Jukebox Fanworks Exchange

No joke! Nominations will open for this round of the exchange later today.

Feel free to use this post to gauge others' interest in this or that artist or genre or cover, or to ask questions about what can be nominated (there's a short guide at the collection and there are no big changes to the instructions from last year).

For an inspiration boost, enjoy some playlists of songs and music videos requested in previous years. Disclaimer: some of the links may no longer be available.

2021: YouTube, Spotify
2020: YouTube
2019: YouTube
2018: YouTube, Spotify
2017: YouTube
2016: YouTube
2015: YouTube
2014: YouTube (select songs)

Welcome to Jukebox 2019! This is a fanworks gift exchange in which art, fic, and podfic is created for the narratives in songs and music videos.

Canon nominations will occur during 13-22 March this year. The rules about what can be nominated can be found here and haven't changed from last year.

Please use this post or its LiveJournal equivalent to discuss what you're thinking of nominating! See also the past brainstorming tag. Other questions also welcome.


Directory
For fun, here's a directory of the songs and music videos that were nominated and requested in previous years.

2013
Tag set | Tables of canons: A-L, by song; M-Z, by song| Requests

2014
Tag set | Tables of canons: LJ, by song; LJ, by artist; DW, by song; DW, by artist | Requests

2015
Tag set | Tables of canons: by song; by artist | Requests

2016
Tag set | Tables of canons: by song; by artist | Requests

2017
Tag set | Tables of canons: by song; by artist | Requests

2018
Tag set | Tables of canons: by song; by artist | Requests

This post is also on LJ

(nb: all admin posts are cross-posted between LJ and DW, though you're welcome to participate at only one or the other if you prefer.)

Hello! I am so excited to start Jukebox up again for this year. I can't believe it's the fifth year already.

Journal style changes

You may notice that both this community and the LiveJournal community look a little different. With a bit of help, I re-jigged the theme and colours and added link lists. My hope is that the new design is a) more legible and useful, b) more consistent across the two communities, and c) a little prettier (though that is a very distant third). I'm happy to take further feedback; otherwise, if you add ?style=mine to the end of a URL in this comm, it'll show you the page in your own journal style. Maybe there'll be a sticky post with a nice picture later.

Currently, the links list includes the collection, the tag set, and the schedule; later I'll add other things like the canons, the letters post, and the beta post. Suggestions welcome. What makes the community easy to use for you?

Rule changes

Small changes for this year include:
Art minimum
I tweaked this to remove the pixel requirements, which didn't really work last year, and specify that if you are submitting graphics, at least 3 separate pieces are required; otherwise, please just ensure that the work is checked for obvious problems (don't draw on lined paper, make sure you have a reliable scanner or camera, check resolution, etc) and is complete. EDIT: Now changed to: collages, manips, and similar graphics may be given as treats to people who are open to them, but may not be used to fulfil an assignment.

Nominations limit
Last year I allowed 8 nominations; I'd prefer to make it 7 this year. That is solely because it seems to take around the same number of total hours for me to put together the link tables as there are nominations per participant. Weird, I know, but it's consistent. I can commit to 7 hours in one day to put the tables together, but 8 was stretching it and I don't want to delay sign-ups. If this is a large disappointment to y'all, I'll reconsider.

Requests limit
Last year you could request 3-8 pieces of music. It occurs to me that 8 is a bit arbitrary since AO3 goes up to 10 easily. Does anyone want me to change the possible request maximum to 10? The minimum will not change.

Pinch hits
Are you all happy with me continuing to post them to the community?

Any other feedback is welcome.

Brainstorming

Since nominations will open on Friday (approximately), please use this post and its Dreamwidth equivalent to share what you're thinking of nominating! This is an optional part of the exchange and so is nominating, but it's a good way to get ideas, see if other people are excited about your music choices - or at the very least, bring your favourite music to other people's attention.

This post on LJ

Zdenka has very kindly made me some banners. You can share each one by copying the code below it. Please promote this fest on your chosen platforms - the more participants, the merrier.



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I have also updated the fest FAQ and Rules at the 2015 AO3 collection profile. Please take a look and let me know of any inconsistencies - or unanswered questions - that remain. You can comment here or email me at jukebox.mod@gmail.com. I am always happy to hear from people, even if you don't end up signing up.


Finally, what are you planning to nominate? Let's toss some ideas around either here or at the equivalent post on LiveJournal.

Here if you'd like to share music you're keen on, or sound out whether someone else might be interesting in reading/writing the songs you want to write/read for.

Links are welcome.

Nominations will open 26 July are open now (!) and close 1 August.

(See also: http://jukebox-fest.livejournal.com/816.html for the same post on the LJ community.)