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IN ‘VERSE INFO

In the final two weeks of February, idols who have either expressed interest in the opportunity to their managers or have been specifically picked by management for consideration will be sent details of the concept of each song and MV (but not a demo). Idols will be able to express their preferred concept to their managers but final decisions will be made by the department of artist and repertoire management responsible for arranging the project groups and their choices may not ultimately align with the idols’ preferences.

Shortly following, the song lineups will be confirmed with the chosen idols. As they near work for the project, they will be sent full-length demos of the song they will be recording and will also be made aware of the other idols they will be working with.

Further schedules for recording, practicing, and preparing the song will come at a later date.

OUT OF ‘VERSE INFO

Note that these are not official sub-units and the songs will not get promotion. While it is also not a brand deal, since the MVs are each sponsored by/in collaboration with a particular brand, a muse cannot be the face of a competing brand or product of that which is sponsoring the song and MV.

In-character, it’s an opportunity for the three companies to profit off of combinations they couldn’t have otherwise, this time without having to provide the budget for the releases themselves since the brands will be fronting the bill this time around.

All singles will be released by the project group under the name of COLLA3ORATE. For this special project, the regular music claim waiting period rules do not apply and a mun is allowed to have a muse releasing another points claimed song in the same month. Though all songs will be officially credited under the name COLLA3ORATE, performers will be individually credited on most platforms as well, so performance involvement will be added to your muse’s Exclusive blog career page.

If you’re interested in having your muse participate in this opportunity, a form will be opened up at 12PM (noon) EST on February 28 to submit your muse for the project. For the initial submissions, muns may only be confirmed for one muse in one of the songs. After first round submissions are made and confirmed, a date will be announced where muns can submit for second and possibly third muses.

All songs will have a preparation period of two months in addition to the month of release. For instance, the May release will be worked on in March, April, and the beginning of May. During this preparation time, mini schedules will be posted for the idols collaborating on the specific song that the involved idols can earn points for writing about. Select days of the preparation process will be filmed to be uploaded on base Online, but most of the preparation will be off-camera.

Any charting will mirror the real life singles, as with all COLLA3ORATE projects.

Any further questions should be directed to the main’s ask box!

GUIDELINES

POSITIONS:

Each song must include an idol from at least two of the three companies and no more than two members of the same group can be on the same song. It will be designated on the song page if a song is no longer open to idols from a specific company or group.

CREATIVE CLAIMS:

For this opportunity, partial credits should be assumed to be approximately 50% credit or less in their respective area.

Musical creative claims are available on songs for the project, but only one muse per mun can claim creative credits on any song for this round. A muse cannot have creative claims on the song they are performing in and only one muse by the same mun may be involved in the same song in any way (be it performer or musical claims).

Since writers and producers are working from a brief this time instead of from scratch, songs are potentially open to creative claims by multiple muses, but only one muse per type of claim. (e.g. Muse A can claim partial lyrics and partial composition while Muse B claims partial production, but Muse A and Muse B cannot both claim partial lyrics).

In order to claim a creative credit, the muse must already have a creative credit points claim in the same area(s) on an already released points claimed song.

Creative claims must be made with points, meaning you must have the appropriate number of points available at the time of claiming. Writing verification is not an option for this project.

Since there are fewer spots this round than the first, when the forms open for the first time, you may only submit for a creative claim or for a performance position form. Once the second round is open, you may submit for each a performance or creative claim position for a second muse or the one you haven’t already submitted for for your first muse.

For idols claiming any musical creative credits (lyrics, composition, or production), the songs would have been submitted to their respective company by the end of January 2021 at latest. Unlike the first round, these songs would have been specifically requested with a concept brief including the brand the song will be sponsored by. They would be notified of that their song was selected for the project in mid-February.

