering. Being of a Foxx persuasion, I'll be submitting an original song in an early Ultravox! style, and a cover too - most likely 'Just For A Moment'. I'll get the MP3s to you ASAP. My friend will be doing the same too (1 original / 1 cover) - again with a strong Foxx slant.

All the best for now,
Adam.

I hope it's alright to send more than one. I think I've sent 9 so far..............

Of course! You can send as many as you like. Thanks Glenn - sorry I haven't had the chance to mail you back yet, but I will do shortly.

Cheers,
Cerise.

Thanks Cerise!
I was just hoping I wasn't driving you nuts!

I'm not entirely certain which category to put my entries under.

I haven't been especially careful to copy the sounds and exact arrangements, instead just going with my own translations.

But, on the other hand, I haven't deliberately tried to make them well different or put them in another genre either.............

I dunno if that makes for "Cover' or "Re-Cover". I'm guessing the latter........

Having said that, some are more different from the originals than others.

Hmmmmmmmm...................

I am new to the Forum, but I have a couple of things I will be sending your way, Cerise. I have enjoyed the past competitions immensely,there are some very talented people here.

Cerise, did you receive my MP3s?

Thanks,
Adam.

where do we send our entries too wot email.

Blue - send your entry to ev@Ultravox.org.uk.

Adam - sorry, my inbox is still a bit out of hand, I'm trying to catch up! Yes, I think so - I'll be trying to get all the submitted tracks put up tomorrow, so I'll know for sure then. Thanks for your entry!

Did you get my one - "The Clock" by Simon J. Mills?

ive sent it to that email cerise

Reworking my Ocean Road track in an ultravox stylee for the "originals in the style of" segment. Should just get it in before the deadline...!

Sounds great, Flip! You should hear my thrash metal version of "Wuthering Heights" - oops - wrong forum!

OK, so I've got the rest of the week to finish my submission to the competition: Hi-NRG "Moon Over Moscow". Hope I can do it!

I was working on a delightfully cheesy jazz version of "Visions In Blue" - I thought I might call it "Visions In Blue-Note" (groan! ) But I'm flying to Edinburgh tomorrow so it'll have to wait till the next time! (I may have entered enough songs already anyway! :rolleyes: )

Look forward to hearing the entries! I have listened to previous contests' entries and they sound really good!

(PS - Looking forward to seeing Midge in Hartlepool!)

Thanks for all the entries so far, everyone - I'm hoping to get them all uploaded this weekend. Just four days to go to the closing date this year... good luck!

Thanks for taking it on, Cerise, I am sure it's a load of work.

Good luck Flips - as I've said to you recently - really like your work.
Hope to enter myself next year - didnt realise this was coming up (or knew that much about it to be honest) - quite fancy doing a version of 'I Remember' - oh well maybe next time!

Good luck all - look forward to hearing the submissions!
J

I don't think I specified categories when I sent in my MP3s.

'Just For A Moment' -> 'Best Re-Cover' category.
'The Implausible Man' -> 'Best Original' category.

Cheers Cerise.
+A

Right, done mine and sent it by email to Cerise just now. Its called Ocean Road (Billy's "Kitchen Sink" mix) which might give you a small clue what it sounds like...

Its also on my Myspace for listening and Garageband (for downloading) (saves the site's bandwidth a bit I hope!):-

www.myspace.com/flipmartian
http://www.garageband.com/artist/flipmartian

Good luck to all of this year's entrants!!! looking forward to hearing them all!

When do we get to hear this year's entries then???!!!!!

Just sorting through them now - they'll be uploaded shortly.

DON'T BAR THE DOORS YET, CERISE! I know we're coming dangerously close the deadline, but my mix is done, and it only needs to be mastered by the incomparable Steve Turnidge. Once I have the mastered version, then the MP3 is off to you. Any minute now! I've worked so hard on it, so if I come in just a few minutes after Midnight, you won't fault me, will ya?!

