Vocal Edge: Unwritten, had been a big risk.
Not only was it venturing into unknown territory, in which we were asking people to bare their souls and write to provided royalty-free tracks, but it had been conceived, for the first time, by someone other than Brett. Isabel's idea had been so well recieved and created such amazing music in its first outing, that s second season was simply a MUST.
Vocal Edge: Unwritten 2 began on July 6th 2017.
The season kicked off with a song, written by Isabel herself, and performed by the judging team.
Round One
A Sip Of Summer
Challenge one of our second season required the contestants to write about summer. They also had to include specific words in their lyrics; wave, sunbeam and shore.
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Round Two
Inspiration
The contestants were now challenged to write a song whose lyrics were inspired by the picture provided. The disparity between the picture and track were deliberate, but everyone seemed to deal well with it and came up with great songs.
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Round Three
The Shop
The next challenge was within the ability to avoid (or work around) a guiding melody in the provided track.
Contestants were tasked with a specific style, and problems to overcome, whilst composing melody and lyrics about 'a shop'.
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Round Four
Paper Bag
In order to test their storytelling through music, the contestants were tasked with writing a song, specifically about a man called Mikey, involving a paper bag, and using the line "I thought I saw him cry". The song was also required to end with a cliffhanger...
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Round Five
Elixir
The contestants were simply given a title to work from on this round... 'Elixir'. the resulting songs literally brought tears to the eyes of multiple judges, and was one of the most emotive and stunning rounds in VE history.
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Finals
The finalists were given two tasks in the finals; one was to work with a blank page, an find their inspiration for a subject purely from the provided track. The other, was more restrictive. Complete and resolve the cliffhanger from your own song, from Round 4.
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