Hi everyone,
Coming to you with an update.
We have been positively surprised with the volume of submissions received.
As of September 21, we had 615 submissions from 94 countries. This is
beyond anything we had imagined for this point of time. The entries are so
diverse – from iconic 80's synthesizer sound effects to guitar and piano
solos, all the brass instrumental fanfare of a Medieval affair, to abstract
concepts created with voice and everyday objects. A dedicated team of
community members has been screening all submissions as they come in;
primarily for length, clear vandalism and any copyright issues.
We still have 3.5 weeks to go!!!! We know people are keen to listen in and
with our community liaisons we decided to create compilations and share
random batches of submissions. So without further ado, *lean back and
listen in*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo/Submissions>. We
hope to regularly update this space with more batches of submissions.
Regards,
The sound logo team
*Mehrdad Pourzaki*
Lead Movement Communications Specialist
wikimediafoundation.org
On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 2:31 PM Mehrdad Pourzaki <mpourzaki(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hi everyone,
Tomorrow is the launch of the Wikimedia sound logo
<https://soundlogo.wikimedia.org/> contest and we couldn’t be more
excited. We'll be in session soon and accepting submissions.
On behalf of the organizing team and community liaisons, we are grateful
to Commons community members and others who participated in the different
phases of this project – from an initial concept exploration to a contest
proposal – providing us with valuable guidance to help shape an open, global
contest <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo>. With
so much expertise in international photography contests and visual logo
searches in the movement, we are curious to learn how sound and audio
production will play out for us, in harmony with our values.
This is just a heads up and a thank you note. More information to come.
We'd love to welcome scores of submissions from around the world, so please
help the contest call vibrate through your networks. And of course, submit
one yourself. There are free and open source tools
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo/Sound_collaboration#Freely_licensed_(libre)_and_free_from_cost_(gratis)>
that can help us capture sound and create that unique sound logo for our
movement. And you don't have to be pitch perfect, we'll be having an audio
production drop-in clinic
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo#Music_Production_Drop-in_Clinic>
with our expert partner MassiveMusic on 29 September @ 15:00 UTC. We'd love
to hear from you.
Ok, I think I have included enough sound-related puns in this email.
Wishing you all well and once again, a heartfelt thank you.
On behalf of the sound logo team,
Mehrdad
*Mehrdad Pourzaki*
Lead Movement Communications Specialist
wikimediafoundation.org