Hi keeptorqueing,

The deadline was actually midday today - but a few have turned up a little late (possibly because our deadlines have previously been midnight), so that's fine. We'll extend it to 10am tomorrow (Sunday) for any last stragglers.

All entries will be uploaded over the next week - looks like it's going to be a great year again!

Really looking forward to hearing other people's entries a well as seeing my first time entry this year!

That's it - entries are closed for 2009.

I'm sorting through entries right now, will start uploading. Might take a day or two to get them all done, will post notice here when all are available to hear.

Judging will take place whilst I'm on hols at the end of this month and the winners will be announced in the second week of November.

Well done, everyone!

Hi Cerise. I sent you a link for my entry before the deadline, did you download it before the link expired? Thanks, Paul [emp]x

Hi Paul,

No, I haven't received anything. Do you want to resend?

Cheers,
Cerise.

We have entered our track "The Cheater" so will be interesting to see what you vox fans think.

You can check the track out on our myspace
Spotty Dogg Myspace

Didn't you get your entry in on time, frood?

Spotty Dogg, I haven't received an entry from you. Please resend ASAP.

Entries have been received from:

Adam Leonard
Box of Sky
Christian Fiedler
Christopher Watson
Darren Cowie
David Cooper
Dennis Verhiest
Electro 80s
Elmoncho The Man From
Eric Daum
Eugene Valente
Fredrik Helander
Gary Hunter
Gerald Grech
Glenn Kennedy
Glenn Key
Giuliano Vangelista
Harald Steffen
Iain Graham
Ian McQueen
Ian Mock
Jeremy Hicks
Karsten Svane
Keith Peter-Budge
Kevin Murphy
Kevin Ovington
Krhys
Mark Love
Martin Shearman-Brettle
Martin Taylor
Neil Dube
Overman Projekt
Paul Boddy
Phil Marsh
Sasi
Simon Mills
Sly Domanski
Stephen R. Terwilliger
Synthsound1
Tim Blackburn
Tohru Utsumi
Tom Crossan
Torkel Hofslett Thowsen
Ultima Bleep
Wayne Corbett

If you're not on this list, PLEASE CONTACT CERISE NOW!!!

I got both of my entries in on time. My little guy is sad and moping around because he can't find any entries in the Media Archives. But I know they'll be there soon. Dying to hear all of them!

Maybe we'll get lucky and see them posted tonight?

so excited - three of my good friends are listed here - oh I can't wait to hear!!!

Cerise - I'm not on the list! But I sent my entry "The Clock" in AGES ago!

Got your resent copy safely today - thank you!

Spotty Dogg - my apologies, I just realised that you originally submitted your track to the 'Your Own Music' section, then I persuaded you to enter it into the Covers Comp. I just didn't move it into the right folder at this end. All sorted now.

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Come on Cerise - we want to hear this year's entries!!!

I'm getting a bit antsy myself....

Entries are uploading RIGHT NOW... I'll let you know when they're complete and available to hear (about an hour or two). It's the largest number of entries we've ever had - well done, everyone!

OK, I seriously underestimated how long it would take to upload and tag them all. 21 down, about 60 to go. Might take me a couple of evenings but I'll get them done ASAP.

Cheers all!
Cerise.

Seriously digging 'Moon Over Moscow'!

Eugene Valente's version of 'Vienna' is outstanding!!!!

Definitely, love it!!

I think "Sr. X" from "Elmoncho the man from" is excellent. Great sound.

Good to see this year's competition up and running! After a quick browse it sounds like the entries are of a high standard overall. And I understand there are plenty more to come!

I like Adam Leonard's 'Implausible Man', stands out for being in an early Ultravox! style.

Best of luck to all!

Darren Cowie's "Lament" is wonderful!

Just heard the soundalike covers - ALL pretty IMPRESSIVE i have to say! Would not like to have to judge this lot!!! good luck everyone! Must check otu the rest. J

Thanks very much Fredrik! I tried to make it as Vox!/Foxx as possible. Possibly a bad move when the competition closed on Midge Ure's birthday!

