Board Thread:Off-topic Discussion/@comment-125.163.216.125-20150322050550/@comment-90.202.174.29-20150409231754

I don't even know if I'm qualified enough for this, but I'll give it a whirl:

@Bluebird?: Advertising-wise, getting popular artists/social media users [tumblr,deviantArt, and reddit?] to advertise should help get more people (It's how I found out about Chorus Battles in the first place). I have no idea what you could offer them in return--maybe offer them a judge position? Or just ask nicely and see how it goes? It's worth a shot, I think.

A catchy name, design, and theme are vital.

@NaYu NotYou: I wonder if one stage is really enough...sure, they're beginners, but isn't this supposed to be making them more experienced? How are they going to get enough experience from one song--their first song? Maybe three would be more ideal...though it'd take a while, and quite a bit of co-ordinating...if we can schedule the battles during school breaks [and work it out so that the judges will have free time to judge right afterwards], we might see less drop-outs, and hopefully more participants (Hopefully they'll think 'Hey! I have break most of those times! This might work!'). The problem is the breaks...and making sure they're not during other peoples' finals week. There's also the option of holding the battles sometime near the middle of the term, so we're less likely to catch people during finals [midterms don't matter...ha...but they won't be as nervewracking as finals]--maybe a bit after midterm. That co-ordination will probably be a better indicator of timing, but I was thinking.... ...I hope it wasn't pretentious of me to write this...If that was unreadable, my apologies.
 * Advertisement stage: 1.5-2 months [a two week buffer if not enough people]
 * Sign-up stage: 1 month
 * Assignment stage: 1.5 months or less?
 * Get-to-know-each-other stage: 2-3 months, if you're including the prep for the first round..?
 * Round stages: 3 rounds, 3 months to prep [singing, mixing, etc.]
 * Judging should hopefully take less than a month, but maybe a week or two buffer [depends on entry number].
 * ...How many judges and how many people per team? What is the goal: is it just to produce music, or are there to be music videos as well [with mixing and editing and art]? The former is easier, but the latter gives more experience and might be a bit more entertaining to judge.