Jeu de temps / Times Play (JTTP) 2010
CALL FOR NEW WORKS FROM YOUNG AND/OR EMERGING SOUND ARTISTS/COMPOSERS
Deadline for submissions: June 1, 2010 (postmarked)
The CEC is pleased to announce that ACMA (Australasian Computer Music Association) has accepted our invitation to collaborate on JTTP 2010. This year’s edition is therefore open to young and/or emerging sound artists/composers from (or living in) Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Exceptionally for the 2010 edition, the deadline has been moved to June 1. As of the 2010 edition, multichannel submissions and videomusic works may be submitted to JTTP. Due to recent changes in arts council funding programmes, the CD component of JTTP, Cache, may no longer be produced. The remainder of the project remains however intact.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
Artists/composers from (or living in) Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
WHAT IS A “YOUNG AND/OR EMERGING SOUND ARTIST / COMPOSER”?
This would be someone who is likely to be continuing studies in an educational facility or possibly someone for whom there has been little or no national or international recognition of their work and potential in the short period of time that they have been involved in the field.
DO I NEED TO BECOME A CEC OR ACMA MEMBER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROJECT?
No. Participants are not required to be or become CEC or ACMA members.
WHAT ABOUT COPYRIGHT?
All participants will retain full copyright of their work.
WHAT ARE THE SUBMISSION CRITERIA?
• The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2010, postmarked. Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered.
• Only one work will be accepted per participant.
• There is no maximum duration for submissions.
A complete and eligible submission package will include the following:
• A completed waiver <http://cec.concordia.ca/contracts/index.html>
• Necessary files sent by YouSendIt on this account <http://dropbox.yousendit.com/YvesGigon10012545>
Submissions can also be sent in a well-padded envelope to the CEC mailing address. In that case, the package will include the following materials:
• One CD-Rom/DVD-Rom containing the data (no CD audio or DVD-video). Stereo audio pieces must be normalized to 97% (-0.3 dB). Please remove also DC offset. The name of the participant, title of work, duration and any other pertinent information must appear on the CD/DVD cover, and the name of the participant must appear on the CD/DVD itself.
• A completed waiver <http://cec.concordia.ca/contracts/index.html>
Submissions from Canada:
CEC / JTTP 2010 GM-500 — 1455, boulevard De Maisonneuve Ouest Montréal QC H3G 1M8 Canada
Submissions from Australia or New Zealand:
Australasian Computer Music Association (JTTP 2010) C/O Tim Opie 113 Inverness Avenue The Basin, 3154 VIC, AUSTRALIA
Submissions will not be returned, but will be housed in the CEC archive.
MULTICHANNEL SUBMISSIONS
All multichannel submissions must include:
• all files named according to the guidelines below
• a stereo mixdown of the work
• a detailled Technical Sheet (see below) as a separate file (pdf)
File Naming Convention for Speaker Positioning
Use the format "lastname_keywordfromtitle_POSITION.extension" to name your files (change all special characters to Roman letters: e.g. change éèê to e, etc). Do not include any other information in the file names (e.g. bit depth or sample rate).
To indicate the speaker position for each stem, use capital letters as follows for works up to 8.1 (larger setups should be based on this model and detailed in a separate Tech Sheet):
L = left C = centre R = right F = front S = side B = behind SUB = subwoofer
LF CF RF
LS RS
LB CB RB
eg. Kevin Austin -- The Mandolin Rises at Noon (2009), for solo loudspeaker and subwoofer (1.1)
austin_mandolin_CF.aif austin_mandolin_SUB.aif
Technical Sheet for Multichannel Submissions
Indicate the name of your work as the title of the Tech Sheet. Do not indicate your name or any other information that could identify you, as this sheet will be provided to the jury.
Indicating the following information for your submission. Feel free to add any other relevant information.
• sampling rate and bit depth of the multichannel and stereo formats
• speaker positioning diagramme (use the convention indicated above)
• proposal for channel assignment for a 5.1 setup
• proposal for panning positioning of channels to listen to the work in stereo (e.g. L LC C RC R)
VIDEOMUSIC SUBMISSIONS
All videomusic submissions should be formatted as follows:
• File type: mp4
• Codec: H.264 (x264 or MainConcept) - playable in QuickTime!!!
• Video width: 480pixels (the height will depend on your format: 4:3, 16:9, etc)
• Audio: stereo mixdown 44.1 kHz in 128 kbps AAC
• Total bitrate: (video and audio): 1000 kbps
Some free software that can help you export to the appropriate format:
• Handbrake — http://handbrake.fr/
• MPEG Streamclip — http://www.squared5.com/
WHO IS SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT?
This project is supported in part by CEC membership dues, ACMA membership dues, the SOCAN Foundation, Concordia University, the Canada Council for the Arts, as well as by generous donations from a number of individual and institutional Project Partners.
WHO CAN I CONTACT FOR MORE INFO?
For any questions that have not been answered on this page or in the longer and more detailed explanation <http://cec.concordia.ca/jttp/info.html>, email the project administrators at jttp@econtact.ca
PROJECT SCHEDULE
June 1st — Deadline for submissions July 7th — Results announced to participants
WHAT IS JTTP?
A large multi-leveled project of the Communauté électroacoustique canadienne (CEC) Canadian Electroacoustic Community, JTTP is aimed at promoting and celebrating new electroacoustic works from young and/or emerging sound artists/composers from (or living in) Canada. JTTP is an annual project and was launched in 2000.
JTTP offers the following to the participants:
• promotion on the web through a special focus issue of eContact! http://econtact.ca;
• inclusion in a competition with an international jury, and awards (prize money, CDs, books);
• concert presentations of the top scoring submitted works;
• inclusion in a CD compilation, Cache, for the top-placing works (pending funding);
• radio play and concert launches for the top 5 placing works and for the works included on Cache.
The best way to find out about the JTTP is to look over the past editions <http://cec.concordia.ca/jttp/index.html> that are on the CEC’s website. From the website one can also listen to the past years’ submissions, see who participated in the juries, and read the programme and biographical notes. A longer and more detailed explanation can be found here <http://cec.concordia.ca/jttp/info.html> that should answer most questions.