LINKS

Project Songs + Further Information

Position Claims Form

IN ‘VERSE INFO

In the first week of March, idols who have either expressed interest in the opportunity to their managers or have been specifically picked by management for consideration will be sent short clips of demos of the songs. Idols will be able to express their preferred song(s) to their managers but final decisions will be made by the department of artist and repertoire management responsible for arranging the project groups and their choices may not ultimately align with the idols’ preferences.

Shortly following, the group lineups will be confirmed with the chosen idols and as they near work for the project, they will be sent full-length demos of the song they will be recording and will also be made aware of the other idols they will be working with.

Further schedules for recording, practicing, and preparing the song will come at a later date once the groups are organized!

OUT OF ‘VERSE INFO

Note that these are not sub-units and the songs will not be considered to get major promotion. Promotions are mainly to show off the song and promote the project itself, but those involved will be expected to put a similar effort into preparations as they would for a regular comeback.

In-character, it’s an opportunity for the three companies to profit off of combinations they couldn’t have otherwise and to continue to enforce their oligarchy over the industry. Out-of-character, it’s a chance to have your muse promote with and interact in a professional performance setting with a number of muses your muse wouldn’t usually get to!

All singles will be promoted by the project group under the name of COLLA3ORATE for a week on music shows. For this special project, the promotion period is allowed to overlap with other promotions by the same muse as muses will only be bound to music shows to promote the song, which they will already be attending if they are promoting for something else as well. Though all songs will be officially credited under the name COLLA3ORATE, performers will be individually credited on most platforms as well, so performance involvement will be added to your muse’s Exclusive blog career page. 

If you’re interested in having your muse participate in this opportunity, a form will be opened up at 12PM (noon) EDT on March 8 to submit your muse for the project. For the initial submissions, muns may only be confirmed for one muse as a performer in one of the songs. After first round submissions are made and confirmed, a date will be announced where muns can submit for second and possibly third muses.

All songs will have a preparation period of two months in addition to the month of release. For instance, the May releases will be worked on in March, April, and the beginning of May. During this preparation time, mini schedules will be posted for the idols collaborating on the specific song that the involved idols can earn points for writing about. Select days of the preparation process will be filmed to be uploaded on base Online, but most of the preparation will be off-camera.

Charting will mirror the real life singles.

Any further questions should be directed to the main’s ask box!

GUIDELINES

POSITIONS:

Each song must include an idol from at least two of the three companies and no more than two members of the same group can be on the same song. It will be designated on the song page if a song is no longer open to idols from a specific company or group.

CREATIVE CLAIMS:

For this opportunity, partial credits should be assumed to be approximately 50% credit or less in their respective area.

Creative claims are available on songs for the project, both musical claims and choreography claims, but a muse may only have musical claims (any combination of lyrics/composition/production) or a choreography claim. A muse cannot have both.

Only one muse per mun can claim creative credits on any song for this round. A muse cannot have creative claims on the song they are performing in and only one muse by the same mun may be involved in the same song in any way (performer, musical claims, or choreography claim).

All songs are open to musical credits for only one muse total and choreography credits for only one muse total (e.g. if a muse claims partial lyrics credit on a song, no one else can claim partial lyrics credit and partial composition and partial production are closed off as well, but choreography will still be available).

In order to claim a creative credit, the muse must already have a creative credit points claim in the same area(s) on an already released points claimed song.

Creative claims must be made with points, meaning you must have the appropriate number of points available at the time of claiming. Writing verification is not an option for this project.

Creative claims will be considered to be separate from position claims, meaning that when the forms open for the first time, you may submit both a creative claims form and a position form for either the same muse or two different muses if you would like to.

For idols claiming any musical creative credits (lyrics, composition, or production), the songs would have been submitted to their respective company by the end of 2019 at latest. Regardless of initial intent for the song, as the idol songwriters/producers do not have control over what is ultimately done with the song, they would be notified of the song they worked on being used for the project a few days before songs are officially assigned.

For idols claiming choreography credits, they would be given the song a few days earlier than everyone else and would have from March 1 to March 9 to create and submit their choreography draft.

LINKS

Project Songs + Further Information

Position Claims Form