Nur Ein Begins…
Amid a huge political kerfuffle (wonderful word) Nur Ein kicks off with the first entry due on the 15th March at 1.00pm EST
The title is: ‘Pencil me in‘ and I’ve just finished the lyrics for it. Quite chuffed with them really. The challenge is that the song has to have handclaps… So it does 
Here are the full rules for the Nur Ein:
25 Bands enter into the Nur Ein but in the end, there can be only one winner.
* Each fight will take eight days to complete and will be a challenge of skill, creativity and a battle against time.
* On Day 1, a song title will be named (as chosen by the jury). It will not be a songfight title as the sidefight will run on its own timeframe.
* With every title, there will be non-optional challenge attached. An example would be something like ‘the lyrics must include a civil war reference’ or ‘the lyrics cannot make any reference to love’ or ‘all chords, no single notes’, etc. You get the idea.
* The bands will have 5 days to complete the challenge song.
* There will also be an obscenely hard music trivia challenge. The first person to come up with the right answer wins immunity and goes onto the next round of the Nur Ein without having to make a song. This is good for those with time problems.
* Songs will be self-hosted (if you don’t have space, ask me or J$).
* After the deadline, the songs will be strung into a podcast or hosted stream (a la last year’s SF Radio) that can be enjoyed, while the Jury deliberates.
* Reviews and loud talking is encouraged but the jury will not be swayed (except by large bribes).
* On the 8th day, the jury will make their decision and some fighters will be eliminated. Here’s the elimination breakdown:
Stage 1: 25 bands- 5 eliminations
Stage 2: 20 bands- 5 eliminations
Stage 3: 15 bands- 4 eliminations
Stage 4: 11 bands- 4 eliminations
Stage 5: 7 bands- 3 eliminations
Stage 6: 4 bands- 2 eliminations
Stage 7: 2 bands- the vote of the exiles chooses the winner.
NUR EIN!
* The band with the jury’s favorite song gets an exemption.
* If the songs are of exceptional quality, we can adjust the amount of eliminations to add extra rounds.
*On that 8th day, after the eliminations are made, the new challenge title is released and the next stage begins.