Consolidation/Reflection
Activity 5: Do Your Song's Characteristics Meet the Requirements? (20 minutes)
We know your song will be awesome, but we need to make sure that it meets the requirements for the competition.
Complete this checklist in your Student Writing Activity or Coding Activity Workbook.
Music:
- Is your song a minimum of 30 seconds (16 measures) and a maximum of 3 minutes?
- Does your song use at least 5 unique music tracks?
- Does your song include at least one sound clip (stem) from an Indigenous artist featured in the program (Dakota Bear, Jayli Wolf, Samian, Elder Duke Redbird, Twin Flames, Aysanabee)?
- Play your song — Does the song sound like a remix of one of the artists? Have you changed the style, tempo, order of beats? Have you mixed other sounds with their stems?
Do you have any sounds that are not from the EarSketch library or that were recorded by you? If so, did you attribute the source in the comments? Any copyrighted sound clips that you do not have rights to must be removed from your song.Information on copyright can be found here.
Code:
- Does your song include the EarSketch API function fitMedia to insert sound clips?
- Does your song use variables?
- Does your song include custom/user-defined functions to define song sections?
- Does your song use comments to describe the code and document your message in the song?
TIP: Share your code with a peer (if possible). Do they understand the flow of the code? Are there places where additional comments would help them understand your code?
Promote Equity:
- Does your song include a message or call to action that promotes equity?
- Does your song demonstrate student awareness or analysis of racial injustice?
- Have you prepared a short reflection about your song to include with the submission form?
Copyright
Copyright protects the creator of a piece of original work to have the exclusive right to reproduce and use that work.
Have you used sounds outside the Earsketch music library (for example, uploading stems from your computer)?
- NO - All music samples in the sound library are licensed, so you can use them as you wish in your music. No action required
- YES
- Did you upload your own sounds and vocals? No action required.
- Did you upload sounds from other songs and websites? Check the copyright and ensure they fall under a Creative Commons license (such as sound clips on Freesound) or a free culture license. You cannot use samples or covers you do not have the rights to. Click here for more info on Copyright.
A quick note on copyright.
All music samples in the sound library are licensed, so you can use them as you wish in your music.
However, this is not true with all music. All music has copyright (in fact two copyrights); rights to a song and rights to a sound recording.
Copyright protects the creator of a piece of original work to have the exclusive right to reproduce and use that work.
If you are using sounds outside of the EarSketch library (for example, uploading stems from your computer), you must check the copyright and look for a Creative Commons license (such as sound clips on Freesound) or a free culture license.
You may record your own instruments and vocals, but you cannot upload samples or covers they do not have the rights to. Click here for more info on Copyright.
Congratulations! You are ready to submit your song!
Follow this link to submit your song.
If you’d like to work on it later and submit it closer to the deadline, you may!
Even if you aren’t sure if your song will win, please submit because YOUR VOICE IS POWER!
We want to collect thousands of students' songs to show the power of this movement.
Congratulations! You did an awesome job showing everyone Your Voice is Power.