AI - Composition Competition 2024
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This competition is closed: it is not possible anymore to apply for the AI Composition Competition 2024. Keep track of privatekitchen.nl for the winner to be announced at the BMiM Special on june 5 in Arena, Amsterdam
Private Kitchen/MiMM invites media composers to participate in the first AI - COMPOSITION COMPETITION!
What does this competition entail?
The idea is that you will compose a soundtrack using 'AI tools' for a specific film fragment (which is also generated with AI). The deadline is Sunday, April 28, 24:00.
What should you submit?
1 - The film fragment with your soundtrack.
2 - The separate audio track.
3 - A detailed explanation of how you used AI tools in your composition process.
Why should you participate?
Everyone knows that developments in the field of AI are happening very quickly, including in the field of music. There are both positive and negative sides to these rapid developments. This competition is aimed at investigating its (im)possibilities.
In general, media composers have developed their own working method. A working method that you will not easily deviate from, especially given the deadlines you often have to deal with. This competition gives you the opportunity to try out what you, as a media composer, could do with the AI tools that are currently available. On the Private Kitchen website you will find an overview of possible tools.
How to proceed?
A short impression of the competition video can be found below.
After registration you will receive a link where you can find information and where you can download the film fragment.
When you are done, hand in:
1 - the film fragment with your soundtrack (mp4, avi or mov)
2 - a separate soundtrack/audio file (wav, mp3)
3 - the detailed explanation (pdf).
Send us your files via wetransfer so we can download them. The free version with 2GB is sufficient to send us your material. Important: provide the file names with your own name.
The deadline for submission is Sunday April 28 at midnight.
Watch excerpts from the competition video “AIex’s Message” below.
What happens next?
The entries will be judged on:
1 - the end result (the soundtrack in relation to the image);
2 - the detailed explanation you gave.
That explanation is at least as important as the end result, because ultimately that explanation is important for all media composers. They can therefore get an idea of how you could use certain AI tools in your composition process *.
The entries are judged by an expert jury.
This jury announces 3 nominations from which 1 winner is ultimately chosen.
Award announcement at BMiM Special Event, Amsterdam
The nominees will be interviewed and the eventual winner will be announced during a special session at the Buma Music in Motion event, 5 June 2024 in Hotel Arena, Amsterdam.
You can order tickets and read more about the event on their event webpage:
https://buma-music-in-motion.nl/nl/bmim-special-2024/
In addition to this special session, a more general AI and Music session will take place during this conference in which the possible positive and negative aspects of AI will be discussed.
* Private Kitchen can subsequently announce which AI tools have been used for the winning entry: we do this to inform other media composers.
Is there anything to win?
In addition to the recognition and fame through Private Kitchen, Buma Music-in-Motion, and associated newsletters and social media channels, Private Kitchen/MiMM is making a cash prize of 750 euros available to the winner of this competition.
Meet the Jury
Janne Spijkervet
composer, AI researcher TikTok
Janne Spijkervet is a music producer, DJ and artificial intelligence researcher who explores musical creativity with the latest advances in machine learning. She has collaborated with artists to create songs using artificial intelligence, from crazy hip-hop songs with 'De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig' to tearjerkers inspired by André Hazes, and a summer hit on Radio 538's "Maak 't of Kraak 't". At TikTok she works in the Speech, Audio and Music Intelligence R&D team, where she works to develop advanced technology to inspire creativity with music.
Ivo Witteveen
Composer, music producer and lecturer
Ivo Witteveen is an Amsterdam-based music composer, producer and educator, writing music for various media. As a partner and founder of MOST, he has worked on numerous (inter)national advertising jobs for clients like Mercedes, Sony, Adidas and Coca-Cola and won multiple awards.
In addition, he created music and sound design for various museum installations, VR motion rides and theme park attractions and has been responsible for the entire audio content of attractions like Corpus.
Ivo is a professor and course leader at the Composition & Music Production major (Prince Claus Conservatoire). Among his interests are creativity & design processes and entrepreneurship in the context of professional music.
Than van Nispen
Lecturer and media composer
Than van Nispen is both a biologist (he learned about Deep Ecology and Anthropocene extinctions during his MSc at the Utrecht University and acquired his ‘mad scientist’ mojo there) and a music composer for games and interaction, which he studied for at the HKU, giving him two other Master degrees (MMus, MA). Besides life and working on (solutions for)(interactive) compositions, he nowadays enjoys spending his parttime life as a lecturer and researcher at HKU School of Music and Technology where he currently works in fields as Interactive music for (Art) Games and Installations, Music as Biology, BioArt, inclusion, Artificial Intelligence and Sonic Interaction Design.
Organization
Private Kitchen, the English-language online platform for Dutch media composers produced by the MiMM, organizes this competition in collaboration with Buma Music-in-Motion.
AI in Music : Composition Competition is supported by Norma Plus
Overview of AI tools
Below you will find an embedded list of a number of AI tools that will be available at the start of the competition and that we know are used for music development. No distinction is made between free or paid services. This list is available until the competition closes.
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