Welcome

Fret War gathers guitarists from all over the interwebs to a showdown for fame and glory to prove they are the fastest, most accurate, creative or unique players out there.

The idea is simple: Once a week the Conductor submits a round with a musical challenge. It could be based on a mode, a motif, a particular piece of non-copyrighted music, or something totally weird.

At midnight on Friday, the winners are reviewed on a show everyone can download to hear who won The Fret War!

The Rules

The rules for Fret War are simple:

1. Everyone who is going to play a round is sent a link to the round at the same time in their email.
2. You are given sheet music, midi files, and mp3 renderings of the piece to learn the song with and practice.
3. You can then submit your version of the song and after you submit one you can rank other player's submissions.
4. All submissions must be CC licensed for maximum reusability.
5. You can submit as many times as you want, based on feedback, until the deadline for the round.
6. After the final submissions, the best ranked submissions are collected and analyzed by your host, The Conductor, Zed A. Shaw or a guest.
7. The Conductor then produces a show awarding the winners for that round fame and recognition based on their interpretation, accuracy, speed, and uniqueness.
8. The Winnars will be placed on the leader board and special events will be held to honor those who stay on the longest.

The goal is to both be most recognized by the other players, and to get recognized by The Conductor for the round as being the best guitarist.

Status

Everyone can submit for the current round, which will be due soon. Stay tuned for the announcement of when it's going to be actually ready. The remaining features are to give a comments and ratings system. Review the Playing information to find out how to do it, and make sure you Signup so you can participate.

How To Play

It's very easy to participate in Fret War. You just need to signup for an account and then send your submission to play@fretwar.com. Here's how it works:

1. Craft your recordings of you playing, and even if you suck submit it. That's part of the fun.
2. Write an email to play@fretwar.com with all your media attached and a description of your submission for the round.
3. You'll then get a confirmation back when your page is ready, you can then check it out.
4. If you want to add media or change your description, just send more email and fretwar.com will do the update.

It really is that simple. The link you get is public and you are allowed to share it with friends and get people to come talk about it. Making Your Submission

Ratings will be based on whether people like various qualities of your submissions, not on a particular 1-5 arbitrary number scale. Their opinions on accuracy, interpretation, tone, and uniqueness will add up to a score.

Finally, if you win then your submission will be used in The Show later in the week, and we'll possibly try to interview you about your submission. The Mailing List And Twitter

If you want to be updated about the development of fretwar.com then join fretwar@librelist.com to talk about it. You can also follow @fretwar on Twitter to get updates periodically.