THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYNTH GURNING COMPETITION
We all know about ‘Air Guitar’ (a form of movement in which the performer pretends to play rock or heavy metal-style electric guitar) and ‘Beatboxing’ (a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of producing drum beats, using one’s mouth, lips, tongue, and voice).
But what about ‘Synth Gurning’? Synth Gurning is defined as the art of producing synth sounds or effects using just the voice whilst pulling a funny face.
In order to give this little known artform the attention and respect it rightly deserves, we’re launching the worlds first International Synth Gurning competition.
The concept is simple. We’d like you to video yourself making your own synth sound or effect with just your voice. We’re also looking for ‘interesting facial expression’ (gurning), to enhance the performance. Basically we want to hear you make silly sounds and see your face while you do so.
This is a just for fun project, but to give you a bit of added incentive Vince will be giving away his own personally autographed, limited-edition, Mute Synth to the best performer, and will sign certificates of distinction for the runners up.
All you need to do to enter is to video record yourself reproducing a synth sound with nothing but your voice . Once you’re satisfied that you’ve put in your best performance then upload the video to YouTube and send us the link before midnight (UK) on August 23rd 2013. Vince will personally view all the entries and the winners will be announced a fortnight later.
Remember, anyone can imitate synth sounds but this is just as much about the faces you pull to make them.
Good luck!