I've not listened to any others yet. Must start a download-athon tonight.

All the best,
+A

I have listened Competiton's Song. Everybody gave full heart into their songs. Nice to hear those good work!

Best Cover: Wow "Sleepwalk" by Electro 80. is perfect!!! my favourite! - I haven't expected Ultravox'sound. But here is perfect, and other important think. You sing with your own voice. You don't need to be Midge the 2nd. (Midge II is Mike from Monument He has to be )).
Moon Over Moscow - Visage cover by Christopher Watson and Lament by Dareen Cowie are also very close to the orignals.


Best Recover - This is I have been waiitng for
SR X is Perfect!!!, Vienna by Eugene is Great!!! But I like other ReCovers Hiroshima Mon Amour - Ultravox! re-cover by Electric Angels is very interested,I like this version, Just For a Moment - Ultravox! re-cover by Adam Leonard i very like your arrangment eith guitar, Maximum Acceleration - Ultravox! re-cover by Fredrik Helander fir me sounds like later Ultravox with fine "guest" vocals, cool interpretation,

Best Origial
The level goes up. I also very like this section:
Limelight by Frederik reminds me B-sides from Vienna and Quartet (Alles klar / Monument) with more Quartet sound. The Archer is more Billy's sound.
Frederik - your 80's girl would has been a hit in 80's. Adam Leonard in The Implausible Man playing like Robin Shears or Steve Simon. I don't know. Real old good Ultravox!.Through the Door by Fredrik - have you invited Midge for this song???

I; m waitn for the next part and try to write short post.

Bye
Sly

The best is yet to come...

thanks for the nice comments on electro80s sleepwalk


cheers sly

I'm really hoping the "yet to comes" come soon!

Thank you very much for those kind remarks, Sly!

Where are the rest of the tracks, Cerise???!!!

Thanks for the nice comments, Sly, about the Electric Angels' version of Hiroshima. I haven't had a chance to download everyone's pieces yet but I am looking forward to setting aside some time to do so. As a Foxx-Vox fan, Adam Leonard's 'Implausible Man' sounds especially intriguing.

WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!
WE WANT THE REST OF THE COVERS!

- please?

More uploading right now.

Boy, lots of entries this year - over 80. It's taken 8 hours so far to upload and tag. Will finish them today but it might be late tonight. Thanks for your patience!

Is there a way of d/ling the lot in 1 go? Or even just the entries in 1 category? I only had a quick look the other night and couldn't see anything...

I might do a zip file, but it's over 1GB and if everyone tries to DL at once it might put quite a strain on our bandwidth. I'll see if I have time.

Neil, 'Love's Great Cocktail Adventure' is hysterical! especially the "Do do do do's" at the end of verse one, and thanking the "crowd" I love it!

That's it - they're all up, 81 entries plus one video (oo, that's new!). A huge thank you to everyone that put a lot of hard work into this, you're a massively talented bunch. Judging will be performed over the next two weeks or so. Enjoy!

Nice one Cerise. I'll be having a good listen. I still listen to one of the entries from a couple of years ago. Was nobody from the band available to judge this time round?

Funnily enough, they're all busy.

Warren judged the first year, but we've been doing it ever since. We did try asking other band members (and Warren again), but it's a big ask - 80-odd tracks take a long time to listen to several times over and then write up comments, agonise over which ones you feel are deserving winners, etc.

True enough. I didn't realise that Warren only did it the once. I'm glad the boys have other things on...

Thanks Stephen! I'm glad its cheesiness shone through!

The quality of entries this year is really outstanding. Maybe Warren could be pursuaded to judge a winner of winners??

Now you KNOW you won't have time... No worries, just wondered. If anyone else decides to zip 'em up somewhere, do shout...

Well that's where you're wrong - the zips went up a few hours ago.

Cheers, much easier to download all the entries...

Ta very much! As Si said, much easier to grab them this way. Cheers!

My pleasure.

Big thanks for getting all the covers up and running and zip files including my Vienna cover. Smiles all round when I played it from the re cover section. I am enjoying listening to every ones work. Good Luck to everyone who entered many thanks Kevin Murphy Liverpool.

All 81 entries now on my iPod touch, ready to be listened to with great joy! Best of luck to everyone who entered. But again, who really cares who wins?! It's a blast creating the tracks, and even more fun listening!

Absolutely right! Looking forward to hearing them all over the next few days!

Listening to all the entries has been the most thoroughly enjoyable experience I've had on the internet for years! Great stuff, guys!

wow, so much great stuff! what a blast listening to it all. much admiration to all of you

Well I've d/led them all now and put them on my mp3 player. Only really listened to the "originals in the style of" section so far (see what I'm up against!) and...blimey, lots of really good stuff. Congrats everyone - some really talented people out there. Great listening!

Thank you everybody for another wonderfull year of covers and new songs

Is there any other way to listen to these entries apart from download? I've only listened to one so far & that is the excellent "The Cheater" by SpottyDogg, which I listened to via their website. It's no surprise to me that I enjoyed this track as I have loved previous tracks I have heard by them.

I'm currntly listening to Electro 80s version of "Sleepwalk". Great job guys - very big thumbs up.

The standard is high isnt it? I've decided to do a little article and put some coverage on some of this work as I feel some of it is quite inspiring - and it would tie in nicely with a project I'm working on at the moment about electronic music. I may have a few questions I hope thats okay.

Ta
Jus

You might find joining the Electro80s forum would help you with this Jus. There is even a well known drummer from an 80s electro group who recently joined the forum - & it's not Warren!!

I managed to listen to all entries today. Yes the standards are very high indeed.
I don’t have any particulars as everyone’s work is fantastic,
Good luck. Everyone is a winner in my book

Hi Snashy,

When you click on each individual track from each of the sections, they should play in your browser.

Cheers,
Cerise.

Ok - thanks Cerise.

Thanks Snash - currently doing all the req research.

Good luck with the project Jus - I'm sure it'll be a success.

Cerise,

Thanks for zipping the files, the download was so easy and lo! they even have "album names" making sorting through the 13,000 songs on my iPod a snap!

I HIGHLY recommend to people that they download all in one go if they can!

I am working through all the origianls right now, great stuff!

A few of the files don't have all the tags for Artist etc but it only took a few minutes to look up who was responsible for what on the site here and update them.

Re-Listening to the Cover Comp tracks. Great production on most of the tracks, Superb.

You're very welcome! We like to pay attention to detail, y'know.

Phil - I corrected the artist titles etc on the first couple of zips, shortly after I uploaded them the first time. I think you just got to them a bit too quickly! If you grab them again, you should find that all the detail is there.

Nah, its ok - all done and on me mp3 player now. :-) Ta anyway!

And.....?

... And there's one section left to judge, along with the overall winner. I'm hoping to get it done some time this weekend, so the results will be posted very soon.

YAY!

YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Do we know when the winners will be announced yet?

The judging is all finished and the results will be posted on Wednesday. Been a bit busy with something else today - you'll find out what in the morning!

Intriguing.

See announcement in this thread .

I had a feeling that's what it might be Cerise. I logged off as soon as I posted so if only I'd stayed online a bit longer I'd have known for definite last night.

Clock strikes 12...

I just watched the Video of "Before" by Container.

Just astounding stuff. The images brought back a flood memories of long forgotten toys. It felt so personal...amazing.

have i missed something wednesdays gone . must be next wednesday

Wot? No winners????!!!!

Probably still a bit tied up with RTE2.

Wow! Thanks!
Wow, again!

You are welcome. Have you posted it on Youtube yet?

It would get a lot of plays.

Is it entirely computer generated or did you create models and film those?